Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Premiere Date, Cast News: Jesse Eisenberg Goes Bald for Lex Luthor Role (PHOTO)

Jesse Eisenberg debuted the first look at his bald character for his role as Lex Luthor in the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.”

Christian Post Report – “The Social Network” star gave audiences their first glimpse of his totally bald Lex Luthor character on the cover of Entertainment Weekly as a teaser for his role in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” which premieres in theaters on March 25, 2016.

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The first look at Jesse Eisenberg’s Lex Luthor character for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” to premiere in theaters March 25, 2016. @BatmanNewsCom Twitter. March 27, 2015.

Eisenberg appears both eerie and menacing in the black and white photo, an abrupt departure from the innocent, bumbling, and nice-guy roles he has portrayed in films thus far.

“He’s not any of the Lexes that you’ve seen, that’s for sure,” director Zack Snyder told the magazine. “Other than him being a captain of industry and one person to the world and another person to himself. And bald, of course.”

A number of DC comics superhero fans were initially skeptical over Eisenberg’s casting as the iconic Superman villain, despite his being the same age as the lead star, Henry Cavill, who is reprising his man of steel role in this sequel film. With the emergence of his sinister Lex Luthor image, it is likely fans of the franchise will be sufficiently mollified.

Eisenberg, 31, will be stepping into the role previously made infamous by Gene Hackman in the 1978 and 1980 Superman Movies, Kevin Spacey in 2006’s “Superman Returns,” and Michael Rosenbaum in television’s “Smallville” from 2001 to 2011.

Whether Eisenberg, who sports an impressive resume that includes “Now You See Me,” “The Double,” and an Academy Award nomination for his 2010 role as Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Network,” can step up to the plate to essay a creditably villainous Lex Luthor remains to be seen when the film hits theaters next March.

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American Horror Story Hotel Cast News, Rumors: Chloe Sevigny Returning as Series Regular

Actress Chloe Sevigny is returning to FX’s “American Horror Story” for season five’s “Hotel,” this time as part of the regular cast.

Christian Post Report – “American Horror Story” executive producer, Ryan Murphy announced on Twitter he is bringing back “Bloodline” actress Chloe Sevigny as a series regular for season five of the FX horror television show titled “Hotel.”

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Chloe Sevigny. Reuters.

Actress, model and fashion designer Sevigny who received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her critically acclaimed performance in her first mainstream role in the 1999 film, “Boys Don’t Cry,” initially appeared on six episodes of the second season, “American Horror Story: Asylum” as the doomed nymphomaniac Shelley.

No official word on her character has yet been announced for season five, which premieres in October this year. The 40-year-old actress will be joining the rest of the previously announced cast, including Lady Gaga in her first regular TV role, Matt Bomer, Cheyenne Jackson, and Wes Bentley.

Sevigny first appeared in the controversial 1995 film “Kids” alongside Rosario Dawson, a role which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her performance as a teenager who contracts AIDS during her first sexual experience.

Throughout her career, she has chosen independent and well-received film and television projects, establishing her reputation as an avant-garde and indie film actress.

In 2003, she starred in the controversial art house film, “The Brown Bunny,” where she performing unsimulated sex acts with her co-star and the film’s director, Vincent Gallo. Despite backlash from the movie, her performance was praised by film critics, and she went on to star in other projects, such as Woody Allen’s “Melinda and Melinda” in 2004, and in HBO’s “Big Love” series where she had a five season run from 2006 to 2011 as a conniving shopaholic second wife to a polygamist Mormon husband.

“American Horror Story: Hotel” marks her 15th television series role to date.

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‘Fantastic Four’ Reboot Movie News, Rumors: The Thing Photo Leaked by Fox

20th Century Fox inadvertently leaked the public’s first look at The Thing from their late summer reboot of the “Fantastic Four.”

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Christian Post Report – “Fantastic Four” reboot leaked overseas billboard. @albertoheineken26 Instagram. March 25, 2015.

In what is described as a mismanaged reveal, fans of the Marvel superhero group the “Fantastic Four” got their first look at The Thing via an overseas outdoor billboard erected before the official release of the reboot film’s imagery.

The billboard, which features all of the four major characters of the remake, with particular emphasis on The Thing, played by Jamie Bell as Ben Grim, appeared on the Instagram account of @albertoheineken26, who had his photo taken in front of the billboard.

The international exposure of the supersized movie poster, which was criticized by American fans as poorly rendered based on the grainy Instagram photo, negates all efforts director Josh Trank and the rest of the cast have taken to keep as many details in the bag as possible before the release of the movie’s official images.

