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Stars: Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter, Derek Jacobi, Nigel Barber, Togo Igawa, Margo Stilley, Daniël Boissevain, Tom Wu, Jeroen Krabbé, Fabian Jansen, Reinout Bussemaker, Dominic Keating | Written by Finola Geraghty, Brendan Bishop | Directed by Andy Newbery

Robert Atkinson (Beckingham) is a young London banker and today the opportunity to show the lady in his life how great things could be with him has arrived. When locking up the bank for the weekend he takes a whole bunch of cash that he intends to make into a whole bunch more cash by gambling it all. Unsurprisingly and because you know, movies, He loses all the cash but is about to gain a new “friend” in Mr Lau (Togo Igawa). Robert’s new “friend” offers to clear all of his debts and then some if he just takes one briefcase to Amsterdam and brings another back. Next thing we know there...

Hmmm, just a few more days until the last Summer holiday, so there’s still time for a vacation, or at least a vicarious one with a very funny duo. Here’s their third cinematic excursion together, so let’s just go ahead and call it a movie franchise. And a most welcome, entertaining one at that. As long as there are countries that cook, it could go on for a long, long time (if we’re lucky). Under the pretense of a newspaper writing assignment we first got to accompany Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as they traveled their native Britain, dashing from one splendid restaurant, while enjoying very plush accommodations at first class inns and hotels, in 2011’s The Trip. The two played heightened versions of themselves (much like Larry David in HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the celeb guests on the much-missed “The Larry Saunders Show...

Firmly cementing its series’ status as the “Before” movies of male friendship, “The Trip to Spain” may seem like nothing more than a third taste of a favorite dish, but the best meals in life are worth eating thrice, and this one has been simmered in some tangy new spices and aged to perfection.

Once again, British comedians Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan eat their way through a week-long drive through some repugnantly gorgeous European countryside. Once again, their playful (but gently existential) rivalry is expressed through dueling impressions of the more famous men who came before them; despite an obligatory appearance from Michael Caine(s), this installment belongs to Mick Jagger and Roger Moore. And once again, a bouquet of melancholy notes results in a bittersweet aftertaste that lingers on the tongue, as our two heroes — recast as Don Quixote and Sancho Panza tilting at wind turbines — struggle to...

There will be no shortage of franchise films arriving this year, but perhaps our most-anticipated is the latest entry into The Trip series. Made for television in the U.K. then released as films over here, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are now back with their third entry, The Trip to Spain. Ahead of a premiere at Tribeca Film Festival next month, the first teaser trailer has now been released.

This preview for Michael Winterbottom‘s latest is a simple one, finding the duo making melodies on a drive as quotes flash by along with a brief series recap. Despite being quite the tease, this (and the first clip) is more than enough to sell us on what’s sure to be one of the most enjoyable viewing experiences of the year. Also starring Marta Barrio, Claire Keelan, and Margo Stilley, check out the trailer below.

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"Get out!" After reporter Harper Day (Margo Stilley) threatened to expose his relationship with Princess Eleanor (Alexandra Park), Jasper (Tom Austen) is ready to cut a deal on Sunday's The Royals. In this clip from the episode, Jasper breaks into Harper's house and reveals he's learned some very personal information about her past. When she threatens to call the police, Jasper offers her a deal. "You're gonna bury the story about the princess and me and in return I'm gonna give you a story that will provide the foundation of…whatever it is your trying to become," Jasper tells Harper. Jasper won't tell Harper the story just yet, but he does reveal why...

Don't mess with royalty! Princess Eleanor (Alexandra Park) unknowingly comes face to face with the reporter who threatened Jasper (Tom Austen) on The Royals tonight. In this clip from the episode, reporter Harper Day (Margo Stilley) manages to get an interview with the princess before the charity boxing event…but the interview doesn't last long. Harper wants to expose Eleanor's relationship with Jasper, and after her attempt to blackmail Jasper was unsuccessful, she sets her sights on Eleanor. "I love what you've done with the place," Harper says, admiring Eleanor's work for the event. "So this is a lot of work, how do you find time for your personal...

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John Badham has written a couple of excellent books where he passed on advice about directing movies, and the lessons he's learned across his own career. In the latest, John Badham On Directing, he raises the spectre of filming sex scenes, and the problems that ensue.

