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George Clooney will attend a screening of 'Monuments Men' at the White House. The Hollywood hunk - who co-wrote, produced and directed the World War II drama which he also stars in as Lieutenant Frank Stokes - will join President Barack Obama as he h...

Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence will present at this year's Academy Awards. The five time Oscar-nominee will join the 'Hunger Games' star on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, the show's producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have announ...

Kurt Russell won't appear in any of 'The Expendables' films.
The 51-year-old actor admits, although he admires Sylvester Stallone's work on the film series, he won't be appearing in any future installments alongside stars such as Jason Statham and Jet Li.
He said: "I'm glad Sly's done well with this. He's a great person. The fellas all seem to have a good time. I've never seen any of them [the films]. It's not a beat I get. It's like looking backwards to me."
The 'Death Proof' actor went on to speak about 'The Fast and Furious', and admitted that although its been assumed he would play a father figure to the late Paul Walker's character in 'Fast & Furious 7' he's revealed things may not be as clear cut as that.
Speaking to IGN, he said: "The character I play is presented as one thing, but you have a big suspicion that he's another. It's really the family around Vin [Diesel] that's going to be suspecting, 'Why is he involved with this guy?'"
Russell also said that he's intrigued by the franchise and thinks it's fascinating that it can appeal to such a diverse audience.
He added: "There's something about 'Fast & Furious'. It has that mystery to me - and it's for a funny audience, you know? It's for a 15 to... 30? I think now you can take that from 15 to 45, and I think that's what's interesting about that."
'Fast & Furious 7' is currently still under production and will be released in UK and US cinemas on the April 10, 2015.

Oprah Winfrey hopes 'Fifty Shades of Grey' will be sexy.
The talk show host wants the movie adaptation - starring her pal Rita Ora - to be "filthier" than E.L. James' erotic novel and she hopes there will be large amount of explicit action shown on screen.
She told The Sun newspaper: "I know Rita and I know 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' - and I just can't wait for the movie.
"I've read the book and I just hope the movie is filthier than the book. Less talking, more action!"
Meanwhile, Dakota Johnson previously admitted the film is set to be so raunchy that she hasn't discussed the intricacies of her role as Anastasia Steele - who gets entangled in an S&M relationship with kinky businessman Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) - with her family.
Dakota - who will have to strip off naked for the part and engaged in very explicit scenes - blushed: "I think that I would love to have [my parents] experience it with me, but I can't really do that, just because of what it entails. I talk to them more about problems with my landlords. That's my talking point with my family."
The book trilogy has been dubbed "mummy porn" by the media due to its popularity with middle-aged women.

John Travolta admits he owes Quentin Tarantino for resurrecting his career.
The actor was going through a slump for several years before the director cast him as hitman Vincent Vega in his critically acclaimed crime movie 'Pulp Fiction', which was released in 1994.
Travolta, 59, can't thank Tarantino enough for choosing him for the highly coveted role - for which he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination.
Speaking on Sunday night (16.02.14) at his 'A Conversation with John Travolta' Q&A session at the Theatre Royal in London, he said: "There were people who were much hotter than me who wanted the role ... But Quentin put his career on the line and refused to make the movie without me in it."
Travolta admitted the years preceding 'Pulp Fiction' were a lean time for his career and he suffered a crisis in confidence in his on screen ability, despite his revered performances in movies such as 'Grease'.
He added: "It got a little complicated for a few years. A lot of things added up to a five-year period that wasn't so good for me."
Apart from his Academy Award nomination for 'Pulp Fiction', Travolta has only ever been up for an Oscar one other time - for his portrayal of Tony Manero in 'Saturday Night Fever' - but he is not bitter about his lack of recognition.
Being quizzed by host Barry Norman, he said: "I don't feel at all ignored or not verified. You're not going to find a bitter guy in me."
At the end of the event - which also saw the Hollywood star take questions from fans - Travolta was presented with an airplane-shaped birthday cake ahead of him turning 60 on February 18.

