Jon Bernthal Cast As The Punisher In 'Daredevil'

Marvel's "Daredevil" has found its Frank Castle. Jon Bernthal has been cast as The Punisher on the Netflix series, Marvelannounced on Tuesday. "Jon Bernthal brings an unmatched intensity to every role he takes on, with a potent blend of power, motivation and vulnerability that will connect with audiences," Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television, said in a statement. "Castle’s appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of Matt Murdock and nothing will be the same." PHOTOS: Sexy Superheroes Jon, who played Shane on "The Walking Dead," took to Twitter to thank fans for their support of his casting. Thanks for the love yall. Let's get it. Honored. pic.twitte r.com/ZQ4 xNfocHH— Jon Bernthal (@jonnybernthal) June 9, 2015 The Punisher was most recently played by Ray Stevenson in 2008's "Punisher: War Zone." PHOTOS: Marvel's 'Daredevil' Thomas Jane also played the character in 2004's big screen version and Dolph Lundgren first portrayed the vigilante in 1989. Season 2 of "Daredevil," which stars Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson and Elden Henson, will premiere on Netflix in 2016.

Taylor Swift Makes It Instagram Official With Calvin Harris!

These days, it’s not official until it’s on social media. Taylor Swift snapped a shot of assumed boyfriend Calvin Harris and BFF Gigi Hadid having a laugh on Monday night, and Tweeted a shout-out to her pals in honor of yesterday’s National Best Friends Day. "I took a photo of my favorite people—they were laughing so hard, the lens couldn't capture it fast enough," the "Bad Blood" chanteuse wrote, sharing a link to Gigi’s Instagram post of the trio’s fun night in. I took a photo of my favorite people--they were laughing so hard, the lens couldn't capture it fast enough. https://t.c o /p3FpqTAj Ov— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) June 9, 2015 PHOTOS: Taylor Swift's Many Men Over The Years! Gigi captioned the pic with an equally heartfelt quip, gushing, "There's not a picture that could fit in everyone that I appreciate, but this post is dedicated to all the friends that light up my life—you know who you are. I'm the luckiiesssttttt."

Melissa McCarthy's 'Spy' Tops Box Office With $30 Million

Melissa McCarthy notched her first No. 1 weekend box-office debut as a leading lady with the $30 million opening of her espionage comedy "Spy." According to studio estimates Sunday, McCarthy's latest film with director Paul Feig bested a varied field of action, horror and a resurrected HBO series. Last week's top film, "San Andreas," the disaster movie starring Dwayne Johnson, slid to second place with $26.4 million. "Insidious: Chapter 3" opened with an estimated $23 million, a strong debut for the low-budget horror prequel. PHOTOS: Hollywood's Funniest Females But HBO's "Entourage" failed to compete with any of those releases. It made $10.4 million over the weekend and has brought in a five-day total of $17.8 million since opening Wednesday.

Game Of Thrones' Adult Coloring Book

George R.R. Martin is joining the adult coloring book game. Bantam announced Monday that Martin will be overseeing the release of the "Game of Thrones Coloring Book," featuring 45 new black and white illustrations by leading fantasy illustrators that are inspired by his "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels. The book is scheduled for release this fall and represents another interim project from Martin as his millions of fans await the next installment of his series. Last year, Martin collaborated on "The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones," an illustrated guide. PHOTOS: ‘Game Of Thrones’: More Pics From ‘The Dance Of Dragons’ Adult coloring books have been one of this year's hottest genres, led by Johanna Basford's "Enchanted Forest" and "Secret Garden."

Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2' Teaser Trailer

The beginning of the end is here in the new teaser trailer.'m.youtube.com/watch?v=-0wdVrC4OM4&feature=youtu.be'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2." "Nothing good is safe while Snow is alive. And I can't make another speech about it. Snow has to pay for what he's done," Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen says of President Snow (Donald Sutherland). Cue the rebellion! PHOTOS: Jennifer Lawrence: The ‘Hunger Games’ Bombshell’s Style File But as fans of the books know, President Snow isn’t going down without a fight! Cue what we can only assume is a black sludge weapon?! "The game isn't over," President Snow warns Katniss. "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2" shoots into theaters November 20.

George R.R. Martin Overseeing 'Game Of Thrones' Adult Coloring Book

Bantam announced Monday that Martin will be overseeing the release of the "Game of Thrones Coloring Book," featuring 45 new black and white illustrations by leading fantasy illustrators that are inspired by his "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels.

