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|  This Week... The new issue of Empire hit newsstands this week, an issue that we considered retitling "Elf And Fitness". That's because on this month's cover are the thoroughly elven and well fit Legolas, Tauriel and Thranduil, the elves of Mirkwood who'll be tangling with the dwarves and our diminutive hero in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Inside we also have features on The Lone Ranger and Only God Forgives, a retrospective on Brandon Lee and a set visit to Ender's Game. There's also a packed comedy special, with an exclusive interview with comedy legend Rick Moranis and everything you need to know about Alpha Papa and The World's End, among many others. And that's just the tip of the iceberg in another packed issue that fashionistas (OK, mostly us) are calling the ultimate July accessory. Get it because it's so hot right now. Special Empire Readers Offer
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This Cloud Atlas goodie pack came with three Cloud Atlas cake pops, made with chocolate and bits of actual cloud (we think). We're assured that the cakes are linked karmically through time with other cakes. | | | |
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Edinburgh International Film Festival
Our Stephen Carty has been all over this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, bringing you his reaction to films like Drake Doremus' Breathe In and Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and even talking to Jury chairman Bong Joon-Ho (The Host) to see what he's looking for. Catch up on what you missed in his blogs from the event... | | | |
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Stars Playing Themselves In Film: The 50 Best
This week sees the release of This Is The End, the apocalypse comedy that sees a host of Hollywood comedians - led by Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill - play heightened versions of themselves, left cowering in a house when the end of the world arrives. But this is just the latest in a long line of films where Hollywood's finest have played themselves onscreen - sometimes in all seriousness, more often to ridiculous effect. Here are some of the best examples, including a few that you may not have seen... | |
|  | | The Empire Podcast #67
Two of the nicest guys in show business, Steve Carell and Seth Rogen, dropped into the Empire Podcast studio this week, the former to talk about Despicable Me 2, the latter in honour of his latest (with co-writer-and-co-director Evan Goldberg), This Is The End. Along the way, Carell enjoys using his Gru voice for no particular reason, and Rogen explains how he battled with Edgar Wright and his team over apocalyptic movie titles. |
|  | | Neil Gaiman Empire Podcast Special
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author and graphic novelist who brought us The Sandman, American Gods and The Graveyard Book, all of which are or have been in development for the screen, as well as Stardust and Coraline, which film fans may recognise from the movies they inspired. Listen to him talk about his whole career (and just how rotten the first draft of the Sandman movie was) in this very special Empire Podcast. |
|  | | How's The Science Of World War Z?
Max Brooks' epic novel World War Z presents a painstaking and frighteningly credible account of the way that a zombie plague could spread worldwide from a single initial case. The Marc Forster film, however, changes a few of the rules of contagion - and with it the likely outcome of the disease. We assembled a few facts from the film and presented them to Dr Bradley Forssman, Public Health Physician, and epidemiologist George Truman for an assessment of what's realistic and what's not for this important public health issue. Forssman talked us through the plot, while Truman very kindly modelled the infection rate. There are some spoilers for the film here, so tread with caution if you're yet to see it... |
|  | | 30 More Great Behind The Scenes Photos
From the people who brought you '30 Great Behind The Scenes Photos' and 'Another 30 Great Behind The Scenes Photos' - yup, us! - comes a feature they're calling 'Son Of 30 Great Behind The Scenes Photos'. Read on for some rare glimpses at off-screen moments that feature some of our favourite acting / directing / producing folk. Some are spectacular, some are intimate, some have Gerard Butler is his Spartan skimpys. Enjoy. |
|  | | Man Of Steel Producers Interview: Charles Roven And Deborah Snyder
Zack Snyder's wife and producing partner, Deborah Snyder, was joined by long Super-producer Charles Roven to help make Man Of Steel happen, and in the following interview they suffer the slings and arrows of the Empire Podcast interviewing process to talk Krypton, 'cape culture' and cellophane glyphs... |
|  | | Jason Statham Hummingbird Interview
It's no secret that we're fans of Jason Statham's particular brand of cinematic machismo, so when The Stath said he had time to come into the Empire Podcast studio, we swiftly gathered around a group of microphones to talk about his latest, Hummingbird (out June 28), as well as his history with Guy Ritchie, working with Tom Cruise and good ol' Nottingham forest. Here below is the text transcription of the interview - to hear Chev Chelios the way he was meant to be heard, click this way. |
|  | | Empire Presents the New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy has built a reputation as one of the premier film schools in the world. With its innovative hands-on approach to teaching, students find themselves completely immersed in their course of study, surrounded by award-winning faculty and working with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. Learn Filmmaking, Acting for Film, Photography, Musical Theatre, Game Design, Animation and more. |
|  | | The East: We Talk To Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page & Zal Batmanglij
If we were filmmakers, we'd come up with an idea that required a lot of research in fancy hotels or spas. But not writer/director Zal Batmanglij and writer/star Brit Marling! They spent two months practising "freeganism" and living out of dumpsters for this political thriller, which also stars Alexander Skarsgard and Ellen Page. We asked the crew about the film's political themes, what they did on set, and how to do well on Twitter... |
|  | | Which Star Has Played A Superhero Most Often?
By the time that X-Men: Days Of Future Past hits screens next year, Hugh Jackman will have played Wolverine seven times on the big screen. So how does that compare to his similarly costumed avengers in other films? We counted up the films already released as well as contracts signed (Henry Cavill is not, at the time of writing, officially locked in for the Man Of Steel sequel) and digested the lot into this easy-to-read format... |
|  | | Ten Movie Bands That Would Rock Glastonbury
Glastonbury - the greatest music festival in the world - starts on Thursday. Empire won't be there, because we can't stand the thought of slumming it in a tent and having to go number two in a plastic prison, but we did get to thinking, in our top movie magazine kinda way, about the line-up we'd like to see on the Pyramid Stage if - and this is where it gets high-concept, folks - the groups involved were movie bands. From out of the movies. So get out your lighters (or your lighter apps on the iPhone) and push your way to the front for this little lot. |
|  | | Promotion: A Curious Night at the Theatre
Jude Law is performing live on stage with actors Luke Treadaway and Niamh Cusack as part of A Curious Night at the Theatre, a unique charity gala at the Apollo Theatre on 1 July 2013. Jude joins Luke and Niamh - stars of the Olivier Award-winning National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - in a star-studded mix of theatre, comedy, music and a live auction to raise money for charities Ambitious about Autism and The National Autistic Society. Cick here to find out more. | | | |
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An assortment of handy cable and cord tidies from the folks at www.quirky.com. | | | |
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When the apocalypse happens we're hunkering down with this incredible array of This Is The End survival gear. No flares, thankfully. We have a bad track record with flares. | | | |
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Stories We Tell 
Polley's fearless personal journey is a huge achievement, a genuine revelation - but the less detail you know beforehand, the better. Go in cold, come out warmed. | | | |
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This week's video trailers and clips. Every week, our video player will update to show trailers and clips from the week's movie releases listed above. | | |
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This Is 40 
With his fourth film as writer-director, Judd Apatow has arguably made his most personal film yet, without forgetting to make us laugh. | | | |
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