Actors get really spooked when it comes to intimacy in a scene, even kissing", he wrote. "This is where the director has to be extremely patient with the actors and know that the emotional or intimate part of scenes don’t always shoot as easily as the production department thinks they should. The actors are not robots on a Toyota assembly line".

But just how do different filmmakers approach putting intimacy on film? In lots of different ways, is the answer...

Noel Clarke...

British cinema (and to a certain extent, British pop-culture as a whole) has always had a strange relationship with screen portrayals of sex and sexuality. In the mid-1950’s, Britain’s film censorship board the BBFC passed a documentary about a naturist camp uncut, suitable for mainstream cinema release, leading to a wave of exploitation filmmakers using naturist camp settings in order to display as much nudity as possible onscreen. During this period, the BBFC’s guidelines clearly dictated that “breasts and buttocks, but not genitalia” were allowed to be displayed, as long as the naturist camp setting was clearly clarified to the audience- a guideline that unwittingly opened the floodgates to multiple films from opportunistic producers.

Despite the plethora of films showing the human body (almost) as nature intended, elsewhere British cinema was still offering archaic views of sexuality- the Carry On franchise, that begun in 1958 and still has...

As Lars Von Trier's controversial and explicit sex odyssey opens in cinemas this weekend, we ask actors what they think about being asked to perform in increasingly graphic sex scenes

The script, Christophe Paou says, was even more sexually explicit, so the French actor knew what he was getting himself into when he signed up for Alain Guiraudie's film, Stranger By the Lake. Paou plays Michel, a handsome and charismatic man – with an extremely sinister side – who meets Franck, a younger man, at a cruising spot. Stranger By the Lake is one of two sexually-explicit films released this weekend, the other being Lars von Trier's much-hyped Nymphomaniac, in which Charlotte Gainsbourg plays Joe, a sex addict. Both films use body doubles for the genital close-ups and the explicit scenes.

Nymphomaniac's producer Louise Vesth said: "We shot the actors pretending to have sex and then had the body doubles,...

Ah, sheer dresses, you never cease to amaze us. Why do stars put so much faith in you?

For Gabrielle's Angel Foundation Gala on Thursday, actress Margo Stilley chose a see-through number that didn't leave much to the imagination. The mango-colored gown featured sheer lace panels that swiveled around her body, providing cheeky glimpses of Margo's physique (including her bottom). It almost looks like she decided to forgo underwear completely.

After her red carpet stroll, the former model hit up Loulou's private member's club, the London night spot where Princess Beatrice, Pippa Middleton and Kate Middleton go to unwind. Somehow we think Margo would've been a little shy to introduce herself to the duchess with her, um, bum in plain sight.

So ladies, we'd like to take this opportunity to remind you all: There are fantastic nude underwear and slip options that can provide you with ample coverage in sheer dresses -- you know,...

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Michael Winterbottom’s 9 Songs is a sexual experience from near enough its first frame. The film’s premise is incredibly straightforward; Matt (Kieran O’Brien) and Lisa (Margo Stilley) meet at a concert, and over the course of the picture we gain an uncommonly intimate glimpse into their romance, which just so happens to revolve around both sex around music.

From the outset, 9 Songs asks us to consider where the line between glamourised pornography and artistic sexual expression is drawn, and whether Winterbottom’s film is able to transcend it. A number of the film’s sex scenes are unsimulated, which has been a high point of discussion from the moment the filmmakers attempted to tender its release. Genitals of both genders are on full display, and while it is in its own way refreshingly frank, the film won’t just alienate and embarrass the more body-conscious viewers among us,...

Actress Margo Stilley is "single and happy" after calling off her engagement to her businessman boyfriend.

The How to Lose Friends & Alienate People star was set to marry Bruce Cummings this summer but she admitted in August that the big day had been postponed because she couldn't handle the stress of organising the ceremony.

Stilley has now confirmed the wedding is off because she and Cummings have parted ways.

She tells Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I haven't set a date for the wedding as I'm not engaged any more. I'm single, happy and moving on."...

