The Great Gatsby

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Tobey Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio, 25-Year BFFs, Reunite

Originally posted 05/03/2013 11:30AM

Two longtime, famous-name pals are back together.

After a two-year professional break to spend more time with his family, Tobey Maguire returns to the big screen by teaming up with his longtime pal Leonardo DiCaprio for director Baz Luhrmann's new 3D adaptation of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 classic, The Great Gatsby, opening May 10.

"We are like any other buddies. There's a lot of laughing and chatting between us," Maguire told PEOPLE at the film's New York City premiere on Wednesday. "We enjoy doing a lot of things we have in common, like basketball. We like to play and talk about basketball."

Best friends for nearly 25 years, Maguire, 37, and DiCaprio, 38, first met in 1990 during the casting for Parenthood, a one-season TV spin-off series based on director Ron Howard's movie starring Steve Martin (before it was revived for TV – successfully – in 2010). At the time, DiCaprio landed the lead teen role, while Maguire was handed only a couple of lines.

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Filed Under: Parenthood, The Great Gatsby, Movie News, Baz Luhrmann, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire

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Cannes Film Festival Opens May 15: See What's Premiering Now

Originally posted 04/19/2013 12:45PM

Hollywood aime Cannes.

With the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival kicking off May 15 (and running through May 26) – and with The Great Gatsby opening the festival – stars will flock to the French Riviera to promote their latest films.

But before the festival starts, create your own must-see list after checking out what will be premiering by watching these clips.

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Filed Under: Cannes, Cannes International Film Festival, The Great Gatsby, Carey Mulligan, Emma Watson, Forest Whitaker, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Orlando Bloom

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Leonardo DiCaprio & Carey Mulligan's Great Gatsby to Open Cannes

Originally posted 03/12/2013 07:45AM

Great Scott, the Cannes Film Festival has its opening film – and accompanying stars!

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan are expected to attend the French festival's opening night, as their film The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrmann's extravagant take on the classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel – will kick off the festivities May 15.

DiCaprio, 38, who has not made an official Cannes appearance since 2007, and Mulligan, 27, are expected to be joined by other cast members, including Isla Fisher, Joel Edgerton and Tobey Maguire, who plays the Jazz Age novel's narrator, Nick Carraway.

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Filed Under: Cannes International Film Festival, The Great Gatsby, Movie News, Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio

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The Great Gatsby Trailer: Watch It Here

Originally posted 05/23/2012 08:50AM

Fans can now get a sneak peek of Baz Luhrman's screen adaptation of The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire, as narrator Nick Carraway.

Based on the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, the film is due to open Dec. 25 and centers on the mysterious, wealthy (and romantic) Jay Gatsby, played by DiCaprio. Mulligan is the object of his undying affection, Daisy Buchanan.

Though set in New York's Jazz Age 1922, the film, in typical Luhrman fashion, features modern music from Kanye West and Jay-Z, as well as Jack White, according to the 2½-minute clip, which also features lavish parties, costumes and fireworks. Twenty-three, skidoo!
– Liz Raftery

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Filed Under: The Great Gatsby, Movie News, Baz Luhrmann, Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire

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Is Leonardo DiCaprio Dating an Australian Model? Or Two?

Originally posted 10/11/2011 01:00PM

Leonardo DiCaprio's recent split with Blake Lively may have left him seeing double Down Under, where he's been linked to not one, but two models, according to local reports.

While in Sydney filming The Great Gatsby for director Baz Luhrmann, DiCaprio, 36, has been a frequent guest at the Beach Haus nightclub, where he's been loving "meeting the Aussie girls," a club insider tells Australia's WHO magazine.