Break-Up Report: Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip,
In surprising couples news, actors Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger have called it quits after three years together. (Those betting on Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise to be the first major post-Dawson’s breakup better pay up). The Oscar-nominated actors met on the set of Brokeback Mountain back in 2004. The couple, often rumored to be secretly married, have a young daughter together.
Ledger is currently filming The Dark Knight—the highly-anticipated sequel to Batman Begins—in which he will star as ‘The Joker’.
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Couples With The Worst On-Screen Chemistry
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lucasfilm Ltd., Casting, Lists,
Chemistry, schmemistry. If you know people are going to be watching your movie anyway—does it really matter? Whaddya say, George Lucas?
Film advertising company Pearl & Dean polled 3,000 British moviegoers to see which couples they felt had the worst on-screen chemistry. Based on the results, it’s hard to say whether or not those opinions had any affect on the eventual box office receipts. While I completely agree that Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen fizzled as secret-lovers, I don’t know that the movie’s storyline (or final numbers) could have improved with a different twosome.
Take a look at the poll results and see what you think. Which couples would you add to this list? Three pairings that come to my mind: Julia Roberts/ Nick Nolte (I Love Trouble), Julia Roberts/ Brad Pitt (The Mexican) and Julia Roberts/ John Cusack (America’s Sweethearts).
- Natalie Portman & Hayden Christensen - Stars Wars: Episode II
- Jennifer Lopez & Ben Affleck - Gigli
- Keira Knightley & Orlando Bloom - Pirates of the Caribbean
- Madonna & Adriano Giannini - Swept Away
- Catherine Zeta-Jones & Sean Connery - Entrapment
- Andie MacDowell & Hugh Grant - Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Kate Beckinsale & Ben Affleck - Pearl Harbor
- Nicole Kidman & Tom Cruise - Eyes Wide Shut
- Jake Gyllenhaal & Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- Kate Winslet & Leonardo DiCaprio - Titanic
Cruise Barred for Being a Scientologist
Posted by Johnny Mercedes Categories: Celeb News, Celebrity Controversy, Upcoming Releases,
In a new film entitled Valkyrie, Tom Cruise will play Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg, a man deeply opposed to Nazi treatment of the Jews and leader of a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Unfortunately, the plan to film on German military sites was quickly undermined when Defense Ministry spokesperson Harald Kammerbauer denied the crew access citing Cruise’s belief in Scientology. Kammerbauer claimed that the Church of Scientology is not recognized as a church by the German government and that the religion is merely an invention to make money. Furthermore, he said the film would not be shot on the sites as long as Cruise was playing Count Stauffenberg.
Kammerbauer also stated that the German military deeply espouse the accurate portrayal of Stauffenberg and the events of said mission. One of the films producers, Paula Wagner, was quick to refute: “(Cruise’s) personal beliefs have absolutely no bearing on the movie’s plot, themes or content.”
I’m no advocate for Scientology. In fact, I largely agree with the opinion of the German military — Scientology is a façade, a faux religion for rich people. But I must side with Cruise in this case — this is a ridiculous reason to hinder the production of a movie. He is an actor. His religious affiliation won’t have an effect on how this story is told. And hasn’t Germany learned yet about the dangers of discrimination?
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