2 Times Oscar Winner Christoph Waltz Picture Moment

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Christoph Waltz

Christoph Waltz is an Austrian-German actor. Internationally, he is known for his works with American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Wikipedia

Born: October 4, 1956 (age 56), Vienna

Jorge Garcia joins CBS pilot 'The Ordained'

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Lost alum Jorge Garcia is heading to CBS.

The actor, fresh off a guest gig on ABC's Once Upon a Time, has joined the cast of the network's drama pilot The Ordained, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Ordained revolves around Tom (Boardwalk Empire's Charlie Cox), the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.

Garcia will play Carlos, the law firm's staff investigator who is Tom's main ally and only friend at the office. He's an easygoing hotdog-eating guy unlike the rest of the suits at the office who uses unorthodox methods to get the job done and often does so with levity and humor.

Journalist/author Lisa Takeuchi Cullen will pen the script for CBS Television Studios and will executive produce alongside Frank Marshall, Larry Shuman and A.B. Fischer. RJ Cutler will helm the pilot, with Robert Zotnowski on board as a co-EP.

Repped by APA and Kritzer Levine, Garcia's recent credits also include Fox's Alcatraz and guest gigs on Californication, Fringe and How I Met Your Mother.

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Ewan McGregor is cool about getting old

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'The Impossible' actor Ewan McGregor has admitted he worried about growing old when he turned 40, but has now embraced his age. Ewan McGregor is worried about getting old.

'The Impossible' actor has revealed he was in a panic about turning 40 in 2011, but has now calmed down and embraced his older and wiser self.

In an interview with Italian magazine IO Donna, he said: ''When I turned 40 I started worrying about my age and getting older, but now that I'm over that I'm content and relaxed with ageing... It's OK.''

The 41-year-old Scottish actor has four daughters, Clara, 15, Esther Rose, 11, and adopted Jamiyan, 11, and Anouk, two, with his wife Eve Mavrakis, and he has been following his parents example when it comes to raising them.

The 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen' star keeps his rules and morals for his kids simple and just wants them to know the difference between right and wrong.

He said: ''When it comes to my kids, there are few simple values I cherish, the same as my parents. What's wrong, what's right, kindness, a solid culture and good manners.''

The actor, who has been married to production designer Eve, 46, since 1995, isn't sure what the secret to a happy relationship is, but mused: ''There are no rules when it comes to marriage. Still being in love after all the years helps.''

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Ray Liotta, Juno Temple & Jeremy Piven Join Robert Rodriguez's 'Sin City: A Dame To Kill For'

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2013 could prove to be the year of Robert Rodriguez. The prolific filmmaker has always been uber-productive, but this year, we'll get a double dose: he'll have two films hit theaters a month apart of each other. The first, "Machete Kills" will land in theaters on September 13th via Open Road and and then four weeks later, Dimension Films' "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For" will follow. And with cameras rolling on the highly anticipated follow-up to "Sin City," three more actors have joined the cast.

Sources close to the production have confirmed to The Playlist that Ray Liotta, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven have all come on board the picture. Details on their characters are being kept under wraps for now, but the trio join some very good company. 'A Dame To Kill For' is chalk full of talent, including original cast members Mickey Rourke as Marv, Jessica Alba as Nancy, Rosario Dawson as Gail and Jaime King as Goldie/Wendy and newcomers to the fold Josh Brolin as Dwight (replacing Clive Owen), Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Johnny, Dennis Haysbert as Manute (replacing the late Michael Clarke Duncan) and Jamie Chung as Miho. Production is already underway at Rodriguez’s always busy Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas.

Liotta is on a bit of a comeback, fresh off roles in Andrew Dominik's "Killing Them Softly" and Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond The Pines," which audiences will be able to see in the spring. He'll also soon be seen in "The Iceman" opposite Michael Shannon and Olivier Megaton's "Into The Americas." Temple is coming off "The Dark Knight Rises," has "The Brass Teapot" on the way and will be seen in three Sundance films this week: "Afternoon Delight," "Magic Magic" with Michael Cera and "Lovelace" starring Amanda Seyfried. She also has upcoming roles on the horizon in "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie and "Horns" with Daniel Radcliffe. Meanwhile, Piven has been busy with his new series "Mr. Selfridge," which is now airing in the U.K. and will hit American TV screens via PBS later this year.

"Sin City: A Dame To Kill For" arrives in theaters on October 4th.

