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Weekend Guide: Theater
Previews
?PRESENT LAUGHTER?: Victor Garber plays a British matinee idol in this revival of Noel Coward?s 1942 comedy. American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St.; 212-719-1300. Opens Thursday.
?TIME STANDS STILL?: Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone star
on 2010-01-15 04:49:17
Laura Linney to star in a TV comedy about cancer
(AP)
AP - Showtime says it will be looking for laughs from cancer, of all things, in a new series starring Laura Linney.
on 2010-01-09 04:45:16
Laura Linney to star in a TV comedy about cancer
(AP)
AP - Showtime says it will be looking for laughs from cancer, of all things, in a new series starring Laura Linney.
on 2010-01-09 04:45:08
Weekend Guide: Theater
Previews
?PRESENT LAUGHTER?: Victor Garber plays a British matinee idol in this revival of Noel Coward?s 1942 comedy. American Airlines Theatre, 227 W. 42nd St.; 212-719-1300. Opens Jan. 21.
?TIME STANDS STILL?: Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone head t
on 2010-01-08 04:48:23
Showtime greenlights Laura Linney cancer drama
(Reuters)
Reuters - Showtime has ordered 13 episodes of the Laura Linney cancer drama "The Big C," which will debut in the fall.
on 2010-01-08 04:45:16
Oliver Platt joining Showtime's "C Word"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oliver Platt is set to co-star opposite Laura Linney in Showtime's dark comedy pilot "The C Word."
on 2009-10-29 04:45:28
Condon to direct 'C Word' pilot
Web Exclusive: Showtime series stars Laura Linney -- Bill Condon has been tapped to helm the pilot for the Showtime series "The C Word," starring Laura Linney.
on 2009-09-23 04:47:34
Review: 'The Other Man'
The cast is good -- Liam Neeson and Laura Linney -- and there's passable tension in the twists and turns of infidelity, but it all makes better sense in retrospect.
on 2009-09-11 04:50:48
'The Other Man'
The cast is good -- Liam Neeson and Laura Linney -- and there's passable tension in the twists and turns of infidelity, but it all makes better sense in retrospect.
on 2009-09-11 04:47:03
Big 'C' is cancer - and comedy - in new Showtime series
Laura Linney is set to star in a new Showtime series entitled "The C Word," about a woman with cancer.
on 2009-08-29 04:46:44
Linney set for offbeat comedy pilot about cancer
(AP)
AP - Laura Linney is taking on an offbeat role in a Showtime comedy pilot — a woman who is diagnosed with cancer.
on 2009-08-29 04:45:17
Laura Linney to star in cancer comedy on TV
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar nominee Laura Linney will star as a cancer-stricken woman in a new television series on cable network Showtime, playing a suburban mom whose life changes when she learns she has "The C Word," the network said on Thursday.
on 2009-08-28 04:45:20
Linney set for offbeat comedy pilot about cancer
(AP)
AP - Laura Linney is taking on an offbeat role in a Showtime comedy pilot — a woman who is diagnosed with cancer.
on 2009-08-28 04:45:21
Alicia Silverstone, Laura Linney set for Broadway
(AP)
AP - Alicia Silverstone will join Laura Linney on Broadway this season.
on 2009-07-22 04:45:20
McAvoy, Banks, Linney join 'Details'
Film News: Estes' black comedy to shoot this summer -- James McAvoy, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney and Anna Friel are set to star in ?The Details,? a black comedy scripted and directed by Jacob Estes.
on 2009-05-07 04:47:23
Giamatti's Pretzel Battle Upset Co-Star Linney
Paul Giamatti upset his John Adams co-star Laura Linney at the 2008 Emmy Awards last September - by missing her Best Actress acceptance speech.The Sideways star admits he was at the concessions stand trying to get a pretzel when Linney was called onstage.
on 2009-03-31 04:50:16
Video: Natasha Richardson's Friends & Family Pay Last Respects
The family of Natasha Richardson graciously posed for photographers on Sunday as they arrived at St. Peter's Lithgow Episcopal Church in Millbrook, New York to say their last goodbyes to the beloved actress.
Ralph Fiennes, Laura Linney and Holly Hunter a
on 2009-03-23 04:47:03
Debra Messing Talks about Executive Producing
Executive producer and actress of "The Starter Wife," Debra Messing, tells ET at the annual Producer's Guild of America Awards in Hollywood that being a producer basically means you "don't sleep."