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Netflix is having some issues lately and their Api seems to be suffering, making it difficult to highlight the upcoming week’s releases with any accuracy. So now, we’ll start taking a look back at the previous week, while still letting you know if anything awesome is expiring this week…

Here’s the Top Movies That Became Available to Stream on Netflix Over the Past Week: The Ward (R | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #7711

Times Ranked: 844

Win Percentage: 42%

How Many Top-20′: 3 Users

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Directed By: John Carpenter

Starring: Lyndsy Fonseca • Amber Heard • Danielle Panabaker

Genres: Horror • Supernatural Horror • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller

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Paranormal Activity 2 (R | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #2330

Times Ranked: 6927

Win Percentage: 14%

How Many Top-20′: 272 Users

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Directed By: Tod Williams

Genres: Found Footage Film • Haunted House Film • Horror • Supernatural Horror • Supernatural Thriller • Thriller

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Casino Jack (R | 2010)

Flickchart Ranking: #7952

Times Ranked: 868

Win Percentage: 40%

How Many Top-20′: 2 Users

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Directed By: George Hickenlooper

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If you missed it's run in select theaters across the country this summer, the hilarious comedy The Trip is available at SundanceNow for rental or purchase. This improvised tour of the North of England reunites comedy favorites Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as they set out to review half a dozen restaurants for a magazine article. We have a delicious exclusive look at this release, which finds Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon trying out different voices over a very nice bottle of wine. To check out this deleted scene, click on the clip below.

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The Trip was released June 10th, 2011 and stars Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley, Rebecca Johnson, Dolya Gavanski, Kerry Shale, Paul Popplewell. The film is directed by Michael Winterbottom.

Rank the week of October 14th’s Blu-ray and DVD new releases against the best films of all-time: New Releases Green Lantern

(Blu-ray & DVD | PG13 | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #2480

Win Percentage: 43%

Times Ranked: 6760

Top-20 Rankings: 25

Directed By: Martin Campbell

Starring: Ryan Reynolds • Blake Lively • Peter Sarsgaard • Mark Strong • Temuera Morrison

Genres: Action • Action Thriller • Based-on-Comics • Comic-Book Superhero Film • Crime • Crime Thriller • Science Fiction • Sci-Fi Action • Thriller

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Horrible Bosses

(Blu-ray & DVD | Nr | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #750

Win Percentage: 54%

Times Ranked: 6278

Top-20 Rankings: 23

Directed By: Seth Gordon

Starring: Jason Bateman • Jason Sudeikis • Jennifer Aniston • Kevin Spacey • Jamie Foxx

Genres: Black Comedy • Comedy • Workplace Comedy

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Zookeeper

(Blu-ray & DVD | PG | 2011)

Flickchart Ranking: #10259

Win Percentage: 37%

Times Ranked: 470

Top-20 Rankings: 9

Directed By: Frank Coraci

Starring: Kevin James • Rosario Dawson • Leslie Bibb • Ken Jeong • Donnie Wahlberg

Genres: Animal Picture • Comedy • Family-Oriented Comedy

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Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer

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Leading method-acting teacher who developed characters for one-scene shorts in forthcoming film Self Made

Who is he?

A leading method-acting teacher who has coached Natalie Press and Margo Stilley. He's the inadvertent star of artist Gillian Wearing's first feature-length film, Self Made, out on 2 September.

Explain.

In 2007, Wearing placed an ad in newspapers and job centres. It read: "Would you like to be in a film? You can play yourself or a fictional character. Call Gillian." Thousands replied, whittled down to seven. Enter Rumbelow, who worked with the group to develop characters for one-scene shorts.

So is Self Made a documentary?

Mostly. We watch Rumbelow's workshops – raw, soul-bearing, cathartic – but also five fictional shorts, each starring a member of the group. This is what you want reality TV to be like: revealing, human, touching, unpatronising, intense. Rumbelow was initially worried the film would be "some heavy conceptual rubbish".

Are the actors playing themselves?...

Actress Margo Stilley postponed her planned summer wedding after organising the nuptials became "too much work".

The How to Lose Friends & Alienate People star was set to exchange vows with businessman boyfriend Bruce Cummings in June, but the date was pushed back.

And Stilley has now revealed she became overwhelmed by the amount of planning involved for her big day.

