How about some pretty pictures to take back to the office for this short and sweet work week? Bane and Batman make an official showing on the cover of the upcoming edition of Empire magazine while Marvel gives its Avengers the spotlight in two massive character banners. Over in the casting department, The Walking Dead‘s Jon Bernthal is going big screen for Ric Roman Waugh’s Snitch and there’s a good shot that Hugo‘s Asa Butterfield could lead the adaptation of Ender’s Game. There’s also some casting drama surrounding Tyler Perry’s latest, courtesy of the recently married and recently discovered Kim Kardashian’s role in The Marriage Counselor. Lionsgate gives Hunger Games…

After swarming the Brooklyn Bridge and blocking traffic for several hours on October 1, approximately 700 protesters were arrested, MSNBC is reporting. The arrests come during the second week of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as marchers began walking across the Brooklyn-bound lanes. The protesters face charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after they failed to listen to police and began straying onto the street. However, some protesters are claiming authorities had tricked and trapped them before the arrests. Occupy Wall Street media coordinator Jesse Myerson even said police seemed to guide the protesters onto the street. Many of the protesters arrested received citations and were released. But the…

Such celebrities as Susan Sarandon, Eva Amurri, Mariska Hartigay, Mandy Moore, Shantel VanSanten and Brad Boreski showed their support for fashion designer Lela Rose by sitting in the front row at her spring 2012 show. The runway show took place at The Studio at Lincoln Center on September 11, and began after a tribute to the 9/11 victims and their families. Sarandon’s daughter Amurri, an actress, was excited for the collection, as she has announced Rose will be designing her wedding gown. The designer will also be creating Sarandon’s gown and the dresses for the bridal party for Ammurri’s upcoming wedding to former Major League Soccer player and current ESPN…

Ready for your last Movie News Cheat Sheet of July 2011? Just as we’re heading into the home stretch of the summer season, a slew of films are priming to snag the spotlight as their big debuts are on the horizon. Not only do we have a ton of images from a selection of Toronto International Film Festival participants like the Jason Segel starrer Jeff Who Lives at Home and Francis Ford Coppola’s supernatural horror thriller Twixt, but Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Judge Dredd, too. Entertainment Weekly also gave us our very first look at Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson all decked out in their Gale and Peeta…

Tim Robbins’ searing, Oscar-winning account of crime, compassion, forgiveness and redemption, 1995′s “Dead Man Walking”, arrives on Blu-ray for the first time, reaffirming Susan Sarandon’s brilliance, and again showcasing a moral complexity that few Hollywood studio films these days even attempt, much less get right. Inspired by a true story, the movie centers on a nun, Sister Helen Prejean (Sarandon), who gets a letter from a convicted killer on Louisiana death row, Matthew Poncelot (Sean Penn), asking for her assistance on his final appeal before execution. She has no real experience in such matters, but relents, and finds herself sucked into Poncelot’s story, feeling empathy for both the alleged killer…

Susan Sarandon is generally known for her on-screen roles, but soon, she will be known for her on-stage role as she joins an illustrious cast of Sarah Tuft’s play “110 Stories”. Sarandon joins artists including James Gandolfini, Matt Dillon, Edie Falco, John Hawkes, Sam Shepard, Patricia Clarkson, Kathleen Turner, Angela Bassett, John Turturro, Andre Braugher, Josh Lucas, Michael Shannon, Stelio Savante, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aasif Mandvi, & Daniel Sunjata. All Schedule Permitting. The play brings together more than 30 personal stories about the Sept. 11 attacks on America. According to the press release, this play is the only non-political, non-sensationalized version of the accounts from people directly affected by 9/11. Susan…

‘Glee’ creator Ryan Murphy is rumored to be the front runner to direct a remake of the iconic cult musical ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ Slashfilm.com is reporting. The 1975 movie, which stars Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon in one of her first roles, didn’t fare well at the box office when it was first released. But it has since developed a large midnight weekend screening following across the country, making it the longest-running theatrical release ever. The news comes after Murphy just finished filming the ‘Rocky Horror’-themed ‘Glee’ episode, scheduled to air on October 26, just in time for Halloween. Fox 2000 is reportedly pursing Murphy to helm the remake, but…

Susan Sarandon gave an interview to the UK’s Telegraph, during which she spoke about her love life, the Huffington Post reported on October 4. Among the relationships she discussed were her marriage to Chris Sarandon and her long-term boyfriend Tim Robbins. The Academy Award-winning actress admitted that she married Chris because “He was the first person I ever had sex with and my best friend.” Even though she was only 20-years-old when they got married, she “took it very seriously; I never had that kind of free-love 1960s.” Sarandon also admitted that she is a serial monogamist, and she has never been wild. Sarandon also that she never considered marrying…

IMDb’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Features Kevin Spacey, Will Ferrell, Josh Brolin, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Oliver Stone and many more. SEATTLE – September 28, 2010-IMDb.com, Inc. (www.imdb.com), the authoritative source of information on movies, TV and celebrities, and part of the Amazon.com, Inc. group of companies, today announced and launched IMDb20, the company’s 20-year anniversary campaign. Beginning today, IMDb will treat fans to an original video interview with a different A-list artist each day, culminating on Oct. 17, 2010, (the date of IMDb’s 20th anniversary). The goal of the online countdown and companion editorial section is to celebrate the films of the past 20 years. “We are humbled by the…

Actor Carey Mulligan was recently interviewed on the upcoming film “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” by director Oliver Stone (World Trade Center, South of the Border) and starring Shia LaBeouf (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Susan Sarandon, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin and Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men). Synopsis: As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader’s mentor. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the…