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Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens gets Interviewed

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FLOPCHIN STOVENS INTERVIEW

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dan Stevens looks shaken. We are in an empty restaurant in New York and I have justbecome the first outsider he has ever told about his death in Downton Abbey.
“It is very odd,” he says.

After the Christmas special yesterday, the entire world knows that honourable, handsome,happy Matthew Crawley has died at the wheel of his car, reducing a nation to
tears of dismay and disbelief. At the time of our interview last month, there
was a lot of speculation, but no actual confirmation. “It is very strange to
make it official especially since we are talking about it in the future
perfect,” he says, with a laugh. “I am not sure exactly what tense it is, but
it is something very weird.”

That is an almost perfect Dan Stevens joke. He is the charming, well-spoken,Cambridge-educated actor who has become as famous as any movie star thanks to
his role as the romantic lead in Downton. But his literary aspirations, his
desire to be more than just another TV sensation, meant that though his fans
wanted him to stay, they knew that he would probably choose to go.

In fact, he made the decision in February before he even started filming the thirdseries. “We were always optioned for three years,” he explains. “And when that
came up it was a very difficult decision. But it felt like a good time to take
stock, to take a moment. From a personal point of view, I wanted a chance to do
other things.

“It is a very monopolising job. So there is a strange sense of liberation at the sametime as great sadness because I am very, very fond of the show and always will
be.”

As yet, he can’t say what future projects he will take on, though “there are some excitingopportunities”. Until February, he is on stage in New York, playing opposite
Jessica Chastain and David Strathairn in The Heiress, an adaptation of Henry
James’s Washington Square. Stevens is Morris Townsend, who may or may not be a
fortune hunter. He has sideburns and an American accent and when he walks on
stage, there is the strange frisson of seeing him play someone who is notMatthew Crawley – and convey the ambiguities of a darker character very well.

This ambition to do something different is what has spurred him on. “It is a desirefor freedom really,” he says. “I don’t see money or a particular status as an
actor as a goal but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range
of roles as I can. And I think a moment like this is quite unique and presentsthose opportunities more than ever before.

“That may not be the case,” he adds, with another laugh. “I genuinely don’t know exactlywhat is around the corner but I hope it will be something a little bit
different. Morris Townsend is a little bit different, and that for me is good
enough.”

His voicetrails away, and he looks down at his hands. When he is talking about books or
theatre, there is no stopping him. When he talks about Downton, he is more
cautious. At the time he signed up, Stevens was mainly a theatre actor familiar
on television for his part in Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty. But he
was neither a household name, nor a heartthrob. Downton, playing on his boyish
handsomeness and his passionate affair with the stand-offish Lady Mary, has
made him a star, both in the UK and America. When he walks on stage in New
York, he commands a round of applause just as great as that of his movie-making
co-stars.

‘None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be,” he says. “I thoughtI was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It
had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes.
Anything could happen and generally did.”

Its appeal, from the first, was its company feel – rare in TV. “There was no maincharacter. Everybody owned their storyline. And it was fun. It had a tongue in
cheek element which set it apart. I had done quite a few period dramas at that
point and I was ready not to do another one and then these scripts came along
and the Matthew/Mary relationship was just such fun – I am really glad I didn’t
turn it down.”

Stevens’s affection for Downton is unmistakable – he generally tweets “Hound’s bum abbeytime” as each episode starts, a reference to the dog’s bottom that opens the
credits. “In terms of its popularity,” he explains, “there is a kind of ironic
enjoyment as well as a serious enjoyment. One of my ways of coping with the
attention that it has received is to join the ranks enjoying the mania of
Downton rather than take the whole thing too seriously. But that is my way with
most things. Not to take them too seriously.”

That much is clear. He laughs a lot while he talks, and makes rather good jokes. But healso uses this charm to deflect questions. If he has felt any frustration, he
does not show it: but he did make his decision to leave after the second
series, the one in which Matthew – apparently paralysed in the war – was forced
by the plot to rise from his wheelchair like Lazarus from the grave.

“I think it was harder for the people who had to react to me getting out of the chair,”says Stevens, with a grin. “That was a particularly strange point in the
narrative. I think there were some justifiable criticisms of series two and its
pace. I think from what I have seen, series three has been a lot stronger. But
from the actor’s point of view all the bombs and the mud and everything were
great to film and I had a great time.”

