thursday headlines

AFSHAN AZAD – plays Padma in the Harry Potter movies, and hopefully she learned some of those defense spells because her father and brother are in jail today after threatening to kill her. In their defense, her performance was a bit wooden, and those people take shame very seriously. (huff)

CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – says nothing about the third Batman movie in this interview, but he does confirm that the script is finished and ready to cast. So far this is the best movie experience I’ve had all summer. (/film)

MEL GIBSON – sold his 75 acre estate in Connecticut today for $24 million. He reportedly wants to move somewhere, “more apartheid-y”. (wonderwall)

SOPHIE TURNER – got loose before her run this morning in Santa Monica, which caused me to get the exact opposite of that. I’m not entirely sure what it is she does, but I couldn’t be happier that she’s doing it. (pcn)