Los Angeles: Charlize Theron's evil queen costumes for 'Snow White and the Huntsman' called for hundreds of hand-cut rooster feathers, thousands of iridescent beetle wings from Thailand and one particularly imposing crown.
The outfits, some of which are on view at an LA pop-up gallery ahead of the film's June 1 opening, represented a host of firsts for Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood.
From the leather piping on the pleats of the queen's wedding gown to the gauzy green metal trim on the beetle-wing dress, the nine-time Oscar nominee and three-time winner experimented with materials for director Rupert Sanders' dark take on the classic fairy tale.
"The idea of the fairy tale sets you free in a way because you can make it up," Atwood said. "And I love to make up stuff."...
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04:25 PM, May 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Charlize Theron's evil queen costumes for 'Snow White and the Huntsman' called for hundreds of hand-cut rooster feathers, thousands of iridescent beetle wings from Thailand and one particularly imposing crown. The outfits, some of which are on view at an LA pop-up gallery ahead of the film's June 1 opening, represented a host of firsts for Academy Award-winning costume designer Colleen Atwood. From the leather piping on the...
04:57 PM, May 30, 2012
Los Angeles: 'The Avengers' followed a record-shattering $200 million opening with another Hollywood high " a $100 million-plus second weekend. The superhero tale took in $103.1 million to remain the No. 1 film and lift its domestic take to $373.1 million after just 10 days. With nearly $630 million more overseas, 'The Avengers' raised its worldwide total to just over $1 billion. Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's latest collaboration, the...
10:43 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Dark Shadows: Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are snuggled warmly in their comfort zone in this chilly horror-comedy, their eighth collaboration as director and star, respectively, and their weakest by far. You don't need to know a thing about the 'Dark Shadows' TV series that provides the inspiration. Tonally, thematically, visually, you've seen this movie before, with its oddball characters, skies in varying shades of gray and a...
03:56 PM, May 12, 2012
This week Rajeev Masand reviews 'Ishaqzaade', 'Dangerous Ishq', 'The Forest', 'Dark Shadows' and 'The Raid'. ...
11:05 AM, May 12, 2012
Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green Director: Tim Burton 'Dark Shadows', the eighth collaboration between filmmaker Tim Burton and Johnny Depp, is part comedy and part horror. But in all honesty the film does little justice to either genre. Based on a popular American soap opera from the 60s and early 70s, the film stars Depp as vampire Barnabass Collins who is resurrected from his coffin in 1972 after...
12:04 AM, May 12, 2012
While Johny Depp turns a vampire in 'Dark Shadows', 'The Raid: Redemption' follows a rookie from a special forces team who takes charge when his entire team is held hostage by gangsters in a rundown 15-storey apartment. ...
10:43 AM, May 11, 2012
Los Angeles: Working with director Tim Burton, Johnny Depp has played many eccentric characters in the movies, from lonely monster Edward Scissorhands to eccentric filmmaker Ed Wood and the Mad Hatter of "Alice in Wonderland." But there was at least one strange being they hadn't tried - a vampire - and that's about to change. The odd couple of Hollywood can check that character off their list on Friday with...
07:30 PM, May 10, 2012