Nevertheless,for so intelligent a man, it must have hurt when his peer Benedict Cumberbatchwas quoted as describing that second series as “f------ atrocious.” “From what
he has told me, and from what I understand, he was misquoted or certainly
quoted out of context,” says Stevens, loyally. “But the thing that upset people
was that there is a sort of unwritten rule that whatever you think of other
people’s shows you don’t diss them to journalists.”

He insists, however, that it is Downton’s capacity to surprise – whether it is aTurkish diplomat expiring in Lady Mary’s bed or the unforeseen death of Sybil
in childbirth – that sets it apart. “You think you are trotting along with a
nice Sunday night drama and something happens. It wouldn’t be Downton if it
wasn’t for all the big twists and shocks.”

Now Mathew’s death is the melodrama that has left viewers reeling. “It was veryemotional shooting the end of this series, because those guys are like family.
We have been living together for three years and have been on the most amazing
journey. I don’t think any of us, with the possible exception of Maggie, have
had this kind of explosion in our career paths, and may never again. It has
been so bizarre, and only those who have been through it can understand it.”

His closeness to the Downton tribe is obvious: he describes Hugh Bonneville andAllen Leech (Branson) as being like “hilarious brothers” to him and the
experience of working with Maggie Smith as a joy. “There are certain takes
where you can see us still half-chuckling from some remark she has made just
before ‘action’.” He will miss Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) because “after
everything we have been through it will be sad not to see the relationship
continue”.

“On the other hand, I won’t be sorry to see the back of that dining room,” he says,with a roar of laughter. “It may have held some of the key plot points, but it
is just a nightmare to shoot in. There are so many angles and edits and it gets
very airless and stuffy – and it is blacked out so even at 10 in the morning weare in the dark.”

For all his expressed sadness, he almost glistens with the excitement of what is tocome. He has left after what he describes as the “busiest year I have ever had
professionally. I hope I never have another year that is quite like this.” Even
listing what he has done is exhausting: seven months of shooting Downton, being
a judge for the Man Booker prize, producing the film Summer in February, in
which he also stars, co-editing an online literary magazine (thejunket.org),
writing a column for the Sunday Telegraph, passing 30, becoming a father for
the second time (a son, Aubrey to join Willow, aged three), starring on
Broadway.

This may have had some effect on his choice. “I was in Cornwall producing my first film.I had 145 novels on my plate with the Booker, I was writing and editing, we had
our second baby on the way [his wife is the jazz singer and teacher Susie
Hariet] and things were getting kind of crazy.”

His natural curiosity is revealed by the way he talks about each aspect of theyear. The Booker judging, in particular, allowed the bright boy who sailed out
of Croydon via public school and Cambridge to fulfil his intellectual
ambitions. “Whenever we met as judges it was like some of the finest supervisions
I had at university, talking about literature with brilliant people.” On the
other hand, in the early stages of trying to read so many novels, “I can’t even
begin to describe the depths of despair I was in at some points.”

He feels he can reveal that thanks to his liking for the experimental, he wasparticularly fond of Will Self’s Umbrella. “It is without question an
extraordinary novel but ultimately the question was, are we choosing the most
ground-breaking book or the best work of literary fiction that year. Hilary
Mantel’s Bring Up the Bodies is a brilliant, brilliant novel. And if you have
written the best work of literary fiction you should win the prize, so in that
sense it was unanimous.”

Next on the cards, I suspect, though he is guarded, is not theatre or literature, but abig film. “I haven’t done as many films as I would have liked,” he says. “A lot
of my contemporaries have done more. I don’t have ‘I will be a movie star’
emblazoned on anything, but I’d like do a bit more screen stuff and then when
the time is right come back to theatre. When it is good, theatre takes a lot of
beating both to watch and perform.”

It is possible, I suggest, that his life will never again reach this high point offame. “Oh it is quite possible that none of us in Downton will ever again get
the ratings this has had,” he smiles. “But from a career point of view, it has
opened so many doors.

“I genuinely don’t feel ‘I must play this role’ or ‘I must take this much at thebox office’ in order to fulfil my happiness quotient. As long as I am given the
opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I’ll be
happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I’ll be happy. As long as
I can write in some form, I’ll be happy. It is the essential things like that I
equate with happiness.”

However sad the end of Matthew Crawley, the happiness of Dan Stevens is likely to growand grow.

