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PHANTOM DAD; REAL-LIFE DRAMA – OPERA STAR GERARD IS MOVED TO TEARS BY HIS ROLE IN
PHANTOM of the Opera star Gerard Butler understands why his new film Dear Frankie has had audiences crying their eyes out. He felt the same way when he first read the script. Just like nine-year-old Frankie - played by Jack McElhone - Gerard grew up estranged from his...
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?...
Don’t expect happy endings
The screenwriter Andrea Gibb has drawn on the real-life experience of her family to come up with a pair of tearjerkers, writes Anna Burnside Within the film industry, writers have traditionally occupied a place somewhere between the wig technician and the second...
THE RAZZ: BEST ACTOR? BUTLER DID IT
SCOTS movie star Gerard Butler has started off 2005 well - he's just been named best actor at an Italian film festival. The Phantom Of The Opera star won the best actor gong at the Capri Film Festival for his new film Dear Frankie. In the movie he plays a troubled man...
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera: An Interview with Gerard Butler
When word went out that "The Phantom of the Opera" would finally be made into a film, many wondered if the original Broadway star, Michael Crawford, would reprise his role. Surprising, Crawford didn't get the call. After all, he played the role over 15 years ago and...
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,...
Eight films ready for the Nordic Competition
Eight new Nordic films have been chosen to take part in the Nordic Competition at the Göteborg Film Festival. The award consists of an award sum of 150 000 SEK and the statuette Filmdraken (the Film dragon) by Swedish artist Ernst Billgren. Göteborg Film Festival will...
Gerard Talks Beowulf in Capri
Gerard Butler certainly has his opinions. The "Phantom of the Opera" star blabbed that he originally hated the script for his upcoming film "Beowulf and Grendel," derived from the 11th-century Old English epic. "Actually, I thought the script was a piece of [bleep],"...
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...
PHANTOM POPS IN TO SCARE HIS FAN CLUB
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...
Interview with Sturla Gunnarson
An age old Anglo-Saxon tale that emerges from Old Norse in the Dark ages. A creature of pure evil. A King Scorned and broken. A man possessing the Strength of 30 and who knows no bounds. A legend destined for fame! Stellan Skarsgård, Gerard Butler, Ingvar Sigurdsson,...
Sideways reasoning for nods
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...
Butler Haunted by Phantom’s Sad, Sexy Singer
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...
WB Official Phantom Gerard Q&A
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...
Film Alters Beowulf Subtext
Gerard Butler, star of the upcoming medieval adventure movie Beowulf & Grendel, told SCI FI Wire that the film puts an intriguing spin on the epic poem that is its source. "[Beowulf] turns up as the hero to take on this troll [Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson as Grendel],...
GERARD BUTLER IS THE SEXIEST STAR ON THE WEB
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...
Gerard Butler as The Phantom
"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...
Butler Previews Beowulf
Gerard Butler told SCI FI Wire that he has high hopes for his upcoming film, the medieval adventure Beowulf & Grendel. "I think it's going to be like nothing you've ever really seen before," the Scottish actor said in an interview while promoting his latest film,...
Film fest earned its good luck
For the St. Louis International Film Festival, which concluded on Sunday, 13 was a lucky number. The 13th installment was both a commercial and artistic success, with solid attendance, distinguished guests, a near-perfectly balanced roster and an enthusiastic...