Golden Globe winner Laura Linney also
on 2009-01-26 04:47:11
HBO eyes Laura Linney for Katharine Graham biopic
(Reuters)
Reuters - HBO Films is developing a biopic about Katharine Graham, the venerable publisher of the Washington Post who oversaw the paper's Watergate coverage leading to the resignation of President Nixon.
on 2008-11-15 04:45:04
Hot Seats: Theater and comedy picks for this weekend
This weekend, check out screen stars Laura Linney and Nathan Lane on the Broadway stage. If you're craving a good laugh after all that drama, make your way over to Caroline's on Broadway for comedian Paul Mooney.
on 2008-07-04 04:51:12
Laura Linney's French tryst in 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'
Laura Linney has been spending a lot of time confined by corsets. But she'll get to unleash, at least emotionally, in the new Broadway production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," which opens Thursday.
on 2008-05-01 04:46:47
PREVIEWS
"BOEING-BOEING": Christine Baranski stars in the revival of this 1962 farce. Longacre Theatre, 220 W. 48th St.; (212) 239-6200. Opens May 4."LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES": Laura Linney and Ben Daniels star as longtime friends, occasional lovers and...
on 2008-04-25 04:48:21
The Savages
DVD Reviews: Writer/Director Tamara Jenkins dense and poignant tale of sibling tolerability may have found a critical boost this past Winter, but 'The Savages' still remained relatively unseen. Perhaps it was the cold subject matter (a brother and sister
on 2008-04-23 00:49:15
Linney set for 'Liasons Dangereuses'
Film News: Mirren to play Tolstoy's wife in 'Last Station' -- Let's take Laura Linney -- again. Right now very hot, reputation-wise, from an Oscar nomination for a movie almost nobody bothered to see -- "The Savages." And also very current and important a
on 2008-03-13 00:46:56
A STAR IS BORN
The 80th Academy Awards will be remembered for precisely two moments.First, when a touched Gary Busey barged into Ryan Seacrest's interview with Laura Linney and Jennifer Garner, mauling the latter with such inappropriate ferocity that she was able...
on 2008-02-26 08:45:57
Gary Busey Rambles, Deems Ryan Seacrest an "Innocent Champion of Honesty"
On his KIIS-FM morning show, Ryan Seacrest gave Gary Busey a chance to defend the bizarro red carpet assault that left our E! News host, Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney speechless last night.
And...
on 2008-02-25 16:45:55
Jen Garner Suffers Gary Abusey
Filed under: Wacky and WeirdTMZ.com: Gary Busey hijacked Ryan Seacrest's interview with Jennifer Garner and Laura Linney -- and planted a creepy kiss on a visibly shocked Garner's neck!It's classic, watch 'em squirm. Garner couldn't bring herself to say
on 2008-02-25 08:46:35
Jennifer Garner Smiles Despite Red Carpet Awkwardness
After an awkward red carpet moment involving Ryan Seacrest, Gary Busey and Laura Linney (how's that for a random foursome?), Jennifer Garner bounced back and smiled for all the cameras on the red carpet at the Oscars. Methinks she'll be washing her neck
on 2008-02-25 00:49:34
Laura Linney Takes Oscar Nomination in Stride
She talks to OK! Laura Linney hasn’t let her best-actress Oscar nomination for The Savages go to her head. She’s been nominated twice before â€" for...
on 2008-02-24 08:46:42
Oscars Best Actress: Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Age: 43
on 2008-02-19 08:46:30
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Cannes as motherland
Cate Blanchett and co-star Koji Yakusho arrive for the screening of Babel ,
which has been tipped for the top prize.
May 25, 2006
Parenthood added piquancy to two Australians' roles.
Deborra-Lee Furness put acting on hold for five years to take care of her
children. So she finds it a blessing that the film marking her return has
brought her to the world's biggest film festival.
Furness stars alongside Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne in Jindabyne, which
had its world premiere overnight as part of the festival's highly regarded
Directors Fortnight program.
"I feel pretty damn blessed," Furness said after seeing the film for the
first time. "This is the first film I have done since my son was born and
how nice that it ends up in Cannes. I couldn't be more thrilled."
Her husband, Hugh Jackman, is by her side, and on Tuesday night they
attended the world premiere of his new action flick, X-Men: The Last Stand
(see review above).
Leah Purcell and John Howard also star in Jindabyne, which was shot in the
Snowy Mountains and is an adaptation of Raymond Carver's novel So Much Water
So Close To Home, which tells the story of a small community confronted by a
murder.
It is the first time Furness has been cast as a grandmother, something she
found confronting. "The truth is, it was frightening," she said. "It is set
in the country - they marry young. You can have 40-year-old grandmothers
there."
Also taking to the Cannes red carpet was Cate Blanchett, whose film Babel,
which is in competition, swept the audience off its feet. It has become
favourite in many eyes to win the top prize in the competition, the Palme
D'Or, and possibly Oscars next year.
Babel features an ensemble cast on three continents, weaving stories about
two Moroccan boys who accidentally shoot an American tourist, a nanny
illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children, and a Japanese
teen rebel whose father is sought by police in Tokyo.