With the secret out online, Fox has additionally been accused of mismanaging media and promotions for the film, which is due out in theaters on Aug. 7.

In the billboard, The Thing is revealed as looking realistically gritty and dark, surrounded by a very boyish-looking Miles Teller as Mr. Fantastic, a strangely cobbled-together head and torso representing Kate Mara as Invisible Woman, and Michael B. Jordan as The Human Torch, who appears to be one of the district tributes directly plucked out from “The Hunger Games” fire chariot parade sequence.

Not shown on the billboard is Victor Domashev, or Dr. Doom, who is being played by “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” actor Toby Kebbell.

With the image out in the open, 20th Century Fox’s only other option is to release a better quality official image of the four Marvel superheroes, as well as a new teaser trailer to offset the overseas leak in a middling quality outdoor billboard.

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Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris Dating News: Couple Spotted at Nashville Concert, Reignites Relationship Rumors

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Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris are photographed at Whole Foods in Nashville.

Christian Post Report – Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris have been rumored to be dating since they were spotted having a conversation at length at the Universal after-party following the Brit Awards last month. This week, the “Style” singer and the “Feel So Close” hitmaker were seen together at Kenny Chesney’s concert in Nashville.

Before the concert, the pair was spotted coming out of Whole Foods in Nashville on Wednesday, March 25. Swift and Harris were wearing matching grey and black ensembles, with Swift in a grey long-sleeved shirt and black skirt, while Harris donned a grey shirt and black pants. The two even had an encounter with a young fan, and fans in the vicinity even managed to get a picture of them and immediately posted it on Twitter.

Later that night at Chesney’s concert, fans in attendance couldn’t help but be drawn to the pair as they got cozy at the show. Swift performed at Chesney’s Big Revival Tour concert, and after her performance, she joined Harris at the audience section and he was photographed with his arms around her waist.

According to a Friday report from TMZ, eyewitnesses at the show said that the ‘Blank Space’ singer was sitting on the DJ’s lap for a long time at the concert and that they even kissed.

Earlier this month, Swift jetted to Las Vegas with her friends Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding and the Haim sisters to watch Harris perform at Hakkasan. According to Heat, fans spotted the singer dancing at the back of the stage while staring at Harris.

The pair have yet to confirm whether they are officially dating or not.

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Kate Middleton Baby Due Date: Duchess Steps Out for Final Official Appearances Before New Baby Arrives

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge chat with young people and hear their stories during a visit to the XLP London bus, a mobile youth centre parked in the Hazel Grove estate in Sydenham, London.

Christian Post Report – Kate Middleton, who has a month to go before she gives birth to her second child, attended three engagements in one day on Friday, March 27 in South East London. This marks the Duchess of Cambridge’s final public appearances before she goes on maternity leave.

The Duchess and her husband Prince William took a tour of the Stephen Lawrence Centre, a place for community learning and social research. The community center was named after Lawrence, who was killed in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in London in April 1993.

For the event, the 33-year old royal donned a hot pink Mulberry coat and accessorized with black pumps. The Prince donned a navy, single breasted suit which he teamed with a purple tie.

Baroness Doreen Lawrence of Clarendon accompanied their Royal Highnesses during the tour. The Duke and Duchess then met with SLIK (Stephen Lawrence Instills Knowledge) Magazine editors in the PC room who are working on The Write Way project, a digital magazine and website project which offers young people aged 16 to 26 the opportunity to create, design, and manage a digital magazine and interactive website.

Before leaving, the couple signed the visitors’ book and the Duchess was given a bouquet of flowers.

Next, the royals visited XLP, “The Excel Project”, a Christian charity which works with disadvantaged young people that has an emphasis on being faith-based, but not faith-biased. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met key volunteers and supporters of the organization as well as young people from each of the boroughs XLP supports. They also visited an XLP community bus and the XLP mobile recording studio on the Hazel Grove Estate.

Last week, the Duchess revealed at another event that her second child will arrive by “mid-to-end” of April.

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‘The Incredibles 2’ Release Date News, Plot Rumors: Two Mystery Dates Penciled In for Sequel

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The Incredibles

Christian Post Report – It’s been more than a decade since Pixar Animation Studios released the hit film ‘The Incredibles’ that tells the story of the Parr family, a family of superheroes who are trying to adjust in a world that has shunned anyone with superpowers.

Though news of ‘The Incredibles 2’ first broke in March 2014 as Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger announced that the sequel was in development, little is known about what fans can expect from the film. Now, more information has started coming in about the plot and the people involved in the upcoming film.

