August 23, 201113 yr Thanks for all the aritcles, pix, and tweets! Oxford, the vid with Danny is too blurry for me to tell but I still think it's Jonah at the airport. I've seen a video from his band Blackcowboy and it looks like him. Pami, I was referring to the video of Leo arriving at the airport. The guy behind him has an upright guitar case in his luggage cart. I take the Daily Fail with a grain of salt, but the Prius for Blake is a cute story. Daily Telegraph THE A-list cast for Baz Luhrmann's 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby continues to assemble in Sydney with the world's highest paid actor Leonardo DiCaprio finally touching down early yesterday.Wearing a cap, blue hoodie, jeans and trainers DiCaprio - who appeared engrossed in his BlackBerry - whizzed through customs at Sydney Airport and slipped into a waiting 4WD before heading to Fox Studios at Moore Park where pre-production for the $150 million epic is well underway. About midday he left the set and was later seen at the exclusive eastern suburbs house he will live in during the four-month shoot. There was no sign of his girlfriend Blake Lively, who is expected in town next month. DiCaprio plays Gatsby in the adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel and will be joined by Tobey Maguire - who arrived last week - as Nick Carraway and Carey Mulligan as Daisy Buchanan, Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan, Isla Fisher as Myrtle (Tom's mistress). Mulligan has also arrived in Sydney, flying in on Saturday before throwing on a maxi-dress and hitting the shops with a male pal. The newly-engaged actress, who is set to wed British rocker Marcus Mumford, was seen ducking into a few stores on Oxford St before grabbing a quick coffee. She and DiCaprio join Maguire, with Fisher and Edgerton still to arrive. Some fresh casting news has also emerged with Bollywood leading man Abhishek Bachchan set to join the cast. A bonafide movie star in India, Bachchan is also famed as the husband of fellow Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai whom he married in 2007. He has appeared in more than 50 films but The Great Gatsby will be his biggest Hollywood film role to date. His addition to the cast follows news that Aussie film legend Jack Thompson, who previously worked with Luhrmann on Australia, will also appear in the film.
August 23, 201113 yr twitter@bellasugarauBellaSugar AustraliaSo there's me chilling in my jacuzzi in my apartment block when who should appear but Leo. Di Caprio. True story!!!!!!!!1 hour ago via TweetDeckFavorite Retweet Reply@bellasugarauBellaSugar Australia@CrashingRed At the side of my jacuzzi. He was checking out the pool. I told him it was cold. Cool.47 minutes ago via TweetDeckFavorite Retweet Replyhttps://twitter.com/#!/bellasugarau
August 23, 201113 yr Thanks so much Fashion Icon for those beautiful Leo icons Thanks Halolulu for tweets
August 23, 201113 yr Another Sydney sighting of Leo marie_claire_aumarie claireBreaking: Leonardo Dicaprio spotted in Elizabeth Bay this afternoon. Could this be where he's setting up shop to film the Great Gatsby? 1 hour ago Jou Yes, I now agree is Jonah. As when I looked at video with Danny again and paid attention to his height , I realized the guy behind the guitar case could not have been him. The guy was too tall to be Danny. Thanks for another Sydney article Halo Thanks for sightings from Bella Sugar ; a very lucky girl Fashion Icon I love the icons, thanks , for sharing
August 23, 201113 yr Leonardo DiCaprio Bought Blake Lively a Prius?from gossipcopLeonardo DiCaprio is well known for putting the pedal to the metal with his environmental advocacy, but did the actor recently push a Prius on gal pal Blake Lively?The Sun reports that DiCaprio, who just bought himself an extremely rare Fisker Karma hybrid super car, was “horrified” by Lively’s gas-guzzling Range Rover and decided to give her a black Prius hybrid.But while the actor loves going green, he didn’t put a Prius in Lively’s garage.A source close to DiCaprio tells Gossip Cop the story is “made up” and “isn’t true.”Looks like yet another example of The Sun getting mileage out of fantasyhttp://www.gossipcop.com/leonardo-dicaprio...ly-range-rover/
August 23, 201113 yr Yeah something about that story of Leo buying Blake a car I never fully believed. Yet another example of the creative stories these tabloids can come up with..
