Gerard Butler is heading for the bank, starring in Relativity’s heist drama “Den of Thieves.” Christian Gudegast is set to direct from his own script, co-written with Paul Scheuring, in which a legendary bank heist crew decides to rob the Federal Reserve in Los...
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Hollywood heartthrob Gerald Butler due in Sofia to save London
Sofia. This year Bulgaria is among the top destinations for pictures of Hollywood - several major film projects are already negotiated to be shot in New Boyana. One of the blockbusters that will be filmed in the country, is the sequel to the 2013 thriller Olympus Has...
Gerard Butler swaps Hollywood for the kitchen as he prepares and serves meals for needy children in Liberia
Gerard Butler has never turned his back on his Scottish roots and now the 300 star is showing his humble side by giving back this Christmas first-hand. The 44-year-old actor traveled to Liberia in Africa last week to volunteer at a charity that provides a daily meal...
Gerard Butler swaps LA for Liberia to see the work of Mary’s Meals
Hollywood actor Gerard Butler has swapped the glitz and glamour of LA to visit one of the world's poorest countries with Mary's Meals. The actor has been a supporter of Mary's Meals since 2010 when he presented Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow with a CNN Hero award and...
Gerard Butler relishes new charity role
[b]Hollywood star happy to help feed the children, writes Janet Christie[/b] AT THE Mary's Meals compound in Tubmanburg, Liberia, the DVD currently doing the rounds is Gerry Butler's 300. The Paisley-born actor is visiting the Scottish-based international charity that...
Gerard Butler on Bush devils, dancing and Liberian roosters
[b]Gerard Butler, the Hollywood actor, has visited Liberia lto see for himself the work of Scottish charity Mary's Meals. He tells Harriet Alexander why he went to West Africa - and how it has changed him[/b] The sunlight was filtering through the thick tropical...
‘A fantastic Christmas gift’ — benefactor saves Bumblebee Square for people of Comrie
Comrie's Bumblebee Square community garden has been saved thanks to an anonymous benefactor. It had been threatened with the axe after owner William Frame decided to sell the land, which had been loaned to the village. Residents launched a campaign, backed by actor...
Gerard Butler: King Among Men
Gerard Butler is a study in contrast. The actor skyrocketed to fame as the bad boy foil to Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, followed up by his epic, ultra-physical role in 300, but he's equally versed in musicals, as evidenced by his starring role in Phantom...
AFM: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman to Reprise Roles in Sequel ‘London Has Fallen’
Aaron Eckhart is also returning for the follow-up to White House terrorist thriller "Olympus Has Fallen." Millennium Films is pushing ahead with sequel London Has Fallen, continuing the action-adventure that began with this spring's Olympus Has Fallen. Gerard Butler,...
Hollywood star Gerard Butler tells how visits to his homeland help keep him grounded
[i]WHILE Gerard is a multi-millionaire Hollywood A-lister, he says he doesn't care about the celebrity lifestyle and insists he will always be "little old Gerry".[/i] SITTING in the garden of his family home in Comrie, Perthshire, Gerard Butler is no longer the big...
Gerard Butler on North Korea, motorcycle jackets and training with Navy SEALS
One morning recently, Gerard Butler walked into his hotel room, flicked on the news from North Korea, and for a moment felt like he was back on the set of his latest film. "It's almost like we had a crystal ball," says the 43-year-old native Scotsman, relaxing in a...
Gerard Butler: “There’s A Lot Of Gallows Humour When You’re In Dire Situations”
With Olympus Has Fallen in cinemas 17th April, we spoke to star Gerard Butler about the hugely enjoyable action film. Training Day director Antoine Fuqua threatens to give Roland Emmerich a run for his money in the destruction stakes, when North Korean terrorists take...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Star Gerard Butler: ‘I Train Harder Than Anybody, I Want Them To Say “He’s Nuts”‘
Gerard Butler faced his toughest test when he played his new film, 'Olympus Has Fallen' to a preview audience. At the end of the action thriller, all about the White House being taken over by terrorists, one man stood up and told him, “I'm Secret Service.†“I...
TopGear.com chats with Gerard Butler
[i]King Leonidas himself talks BMWs, Mustangs and his new movie, Olympus Has Fallen[/i] The fear of being unceremoniously and painfully jettisoned into a black chasm of death by a leather-sandaled foot is currently taking up some of my thought process. I am sitting...
Gerard Butler Talks Joining Twitter & Not Being Great at It!
Gerard Butler phoned in to “On Air with Ryan Seacrest†to chat about his latest action-packed flick Olympus Has Fallen. Gerard, who plays secret service Agent Mike Banning and has to save the President from a terrorist attack on the White House, revealed he...
Gerard Butler talks about his star-studded Oscars spoof
[i]Doing a Taken spoof with Jimmy Kimmel[/i] Total Film caught up with Gerard Butler recently, and the Scottish star told us about his role in Jimmy Kimmel's epic post-Oscars skit. When we asked Butler if he'd been working on anything on the day of our interview, he...
Gerard Butler: ‘Argo’ will take the Oscar
[i]The actor is still deciding on his Oscar day plans, Adrien Brody party-hops with girlfriend Lara Lieto and Paul Haggis dishes on his new movie.[/i] HOLLYWOOD -- Gerard Butler's officially in Argo's corner. "Ben Affleck is turning out to really be one of the...
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya!
Gerard Butler produced one of the worst Irish accents of all time in 'PS I Love You', so why is he now playing a leprechaun, asks Stephen Milton Well bejaysus and begorrah, Hollywood's not been the kindest to us Irish. To be sure, they've only managed to butcher and...
Worldwide A-Lister Gerard Butler
He says he doesn't like it here, that he wants to go home to do the interview, unaware of the reaction of the waitress, the only one left in the deserted restaurant, who hurries after him to beg for a photo with him, suddenly followed by a whole entourage of her girl...
Gerard Butler: Having a ball
GERARD Butler has had a busy month. Dubai, Toronto, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oslo. And Scotland. He celebrated his 43rd birthday last month and knew he had to do it in the motherland, so he made a stopover on his way back to the US, where he lives between New...
Gerard Butler planning to bring in New Year at Perth fire festival
Hollywood movie star Gerard Butler is coming home for a good old Scottish Hogmanay – and his plans look set to be smoking hot, with the Paisley-born star revealing that he's going to be taking part in the Comrie Flambeaux, an ancient fire festival, to bring in the...
Spending time with Gerard Butler
There's never been anything conventional about Gerard Butler or his career. Having originally studied to be a lawyer, at the age of 25 he made a creative U-turn that was to set him on the path to fame, fortune and, by his own admission, contentment. The 43-year-old...
Ahlan! Chats to Hottie Gerard Butler in Dubai
Team Ahlan! were super excited to catch up with ladies' man and Hollywood heart-throb Gerard Butler, who was in Dubai for the launch of the Roger Dubuis boutique Hotness alert! Gerard Butler was in Dubai last night (7 November) for the launch of the Roger Dubuis...
Chasing Mavericks: Gerard Butler Dishes Surfing as Life
Gerard Butler told Movie Fanatic that he had tried surfing only three or four times before accepting the role in Chasing Mavericks. The film is a true story about Frosty Hesson (Butler) and his training of a teenage surfer Jay Moriarity (Jonny Weston) to tackle the...
Gerard Butler’s ‘Chasing’ relationships this fall
[i]The star, determined to get 'Chasing Mavericks' right, recounts a harrowing surfing session that almost took his life.[/i] 7:08PM EDT October 23. 2012 - BEVERLY HILLS — Rule No. 1 of extreme surfing: Don't confuse fear with panic. "You panic," says Gerard...