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THE OSCAR'S IN THE BAG: John Daly nominated Matt Damon to take the lead role in a film of his life a ' while Madonna, he said, could play one of his ex-wives. A couple of years ago, John Daly had three goals he wanted to achieve - to write a book, have a movie made of his turbulent life and to win a third major.

Share on Facebook Check out the latest international movie poster for the upcoming thriller "Shutter Island" by director Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio , Mark Ruffalo , Ben Kingsley , Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley .

Jordan Scott's directorial debut, Cracks, is released on 4 December 2009. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images What drew you to the script? It's that microclimate of a boarding school a ' it's a world that I could really respond to.

He also delivers a little insight into what to expect from his next project, Scorsese's HBO drama Boardwalk Empire a Q. I gather the Coens tortured you in real-life almost as much as they do your central character before they gave you the role? Michael Stuhlbarg: [Laughs] They did indeed! It was quite a journey for me getting this part.

In South Africa, a race is under oppression, lashing out violently against the harsh constraints placed upon it.

If you can judge a conflict by the movies it inspires, the war on terror is an ambiguous effort, driven by duplicitous men and a war that we are in danger of losing by the very fighting of it.

Publicity over A 55,000 fee paid to Iranian actor Mohammad Reza Golzar for three days' work leads to threats of tax crackdown Mohammad Reza Golzar, one of Iran's top actors, was paid A 55,000 for three days' work.

THERE was always something comically absurd about the way Britain and America blundered into the Iraq War.

He's a good guy," is how Michael Stuhlbarg describes Larry Gopnik, an angst-ridden Jewish math professor who questions God, guilt and the meaning of life in "A Serious Man," Joel and Ethan Coen's semiautobiographical nod to their 1960s suburban Minneapolis upbringing.

This Week's Ketchup includes casting rumors for Green Lantern and Thor , movie plans for two hit Broadway plays and new roles for Angelina Jolie, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kirsten Dunst.

The Duchess Theatre presents Endgame by Samuel Beckett . In Beckett's one act play the aged and blind Hamm and his servant Clov co-exist in a mutually dependent and fractious relationship, with only Hamm's parents, Nell and Nagg, legless from a biking accident, for company.

Breaking news: Ridley Scott is turning into Steven Soderbergh. While early in his career the Blade Runner director put out a film every three years or so, Scott has put out a feature every year since 2005 and currently has quite a bit on his plate, including the crime drama The Kind One , his Alien reboot and the Monopoly movie .

French Golden Globe winner Alexandre Desplat was a double honoree at the ninth World Soundtrack Awards on Saturday as he was named film composer of the year and picked up the prize for score of the year for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Oscar winner A.R. Rahman accepted the award for best original song written for film for "Jai Ho," from ...

Ridley Scott and Steve Zaillian are reportedly in negotiations to adapt the U.K. miniseries Red Riding into a film for Columbia Pictures, which just bought the rights to the crime drama.

The Iranian director Asghar Farhadi pulls off a remarkable feat in About Elly: he manages to morph a film that begins as a light comedy into a sombre and tense drama without compromising the story or entertainment value.

Back in September Amanda Palmer, the recently appointed head of the new Doha Tribeca Film Festival, declared that 'this has to be a Middle Eastern film festival'. Now the programme for the Tribeca brand's first Middle Eastern edition has been unveiled and it appears that she has been as good as her word.

The man has a record six movies that have grossed $300 million+ in the US, plus another two $100 million+ earners.

Oct. 5: Russell Crowe, shown here at the "Body of Lies" premiere. The star has reportedly been ordered to drop weight for his next role.

We told you earlier that Blade Runner director Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are working together to adapt Aldus Huxleya TMs dystopian classic, Brave New World, for the big screen, with DiCaprio producing and possibly to star.

South Carolina's only black Republican legislator is running for lieutenant governor.