Fassbender, 34, plays an Irishman living in New York City who's life is ruined by his inability to emotionally connect with others due to his compulsive behavior. Now Irish therapists say that many Irish movie-goers connect with Fassbender’s character and his struggles.
Declan Fitzpatrick, who runs the Dublin-based Addictive Behaviors Centre Ireland, told the Examiner that the movie had actually doubled the number of enquiries he has received about the problem. Many thousands more are suffering in silence he added, because they are either unaware they have a problem or they may not be aware that help is available.
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Michael Fassbender is officially a Hollywood leading man
Uma Thurman, Kristen Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci star as the women Pattinson's character Georges Deroy seduces on his way to the top.
The film, which is based on the classic French novel of the same name by author Guy de Maupassant, is set to premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 17.
Food critic Steve Cuzzo wrote a damning review for the New York Post newspaper, entitled 'You'll gag on the food at Gagas.'
The 39-year-old actress said: "My parents were married for 30-something years, and my dad said [it was] because they never wanted to get divorced at the same time.
"I think you do fall in and out of love and you just keep going, and every time you go through a really difficult phase, you rediscover something new and it just gets better. We've been married for more than eight years now, and we're still into it."
The 19-year-old singer and actress said: "I was a very manipulative person when it came to my eating disorder. You name it, I did it.
"I would lie about already eating. I would lie about having to go to the bathroom. I would go to any lengths to make sure I was sick."
Unseen footage of Robert Pattinson in the “Twilight: Breaking Dawn- Part 2” movie has been released.
Twihards who are eagerly awaiting the final installment of the Twilight film franchise later this year, can now see a distraught Edward (Robert Pattinson) at Bella’s (Kristen Stewart) bedside during the birth scene.
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‘Twilight’ superstar Kristen Stewart was recently filmed giving the paparazzi in Paris the cold shoulder. While posing with fans - adorable! - Stewart also took the opportunity to give the annoying paps a piece of her mind.
After exiting a car while manned closely by a body-guard, Stewart, mildly awkward as usual, snapped a few photos with her adoring fans outside of Hotel le Meurice in Paris.

A group called OneMillionMoms.com has called for Ellen DeGeneres to be axed from her new JC Penney spokesperson role, only weeks after she was appointed.
The group, which is a project of the American Family Association, told it’s readers to petition against the talk show host being named the new spokeswoman for the department store, as she is openly gay.
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