At the moment, no official director has been announced, but according to CinemaBlend, Brad Bird, writer and director of the first movie, is developing the story for the sequel.

The Parr family will reportedly be back for the sequel, however, there is no confirmation whether the original voice actors will be back for the film.

There is speculation that there will be a time jump between the first movie and the sequel, and the Parr children are expected to be older. It’s possible that Dash, the boy with the gift of speed, could be voiced by another actor in ‘Incredibles 2’.

There are rumors that Jack-Jack, the baby of the family, could be the central focus of the plot as at the end of the original movie, the family discovers that far from being powerless, Jack-Jack is actually the most powerful of them all as he has super strength, laser vision, has the ability to shapeshift, phase through objects, and teleport as seen in movie and the short, ‘Jack-Jack Attack.’

No release date has been officially set for the film, but Pixar has already penciled in November 22, 2017 and June 15, 2018 for their upcoming projects, which have not been named. It’s possible that the film could premiere on any of these two dates.

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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 11 Spoilers, Plot News: Episode 17 Recap ‘With or Without You’

This week on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, Derek comes home to Meredith, and it’s finally revealed whether he cheated on her or not while he was in D.C.

Christian Post Report – Derek is back and he’s explaining to Meredith why a woman answered his phone when she called. He says that he was on the way to the airport when he realized that he left his phone in the lab. Once he got to the airport, he called his phone, and the woman told him about answering the phone.

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Derek tells Meredith what he feels, on Grey’s Anatomy.

Meredith is skeptical as she says that it seems like he came home because he knew he was in trouble. Derek says he came home not because of that, but because they needed to work on their marriage. Meredith leaves for the hospital, leaving Derek at home.

A flashback is shown of Derek in D.C. with a resident named Renee. They’re in a lab, and she tells him that she got into this field because she wants to find a cure for autism. Derek asks her about what motivated her, and Renee tells him that it’s because of her sister. They are seen glancing at each other over a microscope, and something seems to be developing between the two of them.

At the hospital, Alex runs into Callie and Dr. Pierce, and Alex tells them that Derek came home last night. They are devastated, as nothing good could come of this—surely he came home to apologize for doing something wrong?

In another flashback, Derek sees Renee in the break room and she looks upset. Derek asks her if she wants to talk about it, and they do. She says that she’s frustrated with her research. Suddenly, there’s tension between the two of them, and Derek gets up and tells her to get some sleep.

Back at the present time, Meredith’s streak ends when a young man she’s operating on dies on the table.

A flashback is shown of Renee celebrating because of a breakthrough in her research. She tells Derek that she could kiss him, and the tension between them returns. As Derek turns to leave, Renee grabs his hand and tells him to stay. They share a kiss in the lab.

Meredith returns home and sees Derek in the kitchen, and she’s visibly mad at him, but Derek is not about to give up on them yet.

In the last flashback, Derek pushes Renee away and tells her that he loves his wife. He runs out of the lab, and we see his keys and phone on the lab table.

“I thought DC was everything, and I was wrong,” Derek tells Meredith. “You. You, you’re everything. I love you, and I’m not gonna stop loving you…I don’t want to live without you. And I’m going to do everything in my power to prove it.”

Meredith says, “I can live without you. But I don’t want to. I don’t ever want to.”

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ airs on Thursdays at 8/7c on ABC.

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‘Teen Mom OG’: Farrah Abraham Slams Catelynn Lowell on Twitter, Tyler Baltierra Fights Back

After Catelynn Lowell and her fiancé Tyler Baltierra appeared to have ended their feud with Farrah Abraham on “Couple’s Therapy,” it appears that the couple is at odds again with Abraham after she criticized the premiere episode of “Teen Mom OG” on social media.

Christian Post Report – On the MTV show’s premiere, fans got to catch up with Lowell, Baltierra, Amber Portwood and Maci Bookout. Noticeably absent from the episode was Abraham.

Farrah Abraham (Photo: Twitter/F1abraham)

Farrah Abraham

According to Radar Online, Abraham began retweeting fans’ messages about how dull the show was without her.

One tweet she shared, which was posted by a viewer read, “[Teen Mom OG] was such a snooze fest. Now I know why they asked @F1abraham to come back! She’ll be back next week, right?! Hopefully.”

Abraham then took a shot at Lowell with another re-tweet that said, “Technically @CatelynnLowell shouldn’t have been on the show cuz she gave up her kid. Her dysfunctional mom & his dad was the show.”

