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Two men, Keith Liverpool, 35, and Junior Bradshaw, 32, have been found guilty of conspiring to rob and murder British pop singer Joss Stone in 2011. Liverpool was sentenced to at least 10 years and eight months. The sentencing of co-defendant Bradshaw was adjourned. The pair harbored a deep hatred for the soul artist, the three-week trial at Exeter Crown Court heard, though it is far from clear why (as it often is). They were convicted of conspiring to rob and kill Joss Stone last summer, they were then planning to dump her body in a river in her native England. Stunningly, the pair set off from their home with a samurai sword, knives, bags and gloves crammed in their Fiat Punto, bound for Stone’s address. However, their plan to rob and kill Miss Stone – whose birth name is Jocelyn Stoker – was fraught with problems and they were arrested, thank goodness. The guys became lost around seven miles from Stone’s home and stopped to ask postman Alex Greening for directions to the property in Ashill. They displayed a map with notes and a picture of the celebrity on it. The pair had earlier been stopped by police at the M5 Michaelwood services in Gloucestershireafter their Punto crashed into metal railings and a digger. Officers thought the car was too badly damaged to be driven and left. Not the case. The maligned pair continued their journey south. They were arrested on June 13, 2011, a few miles from Stone’s home when concerned local residents – spotting their crash-damaged car – called police. The suspicious uniformed PCs discovered Bradshaw did not have a driving license and arrested him. Their weapons and plot were soon uncovered. Giving evidence to the court, Stone admitted that there was lax security at her home, but said she only learned of the plot against her from police.
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Joss Stone Murder Plot: Two Convicted of Trying to Kill Singer
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What goes better with Prohibition-Era literary adaptations than Beyonce , Lana Del Ray, and Florence + The Machine? Director Baz Luhrmann decided to commission some of today’s hottest stars to comprise the soundtrack to The Great Gatsby , adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel. The soundtrack is wonderfully featured in the new Great Gatsby trailer . Take a look: The Great Gatsby Trailer Extended Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the title millionaire, with Tobey Maguire, Carey Milligan, Joel Edgerton, Isla Fisher, Jason Clarke, Adelaide Clemens, and Elizabeth Debicki also star. Catch The Great Gatsby in theaters May 10.
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The Great Gatsby Trailer Showcases Modern Soundtrack
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A new trailer for The Great Gatsby has hit the web. Let’s see if it has all the ingredients of a Baz Luhrmman joint: Hot, youthful actors with well-defined jaws? Check. Eye-popping colors? Check. Settings suitable for an Architectural Digest cover story, even when they depict abject poverty? Check. Iconic period-piece story juxtaposed with hot-right-now soundtrack? Check. Multiple scenes of operatic emotional outbursts? CHECK! Luhrmann may make cool films, but his cinematic world runs hot. So, it’s amusing — but not surprising — to see that there is quite a bit of screaming going on in this new clip, which you can watch in its entirety at the end of the post. The first example can be found at the 35-second mark when Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jay Gatsby reacts rather emotionally to Joel Edgerton’s needling. (He plays Tom Buchanan.) From there, it’s a glimpse of the hell of war, as seen once more through the gaping mouth of DiCaprio: Next comes a shot of Tobey Maguire all dressed up and looking like he’s auditioning for the part of the Green Goblin in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man . A little later, we get Jason Clarke , who was so damn good in Zero Dark Thirty , pulling off a complex running-and-screaming combo. And then it’s back to Maguire for what looks like a five-vein meltdown…. Put those all together and you get this:
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Martin Scorsese fans in America will have to take a trip to Germany to get a glimpse of Scorsese artifacts and history first-hand. A Berlin Museum will host an exhibition of all things Scorsese, opening the show just weeks before next month’s 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . The show by the Museum of Film and Television is being billed by organizers as the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of the veteran filmmaker, who shared his belongings for the show. Notable items such as Robert De Niro’s blood-soaked shirt from Cape Fear and worn boxing gloves from Raging Bull are part of the Museum’s exhibition of Scorsese’s half-century career in film. Some of the objects you will see have literally been taken off the walls of my house and my office,” said Scorsese, who also narrates the show’s audio guide, according to The Telegraph . “I hope these objects and the exhibition… help give you an idea or convey my lifelong passion for film.” Scorsese did not attend the gala opening at the Berlin institution because he’s currently editing The Wolf of Wall Street , his fifth film starring Leonard DiCaprio. October’s Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast