'Law Abiding Citizen' interview + vote for the People's Choice Awards nominees

Gerard Butler was interviewed on Canada AM, and he talked about the making of Law Abiding Citizen. The clip won't embed, but you can watch it at the source.



Gerard is also among the possible nominees for Favorite Action Star for this year's People's Choice Awards. The votes so far are just for the five nominees. Voting for the actual winners
takes place on November 10. There is also an option to write in a nominee so you can choose whoever you want in each category. Just go here to vote.

Other potential nominees include The Ugly Truth for Favorite Comedy Movie, Angels and Demons for Favorite Movie, Lost for Favorite Sci-fi/Fantasy Show and Favorite TV Drama, and Grey's Anatomy for Favorite TV Drama.

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Ewan McGregor at the Shanghai Film Festival

Angels and Demons was the first foreign film to close the Shanghai Film Festival on Sunday. First, are photos of Ewan at the festival, and then three videos of Ewan at a press junket in Shanghai on Saturday, June 20:
















You can go here for more photos of Ewan at the film festival.

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'Angels and Demons' release pushed back in Mexico

It was reported a few days ago that Angels and Demons had been affected by the swine flu outbreak in Mexico. Theater chains like Cinemark, Cinemex, Cinema Lumiere, and Cinepolis had to close down, especially in Mexico City. Angels and Demons was moved from a May 15th opening date to a June 12th opening.

Most theaters have been closed for the past 11 days, but some movie theaters outside of Mexico City started to reopen today. Theaters are taking precautions - employees wear masks, wear rubber gloves, and after each showing, theaters will scrub down.

So, it seems that while some theaters are opened, audiences in Mexico will still have to wait until June 12 for Angels and Demons to open. Hopefully this blows over soon, and people take precautions to stay safe.

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'Angels & Demons' NBA Playoffs Promo

TNT has aired a new playoffs promo with clips from Angels and Demons. The promo aired last night during the Rockets-Lakers basketball game in the US. I like it, it's kind of cool:




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Ewan McGregor's 'Angels & Demons' Rome premiere

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The first set includes Ewan during the photo call for the World Premiere of Angels and Demons in front of St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome on Sunday. Also included in the photo call from left to right are Tom Hanks, Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, writer Dan Brown, and director Ron Howard.

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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The second set takes place at the actual Rome premiere today, May 4. Also included in the photo are Danish actor Nikolaj Lie Kaas, author Dan Brown, Tom Hanks, Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer, director Ron Howard, and Danish actor Thure Lindhardt:

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REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA)

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(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Ewan McGregor's new 'Angels and Demons' interview

There are even more interviews, clips, and behind the scenes footage from Angels and Demons at the source.




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Entertainment Weekly's summer preview

Entertainment Weekly has revealed it's 20 summer movies they can't wait to see and Angels and Demons is number 3:




EW also has a profile of the upcoming The Ugly Truth out July 17:

Photo by Saeed Adyani

How's this for a pitch? ''There's a lot of, shall I say, flagrant banging and swearing and climaxing and squealing,'' Luketic says of his new film, in which sparks fly between a priggish Sacramento morning-news-show
 producer (Heigl) and the boorish shock jock (Butler) brought in to boost ratings. Luketic (Legally Blonde, 21) jumped aboard when Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal told him the studio had landed Heigl for the 
 female lead. ''I had just seen Knocked Up and thought she was a breath of fresh air,'' he says. ''You're always looking for that It Girl, and she seemed to have all the elements, with a new spin.''

For the likable brute, producers kept pushing Butler. ''I was skeptical,'' the director admits. ''The guy from 300? In a comedy with Katherine Heigl?'' So the two men went out for dinner, and Luketic says he was sold before they'd even placed their order. ''I was telling jokes and long, politically incorrect 
 stories,'' says Butler, who'd passed on several romantic comedies because he found them too soft. ''When I saw the script, I was like, 'Okay, this is me.' ''

Heigl wrapped production on Grey's Anatomy last spring only two days before filming began, so her rehearsal process consisted of a night of drinks with Luketic and Butler at the actress' house in L.A. How was the chemistry? ''Three alpha, outrageous people,'' Butler says.

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8 new 'Angels and Demons' clips

8 brand new clips from Angels and Demons are now online. Some clips are pretty long and there are a few with Ewan McGregor. You can head on over to Cinemablend to check them out. The film opens on May 15.

