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The Top 5 Leonardo DiCaprio Movies About Doomed Romances

  • By Drew Taylor
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  • May 6, 2013 3:06 PM
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The Great Gatsby
Features
This weekend, “The Great Gatsby,” Baz Luhrmann’s overstuffed piñata of a literary adaptation, opens everywhere (read our review). Leonardo DiCaprio stars as the mysterious mogul Jay Gatsby, with Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, the object of his very intense desire. Anyone who has taken a freshman literature course (um, spoiler alert?) knows that the central love story of “The Great Gatsby” doesn’t exactly end well, but even more alarming is the fact that within the career of Mr DiCaprio this seems to be what a therapist would describe as “a definite pattern.” Over the years leo has been embroiled in a quite shocking array of cinematic trysts that ended in absolute catastrophe.
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More: The Great Gatsby, Leonardo DiCaprio, Features, Titanic, Romeo & Juliet, Revolutionary Road, Shutter Island, Inception

Watch: First Trailer For 'Romeo & Juliet' With Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Giamatti & More

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • April 12, 2013 2:17 PM
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  • 6 Comments
News
The story of "Romeo & Juliet" has been told, approximately, eleventy billion times. And we're not just talking the countless film versions. From the stage to television to that English class you slept through, Shakespeare's play about doomed lovers has been rich fodder for creative types, the shining example of romance fated to end in tragedy. You would think that a new movie version might try and twist things up a bit, or bring a new flavor to the proceedings. You would be wrong.
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More: Romeo & Juliet, Film Trailers, Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Paul Giamatti

First Pic Of Kevin Spacey In David Fincher's 'House Of Cards'; Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix In 'All Is By My Side' & Many More

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • May 29, 2012 11:40 AM
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News
Hope you rested your eyeballs over Memorial Day weekend, because a whole batch of new images have arrived giving you a peek at what's hitting the big and small screen in the next little while.
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More: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, House Of Cards, Andre 3000, All Is By My Side, Evan Rachel Wood, Justin Long, A Case Of You, Wes Bentley, Stuck In Love, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Big Sur, Josh Lucas, Jean-Marc Barr, Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Giamatti, Stellan Skarsgård, Romeo & Juliet

First Look At Hailee Steinfeld In 'Romeo & Juliet'; Actress Joins Rom-Com 'Why We Broke Up'

  • By Cain Rodriguez
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  • May 25, 2012 9:44 AM
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News
It’s been two years since Hailee Steinfeld impressed audiences as Mattie Ross in the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of Charles Portis' novel, “True Grit.” Her breakout turn earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress and a flurry of offers, including a role in next year’s blockbuster-to-be “Ender’s Game,” but her next big-screen appearance will be as Juliet in the newest, millennial-targeted, adaptation of the classic Shakespeare play, “Romeo & Juliet.”
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More: Hailee Steinfeld, Romeo & Juliet, Why We Broke Up

Lesley Manville, Damian Lewis & Stellan Skarsgard Round Out Cast For Carlo Carlei's 'Romeo And Juliet'

  • By Simon Dang
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  • February 2, 2012 1:17 PM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Last year's Best Actress nominee Lesley Manville (for "Another Year"), "Homeland" star Damian Lewis and everyone's favorite character actor Stellan Skarsgard have rounded out the cast for Carlo Carlei's latest adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo And Juliet."
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More: Lesley Manville, Damian Lewis, Stellan Skarsgård, Romeo & Juliet

Paul Giamatti Is Friar Lawrence To Douglas Booth & Hailee Steinfeld's 'Romeo & Juliet'; Says 'The Goon' Looks Dead

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 26, 2012 11:38 AM
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  • 2 Comments
News
Paul Giamatti has pretty much done it all. Drama, comedy, horror, satire, action and hell, even musicals (if you don't remember "Duets" he's also in the forthcoming "Rock Of Ages"). But Shakespeare? Looks like he's gonna cross that one off his list too.
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More: Paul Giamatti, Romeo & Juliet, David Fincher

Douglas Booth Will Play Romeo Across From Hailee Steinfeld As Juliet

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 21, 2011 8:49 AM
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Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Well, he's over in the U.K.
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More: Films, Actors, Romeo & Juliet, Douglas Booth

'Let Me In' Star Kodi Smit-McPhee To Get Shakespearean As Benvolio In 'Romeo & Juliet'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • June 8, 2011 1:40 AM
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Already at a young age, Kodi Smit-McPhee has an eye for interesting, complex material. The actor first broke out starring alongside Viggo Mortensen in John Hillcoat's grim "The Road," and last year he shone in Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" as vulnerable Owen who discovers his beautiful neighbour played by Chloe Moretz, is also a vampire. Not to mention, he's also got a part in Ari Folman's upcoming sci-fi/animation hybrid "The Congress." Well the young thesp is set to stand opposite another up-and-coming actress in his next film.
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More: Films, Actors, Romeo & Juliet, Kodi Smit-McPhee

Ed Westwick Will Play Tybalt In 'Romeo & Juliet' With Hailee Steinfeld & Holly Hunter

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • May 23, 2011 8:45 AM
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Say what you will about "Gossip Girl" (okay, it's terrible) but the show has served as a career launching pad of sorts. Blake Lively is currently making most of her exposure on the show landing some decent movie gigs ("The Town," Oliver Stone's "Savages"); Taylor Momsen has fashioned some sort of music career no one would otherwise care about, while it's only a matter of time before Leighton Meester finds her groove into the big time and is on her way after scoring a hit earlier this year with "The Roommate." Which brings us pretty boy and master of Brown Steel (see above) Ed Westwick. He seems to be moving his way up in the world, nabbing a small part in Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar" and is now getting ready bust his iambic pentameter on our faces (that sounds gross) in a Shakespeare film.
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More: Films, Actors, Romeo & Juliet, Ed Westwick

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