SWATH AT THE 2014 OSCARS: CHARLIZE THERON & CHRIS HEMSWORTH TO PRESENT

SWATH will be represented at the 86th Annual Academy Awards ceremony when Oscar winner Charlize Theron returns to present along with Chris Hemsworth this Sunday, March 2nd.

Variety reports that Theron and Hemsworth will be joined along with Amy Adams, Kristen Bell, Jessica Biel, Jim Carrey, Glenn Close, Bradley Cooper, Penélope Cruz, Benedict Cumberbatch, Viola Davis, Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Sally Field, Harrison Ford, Jamie Foxx, Andrew Garfield, Jennifer Garner, Whoopi Goldberg, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Angelina Jolie, Michael B. Jordan, Anna Kendrick, Matthew McConaughey, Ewan McGregor, Bill Murray, Kim Novak, Tyler Perry, Brad Pitt, Sidney Poitier, Gabourey Sidibe, Will Smith, Kevin Spacey, Jason Sudeikis, Channing Tatum, John Travolta, Kerry Washington, Emma Watson and Naomi Watts.

Also presenting are Anne Hathaway, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jennifer Lawrence who were previously announced as presenters.

Last year Theron and Kristen Stewart were presenters as SWATH was nominated for two Oscars for costume and special effects. 

The ceremony will be telecast worldwide on the ABC network beginning at 7p ET. 

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KRISTEN STEWART GETS BEHIND THE CAMERA TO DIRECT VIDEO - A POSITIVE SIGN FOR WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD

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Kristen Stewart is expanding her IMDb resume by not just being an actress in front of the camera but homing her skills behind the camera as a director. 

E! Online is reporting that Stewart is in Nashville, Tennessee this week to direct a music video for the band Sage + the Saints.  Sage is reported to be a friend of Stewart. 

Stewart is following in the footsteps of her mother Jules Mann-Stewart who wrote and directed the indie K-11.

Stewart would be a well needed addition to the ranks of female directors considering that Hollywood has been recently taken to task for its lack of diversity. 

In January and February of this year, the Hollywood Reporter reported on studies release by UCLA and Celluloid Ceiling regarding Hollywood's diversity issues for the lack of representation for minorities and women in front of and behind the camera. 

"The 16th annual Celluloid Ceiling report revealed Tuesday [January 14th] that there has been no increase in the amount of women working in film over the past year, with women accounting for just 16 percent of directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films of 2013.

"...the percentage of women working in film is slightly lower than it was in 1998, the first year of the study. It's also down two percent from 2012."



"UCLA’s Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, found that ethnic minorities were underrepresented as lead actors in films by a factor of more than three-to-one -- that is, they appeared as leads at less than one-third the rate that would be expected based on their proportion of the population, which the study said was about 36 percent."


Stewart may have never thought that directing a music video would be making a political statment.  But it is.

Stewart has witnessed her film franchise [Twilight] which was successfully began by a female director [Catherine Hardwicke] be taken away and given to male directors never to be returned. 

With the Angelina Jolie's and the Charlize Theron's doing more behind the scenes with producing, writing and directing, this could be a positive step in breaking a bad cycle. 

Outside of that, it is nice to see Stewart making her mark in the biz.

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SWATH STUNTMAN PAUL LOWE SHARES BTS SWATH PHOTOS ON HIS SITE

SWATH stuntman Paul Lowe has a new website where fans can go and check out what is going on in his career currently and in the past. 

Paul, who was the dwarf stunt double for Eddie Marsan's Duir,  recently posted a few behind-the-scenes photos of the SWATH set and wrap party with Chris Hemsworth and Sam Claflin which have not been seen before. 

Paul has performed in some of Hollywood's most popular films and television shows such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1& 2, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises, Les Miserables and Game of Thrones. 

The award-winning stuntman will be in the upcoming blockbuster, Maleficent which is produced by SWATH producers Palak Patel and Joe Roth.

Check out more photos of SWATH and more at his site here at littlelowey.com.  Follow Paul on Twitter @littlelowey.

 

KRISTEN STEWART'S 'AMERICAN ULTRA' & 'EQUALS' TO BE INTRODUCED AT THE BERLINALE 2014 (BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL)

Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg to star in 'American Ultra'

Kristen Stewart will have two "script stage" films launched during the Berlinale 2014 a.k.a. the Berlin Film Festival. 

American Ultra Stewart stars with Jesse Eisenberg and Equals which Stewart is paired with Nicholas Hoult are the films that are to be introduced, according to Deadline. 

