Ben Barnes

May 22, 2009 at 5:49am PST
Photos: Sony Pictures Classics

What do Noel Coward, Alfred Hitchcock and a writing team with a penchant for singing drag queens have in common?

They’ve all tried their hand at Easy Virtue, a property which enters its third incarnation on May 22nd with co-writer and director Stephan Elliot (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) at the helm.

See It or Skip It: Easy Virtue

Monday May 18, 2009
Pardon the hideous English accent I tried to pull off but when I was done seeing the movie, I felt inspired. Based on Noel Coward's play, starring Jessica Biel (6.5 out of 10), Ben Barnes (6.5 out of 10), Kristin Scott Thomas (9 out of 10) and Colin Firth (10 out of 10) and directed by Stephan Elliot (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), the film has an enjoyably bawdy restraint.
May 12, 2009 at 12:00pm PST
Photos: Sony Pictures Classics, splashnewsonline.com

Having Justin Timberlake watch you bust moves would be pretty intimidating, but imagine if you’re trying to groove with his woman.

On the set of their new film, Easy Virtue, Ben Barnes and Jessica Biel have several song and dance numbers, and Barnes admits he had some trouble, especially when Timberlake was around to watch him stumble.

“It’s not that he was on set all the time,” Barnes says. “I certainly didn’t see him prowling around."

May 12, 2009 at 4:38am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

The body known as Jessica Biel attended the New York premiere of her new film, Easy Virtue, in New York last night.

Can you say, “Slammin’”?

She walked the red carpet with her co-star Ben Barnes before hitting the afterparty at the Gramercy Park Hotel with her boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, who absolutely dominated on SNL this weekend.

It was the best episode in longer than we can remember.

Jessica has been busily preparing for her big musical debut at the Hollywood Bowl this summer in Guys and Dolls (we already have tickets).

January 30, 2009 at 9:07am PST
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After a questionable future, the third installment of The Chronicles of Narnia series will make its way to the screen thanks to Twentieth Century Fox, who stepped in to co-finance the project after Disney decided to bow out.

That means Voyage of the Dawn Treader is out of development limbo on onto pre-production. Reports claim work is already being done on a script.

Ben Barnes, who is set to headline the project, must be stoked since his career hasn’t taken off the way many expected after he debuted as Prince Caspian. 

—J. Bavoso

December 16, 2008 at 6:47am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

Poor Taylor Lautner.

He had one brief shining moment of glory and then got booted.

Summit executives don’t want to have the scrawny little Twilight star back for New Moon and the film’s new director Chris Weitz is reportedly already out to get Scorpion King 2 actor Michael Copon to play the new, bigger, badder Jacob Black.

And he’s not the only new star in the mix.

October 29, 2008 at 10:02am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

On the left, Ben Barnes at Monday’s premiere of his new film Easy Virtue, co-starring Jessica Biel, in Rome. On the right, Ben Barnes at the London premiere on Tuesday.

Did he recycle his outfit and just put a new tie on??? One day later?!?

Does Prince Caspian only have one suit?

September 9, 2008 at 9:32am PST
Photos: splashnewsonline.com

How badly do we want to pull a Rihanna and get all kinds of wet n’ wild under Colin Firth’s umberella-ella-ella-eh-eh-eh?

Sorry, we couldn’t help ourselves.

Colin was spotted in Toronto where his new film Easy Virtue, co-starring Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes and Kristen Scott Thomas, is premiering. He’s so dapper and gentile. Very British. We want to gobble him up like a crumpet.

May 16, 2008 at 2:07pm PST
Photos: Walt Disney Motion Pictures Studios

We promised you we would tell you how The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was after we went to the screening on Tuesday.

We've been working up the courage.

In the film, Aslan, the mighty and regal lion voiced by Liam Neeson, says "Things never happen the same way twice."

May 9, 2008 at 10:00pm PST

The New York Times has crowned Prince Caspian star Ben Barnes Disney's new prince.

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