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According to Women's Wear Daily (WWD), Banana Republic is doing an Anna Karenina fall collection inspired by Joe Wright 's upcoming film Anna Karenina (starring Pride & Prejudice stars Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen ). This is great promo for AK movie and of course, Banana Republic is said to have produced the collection in partnership with Focus Features. Anna Karenina opens in UK Cinemas on September 7th and two months later in the US (in select theaters) November 9th (and will possibly go in wide release soon after or in the following weeks). Here's WWD 's article for more info! Banana Republic to Launch Line Inspired by 'Anna Karenina' ALL ABOUT ANNA: Banana Republic is traveling back in time to 19th century Russia for a line bowing in October and inspired by the film, “Anna Karenina,” opening Nov. 9 and starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law. “It’s a very different take on ‘Anna Karenina,’” Banana Republic’s creativ...

Four new stills from  The Great Gatsby film (via The Great Gatsby UK Facebook ) have just been released online, and two of them features Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan with Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan and Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby . The first trailer for The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Carey Mulligan , and Tobey Maguire was released recently with another New still via the film’s UK Facebook page . The film also stars Joel Edgerton , Jason Clarke , and Isla Fischer .  The Great Gatsby production stills featuring Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan  (source: The Great Gatsby UK Facebook ) The Great Gatsby opens in 3D on December 25th .

Now, that the first trailer for Joe Wright's new 'Anna Karenina' film starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen! is here (which was released about a week ago today), I thought I'd compile all the trailers of brilliant and acclaimed director Joe Wright 's five feature films in one post. In such a short time of this award winning filmmaker's directorial career (following the award-winning box office successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement” ), JW had directed all 5 of these wonderful and amazing (from period to musical to action and back to period) feature films.

Available now on DVD , Blu-ray , and Combo Pack (as well as OnDemand, iTunes, and digital downloads) is Rosamund Pike 's recently released film, Wrath of the Titans , which she co-starred with Sam Worthington , Liam Neeson , Ralph Fiennes , Edgar Ramirez , Toby Kebbell , and Bill Nighy . The film opened in theaters March 30th (about 87 days and 12.4 weeks ) and was a bit disappointing on its opening weekend as far as domestic box-office gross is concern, as it opened at $33.6 million (at #2 behind The Hunger Games ), and still did not reached nor surpassed its $150 million budget, which isn't good box-office-wise, but not worse compared to Disney's John Carter . According to Box Office Mojo , as of June 24th , while it only grossed at $83.6 million in domestic , it did much better overseas with $218.3 million and made a worldwide total of $301 . 9 million . DVD Active has the following DVD and Blu-ray details and cover artwork for this film below......

Great news for Rupert Friend fans (like myself)! According to Hollywood Reporter , Rupert is joining the cast of Showtime 's hit freshman series Homeland as a season regular on the series' season 2 ! Also... The world premiere of the season two trailer of Homeland (via its FB page) will premiere at Comic-Con International ! Executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa will introduce the trailer at the Dexter panel on Thursday, July 12th in Ballroom 20. More details to come! Here's the article via Hollywood Reporter ... 'Homeland' Adds Rupert Friend as Series Regular for Season 2 (Exclusive) Homeland is upping the ante for its second season.

In theaters nationwide today is Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley . Go see it! Check out and watch Writer-Director Lorene Scafaria Talks SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, Reactions to the Apocalypse, Making Her Directing Debut, and More as well as Keira Knightley Talks SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD, Her Attraction to the Script, Her Apocalypse Soundtrack, ANNA KARENINA, and More (via Collider ) Synopsis SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD ( Focus Features ) stars Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell and Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria. Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity’s last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Mr. Carell) and Penny ( Ms. Knightley ) converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten. Als...

The first trailer and movie poster (see to your left), and a new still (of Keira Knightley and Aaron Johnson ...see it below) for  Joe Wright 's upcoming film Anna Karenina (starring Pride & Prejudice stars Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen ) has just been released by Focus Features today and it's already trending topic #2 worldwide on twitter ! Very exciting! Anna Karenina Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Emily Watson, Olivia Williams , and Ruth Wilson also star in the adaptation of Anna Karenina , directed by Joe Wright ( Hanna/Atonement/ Pride & Prejudice ). Here’s the official synopsis: The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with director Joe Wright, following the award-winning box office successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” is the epic love story “Anna Karenina,” adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s classic novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (“Shakesp...

Keira Knightley attended the premiere of "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World" with co-star Steve Carell and writer/director Lorene Scafaria at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival held at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on June 18, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley opens in theaters nationwide this Friday! UPDATE: Check out and watch Keira Knightley 's red carpet interview talking about Seeking A Friend and Anna Karenina trailer! Check out some new photos of Keira looking stunningly gorgeous, as usual, at the red carpet , below...

