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The belated third instalment in the franchise is released in cinemas this weekend. Here’s your chance to talk about it without risking the wrath of those who don’t yet know that the baby’s father is …

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Bridget Jones’s Baby has been a long time cooking. The last movie – the ropy The Edge of Reason – was 12 years ago, and talk of a third has been around since around 2009. Gestation was bumpy. Paul Feig and then Peter Cattaneo were on board to direct, but the role went to Sharon Maguire, who did the first one. In 2013, Colin Firth braced fans for a “long wait”, and the following year Hugh Grant said he was out, based on his dislike for Helen Fielding and David (One Day) Nicholls’s script.

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Welcome to another “Preview Reel” column, where we look at the week’s upcoming wide release movies. This week sees one of the most controversial releases of the year, Ghostbusters. There’s been a lot of online chatter about this movie, unfortunately most of it has been negative. Is all of the negativity deserving? Let’s break it down and see.

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Paul Feig has been one of the better comedy directors of the past decade. With hits like Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), and Spy (2015) under his belt, Feig has also developed strong chemistry with Melissa McCarthy, who is one of the stars in this reboot. The common thread among Feig’s recent comedy blockbusters is that he is able to take stereotypical and cliché concepts and make them feel fresh. He has conquered the wedding, buddy-cop, and spy genres, let’s see if he can...

Universal and Working Title have been ruminating over Bridget Jones’ Diary 3 for nigh on a decade at this point, with the last major false start occurring in 2011 when Bridesmaids‘ Paul Feig was circling the long-gestating sequel.

Fast forward to 2015, however, and Deadline brings the first tangible sign that the threequel is moving forward, and it’s even snatched up its first major star in former Grey’s Anatomy crooner Patrick Dempsey. Has the hapless singleton finally found her McDreamy at last? You know it can’t be that simple.

Renée Zellweger is understood to be back on board for Bridget Jones’ Diary 3, alongside Colin Firth’s long-time love interest Mark Darcy. One former cast member who won’t be back for another bout of rom-com goodness, though, is Hugh Grant, who decided to forego another installment. And after The Edge of Reason, can you really blame him?

Nevertheless, Bridget Jones...

The 19th Annual Fantasia Film Festival is only a week away, beginning July 14 and running through August 4. And as promised for today, they’ve revealed their full line-up of films screening at 2015’s festival in Montreal.

This year’s line-up boasts 22 World Premieres, 13 International Premieres, and 21 North American Premieres. Both Marvel’s Ant-Man and the animated Miss Hokusai were previously announced, but now they’ve added the much anticipated Attack on Titan movie as their closing night film. Other highlights include the Sundance darlings Cooties, starring Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson, Cop Car, starring Kevin Bacon and directed by the upcoming Spider-man director Jon Watts, and a trio of films from horror auteur Sion Sono.

See the full line-up announcement of films below via Fantasia’s Facebook page, and be sure to check out their website at fantasiafestival.com for additional information.

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Fantasia 2015:

36 Countries, 135 Features, and Nearly 300 Short Films

- Including 22 World Premieres,...

Following previous announcements of their film lineup, the Fantasia International Film Festival has released their full lineup of movies to be shown at the 18th Annual festival, starting July 17.

New additions to the lineup include 2014 Cannes Selection When Animals Dream, directed by Jonas Alexander Amby and the return of Fantasia’s showcase of animated films, Axis.

Tickets for the festival go on sale starting July 16, and the festival runs through August 5.

View the whole press release of additional announcements below:

Fantasia Celebrates Its 18th Birthday

With Over 160 Feature Films Montreal, Thursday July 10, 2014 – 2014 is the year that Fantasia turns 18. We can’t believe it either. Fantasia’s 18th birthday means over 160 features and something in the neighborhood of 300 shorts, many being shown for the first time on this continent, a good number screening here for the first time anywhere in the world.In addition to being stacked with a multitude of breathtaking debut filmmaker discoveries,...

Today's MPAA ratings bulletin includes a new PG-13 rating for the Kevin Costner starrer Draft Day as the studio appealed the original R-rating for brief strong language, which has now been changed to PG-13 for what's described as "brief strong language and sexual references". Riveting, rightc Also included is the rating for yet another Tyler Perry movie, this one Tyler Perry's Single Moms Club, which stars Perry alongside Nia Long and an R-rating for the festival favorite Blue Ruin, which Radius-twc is expected to release this year. And finally, a family-friendly rating for the animated Mr. Peabody & Sherman as well as a rating for a new Rocky & Bullwinkle short film, which will play in front of Peabody & Sherman. The short was directed by Gary Trousdale (Beauty and the Beast) and features the voice work of June Foray (the original voice of Rocket J. Squirrel) and Tom Kenny ("SpongeBob SquarePants") as Bullwinkle Moose.