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Josh Brolin: There will always be violence in movies

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Josh Brolin has opened up about the violence in his new film Gangster Squad in the wake of a series of gun massacres in the US in recent months. A gunman most recently opened fire at a Newtown elementary school last Friday (December 14), killing 20 children and six adults. There have since been increased calls in the US for new gun control laws.

Gangster Squad was initially supposed to be released in September, but Warner Bros pushed the debut until January 2013 following the separate Aurora cinema shooting in July.

Brolin spoke out about the gun violence in Gangster Squad while attending the film's premiere on Saturday (December 15).

"When you're doing something like [a gangster movie], you're lending to the story that you already decided to do, so it's not something like, 'How do we treat this in a way that may be more respectful than not?'" he explained, according to E! News. "You've already decided to do that type of film. It was a lot of fun doing it but at the same time, for a guy who doesn't have any guns myself...I get a little nervous during that thing."

He went on to discuss the potential influence of violent television shows, movies and video games.

"Of course there's a sensitivity. But you have to look at the grand scheme of things, from a universal standpoint," he said. "You have video games, you have psychopharmaceuticals, you have the lowest employment, you have parents that aren't at home."

He continued: "There's many, many different factors. You have CNN, which gloms onto the worst of what's going on and not necessarily the best. There are many different factors, there's no one reason. There's always been violence in movies and there always will be violence in movies. And whether it lends to the one psychotic who's out there and thinking the worst thoughts you can possibly think will always be a mystery."

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Hugh Jackman cries on CBS 60 Minutes

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In a recent TV interview with 60 Minutes Sunday, the Australian actor, Hugh Jackman opened up about his childhood. Talking about the day his mother left their home in Australia for the UK brought the 'Les Miserables' actor to tears.

"I can remember the morning she left, it's weird the things you pick up," Jackman said with tears in his eyes.

"I remember her being in a towel around her head and saying goodbye, must have been the way she said goodbye. As I went off to school, when I came back, there was no one there in the house."

"The next day there was a telegram from England, Mom was there. And then that was it. I don't think she thought for a second it would be forever. I think she thought it was, 'I just need to get away, and I`ll come back.'"

The loss of his mother brought him and his siblings closer to their father, Chris. Jackman was the youngest of five and Chris took full responsibility for raising them. In the interview he said,"Dad used to pray every night that Mom would come back."

"My father is a rock. My father is my rock. It's where I learned everything about loyalty, dependability, being there day in, day out, no matter what."

Hugh and his siblings only saw their mother once a year and the whole experience, and his relationship with his parents instilled in him strong family values.

“It’s always about the family,” he said, speaking of his father: “It’s not about work and I think that’s him living with probably some of his regrets. And feelings of maybe he at the wrong time put too much in his career. And he doesn’t want me to make me that mistake. In his gentle way, he always reminds me this the most important thing.”

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Dan Stevens to leave Downton Abbey

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Rumors of Matthew Crawley’s demise have not been greatly exaggerated.

Multiple sources confirm to TVLine that Dan Stevens is not expected to return for Downton Abbey‘s fourth season — at least not on a full-time basis.

As TVLine first reported back in March, Stevens — who is currently appearing on Broadway in a revival of The Heiress — was one of a handful of Downton regulars who opted not to re-up through Seasons 4 and 5. At the time, series creator Julian Fellowes downplayed the buzz, telling me, “A lot of stuff started up because he’s going to be on Broadway, but it’s a limited run. But everyone pounced on that.”

And that fact remains, Stevens could very well change his mind between now and February, which is when Abbey‘s fourth season is expected to begin shooting. (Season 3 finally bows stateside on Jan. 6). But as of now, it appears Lady Mary will soon be following sister Edith to Spinsters Anonymous — unless, of course, Fellowes opts to recast.

And while one insider insists that option is not off the table, Fellowes recently confessed to EW, “I can’t see us doing that.”

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CONFIRMED: Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play Batman in 'Justice League'

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Drew McWeeny delivered an exclusive on his site HitFix on Nov. 26 and reported that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will take on the role of Batman in the new "Justice League" movie. The word from his source is that JGL will "absolutely" play Batman in the movie.

"Justice League" is the DC Comics tentpole movie that Warner Bros. hopes will be their "Avengers." (lol no) The team consists of some of the world's most famous heroes, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Aquaman. (LMAO)

The word is that there might be something thrown into "Man of Steel," the new Superman movie, that will have Joseph Gordon-Levitt's appearance as Batman foreshadowed.  This news could also mean that Henry Cavill could reprise his role as Superman in the "Justice League" movie as well.