The book is scheduled for release this fall and represents another interim project from Martin as his millions of fans await the next installment of his series. Last year, Martin collaborated on "The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones," an illustrated guide.

PHOTOS: ‘Game Of Thrones’: More Pics From ‘The Dance Of Dragons’

Adult coloring books have been one of this year's hottest genres, led by Johanna Basford's "Enchanted Forest" and "Secret Garden."

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Golden Globe post nomination predictions for December

By: Joey Magidson

As we move from Phase One to Phase Two of the awards season, things begin to take a new turn. Now, it’s not only predicting who and what is going to be nominated, but also now a focus on potential winners comes into play. In a few categories, the winner has more or less been clear as day, but in the majority of them it’s an open race still. As such, I’m going to take a shot today at attempting to predict the Golden Globe awards. The members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association made their nomination picks recently, so now I get to sort through them and try to figure out how the Globes will turn out…

Before I show you the predictions, I’ll quickly give you my train of thought. Essentially, I tried to split things between Birdman and Boyhood, since I’m not sure how the voters are going to deal with The Imitation Game, Into the Woods, and The Theory of Everything. I don’t think all three will get shut out of wins, but at least one likely will. There are a few safe bets here, with the Globes likely to cite Patricia Arquette in Best Supporting Actress for one of Boyhood’s wins, Julianne Moore in Best Actress (Drama) for Still Alice, and J.K. Simmons in Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash. Those are close to locks. The other categories, give or take Best Animated Feature for The Lego Movie, are certainly up for grabs. As such, for now I’m looking to Birdman to do very well in the Comedy/Musical fields while Boyhood leads the charge in Drama. A lot remains to be seen though, so sit tight. The race is far from over at this still early juncture. Technically it’s not even Phase Two yet! We have a long way to go.

Alright, enough talk. Time for the good stuff, right? Here now is how I currently see the Golden Globe awards going down:

Best Picture (Drama)

1. Boyhood
2. The Theory of Everything
3. The Imitation Game
4. Selma
5. Foxcatcher

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)

1. Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Into the Woods
4. St. Vincent
5. Pride

Best Actor (Drama)

1. Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
2. Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
3. David Oyelowo – Selma
4. Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
5. Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)

1. Michael Keaton – Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
2. Bill Murray – St. Vincent
3. Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice
5. Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes

Best Actress (Drama)

1. Julianne Moore – Still Alice
2. Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
3. Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
4. Jennifer Aniston – Cake
5. Reese Witherspoon – Wild

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)

1. Emily Blunt – Into the Woods
2. Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
3. Amy Adams – Big Eyes
4. Helen Mirren – The Hundred Foot Journey
5. Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie

Best Supporting Actor

1. J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
2. Edward Norton – Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
3. Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
4. Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
5. Robert Duvall – The Judge

Best Supporting Actress

1. Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
2. Emma Stone – Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
2. Meryl Streep – Into the Woods
4. Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game
5. Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year

Best Director

1. Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
2. Richard Linklater – Boyhood
3. Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. David Fincher – Gone Girl
5. Ava DuVernay – Selma

Best Screenplay

1. Boyhood
2. The Imitation Game
3. Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. Gone Girl

Best Animated Feature

1. The Lego Movie
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2
3. The Boxtrolls
4. Book of Life
5. Big Hero 6

Best Original Score

1. Interstellar
2. Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
3. The Theory of Everything
4. The Imitation Game
5. Gone Girl

Best Original Song

1. “Mercy Is” – Noah
2. “Big Eyes” – Big Eyes
3. “Glory” – Selma
4. “Yellow Flicker Beat” – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
5. “Opportunity” – Annie

Best Foreign Film

1. Ida
2. Force Majeure
3. Leviathan
4. Tangerines
5. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Stay tuned as usual for another brand new set of Oscar predictions very soon (possibly even before the year ends next week) as well as another look at my Golden Globe predictions early on in 2015!

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The best films and performances of 2014

By: Joey Magidson

We’ve come to the end of the line, ladies and gentlemen. 2014 is about to be put into the books, with 2015 upon us in mere few hours. To close out the year, I wanted to pile on to the seemingly never ending group of articles filled with Top Ten lists and the like. I don’t want it to just be my list though, so below you’ll see that, but also my thoughts on the year as a whole, along with my picks for the best performances of the year as well a few specific category awards. Basically, this would reflect sort of what my Oscar ballot would look like in the major categories, though I’ll perhaps save that full look at a personal ballot for a more specific piece when voting comes to an end in a few weeks. We’ll see. Anyway, time to get this show on the road!

