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The Batman’s emo-ness drives Nirvana streams up by 734 percent

One of the standout elements of the marketing for Warner Bros.’ recently released The Batman has been the film’s use of Nirvana’s “Something in the Way.” In addition to featuring in the movie’s trailers, the 1991 song plays twice in the actual film.

Now, all of that exposure has led the track to top music streaming charts. According to music sales data firm MRC Data, The Batman‘s opening weekend (Friday, March 4th through Monday, March 7th) saw “Something in the Way” accumulate 3.1 million on-demand U.S. streams — up 734 percent from the previous four days.

What’s even more impressive is that this only includes “official” streams on platforms like Spotify, and it also only accounts for the U.S. It’s unclear how many people were listening to the song via other means and/or in other countries like Canada.

Earlier this year, The Batman co-writer and director Matt Reeves told Esquire that he chose the song for the film after listening to it early on in the writing process.

“When I considered, ‘How do you do Bruce Wayne in a way that hasn’t been seen before?’ I started thinking, ‘What if some tragedy happened and this guy becomes so reclusive, we don’t know what he’s doing? Is this guy some kind of wayward, reckless, drug addict?’” said Reeves. “And the truth is that he is a kind of drug addict. His drug is his addiction to this drive for revenge. He’s like a Batman Kurt Cobain.”

This isn’t the only DC Comics property that’s recently led to a spike in popularity of an old song. Earlier this year, James Gunn’s use of Wig Wam’s “Do Ya Wanna Taste It” in his Peacemaker series pulled the Norwegian glam metal rock band out from a career slump and allowed it to keep its agent. The song plays during the catchy, meme-worthy opening credits of Peacemaker, which streams on Crave in Canada.

Image credit: Warner Bros.

Via: Billboard

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Robert Pattinson: #MeToo is ‘pretty amazing’

Robert Pattinson has dubbed the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements as "pretty amazing".

The 31-year-old actor has claimed he is thrilled to see Hollywood stand up against sexual harassment after a string of executives – including Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, Kevin Spacey, and Louis C.K. – were accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct.

Speaking to Variety at the Berlin Film Festival over the weekend, the ‘Damsel’ actor said: "If you feel that you’ve been wronged, and you feel that you don’t have the right to tell people about it and you feel that you’re being bullied into silence, it’s one of the most awful things in the world.

"So it’s amazing when any kind of dam breaks and people feel they’ve got the numbers to say, no, you’ll be safe to say whatever has happened to you. It’s pretty amazing."

Robert is the latest star to throw his support behind the movements – which started after Harvey Weinstein was first accused of sexual harassment in October last year – and fellow actress Saoirse Ronan recently stated there was a "female revolution" happing in Hollywood as a result.

She said: "There is a female revolution going on right now.

"We’re just at a point where you can’t escape and we have to do something about it, on both sides – men and women.

"I can see in our industry that so many women have come together to actively pursue civil rights and create a safer and fairer environment.

"We’ve gone from saying, ‘Yes, we really need to make a change and we’ve all got to stick together’ to, ‘Oh f**k, we really need to make a change.’ Now more than ever, feminism is at the core of my life."

And 22-year-old model Gigi Hadid recently showed her support for the movements too, as she claimed she was "so happy" to see women bravely opening up about their experiences with sexual harassment.

She said: "I’m so happy that people are finding their power and the strength to be able to come out and be brave. It’s definitely putting priorities in the right place.

"No job is ever worth being uncomfortable. That’s something that my mom taught me … She never sugarcoated that stuff for us. She just said, ‘If you’re ever uncomfortable, you know, no job is worth staying.’ So I just want girls, girls coming into the industry to know that they have that power."

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Robert Pattinson: #MeToo is ‘pretty amazing’

Robert Pattinson has dubbed the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements as "pretty amazing".

The 31-year-old actor has claimed he is thrilled to see Hollywood stand up against sexual harassment after a string of executives – including Harvey Weinstein, Brett Ratner, Kevin Spacey, and Louis C.K. – were accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct.

Speaking to Variety at the Berlin Film Festival over the weekend, the ‘Damsel’ actor said: "If you feel that you’ve been wronged, and you feel that you don’t have the right to tell people about it and you feel that you’re being bullied into silence, it’s one of the most awful things in the world.