The director, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ( 21 Grams, Amores Perros),
stitches together these seemingly disparate story-lines into an emotional
drama that features Blanchett and Brad Pitt as Americans suddenly thrust
into a life-threatening crisis in a remote Moroccan village when she is
wounded after a bullet strikes their tour bus. The film also stars Gael
Garcia Bernal and Koji Yakusho.
" Babel was a title I found a couple of months before I started shooting,"
Inarritu said, "and the Old Testament [account] about men building this
tower and trying to arrive to the sky and be God. God gets angry and he
creates these different languages." But rather than languages that separate
us, the director said he was concerned with the "preconceptions" that we
have of one another that keep us apart.
For Blanchett it was not the most immediately appealing role - she spends
most of the time dying in a pool of blood. During filming the crew put meat
juice on her fake wound to attract flies.
But she hailed the film as a "masterpiece". She thought it explored the
connections between parents and children.
"It felt very personal to me," said the mother of two young boys, referring
especially to the scenes with the nanny attempting to return to San Diego
from her son's wedding in Mexico. She becomes lost on foot in the desert
with two small American children in her care.
Watching that drama unfold on screen, Blanchett said, was gut-wrenching. "I
mean, it's like pulling roots of my system out and displaying them on the
ground in front of me."
Blanchett also confirmed that she will appear as Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes's
unconventional biopic, I'm Not There, which begins shooting in July.
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Not that they are major awards, at least in the eyes of the mainstream,
but they sure came up fast this year, didn't they?
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"Rick in Oz" wrote:
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> By WENN|Monday, December 19, 2005
> Satellite Awards in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, picking up four accolades.
> motion picture--drama, best editing and best song for A Love That Will Never
> Grow Old,at the 10th annual awards, which are organized by the International
> Press Academy.
> for Capote, while Felicity Huffman garnered best actress--motion picture
> drama for Transamerica.
> two awards--best actress for Reese Witherspoon for her portrayal of June
> Carter Cash, and best motion picture, while Terrence Howard was named best
> actor--musical or comedy for Hustle & Flow.
> Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener), Rosario Dawson(Rent) and Val Kilmer
> (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang).
> original screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, Robin Swicord for best
> adapted screenplay for Memoirs of a Geisha and best motion picture, animated
> or mixed media for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
> Wardrobe.
> categories, picking up three awards each.
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'Brokeback Mountain' Tops Satellite Awards
By WENN|Monday, December 19, 2005
HOLLYWOOD - Gay cowboy drama Brokeback Mountain was the big winner at the
Satellite Awards in Los Angeles on Dec. 17, picking up four accolades.
Ang Lee picked up best director for the film, which was also named best
motion picture--drama, best editing and best song for A Love That Will Never
Grow Old,at the 10th annual awards, which are organized by the International
Press Academy.
Meanwhile, Philip Seymour Hoffman was named best actor--motion picture drama
for Capote, while Felicity Huffman garnered best actress--motion picture
drama for Transamerica.
In the motion picture--musical or comedy category, Walk The Line picked up
two awards--best actress for Reese Witherspoon for her portrayal of June
Carter Cash, and best motion picture, while Terrence Howard was named best
actor--musical or comedy for Hustle & Flow.
Supporting actor awards went to Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale),
Danny Huston (The Constant Gardener), Rosario Dawson(Rent) and Val Kilmer
(Kiss Kiss Bang Bang).
Other winners on the night include George Clooney and Grant Heslov for best
original screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck, Robin Swicord for best
adapted screenplay for Memoirs of a Geisha and best motion picture, animated
or mixed media for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe.
Mini-series Elvis and medical drama House were big winners in the TV
categories, picking up three awards each.
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"Brokeback" tops indie-dominated Golden Globes
Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:39 AM ET
By Bob Tourtellotte
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - Gay cowboy romance "Brokeback
Mountain," topped the Golden Globe nominations on Tuesday with nominations
in seven categories, including best film drama, in a year dominated by
independent and low-budget movies.
For the first time, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association,
which give out the Globes, shunned major Hollywood studio movies in its most
widely watched category, best film drama, including Steven Spielberg's
"Munich" and Peter Jackson's "King Kong."
Joining "Brokeback" on the list for best film drama were "Good Night, and
Good Luck," a stylish black-and-white movie directed by George Clooney,
Woody Allen's story about British class warfare "Match Point," and two
low-budget thrillers, "A History of Violence" and "The Constant Gardener."
"Brokeback" also won nominations for best director, Ang Lee, best actor in a
dramatic movie, Heath Ledger, best supporting actress, Michelle Williams,
best screenplay, score and original song.
The movie, which has won several critics' awards and is now a front-runner
for the Academy Awards, was followed by "Good Night," "Match Point," and the
film adaptation of the Broadway musical "The Producers," all with four
nominations each.
"The Producers" made the list of nominees for best film musical or comedy
with Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line," "Mrs. Henderson Presents," about a
nude revue in a London theater in World War II, "Pride & Prejudice," based
on the Jane Austen novel, and independent hit "The Squid and The Whale."
