Mark Wahlberg’s dark comedy ‘Pain & Gain’ brought enough box office muscle to knock Tom Cruise out of the No. 1 spot on movie charts in the United States and Canada
‘Pain & Gain’ bumps Cruise’s ‘Oblivion’
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MasterChef beats X Factor in ratings
In a battle of TV talent battles, MasterChef is beating X Factor when it comes to eyes on screens. According to last night’s ratings from Nielson, One’s MasterChef managed to draw over 508,000 viewers, and X Factor, on rival network TV3, pulled in about 454,000
‘Girl power’ rising to the top
Mel C believes the music scene is full of “powerful women”. The Spice Girls singer rose to fame alongside Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Mel B and Geri Halliwell
Reality TV tussle for turnout
In a battle of TV talent battles, MasterChef is beating X Factor when it comes to eyes on screens. According to last night’s ratings from Nielson, One’s MasterChef managed to draw over 508,000 viewers, and X Factor, on rival network TV3, pulled in about 454,000
Naked actress calls for male nudity
Anna Friel didn’t think it was “fair” there was more female than male nudity in her newest film. The 36-year-old actress is starring in British comedy drama The Look of Love alongside Steve Coogan and Imogen Poots
Hollywood bows to China censors
Coming soon to a theatre near you: China’s Communist Party. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content it finds objectionable
Trial to delve into Jackson’s past
Almost four years after his shocking death, the bizarre life and sorry demise of Michael Jackson will play out again in a US$40 billion civil trial that pits the singer’s family against the organisers of a musical comeback that never happened.
DiCaprio film nothing if not stylish
A tour of the set at Sydney’s Fox Studios during production showed Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby will be nothing if not stylish, with a lavishly detailed mansion and the famous pier in the vast sound stages, colourful period cars and beautifully crafted costumes for the cast and hundreds of extras. All suggested the re-creation of 1920s New York will be as impressive as the version of historic Paris in Moulin Rouge, which Luhrmann and his creative partner and wife, designer Catherine Martin, also shot in Sydney
Obama plays Day-Lewis
US President Barack Obama plays Daniel Day-Lewis playing Obama in a Steven Spielberg spoof follow-up to his film Lincoln. The video sketch was made for the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, held on Saturday night in Washington (local time).
The X Factor gets emotional
REVIEW: First, a message to X Factor judge Melanie Blatt: The 80s want their word back! Yes, Blatt is single-handedly waging a campaign to return “wicked” to the vernacular.