The cinematic year that was 2014 has been considered by some to be a real high water mark of late, while others felt that it was a severe let down. Me? I’m stuck in the middle. I had less films that I feel completely in love with than usual, but at the same time I had more films overall that I liked than in many of the prior years. As such, the movies sort of feel on par with the last few years to me. The very best of 2014 was incredible to me, featuring a few modern classics, so I can hardly call it a down year. Perhaps it was just that a handful of the most praised titles were ones that I didn’t go as nuts over, so that contributes to an odd feeling about 2014? Whatever the case, there were plenty of flicks that I adored, despised, and just plain scratched my head over. That makes for a full meal of a film year, so I can’t complain. That’s the year in a nutshell to me though…more of the same.

Obviously, there are a ton of things to look forward to in 2015, so perhaps at this time next year we’ll all be remarking about how much better of a cinematic slate it was, but at the same time, there’s always the chance of a big let down. In that case, we’d be reminiscing about the halcyon days of now. It’s all a shot in the dark when you’re dealing with things sight unseen, much like with early Oscar predictions. There’s no reason not to be excited though. There’s yet to be a year where I couldn’t come up with a respectable Top Ten list, so I doubt we’ll be in for a particularly rough patch. If recent history is anything to go off of, it’ll be at the very least an average year. Fingers crossed for better than that, of course.

Now then, let me reveal my Top Ten list to you, showing what I felt to be the best of 2014:

1. Interstellar
– Also,Editor’s choice The Imitation Game
2. Men, Women & Children
3. Life Itself
4. Whiplash
5. Boyhood
6. The Fault in Our Stars
7. Begin Again
8. Gone Girl
9. Wish I Was Here
10. Obvious Child

Honorable Mentions

11. The Skeleton Twins
12. Chef
13. The Pretty One
14. Under the Skin
15. Fury
16. Draft Day
17. Foxcatcher
18. Love & Air Sex
19. Godzilla
20. About Alex
21. The LEGO Movie
22. Rosewater
23. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
24. Selma
25. What If

The Best Performances of 2014

Male

1. J.K. Simmons in Whiplash
– Also,Editor’s choice Benedict Cumberbatch in Imitation Game
2. Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything
3. Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler
4. David Oyelowo in Selma
5. Miles Teller in Whiplash
6. Josh Brolin in Inherent Vice
7. Ben Affleck in Gone Girl
8. Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year
9. Edward Norton in Birdman
10. Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar

Female

1. Shailene Woodley in The Fault in Our Stars
– Also,Editor’s choice Julianne Moore in Still Alice
2. Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin
3. Jessica Chastain in Interstellar
4. Felicity Jones in The Theory of Everything
5. Patricia Arquette in Boyhood
6. Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl
7. Kaitlyn Dever in Men, Women & Children
8. Kate Hudson in Wish I Was Here
9. Zoe Kazan in The Pretty One
10. Laura Dern in The Fault in Our Stars

2014 Awards by Yours Truly (winner in bold, runner up in italics)

Best Picture – Boyhood, Interstellar, Life Itself, Men, Women & Children, and Whiplash

Best Director – Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), David Fincher (Gone Girl), Richard Linklater (Boyhood),Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), and Jason Reitman (Men, Women & Children)
– Also,Editor’s choice Morten Tyldum

Best Actor – Ben Affleck (Gone Girl), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), David Oyelowo (Selma), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), and Miles Teller (Whiplash)
– Also,Editor’s choice Benedict Cumberbatch in Imitation Game

Best Actress – Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Zoe Kazan (The Pretty One), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), and Shailene Woodley (The Fault in Our Stars)
– Also,Editor’s choice Julianne Moore in Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor – Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice), Edward Norton (Birdman), Mandy Patinkin (Wish I Was Here), Adam Sandler (Men, Women & Children), and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
– Also,Editor’s choice Robert Duvall in The Judge

Best Supporting Actress – Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Jessica Chastain (Interstellar), Laura Dern (The Fault in Our Stars), Kaitlyn Dever (Men, Women & Children), and Kate Hudson (Wish I Was Here)
– Also,Editor’s choice Keira Knightley in The Imitation Game

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Fault in Our Stars, Gone Girl, Men, Women & Children, Rosewater, and Under the Skin.
– Also,Editor’s choice Gone Girl

Best Original Screenplay – Boyhood, Draft Day, Interstellar, Whiplash, Wish I Was Here

Best Ensemble – Birdman, The Fault in Our Stars, Gone Girl, Interstellar, and Men, Women & Children
– Also,Editor’s choice Foxcatcher

That’s a wrap on 2014. Here’s to a great cinematic 2015!

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