"So it’s amazing when any kind of dam breaks and people feel they’ve got the numbers to say, no, you’ll be safe to say whatever has happened to you. It’s pretty amazing."

Robert is the latest star to throw his support behind the movements – which started after Harvey Weinstein was first accused of sexual harassment in October last year – and fellow actress Saoirse Ronan recently stated there was a "female revolution" happing in Hollywood as a result.

She said: "There is a female revolution going on right now.

"We’re just at a point where you can’t escape and we have to do something about it, on both sides – men and women.

"I can see in our industry that so many women have come together to actively pursue civil rights and create a safer and fairer environment.

"We’ve gone from saying, ‘Yes, we really need to make a change and we’ve all got to stick together’ to, ‘Oh f**k, we really need to make a change.’ Now more than ever, feminism is at the core of my life."

And 22-year-old model Gigi Hadid recently showed her support for the movements too, as she claimed she was "so happy" to see women bravely opening up about their experiences with sexual harassment.

She said: "I’m so happy that people are finding their power and the strength to be able to come out and be brave. It’s definitely putting priorities in the right place.

"No job is ever worth being uncomfortable. That’s something that my mom taught me … She never sugarcoated that stuff for us. She just said, ‘If you’re ever uncomfortable, you know, no job is worth staying.’ So I just want girls, girls coming into the industry to know that they have that power."

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Robert Pattinson: ‘Love is complicated’

Robert Pattinson says love is "complicated".

The 31-year-old actor – who had an on/off relationship with his ‘Twilight Saga’ co-star Kristen Stewart and recently split from his fiancée FKA Twigs – admitted he does not share the idealistic views on love that his character Samuel has in new movie ‘Damsel’.

He said: "It’s obviously more complicated. I think Samuel, the main character, is a bit of a fantasist. He likes believing in a poetic version of reality. I think life and love is a little more complicated than he perceives it."

Robert also went on to praise the Me Too movement as "pretty amazing", and revealed he is impressed with the Hollywood stars who have come together to fight sexual harassment within the movie industry and beyond.

He said: "If you feel that you’ve been wronged, and you feel that you don’t have the right to tell people about it and you feel that you’re being bullied into silence, it’s one of the most awful things in the world. it’s amazing when any kind of dam breaks and people feel they’ve got the numbers to say, no, you’ll be safe to say whatever has happened to you. It’s pretty amazing."

Robert’s co-star Mia Wasikowska also shared her support for the movement.

She said: "The Respect Rally in Sundance was the first thing I’ve been able to go to and be a part of it and that was really amazing to feel the energy there and the connectedness of the people. I think it’s great and I think it’s going to be really significant change."

Meanwhile, Robert revealed that his performance in new movie ‘Damsel’, directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner, was inspired by Warren Beatty in Robert Altman’s 1971 movie ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’.

Speaking at a press conference at the Berlin International Film Festival, he told Variety: "I don’t even know how you describe Warren Beatty’s character in that. There was just a kind of jauntiness to him that I liked. I always like parts where all of their actions – you should really be judging them as if they’re doing something wrong but you have to play it kind of opposite, so as an audience member you sort of become complicit."

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Robert Pattinson was a dork growing up

Robert Pattinson was a "dork" growing up.

The 31-year-old actor – who is best known for starring as Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight Saga’ – admitted he used to play the fantasy role-playing board game Warhammer but he would always play by himself.

Speaking to W Magazine, Robert said: "Growing up, I was pretty much a dork. I really liked playing Warhammer, but I never actually figured out the rules. I just made up my own. So I never played with anybody else, because I was playing by my own rules. I was alone a lot."

Pattinson starred alongside on-screen and ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart [Bella Swan] in the popular vampire saga, and whilst he enjoyed doing the first film because he was able to "create his own footprint" with his alter ego, the four subsequent movies made him want to "break out" of doing the same character.

In an interview with Deadline, he recently said: "When I came to doing the first ‘Twilight’, I actually felt I had a lot more control over my performance, because I didn’t really realize what it was. And that was because of Catherine Hardwicke, as well – she made it so malleable, which it can be when nobody knows what something is.

"I really liked doing all of those films, but on the first one I definitely felt like, because we hadn’t set the footprint for the thing … I feel like, as soon as you set a footprint your instinct immediately is to want to break out of it, and you can’t. There are too many reasons you can’t just throw it all up in the air. The only hard thing about doing that series was doing the sequels."

