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Mitch Winehouse insists 'Amy' filmmakers were determined to portray him as a "villain".
The showbiz patriarch initially supported the documentary about his late troubled daughter Amy Winehouse but has withdrawn his support and had a solicitor request "basic untruths" were removed from the film, and says he did so because director Asif Kapadia set out to make him look bad.
He said: "This film does have an agenda. We started to realise when her friends started walking out of interviews that the questions were leading ones. Often that was about her relationship with me - how did we get on?
"Plenty of people told them we had a strong relationship, but they kept asking. They needed a villain and they found me and made sure the footage and interviews they used fitted that."
However, Nick Shymansky, Amy's first manager, thinks the film is "totally fair" on Mitch.
He told NME magazine: "The film is totally fair on Mitch. Everyone close to Amy had their own reality and what these filmmakers have done is talk to everyone about theirs and hopefully show the closest thing to what happened.
"I don't think anyone has got the rights to go into the intricacies of how Mitch must be feeling, but it's an accurate portrayal of what was going on.
"He made some bad decisions - maybe by accident maybe consciously, I don't know."
Mitch Winehouse: I’m not a ‘villain’
Mitch Winehouse insists 'Amy' filmmakers were determined to portray him as a "villain".
The showbiz patriarch initially supported the documentary about his late troubled daughter Amy Winehouse but has withdrawn his support and had a solicitor request "basic untruths" were removed from the film, and says he did so because director Asif Kapadia set out to make him look bad.
He said: "This film does have an agenda. We started to realise when her friends started walking out of interviews that the questions were leading ones. Often that was about her relationship with me - how did we get on?
"Plenty of people told them we had a strong relationship, but they kept asking. They needed a villain and they found me and made sure the footage and interviews they used fitted that."
However, Nick Shymansky, Amy's first manager, thinks the film is "totally fair" on Mitch.
He told NME magazine: "The film is totally fair on Mitch. Everyone close to Amy had their own reality and what these filmmakers have done is talk to everyone about theirs and hopefully show the closest thing to what happened.
"I don't think anyone has got the rights to go into the intricacies of how Mitch must be feeling, but it's an accurate portrayal of what was going on.
"He made some bad decisions - maybe by accident maybe consciously, I don't know."
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Patricia Arquette felt like she had taken "some weird drug" when she accepted her Oscar.
The 47-year-old actress - who picked up the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Boyhood' at this year's ceremony - has confessed the experience was "surreal" and left her struggling to adapt back in to normal life afterwards.
She said: "It was surreal. I felt like I had been shot up with some weird drug that changed time.
"[After] I felt depleted and shook up if I'm honest. I'd been working on 'Boyhood' for 12 years and nobody gave a crap. I wasn't any different. They saw it and thought I was different. I had to retreat to be with my family; let everyone else simmer down."
Even after bagging the industry's most prestigious award, Patricia isn't taking her career - which already spans two decades - for granted.
She told Vogue magazine: "Almost all the movies I have done have been small-budget, I love that content. But I do understand the value of not worrying about the rent every month. And I know the fickleness of this business. Even though I just won an Academy Award, this business ages you out, like it or not."
Patricia Arquette’s ‘surreal’ Oscars experience
Patricia Arquette felt like she had taken "some weird drug" when she accepted her Oscar.
The 47-year-old actress - who picked up the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Boyhood' at this year's ceremony - has confessed the experience was "surreal" and left her struggling to adapt back in to normal life afterwards.
She said: "It was surreal. I felt like I had been shot up with some weird drug that changed time.
"[After] I felt depleted and shook up if I'm honest. I'd been working on 'Boyhood' for 12 years and nobody gave a crap. I wasn't any different. They saw it and thought I was different. I had to retreat to be with my family; let everyone else simmer down."
Even after bagging the industry's most prestigious award, Patricia isn't taking her career - which already spans two decades - for granted.
