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Aloha From Empire
Nick in Hawaii - if it makes you feel any better, he did get quite badly sunburned. |
There’s not much we at Empire won’t endure to provide you, our dedicated readers, with the very best film information on the web. Take the other week for example when Universal called and told us that if we wanted interviews with the Forgetting Sarah Marshall cast then we’d have to endure a gruelling first class flight to Hawaii, be force-fed colourful drinks with little umbrellas sticking out of the top and then get shackled with those floral necklaces the Hawaiians are so fond of handing out. “No!” we could have said, “we won’t do it.” But with Empire the reader always comes first so Nick de Semlyen courageously volunteered to take one for the team. What a trooper, eh? Maybe it was a result of the scorching heat or the effects of his thirteenth maitai but the resulting Q&A sessions were… interesting to say the least. Click here for a complete rundown on Kristin Bell’s nipple stickers, Russell Brand’s foreskin and an account of the various sexual favours offered by the Loch Ness monster.
James Dyer
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I once saw him beat a guy up with a starfish!
Paul Rudd in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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How You Know You've Become A Sci-Fi TV Geek. Given that the most popular shows on TV these days often have a sci-fi or fantasy bent (Lost, Heroes, Doctor Who, Life on Mars) it's entirely possible for innocent viewers who don't know their Captain Picard from their Captain Birdseye to accidentally slip into geekdom. One minute you're innocently oggling David Tennant / Evangeline Lily, next minute you're considering the mechanics of time travel and wondering why Klingons suddenly developed bumpy foreheads between the original series of Star Trek and the Next Generation.
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall Video Interviews
Ever the selfless individual, Empire’s Nick de Semlyen took a bullet for all of us when he jetted out to the paradise island of Hawaii for a jolly to interview the cast and crew of the new bawdy comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall – he’s nice like that. Fielding chaos and confusion and battling some of the oddest camera work ever seen (we love Jason Segel but he’s not as pretty as Mila Kunis), our Nick uncovers Bill Hader’s impression of Animal from The Muppets, Kristin Bell’s nipple tape tale and Russell Brand’s dreams of sexual favours from the Loch Ness Monster.
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Scenes Of A Graphic Nature
Non-superhero comic books crying out for the cinematic treatment. With the release of Persepolis, a decidedly superhero-free adaptation of the monochromatic Franco-Iranian comic, we got to thinking about what other Lycra-less graphic novels would make for great movies. Here's what we came up with...
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Iron Man Premiere Report
The UK premiere of Iron Man, Marvel’s first blockbuster assault of the year, drew the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and director Jon Favreau to London’s Leicester Square for a night of flesh-pressing and, in one hilarious moment, Oliver Twist pushing (the sight of a bunch of young musical star wannabes from the BBC’s I’ll Do Anything being forced to scatter as Paltrow posed for the photographers was the undoubted highlight of the night).
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Jessica Alba Video Interview
Talk about a terrifying situation… when we met Jessica Alba, the heavily pregnant star of The Eye, she looked fit to burst. Luckily she avoided going into labour during our interview (the idea of an Empire hack becoming an emergency midwife fills us with absolute dread) and instead happily chatted about remaking J-horrors, learning the violin and her love of scary movies.
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Made Of Honour Premiere Report
Sunday night at Leicester Square’s Empire cinema saw the victorious return of one of modern culture’s most revered stars. A man who will never give you up, never let you down and will never turn around and desert you - no not James Bond - Rick Astley was in the house.
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Three And Out Premiere Report
There wasn't quite so much love going on at the Three And Out premiere in Leicester Square last night as Mackenzie Crook found to his chagrin. Verbally accosted by a train driver questioning the ethics of a movie that gets its laughs from dead commuters (well that's how the Underground man assumed the film would work), the one-time Office star found himself defending his new flick.
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What Happens In Vegas Premiere Report
Ashton Kutcher knows all too well the pitfalls of living it large in Sin City. A fun-loving guy who has had more than his fair share of drunken escapades, he totally connects with his character's predicament – namely getting slaughtered and inadvertantly getting married...
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Empire Promotion
Watch Hi-Definition Movies With Xbox LIVE!
Xbox LIVE's movie download service is the future of movie viewing today, giving you access to a slew of great movies, in both standard and high definition, downloaded direct to your Xbox 360. You don't need to watch on the tiny screen of your home computer; you can now download some of the best movies around and watch them on the biggest TV you can find, without movie from your seat.
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Empire Promotion
Movies' Greatest Unsolved Murders
Exploding in a series of violent acts and shocking twists, Written In Bone is the compelling new crime thriller from a brilliant storyteller. To celebrate the publication of Simon Beckett’s latest heart-stopping novel, we've dug into some of movieland's greatest unsolved cases...
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A Russell Brand 'on tour' t-shirt from FSM – you’re detecting a theme here aren’t you?
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Persepolis 
The monochrome animation is stark and beautiful, and Marjane’s an appealing narrator. Often hilarious, sometimes tragic, this may be low-tech, but it’s high-class.
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I Am Legend
While the sun shines, it’s a four-star thriller with a superb turn from Smith. When the moon rises, it’s a two-star horror cartoon with some of the worst FX we’ve seen all year. So, really, it has to average out at...
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