She tells Britain's Daily Telegraph, "I can't be bothered with getting married. It's too much work. I'm not interested in doing it until I can afford to have someone arrange everything for me.

"All the wedding stuff just gives me such a headache (but)... I'm sure the wedding will happen eventually."...

The Trip

Directed by Michael Winterbottom

United Kingdom, 2010

What sets The Trip apart from other road movies or buddy comedies? The structure is the same as most. Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, each playing a facsimile of himself, set off on a tour of southern England to sample the foods that each town has to offer. A trip that was originally to be Coogan and his girlfriend Mischa (Margo Stilley), Brydon is a last-minute addition after they decide to “take a break.”

Ostensibly a series of scenes at restaurants, conversations in cars and phone calls, The Trip was culled from prolific director Michael Winterbottom’s (24 Hour Party People, 9 Songs, The Road to Guantanamo) television series of the same name and the improvisatory appearance bears its origins out.

Winterbottom is wise to let Brydon and Coogan play off of one-another, at times using their actual lives as material: Brydon’s “Small...

The IFC Films comedy The Trip is currently playing in theaters, starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. We have an exclusive look at eight alternate posters for The Trip, created by the celebrated graphic design firm Mojo, which were never used in the theatrical campaign. Take a look at this intriguing poster gallery below for The Trip, which will expand to more theaters nationwide on July 1.

Playing loose versions of themselves, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reprise their hilariously fictionalized roles from Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story and reunite with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom (24 Hour Party People) for an acerbically witty, largely improvised ride through the English countryside. Tapped by The Observer to review fine restaurants throughout the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, Steve (Coogan) finds himself without a traveling companion after his girlfriend decides not to go at the last minute. After being turned down by everyone else he knows,...

The Trip

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Cast: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley

Running Time: 1 hr 47 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: June 17, 2011 (Portland)

Plot: The Observer asks Steve Coogan to tour England’s finest restaurants. When his girlfriend can’t make it, Rob Brydon, his friend and annoyance, joins him.

Who’S It For? If you are a fans of Coogan, Brydon or comedians in general this little film will be a nice fit.

Overall

Rob says, “It’s 2010, everything’s been done before.” Well, this hasn’t.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play versions of themselves. They travel. They eat. Most importantly, they chat.

This is a film that attempts to feel like a documentary. While Rob looks familiar, I never watched the TV show “Little Britain” and I still haven’t seen the film Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story . I knew Steve as the...

The Trip is a movie that's funny until it isn't, that's keeps returning to the idea of what constitutes "real humor" and then slips into "dramedy" territory. I think if anyone else besides Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon starred in the film, it would fall apart completely--in part because Steve and Rob play fictionalized versions of themselves in the film. Coogan is enlisted by a magazine to take tours of some of the North England gourmet restaurants and write up his experiences. With his girlfriend Mischa (Margo Stilley) unavailable, he reaches out to his second choice. When they're not available turn him down he finally reaches out to Brydon, fellow comedian and actor who thinks of Coogan as a friend but doesn't quite realize that...

Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom

(June 2011)

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon

Director Michael Winterbottom’s newest flick “The Trip” is, to put it plainly, about a trip. No ulterior motive. No misdirection. Based on the British miniseries by the same name, the movie follows two British comedians as they travel through the best haute cuisine that rural Britain has to offer and talk about, well, whatever.

British comedian Steve Coogan is going on this culinary expedition as research for an article for the Observer. He’s no foodie and is now sans the girl who pushed him to pitch the concept, his American girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/somewhere-in-the-middle dweller Mischa (Margo Stilley). Lacking her companionship and in danger of spending a week in the car alone, Coogan calls Rob Brydon, a fellow comedian and sometimes competitor, best friend and worst enemy.

The two take a trip. They eat at restaurants.

Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom

(June 2011)

Directed by: Michael Winterbottom

Starring: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon

Director Michael Winterbottom’s newest flick “The Trip” is, to put it plainly, about a trip. No ulterior motive. No misdirection. Based on the British miniseries by the same name, the movie follows two British comedians as they travel through the best haute cuisine that rural Britain has to offer and talk about, well, whatever.