Deadline reports that the films are being teased which could lead to sales at the Cannes Film Festival. 

Read about more of the festival here.

EDDIE MARSAN & SAM CLAFLIN TRIBUTE PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN: 'THE EAST COAST ACTOR WITH BRITISH DISCIPLINE'

Eddie Marsan (left), Hoffman (middle standing) & Tom Cruise (right seated) in an intense scene in Mission Impossible 3

The world lost a great actor on Sunday. Philip Seymour Hoffman died at the age of 46 in his apartment in New York City of a drug overdose, according to police.

SWATH's Eddie Marsan and Sam Claflin have recently worked with Hoffman.  Both have commented about Hoffman's loss.

@samclaflin PSH - I am genuinely shocked, saddened and speechless. A truly wonderful man, with a magical touch. My hero. Thoughts are with his family.

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KRISTEN STEWART LOOKS BREATHTAKING IN BALENCIAGA PHOTOSHOOT

Glamour UK shared these stunning photos of Kristen Stewart's Balenciaga Rosabotanica photoshoot.

Stewart recently took a quick trip to Paris to continue her promotional duties of the fragrance as well as having reported meetings with legendary fashion designeer Karl Lagerfeld. 

Stewart is also the face of his Chanel's Paris-Dallas Métiers d'Art Collection line to be released this May.

See more photos and a behind-the-scenes video below.

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KRISTEN STEWART'S 'CAMP X-RAY' OBTAINS A DISTRIBUTOR

Kristen Stewart's Camp X-Ray has secure a distributor. IFC Films has purchased the North Amercian distribution rights, according to Deadline.

Camp X-Ray stars Stewart who plays a who is assigned to Guantanamo Bay who becomes friends with one of its detainees to the dismay of her fellow soldiers.

CXR directed by Peter Sattler, also stars Payman Maadi and Lane Garrison.

Release date to be determined.

KRISTEN STEWART VISITS PARIS FOR FASHION AND FRAGRANCE

Kristen Stewart took a quick trip to Paris to take care of some fashion business. Reports have her meeting with fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld regarding her duties as the face of Chanel's Paris-Dallas Métiers d'Art Collection line to be released this May.

Stewart in Paris last December for the Chanel announcement

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CHRIS HEMSWORTH MAKES W MAG'S LIST OF 'BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2013' FOR 'THOR 2' & 'RUSH'

by Juergen Teller

Chris Hemsworth will appear in the February issue of W magazine as one of W's Best Performances of 2013 -- 'The Actors Who Killed It This Year'.

From Oprah Winfrey in Lee Daniels: The Butler to Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now, the actors run the gamut.

W writes: 

"I auditioned for Thor and didn't get called back.  I was intimidated by the director Kenneth Branagh---to me, he is Shakespeare.  My brother, Liam, was luckier. He was one of the final five guys up for the part, but none of them were quite right. My manager said, 'If you liked Liam, maybe you'll like his older brother.' This time, I was pissed off. I didn't care about Shakespeare anymore; swagger got me the part."

See the what other actors made their list here.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH IN THOR: 2 DELETED SCENE ON DVD: LOKI'S POWERS

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Here is a deleted scene from Thor: The Dark World that will be on the upcoming DVD of Chris Hemsworth's Thor speaking with his mother Frigga speaking about how Loki obtained his powers and the consequences thereof. 

Order Thor: The Dark World DVD here. 

SWATH'S CRAIG IZZARD CAMEO STANDS OUT IN DISNEY'S 'MALEFICENT' TRAILER

SWATH producer Palak Patel used a few of the SWATH family in his new film Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie.

In the new trailer released by Disney to great fanfare during the Grammy telecast, one SWATH cast member stood out in a can't miss cameo.  

Craig Izzard, who plays one of King Henry's soldiers, is seen prominently at the 1:00 minute mark in what will be a big battle scene. 

The trailer currently has over 9 million views on YouTube.

Some other SWATHers in the film are Craig Garner, Karen Anderson, Edd Osmond, Jo Osmond, Lee Edward Jones, Christian Wolf La'Moy and Matt Hookings.

Also, Patel recently celebrated Maleficent's 55th birthday by sending out a tweet (see below).

Maleficent hits theaters May 30th. 

Happy 55th birthday Maleficent!! #disney pic.twitter.com/6VTWA8J2IH

— Palak Patel (@palakspatel) January 30, 2014