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ShoWest: Sony unveils 'Angels and Demons' and 'The Ugly Truth'

Sony revealed extended footage of the studio's summer films today at ShoWest, including footage from Angels and Demons and The Ugly Truth. The reaction from the press was mostly positive:


From JoBo-

Angels and Demons

While I've been tough on ANGELS AND DEMONS based on the footage we've seen publicly so far, we were treated to a sizzle reel about five minutes long that's the best advertisement for the movie I've seen so far. I'm not saying the movie is definitely gonna rock your world but there's more reason to believe. They wisely played up a little bit of Hanks' humor in the film to lighten up the otherwise heavy proceedings.

The Ugly Truth

Speaking of movies I've been hard on, I don't think I've had many pleasant things to say about this Katherine Heigl romantic comedy. But as much as I hate to admit it, the world doesn't revolve around me and the UGLY TRUTH footage they showed played extremely well. It was basically scenes from the trailer expanded a bit with two scenes from the middle of the movie. First Katherine Heigl accidentally wears a pair of vibrating panties out to a work dinner. A little kid picks up the controller and starts pushing all the buttons while she starts moaning and jumping.

The next scene was at a baseball game where Gerard Butler is trying to teach Heigl how to get this guy interested. She accidentally spills a drink on his pants and she frantically tries to wipe it off. She's caught by the jumbotron cam and it looks like she's giving him a handjob.

Both scenes killed and as much as I hate to admit it, were pretty cute for a Katerine Heigl romantic comedy. Could be a surprise comedy hit this summer because.....the other comedy footage shown wasn't as much of a hit.

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Exclusive new scenes from 'Angels and Demons'

Here's a clip from ET featuring an interview with Ewan McGregor and Tom Hanks. The film opens on May 15:



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Angels and Demons Super Bowl trailer

Here you go:





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Scottish News

Here's more news from this week:

John Barrowman
Star support for slimming group leader

Robbie Coltrane
Flicker: The Brothers Bloom
2009 Summit Pictures Preview

Ewan McGregor
Industry dressing down for Sundance
Sundance Q Preview
Sundance '09: Our 12 Most Anticipated Films
36 Movies We Can't Wait To See in 2009
Hollywood banks on lucrative 2009

David Tennant
David Tennant makes a comback in Hamlet

Scottish News

Here's the news from this week I may have missed:

John Barrowman
Irene so thrilled to meet star John

Sean Connery
Connery, Lawson Have Sexiest Voices

Ewan McGregor
Hollywood Banks on a Lucrative 2009

David Tennant
Tennant back on stage as Hamlet

New photo of Ewan McGregor in Angels and Demons

I just found a new photo of Ewan from the upcoming movie. I'm not sure if it has been released before but I've never seen it it. Here you are:



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Angels and Demons trailer

It's finally here and Ewan McGregor is actually in the trailer. Enjoy:




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New Angels and Demons photos

Here are some new photos of Ewan McGregor as Carlo Ventresca in the upcoming Angels and Demons. I hope you enjoy them.

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Angels and Demons official site up and running

Just a heads up that the official site for Ewan McGregor's upcoming movie Angels and Demons is now online. There isn't much on the site yet, but they will probably add updates every now and then. Angels and Demons is currently scheduled to open on May 15, 2009 in the US and the UK.


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Mark your calendars

Upcoming films Angels and Demons and Amelia, both starring Ewan McGregor finally have release dates. Angels and Demons will be released on May 15, 2009 in the US and the UK while Amelia opens on October 23, 2009 in the US. Amelia opens just in time for awards season. I'm not making any predictions but I just thought I'd point that out...

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Ewan McGregor's hectic schedule

By the end of June, Ewan McGregor will officially have shot no less than three films in 2008. He is currently shooting scenes opposite Oscar winner Hilary Swank in the upcoming biopic Amelia for Fox Searchlight. He had been asked by the film's producers to join the cast, but there were scheduling conflicts with his dark comedy I Love You Phillip Morris, opposite Jim Carey. The film with Carey will soon finish shooting and Ewan will start production of next year's The Da Vinci Code prequel, Angels and Demons, and will play Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca. Angels and Demons which begins production in June will be shot in Europe and Los Angeles. He will reportedly somehow manage to squeeze in Amelia into his already busy schedule. This also does not take into consideration the fact that Ewan has still not announced whether he will star in The Young Pretender or Mary Queen of Scots - both of which are scheduled to go into production this June.

Source: AHN, Slash Film
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