She told Vogue magazine: "Almost all the movies I have done have been small-budget, I love that content. But I do understand the value of not worrying about the rent every month. And I know the fickleness of this business. Even though I just won an Academy Award, this business ages you out, like it or not."
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Michael Douglas intends to "push" Catherine Zeta-Jones into a superhero film.
The 70-year-old actor plays Hank Pym in the latest Marvel blockbuster 'Ant-Man' and believes his 45-year-old wife would be perfect for a similar role.
Asked if the Welsh beauty would be interested in playing a superhero, he said: "I'm sure she might. I'm gonna push her into it because in the story of Hank Pym, he's lost his wife, so maybe she can finally come back and we can finally get to work together."
However, the 'Basic Instinct' star admitted his wife of 15 years was left unimpressed by his appearance while he shot his Marvel movie because she hated the facial hair he grew for the role.
He confessed: "Catherine hated the beard so we got rid of that straight after it finished."
And although the acting legend - who has 36-year-old son Cameron from a previous marriage as well as 14-year-old Dylan and 12-year-old Carys with Catherine - is always inundated with offers to star in movies, he revealed it was Dylan who forced him to take the part.
Speaking at the London premiere, he told the Daily Star newspaper: "Several of my friends - Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson - have had experience playing The Penguin and The Joker, and so I never anticipated.
"But when the script came my son just looked me in the eye and said: 'Don't even think about it, you're doing this!'"
Michael wants Catherine Zeta-Jones superhero role
Michael Douglas intends to "push" Catherine Zeta-Jones into a superhero film.
The 70-year-old actor plays Hank Pym in the latest Marvel blockbuster 'Ant-Man' and believes his 45-year-old wife would be perfect for a similar role.
Asked if the Welsh beauty would be interested in playing a superhero, he said: "I'm sure she might. I'm gonna push her into it because in the story of Hank Pym, he's lost his wife, so maybe she can finally come back and we can finally get to work together."
However, the 'Basic Instinct' star admitted his wife of 15 years was left unimpressed by his appearance while he shot his Marvel movie because she hated the facial hair he grew for the role.
He confessed: "Catherine hated the beard so we got rid of that straight after it finished."
And although the acting legend - who has 36-year-old son Cameron from a previous marriage as well as 14-year-old Dylan and 12-year-old Carys with Catherine - is always inundated with offers to star in movies, he revealed it was Dylan who forced him to take the part.
Speaking at the London premiere, he told the Daily Star newspaper: "Several of my friends - Danny DeVito and Jack Nicholson - have had experience playing The Penguin and The Joker, and so I never anticipated.
"But when the script came my son just looked me in the eye and said: 'Don't even think about it, you're doing this!'"
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Dustin Hoffman became a "movie star" by "freak accident".
The 77-year-old two-time Oscar winner believes it was by complete chance that he made a name for himself as a Hollywood legend along with his close pals Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall.
The 'Rain Man' star - who moved to New York in the '50s from Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting after failing in school - formed a friendship with Hackman, 85, after they met at Pasadena Playhouse and Duvall, 84, soon joined the mix as the trio tried to find their big breaks.
He said: "If someone had said to the three of us that we were going to be successful movie stars, everyone would have laughed. It's kind of a freak accident that it happened to all three of us.
"I had been flunking junior college and someone said try acting, because nobody flunks acting. And Gene and I became friends. We didn't like anyone else. No one told me I was a good actor, no one told Gene, and then there was a third person - Robert Duvall - and we hung out together. They're both much, much older than me though."
Hackman retired from the industry 11 years ago and Dustin - who was cast opposite him in his final film 'Runaway Jury, where they played legal opponents battling it out over their final case - was thrilled to spend his last movie-making moments together.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, Dustin recalled how the pair got "drunk" and discussed their worries about the longevity of their careers.
He said: "When they cast that, they didn't even know we knew each other for 50 years! They put a 10-minute scene in at the end of the movie to take advantage of that fact.
"After the last day of shooting we went to a bar. Hackman said, 'Let's get drunk.' And we started drinking. He looked me right in the eye and said, 'Do you get the same feeling I get at the end of a film ... as if you're never going to work again?'
