Natalie Portman is the latest of many actresses to play Elizabeth Bennett in a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, but this one at least adds quite a plot twist. Portman signed on to produce and star in the movie version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the best-selling "expanded version" of the classic by Seth Grahame-Smith. His version adds a little action to Elizabeth's blossoming love affair with Mr. Darcy, in the form of a deadly virus that turns quiet English villagers into zombie killers.
Daniel Radcliffe may appear nude in Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows, the next installment of the series about the boy wizard of Hogwarts. The movie's director, David Yates, tells the British newspaper The Telegraph: "There are a couple of scenes in the new film in which he will undress, but we're still thinking about how we present it."
If the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards provide any clues to the upcoming Academy Awards nominations, look for small independent movies and their stars to triumph. In awards announced Sunday, Mo'Nique won best supporting actress for her role in the drama Precious from the association. Christoph Waltz was named best supporting actor for Inglourious Basterds. In the best actor category, the critics honored Jeff Bridges' performance as an alcoholic singer-songwriter in Crazy Heart. Belgian actress Yolanda Moreau won the group's best actress award for Seraphine. The best film award went to The Hurt Locker, a little-seen drama about a U.S. bomb disposal unit in Baghdad. The same film's director, Kathryn Bigelow, was honored as best director.
Two online polls currently running on Popeater.com show which way the popularity winds are blowing for a number of Hollywood stars. As of last night (Sunday) the site's "Breakthrough Star of the Year" poll garnered the most votes, in order, for the following: Taylor Swift, Susan Boyle, Lady Gaga and, far behind, the Kardashians and Chris Pine. Actually, the Kardashians and Pine got so few votes that it's possible that only people named Kardashian and Pine are voting for them. And in another poll, Popeater asked which celebrities you would want to spend Christmas with. In order of vote numbers, they are: Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Taylor Swift and, far behind, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, or Brangelina. Presumably no one wants to spend Christmas in company with that many noisy kids.
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