McWeeny also reports that one other character from the "Dark Knight" trilogy is in talks to do something as well. One of the most discussed additions is Gary Oldman as James Gordon, although Michael Caine as Alfred is a more realistic possibility. Don't forget about Morgan Freeman to help John Blake build his new toys or maybe even the return of Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne himself as a mentor character.

How will fans react if the Batman in the new "Justice League" movie is not Bruce Wayne? If McWeeny is right, the Internet might explode.

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Angus T. Jones' Religious Mentor: Anti-Gay, Anti-Masturbation, Anti-Obama and Anti-Jay-Z

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The man who appears in the video in which the "Two and a Half Men" star called his show "filth" has a long history and loyal following.

The emergence of Angus T. Jones' video testimonial for religious group the Forerunner Chronicles -- in which he trashed Two and a Half Men as "filth" and said he no longer wanted to act on the CBS sitcom -- came as a shock. But the man behind the Christian organization has long been at odds with Hollywood, pop culture and liberal America.

Christopher Hudson, who calls himself the Forerunner, is a Seventh-day Adventist who is famous for the fiery sermons he gives in YouTube videos. In 2009, he gained notice for publishing online a documentary called The Jay-Z Deception, in which he accused the rap star of being a Freemason who released his Blueprint albums to celebrate his journey up the ranks of the organization and his links with Satan. He also says Kanye West and Rihanna are part of the conspiracy.

As Hudson alleged in an interview in 2009, Satan is "using mediums like the music and the fashion industry, which are enticing to us on a very base level, dealing with our senses to draw us out of a reasonable, rational relationship with God."

In The Jay-Z Deception, he says: "The Blueprint albums are markers in obtaining degrees in the secret organization known as the Freemasons." The 2001 first album, he alleged, marked Jay-Z's acceptance into the organization, while the second album a year later marked his step up in the group. He said the third album -- released seven years after The Blueprint 2 -- marked the rapper's obtaining of the Third Degree in the organization, which meant that he could lead lodge meetings.

Hudson was very much opposed to President Obama's re-election, and afterward posted a video urging supporters to open their eyes to the coming menaces of gay marriage, marijuana legalization and the damage done by Hurricane Sandy.

In 2011, he claimed that reports of the death of Osama bin Laden were part of a conspiracy and that the terrorist mastermind had been dead since 2007. In 2009, Hudson released a video in which he called masturbation an "unnatural act." In the video, called "Voice of a Prophesy," Jones said that he is still a virgin.

The actor described turning to religion during his parents' divorce, after experimenting with drugs.

"When I look back now, I see that … the enemy was trying to push me in a different direction," Jones said. "But God ... pulled me out right at the last second."

Hudson has also claimed that the death of Michael Jackson was a conspiracy, calling it a cover-up for the pope's proposing a "new world order." He said the pop star's July 7, 2009, memorial service was a distraction for Pope Benedict XVI's call -- in a document issued that same day -- for a global political body to help pull the world out of the economic crisis.

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"Two And A Half" Star Angus T. Jones Finds God, And bad-mouths his own

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"Two and a Half Men" might have another full problem on its hands.

No indication has been given whether or not the tenth, and current season of the series (its second under Ashton Kutcher) will indeed be the series last, but it seems unlikely the series could survive the latest controversy.

A new video has made its way to the web through Reddit, in which "Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones rants about his new-found religion to website “Forerunner Chronicles,” and urges people not to watch the long-running CBS series.

The videos don’t appear to be a hoax, and feature Jones praising his spiritual adviser, who expresses his belief in apparent hip-hop conspiracies, before circling around to "Two and a Half Men" itself:

If you watch ‘Two and a Half Men,’ please stop watching ‘Two and a Half Men.’ I’m on ‘Two and a Half Men,’ and I don’t want to be on it. Please stop watching it, and filling your head with filth. People say it’s just entertainment. Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you’ll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch.

It’s bad news…a lot of people don’t like to think about how deceptive the enemy is. He’s been doing this a long longer than any of us have been around. There’s no playing around when it comes to eternity.

Neither CBS nor Jones’ ‘Men’ co-stars have offered any kind of response to the videos, and Jones doesn’t specify his plans to leave the series, but we’ll keep an eye on the story as it develops. You’ve been warned, but you can check out Angus T. Jones’ video proclamations below.

