IMAGINE the joy on the faces of members of the Gerard Butler fan club the other day in New York. There they were meeting up in a pub for a chat about the star and who pops in out the blue but The Phantom of the Opera himself. Apparently Butler had heard about the...

2005 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS Leonardo DiCaprio is flying high and Clint Eastwood came out slugging, but it looks as if Alexander Payne’s Sideways is this year’s Lost in Translation. In announcing their contenders for the 2005 Golden Globes, the 90-odd members of the...

NEW YORK--Two years ago, Gerard Butler assumed he was doing well for himself--but things were about to get a lot better. The Scottish actor had taken small roles in films like Timeline and was up for the male lead in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. He had...

THE SCOTTISH ACTOR WILL BE ON CAPRI ON DECEMBER 30 FOR THE GRAND GALA IN HONOR OF "THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA," THE UPCOMING OSCAR CONTENDER. Capri (NA), December 9 - Actor Gerard Butler is named the 'Sexiest Man on the Internet.' At 34 years old, he is to be seen in...

Fans on the official message board were asked to submit questions on the making of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera to Gerard Butler, who stars as The Phantom. Below are his answers, recorded on November 16, 2004 on a balcony at the Four Seasons Hotel in...

"I saw Gerry Butler in Dracula 2000 and he had such incredible screen presence I wanted to meet him," says director Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth). "He's a wonderful actor and I knew he would make a stunning Phantom." Though Dracula 2000 is one of Butler's lesser know...

GIMMÉ MUR SCHWÄG, Boldface's chain-smoking fashion editor, is extremely selective about the events she covers. But when she heard that JESSICA SEINFELD and SARAH JESSICA PARKER were among the chairwomen of the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Ball, she...

I WAS speaking to the mother of actor Gerry Butler, about to star in the film of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom. She was just back from a stay at Stobo Castle Health Spa, in Peebleshire. "I had a wonderful time, " revealed Margaret. "I felt so spoiled I didn't want to...

If you are a fan of the Fox-TV series American Idol, a devotee of the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber, or someone who even infrequently listens to pop music, your entertainment experience, at one time or another, has been enhanced by Nigel Wright's touch. The Grammy- and...

Part 3: Timeline and thoughts on Smallville How close is Timeline to starting production? We're in preproduction .Because of what we thought was going to be a strike here, we got delayed a whole year. And I can't shoot. It takes place in Europe and I can't shoot and...