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James Cameron To Skip Screening Of ‘Avatar: The Way Of Water’ After Testing Positive For COVID

Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be physically attending the screening of his film Avatar: The Way of Water in Los Angeles as he is currently in isolation. The filmmaker shared this news during a virtual presentation for the exhibit, as his health prevented him from being present in person. “I want to first of all, apologise to everyone who’s gathered there tonight. I can’t be at my own party. I was traveling around the world [for Avatar: The Way of Water premieres] … and on the flight back from Tokyo I started to feel kind of heavy. I got tested and sure enough I have COVID, so obviously I can’t be there, jeopardize other people,” The Hollywood Reporter quotes as Cameron saying at the opening ceremony of his exhibit. Last week, Cameron was at his movie’s world premiere in London, with Jon Landau, the producer, and all the…

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Kit Harington: Jon Snow is ‘not OK’

The 35-year-old actor didn’t talk directly about the ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off show but he did discuss where the finale of the HBO fantasy drama left his alter ego when it ended in 2019, suggesting he will be in an “interesting” head space with a lot to think about and explore. Speaking at the official Game of Thrones Convention on Sunday (11.12.22), he said: “I think if you asked him, he would’ve felt he got off lightly. “At the end of the show when we find him in that cell, he’s preparing to be beheaded and he wants to be. He’s done. The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse. “He’s gotta go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying…

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‘RRR’ lands two Golden Globe noms in a year when top names are in the race

S.S. Rajamouli’s epic period drama has earned a Golden Globes nomination for Best Picture, Non-English Language, category and it is up against serious competition: “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany), “Argentina, 1985” (Argentina), “Close” (Belgium) and “Decision to Leave”, the South Korean romantic mystery that won for its celebrated helmer, Park Chan-wook, the Best Director award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. For “RRR”, it is the penultimate shot at the Oscars, where it is being billed as a potential award-winner either for Rajamouli in the Best Director category, or for the movie in the Best Foreign Film section. The chart-topping “RRR” song, ‘Naatu Naatu’ (picturised on Ram Charan and Jr NTR), is in contention for the trophy in the Best Original Song, Motion Picture, category as well, up against Taylor Swift’s “Carolina” (“Where the Crawdads Sing”), “Ciao Papa’ from “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”, “Hold My Hand” (“Top Gun:…

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Jennifer Lawrence Admits She Never Should Have Accepted The Role In Passengers

Jennifer Lawrence has never been one to mince words. A fact that can leave fans divided about how they feel regarding the actress. And when she recently spoke about her time working on the movie Passengers, Lawrence was straight to the point when she said that she never should have taken the role. While Passengers was a critical flop, it was a box-office success. That success could be directly attributed to Lawrence starring in the film, shortly after her success with The Hunger Games trilogy. This means that the Silver Linings Playbook actress was paid a great salary for her role; a cool $20 million to be exact. But Jennifer Lawrence admits she never should have accepted the role in Passengers. Passengers Was A Critical Failure By casting two large names such as Lawrence and Chris Pratt in a film, there should be no reason for the movie to not be a success. And while Passengers made hundreds of millions of dollars,…

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Avatar The Way of Water sells over 4 lakh tickets in advance booking, expected to cross Rs 16 crore on opening weekend

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is already promising to wreak havoc at the box office. The much-anticipated sequel to the 2009 blockbuster has sold approximately 2 lakh tickets for the opening day and has grossed Rs 7 crore in India. The film is looking at one of the highest advance bookings in the country this year and is estimated to pose a challenge to Avengers: Endgame, KGF 2 and Baahubali 2. According to a report in Pinkvilla, over 2 lakh tickets have been sold so far on the opening day with the three national chains, and it has clocked an advance of Rs 1.20 lakh. The advance bookings of Avatar 2 is already one of the biggest in 2022 and will compete with Brahmastra and other Hollywood releases including Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. The opening weekend has already seen 4.10 lakh tickets sold and is expected to cross…

