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- Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone to announce Oscar nominees
- Nail-biting moments in Korean disaster movie The Tower
- Gerard Depardieu says he's not leaving France for tax reasons
| Seth MacFarlane and Emma Stone to announce Oscar nominees Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:05 AM PST Oscars organizers have indicated that 2013 master of ceremonies Seth MacFarlane (pic) will join actress Emma Stone for the news conference to announce this year's nominees on Thursday, January 10. MacFarlane's presence when the nominations are announced will put the Family Guy creator in the spotlight. The Academy pointed out that no master of ceremonies has attended the event since Charlton Heston in 1972. The author-producer and actor with a background in animation earned his stripes at Hanna-Barbera before creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy and American Dad. Last year he hit success with his first film, Ted, also voicing the irreverent teddy bear in the comedy that grossed US$500M worldwide. MacFarlane said via his Twitter account (@SethMacFarlane): "I'll be announcing the Oscar nominees on Jan. 10 at 5 am with Emma Stone. We'll also be revealing the name of Kanye & Kim's baby (Zeus)," he joked, referring to the pregnancy that has had the media in a frenzy. (Relaxnews) |
| Nail-biting moments in Korean disaster movie The Tower Posted: 07 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST A stellar cast struggles to escape fiery death in the South Korean disaster movie The Tower. IF the trailer is anything to go by, South Korea's latest disaster movie The Tower is loaded with special effects and heart-stopping rescues – and it will probably have viewers staying away from skyscrapers for some time. Director Kim Ji Hoon has pulled out all the stops where CGI effects are concerned to depict the catastrophic consequences of a fire that rages through the posh 108-storey Tower Sky highrise. A Christmas Eve party for VIPs goes horribly wrong when one of the helicopters circling the tower – sprinkling snow to give the impression that it's snowing outside – crashes into it. Fire breaks out and the party soon turns into a desperate rush to survive and escape. Among the film's characters is single father Dae Ho (Kim Sang Kyung), the facilities manager at the exclusive residential complex. Despite having to work late, he promises his young daughter Ha Na the best Christmas ever. Yoon Hee (Son Ye Jin), with whom Dae Ho is secretly infatuated, offers to watch Ha Na while he attends to an emergency and the girls quickly forge a bond. Then, there is Young Kee (Sul Kyung Gu), a veteran fire captain who has taken the evening off to spend Christmas Eve with his wife for the first time. Other personalities include a church elder whose lottery winnings bought him a home in Tower Sky; the bickering cooks in the building's massive restaurant; an elderly couple enjoying their golden years; a cleaning lady working extra shifts to pay for her son's tuition; a pregnant woman looking forward to the arrival of her baby; the ambitious owner of the skyscraper who is banking on its success; and the rookie firefighter called to the scene on his first day. Brought together by disaster, their individual stories are folded into a larger drama as they struggle to escape the inferno. A powerful message about humanity, family and love is told through their desperate struggles which will resonate in the hearts of viewers. With chaos, panic and death all around, the fictional Tower Sky becomes the backdrop for spectacular special effects and stunts that will keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Collapsing floors and bursting water tanks amid a roaring inferno promise to deliver a white-knuckle cinematic experience. Bringing the human drama to life is a stellar cast including leads Son Ye Jin (April Snow, Spellbound), Sul Kyung Gu (the Public Enemy movies) and Kim Sang Kyung (Memories Of Murder, May 18 and the TV series The Great King Sejong). The supporting performers include Kim Im Kwon, Lee Han Wie, Kim Sung Oh and Park Chul Min. "This is a disaster movie, but I want to portray people's desperate hope to survive," director Kim said in a press statement. The idea for the film came to him from an experience in his student days, when he visited Seoul for the first time. He was struck by the 264m skyscraper 63 Building and wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in there. In addition to that, the film was also influenced by the classic Steve McQueen-Paul Newman 1974 disaster movie The Towering Inferno. > The Tower opens in Malaysian cinemas on Jan 8. |
| Gerard Depardieu says he's not leaving France for tax reasons Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:24 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - Film star Gerard Depardieu denied that he was leaving his homeland for tax reasons on Monday, saying that, although he now had a Russian passport, he was still very much French. In an interview with sports channel L'Equipe 21 - his first since a row broke out in December over his decision to buy a house over the border in Belgium - Depardieu said that if he had wanted to leave to avoid tax hikes he would have gone earlier. "I have a Russian passport, but I remain French and I will probably have dual Belgian nationality. But if I'd wanted to escape the taxman, as the French press say, I would have done it a long time ago," he said. Depardieu was speaking in Zurich on the sidelines of a football awards ceremony after receiving a new Russian passport on Sunday from President Vladimir Putin. The 63-year-old star of Cyrano de Bergerac and Green Card has been accused by French government leaders of trying to dodge a proposed new tax rate for millionaires. But in a letter last month to Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who labelled the actor "pathetic", Depardieu said he was leaving because success was now being punished in France. Hollande's original proposal to introduce a 75 percent rate on income over 1 million euros was struck down by France's Constitutional Court. While he has said he will press ahead with a tax on the wealthy, it remains unclear whether the redrafted text will be as severe on top earners. |
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