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First Photos Of Jamie Foxx's Electro Costume Deliver A Darth Sidious Shock

<> on April 15, 2013 on the streets of New York City.

If that LED hoodie that you see in the above photo is part of Jamie Foxx's Electro costume for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, then doesn't he remind you of another shocking villain: Star Wars uber-baddie Darth Sidious?  Part of the resemblance has to do with the hunched way in which Foxx is carrying himself  and holding his hands in the photo, but look at the comparison below: more »

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WATCH: 'White House Down' Sneak Peek − Roland Emmerich Really Likes His Air Jordans Scene

WATCH: 'White House Down' Sneak Peek − Roland Emmerich Really Likes His Air Jordans Scene

Roland Emmerich likes the Air Jordans scene in White House Down.  As you may have heard, Emmerich and the leading men of his movie, Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum, gave moviegoers in New York and London a sneak peek of about eight minutes of footage from their Washington-under-siege movie on Tuesday, and, at the risk of sounding like Chance the Gardener,  I had the unexpected opportunity of watching the director watch his handiwork from the audience.  more »

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WATCH: Jamie Foxx & Kerry Washington Tease 'Django Unchained' Sequel

WATCH: Jamie Foxx & Kerry Washington Tease 'Django Unchained' Sequel

Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington play the star-crossed lovers of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, and I recently got a chance to sit down with both actors to talk about their roles and the film, which continues to build awards-season buzz. more »

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Quentin Tarantino Defends Violence in 'Django Unchained'

Quentin Tarantino Defends Violence in 'Django Unchained'

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino defended the heavy dosage of violence in Django Unchained, his latest film starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson. As with many of his past offerings, Tarantino's Oscar hopeful includes a graphic depictions of blood and gunshot victims. Tarantino was asked about the violence over the weekend in New York in the wake of the tragedy in a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 dead, most of them children.
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The Movieline Interview || ||

Samuel L. Jackson Says He Burned Off Jamie Foxx's Nipples In Cut 'Django Unchained' Scene

Samuel L. Jackson Says He Burned Off Jamie Foxx's Nipples In Cut 'Django Unchained' Scene

Samuel L. Jackson has created, as he put it,  "the most reprehensible negro in cinema history," with his portrayal of Stephen, the slave who runs Calvin Candie's (Leonardo DiCaprio) Candyland plantation in Django Unchained.  But, the actor  told Movieline that he's even more despicable in scenes that were cut from the final print of Quentin Tarantino's spaghetti southern. more »

Variety Reviews... || ||

REVIEW: Bloody Hilarious & Hilariously Bloody 'Django Unchained' Is Tarantino's First Real Love Story

REVIEW: Bloody Hilarious & Hilariously Bloody 'Django Unchained' Is Tarantino's First Real Love Story

The "D" is silent, though the name of Django Unchained's eponymous gunslinger sounds like a retaliatory whip across the face of white slaveholders, offering an immensely satisfying taste of antebellum empowerment packaged as spaghetti-Western homage. more »

Awards || ||

From '100 Black Coffins' To 'Casa De Mi Padre,' 5 Oscar Best Song Dark Horses We're Rooting For

From '100 Black Coffins' To 'Casa De Mi Padre,' 5 Oscar Best Song Dark Horses We're Rooting For

By now you know that the list of songs eligible to be nominated for Best Original Song at the 85th Academy Awards is kind of mind-blowing. Not so mind-blowing is the generally risk-averse bent of the average Academy voter, which is why we should probably just send congratulations now to Brave, Les Miserables, and Adele, resting easy one of them will actually be the right recipient.
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Behind the Camera || ||

Quentin Tarantino Wants You To Feel The Inhumanity Of Slavery In 'Django Unchained'

Quentin Tarantino Wants You To Feel The Inhumanity Of Slavery In 'Django Unchained'

Quentin Tarantino wants you to know that if his depiction of slavery in Django Unchained disturbs you, the reality was much grislier.  "I'm here to tell you, that however bad things get in the movie, a lot worse shit happened," the filmmaker told a British Academy of Film and Television Arts crowd after screening his hotly anticipated spaghetti western in London. more »

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Jamie Foxx Eyes Spider-Man 2 Villain Role

FILE - In this April 20, 2009 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx arrives at the premiere of the feature film "The Soloist" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)

It looks like Jamie Foxx may join the second round of The Amazing Spider-Man, joining Andrew Garfield and director Marc Webb. Variety reports the Django Unchained star is in early talks to play Electro in the follow-up set for 2014.
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Quentin Tarantino To Make 'Funny' Cameo In Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino To Make 'Funny' Cameo In Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino is directing a parade of stars on his latest - and very anticipated - feature. Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Fox, Jonah Hill, Christoph Waltz, Kerry Washington, Don Johnson - and apparently, Quentin Tarantino. The Pulp Fiction filmmaker is set to make one of his trademark cameo appearances in his pre-Civil War feature Django Unchained, which will be released Christmas day.
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New International Django Unchained Trailer Es Muy Excelente! Foxx and Waltz Kill Muchos Hombres

New International Django Unchained Trailer Es Muy Excelente!  Foxx and Waltz Kill Muchos Hombres

For those movie buffs counting the days until the Dec. 25 release of Django Unchained, here's an early Christmas plum: A Spanish-language trailer for Quentin Tarantino's slavery retribution fantasy. Set two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Jamie Foxx as the title character and Christoph Waltz as the bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. more »

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Django Squared: Jamie Foxx Meets Franco Nero in New Django Unchained Images

Django Squared: Jamie Foxx Meets Franco Nero in New Django Unchained Images

The Weinstein Co. has unveiled a batch of new images from Quentin Tarantino Christmas Western Django Unchained, including shots of Jamie Foxx as the former slave-turned-bounty hunter Django, Christoph Waltz as his German comrade in arms Dr. King Schultz, and Leonardo DiCaprio as the evil plantation owner Calvin Candie. But it's the image of Foxx sidled up to a bar next to Franco Nero — the original Django — that gets bonus points for film nerdage.
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Django Unchained Photos: Say Hello to Leonardo DiCaprio's Little Friend

Django Unchained Photos: Say Hello to Leonardo DiCaprio's Little Friend

Posters are fine and all, but you can't really get too breathlessly caught up in a movie's hype until there are glimmering first images from the set. Especially when they feature one of the world's biggest stars in in all his 19th-century slave-baron resplendence wielding a hammer. And sucking nefariously on a smoke. Yes, Leonardo DiCaprio, come on in! I'll let you repair my morning.
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Posters || ||

Django Unchained Teaser Posters Let You Know Who's in Charge

Django Unchained Teaser Posters Let You Know Who's in Charge

I love the first teaser posters for Django Unchained — just vague enough to stir the imagination and just explicit enough to sing the film's epic, violent intentions in a way everyone can hear them. Very retro, very minimal, very... Quentin.
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Casting || ||

Kurt Russell to Replace Kevin Costner in Tarantino's Django Unchained

Looks like Quentin Tarantino's reaching into his own well to fill the shoes of his Django Unchained baddie. The Wrap reports that none other than Kurt Russell, who played Tarantino's Death Proof villain Stuntman Mike, is negotiating to replace Kevin Costner as Ace Woody, a plantation henchman who works for Leonardo DiCaprio's big bad. Battling against Kurt 'n' Leo will be Jamie Foxx as the titular slave-turned-bounty hunter and his German mentor Christoph Waltz (who recently injured himself training on horseback for the role). This Django's turning into quite the QT party! [The Wrap]