delayed production of the film. The exhibit also features letters between De Niro and Scorsese about developing characters and sharing sand-drawn storyboards for such films as Taxi Driver and Mean Streets . The show is divided into three parts with one focusing on the filmmaker’s home in the Little Italy neighborhood in Manhattan/ The second delves into Scorsese’s passion as a curator of cinema history and restoration, while the final section spotlights his aesthetic in his feature films and music documentaries. “The one bit of direction he gave us for the exhibition was not to focus too much on violence because his work is often reduced to that,” said co-curator Nils Warnecke. “And it’s true – if you look at the entire body of work, it really represents only a minority of the films.” The exhibit continues in the German capital through May 12 when it will head to Turin and Geneva. [ Source: The Telegraph ]
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Martin Scorsese fans in America will have to take a trip to Germany to get a glimpse of Scorsese artifacts and history first-hand. A Berlin Museum will host an exhibition of all things Scorsese, opening the show just weeks before next month’s 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . The show by the Museum of Film and Television is being billed by organizers as the first exhibition worldwide dedicated to the work of the veteran filmmaker, who shared his belongings for the show. Notable items such as Robert De Niro’s blood-soaked shirt from Cape Fear and worn boxing gloves from Raging Bull are part of the Museum’s exhibition of Scorsese’s half-century career in film. Some of the objects you will see have literally been taken off the walls of my house and my office,” said Scorsese, who also narrates the show’s audio guide, according to The Telegraph . “I hope these objects and the exhibition… help give you an idea or convey my lifelong passion for film.” Scorsese did not attend the gala opening at the Berlin institution because he’s currently editing The Wolf of Wall Street , his fifth film starring Leonard DiCaprio. October’s Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast delayed production of the film. The exhibit also features letters between De Niro and Scorsese about developing characters and sharing sand-drawn storyboards for such films as Taxi Driver and Mean Streets . The show is divided into three parts with one focusing on the filmmaker’s home in the Little Italy neighborhood in Manhattan/ The second delves into Scorsese’s passion as a curator of cinema history and restoration, while the final section spotlights his aesthetic in his feature films and music documentaries. “The one bit of direction he gave us for the exhibition was not to focus too much on violence because his work is often reduced to that,” said co-curator Nils Warnecke. “And it’s true – if you look at the entire body of work, it really represents only a minority of the films.” The exhibit continues in the German capital through May 12 when it will head to Turin and Geneva. [ Source: The Telegraph ]
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The 23rd installment of James Bond became one of only a little over a dozen to score $1 billion worldwide. Also in Wednesday’s round-up of news, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey crossed a milestone of its own; Silver Linings Playbook snatches European awards; China’s Lost in Thailand marks a record at home. Skyfall Crossed $1 Billion Mark The 23rd installment of James Bond became the 14th film ever to pass the $1 billion mark globally. It has grossed nearly $290 million as of the weekend, Deadline reports . The Hobbit Crosses $600 Million Globally The first installment of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit pics hit the $600 million milestone over the holiday weekend. It has taken in $22.7 million domestically, putting it ahead of 2001’s The Fellowship of the Ring ($189.3 million), but below the 17-day come of The Two Towers ($243.6 million) and The Return of the King ($272.8 million), EW reports . Silver Linings Playbook Wins Most Awards at Italian-Hollywood Festival The feature directed by David O. Russell picked up four awards at the Capri, Hollywood Film Festival including the festival’s film of the year prize. Other winners included Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild , Juan Antonio Bayona’s action drama The Impossible and crime thriller The Iceman by Ariel Vromen, THR reports . Low Budget Lost In Thailand Becomes Highest Grossing Chinese Film The low budget Chinese-produced comedy is Chna’s highest-grosing domestically made film, passing the 1 billion yuan ($160 million) mark since debuting December 12, even beating out James Cameron’s Titanic in 3-D, last year’s most popular foreign film. Set in Thailand, the film revolves around two businessmen who link up with a tourist who explore the country. It’s full of slapstick humor and action scenes, Variety reports . Specialty Box Office: Zero Dark Thirty , Amour , Stellar in 2nd Weekend; West of Memphis OK in Debut, Promised Land Soft Sony/Columbia Pictures’ limited-run engagement of Zero Dark Thirty showed impressive stamina, and the studio’s specialty market distributor Sony Pictures Classics also had great news for Amour but not so great news for newcommer West Of Memphis in three-day estimates for the pre-New Year’s weekend, while Focus Features, Deadline reports .