Just 4 more days left until Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley hits theaters nationwide this Friday , June 22nd ! Focus Features has released more production stills (via HeyUGuys and IMDb ) from the movie with Keira Knightley as Penny (aka Penelope Lockhart ) as well as on set photo of KK , co-star Steve Carell , and director Lorene Scafaria . Synopsis SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD ( Focus Features ) stars Golden Globe Award winner Steve Carell and Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley and is the feature directorial debut of screenwriter Lorene Scafaria. Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity’s last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Mr. Carell) and Penny ( Ms. Knightley ) converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks – if not the world’s – brighten. Connie Britton , Adam Brody , Rob Corddry , Derek Luke , Melanie Lynskey ,...

Happy Father's Day to (my own Dad) and to all the fathers around the world! A Father's Day tribute to Mr. Bennet

As Keira Knightley promotes her new film Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (see her video interview of it below), which she co-stars with Steve Carell and it's opening in theaters nationwide next Friday ( June 22nd ) , she was interviewed by MTV News and was asked about her upcoming film  Anna Karenina (in select theaters November 9th , which she co-stars with her former P&P co-star Matthew Macfadyen ) and her third film collaboration with director Joe Wright ( Pride & Prejudice and Atonement ) . Before we get into Keira 's new interview talking about AK film and JW , Focus Features (via Facebook ) has released a new AK production still of her co-star Aaron Johnson (on his birthday the other day, Wednesday June 13th ) as Count Vronsky . Rumor has it that the first trailer for Anna Karenina is said to debut sometime today (lets hope so!)...we shall see! I'll be sure to post about it here as soon as it's available, o...

Rosamund Pike attended the Bvlgari Hotel and Residences London Official Opening on June 12, 2012 in London, England. Miss Pike is the newest face of BVLGARI (Bulgari - the magnificent Italian Jeweler since 1884 )'s Secret de Gemmes skincare line . I posted about it here last January: Photos | Videos: Watch Rosamund Pike as the new face of BVLGARI's Secret de Gemmes skincare line Rosamund , who recently became a first time and new mother ( gave birth about a month ago ) to a baby boy named Solo , looked stunningly gorgeous and slim in the new photos below. Check out Rosamund 's new glam and gorgeous pics...

Three new stills from  The Great Gatsby film (via Collider and HeyUGuys ) have just been released online, and one of them features Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan (above ^), on the dance floor with Leonardo DiCaprio . The first trailer for The Great Gatsby starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Carey Mulligan , and Tobey Maguire was released recently with another New still via the film’s UK Facebook page . The film also stars Joel Edgerton , Jason Clarke , and Isla Fischer . The Great Gatsby opens in 3D on December 25th .

UPDATED 6/28/12 : Removed previously posted embedded YouTube video link and screen captures of Talulah Riley for The Liability as was kindly asked to do so by AV Pictures , the sales company behind The Liability film as it was not the actual trailer for the film. So, yeah...that was not the trailer...sorry. As soon as the official trailer is released, I'll post  all about it here. I'll keep you all posted. The trailer has surfaced online for Talulah Riley 's upcoming film The Liability , a new comedy thriller produced by Corona Pictures and starring Tim Roth , Jack O'Connell, Talulah Riley . No release date for the U.S. yet, but it's listed on IMDB as to be released in the UK Cinemas for October 2012 . UPDATED 6/30/12: Grindstone Inks North American Deal for 'The Liability' With Tim Roth The film also made its debut at the Cannes Film Festival and is Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up). I asked the lovely Miss Riley about the filming status o...

Keira Knightley made a guest appearance on NBC's Late Night With Jimmy Fallon to promote her upcoming new film Seeking a Friend for the End of the World , which she co-stars with former The Office star Steve Carell . The film hits theaters nationwide next Friday June 22nd ! Though there was no mention of her engagement and new fiancee on this interview. This is Keira 's first TV guest appearance since recently announcing she's engaged to boyfriend, Klaxons keyboard player James Righton . Keira ’s rep said in a statement: “I can confirm that Keira Knightley is engaged to be married to James Righton. We are not discussing any further details.” Watch a video clip of Keira 's interview on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon late monday night/early morning...

Available now on DVD and Blu-ray as well as On Demand and Digital downloads is Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Robert Downey Jr. , Jude Law , Kelly Reilly , Noomi Rapace , Rachel McAdams , Jared Harris , and Stephen Fry .This film opened in US theaters six months ago (December 16th) at #1 on its opening weekend. Box Office Weekend: Sherlock Holmes 2 tops its weekend debut with $40M! While it's the first movie, Sherlock Holmes ' domestic BO total Gross ( $209 million ) was more than its sequel, its foreign and worldwide total gross (see #s below) for this second film made more than the first film ( $315 million foreign and $524 million worldwide ), which is quite impressive. Sherlock Holmes: A Game Shadows Box Office Gross (via Box Office Mojo ) Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic:   $186,848,418     34.4% +  Foreign :   $357,000,000     65.6% =  Worldwide...