Skip to 7:30 to hear his rant:

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Glooce has an advise to Angus.Well First You should quit the show then all the money you make from this horrible show ..give it all out to charity..Hypocrisy is better served in a restaurant of 3 Michelin stars.

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Josh Hutcherson and Sam Caflin are in love according to Jennifer Lawrence

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At a recent Silver Linings Playbook screening in Los Angeles, Jennifer Lawrence talked to MTV about how well Josh Hutcherson and Sam Claflin are getting along while filming Catching Fire.

Jennifer also spoke to E! Online about her two co-stars:

“[Sam] and Josh are in love,” Lawrence told me last night at the special screening of her new movie, Silver Linings Playbook, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills. “It’s the most adorable thing I have ever seen in my entire life.

“They’re crazy about each other and they’re inseparable,” she continued. “It’s incredible.

We would love to spend a day on set just to see this in action! 

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The 50 Greatest Male Sex Symbols in Film History

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Last week, we ranked the 50 greatest female sex symbols of film. This week, we're tackling the men, before they tackle us. Remember, there's an important distinction here. These aren't just sexy men; they're men who had a seismic impact on male sexuality. To be safe, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.

50. John Travolta

In his younger days, Travolta had a distinctly masculine grace and sensitivity that recalled the young Marlon Brando. Neither actor aged especially well, but we'll always have Grease.

49. James Franco

Go ahead and laugh at his pretensions and his ubiquity, but James Franco perfectly captured a particular brand of irresistible teen bad boy in Freaks and Geeks, and his good looks and undeniable talent keep him among the ranks of contemporary sex symbols despite his best attempts to silly-art-project his fame away.



48. Viggo Mortensen

There's a reason the Lord of the Rings movies sold millions of tickets to people who didn't really care about hobbits.



47. Leonardo DiCaprio

Had he stuck with his floppy hairstyle from Titanic, we might remember Leonardo DiCaprio as we do Leif Garrett. Luckily, he put his good looks to better use, establishing himself as a globe-trotting, supermodel-nailing sex symbol for grown-ups.



46. Tom Cruise

We know it's tough at the moment, but try to remember why Tom Cruise got famous in Risky Business, Top Gun, et al. The fact that he alienated Katie Holmes doesn't negate that when she was in high school, she and every other teen girl in Christendom wanted a piece of him.



45. Bruce Willis

Women want him, men want to be him, etc. Bruce Willis has swagger.



44. Gregory Peck

Contemporary audiences mostly remember Gregory Peck for his genteel nobility as the ultimate Southern gentleman in To Kill a Mockingbird. But he'd already established his sex appeal in a series of Westerns that used his angular jaw to the fullest. In that light, the hot-dad quality of his Mockingbird performance seems inevitable.



43. Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem's face looks like it was chiseled from a red sequoia by a Cubist, mescaline-amped sculptor, and it's disturbingly sexy. That's probably how he managed to secure People's Sexiest Man Alive award while sporting the doofiest haircut in the annals of film villainy.



42. Richard Roundtree

Emerging from the beige eroticism of the '70s, Richard Roundtree was a black-as-hell sexual pioneer, instantly iconic as a sex machine to all the chicks.



41. Alain Delon

Just being French generally makes you sexier than most people, but Alain Delon's sly and seductive performance in Purple Noon, as the sexually ambivalent Tom Ripley, propelled him into a new realm of lust.


40. Robert Wagner

Cf. Warren Beatty, the best way to become a sex symbol is often to sleep with other sex symbols. Take it from Robert Wagner, who slept with Joan Collins, Joan Crawford, Natalie Wood, Anita Ekberg, Barbara Stanwyck, and Elizabeth Taylor.



39. Keanu Reeves

When you don't trouble yourself with his didn't-know-he-was-being-filmed approach to acting, you will remember that Keanu Reeves was the wet dream of the '90s, in Speed, The Matrix, and My Own Private Idaho. Even today, we might not rewatch his movies, but we'd probably fuck him.



38. Gael García Bernal

Gael García Bernal and his unspeakably pretty face could have suffocated quietly in telenovelas. Instead, he earned international recognition with edgy performances in sexually charged dramas like Y Tu Mama Tambien. We're very grateful.



37. Burt Lancaster

One flash of that iconic smile in From Here To Eternity, and a few thrusts amid a surge of waves on a Hawaiian beach, and we have the blue-eyed Burt Lancaster, forever emblazoned in sex-symbol history.



