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Matt Damon honoured at Gotham awards

Matt Damon and Marion Cotillard

Actors Matt Damon and Marion Cotillard have received career tributes at the 22nd annual Gotham Awards in New York.

The Fighter director David O Russell was also honoured at the event, the first in the yearly film awards season.

Wreck-It Ralph scores big at North American box office

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Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph has scored an impressive weekend at the US box office with $49.1m (£30.7m) in ticket sales.

The movie, about a video game villain who tries to become a hero, earned almost twice as much as the number two movie, Denzel Washington's Flight.

Roberto Di Matteo says every Chelsea player needs to produce "a perfect game" in their Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday.

Roberto Di MatteoDefending champions Chelsea are second in Group E, three points behind leaders Shakhtar ahead of the meeting between the sides at Stamford Bridge.

"We need to be at our best," said the Chelsea manager. 

Jodie Foster to get lifetime achievement Golden Globe

Jodie Foster

Silence of the Lambs actress Jodie Foster is to receive the Cecil B DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes next year.

Organisers said the Oscar-winner would be honoured for her 40-year career as an actress, director and film producer.

Benedict Cumberbatch 'lands Brian Epstein role'

Benedict Cumber

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch is to play Brian Epstein in a new film about the Beatles' legendary manager, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Paul McGuigan, who has directed the 36-year-old in four episodes of the BBC's Sherlock Holmes update, will call the shots on the proposed biopic.

Adele's Bond theme, Skyfall, tops iTunes chart

Adele s Bond

Skyfall, the new Bond theme sung by Adele, has topped the iTunes chart after being released online in the early hours of Friday morning.

It was number one within 10 hours of being released, overtaking last week's official UK number one Gangnam Style.

Jimmy Savile: Sussex police confirm 2008 assault claim

Jimmy Savile

Sussex police have confirmed that a complaint of sexual assault made against Sir Jimmy Savile in 2008 was dropped because the woman involved wouldn't take the matter further.

The attack was alleged to have taken place in Worthing in 1970. But Police said the victim was "unwilling to co-operate in any investigation".

Ewan McGregor honoured at Spanish film festival

Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor has become the youngest actor to be given the Donostia Lifetime Achievement Award at Spain's 60th San Sebastian International Film Festival.

McGregor, 41, was described as "one of the finest actors of his generation".

Tapes by Ringo Starr's first band found

Ringo Starr s first band

Recordings by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, Ringo Starr's first band and one of the most popular groups of the early Merseybeat era, have been unearthed after more than 50 years.

The band were at the forefront of the Liverpool scene but never made it big.

SCANDAL: Top Nollywood Actor Kills Wife…Confesses In Kuje Prison

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According to what National Enquirer magazine reported, Rich Oganiru`s name might not really ring a bell again but he`s one of Nollywood`s very good actors and stakeholders. In fact, he prides himself as one of the pioneering members of the Actors Guild of Nigeria and has starred in over 300 movies.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie plan lake-side vacation

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London: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are planning a vacation in the Lake District in the North West of the country with their six children.

Expendables 2 continues chart hold

Expendables continue chart hold

Expendables 2 has continued its grip on the North American box office chart, holding onto the number one spot for a second consecutive week.

Martin Scorsese sued for stalled movie

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese is being sued by studio Cecchi Gori Pictures after he allegedly stalled on a movie he agreed to make 22 years ago.

The legendary Hollywood director - who has helmed classics such as 'Taxi Driver', 'Raging Bull' and 'Goodfellas' - could end up forking out several million dollars after Cecchi Gori Pictures claim the filmmaker owes them money after agreeing to make a motion picture called 'Silence' back in 1990.

The studio alleges Martin should pay them $US1.5 million ($A1.4 million) after failing to make the movie. They claim he agreed in 2004 to make 'Silence' his next film but has put off the project again to do 'The Wolf of Wall Street', TMZ reports.

According to the lawsuit, Cecchi say Martin paid them to put 'Silence' on the back burner to direct 'The Departed', 'Shutter Island' and 'Hugo', but the studio claim he still owes them the value of his producer title on 'Hugo' as well as 20 per cent of the profits from the 2011 3D adventure drama.

The documents state that Cecchi is suing for unpaid fees on 'Hugo' and also looking for money from movies Martin makes before 'Silence'.
The director is yet to comment on the allegations.

source: skynews.com

The Office to end US run in 2013

award winning TV comedy

The US version of award-winning TV comedy The Office is to end its eight-year run next year.

Producers said they took the "creative decision" due to the departures of several key cast members.

Bob Dylan recording studio 'could become flats'

Bob Dylan recording studio

London's famous Church Studios, where Bob Dylan, The Eurythmics and Elvis Costello have recorded, may be turned into flats.

The current owner is musician David Gray, who has applied to convert the cavernous space into five "residential units" plus "ancilliary office space".

Robert Wayne Birch found dead in apparent suicide

Robert Wayne Birch

Musician Robert Wayne Birch, who had recorded and toured with Elton John extensively since the early 1990s, has been found dead in Los Angeles.

The bass player and saxophonist died as a result of a gunshot wound to the head, officials said.

Ang Lee's Life of Pi to open New York film festival

Ang_Lees_LifeAng Lee's Life of Pi has been selected as the opening night film at the New York Film Festival next month.

The adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Yann Martel will have its premiere on 28 September.

Mexican singer Chavela Vargas dies aged 93

Chavela Vargas

Mexican singer Chavela Vargas has died of respiratory failure aged 93.

The popular performer was born in Costa Rica but was closely linked to the Mexican cultural scene.

Vertigo is named 'greatest film of all time'

Kim Novak

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo has replaced Orson Welles's Citizen Kane at the top of a poll that sets out to name one film "the greatest of all time".

The British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine polls a selected panel once a decade and Citizen Kane has been its top pick for the last 50 years.

Star Wars: The Old Republic video game players slump

Star war video game

Electronic Arts has revealed that the number of people paying to play its online video game Star Wars: The Old Republic has dropped below one million.

The title is the US firm's biggest investment to date.

Jackie Appiah And Majid Michel Are The Highest Paid Movie Stars In Ghana

Jackie Appiah And Majid Michel

Last week when the issues of who is the highest paid musician hit the showbiz industry, many movie fans were asking your most authoritative

GhanaSuperStars.Com/Flex Newspaper to investigate into who is the most paid movie star in Ghana.