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‘Skyfall’ Crosses $1 Billion: Biz Break
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Come this time next year, could Jay-Z be up for an Oscar nomination? The rapper/record producer/entrepreneur is on board to help score the re-make of The Great Gatsby . Jay-Z, born Shawn Corey Carter, is teaming up with The Bullitts ‘ Jeymes Samuel for the film’s music, which Samuel revealed via Twitter. Samuel was clearly ecstatic over their pairing for the film, which stars Leonard DiCaprio and Isla Fisher, saying through the social networking site, “It is too DOPE for words!” The younger brother of singer Seal, Samuel has left his mark on the music biz on singles Supercool , Landspeeder and Close Your Eyes . He has also written and directed the upcoming single They Die By Dawn starring Idris Elba. This is not the first mash-up Jay-Z has had with Australian-born filmmaker Baz Luhrmann , who is directing the film based on the classic book by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Lurhmann used one of his songs for The Great Gatsby ‘s first trailer. Also starring Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke and Tobey Maguire, the story revolves around a Midwestern transplant to Long Island who becomes fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby and is drawn into his circle of obsession and tragedy. The Great Gatsby opens in May.  [Source: The Guardian ]
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Also in Monday morning’s round-up of news briefs, The Other Dream Team tops a mostly lackluster specialty box office, while The Perks of Being a Wallflower held strong in expansion. Looper tops the foreign box office. And, a French film wins in San Sebastian. Gothams to Honor Matt Damon, David O. Russell and Participant’s Jeff Skoll The three will be honored with career tributes at the 22nd Gotham Independent Film Awards November 26th at Cipriani Wall Street. Damon stars in Gus Van Sant’s Promised Land , which was produced by Skoll’s Participant Media. Russell directed Silver Linings Playbook , Deadline reports . Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire Urge Voter Expression DiCaprio and Maguire lead a cast of stars in a new public service announcement urging young voters to use social media to talk about which issues they think matter most in the upcoming election. Zac Efron, Selena Gomez, Ellen DeGeneres, Jonah Hill and Joseph Gordon Levitt also appear in the Vote 4 Stuff video unveiled Monday, A.P. reports . Specialty Box Office: The Other Dream Team Scores on Slow Weekend; Perks of Being a Wallflower Strong in Expansion There were a few weeks there when the specialties shined compared to their studio brethren — overall box office slumped, but newcomers like The Master and Arbitrage impressed. Well, the final weekend of September saw limited-release titles lack the star-power of those earlier releases, and this frame as a result can best be described as ho-hum for the indies. The documentary The Other Dream Team scored the best overall numbers with a solid $11K-plus screen average,” Deadline reports . Foreign Box Office: Looper Opens No. 1 Overseas with $36 Million The sci-fi pic opened strong in only a handful of markets, opening number one in China with an estimated $24 million, several million more than its U.S. start at $21.2 million. It opened in Russia with $4.5 million and $3.6 million in the U.K., THR reports . French Filmmaker Francois Ozon Wins San Sebastian’s Golden Shell French film In The House (Dans La Maison) won the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival, while Blancanieves won a Special Jury Prize and The Attack received a special mention, Screen reports .
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Browsing through the photo record of Tuesday’s Titanic 3D premiere in London, one notices immediately the absence of Leonardo DiCaprio. What gives? I mean, if Billy Zane can make time, then lord knows Leo should be able to drop in for at least a few snapshots with James Cameron and co-star Kate Winslet. At the very least, he’d better have a good excuse — which, according to Cameron, he did. Speaking to reporters on the red carpet, the filmmaker/ deep-sea habitué explained that DiCaprio was busy shooting Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained , and thus unavailable to travel. But that wasn’t all: “I didn’t show him the whole film but I showed him 18 minutes of it a few months ago,” Cameron continued, “It was a good reunion for us but great to watch his reaction. He couldn’t believe it. He said to me, ‘I’m such a young punk. Look at me.’ He was practically crawling under the seat. It was a good moment.” I can only presume this was the same clip package Cameron showed Movieline , which wasn’t that bad. Winslet, meanwhile, said she would seek similar refuge — from her nude scenes in particular: “I’m not going to look. I’ll be in the bar by that point or on the floor. I haven’t seen the whole film in a very long time, I’ve seen little pieces of it, but it’s a whole different me and we look much younger and our acting was different, hopefully not as good as now.” Never let go, babe. Now someone tell us where Kathy Bates was. [ OK! via Yahoo! , Metro ; photo via Daily Mail ] Follow S.T. VanAirsdale on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .
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