British comedian Steve Coogan is going on this culinary expedition as research for an article for the Observer. He’s no foodie and is now sans the girl who pushed him to pitch the concept, his American girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/somewhere-in-the-middle dweller Mischa (Margo Stilley). Lacking her companionship and in danger of spending a week in the car alone, Coogan calls Rob Brydon, a fellow comedian and sometimes competitor, best friend and worst enemy.

The two take a trip. They eat at restaurants.

by Vadim Rizov

The Trip is a lightly plotted comedy travelogue whose six half-hour BBC episodes have lost 50 minutes to make a digestible 111-minute feature. Most of the running time features Steve Coogan and decade-plus collaborator Rob Brydon riffing at will during a six-day road trip. (The two also played mock versions of themselves in 2005's Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, directed by Michael Winterbottom, again behind the camera here.) The destinations are dictated by food: Coogan's been invited to write up his culinary journey for The Observer, despite not knowing the first thing about the recently emerged high cuisine offered in otherwise obscure Northern English villages. With girlfriend Mischa (Margo Stilley) in New York City and their relationship on indeterminate hiatus, a callowly broken-up Coogan sets out with replacement companion Brydon to eat at a number of astonishingly upscale rural pubs and restaurants.

It's a journey that...

Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's uncanny chemistry was quite evident in Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, and it only makes sense that director Michael Winterbottom would do his best to milk their personalities in a reprise performance, albeit without the ins and outs and pomp and circumstance of Laurence Sterne's post-modern-before-there-was-modern novel. This time around, Winterbottom keeps the hyphens to a minimum and opts to ground the narrative on a singular and logical plane of existence; well, other than a few dream sequences (one featuring a brilliant cameo by Ben Stiller). Steve (Steve Coogan) is commissioned to go road-tripping across Northern England to critique six fancifully unique restaurants for the Observer. Steve's foodie American girlfriend, Mischa (Margo Stilley), was the original impetus behind Steve pitching this story, but she has recently returned to the U.S. to take a break from their relationship.

Title: The Trip Directed By: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley, Rebecca Johnson, Dolya Gavanski, Kerry Shale Have you ever sat down for a movie with one of those massive tubs of popcorn? You toss the first piece back and the buttery morsel is heavenly, but then, when you get about half way down, maybe even less, you’re incredibly parched, sick of the taste and have no desire to go any further. Well, that’s kind of the way The Trip makes you feel. There certainly can be too much of a good thing. When his girlfriend opts out and he can’t manage to find another...

Director Michael Winterbottom's road trip movie The Trip has an unusual conceit: It appears to be almost a documentary about British comedians Steve Coogan (Tropic Thunder, 24 Hour Party People) and Rob Brydon (Mirrormask) as they tour the English countryside eating in restaurants for an assignment Coogan has from an English newspaper. However, the two actors play fictionalized versions of themselves, with Margo Stilley playing Coogan's not-in-real-life girlfriend who refuses to go with him on his restaurant tour, prompting Coogan to invite Brydon instead.

The Trip began as a six-part series for the BBC released at the end of last year and was then edited into a feature. At the time of the show's release, Coogan admitted to The Guardian that the movie was born from Winterbottom's enjoyment of the improvised scenes between Coogan and Brydon in 2005's Tristam Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story, though Coogan admitted that he...

The Trip boasts an unusual combination of dialogue-heavy comedy, of scenic travelogue complete with a focus on high-end food and finally a somber self-reflexive experiment. While these are occasionally at odds with each other, The Trip is hilarious from start-to-finish and ultimately insightful because of the persistent and atypical way it goes about making its point.

Some necessary background; in 2010, a six episode sitcom aired on BBC Two called “The Trip”. It starred Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as versions of themselves. Steve has recently accepted an offer from The Observer to tour a series of restaurants’ in Northern England and write an article. He mainly did this to spend some quality time with his American girlfriend Mischa (Margo Stilley). Now Steve needs to find someone else to go on the trip because Mischa has moved back to America. He asks his longtime colleague Rob Brydon to go along. Throughout...

It must be frustrating being Steve Coogan. As the winner of numerous British Comedy and BAFTA awards (not to mention the 1992 Perrier Award, the 1997 Silver Rose of Montreux and a South Bank Show Award for his live show “The Man Who Thinks He’s It”) he’s also been listed amongst the 50 funniest acts working in British comedy as well as featuring in the Top 20 greatest comedy acts of all time as voted for by fellow comedians.