Few screenwriters burst onto the film scene with as much creative capacity as Charlie Kaufman, the mind behind Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. However, the scribe has kept a low profile since directing 2008′s Synecdoche, New York. Despite murmurs about helming the musical comedy Frank or Francis with Jack Black, Kaufman could not get that project off the ground.

Alas, fans of his brainy, soulful, surreal works of comedy can finally breathe easy, as FX has just picked up a new half-hour comedy pilot from Kaufman, entitled How and Why. Michael Cera and John Hawkes are already signed on to appear in the pilot, which Kaufman will write, direct and executive produce.

With a screenwriter as renowned and imaginative as Kaufman behind the project, as well as his eye behind the lens, the main story is not “who” is in How and Why, but “what” is the plot synopsis?...

Are you excited? I'm excited! Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are on hand to helm the 71st annual Golden Globes, and it's sure to be a great show. With so many fantastic films and television shows up for awards, it's anyone's guess as to who will go home with the trophies (well, mostly). Join Digital Spy live from 8/7c for all the action!

23:00 In any case, that'll do it for us! Hope you enjoyed the show!

23:00 And just like that, it's all over. Tina thanks everyone for making it the "beautiful mess [they] hoped it would be", but I hoped to see more of them! Yes, that's right, I'd have been happy with it being the Tina and Amy show, I can't help it.

22:58 There's only one award left, and Johnny Depp is here to present it! It's for Best Motion Picture - Drama, and thankfully, all of...

Are you excited? I'm excited! Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are on hand to helm the 71st annual Golden Globes, and it's sure to be a great show. With so many fantastic films and television shows up for awards, it's anyone's guess as to who will go home with the trophies (well, mostly). Join Digital Spy live from 8/7c for all the action!

23:00 In any case, that'll do it for us! Hope you enjoyed the show!

23:00 And just like that, it's all over. Tina thanks everyone for making it the "beautiful mess [they] hoped it would be", but I hoped to see more of them! Yes, that's right, I'd have been happy with it being the Tina and Amy show, I can't help it.

22:58 There's only one award left, and Johnny Depp is here to present it! It's for Best Motion Picture - Drama, and thankfully, all of...

Production on Charlie Kaufman's crowdfunded Anomalisa — an animated short about a depressed motivational speaker — started last November. While we wait to see more of the project, let's turn our attention to an announcement from FX (via Vulture) that the director is developing a half-hour comedy for the network called How and Why. The sitcom will be focused on an idiot savant-type character that knows everything about nuclear reactors and nothing about life. So far, we know that Kaufman will write, direct, and executive-produce the pilot, but no other details exist at this time. This isn't Kaufman's first time at the TV rodeo. The neurotic scribe started his television comedy career with shows like Get a Life, The Dana Carvey Show, The Edge...

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Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame) is returning to the television medium, which is where he began his professional career by writing for series like Get a Life, The Edge and The Dana Carvey Show back in the 1990s. This decision was, at least partly, motivated by his planned sophomore directorial effort Frank or Francis hitting a $nag during pre-production.

Kaufman was developing a comedy series for Catherine Keener to headline last year, but that HBO project is either dead or stuck in development at this point. Fortunately, the eccentric storyteller is now working on another TV venture, in the shape of a half-hour FX comedy series titled How and Why.

Vulture is reporting that Kaufman will executive produce, write and direct the How ...

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Stars of 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter' also on star-studded lineup for show airing tonight on CBS at 9 p.m. Et.

By John Mitchell

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The People's Choice Awards may be one of the more democratic awards shows of the season. After all, it's fans, and not a faceless "academy" of industry professionals, that decide who'll take home the big Pca prizes in categories like Favorite Tour Headliner, Favorite TV Celebreality Star and Favorite Movie Star Under 25. And it's all happening tonight at 9 p.m. Et on CBS.