Of the movies, only "Producers" and "Walk the Line" could truly be called
big-budget, Hollywood films. Spielberg and Jackson scored nominations for
best director with "Munich" and "King Kong," respectively, but each film
landed in only two groups. Another major movie notable for its lack of
nominations was "Memoirs of a Geisha," also in only two categories.
DISCERNING VOTERS
Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk called the absence
of major studio films "a testament to the award process" and said it showed
the association's roughly 90 members could be very discerning in their movie
choices.
The Golden Globes, which will be given out on January 16, are widely watched
as a barometer for early Oscar contenders. Many of the nominees will go on
to be nominated for Oscars, which are the U.S. film industry's top awards
given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Along with Ledger, best actor for a film drama nominees included Philip
Seymour Hoffman for his role as author Truman Capote in "Capote," Russell
Crowe playing a boxer in "Cinderella Man," David Strathairn as newsman
Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck" and Terrence Howard as a
pimp in "Hustle & Flow."
Best actress nominees for a movie drama were Felicity Huffman portraying a
transgendered character in "Transamerica," Gwyneth Paltrow for "Proof,"
Charlize Theron for "North Country," Ziyi Zhang in "Memoirs of a Geisha" and
Maria Bello in "A History of Violence."
Six actors landed nominations for best actor in a movie musical or comedy,
including Joaquin Phoenix for "Walk the Line," Cillian Murphy in "Breakfast
on Pluto," Nathan Lane in "The Producers," Johnny Depp for "Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory," Pierce Brosnan in "The Matador" and Jeff Daniels for
"The Squid and The Whale."
Musical or comedy actress nominees were Judi Dench for "Mrs. Henderson
Presents," Reese Witherspoon in "Walk the Line," Sarah Jessica Parker in
"The Family Stone," Laura Linney for "The Squid and The Whale, and Keira
Knightley in "Pride & Prejudice."
Foreign language film nominees included two Chinese entries, "Kung Fu
Hustle" and "Master of Crimson Armor," France's "Merry Christmas," South
African movie "Tsotsi" and the Palestinian film "Paradise Now."
Finally, unlike the Oscars, Golden Globe awards are also given in television
categories. Best TV drama nominees were "Commander in Chief," "Grey's
Anatomy," "Lost," "Prison Break" and "Rome." Best musical or comedy nominees
were "Curb Your Enthusiasm," "Desperate Housewives," "Entourage," "Everybody
Hates Chris," "My Name is Earl" and "Weeds."
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By Dean Goodman
2 hours, 41 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," a courtroom drama
loosely based on true events, scared the demons away from the
historically lackluster late summer box office by registering the
third-biggest opening for a September, according to studio estimates
issued on Sunday.
The film sold about $30.2 million worth of tickets in the three days
beginning Friday, earning more than the next five movies combined. It
cost less than $20 million to produce, said its distributor, Sony
Pictures.
"Exorcism" revolves around the trial of a priest, played by Tom
Wilkinson, who presided over the fatal exorcism of a teen-ager, played
by Jennifer Carpenter. Laura Linney plays the priest's attorney.
Sony would have been happy with an opening of $15 million, said Rory
Bruer, president of domestic theatrical distribution at the Sony Corp
(NYSE:SNE - news).-owned studio. It was released through Sony's Screen
Gems banner, which handles genre movies.
The record for a September opening was set in 2002 when "Sweet Home
Alabama" earned $35.7 million, passing the old mark of $33 million set
by "Rush Hour" in 1998, according to box office tracking firm Exhibitor
Relations.
Movies released at this time of the year are usually dead on arrival,
old leftovers dumped in theaters so that the studios can then focus on
their big year-end offerings. The weekend after the Labor Day holiday
is usually one of the slowest of the year. But the $73.7 million in
combined sales for the top-12 films this time were 16 percent higher
than during the year-ago period, said Exhibitor Relations.
Far off in the distance, former champ "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" rose one
place to No. 2 with $7.9 million in its fourth weekend. The total for
the comedy stands at $82.3 million.
Last weekend's leader, the action-thriller "Transporter 2," starring
Jason Statham, fell to No. 3 with $7.2 million. Its 10-day total rose
to $30.1 million.
African thriller "The Constant Gardener," starring Ralph Fiennes,
slipped one place to No. 4 with $4.9 million, taking its 10-day total
to $19.1 million.
The box office contained one other new release, "The Man," a buddy
comedy teaming Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy. It opened at No. 7
with $4 million, lower than the $6 million-to-$7 million range that
pundits had forecast last week.
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" was released by Universal Pictures and "The
Constant Gardener" by Focus Features, both units of NBC Universal,
which is controlled by General Electric Co.
"Transporter 2" was released by Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News
Corp. "The Man" was released by New Line Cinema, a unit of Time Warner
Inc.
