Ellen Page's Coming Out Speech Will Make You Cry

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Ellen Page came out Friday night at the podium of the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive conference. In her speech, she slammed stereotypes about masculinity and femininity that encourage the scrutiny of anyone who doesn't embody them. 

Ellen Page Comes Out: ‘I’m Gay’ & ‘Tired Of Hiding’

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In an emotional press conference on Feb. 14, the ‘Juno’ actress bravely revealed that she’s gay and that she hopes to help promote issues for the gay community.

Ellen Page: Beyond Movies

The young actress goes beyond the pale in a revolutionary new computer game, writes Ronan Price

"It was the most difficult acting job I've ever had," says Ellen Page. "The concept is huge and there are incredible action sequences, locations all over the world but there's also this beautiful drama within."

The 26-year-old Canadian actress talks excitedly about her latest project, lapsing occasionally into luvvie speak – "incredibly challenging," "fulfilling experience" – but there's no doubting her enthusiasm and sincerity. Thing is, she's not discussing a new movie or become the latest Hollywood star to cross over into a big-hitting TV series.

Instead, Page has spent months in a mostly empty room making a videogame with craggy-faced thespian Willem Dafoe called Beyond: Two Souls. Their wardrobe consisted of nothing more than black catsuits covered in tiny grey balls. Their props were frequently just lumps of wood or metal.

"It was strange because it felt so foreign to me," admits Page of the set-up in the motion-capture studio. "It sort of felt like jumping off a cliff a little bit. Maybe that's what I did, jumped, I guess."

Frankly, it was not a good look for an Oscar-nominated actress – even her face was dotted every day of the shoot with the grey balls – but the effort was worth it because she humanises the most extraordinary game of 2013.

Source:  Independent.ie

New X-Men: Days of Future Past stills released

First look at Bryan Singer's mutant epic.

What with all the fuss about Thor: The Dark World and the Cap 2 trailer, it seems Bryan Singer doesn't want us to forget about his superhero movie. 

First came the cruelly short teaser trailer for the first X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer last week (below), and now a bunch of new stills from the film have hit the internet.

The images, released via Empire and Entertainment Weekly, show most of the principal cast as X-Men new and old unite for the latest installment in 20th Century Fox's franchise. 

And, as expected, it doesn't look like it's going to be an easy ride as the two mutants join forces across timelines to save their kind. 

As well as the requisite game of chess between old friends Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender) , we see Hugh Jackman's Wolverine bullet-ridden and hitting the bottle in 1973 while Kitty Pryde (Ellen Page) and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) look fairly worried in the present day.  

Oh, and check out Future Professor X's new hover chair. It's very groovy. 

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Source: uk.movies.yahoo.com