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The brainiest Brit in Hollywood March 24, 2010 JASON Isaacs likes to say that he travels by Tube to film premieres, where he goes undetected until he arrives. That’s when the fans – many of them female – explode in excited frenzy. For Isaacs treads that odd line between A-list celebrity, a face that a critical mass knows and cares about viscerally, and, [...]
How a wedding-phobic divorcee came to fall in love with marriage January 13, 2010 COMMITTED BY ELIZABETH GILBERT Bloomsbury, £12.99 ELIZABETH GILBERT shot to fame with her memoir Eat, Pray, Love – it was such a hit that a film version starring Julia Roberts is set for release later this year. At the end of that tale of recovery following a grisly, heart-rending divorce and a long period of [...]
Summer blockbusters and rise of 3D movies boost revenues for Cineworld January 7, 2010 CINEWORLD revenues were up more than 11 per cent last year after receiving a welcome boost from the rise in popularity of 3D movies. Box office takings were up by nearly 17 per cent and food sales were up by almost 10 per cent. These rises were enough to overshadow a drop in advertising revenue [...]
Blockbuster £1bn ticket takings for UK cinemas December 20, 2009 BRITISH cinemas will reach takings of more than £1bn this year, for the first time ever. Aggregate sales for the year stood at £985m last weekend, and the release of Avatar, directed by James Cameron, saw the £1bn barrier broken at the weekend. Blockbusters films like Slumdog Millionaire and the latest instalment of the Harry [...]
THE TIPSTER December 20, 2009 THE markets may have traded sideways for most of December but expect some volatility over the next couple of weeks. During the period between Christmas and New Year the markets can often move higher, which could benefit the FTSE 100. Capital Spreads offers a price of 5,245-5,246. The announcement of a new chief executive at [...]
MAGICAL DEAL December 16, 2009 British film company Pinewood Shepperton will push into Asia after signing an agreement with the Malaysian government to develop a studio in the south of the country. The firm, whose UK base was used for the Harry Potter films, said the deal with state-owned Khazanah Nasional Berhad would yield consultancy and licensing fees.
OUT THIS WEEKEND December 3, 2009 FILM ME AND ORSON WELLES Zac Efron stars as a teenager cast in an Orson Welles play. DEPARTURES Charming Japanese film about a cellist who ends up preparing the dead for burial. DISGRACE John Malkovich stars in this adaptation of JM Coetzee’s novel. DVD HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Harry and co’s darkest outing [...]
St Ives suffers sales slump November 30, 2009 St Ives, printer of the Harry Potter books, suffered a nine per cent fall in underlying sales in the first quarter but said profitability remained in line with expectations. The printer said the economic outlook remained uncertain with a number of clients cautious about the early part of next year. St Ives, which has cut [...]
EXBARRISTER FINDS A RAFT OF USES FOR CITY’S USELESS BANKERS November 16, 2009 A RATHER quaint looking little book lands on The Capitalist’s desk and promptly causes a bit of a stir. Said tome has been penned – if you can call it that – by Alex Steuart Williams, a former barrister turned cartoonist and feature film animator (with movie credits such as The Lion King and Harry [...]
FOOTBALL-CRAZY PWC GETS STUCK IN ON ENGLAND’S WORLD CUP BID October 28, 2009 GOOD news for the multitude of football fans in the City: the team behind England’s bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup have secured themselves a powerful ally. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy giant, today announces it is the first sponsor to officially back the bid, responsible for working on crucial aspects of the proposal such [...]