Michael Gambon Honored for His Longstanding Stage Career

Michael Gambon Honored for His Longstanding Stage Career

Veteran British actor Sir Michael Gambon was honored for his longstanding stage career at the annual London Evening Standard Theatre Awards on Sunday, November 28 night. The "Harry Potter" star made his debut in the West End in the 1960s and has carried on appearing in live productions while working in films - and he landed the prestigious Lebedev Special Award to mark his career on the stage.

Founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Sir Peter Hall was also handed a special honor - the Golden Seagull award - for his contribution to world theatre. Nancy Carroll was honored with The Natasha Richardson Best Actress award for her role as Joan in Terence Rattigan's "After the Dance", and received the trophy from the late star's husband, Liam Neeson.

The Best Actor prize went to Rory Kinnear for two Shakespearean roles, as Hamlet and Angelo in "Measure for Measure", while Best Director was awarded to Howard Davies for his work on "The White Guard" and Arthur Miller's "All My Sons".

Stephen Sondheim's "Passion", which was staged to mark his 80th birthday earlier this year, fought off competition from "Legally Blonde" and "Les Miserables" to win the Ned Sherrin award for Best Musical, and Best Play went to Bruce Norris' racial drama "Clybourne Park". The Editor's Shooting Star award went to Daniel Kaluuya for his performance in boxing drama "Sucker Punch".

Deputy Editor of the London Evening Standard Sarah Sands says, "This year's winners illustrate the astonishing range of talent drawn to the stage. London theatre is, by far, the best in the world, and the Evening Standard is proud of its deep associations with it."

 

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Woody Allen Hates to Use Someone Else's Scrip

Woody Allen Hates to Use Someone Else's Scrip

Woody Allen has ruled out ever adapting another writer's work for the big screen, insisting he'd hate to use someone else's script. The prolific filmmaker writes and directs his own films and is famed for completing at least one movie every year, but he is adamant he would never try to halve his workload by hiring a screenwriter.

Allen has also vowed never to turn his own scripts over to another director, because he enjoys having control over his characters. He tells Britain's Total Film magazine, "I'm essentially a writer. That's what I do. I like to write and I only direct because I want to get my vision as a writer onto the screen. The fun for me is creating the thing. It would not be fun for me to take someone else's script and direct it."

"I'm a writer who directs things for survival, so I don't turn it over to someone else and then think, 'Oh my God, he's gotten everything wrong and he's doing a bad job and they cast the wrong people'."

 

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Bill Condon Is Giving A Reason for 'Twilight' Fans

Bill Condon Is Giving A Reason for 'Twilight' Fans

Bill Condon is giving a reason for "Twilight" fans to be thankful on Thanksgiving after he shared a picture from "The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part I". The helmer posted the first official photo on the movie's official Twitter page, writing "Happy Thanksgiving and a crazy Black Friday to all of you and yours."

The all-white image features an outstretched hand grasping some feathers on top of a sheet. While not giving a look at the face of any character, the shot is possibly taken from Bella and Edward's honeymoon scene where she lies on her bed.

Earlier this month, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson who portray the couple had been spotted filming some romantic scenes for the movie in Brazil. From there, the cast and crew would reportedly head to Louisiana before continuing the production in Mexico and Vancouver, Canada.

As reported before, "Breaking Dawn" will be split into two parts with the first one set for November 18, 2011 U.S. release and "The Twilight Saga's Breaking Dawn Part II" due November 16, 2012 in the U.S. Bill Condon is tapped to direct both movies, which will see the newfound married bliss of Bella and Edward cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world.

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Jena Malone Broke Down in Tears on First Day of 'Sucker Punch' Filming

Jena Malone Broke Down in Tears on First Day of 'Sucker Punch' Filming

Jena Malone broke down in tears on her first day of filming forthcoming action movie "Sucker Punch" after completing a series of excruciating stunts. The actress plays one of a group of weapon-wielding female inmates who band together to break out of an asylum and take down their captors.

Malone underwent vigorous training with her co-stars Vanessa Hudgens, Abbie Cornish and Emily Browning, but admits nothing could have prepared her for the punishing shoot. She tells Britain's Total Film magazine, "I had to learn everything from (handling) swords to guns to burlesque dancing."

"In a lot of ways it felt like being in an asylum. You come in and you're given vitamins, you have very specific breaks, your whole day is scheduled. And then you're just getting the s**t kicked out of you. I remember the first day I was just crying, my whole body was red."

 

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Winona Ryder Prepared for Her 'Age of Innocence' Performance

Winona Ryder Prepared for Her 'Age of Innocence' Performance

Winona Ryder has credited her tight corsets with fueling her performance in The Age of Innocence by allowing her to channel her character's emotional turmoil. The actress insists her restrictive costume allowed her to give an authentic performance as a socialite engaged to a lawyer, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, in the 1993 period drama.

And despite feeling uncomfortable throughout the entire shoot, Ryder admits she is grateful for the painful garments. She tells Britain's Total Film magazine, "The corsets are a tremendous help to the performance, because you're playing a repressed person and you can feel the pain that they endured. My waist had to be 19 inches and they had to measure me every day. I would be on the floor and they would pull the strings until it was 19 inches."

"Daniel would wear his clothes home, he was very in character and I was like, 'You have no idea the pain I'm in right now!' But if I did it again I would want it the same way because it made my performance."

 

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Cookie Monster May Be The Next Host of 'Saturday Night Live'

Cookie Monster May Be The Next Host of 'Saturday Night Live'

Cookie Monster may be the next host of "Saturday Night Live" for he has created an audition tape. The people behind the children show "Sesame Street" made an unofficial tape of the blue muppet doing several comedy sketches ala the NBC show.

Monster wants to be known better than a cookie enthusiast, saying "There are more to me than that, and me want to show the world!". His opening monologue is just an introduction of who he is and several "bla bla blas". In the first sketch, he's spoofing "Macgruber" with "Macarooner". "Weekend Update" is replaced with "Fake News" while the musical guest presents Monster GaGa.

Like Betty White, Cookie Monster also receives the necessary backup from fans to make his dream come true. A Facebook campaign to have him as host has been created and has almost reached 34,000 followers as of Tuesday, November 23 night.

NBC has not commented on this.