"We worry about the next thing. They say you're only as good as your last picture. Well we only think we're as good as our last piece of work."
Dustin Hoffman’s stardom was a ‘freak accident’
Dustin Hoffman became a "movie star" by "freak accident".
The 77-year-old two-time Oscar winner believes it was by complete chance that he made a name for himself as a Hollywood legend along with his close pals Gene Hackman and Robert Duvall.
The 'Rain Man' star - who moved to New York in the '50s from Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting after failing in school - formed a friendship with Hackman, 85, after they met at Pasadena Playhouse and Duvall, 84, soon joined the mix as the trio tried to find their big breaks.
He said: "If someone had said to the three of us that we were going to be successful movie stars, everyone would have laughed. It's kind of a freak accident that it happened to all three of us.
"I had been flunking junior college and someone said try acting, because nobody flunks acting. And Gene and I became friends. We didn't like anyone else. No one told me I was a good actor, no one told Gene, and then there was a third person - Robert Duvall - and we hung out together. They're both much, much older than me though."
Hackman retired from the industry 11 years ago and Dustin - who was cast opposite him in his final film 'Runaway Jury, where they played legal opponents battling it out over their final case - was thrilled to spend his last movie-making moments together.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph newspaper, Dustin recalled how the pair got "drunk" and discussed their worries about the longevity of their careers.
He said: "When they cast that, they didn't even know we knew each other for 50 years! They put a 10-minute scene in at the end of the movie to take advantage of that fact.
"After the last day of shooting we went to a bar. Hackman said, 'Let's get drunk.' And we started drinking. He looked me right in the eye and said, 'Do you get the same feeling I get at the end of a film ... as if you're never going to work again?'
"We worry about the next thing. They say you're only as good as your last picture. Well we only think we're as good as our last piece of work."
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Omar Sharif has died aged 83.
The actor, who is most well known for playing Doctor Zhivago in the eponymous 1965 film, passed away from a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, this afternoon (10.07.15), his agent Steve Kenis has confirmed.
In a statement, he revealed: "He suffered a heart attack this afternoon in a hospital in Cairo."
Back in May, Steve revealed the Egyptian star had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and was at a medical facility being treated for the illness when he died.
During his career, Omar starred in over 20 Egyptian movies before making his English language debut as Sherif Ali in the 1962 movie 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
Omar won the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his part in the movie, also earning an Oscar nomination for the role.
During his career spanning almost 60 years he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in 'Funny Girl' and played Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in the 1969 biopic 'Che!'.
The three-time Golden Globe winner's final film role was in the 2013 comedy drama 'Rock the Casbah'.
In the final decade of his career, Omar also featured in the television series' 'The Traveller' and 'The Ten Commandments'.
Omar Sharif dies aged 83
Omar Sharif has died aged 83.
The actor, who is most well known for playing Doctor Zhivago in the eponymous 1965 film, passed away from a heart attack at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt, this afternoon (10.07.15), his agent Steve Kenis has confirmed.
In a statement, he revealed: "He suffered a heart attack this afternoon in a hospital in Cairo."
Back in May, Steve revealed the Egyptian star had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and was at a medical facility being treated for the illness when he died.
During his career, Omar starred in over 20 Egyptian movies before making his English language debut as Sherif Ali in the 1962 movie 'Lawrence of Arabia'.
Omar won the Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his part in the movie, also earning an Oscar nomination for the role.
During his career spanning almost 60 years he also starred opposite Barbra Streisand in 'Funny Girl' and played Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara in the 1969 biopic 'Che!'.
The three-time Golden Globe winner's final film role was in the 2013 comedy drama 'Rock the Casbah'.
In the final decade of his career, Omar also featured in the television series' 'The Traveller' and 'The Ten Commandments'.
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Ben Affleck is set to write and direct a standalone 'Batman' movie.
