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The ongoing feud between director Jane Campion and Sam Elliott could be soon settled if the 77-year-old actor would agree to a 'shootout' in Hollywood.After branding Elliott'a little bit of a b***h' for hating on her Oscar-nominated film Power of the Dog for being too gay, Jane suggested on THR's Awards Chatter Podcast the pair 'meet down at the Warner Brothers lot for a shootout.'Campion's comments, which came Friday, were no doubt in jest and alluded to Elliott's detraction of her film's merits as a classic western. Drama:After branding Elliott 'a little bit of a b***h' for hating on her Oscar-nominated film Power of the Dog for being too gay, Jane suggested on THR's Awards Chatter Podcast the pair 'meet down at the Warner Brothers lot for a shootout''OK, Sam, let's meet down at the Warner Brothers lot for a shootout!' Campion said during the podcast episode.

2022 Academy Awards fast approaching, another set of presenters have been announced. Halle Bailey, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Samuel L. Jackson, Shawn Mendes, Tyler Perry and Tracee Ellis Ross will present at the 94th Oscars.Previously announced presenters include Daniel Kaluuya, Mila Kunis, Lupita Nyong’o, Naomi Scott, Wesley Snipes, John Travolta,  Ruth E. Carter, Anthony Hopkins, Lily James, John Leguizamo, Simu Liu, Rami Malek, Uma Thurman, Lady Gaga, Kevin Costner, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock and Yuh-Jung Youn. «Movies inspire us, entertain us and unite us across the globe,» said show producer Will Packer in a press release.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Adam Beach, who most recently starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons in Netflix’s Academy Award-nominated film The Power of the Dog from director Jane Campion, has signed with Buchwald for representation.

nominations are in, and the 2022 Oscars are set to be an unforgettable evening celebrating the year’s most impactful work in film. On Sunday, March 27, writers, directors and actors alike will return to the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, for the 94th annual Academy Awards.

Batman film in the future.The Spider-Man and Doctor Strange And The Multiverse of Madness director recently opened up about his love for the caped crusader.“I’ve always loved Batman,” Raimi told Empire in a new interview. “If I ever saw the Batsignal up in the air, I’d come running.“If I heard that deep, gurgling laugh of The Shadow coming from the darkness, I would also tentatively step outside.”Reflecting on other characters that he’d like to make more films for, he added: “And Spider-Man would be ahead of Doctor Strange, but I don’t want to put him down the list!”Matt Reeves most recently put a new spin on the character with The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano and more.In a four-star review of The Batman, NME wrote: “Director Matt Reeves has mixed up gritty mob drama with film-noir detective thriller – and thanks to Dano’s ultra-creepy villain, some psychological horror too.“Most of the time it comes off brilliantly.

swatting down the actor’s “sexist” criticism of her 12-time Oscar-nominated flick, the auteur isn’t backing down, challenging him to a mock “shootout.”The best director Oscar nominee threw down the gauntlet during a Friday appearance on The Hollywood Reporter’s “Awards Chatter Podcast.”“Okay, Sam, let’s meet down at the Warner Brothers lot for a shootout!” Campion, 67, told host Scott Feinberg. “I’m bringing Doctor Strange [the iconic Marvel character portrayed in films by Benedict Cumberbatch, who also starred in “Dog”] with me!”She was responding to the 77-year-old Western icon’s inflammatory appearance on Marc Maron’s “WTF Podcast” two weeks ago, in which he’d labelled her opus a “piece of s–t.” The “Tombstone” star also compared the characters to Chippendales dancers “who wear bowties and not much else.”During his bizarre tirade, the “Roadhouse” star had singled out Campion, claiming that despite being a “brilliant director,” the New Zealand-born auteur was unfit to direct a Western set in Montana in the early 20th century.“I love her previous work, but what the f – – k does this woman from down there, New Zealand, know about the American West?” Elliott ranted, further slamming her decision to film the Western in her motherland.The comments didn’t sit well with Campion, who criticized Elliott’s cowboy credentials in the THR interview.

Deadline notes, the action-packed filmhas dethroned from its spot as the third highest-grossing movie in history. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, is available for pre-order now on Amazon Prime Video and Vudu. The digital copy comes loaded with a ton of special features.

Oscars for being “really boring”.The actor will not be attending this year’s ceremony, later this month.Rylance, 62, has admitted that he finds the annual Academy Awards ceremony “really boring” in a refreshingly honest interview. The acclaimed actor said: “‘I don’t think awards are a serious marker of what the greatest or most inspiring things are, but it’s nice to be celebrated.“I won’t be going this year,” Rylance continued in his interview with the Radio Times. “To be honest, they’re actually really boring.”Rylance previously won the best supporting actor Oscar in 2016 for his performance in Bridge of Spies, alongside Tom Hanks.When asked if his award was on display at his home, he replied that he "didn't like to be ostentatious about that kind of thing".The actor added that the Oscar had been "in a box" for some time, and he estimated that it was now on a shelf somewhere.Aside from his previous Oscar win, the Dunkirk star has also won three Baftas, three Tony awards and two Olivier awards. Rylance stars in Oscar-nominated Netflix film Don’t Look Up, which is an environmental catastrophe comedy about what would happen if we were told the world was actually ending.The film is nominated for four awards, including Best Picture, at the 2022 Academy Awards and also stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence.Rylance plays eccentric tech billionaire Peter Isherwell, who blocks the destruction of the comet hurtling towards planet earth in order to mine it for precious elements. The Academy will host its 94th annual ceremony on March 27 at the Hollywood & Highland Centre.Nominees for Best Actor include Benedict Cumberbatch, Andrew Garfield and Will Smith, who won a BAFTA for his King Richard performance on

Will Smith, 53, has responded to a joke made by Australian actress Rebel Wilson, 42, while she hosted the BAFTAs at London’s Royal Albert Hall on Sunday night.

