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Joel Edgerton Joins The Great Gatsby

Joel Edgerton Joins <em>The Great Gatsby</em>

Via The Hollywood Reporter Australian actor Joel Edgerton has joined the all-star The Great Gatsby cast, taking on the role of Tom Buchanan....  read more

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Ben Affleck Won't Be in The Great Gatsby After All

Ben Affleck Won't Be in <em>The Great Gatsby</em> After All

Earlier this month, Ben Affleck was in talks to join the cast of The Great Gatsby. However, the actor had to decline the role due to his commitment to direct Argo, a film about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis in the Middle East. Affleck was being courted by director Baz Luhrmann for the role of Tom Buchanan....  read more

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Baz Luhrmann to Direct Great Gatsby Movie?

Baz Luhrmann to Direct <em>Great Gatsby</em> Movie?

Baz Luhrmann reportedly has a complete script ready for an adaptation of the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel....  read more

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Watch Martin Scorsese's Chanel Commercial

Watch Martin Scorsese's Chanel Commercial

“Be unexpected” is Bleu de Chanel’s tagline, and we think hiring Paste’s #1 Living Director qualifies....  read more

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Australian Director Baz Luhrmann Premieres Art Exhibit in Hong Kong

Australian Director Baz Luhrmann Premieres Art Exhibit in Hong Kong

Never one to shy away from experimenting with strong visuals, Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet) made the move from behind the camera to behind the canvas with a project that looks at the cinematic power of art....  read more

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The Great Gatsby up next for Baz Luhrmann

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Baz Luhrmann's latest cinematic offering might not have been as well received as he would have liked, but that's hardly going to stop him: he recently purchsed the rights to a film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece The Great Gatsby. ...  read more

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Australia

Australia

The country's tourism board may have sunk a tidy sum...  read more

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Kidman to play transsexual, Theron to play wife

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You have to hand it to Nicole Kidman. In her career, the Aussie actress has juxtaposed standard Hollywood fare (often box-office disasters) with challenging, non-traditional roles in independent films with little to no commercial appeal. For every Cold Mountain, there's a Birth, where she played a woman convinced her dead husband had been reincarnated into the body of a 10-year-old boy; or a Dogville, the Lars Von Trier's three-hour melodrama on human nature at its worst; or a Fur, an "imaginary portrait" of famed photographer Diane Arbus that saw her lover, Robert Downey Jr., covered head-to-toe in hair. Even her...  read more

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Still unfinished, Australia gets a new ending

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As we edge closer to its Nov. 26 release, the prospects for Baz Luhrmann’s Australia have become increasingly bleak. By Luhrmann’s own admission, the long-awaited war epic remains unfinished. Its budget has soared north of $130 million by some estimates. And now, it looks as if we might not even see the movie as Luhrmann intended it....  read more

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Trailer Stash: Australia, Benjamin Button and Seven Pounds

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And now, a brief look at a few of the latest movie trailers to hit the web:AustraliaRelease Date: Nov. 26Director: Baz LuhrmannStarring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham On the surface, Australia seems to radiate quality and prestige. Sumptuous costumes? Check. Gorgeous candy-colored hues? Check. Epic war-time romance? Check. Sure-to-be-terrific performances? Well, maybe. Neither Kidman or Jackman look entirely comfortable, and just because the two hail from down under doesn't guarantee they'll have chemistry on screen. Luhrmann's previous films (Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge!) have often leaned a little more toward style than substance. Despite that, the trailer proves...  read more

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