He’s forged himself a moderately successful Hollywood career and starred in a number of successful films from the likes of Sofia Coppola, Ben Stiller, Jim Jarmusch, Adam McKay and Frank Oz and starred alongside such names as Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Kirsten Dunst. And to top it all off he’s even founded his own production company, Baby Cow Productions, which itself has given birth to such...

London, July 6 – Actress Margo Stilley has quit work on Madonna’s upcoming film ‘W.E.’ over ‘artistic differences’.

‘I had the role, but we had artistic differences. She (Madonna) is really something. I wish the cast luck because they are all really talented,’ dailystar.co.uk quoted her as saying.

Stilley had signed up to play Lady Thelma Furness in the movie which tells the story of King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne after falling in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

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Actress Margo Stilley has quit work on Madonna's upcoming film "W.E." over "artistic differences". The "9 Songs" star had signed up to play Lady Thelma Furness in the new movie which tells the story of Britain's King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne after falling in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

The "Material Girl" will take the director's chair for the second time to tell the story of the former British monarch, but she is now looking for a new star to take over Stilley's role after the actress dropped out.

Stilley tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph, "I had the role, but we had artistic differences. She (Madonna) is really something. I wish the cast luck because they are all really talented."

The film, which stars Abbie Cornish and James D'Arcy, is slated for a 2011 release.

Actress Margo Stilley has quit work on Madonna's upcoming film W.E. over "artistic differences".

The 9 Songs star had signed up to play Lady Thelma Furness in the new movie which tells the story of Britain's King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne after falling in love with American divorcee Wallis Simpson.

The Material Girl will take the director's chair for the second time to tell the story of the former British monarch, but she is now looking for a new star to take over Stilley's role after the actress dropped out.

Stilley tells Britain's Sunday Telegraph, "I had the role, but we had artistic differences. She (Madonna) is really something. I wish the cast luck because they are all really talented."

The film, which stars Abbie Cornish and James D'Arcy, is slated for a 2011 release.

Chicago – Is Michael Winterbottom’s 2004 curiosity little more than art house porn? It certainly would seem that way to any consumer who happens to glimpse at the film’s Blu-Ray case, which boasts that the disc contains the “full uncut explicit version” of “9 Songs.” There’s also a disclaimer warning that the film “contains sexually explicit content.” In the words of “Family Guy”’s Quagmire, “Oh…right.”

Like Soderbergh, Winterbottom is a versatile risk-taker who doesn’t shy away from courting controversy. From 1995’s “Butterfly Kiss” to this year’s “The Killer Inside Me,” the fearless filmmaker has utilized uncompromising depictions of violence and sexuality in order to plunge the audience headfirst into the psyche of his characters. In two of his best recent efforts, “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story” and “The Road to Guantanamo,” Winterbottom has also proven his gift for blurring the line between documented reality and scripted fiction.

The handyman never looked so good. Kate Moss on May 4, 2009. From PatrickMcMullan.com.London's art crowd let its hair down and threw some shapes on the dance floor last week at the annual fund-raiser for the Whitechapel Gallery. Committee members had convinced an array of singers to perform at the so-called Art Plus Music Party, which in many cases displayed impressive art pedigrees. First up was London-based Bishi, followed by singer songwriter Jack Penate, who debuted a song inspired by Frank Auerbach’s art. Designer Pam Hogg and actress Margo Stilley sipped drinks as Natasha Kahn, of doppelgänger band ego Bat for Lashes, abandoned her usual look in favor of a blond wig. Kahn was accompanied by a string quartet with a backdrop of Andy Warhol’s Kiss.

Holy crap. When I watched this test and funding bait loop for the soon may be piloted Brit Sci-Fi “Slingers”, my immediate thought was, (after I stopped hyper blinking) This thing is too good to succeed. Maybe I’m old, crusty and cynical. Take a look for yourself and be prepared for full frontal awesome. A team of British gangster hipsters take on the galaxies riches with wicked tech and 60’s style. Mike Sizemore created the thing and this is his snapshot of the further processes. It’s directed by Steve Barron and stars Sean Pertwee, Adrian Bower, Tom Mison, Margo Stilley, Haruka Abe, Gun and Junior. The outstanding conceptual design was by Arran and Corran Brownlee. The music is by The Mummers. And yeah I’m the creator/writer/idiot who came up with it. Sleepydog are the guys running the show. To quickly answer the most obvious question,...

