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Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman are to star in 'Office Christmas Party'. The two actors have signed up to appear in the upcoming comedy movie which will be set around the annual alcohol-fuelled festivities of a business' Yuletide bash. The pair wi...

Disney is spending £3 million hiring 600 guards and a squadron of drones to prevent 'Star Wars: Episode VIII' secrets being leaked.
The film studio is so desperate to ensure details of the upcoming motion picture are kept undisclosed following the success of 'Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens' they are enlisting drones to target "invading" cameras.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "A special team with drones will remove any invading drone cameras trying to film what's happening. Keeping it all a surprise for fans is a huge priority.
"The secrets of 'The Force Awakens' were successfully kept under wraps and, after its unprecedented success, Disney are taking no chances on the next instalment."
The security measures are set to be carried out in Dubrovnik, Croatia, where part of the movie is being shot.
Despite this, the working title of 'Stars Wars: Episode VIII' appears to have been revealed by Carrie Fisher.
The actress - who will reprise her role as Leia in the film - tweeted a picture of her dog Gary Fisher sat on a 'Star Wars' chair which had the name Space Bear written on it.
Following the tweet, fans have been speculating that this is the working title for the movie.
Filming on 'Star Wars: Episode VIII', which is to be released next year, is to start at Pinewood, south east England, before heading to the eastern European country.

Eddie Redmayne suffers from "persistent fear" on set.
'The Danish Girl' actor - who is up for an Oscar on February 28 for his performance as transgender pioneer Lili Elbe - says he struggles with nerves off camera, but as soon as shooting commences he feels "free".
He said: "I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls action, you don't go to this place of tension but somehow you become free."
Meanwhile, the star, who won an Academy Award last year for his portrayal of Stephen Hawkings in 'The Theory of Everything', also has a habbit of googling reviews, and taking note of the negative comments to try to iron out any issues with his performance.
He told the Daily Telegraph: "What you remember is the bad stuff that gets written. Because one remembers that, it galvanises you to keep working to prove to yourself that you are not those things. Some people say Stephen Hawking was a technical performance. OK, well, playing it felt very emotional to me. So clearly something isn't right. So you take that criticism and try to work harder."

Matt Damon has made a tongue-in-cheek jibe about Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar prospects for his performance in 'The Revenant'.
The Hollywood star is widely expected to finally claim the Best Actor gong at next week's awards ceremony, but his long-time friend and 'The Departed' co-star has joked that he won't be among those backing DiCaprio for the prize.
Matt - who has also been nominated for his starring role in 'The Martian' - joked with The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "F*** Leo. F*** that dude. F*** his talent and his handsomeness."
Matt's remarks come shortly after another nominee, 'The Danish Girl' star Eddie Redmayne, said DiCaprio will "definitely" win the Best Actor Oscar on February 28.
Redmayne won the much sought-after award last year for his performance in the Stephen Hawking biopic 'The Theory of Everything'.
However, he thinks DiCaprio would be a worthy winner of the prize in 2016.
The British actor said: "(Leonardo is) definitely going to win and should.
"I feel excited just to be invited to the party, frankly."
Also among the nominated actors are Michael Fassbender, for his role in 'Steve Jobs', and Bryan Cranston for 'Trumbo'.

Jared Leto sent the head of a dead pig to the cast of 'Suicide Squad'.
The Oscar-winning star introduced himself to the comic book movie's star-studded cast by mailing them part of a dead swine, while he also sent a black rat in a box to Margot Robbie, who stars as Hayley Quinn.
Jared's co-star Viola Davis, who plays a government agent in charge of the squad, told Vanity Fair magazine: "The henchman came in with a dead pig and plopped it on the table and then he walked out. And that was our introduction to Jared Leto.
"Now I'm terrified just as a person thinking 'Is he crazy?' But the second part was, 'Oh s**t, I've got to have my stuff together'.
"You talk about commitment. And then he sends Margot Robbie a black rat, that was still alive in a box. She screamed, and then she kept it."
Meanwhile, it was revealed last year that Will Smith, who also stars in the movie, staged a gig for the cast of the film.
The much-anticipated new flick also features model-turned-actress Cara Delevingne, who portrays sorceress Enchantress.

