Posts Tagged ‘Leicester Square’

London is going Mad as Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland premiers in Leicester Square

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Fans dressed as Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the White Rabbit, topiary animals, and a red carpet dyed green set the scene for the Royal Premiere of Tim Burton’s 3D film Alice in Wonderland. The world premiere was held last night, Thursday, February 25, at the Leicester Square Odeon Theatre in the West End of London.

Anne Hathaway at the World Premiere of Alice in Wonderland

Braving the rain, the film’s stars came out in good spirits. Anne Hathaway, who plays the White Queen, exclaimed to devoted – and drenched- fans, “I love London, I love the rain!” The film’s other star, Johnny Depp, who plays the Mad Hatter, was the highlight of the night for the teenage girls who flocked to the premiere to catch a glimpse of the heartthrob. He did not disappoint, as he signed autographs and posed for pictures for nearly an hour ignoring the rain. Depp has also stared in Director Burton’s other unconventional films including Sweeny Todd in 2007 and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2005.

Burton’s partner Helena Bonham Carter also stars in the film alongside Little Britain star Matt Lucas as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and Australian star Mia Wasikowska as Alice. Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, Paul Whitehouse, Timothy Spall and Christopher Lee also contributed to the film providing voices for characters in the story.

British Designer, Vivienne Westwood, was a behind the scenes star of the evening - as Anne Hathaway, Camilla Duchess of Cornwall, and Helena Bonham Carter adorned her designs for the event.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall hosted the evening, which was being held to benefit the prince’s Foundation For Children and the Arts. The organization works to provide young children more access to the art world.

Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is a twist on the classic children’s book by Lewis Carroll. The film takes place ten years after Alice’s original adventures in the children’s book. Burton explains, “We didn’t try to follow the stories. The versions I’ve always seen are a little girl who seems like a brat, wandering around with a bunch of weirdoes. With each of those characters, they’re all mad, but we tried to give them their own particular madness…So the idea was to take that material, set it in a different story making her a little bit older and exploring the idea of someone’s internal life.”

The film will be release in the UK on Wednesday, March 5.

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Peter Andre Parties With Chantelle & Nicola McLean at Funky Buddha After Dinner at Mayfair Hotel

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Peter Andre let his hair down on Tuesday night enjoying the famous London nightlife when he went for dinner at a London restaurant, with pals Chantelle Houghton and pregnant Nicola McLean, before visiting the Funky Buddha Club in Mayfair.

Former Celebrity Big Brother winner, model and Paris Hilton lookalike Chantelle particularly seemed to be enjoying herself and was captured by a London photographer laughing loudly at recently single Peter Andre’s jokes - what a mysterious girl?!

The trio were joined by their manager Claire Powell at London’s May Fair Hotel for food in the venue’s top restaurant. Following the swanky meal at the London hotel, former I’m a Celebrity star Nicola, 28, and her footballer husband Tom Williams took the Aussie singer, 36, to nearby Funky Buddha on Berkley Street which is one of the top celebrity nightclubs in the area along with celeb haunts HeyJoClub, No 5 Cavendish Square and Vendome.

They were snapped for celebrity photos by London photographers for London papers leaving the night club at around 3am with DJ Sonique.

Pete, 36, attended the Christmas Carol premiere in Leicester Square, Soho earlier in the evening.

Nevermind what Katie did!

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Rapper 50 Cent AKA Curtis Jackson Celebrates Premiere of New Film Dead Man Running at Top London Club Alto in Soho

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Even with the fabled excesses of the movie business, it is unheard of for a co-star of a film to spend any money at its after-party event.

But not every actor has the disposable income of American hip hop star 50 Cent, who took bar tabs to a whole new level last Thursday after dropping £75,000 over the bar at the after-party of Dead Man Running at the Alto club in London Soho.

Hundreds of girls tried to get past security and into the VIP area. 50 Cent allowed around 15 of the girls in to sit with him - but left alone at the end of the night.

The 33-year-old rapper hired the entire VIP area for his entourage, friends and film colleagues. And he’s not even the star - being officially billed behind Tamer Hassan, Danny Dyer… and Brenda Blethyn.

A guest at the party said: “When he arrived at the club it was mayhem. The area was cleared for him and security ushered him straight through. On his table were bottles of champagne but he wanted a magnum bottle of Ace Of Spades champagne.

“You could tell that he was loving all the attention as people were trying to take photographs on their phones and were shouting his name.”

Earlier that evening, 50 had been wearing a smarter grey suit as he posed alongside singer Jamelia at the Leicester Square screening as part of the London Film Festival.

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