In case you hadn't noticed, I'm trying very hard not to spam my f-list with Gary Oldman-related posts, but this is something that I simply cannot avoid posting. My sincerest apologies.

On Sunday Gary won Empire Magazine's Icon Award at the annual Jameson Empire Awards in London. The honor is awarded based on the actor's entire body of work and ( Read more... )

Red Riding Hood (2011)
Written by: David Leslie Johnson
Directed by: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Max Irons, Shiloh Fernandez, Billy Burke, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Adrian Holmes, Michael Hogan, Michael Shanks, and Julie Christie

I saw this movie for one reason...

( and one reason only... )

Costume designers must love it when they find out they're working with Gary Oldman because he'll wear just about anything. Check out io9's excellent list of Oldman's most out-there movie outfits: The 10 Craziest Costumes Gary Oldman Ever Wore

My personal favorites are the costumes he wore as Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in The Fifth Element. They were ( Read more... )

Adorable man is adorable!!!  Gary Oldman tells Conan O'Brien about his Paul McCartney-related dream, explains how he has to pay his kids a dollar every time he swears, and discusses how doing Red Riding Hood brought out his inner teenage girl:

"The men are in tuxes."
"'And beautiful gowns,' I said. Not 'in beautiful gowns.'"

She's so pretty!!! This was one of my favorite dresses of Oscar night; it's Givenchy haute couture, and so different from anything else on the red carpet. I think she looks lovely!


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Universal Acquires Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy for US Distribution. YAY!!! I'm impatiently waiting for November/December.

"Deadline says that Tinker was well-received when it screened earlier this month at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and that Oldman’s performance in particular was widely regarded as 'a tour de force.' That’s not ( Read more... )

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, and Mia Wasikowska have joined the cast of the upcoming film The Wettest County in the World.  Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Jason Clarke are also part of the cast.

The movie is based on the novel of the same name by Matt Bondurant, which is based on the true story of Bondurant's ( Read more... )

Here's another really good interview with Gary Oldman. The video quality is poor, but it's still watchable and I think it's probably one of the best interviews of him I've seen. It was conducted in 1998, not long after he won BAFTAs for Best Screenplay and Best British Film for Nil By Mouth. He discusses his career, identifies some actors that ( Read more... )

This potentially may be filed under the "things nobody cares about but me" category, but I couldn't not post this. It's an excellent profile of Gary Oldman that aired back in 1998 on The South Bank Show. It features interviews with Gary himself, Anthony Hopkins, Kathy Burke, director Stephen Frears, and others. Gary talks about his childhood, the ( Read more... )

New Red Riding Hood trailer (It is ten times better than the first one. Seriously.) --


In other news: Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in The Dark Knight Rises. Interesting.