36. Ryan Gosling

Thoughtful, intense, and unabashedly feminist, Ryan Gosling is a sex symbol for our time. Just ask every single woman in your Facebook feed.



35. Ramón Novarro

Lauded as the new Rudolph Valentino, Mexican actor Ramón Novarro subverted the trope of the distant, unattainable masculine love interest with his flashy romanticism in films like Scaramouche and Ben-Hur. He remains a comely vanguard for early gay (and straight) actors.



34. Patrick Swayze

When Patrick Swayze gyrated against a lithe virgin in Dirty Dancing, the world panted. When Patrick Swayze came up behind Demi Moore working a potter's wheel in Ghost, our seats got wet. He illuminated the '80s with his brusque charm, and remains lodged in our memories somewhere between crushable campiness and genuine lust.



33. Tom Selleck

Though Burt Reynolds paved the way for the hairy man, Tom Selleck earned his own witty niche in the mustachioed market.



32. Melvin Van Peebles

Standing at the helm of his own acclaimed film about a revolutionary hustler, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles created blaxploitation and returned black men's sexuality to a cinema that had emasculated them for decades.



31. Wesley Snipes

He probably seems like less of a sex symbol now that he's in prison for tax evasion. But once, the chiseled Wesley Snipes projected the sex appeal of a man who could rip your dress off with one throw of a glaive. Just ask Jada Pinkett Smith, Halle Berry, and Jennifer Lopez.



30. Antonio Banderas

Antonio Banderas is actually a pretty good actor (see him in an Almodovar movie), but it almost didn't matter in the mid-'90s, when he capably filled the "big-eyed Latin lover" niche. The camp appeal of stuff like the sex scene from Desperado should not be underestimated.



29. Michael Fassbender

If you're wondering if you can be called a sex symbol, ask yourself if George Clooney has complimented your enormous penis on national television.



28. Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson was an aircraft mechanic for the Navy and truck driver before gaining recognition as an actor, and he brought a working-class, salt-of-the-earth masculinity to films like Giant. His breezy chemistry with Doris Day in their string of romantic comedies established him as a charming, urbane prototype for generations of male stars.



27. Sidney Poitier

In 1963, Sidney Poitier became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Lead Actor. But his suave, sophisticated style carried more lasting resonance than any award.



26. Matthew McConaughey

McConaughey is one of the few men on this list who's publicly stated that he feels comfortable being called a sex symbol. But part of this Southern boy's charm is his exhibitionistic self-regard.



25. Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty was a good-looking guy, but that alone isn't enough to make you a sex symbol. What is enough to make you a sex symbol is sleeping with an alleged 12,000 partners. Of his promiscuity, Beatty has modestly remarked, "It was what it was."



24. Steve McQueen

You aren't given the nickname "King of Cool" by just being averagely sexy. With a background in drag racing, Steve McQueen greatly advanced the devil-may-care sexy-man archetype.



23. Michael Caine

Because he's sustained a prolific career well into his seventies, Michael Caine's name may suggest "dignified elder statesman" more than "ascot-bedecked lust object." But watch Alfie and you'll see why he got famous in the first place.



22. Tony Curtis

With his dark curls and dark eyes, Tony Curtis radiated an intensity that allowed him to stand next to Marilyn Monroe in pumps and rouge in Some Like It Hot and still be widely regarded as a sex symbol. His bisexuality (see Spartacus for an on-screen example) only adds to the sense you get that this real-life satyr would sleep with anyone.



21. Errol Flynn

If you inspire an enduring locker-room boast ("in like Flynn"), it is safe to say that you have earned your spot as a sexual icon.



20. Bruce Lee

With one flying high-kick in Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee shattered a sign reading "No Dogs and Chinese Allowed." With the whole of his career, he shattered the similar restrictions about Asian-Americans in Hollywood, allowing actors who'd once been relegated playing waiters and servants to take roles with agency, sex appeal, and killer abs.



19. Ewan McGregor

Though Ewan McGregor's square jaw, bright blue eyes, and lovely speaking voice are indisputably appealing, we're most attached to his penis, which he shows off at any opportunity (see Trainspotting, The Pillow Book, Velvet Goldmine, Nightwatch, or Young Adam). More than his handsome face, it's that fearlessness that makes him a sex symbol for our time.



18. Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino was known as "The Latin Lover" despite being French-Italian. Part of that was just the total racial cluelessness of his times, but his fans may have been responding to the ambiguous exoticism of his sexuality, which tempered the usual action-hero machismo with a mysterious femininity.



17. Clint Eastwood

Before Clint Eastwood was exclusively speaking to empty chairs, his taciturn brand of masculinity was speaking directly to our downstairs parts. His work with Sergio Leone introduced us to a rough manhood that was terrifyingly sexy.



16. Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni's flawless features and brooding, European inscrutibility made him the international sexual ideal of the 1960s.



15. Johnny Depp

Though everyone agrees that he's been laying on the pancake makeup a little thick this decade, Johnny Depp can't make us forget the soulful persona he built up in the '90s. He's probably responsible for more unnamed adolescent stirrings than any other actor in history.



14. Kirk Douglas

A gift from the Golden Age, Kirk Douglas made himself a sex symbol with a series of virile, often bare-chested performances; no woman of 1960 could resist his sexual ferocity in Spartacus.



13. Cary Grant

Cast beside iconic female leads like Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, and Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant persuaded us that his suave, devilishly good-looks were not to be outshone. His very name still connotes suave handsomeness.



12. Harrison Ford

Even as he has turned into a cranky old guy with an earring before our eyes, Harrison Ford remains, somewhere, the irresistible rake we remember. His performances are actually generally quite chaste — probably as a result of his getting famous in the adolescent fantasies of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg — which makes it all the more impressive that he's an international sex symbol. He's just that fine.



11. Sean Connery

The domineering brow and the panty-dropping lilt of his Scottish accent were enough to make Sir Sean Connery an indelible sex symbol. Then, put that combo in a tux with a handgun and a rotating band of arm-candy.


10. Robert Redford

Robert Redford's sandy-haired, blue-eyed hunk persona has transcended the decades. That he leveraged his sex-symbol status on behalf of environmentalism and political advocacy only made it more lasting.



9. Gary Cooper

With relationships with sex symbols Clara Bow and Lupe Vélez, and starring roles in over one hundred films, Gary Cooper fastened himself as more than just a winsome face. When you've been immortalized in two separate songs ("Puttin' On The Ritz" and "Mr. Sandman") for being one stylish, sexy sonofabitch, you know you've made it as a sex symbol.



8. Clark Gable

There was something quintessentially dashing and commanding about Gable's Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, with his thick brow, debonair charms, and knowing glances. As Joan Crawford said, "He was a king wherever he went. He walked like one, he behaved like one, and he was the most masculine man that I have ever met in my life."



7. Burt Reynolds

If there's one hirsute body that could make the term "mustache ride" appealing, it belongs to Burt Reynolds. The Smokey and the Bandit star's animalistic appeal translated off-screen, as he shuffled through starlets like Tammy Wynette, Sally Field, and Dinah Shore. The vision of Burt Reynolds, in the buff, lounging on a bearskin rug, inspires something downright primitive in all of us.



6. Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington's sexiness is by turns domineering, genuinely charming, and grave. By toggling back and forth between those three erotic settings, he's managed to muscle his way not just to three Oscars, but into our hearts and loins.



5. Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt proves that a man can be as captivatingly beautiful as a woman, but still rawly masculine enough to make men think he could beat the hell out of them. His universally recognized gorgeousness transcends character, costume, hair length, and beard style.



4. George Clooney

George Clooney represents every American male's fantasy of aging — he's gotten sexier over time. The silver streaks in his hair and crinkles in his eyes have only enhanced his sandpaper-voiced appeal. By avoiding middle-aged paunch, and perpetually flashing that mile-wide grin, Clooney's managed to make an eternal bachelor look like a catch.



3. Marlon Brando

Just watch A Streetcar Named Desire, okay?



2. James Dean

If Paul Newman is the quintessential sexy man, then James Dean is the quintessential sexy boy. No one will ever pull it off the tragic-rebel thing as well as he did, but it's an ideal worth aspiring to: forever encircled by a puff of smoke and pulling away to angst-ridden pastures on a Triumph.



1. Paul Newman

Whether it was the brooding masculinity of Cat On a Hot Tin Roof or the unyielding self-assurance in Cool Hand Luke, Newman's sexiness varied, but never wavered. Ice-blue eyes, chiseled torso, winking good humor, confidence that radiated outward for miles, and a universally acknowledged decency; the man had it all.

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