According to Variety , 2-time Academy Award Nominee  Brenda Blethyn and two-time Academy Award Winner Hillary Swank are co-starring in a new HBO telepic Mary and Martha . Oh, and get this, the trio of Working Title Films ' Tim Bevan , Eric Fellner , and Liza Chasin, the executive producers of Joe Wright 's Pride & Prejudice , Atonement , and the upcoming Anna Karenina films (as well Love Actually with its writer/director Richard Curtis ) are producing this alongside the director of Salt ! This should be awesome with those great talents behind the scenes and in front of the camera along with two of the best actresses in Hollywood. Here's more info (via Variety ) about HBO's Mary and Martha ...

Screen Daily reports that Kelly Reilly is attached to star in a new crime thriller, The Ice Princess , which will be Danish filmmaker Birger Larsen 's English-language adaptation of Swedish author Camilla Läckberg 's best-selling debut crime novel of the same name . A very interesting crime novel (oh, I'd love to read this book next!), which our Kelly Reilly will be playing the lead character Erica Falck . This is going to be pretty good with Kelly on it. She was great in Eden Lake (with Michael Fassbender ). Here's more info via Screen Daily about The Ice Princess film adaptation... EXCLUSIVE: Reilly attached to Birger Larsen’s English-language adaptation of Camilla Läckberg’s best-selling thriller The Ice Princess.

According to Deadline , Jena Malone has joined the cast (as Danneel Dobson ) of a new indie film titled The Go-Getters . Interesting, I had to re-read the title 'cause at first I thought it was a typo, lol...Well, the funny thing was that I remember she was in another indie film with the same title with Zooey Deschanel. I checked out her IMDB profile's filmography just to be sure and sure enough, she was in another indie film back in 2007 of almost similar title: The Go-Getter (sans the "s"). That one was a road trip film though, but still it has a similar title with this new indie film she just signed on... Anyway, here's more info. of Jena 's new indie film (via Deadline )... Jena Malone Joins ‘The Go Getters’ Jena Malone has joined the cast of the indie film  The Go Getters . Malone , who recently starred in the cable ratings-record breaking Hatfields & McCoys , will play the female lead in the LA noir thriller, a struggling actress ...

Just 12 more days left until Seeking a Friend for the End of the World starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley hits theaters nationwide on June 22nd ! Focus Features has released a featurette (featuring cast interviews including Keira Knightley ), clips , and TV spots . See all of them here! or... Watch the following Featurette , clips , and TV spots for Seeking A Friend (via MovieclipsCOMINGSOON ) below...

Updated 6/13/12: Unfortunately, no one (eligible) entered this (and the other two) DVD giveaways...I'm guessing everyone already owned their copies of these DVDs...and this giveaway has already expired...so ending all the giveaways, since no one here seemed interested in winning these DVDs. Oh, well...

Two of the most watched TV series/miniseries of 2012 , Downton Abbey ( Penelope Wilton co-stars) and Hatfields & McCoys ( Jena Malone co-stars) both scored nominations for Television Critics Association (TCA) and Critics Choice TV Awards . DA got two nods each for both TCA and CCA while H&M got one nomination each for both TCA and CCA! (via Collider ): The 28 th Annual TCA Awards will be Presented on Saturday, July 28 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials “Downton Abbey: Masterpiece” (PBS) “Game Change” (HBO) “Hatfields & McCoys” (History) “Hemingway & Gellhorn” (HBO) “Sherlock: Masterpiece” (PBS)

The first trailer for director Robert Zemeckis’ Flight starring Denzel Washington and  Kelly Reilly has landed online today! Also, the first image of Denzel Washington and movie poster (via Collider ) for the film has been released as well. John Goodman , Don Cheadle , and Melissa Leo also co-star. In theaters November 2nd ! See global release dates here ! Here’s the synopsis for Flight : In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane? Go to Apple to watch the trailer in HD or watch it (includes a screen capture glimpse of Kelly Reilly ) below...

If you missed Jena Malone 's awesome and epic HATFIELDS & MCCOYS miniseries (which she co-stars with Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton ), you can watch episodes 2 and 3 here (sans episode 1, unfortunately)...but worry not, it is coming to DVD and Blu-ray July 31st! It was a huge success ratings-wise for History channel as it made cable history for an impressive 3-nights in a row of big ratings for the network. Read Deadline article here: History’s ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Breaks More Cable Records Anyway, Young Hollywood recently interviewed Miss Malone to talk about her part in the hit miniseries. Jena Malone Explores Deep American Roots... in Romania We doff our caps to the lovely Miss Jena Malone , who stops by to tell us all about her gritty role as Appalachian vixen Nancy McCoy in the epic 3-part miniseries, "Hatfields & McCoys". The very talented actress goes into detail about the history of the famous feud and the interesting filming process...