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Baz Luhrmann's high-society adaptation had little chance of surviving a box-office collision with the Fast & Furious franchise It's not unusual for film franchises to hit their commercial stride with the second or third installment: Austin Powers and Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy are a couple of notable examples.

ALMOST two years after the cameras whirred into action, Baz Luhrmann's much-anticipated and critically-divisive re-imagining of F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby finally came full circle in Sydney - the city which provided its backdrop.

Baz Luhrmann and the stars of his razzle dazzle adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel descended onto a soaked red carpet in Sydney for the Australian premiere - which also marked the last stop on their international tour.

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NEW DELHI: A single window clearance structure for filmmakers would be in place within the next three to six months.

As The Great Gatsby continues a triumphant opening around the world, Baz Luhrmann has conceded that some of brutal reviews have been hurtful.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and director Baz Luhrmann attend the world premiere of their new film, 'The Great Gatsby', in New York.

The puzzlement of whether one decision, just one, can change your destiny is where the poignant author Michelle de Kretser takes her latest novel, "Questions of Travel." Introducing two separate stories, the author takes the reader on a possible yacht race, a space ship, a bumblebee piggyback ride, or a flight out over the oceans -- so to speak.

Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby has the turbulent emotions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book.

Keith was an idol to millions. Nicole was the queen of Hollywood who had emerged from a bruising divorce vowing that she would never marry again.

Many critics have pounced on Baz Luhrmann's new rendition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic, "The Great Gatsby," for its contemporary music, a script device, costume inaccuracies and other ways that the movie did not exactly mirror one of the great American novels.

THE Art Gallery of South Australia is on track to record its biggest ever attendance figure for an exhibition, prompting a pledge from director Nick Mitzevich to bring a major attraction to the city every year.

His imaginative version of Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes proved that Shakespeare can be sexy and relevant to modern audiences and then in 2002, his visually dazzling musical Moulin Rouge! snagged eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture and a Best Actress nod for Nicole Kidman.

For the first time, News Limited will offer news, analysis and opinion plus premium content such as live, 24/7 FOX SPORTS News streamed to any of your connected devices for readers of its metropolitan masthead sites including The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun.

Australia's most-notorious paparazzo has defended himself after a lunchtime altercation with rocker-turned-TV personality Joel Madden.

Scott Hastings is poised to win The Pan Pacific Grand Prix with partner Liz Holt .

Iron Man 3 remained on top of the chart, as expected, but the big news of the weekend was The Great Gatsby .

When director Baz Luhrmann went on "The Colbert Report" last week to talk about his new adaptation of The Great Gatsby , he mentioned that a "very regal woman" took him by the hands after the movie's world premiere and told him she'd come all the way from Vermont to see what he'd done with her grandfather's book.

Author Bret Easton Ellis has criticised Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, describing it as 'awful' and likening it to a 'ghastly Illuminati prank'. Ellis gave his review on Twitter following a screening of the film, writing: 'Baz Lurhmann's awful "The Great Gatsby" seems like some kind of ghastly Illuminati prank ... (more)

It's not that Gatsby can't be filmed. It's that it can't be filmed by this Hollywood.