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Laura Linney's an Oscar steal
By LOUIS B. HOBSON -- Calgary Sun
NEW YORK -- Producers have learned they can count on Laura Linney to give
them more for less.
"A lot of people complain that there are no roles out there. That's not
exactly true. There are a parts out there. It's just that you don't get paid
for them.
"I guess I get the offers because producers and directors know I'll work for
little money if the part is good," says Linney, who stars in the horror
thriller The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
In 1999, Linney had been working in film for seven years when she received
an offer from Kenneth Lonergan to star opposite Mark Ruffalo in You Can
Count on Me, which would mark the writer's debut as a film director.
He could offer Linney just $10,000 US, but Lonergan was a playwright whose
work she admired.
The role earned Linney, 41, her first Oscar nomination.
She received her second nomination this year in the supporting actress
category for Kinsey in which she played Liam Neeson's wife.
"Kinsey took four years to be green lit. I've done several small films that
suffered the same delays.
"Studios are reluctant. Funding falls apart. They're great s with
great directors so you just hope and wait."
Linney says her Oscar experiences were a giggle. "Both times I knew I
wouldn't win so I was the happiest nominee in the room.
"It was fun watching the other nominees who actually knew they had a
chance."
In 2001, Linney attended the Oscars with novelist Armistead Maupin.
She had starred in the three TV series based on his books Tales of the City
and More Tales of the City.
"Armistead and I were sitting in the front row. I had the biggest smile on
my face the whole night.
"It was a wonderful experience.
"The second time I attended the ceremonies with my boyfriend (Eric Stoltz).
It didn't seem like a rerun. It was joyous in its own way."
Linney is the daughter of playwright Romulus Linney.
"Growing up with a playwright has informed the way I approach acting.
"I don't improvise. I respect the writer's efforts too much.
"I will question and discuss a in rehearsal or early stages of
development but once the scenes are set, I pay homage to them."
Linney was the first actor attached to The Exorcism of Emily Rose. She plays
a lawyer who is assigned to defend a Catholic priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused
of negligent homicide in the death of a young girl (Jennifer Carpenter)
during a church-sanctioned exorcism.
Scott Derrickson, who co-wrote and directed Emily Rose, says he was
determined to get Linney in the central role of the defence attorney because
he knew "she would bring intelligence and credibility to the role.
"We also knew with Laura attached we'd get better actors.
"The best people want to work with her."
Several films about demonic possession including The Exorcist and, more
recently, Constantine were plagued with set visitations.
"Nothing spooky happened on our Vancouver set but, three different nights,
my television in my hotel room came on by itself.
"Jennifer's stereo did the same thing.
"Call it whatever you want but it did get us thinking," says Linney.
Though many of the cast members of Emily Rose watched videotapes of actual
exorcisms, Linney said she did not.
"My character didn't so I did only the kind of research she would have.
"That meant I searched the Internet for information on symptoms of demonic
and also on epilepsy which was the alternate explanation of her symptoms."
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Linney Recruits Broadway Co-Star
Movie star Laura Linney was so impressed with the talents of aspiring
actress Jennifer Carpenter she persuaded producers to cast her in the title
role of haunting thriller The Exorcism Of Emily Rose. The Mystic River star,
who also stars in the film, first worked with the 25-year-old actress on
Broadway's The Crucible - and was determined to fast-track her Hollywood
career upon discovering her movie potential. According to gossip website
Pagesix.com Linney gushes, "She is just absolutely the most astonishing and
versatile young actress. You have to be really trained vocally to be able to
scream like that for 15 hours a day on a film set."
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Linney's Ghostly Encounter
Actress Laura Linney was forced to review her disbelief in ghosts when she
saw a spectre at New York's Belasco Theater. The play house is famously
haunted, but skeptic Linney felt sure she wouldn't come across a spirit -
because she wasn't open to the idea. She says, "I was doing a play called
Honor and the theatre is notoriously haunted. I heard about the legends of
it for years, being a theatre person. The ghosts usually show up when the
play is about to open and sure enough, we were doing a final run-through and
I looked up and there in the upper balcony, which is a balcony that you can
have no access to because it's locked from the street, I saw a woman
standing at the balcony. She was at the edge of the balcony in a baby blue
satin dress and blonde crimped hair. It didn't scare me. I just saw her
there and I just thought, 'Hello,' and then I turned and said a line to my
co-star, and then I looked up and the ghost was gone." A few days after her
"little invitation", Linney took the story to the theatre manager, who
filled her in with the place's dark past. She adds, "He told me that the
electric guys will not go in the basement. The deceased theatre owner, David
Belasco, supposedly shows up along with this one woman. So, I believe in
ghosts now. I've experienced that."
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This year's fall and winter movie season looks fantastic.
That doesn't mean it's going to be particularly good, just that there
are so many ... fantasies.
