British screen siren Mischa Barton is hoping to rekindle her Hollywood career with help from Jack Nicholson. The 24-year-old OC star is making a long overdue comeback in new film Homecoming, playing a girl obsessed by her former boyfriend. Mischa says “There is an axe-wielding scene and I couldn’t help but think of Jack Nicholson in The Shining, this role is certainly not as classic, but it was fun and almost empowering, even though I was scared to death of hurting the others, or myself, for that matter.”

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Mischa’s latest thriller Homecoming is out on DVD! “Though I’ve done my share of thrillers, I was attracted to the script and the character because I’d previously been on the receiving end of crazy rather than actually portraying it, so it was a lot of fun embracing [my character]’s warped perspective,” Mischa told TV.com.

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A film starring top Hollywood actors that dramatises the Bhopal gas disaster has been criticised by campaigners and participants in the tragedy for misrepresenting individuals and the facts. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is due for release this autumn with Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen in leading roles. Shot largely in India, it portrays the events around the world’s worst industrial accident, in which clouds of toxic gas escaped from a chemical plant run by a part-owned subsidiary of American company Union Carbide. More than 8,000 people, mainly living in slums around the plant, died immediately when the gas leaked shortly after midnight on December 03, 1984. At least 25,000 others are estimated to have died over subsequent years and many more continue to suffer today. Continue reading…

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Here are more informations on Mischa Barton’s cameo on Law & Order SVU Season 11: episode 13 airing Wednesday, March 03, 2010 on NBC. Barton will be playing the role of Gladys, a prostitute who survived a serial killer’s attack. The title of the episode is Savior and you can read the synopsis of the episode below (Warning: there are some minor SPOILERS)
Episode Synopsis: Law & Order SVU Season 11: episode 13 Savior – When a series of young prostitutes are found murdered with homemade prayer cards attached to their bodies, Detectives Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Eliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) struggle to find the common thread. However, just when they think that they’ve found the murderer, Captain Donald Cragen (Dann Florek) informs the detectives that another victim named Gladys (guest star Mischa Barton) has turned up with a prayer card. This time she survived. As the case unfolds, Benson finds herself getting emotionally invested in the survivor until she is forced to make a decision that she isn’t ready to face. Also starring: Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Richard Belzer (Detective John Munch), Tamara Tunie (Dr. Melinda Warner), and B.D. Wong (Dr. George Huang). Source: DaemonsTv.com