The 42-year-old Hollywood star - who recently announced he is to divorce his actress wife Jennifer Garner - will reportedly co-write the movie with Geoff Johns, DC Comics' chief creative officer.
The duo have already made considerable progress with the script and according to Deadline, they are likely to have finished it before the end of the summer.
The news comes shortly after Ben - who's set to star alongside Henry Cavill in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' - likened the iconic comic book character to Shakespeare's Hamlet, in that it's possible to interpret Batman in numerous different ways.
What's more, he promised that his version of the character is at the "end of his run".
Ben said: "He's at the end of his run and maybe the end of his life. There's this sort of world-weariness to it.
"Batman is basically the American version of Hamlet. We accept that he's played by actors with different interpretations."
Ben will make his first on-screen appearance as Batman in the Zack Snyder-directed 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', which is released next year.
Ben Affleck ‘to write and direct standalone Batman movie’
Ben Affleck is set to write and direct a standalone 'Batman' movie.
The 42-year-old Hollywood star - who recently announced he is to divorce his actress wife Jennifer Garner - will reportedly co-write the movie with Geoff Johns, DC Comics' chief creative officer.
The duo have already made considerable progress with the script and according to Deadline, they are likely to have finished it before the end of the summer.
The news comes shortly after Ben - who's set to star alongside Henry Cavill in 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice' - likened the iconic comic book character to Shakespeare's Hamlet, in that it's possible to interpret Batman in numerous different ways.
What's more, he promised that his version of the character is at the "end of his run".
Ben said: "He's at the end of his run and maybe the end of his life. There's this sort of world-weariness to it.
"Batman is basically the American version of Hamlet. We accept that he's played by actors with different interpretations."
Ben will make his first on-screen appearance as Batman in the Zack Snyder-directed 'Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice', which is released next year.
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Wesley Snipes has revealed plans to make a 'Blade 4' are still "up in the air".
The 52-year-old actor is best known for his role as the Marvel Comics character in the movie trilogy and has admitted there's a chance he could reprise the part.
He said: "'Blade 4' is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things.
"I don't know where it's on their schedule at this point, that hasn't been decided. I guess it's still up in the air."
Regardless of whether a new 'Blade' movie comes to fruition, Wesley said there's a chance the character could appear in another Marvel movie.
He explained: "I've always been a fan of these pieces and adaptations and I'd be nice to be a part of the family again.
"But if we don't to a Blade 4 or something else with Marvel, we'll do something else."
The original 'Blade' movie was released in 1998 and was Marvel's first significant box-office hit.
Since then, however, the movie studio has enjoyed incredible success with some of its other comic book characters, such as Iron Man and Captain America.
Blade 4 plans are ‘up in the air’
Wesley Snipes has revealed plans to make a 'Blade 4' are still "up in the air".
The 52-year-old actor is best known for his role as the Marvel Comics character in the movie trilogy and has admitted there's a chance he could reprise the part.
He said: "'Blade 4' is controlled by Marvel and we did have a really productive and a wonderful meeting and we discussed a number of things.
"I don't know where it's on their schedule at this point, that hasn't been decided. I guess it's still up in the air."
Regardless of whether a new 'Blade' movie comes to fruition, Wesley said there's a chance the character could appear in another Marvel movie.
He explained: "I've always been a fan of these pieces and adaptations and I'd be nice to be a part of the family again.
"But if we don't to a Blade 4 or something else with Marvel, we'll do something else."
The original 'Blade' movie was released in 1998 and was Marvel's first significant box-office hit.
Since then, however, the movie studio has enjoyed incredible success with some of its other comic book characters, such as Iron Man and Captain America.
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Halle Berry wants to star as Storm in her own 'X-Men' spin-off movie.
The Oscar-winning actress appeared as the superhero character in the 'X-Men' franchise earlier in her career and has admitted she's open to the possibility of reprising the role in her own spin-off movie - but time is not on her side.
The 48-year-old star said: "If it's before I'm 65-years-old, I would absolutely do it.
