Gerard Butler is in talks to re-team with Den Of Thieves director Christian Gudegast in comedic action-thriller Empire State, about an attack on the iconic skyscraper. In Empire State, when the Empire State Building comes under attack by a military contractor hellbent...
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Gerard Butler’s ‘Has Fallen’ Film Franchise Gets an Event TV Series Makeover in Studiocanal’s ‘Paris Has Fallen’
Is this now an age of TV caution? A brace of big swings at this week’s London TV Screenings belie that trend, and few come bigger than the English-language action thriller “Paris Has Fallen,” which Studiocanal launches at this week’s London TV Screenings. Like other...
Gerard Butler Presents BFF Oliver Trevena with Breakout Actor Award at Rome Film Festival
Gerard Butler traveled to Rome, Italy this weekend to help honor his buddy Oliver Trevena! The actor presented his Plane co-star with the Breakout Actor of the Year Award during the 2023 Rome Film Festival on Sunday night (October 29). While on the red carpet, Gerard...
Gerard Butler Is the Last Great B-Movie Action Hero
From 'Den of Thieves' to 'Olympus Has Fallen,' Gerard Butler is Steven Seagal 2.0. A new Gerard Butler action movie is occasion to celebrate. In fact, this year has already seen the release of two Butler B-movies: Plane and Kandahar, and news that Butler's Has Fallen...
The Campy Masculine Pleasures of Gerard Butler
The action-flick Everyman limps nobly on in “Kandahar.” Midway through Gerard Butler’s new movie, “Kandahar,” is maybe the coolest sequence I have ever seen in a Gerard Butler movie. It’s the middle of the night in the middle of a desert, and Butler’s C.I.A.-operative...
Gerard Butler takes pictures with Rincon PD during filming break
RINCON, Ga. (WTOC) - Movie star Gerard Butler has been in Rincon filming a movie. On Tuesday, he took a break to pose for pictures with the Rincon Police Department. Butler has been filming the movie, “Chase” in the area. On Tuesday, several WTOC viewers noticed a...
Gerard Butler fraudsters use fake passport and driving license in online scam
Fans have told the star fake forms of ID are being used to dupe people into believing they are speaking to him. Gerard Butler fans have raised concerns after an online scammer has used a fake passport ID to dupe social media users in private messages. Fans have even...
Jade and Lady Helen make famous friends in London
Stepping out in London, Garrard designer Jade Jagger showed off her latest bauble for the famed jeweller – and it costs only £1. Jade, daughter of Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, created the summer CLIC Sargent friendship bracelet with the help of pal Lady Helen Taylor to...
The Spike
Top hotel, One Devonshire Gardens, in Glasgow, was the setting for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards, held yesterday, the results of which had been publicised on Sunday, by media partners, The Sunday Times Scotland. Collecting the award for Best Film, was Paul...
DRESS TO KILT IN NEW YORK
THE DRESS code is uncompromising: "Collared shirts for men. No trainers, work boots, baggy clothes, hats or men wearing chained jewellery. Dress jeans only. " That would usually rule out everyone up to and including a Village People tribute band. But this week the...
YOUR NAME MAY NOT BE ON THE LIST BUT IT SUITS YOU, SIR
WHEN IT COMES to the colour green, I'm with Kermit. It's really not an easy shade to pull off in an outfit, thanks to its undertones of school uniforms, elves and a certain Glasgow football team. Last year's fashion for all things of a grassy hue had me scuttling back...
BUTLER WATCHES LIGHTNING STRIKE A MAN IN AUSTRALIA
Scottish actor GERARD BUTLER had a shocking experience during his recent trip to Australia, when he saw a man get struck by lightning. The PHANTOM OF THE OPERA star took a break and travelled around Australia after a tour of Asia, and he was stunned when a rainy day...
