X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class is an upcoming American superhero film, directed by Matthew Vaughn, based on the characters appearing in Marvel Comics. The film is the fifth installment of the X-Men film series and a prequel to the first three movies. X-Men: First Class is scheduled for release on June 3, 2011.

The film, set during the 1960s, will focus on the relationship between Professor X and Magneto and the origin of their groups, the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants. The film stars James McAvoy as Professor X and Michael Fassbender as Magneto. It also stars Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, the antagonist of the movie. Other cast members include January Jones, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence and Lucas Till. The film is mostly being shot in England and parts of the United States. Fox envisions this film as the first in a new trilogy.

Cast

• James McAvoy as young Professor Charles Xavier: The leader and founder of the X-Men and one of Magneto's best friends until conflicts of opinion create a rivalry between them and their teams.
  • Laurence Belcher as a younger Charles Xavier.
• Michael Fassbender as young Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto: He's also the leader and founder of the Brotherhood of Mutants and one of Professor X's best friends until conflicts of opinion create a rivalry between them and their teams.
  • Bill Milner as a younger Erik Lehnsherr.
• Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw: He's also the leader of a secret society bent on taking over the world called the Hellfire Club.
• January Jones as Emma Frost / White Queen: A mutant telepath who can also change her body into diamond form and member of the Hellfire Club. Alice Eve was originally announced to play Emma Frost.
• Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert: A scientist and an authority on genetic mutation and love interest of Charles Xavier.Rosamund Pike was previously up for the role.
• Nicholas Hoult as young Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy / Beast: Beast is a former scientist and political activist, who transformed into a frightening looking mutant, but is kind at heart. In the film X-Men: The Last Stand he is shown to turn out to be a political activist. Broadway actor Benjamin Walker was previously cast as Beast, however he dropped out of the role to star in the Broadway musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.
• Jennifer Lawrence as young Raven Darkholme / Mystique: A dangerous shapeshifting mutant.
  • Morgan Lily as a younger Raven Darkholme.
• Oliver Platt as "The Man in Black": A character who is not a mutant.
• Ray Wise as the United States Secretary of State
• Zoë Kravitz as Angel Salvadore: A mutant with insectoid physiology.
• Caleb Landry Jones as Sean Cassidy / Banshee: An Irish mutant with the ability of sonic screaming.
• Lucas Till as Alex Summers / Havok: A mutant who has the ability to absorb cosmic energy and discharge blasts from the energy
• Edi Gathegi as Armando Muñoz / Darwin: A mutant with the power of "reactive evolution."
• Jason Flemyng as Azazel: Nightcrawler's father who has the ability to teleport.
• Álex González as Janos Quested / Riptide: A mutant with the ability to spin his body at an incredibly fast rate.
• Andy Callaghan as a member of the Hellfire Club.
• Tony Rich as Thomas: A mutant with the ability to duplicate other mutant powers within a specific range

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The World's Most Expensive Bed For Sale

The Baldacchino Bed

By Morgan Brennan, Forbes.com

So you bought that fabulous multi-million dollar home of your dreams (perhaps maybe one like this?). The question now is how to decorate. 

Start with the bedroom — after all, many a rich and famous person on MTV Cribs has admitted, “it’s where the magic happens.” A one-of-a-kind house needs a one-of-a-kind bed…

How about one worth more than $6.4 million. 

British designer Stuart Hughes has just unveiled his latest ultra-high end and utterly exclusive foray into furniture: the Baldacchino Supreme. In a joint collaboration with Hebanon by Fratelli Basile Interiors of Nocera Superiore Italy, a team of master Italian furniture makers, the Baldacchino Supreme is the world’s new most expensive bed for sale. Only two will be created, each taking 3 months to hand craft upon purchase.

Ensconced in Italian silk curtains, the canopy bed is a decadent vision of creme and gold, carved from chestnut, ash and cherry woods: it’s the type of structure a royal medieval Italian wedding night would welcome. 

The headboard is fashioned in capitonnè — that button-punctured fabric pattern harking from Parisian home decor — and can be customized with diamonds upon request (in case you want some bling to go with “the magic”). 

The real expense behind this bed however is the sheer amount of gold in use. It’s generously brushed along the borders of the entire structure in the form of gold leaf: 107 kg of solid 24ct gold to be exact. In commodities trading terms, that’s over $5 million worth of gold at current market prices. 

The bed may seem like a publicity ploy from the two companies, but surprisingly one order has already been placed — and filled. The inspiration for this entire project came at the behest of a wealthy Italian buyer (who will sadly remain anonymous) looking for an overly indulgent, fabulously decadent bed to call his own. He contacted Hebanon and they in turn contacted Stuart Hughes, who has built a clever brand around bourgeois adaptations of every day items like diamond-encrusted flat screen television sets and multimillion dollar iPhones. 

As for the one remaining bed, it’s still available for purchase — just in time for Valentine’s Day. Hughes says these items in general can take “one minute or an eternity to sell.” 

With a bed like this, I can’t help but wonder what the wealthy buyers will choose furniture-wise to accompany it. Do you have thoughts on how best to decorate a room housing the world’s most expensive bed?

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Thor

The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.

Director: 

Kenneth Branagh

Writers: 

Ashley Miller (screenplay), Zack Stentz(screenplay), and 6 more credits »

Stars:

 Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Natalie Portman.

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Captain America: The First Avenger

After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America's ideals.



Director: Joe Johnston

Writers: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely(screenplay),

Stars: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving and Tommy Lee Jones

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