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Robert Pattinson found Twilight sequels hard work

Robert Pattinson found it "hard" work doing the ‘Twilight’ sequels.

The 31-year-old actor starred as moody vampire Edward Cullen – alongside on-screen and ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart [Bella Swan] – in the popular saga, and whilst he enjoyed doing the first film because he was able to "create his own footprint" with his alter ego, the four subsequent movies made him want to "break out" of doing the same character.

In an interview with Deadline, he spilled: "When I came to doing the first ‘Twilight’, I actually felt I had a lot more control over my performance, because I didn’t really realize what it was.

"And that was because of Catherine Hardwicke, as well – she made it so malleable, which it can be when nobody knows what something is.

"I really liked doing all of those films, but on the first one I definitely felt like, because we hadn’t set the footprint for the thing … I feel like, as soon as you set a footprint your instinct immediately is to want to break out of it, and you can’t.

"There are too many reasons you can’t just throw it all up in the air. The only hard thing about doing that series was doing the sequels."

The big screen hunk – whose next role is in the Safdie brothers’ forthcoming flick ‘Good Time’ – got his first big gig in ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, and he learnt a lot about making his role his own from Ralph Fiennes, who portrayed Lord Voldemort.

He said: "I was cast so young, so I had just sort of started when I did it.

"Well, I find it interesting how even there you can have this level of confidence to just do your thing regardless. I remember Ralph Fiennes being born as Voldemort. I’d shot a lot before, and it was the first moment where everyone was kind of tense, because nobody really knew what he was going to do with it. He came out, and it was interesting seeing someone with that level of experience make it his own. Because you can have so much infrastructure around you, but to have someone come out and everyone be like, ‘What’s he going to do?’ That was really exciting."

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Margot Robbie found a foot on a beach

Margot Robbie once found a human foot on the beach.

The ‘I, Tonya’ actress was recently tasked with recalling the "craziest thing" that had happened to her by a director, and she told of the time she discovered a limb on the sand in Nicaragua.

She said: "I recently did a film, and the director asked if everyone could write down the craziest thing that has happened to them in their lives. I had spent two months with this group of people, probably about 60 people, and everyone seems super normal.

"And then everyone had to write down the craziest thing that happened to them, and it was released on the last day, and you had to guess whose story matched up with who. It just reminded me that fascinating people are everywhere. Everywhere.

"Someone had been engaged to the princess of Zanzibar. Someone else had been in a plane crash where only 10 people survived. It just reminds you there are fascinating stories everywhere. Everyone has a story.

"I once found – and no one guessed that this was me – I found a human foot on the beach in Nicaragua."

Margot didn’t give any other details about what she had done after discovering the foot, but Bryan Cranston quipped she now uses the limb as a door stop.

During a joint interview with Margot, Octavia Spencer, Armie Hammer, Robert Pattinson, and Diane Kruger, the ‘Breaking Bad’ star joked to the Hollywood Reporter: "She uses it as a door stop."

Margot, who visited Nicaragua in 2014, added: "Just a little souvenir."

The 27-year-old actress recently recalled she once refused to help her mother Sarie get rid of a python at their home in Australia during her younger years, only to later see the serpent trying to strangle her mum.

She said: "This one time when I was in my bratty teen years, my mum came in and said, ‘Can you help me get this snake out of the house?’ And I was like, ‘Mum, I’m really busy on MSN, no!’

"She was like, ‘It’s a big one, though.’ I was like, ‘I’m so busy, mum, no!’

"She went away and after 10 minutes I was like, ‘Where’s mum?’ After a while … I went down and she’s on the driveway and there’s this python, it was huge, it had wrapped its way up her arm and it’s trying to strangle her around her neck."

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Robert Pattinson had a big ego when he first started acting

Robert Pattinson thinks his ego was "a lot bigger" when he first became an actor.

The 31-year-old star was catapulted to the A-list when he portrayed Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight Saga’, and he has admitted when he broke into the entertainment business he was very cocky and felt like a "big shot", but he has claimed he has since changed his ways.

Speaking to fellow actor Jamie Bell for Variety’s Actors on Actors series, the ‘Remember Me’ star said: "I think anyway, my ego was a lot bigger when I first started and whenever you start losing control of so many different aspects of your life and the job. Like when you first start acting you feel like a big shot when you are only doing a small something on BBC Three."