August 23, 201113 yr Oh, cool! Thanks for the tweets, wijn . I love this movie. Leo's movie's and Leo overall are very popular in Holland. To bad our country is to small to get him to visit Prob. just using Leo's name to get attention, but oh well... http://blog.jameslist.com/2011/dicaprio-cr...in-aussie-land/ And nice Leo's name is still atrackting attention for the Prius as well
August 23, 201113 yr Thanks for the tweets and links halo and oxford! Another short video of Leo's arrival... Herald Sun: And Ruby and Otis have arrived. Daily Telegraph Prob. just using Leo's name to get attention, but oh well...http://blog.jameslist.com/2011/dicaprio-cr...in-aussie-land/ And nice Leo's name is still atrackting attention for the Prius as well Yeah this rumor was floating around a few days ago, while he was still in L.A. Note that the maker of the "220 ft super yacht" is mentioned in every story. 'Hollywood Rumor Sails Into Town' About the Prius, I see the Daily Fail is keeping it's excellent track record.
August 23, 201113 yr Thanks for the tweets and links halo and oxford! Another short video of Leo's arrival... Herald Sun: And Ruby and Otis have arrived. Daily Telegraph Prob. just using Leo's name to get attention, but oh well...http://blog.jameslist.com/2011/dicaprio-cr...in-aussie-land/ And nice Leo's name is still atrackting attention for the Prius as well Yeah this rumor was floating around a few days ago, while he was still in L.A. Note that the maker of the "220 ft super yacht" is mentioned in every story. 'Hollywood Rumor Sails Into Town' About the Prius, I see the Daily Fail is keeping it's excellent track record. Haha, JouJou when you wrote about using Leo's name, it made me think of the news articles I read today about taylor Lautner's movie premiere in Australia yesterday where there were tons of screaming girls, and the writer saying "poor Leo, there were no girls at the airport"... I mean, HELLO???? taylor was at a film premiere and Leo snuck out of the airport, so that's a dumb thing to write- why do they do that???Some people are trying so hard to compare taylor and Leo and you know me: it is a whole different level.
August 23, 201113 yr About Kate and the fire at Richard Branson's vacation home... Hollywood Reporter: 'Kate Winslet Praised by Richard Branson for Pulling His Mother From Fire' Haha, JouJou when you wrote about using Leo's name, it made me think of the news articles I read today about taylor Lautner's movie premiere in Australia yesterday where there were tons of screaming girls, and the writer saying "poor Leo, there were no girls at the airport"... I mean, HELLO???? taylor was at a film premiere and Leo snuck out of the airport, so that's a dumb thing to write- why do they do that???Some people are trying so hard to compare taylor and Leo and you know me: it is a whole different level. My pet theory of why Leo decided to delay his flight: he saw Lautner waiting to board the same flight and said like hell am I arriving with this dude. Been there, done that, never want to go through it again. My favorite headline about the fake Prius story: 'Leonardo DiCaprio is a Fuel for Love '
August 23, 201113 yr Jou Thanks for news of Otis and Ruby's arrival to Sydney. Hope we see them out with Uncle Leo As to Taylor Launter , yes, he was in Qantas lounge that Friday night with Leo, but he was on his way to Melbourne, not Sydney . I discovered that info when I went looking at Aussie's news sites for mentions of Leo See video below http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/entertainment/ Also, we now know that the fashion designer who told the Aussie reporter that he thought Leo would be landing in Melbourne was giving inaccurate information :p Thanks , also, for more Kate fire info, another video arrival clip, and yacht story Solange Male writers ,who have long been jealous of Leo's standing with women, would love to imagine that, as Leo has aged, women's interest in him as waned. As we know they only need to see the reaction of women who have a Sydney encounter to know that is not the case Leo doesn't need a crowd to prove his power in the industry; only a fool would think otherwise. And speaking of Leo, his long ago Seventeen cover
August 23, 201113 yr Some Django news... NOLAQuentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' will shoot in New Orleans, city confirmsPublished: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:10 PM Updated: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:13 PMBy Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune NOLA.comAfter months of rumors and a recent spate of Quentin Tarantino sightings around town, it's now official. The Oscar-winning filmmaker's next high-profile project, "Django Unchained," will shoot in New Orleans.Aside from the announcement of its A-list cast, which includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Costner and Christoph Waltz, details on "Django" have been scarce -- and rumors about its shooting location unconfirmed -- since Tarantino announced he was working on it. On Tuesday (Aug. 23), however, the New Orleans Office of Film & Video confirmed that the Crescent City will be home to at least part of the shoot."New Orleans is excited to host the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film 'Django Unchained,'" Film New Orleans Director Katie Williams said Tuesday after the project was listed as in pre-production on the agency website. "This is a high-profile project with great talent and an acclaimed director. Films of this caliber have a powerful impact on our local economy, and reflect the confidence of producers and studios who continue to choose New Orleans as a filming destination. 