‘Skyfall’ Wins Box Office, Sets Franchise Record

Taking in an estimated $87.8 million this weekend in the U.S., Skyfall made box office history as the biggest debut for a Bond film ever.
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The 23rd movie in the franchise, and star Daniel Craig’s third’s turn as the famed super-spy, took in $20 million more its opening weekend than 2008’s Quantum of Solace ($67.5 million), the franchise’s former best.
Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph placed second with $33.1 million. The family friendly flick maintained a steady lead above Denzel Washington’s Flight, which took in $15.1 million.
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Argo held forth this week at $6.7 million, followed closely behind by Liam Neeson’s Taken 2 at $4.0 million.

Emma Watson supports Africa schools charity

” Harry Potter” actress Emma Watson has shown her support for a charity supplying vital equipment to schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Back to School Shop work to raise funds for education supplies including stationery and uniforms, as well as six-month or one-year bursaries for impoverished students in the region, reports express.

Watson, who showed her support for good causes in 2009 by launching her own ethical clothing range in aid of fair trade fashion charity People Tree, has thrown her weight behind the campaign.

“Please help CAMFED with their campaign to give that one thing their students need to go to school,” the 22-year-old tweeted Thursday.

DiCaprio’s charity turned b’day bash

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio played good samaritan on his 38th birthday. He asked his guests for donations to raise money for the American Red Cross.

DiCaprio used the occasion Sunday to raise money for the Red Cross to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, by adding a fee to every bottle sold to be donated for charity, reports contactmusic.com.

The 38-year-old raised a total of $500,000 for American Red Cross, and all other donations went to charities supported by the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation.

Guests including Beyonce Knowles and her husband Jay-Z, Robert De Niro, Cameron Diaz, Mark Ruffalo, Emma Watson, Chris Rock, and Miranda Kerr were entertained by live performances from Django Reinhardt, Gary Clark Jr. and Eric Lewis.

The celebrations took place at a club named The Darby.

Katie Holmes’ shares close bond with family

Los Angeles: Katie Holmes, who was under intense media scrutiny after her divorce from Tom Cruise, thanks her close bond with her family for helping her get through such challenging times.

Holmes, 33, blindsided Cruise by announcing her divorce from Cruise in June this year, reported E! online.

“I have these moments where what’s going on in my life is unbelievable, and you have to tell everyone to figure out how to respond. My siblings and I are always on the phone saying: ‘Oh my God, what do you think? What does Mom think? What does Dad think?’ And then you act accordingly,” she said.

Holmes is busy in promoting her upcoming Broadway play, ‘Dead Accounts’ and about her character she says she definitely identifies with.

“I still think of myself as Midwestern. I mean, I’ve had box wine…It’s good. And it’s a lot easier to open. I’m like Lorna (my character) in that my values guide me in an
instinctual way, like, ‘That feels weird’ or ‘I better send a thank you’.”

‘Gangnam Style’ double platinum in U.S.

SEOUL, Nov. 10 (UPI) — South Korean rapper Psy’s single “Gangnam Style” has sold more than 2 million copies, the Recording Industry Association of America Inc. said Saturday.

The viral song and video has been certified double platinum by the association, Yonhap News Agency reported.

Psy is currently on a tour of Europe before moving on to the United States. He is scheduled to appear Sunday on the MTV Europe Music Awards in Frankfurt, before heading Nov. 18 to Los Angeles to perform at the American Music Awards.

He is then scheduled to appear Nov. 22 on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”

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Bus Stop Movie Review

Double entendre and sexual innuendoes are not something new to Telugu Cinema. They have been there since films took the hard commercial route. Everyone among us enjoy these so-called ‘cheap thrills’, yet many try to distance themselves from them in a moralistic way. Bollywood tried this genre in an entertaining way through ‘Delhi Belly’ and a guy called Maruthi tried the same in Tollywood with his runaway hit ‘Eerojullo’. Within no time he’s back with a similar offering named ‘Busstop’.

In a way this movie is what we people popularly call a B-grade film which appeals to the unhealthy appetite of the masses. But here it comes with a difference. It’s the same but with an underlying message presented in an entertaining way. Hatsoff to the technical team for putting together a decent product with a solitary Canon 5D camera without even once tampering with quality. Dialogues, music, scenes, action etc etc etc, everything is strictly passable yet are strong to set the cash registers on fire.

The film portrays the confusions of the teens and those in the post-teenage years and their parents. So in a way is intended only for this target group among the audience. Others can give it a miss without regret. The strength in the script is the way it attracts the youth with it’s masala first and then makes them sit down and take notice of the grim realities. All said, I definitely expect something more from the director Maruthi in his subsequent film and not a follow-up to this one.

Director Maruthi to team up with Allu Aravind

Maruthi, who directed Eerojullo and Busstop, has clinched a bumper offer. The talented director has got an offer to work with one of the reputed production houses Geetha Arts. Producer Allu Aravind has announced that he’ll be soon teaming up with Maruti for a film under the prestigious banner. Although, the producer did not reveal the details and cast of the film, it is generally presumed to be a big budget film.

Meanwhile, Maruti-directed Bustop, which has hit the screens today, is getting positive reviews. The directed is being showered with praises for his sensibilities and contemporary thinking. Bellamkonda Suresh, another biggie in Tollywood, produced the movie.

Dabangg 2

Director: Arbaaz Khan
Cast: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Prakash Raj, Deepak Dobriyal, Sandeepa Dhar, Nikitan Dheer
Producer: Malaika Arora Khan, Arbaaz Khan
Writer: Dilip Shukla
DOP: Aseem Mishra
Music: Sajid-Wajid
Distributor: Eros International
Release Date: December 21, 2012

Synopsis

Salman Khan is back as Chulbul Pandey in Dabbang 2 to entertain the audiences and make this Christmas an even bigger affair.

Eros International released a digital motion poster of the much awaited sequel of Dabbang which has the Chulbul Pandey with his signature shades. However, this time around the shades break in the latter half of this motion poster.

Roger Moore calls Skyfall ‘best Bond film ever’

Sir Roger Moore believes Skyfall is the greatest Bond film of all time.

The 85-year-old actor, who played 007 in seven films from 1973 to 1985, said the latest movie in the franchise had given the spy another “50 years of life”.

“I think of it as just the best Bond ever made,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

‘Skyfall’ Review: It gets so much right

Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Albert Finney
Director: Sam Mendes
Given the promise of Casino Royale and the subsequent disappointment of Quantum of Solace, it was clear the James Bond franchise – currently in its 50th year – needed a shot in the arm, and a filmmaker who could put things back on track. In Skyfall, Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of American Beauty, has delivered a thrilling addition to the 007 movie legacy, and a film that strikes just the right balance between familiarity and freshness.
So while Mendes doesn’t hold back on such Bond staples as exotic locales, long-winded chases and exhilarating stunts, even an appearance from that iconic silver Aston Martin, he also slyly adds poignant undertones and character depth to a brand of films that has seldom promised more than a series of smart thrills. Fortunately for us, this cocktail proves potent, and aside from the nauseatingly sentimental finale, Skyfall is a terrific ride.
The film opens with a killer pre-credits sequence in which Bond (Daniel Craig in his third outing as 007) and fellow MI6 operative Eve (Naomie Harris) are hot on the trail of a target in Istanbul who’s stolen a hard-drive that contains the identities of every Secret Service agent embedded in terrorist organizations across the world. Leaping off a jeep, Bond chases the target across rooftops on a motorcycle, before taking the fight to the top of a train…until a gunshot knocks 007 into a river.