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It was all going so well ... Brad Pitt had agreed to star in a movie based on the acclaimed BBC series State of Play, which pits politicians against crusading journalists. But the star walked out just days before filming. Now, the director Kevin Macdonald really did have a thriller on his hands - how to find a replacement and rescue the project within a week. He tells Amy Raphael how he did itOne of the most hotly awaited Hollywood films of this year is State of Play, a political thriller starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck and Helen Mirren. It is an adapation of the widely acclaimed BBC television series, a complex tale of a journalist investigating the murder of an MP's researcher, which was broadcast on the BBC in 2003. Paul Abbott's multilayered script, set against the backdrop of Blair's 2001 re-election and New Labour's perceived failure to replace the sleaze scandals of the Tory years, showcased the very best of British actors. David Morrissey was the ambitious MP ruined by hi

He outsells JK Rowling, John Grisham and Dan Brown put together. He's topped the New York Times bestseller list 35 times, and has so many books coming out in the next few months he's lost count. So how does he do it? James Patterson reveals his secret to Gaby WoodJames Patterson's broad, yellow, colonial-style mansion in Palm Beach is belatedly recovering from a birthday party. 'Happy Birthday Jack' reads a lopsided silvery sign over the entrance. Patterson opens the door, shunting the shiny lettering a little further towards its demise as a he greets me. He shrugs; his son Jack turned 11 several weeks ago, he says, and they still haven't got round to taking the decorations down.It's a gratifying sign of normality in a life that is, at least statistically speaking, extraordinary. From an attic room here, a place that overlooks a lovely expanse of glinting water and has the character of a well-read pirate's private cabin, Patterson produces dozens upon dozens of absurdly lucrative books

A crying 3-year-old - the centerpiece of a heart-wrenching new anti-smoking commercial - has ignited a controversy stretching from Australia to New York City.

ThugLifeArmy.com asked the hip hop notable about his upcoming EP titled ‘HELD HOSTAGE’. Binky tells why an EP and what...

Zachary Oberzan has had a lifelong passion for the story of Rambo in First Blood. It's now the subject of a cerebral theater experiment called Rambo Solo, playing off-Broadway at the SoHo Rep in New York. Host Robert Smith talks to the show's creators and the Rambo-obsessed star.

The New York Times focuses on the Signature and its nonprofit theater brethren in New York as they enter an especially difficult economic period in their history, with the 2009-10 season looming as the toughest financial challenge they have faced, executives say.

Bollywood film producers went on strike Saturday, refusing to release new movies because of a row with multiplex cinema owners over box office takings. The producers are standing firm until big cinema chains across the country agree to equal revenue ...

New Delhi News.Net Saturday 4th April, 2009 Kolkata, Apr 4 : Fashion designer Narendra Kumar showcased his collections inspired by the gloomy days during the last year's Mumbai terror attacks at the ongoing Kolkata Fashion Week .

Shruti Hassan said she is trying to get success in the Bollywood like any other new comer and she got no benefit of her family background.

Newlyweds Gisele and Tom Brady soaked up the sun in an exotic location on Friday while reportedly getting ready to walk down the aisle for a second time today! The lovebirds basked on the beach in Costa Rica, and Tom and his little boy John played around in the waves, says People.com. On Friday evening, the couple threw a barbeque feast at their local home for family and friends. One night earlier, they held a wedding rehearsal-dinner at a beachfront hotel, says the Web site.