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Jan 31, 2015

Antonio Banderas: ‘So Proud’ of ‘Fifty Shades’ Star Dakota Johnson

Antonio Banderas told Access Hollywood he is “so proud” of his stepdaughter Dakota Johnson, who stars in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” film.

“I got into the life of the girl when she was four-years-old and just to see her now, I’m so proud of her,” he told Access on Friday at the press junket for “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.” “She knows very well what this career is all about. She has seen it in her father, in her mother and I suppose me too, [and in her] grandmother, so she [has] a tradition in Hollywood.”

Antonio became Dakota’s stepfather when he wed her mother, Melanie Griffith, in 1996. The couple announced in June 2014 that they had filed for divorce. (Dakota is the daughter of Melanie and Don Johnson.)

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Jan 30, 2015

How to Be Single Casts Dakota Johnson, Leslie Mann, Dan Stevens, Rebel Wilson

Much-anticipated romantic comedy slated for Valentine’s Day release next year

New Line Cinema has entered negotiations with Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann, Dakota Johnson and Dan Stevens to star in the upcoming romantic comedy How to Be Single.

The movie will reportedly explore topics like blind dating and casual sex to suggest that our lives are not defined by our relationships, but rather the single times in between, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 25-year-old Johnson is a rising star and the lead actress for the highly anticipated 50 Shades of Grey movie adaptation scheduled for release next month.

Wilson, 28, has starred in a number of comedy roles, most notably as Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect movies and roommate Becky in the 2011 hit comedy Bridesmaids.

Comedic veteran Mann, 42, was last seen in the 2014 flick The Other Woman.

Fans of Downton Abbey will certainly recognized Stevens — the 32-year-old Englishman played the part of lawyer Matthew Crawley on the hit television drama.

How to Be Single, based off the novel written by Liz Tucillo, is slated to be released around Valentine’s Day 2016.

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Jan 24, 2015

Dakota Johnson is yet to see Fifty Shades of Grey

Despite a release date that’s just three weeks away, none of the stars of “Fifty Shades of Grey” have seen the much anticipated movie.

That’s according to Marcia Gay Harden, who plays Christian Grey’s mother, Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey.

“The director is letting the cast see the movie but not right now,” Marcia told Access Hollywood on the red carpet at the Artios Awards in Beverly Hills last night.

“I’m going to see it right before the fans do… but this is a movie that is protected,” the 55-year-old actress explained. “It’s like they’ve got a chastity belt around the movie itself.”

As fans of the books know, Grace isn’t Christian’s biological mother, but rather the woman who took him in after his birth mother passed away.

Though it’s not frequently discussed in the erotic novel, Marcia says her character definitely approves of Anastasia Steele, her son’s girlfriend.

“Mama Grey loves her!” she raved. “She is really, really smart … very refined, very elegant and I think she loves that there is this wholesome girl for Christian. I mean she has probably seen him with a lot of uptight little blonde types.”

“Fifty Shades of Grey” hits theaters February 13.