Tim Burton based the White Queen from Alice in Wonderland on Nigella Lawson. The director admits he couldn’t stop thinking about the celebrity chef when he was creating the character, played in the new movie by Anne Hathaway. He revealed: “There’s this very beautiful cooking show host in England named Nigella Lawson and I quietly had her as my image for this character.” The director – who previously said that the Red Queen was partly inspired by New York real estate mogul Leona Helmsley – used Nigella for ideas because her domestic goddess routine has an eerie edge to it at times. He explained to the Los Angeles Times: “She’s really beautiful and she does all this cooking, but then there’s this glint in her eye and when you see it you go, ‘Oh, whoa, she’s like really…nuts.’ I mean in a good way. Well, maybe. I don’t know.”

20/11 Spall: Burton’s Alice fantastic
Timothy Spall has said viewers can expect great things from Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. The British actor voices The Bloodhound in Burton’s 3-D version of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s story. Asked what the film would be like, Timothy said: “I’ve not been on set, I’ve just been in a studio doing a voice – but it being a Tim Burton film it’s going to certainly be fantastic to look at.” He continued, paying tribute to the American director: “I had a chance to work with him on Sweeney Todd. He’s a great artist and great auteur.” Also starring in the film are Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Matt Lucas and Helena Bonham Carter. Alice In Wonderland is due out in cinemas in March 2010.
05/11 Blunt and Krasinski reportedly plan June wedding
Having been engaged since August, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski reportedly are planning to make their union official in June 2010. British OK! Magazine which breaks the report doesn’t mention the exact date, but claims that the twosome has been planning a beach wedding and is still looking for the perfect tropical spot. “Emily’s friend Anne Hathaway will be chief bridesmaid and there will be no more than 50 guests,” an unnamed source tells the publication. Both actresses are co-stars in 2006 drama-comedy The Devil Wears Prada. Neither Emily nor John has addressed the wedding report though. Anne also has not yet confirmed if she will lend a helping hand at the celebrity couple’s nuptials should the report is proven true. John Krasinski had been dating Emily Blunt for nearly a year when they got engaged. In spite of their love relationship, they are rarely photographed together as they want to keep their love away from the spotlight.
21/05 Anne Hathaway Q&A
Anne Hathaway, 26, stars alongside Kate Hudson in the comedy Bride Wars. Hathaway plays Emma, a school teacher who falls out with her best friend, Liv (Hudson) when their eagerly anticipated weddings are scheduled for exactly the same time on the same day at their dream venue, The Plaza Hotel in New York. As the day quickly approaches, each tries to scupper the other’s plans for a perfect wedding day.
It looks like it but was Bride Wars fun to make?
Yes it was but it was a difficult film to make as well. We had a short shooting schedule and had to pack a lot of filming into about two months. But there were certain scenes I would find myself in the middle of where Kate and I would just be yelling at each other about something ridiculous like who gets what wedding date and who was going to move hers, and the absurdity of it always made me laugh. And then of course at the end, when the war has gotten out of control and we physically confront each other, that part was so much fun to shoot. Continue reading…
16/06 Hathaway gets ‘Smart’ in at least 99 ways
The roles have gotten bigger, the paychecks fatter, but not much else has changed about Anne Hathaway since she started making noise seven years ago with the release of her first big feature film “The Princess Diaries.” She was a teenager then, but she was just as luminous, unpretentious, curious, witty and gracious as she is today. And Hathaway’s maturity has always been one of her most endearing assets. She’s now a legitimate contender for roles that were once automatically offered to some of her more famous contemporaries — some of whom have to rely more on their looks than their talent. That’s one of the reasons why “Get Smart” director Peter Segal knew she was the one when Hathaway agreed to audition for one of the most coveted roles in town at the time. “She was literally the first actress we had read for the part and everyone wanted to play this role,” he said. “She is a big fan of ‘The Office’ and wanted to work with Steve (Carell). She came in and read with Steve and he went off the page and she followed. A lot of those ad libs ended up in the movie.” Read the rest of this entry »
07/05 Hoodwinked 2 Voice Cast Revealed
Cory Edwards, director of Hoodwinked! and co-writer of Hoodwinked 2: Hood vs. Evil, announced on his Blog that “Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere has joined the voice cast of the animated sequel, replacing Anne Hathaway as the voice of “Red.” Edwards, who again will voice Twitchy, revealed most of the voice cast in his post: Many of the original cast have returned. Glenn Close is still Granny, and Patrick Warburton remains The Wolf (very, very happy about that). Nicky Flippers will once again be performed by David Ogden Stiers. Andy Dick has voiced Boingo again (that’s right, Boingo is still around, as unstable as ever… but not the greatest threat this time). And yes, the goat is back. Japeth the singing goat will appear again, voiced by my good buddy Benjy Gaither. There are some brand new and very cool additions to this sequel. This time around, Red will not be voiced by Anne Hathaway, but by Hayden Panettiere, the “super cheerleader” from Heroes. This seems very fitting, since Red becomes a bit more of a “caped crusader” in this film. Read the rest of this entry »
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