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People by Eric Sloss, Writer Simon Pegg is a successful British comedic actor. He starred in two of the funnier movies in recent memory in “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz”. He clearly knows what is funny and what is not. The movie industry is a perfect target for a movie to take aim at. It is rift with characters that are so removed from normal society. Sadly, “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People” fails in its attempt to make fun of or make any sort of biting commentary on the industry in full. Pegg plays celebrity journalist Sidney Young. He works for a British celebrity magazine called Post Modern Review. This magazine routinely makes fun of the celebrities that they cover. Because of this fact, Sidney constantly gets kicked out of celebrity parties. He has to resort to various disguises. After getting kicked out of yet another party,...

MGM's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" had its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Intandem Films and Number 9 Film, the comedy features a memorable and all at once desirable cast including Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, Robert Stone and Margo Stilley. The story follows a small fry British celebrity journalist who is hired by a top-notch magazine in N.Y.C. Robert B. Weide directs the film based on the memoir by Toby Young which Peter Straughan and Toby Young adapt. An outrageously funny-looking comedy which we're pining for.

MGM's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" had its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Intandem Films and Number 9 Film, the comedy features a memorable and all at once desirable cast including Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, Robert Stone and Margo Stilley. The story follows a small fry British celebrity journalist who is hired by a top-notch magazine in N.Y.C. Robert B. Weide directs the film based on the memoir by Toby Young which Peter Straughan and Toby Young adapt. An outrageously funny-looking comedy which we're pining for.

Comment on this video! MGM's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" had its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Intandem Films and Number 9 Film, the comedy features a memorable and all at once desirable cast including Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, Robert Stone and Margo Stilley. The story follows a small fry British celebrity journalist who is hired by a top-notch magazine in N.Y.C. Robert B. Weide directs the film based on the memoir by Toby Young which Peter Straughan and Toby Young adapt. An outrageously funny-looking comedy which we're pining for. Now, let's add to the fun and let you enter for a contest to win a poster autographed by Simon Pegg! Get into the action! How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008)(Released date: 15 May 2008 (Cannes Film Festival), 3 October 2008)  -   Rate & Review this! (Not released? Then add a rating on your anticipation!

MGM's "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" had its debut at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Intandem Films and Number 9 Film, the comedy features a memorable and all at once desirable cast including Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Danny Huston, Robert Stone and Margo Stilley. The story follows a small fry British celebrity journalist who is hired by a top-notch magazine in N.Y.C. Robert B. Weide directs the film based on the memoir by Toby Young which Peter Straughan and Toby Young adapt. An outrageously funny-looking comedy which we're pining for.

Production Weekly reports Holly Hunter will join Gavin Rossdale, Rupert Evans and Margo Stilley in the upcoming romance thriller Frost Flowers for Italian director Andrea Vecchiato. The indie coproduction from Hadaly and BlueStar Pictures centers on a ghost (Hunter) who bears a child with a man who has the ability to see and make contact with the supernatural world. Comic book writer Mike Carey will write the screenplay. Shooting is expected to begin this October in London.

LONDON -- Leo Gregory, Eva Birthistle and Margo Stilley will star in the low-budget Brit horror flick Reverb, the producer said Monday. The movie details the story of a struggling musician who samples an old record in a studio and discovers a voice hidden in the music before a series of horrific events unfolds. Writer-director Eitan Arrusi (Long Time Dead), making his directorial debut, said he is thrilled with the project. "Music plays an important narrative in the film so I am very pleased to be working with the hugely talented music producer Jack Knife Lee, who has written the signature track for the film," Arrusi said. Produced by Frank Mannion of Swipe Films, the film began shooting Monday on location in London. No budget was revealed for the film, which is privately financed by Reverb Prods. and International Film Collective Ltd. Keith Hayley and Robert Bevan are executive producing. Swipe Films also is acting as the worldwide sales agent for the movie and aims to release it into theaters across the U.K. later this year.