Host Kaley Cuoco, herself a nominee for her turn on "The Big Bang Theory," promised a fun-filled evening, telling Ryan Seacrest on his radio show, "I'm really looking forward to it and there are a lot of great musical numbers and it's going to be fun." She also joked with the "American Idol" host that she plans on "changing 47 times,...

Lady Gaga, Adele, Beyonce and 'Glee' also rake in nominations.

By Gil Kaufman

Katy Perry in her "Last Friday Night" video

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Katy Perry and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" were the top nominees on Tuesday for the 2012 People's Choice Awards. Harry and the crew racked up a total of nine nominations for the 38th annual event, which will take place on January 11 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Other big names on the initial list of nominees include Lmfao, Maroon 5, Lady Gaga, Adele and Beyoncé.

"Potter" was the headline, though, with nine nods, including Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie, Favorite Actor (Daniel Radcliffe), Favorite Movie Star Under 25 (Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Emma Watson), Favorite Ensemble Movie Cast and Favorite Book Adaptation.

Perry was just behind with seven nods, including Favorite Female Artist, Favorite Song of the Year ("E.T."), Favorite Pop Artist,...

Watching the trailer for Wanderlust – the new movie directed by Wet Hot American Summer director David Wain – makes me want to watch every episode of The State all over again. In short, I wanna dip my balls in it. Starring Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston as rat-racers in New York who have to leave the race and find themselves learning the communal life, the trailer looks knock-down, drag-out hilarious. Some great gags from some truly disturbed/gifted comic minds are on display here. Check it out for yourself, and see how many State alumni you can spot: There’s Wain behind the camera of course, and there’s Joe Lo Truglio, Kerri Kenney, Ken Marino (trying to dip his balls into Aniston’s character), and with any luck, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon will make their way onto the screen as well. At any rate, it...

Somewhere along the line, a third Bridget Jones film has apparently gone from being a vaguely mooted development-hell project, to an actively going concern on its way into production at Universal. Deadline are reporting that Bridesmaids director Paul Feig has just withdrawn from the movie, which means that Universal and Working Title will need a new helmer Asap if the plan is really to start shooting Bridget Jones 3 in January.Despite Bridget being played by Renee Zellweger in the Diary (2001) and The Edge of Reason (2004), the series seems to be viewed as quintessentially British in Hollywood, which is the issue Feig cited for his departure: he apparently feels he has the wrong comedy sensibility.The material he was dealing with isn't yet clear: there is no third Helen Fielding book on which to base a screenplay, although Fielding did continue Bridget's columns in The Independent beyond the two novels, and...

Few mainstream actresses’ have suffered such an almighty fall as Renee Zellweger over the past five years. After becoming a genuine Hollywood star with her career defining role as Bridget Jones ten years ago (picking up an Oscar nomination in the process, rare for a romantic comedy) she then went on to become a heavyweight of the Awards season fare – picking up another nom for the musical Chicago and then finally winning the Golden statue for Cold Mountain in the two years that followed.

She followed that up with another great turn in Cinderella Man (2005) but then the wheels suddenly came off for her, leading to some dreadful choices which she has not been able to recover from. Her starring vehicle Miss Potter (a drama about the famous children’s author) tanked in the U.S. to a $3 million domestic gross, as did the risky supporting turns in the non-mainstream...

Giving up your time for a good cause is admirable, but looking sexy while doing so is an even more impressive feat!

Rihanna, you looked super hot last night during your performance of “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” on the Hope For Haiti Now telethon. No matter what you’re performing, we know we can always count on you to show off your killer physique — and you definitely didn’t disappoint last night! We loved your look, from your leather hat and super-sized hoop earrings to your oh-so-short dress and matching jacket. Any tips on how we can make our legs look so amazing in a pair of heels? Rihanna, you’re practically flawless!

You shared the stage with Jay-z, Bono and The Edge to perform “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour),” which turned out to be one of the biggest performances of the night! It’s a hot song with a powerful message.

Will you be putting “Stranded” on your iPod? Let us know!

In one of the biggest performances of the Hope For Haiti Now telethon, Rihanna and Jay-z joined U2’s Bono and The Edge for “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour),” a new song written specifically about the tragedy in Haiti. Rihanna looked phenomenal while she and Bono belted out the chorus (”We’re not gonna leave you stranded”) and Jay-z chimed in with thought-provoking raps in between.