Lindsay Lohan can't get work because she has an "unreliable reputation", director Paul Schrader has claimed.
The 27-year-old actress' last feature was erotic thriller 'The Canyons' and she failed to show up at the film's premiere at the Venice Film Festival last year, despite Schrader - who helmed the project - changing the location to suit her.
The 67-year-old filmmaker believes Lindsay's unpredictable behaviour is the reason the former child star is now losing out on roles she would be perfect for.
In an interview with The Independent Magazine, he said: "When you are working with someone who lives in a world of crisis and unpredictability, you're never really relaxed. You never know from one moment to the next. That's why Lindsay can't get hired. She can't get insured because she has an unpredictable reputation."
Despite having his own frustrations with the 'Mean Girls' star, Schrader thinks Lindsay - who has been in rehab and jail on several occasions - is a remarkable actress but believes she will only be successful again when she learns to keep her personal and professional lives separate.
He added: "She is so f***ing charismatic. You can't take your eyes off her. She has that thing that we watch in movies - which is all the more pity that she can't separate her personal from her professional life."

Leonardo DiCaprio admits 'The Wolf of Wall Street' was like "organised chaos".
The 39-year-old actor was nominated for best actor at the BAFTAs last night (16.02.14) for his portrayal of Jordan Belfort in the comedy, but he believes the director Martin Scorsese helped him explore his role in-depth thanks to his choice of set.
He explained to the BBC: "Martin Scorsese really created this set in a really specific way, it was like organised chaos. So we were all kind of living in a giant bosch painting. It was like the modern day Roman empire ... we wanted to make a portrait of our culture today. So it's really thanks to him and this character really took on the life of its own."
The 'Titanic' star first worked with the renowned director on 'The Gangs of New York' followed by 'The Aviator', 'The Departed' and 'Shutter Island' but their relationship became even closer working on their latest project - which took them seven years to bring to the bring screen - but he wasn't expecting to be nominated for the award.
Speaking to E! on the red carpet at London's Royal Opera House, he said: "I don't predict any of these things and have no idea what's going to happen, but to be here with a film like this that takes a lot of chances is an amazing feeling. This is really the second film in my career I got behind and did everything to get made."

Steve McQueen was told by a school teacher he'd never be anything more than a plumber.
The 44-year-old director - who suffers with dyslexia - saw his film '12 Years A Slave' honoured as the Best Film at the BAFTA awards last night (16.02.14), but he admits he was once told he'd only ever make it as a tradesman.
He said: "No one cared. No one invested any time or care into these people -- many very talented -- who they'd marked for manual labour."
The gripping movie tells the true story of black New Yorker Solomon Northup, who was kidnapped in 1841 and sold into slavery, before being subjected to racism by his white "owners".
He added to The Sun newspaper: "I think there is amnesia about this subject and I just wanted to wake people up.
"I'd always thought it would be interesting to do a film about slavery. There were no films about it and I wanted to fill that void and see if I could grapple with it."
While accepting his award last night, McQueen said he hoped the number of people living in slavery would decrease and there would be no need for another film addressing the horrifying issue.
He said: "[There are] 21 million people in slavery now as we sit here. I just hope there will not be another 120 years of ambivalence that allows another filmmaker to make a film like this."

John Goodman thought he'd "kissed goodbye" to starring in war movies.
The 'Monuments Men' actor - who plays one of the soldiers helping to recover art stolen by the Nazis during WWII - believed he had come too far in his career to be cast in a historical military film.
He explained: "I'd just kissed it goodbye a long time ago. I never figured I'd be in a war movie."
However, the 61-year-old star admits he had a lot of fun working alongside George Clooney, Jean Dujardin, Matt Damon and Bill Murray in the comedy, but he struggled with the costume at times.
He said: "I'm very grateful to have been asked and it was so much fun to put on a uniform every day. Except for the boots, I had trouble with the boots.
"But it was like playing. It was like being 12 years old again, out in the yard."
Goodman insists the cast got on really well and Clooney - who also directed the movie - was always cracking jokes in between takes.
He explained to the Belfast Telegraph newspaper: "We all had great respect for each other, and once the cameras stopped rolling, once he finished his shots, then we would laugh, until the next set up. We just sat around telling jokes, swapping lines and just having the best time."