Danny Boyle Directing 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony

Danny Boyle's never been one for the conventional directing route.

So, after drug addled Scotsmen, zombies, sci-fi and Bollywood, we're impressed but not surprised to announce he's been gifted the role of directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the London 2012 Games.

Boyle, the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire director, was asked to take charge of the opening ceremony as artistic director while Stephen Daldry, director of big screen hits such as Billy Elliot and The Reader, will be one of the four key executive producers of the showpiece opening and closing ceremonies.

Danny, 53, who became hot property in Hollywood when his Mumbai-set film became an Oscar sensation, said: "I'm honoured to have been invited to be the artistic director for the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

"It's a completely unique opportunity to contribute to what I'm sure are going to be a fantastic Games, I'm really excited to be involved."

A billion people worldwide tuned in to watch the 2008 Beijing Olympic opening ceremony. The athletes' parade at the Olympic opening ceremony involves 10,000 athletes from 205 nations while 4,000 athletes from 162 nations take part in the Paralympic opening ceremony.

Whether Boyle's direction will be quite as - ah - enforced is questionable, but if it'll involve a pretty young girl miming along to Susan Boyle, we're definitely on board.

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Aishwarya Rai refuses Hollywood film offers

The latest buzz revealed that Bollywood stunning and gorgeous beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has refused many promising offers from Hollywood that came her way.

Recently, Aishwarya said no to a Hollywood movie 'Troy', starring the most wanted Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, alleging that she has many other commitments in Bollywood and will be unable to do justice with both, Hollywood and Bollywood.

While justifying herself, Aishwarya told the sources, “It wasn't about an attitude I had, or any inverted ideas about working overseas, it was simply about scheduling. I just didn't have the time”.

Aishwarya's statements while refusing offer
Regarding the offer, the 36-year old actress said, “One of the reasons I declined Troy was that there were some very explicit lovemaking scenes in the script, and a lot of kisses. I was like, 'Oh my God! I'm not sure'. I couldn't imagine being comfortable with it.”

“Michael Douglas came to India and did a press conference where he confessed that he had brought a script my way. And Will Smith was generous enough to be persistent twice over, for 'Hancock' and 'Seven Pounds',” Aishwarya added.

Earlier Hollywood offers
Apart from getting offers from Brett Ratner, Aishwarya has also been offered roles in big flicks such as ‘Wolf Gang’ and ‘Rush Hour’.

Will Smith, the famous actor of Hollywood, had also offered her roles in ‘Hancock’, and ‘Seven Pounds’. But Aish rejected the offers due to busy schedule.

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Aishwarya Rai refused to work with Brad Pitt

Aishwarya, who became the brand ambassador for L’Oreal and is associated with films like The Pink Panther 2, the guardian of Spices and The Last Legion no stranger to Hollywood, said he could not a film in Hollywood because of prior commitments and Aishwarya Bachchan has dismissed a recent project with the famous Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has said she has no time for the project. “I know not show attitude or anything, just that I have less time. My good time to post all my plans for Bollywood, which you cannot do justice to the project through in Hollywood just now,” he said.

She was a film with the Hollywood actor, on another occasion also offered, but even then, Aishwarya had rejected the offer. The only difference between the two cases is that all this time, they are rejected due to lack of time and other commitments, the last time, it is not part of the project, because the film was much more bold scenes which are not very comfortable with Aishwarya .
brad pitt vs aiswarya raiSpeaking on the topic, said that although she is grateful Aishwarya to all filmmakers in the West who have proposed several plans for her, she now wants to go Hollywood and the film making in indigenous languages only. This is not the first time that Aishwarya was a Hollywood project that supposedly will start against Brad Pitt offered.

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