Check out their performance of “Stranded (Haiti Mon Amour)” and let us know what you think:

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Brad Pitt & Jennifer Aniston Were Together Last Night — Without Angelina Jolie! We Loved Every Minute Of Last Night’s Star-Studded ‘Hope For Haiti’ Telethon — So Many Powerful Performances!

After Jay-z was billed to support "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon, now his singer wife Beyonce Knowles is added to the all-star line-up. The "If I Were a Boy" singer will perform in London, joining her husband, Rihanna, Bono, The Edge, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift.

The benefit concert will take place on January 22 in three different places; London, Los Angeles and New York. The L.A. gig which is hosted by George Clooney will see Dave Matthews, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock and Keith Urban taking the mic. Meanwhile, the NYC show will have Wyclef Jean as the host and Jennifer Hudson as well as Mary J. Blige singing live.

Helping on the phone lines will be Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, Brad Pitt, Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, Bradley Cooper, Renee Zellweger, Chris Pine, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Colin Farrell,...

Jessica Simpson and Eva Longoria have Ken Paves, Jennifer Aniston has Chris McMillan, and now Kate Gosselin has Ronnie, a hairstylist who works for The Ted Gibson Salon!

Kate and Ronnie were spotted at Kate’s favorite restaurant Austin’s in Wyomissing, Pa, and they also went to a beauty supply store to pick out products that will help Kate maintain her new hair extension! Ted Gibson is the stylist who gave Kate the hair extension make-over in the first place.

Looks like “Kate Clean Slate” is getting used to her new long hair! What do you think?

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The National Society of Film Critics hailed the animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir" as the best picture of 2008 on Saturday.

The last of the major critics groups to weigh in with a selection of the year's best, the National Society's choice confirmed the rising status of animated films. Last month, the Los Angeles Film Critics' Assn. singled out "Wall-E" as its best picture of the year. And "Wall-E" also tied with the British comedy "Happy-Go-Lucky" for runner-up status in the National Society's best picture voting.

Directed by Ari Forman and released by Sony Pictures Classics, "Bashir" centers on the Israeli war with Lebanon in 1982.

"Happy-Go-Lucky," a Miramax release, walked off with the most awards, though. Mike Leigh's portrait of a blithe spirit and the effects she has on those around her earned Leigh both best director and best screenplay honors. Sally Hawkins, as its upbeat central character, was named best actress,...

The trio of New York Times critics (Manohla Dargis, A.O. Scott and Stephen Holden) have weighed in with their own nominations for the year's best in movies with their selections for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Original and Adapted Screenplays. Quickly glancing through the list I see Manohla Dargis loved Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York (at least the acting) and is the only one that gave The Dark Knight any love. Thankfully Slumdog Millionaire wasn't "nominated" for anything other than a lone Adapted Screenplay notice from A.O. Scott. Happy-Go-Lucky saw plenty of attention and believe it or not, there isn't one film all three could agree on for Best Picture with Wall-e and Happy-Go-Lucky being the front-runners as they were mentioned twice - Dargis was the main reason for this as her selections didn't show up on either Stephen Holden or A.

Actor Benicio Del Toro has been crowned the fans' favourite autograph signer at the recent Toronto Film Festival in Canada - because he never turned a devotee away.

The Oscar winner was at the event for the premiere of his new movie The Argentine, in which he plays the lead role of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

And he delighted fans by staying on the red carpet until he had signed an autograph for every fan.

Website tiff.shovine.com writes about Del Toro: "The Che star was almost everywhere during his few days in Toronto - late nights and early mornings. But Del Toro never refused to sign. When one autograph collector mentioned that Benicio did 21 photos in a row at one stop for him - he was crowned our Tiff .08 signing champ."

Eastern Promises star Viggo Mortensen, Rose McGowan, Gerard Butler and Kate Beckinsale were also credited for taking the time out to sign autographs for fans.

But others were named and shamed by the site - Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page was blasted for failing to make an effort to please his many fans.

Of Page, the website says, "Disappointing for many, considering Page was the one autograph everybody wanted. Jimmy was at least nice and did explain to collectors - from the moment he landed in Toronto - that he 'was not doing the autograph thing anymore. Kind of finished with that.' For his three days in Toronto - he basically stuck to his word and signed nothing. At least, almost nothing."

Canadian Dawn of the Dead actor Kevin Zegers came in second place in the 'worst' list, followed by U2's The Edge, Jessica Biel, and Jennifer Aniston in third, fourth and fifth place respectively.