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Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ First Look Unveiled As The Sequel Begins Filming

Joker 2’s writer-director Todd Phillips recently delighted fans with a very first photo of the Joker sequel. The first photo gives a haunting first look at Joaquin Phoenix reprising his role as the titular villain. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker posted an image on Saturday of his Oscar-winning star in character as Arthur Fleck, aka the Joker. A shirtless Phoenix is seen resting his head on a sink as a barber gives him a shave on the first day of filming. ‘Day 1,’ Phillips captioned the photo adding ‘Our boy. #joker.’ Phoenix’s body appears malnourished and sickly. In the photo, Phoenix leaned his head back on a towel and stared up at the ceiling with the cold dark eyes of his character. Shaving cream covers the lower half of his face as the hand of a barber holds a razor at his throat. With this photo and caption, fans finally have confirmation…

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Sir Elton John is the latest star to quit Twitter

The ‘Rocket Man’ singer is the latest celebrity to leave the social media platform since it was purchased by Tesla tycoon Elon Musk and has blamed the site’s “change in policy” around misinformation for his departure. In his final tweet, Elton wrote: “All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world. “I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.” Twitter stopped taking action against accounts spreading misinformation about COVID-19 last month but Musk said that he hopes the music icon returns to the the platform. The world’s richest man, who purchased Twitter for $44 billion in October, replied to Elton with the message: “I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re…

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Captain America’s brutal fight scene almost went ‘too far’ – ‘It was real’

Later today, at 10:35pm, Captain America: The Winter Soldier will hit BBC One. This is the second solo movie for Chris Evans’ Marvel hero and began the end of SHIELD in the MCU. Steve Rogers’ worst moments came when he was attacked by his former crew in an elevator, led by a man who would later go on to become the supervillain Crossbones. To make this scene as perfect as possible, however, the actors were tasked with building a fight scene that was more intense than initially imagined. Brock Rumlow was played by Frank Grillo in the film, before reprising his role in Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Endgame. While speaking exclusively with Express.co.uk, Grillo looked back on The Winter Soldier’s most iconic fight scene: The one which took place in the glass elevator at SHIELD HQ. He looked back: “Yeah we did a lot of training and then, on the day, I realised…

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‘Rush Hour 4’: Jackie Chan Confirms Film Is Underway; ‘Will Be Talking With Director About It’

Hong Kong actor, filmmaker Jackie Chan has hinted towards returning to the Rush Hour franchise with its fourth installment. Chan recently revealed that a sequel is in the works, which is definitely a great news for the actor’s fans and supporters. It is pertinent to note that the initial Rush Hour movie, which debuted in 1998, brought in $244 million globally. The movie, which also starred Chris Tucker, was a hit and inspired two sequels. During his appearance at the Red Sea International Film Festival, the 68-year-old martial arts star confirmed that Rush Hour 4 is underway. Making a rare on-stage appearance, he went on to state that “the script isn’t right” at the moment, but he’ll “see the director tonight and we will be talking about it.” Jackie Chan also recounted his experience in Hollywood and said, “I tried so many times to go to Hollywood, but after that,…

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Jennifer Lawrence on her female led action film comment: It came out wrong’

Jennifer Lawrence is taking her words back. The Oscar-winning actor recently faced backlash after claiming that she was the first female action hero in cinema after she starred in ‘The Hunger Games.’ During her appearance on Variety’s Actors on Actors, the 32-year-old actress told Viola Davis, “I remember when I was doing Hunger Games, nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie, because it wouldn’t work, we were told. Girls and boys can both identify with a male lead, but boys cannot identify with a female lead.” She added, “And it just makes me so happy every single time I see a movie come out that just blows through every one of those beliefs, and proves that it is just a lie to keep certain people out of the movies. To keep certain people in the same positions that they’ve always been in.” Her comment was…

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