Stiles ‘Burns’ for role
LONDON --- Julia Stiles has joined the cast of ContentFilm Intl.'s "Burns," a biopic of 19th century Scottish poet Robert Burns. Stiles will try on a Scottish accent for the role of Jean Armour, the poet's muse and true love. Gerard Butler ("Phantom of the Opera")...
Thailand’s message of hope at the Bangkok Film Festival
BANGKOK, Thailand— In this country ravaged, in some parts, by the horrifying tsunami, life goes on. The people’s persevering effort to rise up from the tragedy was witnessed by the whole world when they successfully mounted a grander, more dramatic and bigger Bangkok...
THOMAS QUINN: SAVE SCOTS ACCENT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE
WITH the Parly already wringing their hands over the numbers of young people leaving Scotland to live in England and abroad, the current vogue for our accent couldn't have come at a worse time. A recent survey confirmed that the Scots brogue is the nation's favourite...
Full house for a learner Driver
Acting has taken a back seat for Minnie Driver, as next month’s sold-out King Tut’s gig testifies, writes Anna Burnside When Minnie Driver arrives in Glasgow next month to play at the legendary rock venue King Tut’s, there is one face she wants to see in the audience....
Golden Globe Awards: Red Carpet Big on Glamour, Short on Surprises
LOS ANGELES - Shorter and friskier than the Academy Awards (news - web sites), the 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (news - web sites) on Sunday night ushered in the bold and the beautiful of Hollywood, from 1940s "Aviator"-style femme fatales and A-list actresses...
Red carpet, star-studded show, parties-my, oh my!
LOS ANGELES-What a day it was. On the red carpet leading to the Beverly Hilton at Sunday's Golden Globe awards, our first glimpse of a celebrity in the glorious sunshine was Joan Rivers, TV's harshest fashion critic at awards events. Mentally, we gave her a thumbs...
The cream of Scottish acting talent
The nominations for the Bowmore Scottish Screen Awards exclusively offer readers of The Sunday Times the chance to vote in Scotland's democratic version of the Oscars. Be sure to cast your vote - and win the opportunity to attend this year's glittering award ceremony...
Stars of Critics Choice Awards Show Grace & Compassion
Celebrities Donate Gift Bags to Raise Funds for Tsunami Relief The usual glitz and glamour of the 10th Annual Critics Choice Awards was outshined this year when Tinsel-Town’s brightest showed hearts of gold. As celebrities at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, CA...
PHANTOM STAR’S DREAM FLAT IN NY
SCOTS hunk Gerard Butler has bought a huge flat in New York, but can't move in. Since landing the title role in The Phantom Of The Opera the money has been rolling in and Gerard has treated himself to a loft apartment. He told the Razz: 'It's a fantastic space, a big...
ERIC McCORMACK RETURNS TO HOST THE 10th ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS
THE WB NETWORK TO TELECAST GALA CEREMONY LIVE ON MONDAY, JANUARY 10TH 8:00PM-10:00PM ET/PT WHO: Nominees Attending: Liam Aiken, Javier Bardem, Don Cheadle, Thomas Haden Church, Bill Condon, Jamie Foxx, Paul Giamatti, Taylor Hackford, Virginia Madsen, Michael Moore,...
A YEAR WITH SAM MANN
MOST STYLISH CELEB: Sienna Miller Not content with snagging the most handsome actor Britain has to offer, the 23-year-old’s film career has got off to a flying start with roles in Layer Cake and Alfie. When it comes to fashion, her unique style has seen her on...
2005.. HERE’S WHAT’S IN THE STARS FOR THE STARS
WE saw celebrities struck by tragedy, triumph, true love and scandal last year. From the untimely death of Superman Christopher Reeve, to Colin Farrell's reported romance with Angelina Jolie and U2's massive new album. But what does 2005 have in store for the stars?...
Finally, the Phantom
When Joel Schumacher was first offered the chance to direct a film version of "The Phantom of the Opera," he instinctively jumped at the opportunity. It was 1988, and Schumacher was a near-novice director with just four films - among them "The Incredible Shrinking...