Colin Farrell

A number of high-profile entertainers - including Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Charlize Theron and Meryl Streep - have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to fight for gender equality across the globe.

Official teaser trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – in UK cinemas on November 18, 2016 – set in the wizarding world created by J.K. Rowling and directed by David Yates. The film stars Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne, Colin Farrell, Ron Perlman, Dan Fogler, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Gemma Chan, and Jon Voight.

Harry Potter part-time extras working on a prequel to the hit film series, titled “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”, are threatening to quit after having their cell phones confiscated.

The reason for the phone ban is the fear by Warner Bros chiefs that the extras will take and post pics of the cast that include Eddie Redmayen and Colin Farrell.

The film “Lobster” by Yorgos Lanthimos has been nominated in four categories in the European Film Awards which will take place in Berlin on December 12.

It is the first English-language film by Lanthimos which was filmed in Ireland and stars Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.

Greek director Yiorgos Lanthimos’ film “The Lobster” received seven nominations from the British Independent Film Awards on Tuesday, five months after winning the Jury Prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival.

The movie is nominated in the following categories:

Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos appears to have definitely emerged as the country’s “fair haired boy” on the European scene, with the magazine Deadline reporting this week that he’s in contact with Kate Winslet and Emma Stone to star in his next project, called “The Favourite”.

Up-and-coming Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos won the third-place Prix du Jury (jury prize) at the Cannes Film Festival for the “The Lobster”, his first English-language film starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.

The top Palme d’Or award went to Jacques Audiard’s immigrant drama Dheepan in what international media described as a “shocker”.

It’s another appearance in the stellar Cannes festival for budding Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, whose latest work, “The Lobster”, features Hollywood A-listers Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz.