James McAvoy kicked off previews for his latest West End run on Friday in a new production of The Ruling Class. He plays Jack, “the 14th Earl of Gurney… a possible paranoid schizophrenic with a Messiah complex, (who) inherits the title of the 14th Earl of Gurney after his father passes away in a bizarre accident. Full Story

And he can! He can! James McAvoy was on Jonathan Ross this weekend. So was Barry Manilow. And it turns out McAvoy is a Fanilow. He told Ross that he used to dress up in his sisters “wee white trousers” as a kid to sing “the love story of Tony and Lola”. McAvoy is all about Copacabana. Full Story

Best day ever. Brange is married. Drama at the Beygency. And James McAvoy photos! We just need Hot Prince Harry to pull his pants down now. So here’s James McAvoy in New York yesterday promoting The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby. I feel like he’s never looked/been sexier. Or, you know, you could just listen to him talking to Letterman about his bachelor party. Full Story

There were a lot of studs on Good Morning America today. From the X-Men franchise: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, and can we call Ellen Page a stud for being a straight-up badass? As you can see, Hugh and James have great chemistry. At one point James was massaging Hugh’s head. And maybe seeing what he’d look like if he had his eyes lifted. Full Story

Have you seen this yet? All credit to Hugh Jackman who just…he just…he makes everyone better. Like if you’re on a press tour with Hugh Jackman, or doing a three-way interview with him, you’re compelled to be as charming and as charismatic as he is. Because otherwise, you just end up looking like a sulky f-ck. Full Story

There’s a behind-the-scenes video of a photo shoot featuring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender for DETAILS making its way around today. Obviously for the upcoming X-Men: Days Of Future Past release. Both are squinting real hard through their shots. The furrowed brow. The stern expressions. Full Story

Jennifer Lawrence spent part of Easter Sunday with friends in Soho yesterday. X-Men: Days Of Future Past comes out in a month. And since she’s among the most famous/celebrated/popular members of the cast, they’ll want to see a lot of her in the press. If you check the movie on IMDB Full Story

Wasn’t super excited about X-Men: Days Of Future Past until this morning. Because look at these great shots of Hugh Jackman and James McAvoy promoting the film in London today. They’re both in leather jackets. Great. They’re both hot, obviously. Great. But they’re also our favourites – two of the nicest, kindest actors in the business, always gracious, always generous, always fun. Full Story

An emotional James McAvoy accepted Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards in London last night for his performance in Filth. "It's like Scotland's won the World Cup”, he said. Filth recently secured North American distribution but still won’t be released until Spring 2014. Full Story

I’m a sucker for goose fleshy music in a movie trailer if it’s done well. Which is an obvious thing to say. But the goose fleshy music attempt is so often attempted, with sh-tty results, that it feels more and more like it doesn’t happen enough. It happens here because we have two master narrators at work who can match the music with their voices. Full Story

I was juuuuust talking about him in the previous Johnny Depp post. And look! New photos! And no eye-roll. What's there to eye-roll about James McAvoy? Nothing. Thank you to all of you who emailed yesterday to tell me that Anne-Marie Duff is probably rehearsing Macbeth in New York and that's why she wasn't with him at the Filth premiere last night. Full Story

Over in Scotland, they’re all over James McAvoy’s new film Filth. It opened at #1 over there, one of the biggest British film premieres of all time, and even bigger than X-Men: First Class. Aaaaand they still don’t know what to do with it here in North America. Are our moviegoers less sophisticated or are we less dirty? I WANT DIRTY. Full Story

I like how he’s standing right beside that review. Check out James McAvoy in Edinburgh yesterday at the premiere of his new movie Filth, opening in Scotland this weekend and all over the UK on October 4. Still no confirmation on North American release date. They don’t think there’ll be a market for it. Full Story

James McAvoy will be at TIFF with Jessica Chastain for a preview of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her/Him. The last time he was at TIFF we had a cigarette out the window. I think he’s quit now. Or maybe he’s switched to e-cigs like me. So we no longer have to hang out of windows. Full Story