Lily Collins interview: I'm not doing this for fame

Growing up the daughter of a pop star, the actor was always going to be in the spotlight. Here she talks about her rapid Hollywood rise – and why she&#039d never have been happy as a socialite Lily Collins, actor and daughter of Genesis frontman Phil, settles among the dark woods and sinking velvets of an annoyingly hip hotel in Paris and sighs, then apologises immediately. She has flown here straight from the set of her next flick – Writers, in which she stars alongside Greg Kinnear and Jennifer Connelly – and there was no direct flight from North Carolina. Still, if the 23-year-old is jetlagged she doesn&#039t look it. In the flesh she&#039s all porcelain skin, raven hair and red lips – an excellent embodiment of Snow White if ever you saw one. Which is just as well, because Mirror Mirror, the flick whose premiere she is attending, sees her play a ballsy, sword-wielding version of (Read More)

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Interview: Tarsem Singh on ‘Mirror, Mirror’ and What Michael Bay Was Like in College

When you watch a Tarsem Singh film, you figure out pretty damn quickly that you're watching a Tarsem Singh film. The auteur filmmaker isn't the type to play it safe, and he's clearly not afraid of polarizing an audience. Even with his modern take on the classic Snow White fairy tale, Mirror Mirror, he goes for an unabashedly childlike and wacky tone &#8211 which may not be for everyone. Tarsem's films are rather similar to his persona: unfiltered, without any hint of compromise. This is the third time I have spoken with Tarsem in the past year, and although heaps of ground can be covered with him in mere minutes, courtesy of his rapid conversational style, it was a real treat to finally have an actual conversation with the filmmaker. Tarsem is one of a kind in terms of his filmmaking and demeanor. Whether you love or despise his films, the man is certainly an original. Here's what Ta (Read More)

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'Hunger Games' Stays Alive With $61.1M Second Weekend

Film had the seventh-highest second weekend ever, beating out 'Wrath of the Titans' and 'Mirror Mirror.' By Ryan J. Downey Jennifer Lawrence in "Hunger Games" Photo: Lionsgate "The Hunger Games" devoured "Wrath of the Titans" and "Mirror Mirror" at the box office this weekend. The opening-weekend numbers for the sequel to "Clash of the Titans" and the latest big-screen version of "Snow White" offered little competition to "Games," which made an estimated $61.1 million in North America in its second weekend. "Wrath of the Titans" opened with just $34.2 million. "Clash of the Titans," a 3-D remake of a 1981 swords-and-shield epic, made nearly double that when it opened two years ago. "Mirror, Mirror" stars Julia Roberts as the evil queen and was #3 at the box office with $19 million. With its 60 percent drop from its $155 million opening weekend, "T (Read More)

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Box Office Report: 'Hunger Games' Hits $251 Mil 'Wrath,' 'Mirror' Underwhelm

Pamela McClintock "Wrath of the Titans" earns $34.2 million, compared to $61.2 million for "Clash of the Titans" in 2010 Julia Roberts' Snow White pic 'Mirror Mirror' tops out at $19 million The Weinstein Co.'s documentary "Bully" off to good start. read more

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