'Django Unchained' is just one of the many high profile projects we expect to film in New Orleans next year."Chris Stelly, the executive director of the state's film office, was a touch more cautious in his remarks about the film, reflecting the industry understanding that no project is truly "confirmed" until cameras are on the ground and rolling. But he agreed that the project stands to be yet another major feather in the cap of the local film production industry."While our office is aware that this production is very interested in filming in Louisiana, we have not received an application, nor can we confirm or deny their official status as of this time," he said Tuesday. "That being said, this production, should it determine that Louisiana is the best place for filming, will be another great title to add to our ever-expanding canon of work. It speaks volumes to the credibility of our incentive program and the hard work that is being done by our office to provide stability for filmmakers.""Django Unchained" is expected to begin its New Orleans shoot in early 2012, with a release set for Christmas 2012.Tarantino has described his film as a "Southern" -- that is, a film with spaghetti Western sensibilities but set in the Deep South. With much of the story taking place in Greenville, Miss., tax-friendly Louisiana had been mentioned as a possible shooting location since soon after a version of Tarantino's script leaked online in May.Foxx is lined up to play the lead role, that of a freed slave named Django who learns a deadly new trade from a German bounty hunter (Waltz) who takes the recently freed slave under his wing. With his new skills, Django embarks on a journey to find and free his still-enslaved wife.DiCaprio will play a plantation owner named Calvin Candie, and Jackson will play his trusted house slave. Costner will play a ruthless "trainer" who works for Candie, preparing his slaves to fight for sport.Given the touchiness of the racially charged subject matter, there's room for controversy there, but Tarantino has said he's not setting out to make a message movie. In a 2007 interview with The Daily Telegraph, he said he wanted "to do movies that deal with America's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti Westerns, not like big issue movies.""I want to do them like they're genre films, but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it's ashamed of it and (that) other countries don't really deal with because they don't feel they have the right to," Tarantino was quoted as saying."Django Unchained" is being produced and partly financed The Weinstein Co., which is no stranger to Louisiana. Among the locally shot titles it has acquired for distribution are the Miley Cyrus action-comedy "So Undercover," the Brad Pitt action film "Cogan's Trade" and the Kate Hudson dramatic comedy "A Little Bit of Heaven," all of which were shot in New Orleans and all of which have yet to hit theaters. In addition, it was the production company behind Denzel Washington's 2007 Shreveport-shot drama "The Great Debaters," and its Dimension Films shingle produced Forest Whitaker's 2009 Hurricane Katrina drama "Hurricane Season." A request for comment from a Weinstein representative was unaswered as of this afternoon.While the project will mark returns to town for many of the film's announced cast members, it will mark the first time DiCaprio and Waltz will be in town for work.
August 23, 201113 yr Leonardo DiCaprio: 'Great Gatsby' in Sydney! Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire arrive on the set of their new movie, The Great Gatsby, on Tuesday (August 23) in Sydney, Australia.The 36-year-old actor will star opposite Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton in the new adaptation of the classic story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film is expected to be released in November of 2012.
August 23, 201113 yr Oh my Aussie paps are crazy and fast... not that I mind of course Leo's looking mighty fine!!
August 23, 201113 yr Oooh, I live near New Orleans. Going to go stalk when they film. ETA: Thanks for the Gatsby pics! I can't wait for the press for this film! I've always wanted to see Leo and Tobey work together since they're buds. I can't wait to see them ineracting during the press with Carey (who I also love).
August 23, 201113 yr Oh wow Leo sure has his work cut out for him! Gatsby filming, Hoover promoting... then soon after filming Django in New Orleans!! Thanks Jou for that news Wow why did Taylor have to be in Australia while Leo is there... but this cycle of the new IT boy coming around has been around forever. I'm still very impressed with the excitement Leo got and more importantly Leo is a highly respected actor who is looked up to by many of the younger actors and even his contemporaries (even if they don't admit it) Leo has been where Taylor is now... but it's only a matter of time before the hype surrounding Taylor dies down and then we'll see if these foolish comparisons of the two will fade... still don't see Taylor getting to where Leo is now but that's just me. I think it's really sweet Tobey's fam arrived to spend time with him.... I wonder if its just a visit or they are going to live in Australia and have their kids schooled there during the Gatsby shoot... it wouldn't surprise me if it were the latter. Anyways i'm happy Leo gets to see that Tobey's got his fam with him because I hope it better let's him understand that he can mix having a family with work. It would be the cutest thing in the world if it was Leo welcoming his family at the airport.... but it's only a dream for now hehe. Thanks Oxford for the article. Aomg yeah those paps work fast indeed I was wondering how the paps were in Australia and so far they are impressing me!!
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