Gerard Butler

Machine Gun Preacher recounts the true story of Sam Childers, a former drug dealer who undergoes an astonishing transformation in Sudan, finding an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children.

Gerard Butler stars as Childers, and emits a tidal wave of emotion as his character sees the horrors in Africa with his own eyes and transforms himself wholly.

Our partners at Movie Fanatic sat down with him this week to discuss the film. Follow the links for their Gerard Butler interview and official Machine Gun Preacher review.

Here's the trailer for the film, opening Friday ...

Machine Gun Preacher Trailer

Are Brandi Glanville and Gerard Butler an item? That's the implication of new tabloid reports claiming the two took part in a public make out session.

On August 27, Life & Style reports, "They were at a private beach party - drinks were flowing, one thing led to another." We all know what that means.

"Next thing you know," a witness says, "They're dancing together to music, hands started getting frisky and it was a full-on make-out! Everyone saw it!"

Everyone saw it. We're convinced. So why is there no pic? "One girl tried to snap a photo of it on her phone, but Gerard politely asked for privacy."

Gerard, who has been filming the surfing movie Mavericks in Malibu, has been linked to Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Biel and Naomi Campbell in the past.

Brandi split with ex Eddie Cibrian, who cheated on her with LeAnn Rimes, in 2009, then joined The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2 cast.

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Unexpected, mismatched couple alert!

Witnesses spotted Gerard Butler and Ashley Greene getting both hot and heavy on June 7 at the Boom Boom Room in New York City.

"He had a hand on her shoulder and leaned in to her," a source told Us Weekly. "He really turned on the charm."

Greene was most recently linked to Joe Jonas, while Butler fought off Lindsay Lohan over the weekend.

But he went the other way with this Twilight beauty. He reportedly sang along with Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" and then, insiders swear, the Scottish actor put a hand on her butt. Oh, yes. This sounds serious.

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Put Lindsay Lohan and Gerard Butler in the same 100-mile radius and a sexually-charged encounter of some kind is pretty much an inevitability.

They were famously spotted kissing at a lavish party in Morocco last year. Now Lindsay Lohan has found her way back into Gerard Butler's arms.

The Scottish actor and the troubled train wreck met up at a mutual friend's pool party in Beverly Hills over the weekend. Mauling soon ensued.

Linds arrived separately from The Ugly Truth star but she seemed pleased to be reacquainted, giving Gerry a warm embrace on the balcony.

A NICE PAIR: Gerry likes what he sees.

Butler is known one of Hollywood's most notorious womanizers, having been linked to Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz and Jessica Simpson.

Most recently Butler was said to be wooing London-based Kazakhstani billionaire Goga Ashkenazi ... and/or French reporter Laurie Cholewa.

Not that it'll stop him ... or Lindsay, who reportedly said "He's hot, he's mine! I've got no ring on my finger so I'm going to have lots of fun."

Alcohol-free fun, right?

Lohan, who is still wearing her alcohol monitoring bracelet on her ankle, has been largely single following her romance with Samantha Ronson.

She's indicated that Sam was her first and final foray into girl-on-girl action, but was also rumored to be dating Indrani recently, so who knows!

French TV journalist Laurie Cholewa, who interviewed Gerard Butler as he was promoting The Bounty Hunter in Paris, is really dating the hunky actor now.

Somewhere, a lonely Jennifer Aniston is sobbing once again.

Although Butler has been frequently linked romantically to Aniston, he met Cholewa in Paris recently, then returned back solo to spend more time with her.

Gerard Butler and Laurie Cholewa were spotted admiring the art at the Louvre museum and dining together at two upscale eateries, reports an eyewitness.

"They had some light salads and a bit of wine," a waiter who served them said. "There was definitely a warmth and intimacy between them which suggested that they were getting on very well. They're a very cute couple!"

Has Laurie Cholewa snagged Gerard Butler?

A source at Cholewa's TV station Direct 8 says they "had a great time together and are keeping in touch via phone and email. There's a real connection there. She thinks the relationship might be going somewhere, but we'll have to wait and see."

Yes we will ... unless he knocks up someone else we know.

When contacted by Us Weekly, Cholewa laughed about her famous new boyfriend. "He's a great guy, but you'll have to ask him about this," she demured.

Does she want a serious relationship with Butler, 40? "He's a bit far away!" Cholewa said.

The Cholewa source says she is "smart and not at all star struck," but thinks Butler is great and see looks like she wants to "talk about him all the time."

"She's ambitious...she never stops working, so hasn't had a great deal of time for romance recently. She's extremely sexy though - Gerard is very lucky."

Five cities. Five countries. Three weeks. One baby.

That's how long and how far Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler have traveled together promoting The Bounty Hunter, and what the actress expects to get out of it.

According to the unintentionally comedic OK! Magazine, it was during Jen and Gerard’s stop in Madrid, Spain, that fans started buzzing about more than the film.