Both Lowell and Baltierra responded to Abraham’s post. Instead of posting a scathing remark, Lowell opted to take a calm approach and assured fans that she and Abraham had no ongoing feud.

“Just so [people] know I have no beef with @F1abraham what was the past is the past #beadults #TeenMomOG all drama put aside!” Lowell wrote.

However, Baltierra appeared to be offended by Abraham’s retweets as he wrote, “Hiding your opinion through retweets does nothing but make me laugh even harder at the delusional state of your mind #NoRetweetsNeeded.”

It was earlier reported that the Lowell, Portwood, and Bookout were not happy with Abraham’s return to the MTV show, saying that they were not pleased with the controversial star’s choices as she has gone on to write erotic novels and even released a sex tape.

Abraham told Radar Online that her “Teen Mom OG” co-stars were being negative.

“I’m tired of going around in circles with them,” she told the website. “All they want is to talk about me. Somebody always has to say something negative all the time. I don’t care and I don’t value their opinion.”

“Teen Mom OG” airs on Mondays at 10 p.m. on MTV.

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WWE 2015 News, Rumors: Brock Lesnar Staying With WWE, Officially Leaving MMA

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar announced on Tuesday, March 24 that he was signing a multiyear contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. With his decision, Lesnar effectively ended any possibility that he would fight in the Octagon again.

Christian Post Report – In an interview with the Associated Press, Lesnar said that the decision ultimately came down to a better working schedule with the WWE as well as a mental block that kept him from going back to MMA.

Brock Lesnar (Photo: Reuters/File)

Brock Lesnar

Lesnar said that he spent the past two months training with different partners and coaches to get his body ready for a potential return to the UFC, but he said that he never could get his mind back in the right place where he really saw himself fighting again. After making up his mind, the former champion called Lorenzo Fertitta, co-owner of the UFC, to let him know that he was returning to WWE.

Lesnar revealed that Fertitta made one last offer by doubling what promotion has initially offered him, but Lesnar said that he opted to stay with WWE instead.

“Lorenzo said to me, ‘Can we sharpen our pencil? Can we double it?'” said Lesnar. “I said, ‘It’s not about that. I’m calling to tell you where my heart is, and it’s not about the money,'”

“And then in the back of my mind, I’m thinking ‘Well yeah, it is about the money, but I don’t have to beat myself up for it.’ To prepare for another MMA fight, we’re talking 16, 18 weeks of pure hell, and then the cage door shuts and it’s on,” he explained.

Lesnar said that after having an internal disease called diverticulitis which took him out of MMA for several years, he was not the same when he was finally able to return to the sport.

“When you’re sick for two or three years and you don’t know what’s going on, all of a sudden I went from the baddest man on the planet to vulnerable,” Lesnar said. “I tried to picture myself coming down to the cage, and it was like a bad dream. It just wasn’t right, it didn’t feel right.”

“I’ve been a barbarian my whole life. I’m just a smarter barbarian now. Evolution, you know?” he added.

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‘Vikings’ Season 3 News, Spoilers: Ragnar Sets Aside Homeland Conflict in Favor of an Overseas Raid

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The official season 3 poster of Vikings

Christian Post Report – The highly anticipated Raid of Paris plotline is now drawing closer than ever as spoiler reports for the upcoming segment of the hit historical drama TV series “Vikings” Season 3 indicates that Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) will be setting aside some issues in his homeland to make plans for the siege.

Avid followers of the show may remember the Northman King refusing indirectly the plea of Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) that he should help her re-claim Hedeby. They did arrive at Lagertha’s earldom but the wandering conqueror spoke privately with Kalf (Ben Robson) to offer him the chance of fighting along with him in the great raid of Paris.

This upset Lagertha, who will still insist that they should at first deal with the matters at hand. Kalf, on the other hand, remains adamant with the newly usurped position.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, Robson shared his views about his character.

“I think it’s the first step of recognition,” Ben said. “I mean, I think for the Vikings, it’s to be recognized by the gods, to be fighting by Odin’s side in the war of the gods in Valhalla.”

The drive for fame is really strong within Kalf’s mind. In fact, his desire is to actually surpass the new King of Denmark.

“I think if you’ve got Ragnar who has achieved so much for the Vikings, if he’s being recognized — and I think Kalf wants to be recognized more than Ragnar — [Kalf] has to surpass whatever Ragnar has achieved, and I think in terms of his fame, it’s – from a farmer to a king, that’s an incredible degree of success, so if he can achieve anything like that, it’s a monumental task,” he went on to explain.

“Vikings” will air this week with episode titled “Born Again” on History Channel. Check out the recently released teaser below:

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