"In a heartbeat I would do a Storm movie. I love that character through and through.
"So if that ever became an opportunity for me if it's before I'm 65-years old I would absolutely do that."
However, Halle admitted the movie could only go ahead if the studio was confident that it would become a commercial success.
She told Deadline: "Well, I think they should do it. If the fans want that the fans need to speak up and I'm sure it would be a possibility.
"If Fox felt like they could make money off of a Storm movie I'm sure it would be a possibility."
The latest installment in the franchise, 'X-Men: Apocalypse', features the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, and Nicholas Hoult, and is set for release next year.
Halle Berry would love to star in X-Men film
Halle Berry wants to star as Storm in her own 'X-Men' spin-off movie.
The Oscar-winning actress appeared as the superhero character in the 'X-Men' franchise earlier in her career and has admitted she's open to the possibility of reprising the role in her own spin-off movie - but time is not on her side.
The 48-year-old star said: "If it's before I'm 65-years-old, I would absolutely do it.
"In a heartbeat I would do a Storm movie. I love that character through and through.
"So if that ever became an opportunity for me if it's before I'm 65-years old I would absolutely do that."
However, Halle admitted the movie could only go ahead if the studio was confident that it would become a commercial success.
She told Deadline: "Well, I think they should do it. If the fans want that the fans need to speak up and I'm sure it would be a possibility.
"If Fox felt like they could make money off of a Storm movie I'm sure it would be a possibility."
The latest installment in the franchise, 'X-Men: Apocalypse', features the likes of Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, and Nicholas Hoult, and is set for release next year.
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Laverne Cox wants to play Wonder Woman
The transgender actress has revealed she has aspirations of hitting the big screen as the fictional superhero, even though Gal Gadot has already been cast as the character in the eponymous film adaptation of the comic, due in 2017.
Asked if she'd like to appear in a blockbuster movie, she said: "I would! I've been wanting to be a superhero for a long time. I have a lot of fans who want me to be Wonder Woman and they want me to be Storm."
The 'Orange is the New Black' star continued to say she believes it's vital the movie industry follows the TV trend of being more inclusive with their casting, as she never sees transgender people in films.
Speaking about the representation of the LGBT community, she explained: "The TV industry is doing better than the movie industry, for sure. GLAAD [Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] just released a report where they tracked media representations of LGBT people and they noted that on TV this past year there was an unprecedented number of transgender characters - but on film there were none. No major characters in the United States, at least."
However, the 31-year-old icon believes independent films may be the way to go in encouraging mainstream movies to include a wider variety of people, after she recently starred in the comedy drama 'Grandma'.
Speaking in the summer 2015 issue of Gay Times magazine, she added: "Maybe there were some independent films made [with transgender characters] and in fact I did one that's coming out this year."
Laverne Cox wants to play Wonder Woman
Laverne Cox wants to play Wonder Woman
The transgender actress has revealed she has aspirations of hitting the big screen as the fictional superhero, even though Gal Gadot has already been cast as the character in the eponymous film adaptation of the comic, due in 2017.
Asked if she'd like to appear in a blockbuster movie, she said: "I would! I've been wanting to be a superhero for a long time. I have a lot of fans who want me to be Wonder Woman and they want me to be Storm."
The 'Orange is the New Black' star continued to say she believes it's vital the movie industry follows the TV trend of being more inclusive with their casting, as she never sees transgender people in films.
Speaking about the representation of the LGBT community, she explained: "The TV industry is doing better than the movie industry, for sure. GLAAD [Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation] just released a report where they tracked media representations of LGBT people and they noted that on TV this past year there was an unprecedented number of transgender characters - but on film there were none. No major characters in the United States, at least."
However, the 31-year-old icon believes independent films may be the way to go in encouraging mainstream movies to include a wider variety of people, after she recently starred in the comedy drama 'Grandma'.
Speaking in the summer 2015 issue of Gay Times magazine, she added: "Maybe there were some independent films made [with transgender characters] and in fact I did one that's coming out this year."