The gleam in Jen’s eye ... her easy, confident glow ... her left hand resting on her not-so-flat tummy ... unmistakable signs that she is with child! Or just relaxed.

“Jen very much wants to have a baby girl," a source says. "She had a heart-to-heart with friends and relatives and this is the year she’s going to be a mom.”

If that wasn't proof enough, this cover will do it ...

So who’s on deck to play dad? Gerard Butler! Jen not only "adores Gerry" but thinks "he’d make a perfect father." This story is hilarious for several reasons:

• The carefully chosen language that never actually says Jennifer Aniston is pregnant (or even dating Gerard Butler). Oh, tabloid editors. Wordsmiths.
• The use of the word "confirmed," in all caps no less. Thank you, OK. What is confirmed? That the report exists? It sure does ... and applies to nothing! 
• The fact that Jennifer Aniston "baby news" has been done about 20 times, is obviously untrue, and lacks any credibility, yet they report it again!

Congratulations, Jen, on your baby with a guy who you merely starred in a movie with and flirt with sometimes, and who's really dating Laurie Cholewa.

Looks like Jennifer Aniston doesn't have Gerard Butler all to herself.

While he was seen grabbing that booty in Paris recently, setting off rumors once again that he and Jennifer are a couple (or at least friends with benefits), new reports say he struck up a relationship with Laurie Cholewa that same weekend.

Butler met Cholewa, a local TV interviewer, the prior weekend, then returned to Paris midweek for a date with Laurie Cholewa that stretched from day into night.

Sounds serious! Or at least like they were having a nice time.

Has Gerard Butler got his eye on Laurie Cholewa?

The two were seen strolling hand in hand through the French capital, visiting landmarks like the Louvre museum, where they ate lunch at the Café Marly.

They had dinner on the Left Bank that same evening.

A source reports that despite all of the Jennifer Aniston rumors, Butler "completely cracked" for Cholewa during their interview about The Bounty Hunter.

Cholewa, a film reporter, hosts a show on local cable channel, Direct 8. Poor Jen. First the worst Hollywood split ever and now she still can't get a break.

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler make a hot couple. But are they even a couple? Or just a rumored couple? Or just a couple of friends ... who get horizontal!?

It's obvious that their film, The Bounty Hunter, benefits greatly from speculation about the pair's romantic involvement (and can use every bit of it, reviews say).

But is it all for show, or is there something there? Rumors flew once again after Butler was caught playing grab-ass with Jen while greeting fans in Paris, France.

In a Friday interview, Butler joked about his booty bust.

"I'm a bit of a bad boy," the notorious playboy actor admitted, before demurring, "by the way, I'm still not sure my hand was really on her butt. I think that's just the way the camera was angled ... I actually haven't seen [the photo]."

FRIENDS AND (MAYBE) THEN SOME: Where's the other hand, G?

"If I was going out with Jennifer, I'd be more than happy to say I'm going out with Jennifer, but it's just not true," he added after being pressed further on it.

Yet a Butler pal counters that the flirty costars have been "hooking up for a while," even if they're not an official couple. So it's that sort of arrangement. HOT!

An Aniston pal confirms that they slept together in Mexico at her February birthday blowout: "She would like it to be more, [but] they're friends with benefits."

Damn, Jen. You can't give away the cow when ... forget it. A rep for Aniston, meanwhile, says the "friends with benefits" label is "both crude and incorrect."

So basically ... no one knows. Probably just how they like it.

Long live the Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler tease!

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler sure have great chemistry. Or know how to make it look like they do so that you'll go see their movie in theaters.

At the most recent press event in Madrid, Spain, for The Bounty Hunter, Jen chose a sexy short black dress with leather, lace and beading to wear.

It was a wise decision, we feel confident saying.

By the look on Gerard Butler’s face, we can tell that he approves ... then again, besides Brad Pitt, what sane man would possibly raise objections?!

They are so the hottest rumored couple ever ...

Jen and Gerry heat up Spain ... and romance rumors.

While it sure beats the salmon-colored hideousness she rocked the other day, you have to wonder who wears a dress that resembles lingerie on the red carpet.

Well, we suppose a lot of celebrities would. But we expect a little bit more from Jen. Maybe she's just so smitten with Gerard Butler that she couldn't resist ...

Jennifer Aniston looked absolutely ravishing at the Paris premiere of The Bounty Hunter ...save for the heinous salmon-colored Christian Lacroix dress she wore to the Paris premiere of The Bounty Hunter. Man, Jen, what are you thinking?!

Fortunately, most peeps, THG interns included, were busy picking apart body language from Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler to see if they were holding hands or whatnot, but that dress ... its fishy awfulness almost cannot be understated.

The bold color choice gets our respect ... in theory. In practice, it just doesn't work, right? You tell us. Vote in THG's fashion survey below and see if you agree ...

What do you think of the salmon-colored dress?