Deadline notes, the action-packed filmhas dethroned from its spot as the third highest-grossing movie in history. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Marisa Tomei, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, is available for pre-order now on Amazon Prime Video and Vudu.

Benedict Cumberbatch wants to take part in a new government initiative, launched to help Ukrainian refugees, amid the tragic conflict caused by Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European country.The star of Marvel’s ‘Dr. Strange’ said he is planning to take in Ukrainian refugees, after the UK government unveiled the ‘Homes for Ukraine’ project, offering $457 a month to house families fleeing war.Attending the 2022 BAFTAs ceremony, Benedict announced his support on the red carpet, explaining that “It is a really shocking time to be a European, two and a half hours’ flight away from Ukraine, and it’s something that hangs over us.”The UK has been exploring different ways to help refugees, granting over 4,000 visas, and expecting to receive “tens of thousands” Ukrainians.

Jodie Turner-Smith has blasted Jane Campion for displaying ‘peak white feminism’ with her comments about Venus and Serena Williams.The Power of the Dog director was honoured for her work on the Western film – which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Kirsten Dunst, and was also recognised for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture – has been criticised for her remark about the tennis aces.While accepting the award for best director, the 67-year-old turned her attention to the Willams sisters, who executive produced the critically-acclaimed movie King Richard, starring Will Smith as their father.‘Serena and Venus, you are such marvels. However, you do not play against the guys like I have to,’ she said, with a stunned reaction from the audience which broke out into applause.Queen & Slim star Jodie wrote: ‘jane taking time out of her best director speech to tell two Black women that she is more oppressed than them is PEAK white feminism.

Zack Sharf With nearly $800 million in the U.S. and $1.8 billion at the worldwide box office, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the kind of blockbuster phenomenon that’s rare for even non-pandemic times.

The Power Of The Dog, labelling him “sexist”.Last month, the A Star Is Born actor took aim at the “allusions to homosexuality” in the Netflix film, as well as an LA Times article that talked about the “evisceration of the American myth”, and called the film “a piece of shit”.The Western film follows Benedict Cumberbatch’s character, a sexually repressed ranch owner, and his fraught relationship with his brother (Jesse Plemons), his brother’s new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee).During Elliott’s interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, the host noted that homosexuality is “what the movie’s about”, the actor going on to call Campion “a brilliant director”.However, Elliott then added: “What the fuck does this woman from down there [New Zealand] know about the American west? Why the fuck did she shoot this movie in New Zealand and call it Montana? And say this is the way it was? That fucking rubbed me the wrong way.”Responding to Elliott’s criticism, Campion told Variety: “I’m sorry, he was being a little bit of a B-I-T-C-H. He’s not a cowboy; he’s an actor.

Naman Ramachandran While the actual BAFTA film awards ceremony on Sunday may have been largely apolitical, the red carpet leading up to it was awash with political commentary.“The Power of the Dog” star and BAFTA best actor nominee Benedict Cumberbatch, who attended the event with his wife Sophie Hunter, wore a badge depicting the Ukrainian flag.Cumberbatch said the awards are “a celebration of an industry that’s about imagery, and images speaking as loud as if not louder sometimes than words. So it’s a small gesture,” the actor told BBC News.“But away from this, what we all have to do is continue to put pressure on our politicians as far as the refugee crisis goes, continue to put pressure on the Putin regime, continue to help in any which way we can — whether that’s through donations or housing refugees, all of which I’m looking to do and have done.” The U.K.

The Power of the Dog star Benedict Cumberbatch says he plans to be a part to the UK government’s Homes for Ukraine Scheme, which will enable British people to take in refugees from the embattled country.

The Power of the Dog was named best film at tonight’s 75th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), as the New Zealander also scooped best director. During a star-studded ceremony at London’s Royal Albert Hall, sci-fi epic Dune also triumphed with five gongs, and Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Belfast was named Outstanding British Film. The Power of the Dog’s male star, Benedict Cumberbatch, was on hand to read out the absent Campion’s victory speech for her best director award.

Rebel Wilson hosted proceedings, on a night where Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune led the pack with 11 nominations, closely followed by Jane Campion’s western The Power of the Dog, which amassed a total of eight. Here are the biggest talking points of the night, from the best jokes to the biggest winners and the most graceful losers. .

nominations go, sci-fi saga Dune is leading the way, followed by western The Power of the Dog and Sir Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. Stars including Benedict Cumberbatch, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Daisy Ridley, Daniel Kaluuya and Millie Bobby Brown are among the celebrities in attendance at tonight's show, and viewers at home simply couldn't be more thrilled. During tonight's BBC broadcast ceremony, a number of viewers at home were quick to tweet their reactions as they watched.

Benedict Cumberbatch and his wife Sophie Hunter plan on doing their part to support Ukrainian refugees.

this year's Critics Choice Awards.Going into Sunday's show,  and  lead lead the pack on the film side with 11 nominations each, including Best Picture. Both films also garnered nods in the directing and supporting acting categories. The top two nominees were followed closely by  and , both of which earned 10 each.When it came to the TV categories, HBO's and were among the most nominated shows, with the fan-fave family business drama earning eight nods while the Kate Winslet-led drama series scoring five.