There are children's fantasies like "Zathura" and "The Chronicles of
Narnia"; gravity-defying fantasies like "The Legend of Zorro" and "Aeon
Flux"; the animated fantasies "Chicken Little," "Tim Burton's Corpse
Bride" and "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit"; sci-fi
adventures "Serenity," "Doom" and "A Sound of Thunder"; the fourth
Harry Potter movie, and Peter Jackson's remake of the ultimate
fantasy-adventure, "King Kong."
We begin our preview at the end of August, but the string of fantasies
gets an early start on Friday with Terry Gilliam's galloping "The
Brothers Grimm," which has more references to classic fairy tale
characters than all the other coming fantasies combined.
Some analysts may attribute the rash of fantasy films to the escapism
that comes with war, and that may play a role. But it seems just as
likely that fantasy reigns because the ability to create incredible
images today makes the genre irresistible to storytellers.
The trailers for all of the above movies are linked on the Web sites
www.apple.com/trailers and www.imdb.com. Take a look and you'll agree:
They look fantastic.
Fall/winter is also Oscar season, and there are plenty of potential
contenders. The high-profile films with awards ambitions include Steven
Spielberg's "Munich," a drama based on the search for the planners of
the assault on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games; Rob
Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha," based on Arthur Golden's acclaimed
novel about a woman who spends her life in the high art of pleasing,
and Terrence Malick's "The New World," an epic account of the first
Virginia colony and the meeting of John Smith and Pocahontas.
Recent Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski returns with a new version
of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," and Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding
Neverland") turns to drama with "Stay," the story of a psychiatrist's
efforts to stop a patient from carrying out a suicide threat.
Two Broadway musicals make the transition to the screen. Susan Stroman,
who directed "The Producers" on stage, handles the film adaptation as
well, while Chris Columbus directs "Rent."
A few laughs
Comedies abound. Among them are: "Rumor Has It," starring Jennifer
Aniston as a female version of "The Graduate's" Benjamin Braddock; "The
Man," a buddy film featuring unlikely chemistry between Samuel L.
Jackson and Eugene Levy; "The Weather Man," starring Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage as a
TV weather guy who wears his bad forecasts on his shoulders, and a pair
of old-fashioned family films about families that are too big - "Yours,
Mine, and Ours" and "Cheaper by the Dozen 2."
The following schedule may have changed by the time the ink was dry on
this newspaper. But the great majority of films listed are locked in to
those dates.
Every New Film
AUG. 31
The Constant Gardener Brazil's Fernando Meirelles ("City of God")
directs Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in an adaptation of John
LeCarre's thriller about a British diplomat rousted from his Nairobi
garden to investigate the murder of his activist wife.
Games of Love and Chance Abdel Kechiche directs the Cesar-winning drama
about a group of French students coming of age in a political pressure
cooker of a French project.
William Eggleston in the Real World Director Michael Almereyada
followed the 65-year-old avant garde photographer, musician, draftsman
and videographer across country for this intimate documentary portrait.
SEPT. 2
The Underclassman Action-comedy starring Nick Cannon ("Drumline") as a
young L.A. detective who goes undercover at a posh prep school to break
up a stolen car ring. Directed by Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion").
A Sound of Thunder Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley and Catherine McCormack
star in an adaptation of a Ray Bradbury story about a group of people
who travel back to the dinosaur era and cause a chain reaction that
alters the future to which they return. Directed by Peter Hyams
("Timecop").
The Transporter 2 Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a man who
delivers anonymous packages to anonymous clients, no questions asked.
Inevitably, the packages get him into trouble, this time with a
gun-toting blonde (Amber Valletta).
SEPT. 7
Touch the Sound Documentary about symphony percussionist Evelyn
Glennie, a child prodigy from Scotland who lost her hearing at age 12
but didn't miss a beat. At 40, she's still performing.
SEPT. 9
The Exorcism of Emily Rose Laura Linney plays a lawyer defending a
priest (Tom Wilkinson) accused of murder after his exorcism of a
possessed woman leaves her dead. With Campbell Scott.
The Man Comedy of mistaken identity starring Samuel L. Jackson as a
special agent whose search for his partner's killer leads him to a
dorky salesman (Eugene Levy). Directed by Les Mayfield ("Encino Man").
Curandero "Sin City's" Robert Rodriguez wrote the for this
horror movie about a man caught up in black magic in Mexico City.
Director Eduardo Rodriguez is apparently no relation.
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallstr=F6m's sentimental drama brings the
unlikely pairing of uptight rancher Robert Redford and emotional single
mom Jennifer Lopez. Don't expect sparks, though: he's a grieving
father, and she's the woman who married, and then accidentally killed,
his son. Can her preteen daughter unite them, or will she become just
another wedge in their long-simmering enmity? More important, will
Lopez benefit from a boost in her lukewarm screen career, or has the
shelf-life on this much delayed movie already expired?