And Pattinson believes starring in a globally popular multi-film franchise such as ‘Twilight’ can be restricting because the character is established in the first movie.

He explained: " I think, sometimes, when you are doing sequels to something it doesn’t matter what you think, and in a scene you may think, ‘Oh I think the character would do this,’ you can’t do that because a – it’s already written in a book, so it doesn’t make any difference, and b – the tone has already been set up so the machine is already in motion. So it’s slightly frightening. You lose your sense of identity a little bit. It’s like when you get a new car you want to corner it really hard. I think when you do jobs afterwards, I like doing something that is one extreme to the other."

Although Pattinson finds sequels "slightly frightening", he thinks it is made him realize "how small" he actually is in the scheme of Hollywood and the film business.

He added: "I never tried to run away from any of it. If that massive franchise stuff had of come up at the time, it’s frightening as well, because when something becomes really big you feel you get an awareness of how small you actually are."

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Joel Edgerton buys Leonardo DiCaprio’s $25k painting

Joel Edgerton has splashed out $25,000 on a painting owned by Leonardo DiCaprio.

The ‘Great Gatsby’ star forked out the huge figure on the artwork at the Inaugural Fundraising Gala for The Fred Hollows Foundation in Los Angeles, and the Hollywood actor appeared to have a great night at the event, which raised $500,000.

He wrote on Twitter: "Last night a group of amazing people gathered in L.A and raised 500,000 dollars for @FredHollows…

"… I want to thank everyone who lent a hand and support in the amazing @FredHollows event. @audi you are amazing! (sic)"

Several other big-ticket items were auctioned off at the Gala, which took place at The Highlight Room by Casa Noble Tequila, including a dinner with Al Pacino, Robert Pattinson and Joel that sold for $22,000, according to The Blast.

Paris Hilton donated $5,000 without even winning anything on the auction, and two set visits to Martin Scorsese’s movie ‘The Irishman’ with star Robert DeNiro went for $20,000 and $18,000.

Joel co-hosted the event, which featured performances from Seal and Flea.

The Fred Hollows Foundation – founded by the eye surgeon of the same name – works with local doctors, health workers and nurses in 25 countries to help them develop the skills to treat eye issues.

The charity is aiming to put an end to avoidable blindness and give people in developing countries the same "quality eye care the rest of the world takes for granted".

Joel has seen the work the Foundation does first-hand.

He told the Hollywood Reporter: "I finally had some time. I took a trip to Nepal, and then I took trips to regional Australia and had a look at the work they were doing.

"I kind of got a little intoxicated by it because the work they’re doing is so immediate, it’s so present."

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Robert Pattinson only cycles in London

Robert Pattinson only cycles in London.

The 31-year-old actor splits his time between London and Los Angeles, but when he is in his hometown he loves nothing more than hopping on his bicycle and peddling around the city, which he cannot do in America.

The ‘Remember Me’ star told Time Out London magazine: "I split my time between here and LA, but London is still my favourite city. I don’t think I could stay in the same place for more than six months though. I don’t have any nesting instinct.

"I’m always walking around everywhere – although I walk like a maniac. I cycle everywhere in London, which I really miss when I’m in LA."

Robert has admitted having a career in the film industry has its pitfalls, as he is constantly worrying whether he will be unemployed.

He said: "I used to get so panicky in public areas, and I’m only just starting to get over it.

"That’s the other weird thing about acting: you’re constantly worried about being unemployed."

And ‘The Lost City of Z’ heartthrob has admitted he also felt "negative" about his career after filming ‘Twilight’, which saw him portray Edward Cullen in the fantasy franchise alongside ex-girlfriend Kristen Stewart, because fans queued up outside his home to see him.

Asked about his relationship with the saga, he said: "I feel like I’ve always had the same answer. It was fun and it’s not like I signed up on an eight-picture deal, I knew it was finite. I had to be 17, there were only four book s and there weren’t going to be any more. The only time it felt negative when people were waiting outside m house a few years ago."

But being the centre of attention was not the only downside for Robert as he has admitted he dislikes the moniker "R-Patz" he has been given, which he thinks is "unfair".

Speaking about the nickname: "That’s the one thing: Why some people end up with a moniker and some don’t. It’s really unfair that I ended up with a moniker".