'Divergent's Shailene Woodley believes in the movie's "moral themes" that will "one day manifest".
The 23-year-old star plays the main protagonist, Tris, in the franchises's futuristic dystopia of Chicago where the city is split into four factions and people are segregated by their job titles in society, all food is genetically engineered, and teenagers are injected with a mind-control serum.
But Shailene thinks the movie - which is based on the book of the same name by Veronica Roth - flags issues that humanity is faced with today.
She said: "I do believe in the moral themes that are behind them, which is why I initially said yes. In this movie it talks a lot about genetic manipulation and what that can cause in he future. Right now, our society is at the forefront of our inventive genetic era. It's obviously fictional, but it's worth putting in the minds of young millennials - to think the choices we make today will one day manifest themselves."
Meanwhile, the actress admitted she's relished being part of a film series.
She told SFX: "It was a great decision. The beautiful thing about doing a series is that you establish a family, especially among all of these actors. It's so exciting to see everyone's careers take off, to support one another and have that sense of comfort."

'Deadpool' director Tim Miller isn't a "Hollywood insider".
The filmmaker - who led Ryan Reynolds in his comedic performance of the titular comic book antihero - considers himself a fan of stories and their characters and not like studio bosses who carelessly treat movies as financial "property".
He explained: "I wouldn't say I'm a Hollywood insider... they take a property and do things to it that you can only do if you don't understand the property and don't care about it.
"Personally I fall in love with characters and stories for a reason, and then when you translate them to the big screen, to throw away all of those things that made it great just makes no f**king sense to me. As a studio executive, why would you think that you know better than 20 years of fans' love for a character?
"I've always felt like I have a responsibility to the character and to the lore of the character."
In 'Deadpool' Ryan reprised the comic book character he first played in 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine'.
And Tim thinks the 39-year-old star was the only man fit for the role.
He told SFX: "His DNA is all over the movie. If you are looking at other Hollywood leading men, where are you going to find the combination of athleticism, beauty - he's an excellent looking man - and comedy that this guy's got? And the comedy is the clincher. He's an amazing actor but he's so f**king funny. His persinality in real likfe is very close to Deadpool in the film. It's just the kind of guy he is."

George Clooney once turned up to an audition drunk.
The 54-year-old actor has admitted he guzzled down a bottle of booze before he tried out for an alcoholic part in the 1992 movie 'Dracula' but his slurring of words and stumbles didn't work in his favour as director Francis Ford Coppola refused him and reported back to his agent.
He explained: "I remember I was very bad at auditioning. I went to audition for Francis Ford Coppola to play a drunk in 'Dracula'.
"I thought it would be a good idea if I were to get drunk for the audition to get the part. Afterwards, Coppola phoned by agent and told him, 'Hey, Clooney was drunk!' So that didn't work out."
Over his 30-year career, the handsome star has had his fair share of embarrassing mishaps and he has admitted one of those was recently when he shot his new movie 'Hail, Caesar!' whereby he had to slip into a pair of sandals and a swanky skirt.
He said: "I loved wearing the skirt and the sandals, especially. The only problem is that they give you a really bad tan line because of all the straps. There were a few times during dress rehearsals where I thought, this is the end of your career."
And that wasn't the only time he thought his career was in jeopardy as he also thought he was heading for the end when he slipped on his black mask and hooked on his cape to star as Batman in 'Batman & Robin' in 1997.
He told Britain's OK! magazine: "Batman was the other time. I nearly killed the whole franchise. But at least I'm supposed to look funny in the outfit playing a character of limited intelligence."

Jaimie Alexander thinks she was an "obvious choice" to play Wonder Woman - but she'd "never" be chosen.
The 31-year-old actress thinks she would have been a "strange" choice to take on the DC comics superhero - which Gal Gadot portrays in 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice' - because she already plays Lady Sif in the Marvel cinematic universe.
She said: "I was one of a few people that were an obvious choice for Wonder Woman, but it was never going to happen.
"I'm contracted with Marvel and it would (be) strange. Sif, in her way, is Marvel's Wonder Woman. They're both ethereal and have armour and a sword, and have special abilities; the physicality of the role is very similar."
The 'Thor: Ragnarok' star loves being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and loved the solid foundations their characters are built on.
She added to Variety: "The thing I really enjoy about Marvel is that they start with a character first and all the explosions and costumes, the glitz and glam, are secondary to who the actual character is deep down.
"That's something I haven't really been able to find with DC Comics. I know that's a bold statement, but it's been my experience.
I'm a huge comic book fan, and I've read a lot from all different comic book outlets. I enjoy Marvel, and I'm not just saying that because I'm in the 'Thor' films. I gravitate towards the Marvel characters."