Steal Me A 15-year-old boy abandoned by his mother befriends another
boy his age and moves in with his family, soon developing a crush on
both his friend's mother and the sexy older woman living next door.
Keane Lodge Kerrigan ("Claire Dolan") directs Damian Lewis
("Dreamcatcher") in a psychological drama about a man haunted by the
disappearance of his 6-year-old daughter at Manhattan's Port Authority
Bus Terminal - or was it all in his head?
The Outsiders - The Complete Novel Francis Coppola's elongated
version of his 1983 adaptation of the S.E. Hinton novel. The DVD goes
on sale immediately after the release.
Cote d'Azur French comedy about a family whose seaside vacation gets a
little foamy when the couple's daughter takes up with a biker and their
son drifts off with his best friend, who is secretly in love with him.
Walking on the Sky A group of six New York friends have to wrestle with
the new dynamics in their relationships when another member of their
circle kills himself and leaves behind a revealing diary. Directed by
and starring New York native Carl T. Evans.
Green Street Hooligans Elijah Wood plays a wrongly expelled Harvard
student who moves to London, where he is instantly drawn into the
violent subculture of soccer hooliganism. With Charlie Hunnam, Claire
Forlani.
Music From the Inside Out Daniel Anker documentary weaving together a
mosaic of the stories, ideas and experiences of the 105 members of the
Philadelphia Orchestra, a musical institution that hasn't participated
in a film since "Fantasia."
Answering the Call Documentary honoring the people who answered
emergency calls on 9/11.
SEPT. 14
The Future of Food Documentary about genetically engineered products
that have become part of the U.S. food chain - whether they're good
for us or not. Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia, widow of Jerry Garcia.
SEPT. 16
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Big-fee action screenwriter Shane Black ("Lethal
Weapon") makes his directing debut with his own about a New York
actor (Robert Downey, Jr.) who impersonates a detective and gets
himself in all sorts of trouble. With Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan.
Lord of War Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is an international gun dealer in Andrew
Niccol's topical black comedy, which co-stars Ethan Hawke as an
Interpol agent intent on bringing him down. With Donald Sutherland, Ian
Holm, Jared Leto.
Just Like Heaven "Mean Girls"' Mark Waters directs Mark Ruffalo and
Reese Witherspoon in a romantic fantasy about a young man and the
spirit of a comatose doctor who fall in love while sharing an
apartment. Once they're over their, uh, dimensional differences, the
race is on to keep her body from being taken off life support.
Proof Last time director John Madden and Gwyneth Paltrow worked
together, she landed herself an Oscar. Though more erudite and intimate
than "Shakespeare in Love," Madden's adaptation of David Auburn's
Pulitzer Prize-winning play might just catch the eyes of Academy's
voters, too. Reprising a role she has already tackled on the London
stage, Paltrow plays an overwhelmed young woman rapidly losing her grip
after the death of her father (Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant math
professor. Hovering around the edges are her concerned support system:
brainy admirer Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and coldly practical sister Hope Davis.
The Woods Psychological horror film about the students of an all-girl
boarding school who begin to go missing in the surrounding woods.
Patricia Clarkson is the headmistress and Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner is the new
student caught up in the mystery.
Separate Lies It's been a while since we were faced with the sight of
middle-class Brits keeping a stiff upper lip while suppressing
dangerous secrets. Fortunately, Emily Watson and Tom Wilkinson are
always willing to suffer stoically for our entertainment. "Gosford
Park" screenwriter Julian Fellowes makes his directorial debut, while
Watson and Wilkinson play a long-married couple who are still quite
happy together (aside from the passionate affair and possible homicide
she's hiding).
Venom Jim Gillespie ("I Know What You Did Last Summer") directs another
teens-in-trouble horror picture, this one involving voodoo in the
bayous of Louisiana. With Agnes Bruckner'>Agnes Bruckner (poor thing), Bijou Phillips.
The Libertine Johnny Depp takes on the role of notorious 17th-century
poet, derelict and debaucher John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester and
grand embarrassment of Charles II (John Malkovich). Samantha Morton is
the actress who comes under Wilmot's shaky tutelage.
Adapted from his play by Stephen Jeffreys and directed by first-timer
Laurence Dunmore.
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Another day, another Johnny Depp-Tim Burton
collaboration. Not that we're feeling cavalier about it: These two have
given us some of the most unusual movies in recent years. Since
Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and "James and the Giant
Peach" are among them, we have high hopes for this latest stop-motion
animated fantasy, which is based on an old Russian folk tale about a
young groom (voiced by Depp) who inadvertently finds himself with two
wives (he could do worse than Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter and Emily Watson).
Thumbsucker Offbeat comedy about a 17-year-old boy whose infantile
habit of sucking his thumb makes him the subject of ridicule and
isolation even in his own home. But the people trying to help him kick
the habit are even stranger. With Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Keanu Reeves, Vince Vaughn. It's the first feature directed by Mike
Mills, maker of the well-received short "Paperboys."
Everything Is Illuminated Actor Liev Schreiber makes his writing and
directing debut with his adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's darkly
comic best seller about a young American Jew who travels to Russia to
find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis. With Elijah
Wood.
One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Documentary about the 1972 presidential campaign and political
humiliation of the idealistic former South Dakota senator.
Cry Wolf A high-school prank turns lethal when classmates listed on a
joke Web site as the next victims of a serial killer start turning up
dead. With Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi.
Hard Goodbyes: My Father Greek drama about a lonely boy who has to rely
on his imagination when the father with whom he'd shared a passion for
outer space does not come home.
The Thing About My Folks Paul Reiser wrote this film and co-stars in it
with Peter Falk as a son and father rediscovering the bond between them
on a cross-country trip in a restored '36 Ford. Directed by Raymond De
Felitta ("Two Family House").
The Weeping Meadow The first film in a planned trilogy by Greek master
Theo Angelopoulos follows a pair of refugee children as they come of
age in the small Greek village they are brought to after the Russian
Revolution.
SEPT. 23
A History of Violence With echoes of Alfred Hitchcock's "wrong man"
theme and Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs," David Cronenberg's latest film
stars Viggo Mortensen as a small-town family man whose celebrated
heroism in thwarting and killing two thugs in his diner draws gangsters
to town. The one with the deformed face (Ed Harris) claims he knew the
hero years before and he has come for some payback. Despite his
denials, Mortensen's character ends up having to fight violence with
violence. With Maria Bello, William Hurt.
Oliver Twist If ever there were a story that suited Roman Polanski's
dark sensibilities, it's Charles Dickens' classic saga of an orphan
whose fate falls and rises at the mercy of others. The screenplay was
written by Ronald Harwood, Polanski's partner on their Oscar-winning
"Pianist," so it is always possible that this artistically acclaimed
pair aims to entertain adults and youngsters alike, while
simultaneously approaching the Academy with a respectful request: "May
we have some more?" With Barney Clark as Oliver, Ben Kingsley'>Ben Kingsley as Fagin
and Jamie Foreman as Bill Sykes.
Flightplan In her first starring role in three years, Jodie Foster
plays a recently widowed woman whose 6-year-old daughter disappears in
the middle of a trans-continental flight from Berlin to New York. Since
no one else on the plane remembers seeing the girl, they question
whether she was there only in her mother's mind.
Daltry Calhoun Johnny Knoxville returns to his hometown as a roustabout
and would-be golf magnate whose ex-wife (Elizabeth Banks) throws a
twist into his life by dropping their 14-year-old daughter at his door.
Roll Bounce Nick Cannon, Bow Wow and Mike Epps star for "The Best Man"
director Malcolm D. Lee in this comedy-drama about a group of hip-hop
roller skaters preparing for a competition on the other side of 1970s
Chicago.
Dear Wendy Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, two of the founders of
the Danish film collective Dogme 95, team up as writer (von Trier) and
director (Vinterberg) of this parable about America's contradictory gun
culture. It follows a group of teenage outcasts in a fictional mining
town who form a secret club known as "The Dandies." Their purpose -
to love and admire guns but never use them on anybody - soon goes out
the window.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Tom Hanks produced and
narrates this 3-D IMAX film that re-creates for the audience what the
12 astronauts who have walked on the moon experienced.
Into the Fire Drama about a troubled NYPD harbor cop who freezes during
a rescue attempt of a drowning woman and tries to make peace with his
conscience and the victim's identical twin. With Sean Patrick Flanery
and Melina Kanakaredes from TV's "Providence."
Dorian Blues Coming-out story about a young man who, on the cusp of
moving to New York, begins showing his preference for men, much to the
dismay of his right-wing father and his jock brother.
7 Dias Mexican film about a U2 super fan determined to raise the
half-million dollars it would cost to bring the band to his country.
Dirty Love Jenny McCarthy wrote this comedy and co-stars in it with
Carmen Electra. It's about a jilted woman who sees a psychic to find
out where she should search for true love.
Occupation: Dreamland Documentary focusing on the men of the 82nd
Airborne in Iraq and on the Army's recruitment tactics.
SEPT. 28
Forty Shades of Blue Rip Torn plays a legendary (and doesn't he know
it) Memphis music producer whose comfy existence is shaken when his
young Russian trophy wife (Dina Korzun) falls in love with his
estranged son.
SEPT. 30
Capote The estimable Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the late novelist and
social gadfly Truman Capote. It's not a conventional biopic, but an
account of the writer's research for "In Cold Blood," his classic
"nonfiction novel" about the murders of a Kansas farm family and the
subsequent trials and executions of their killers. Catherine Keener is
Harper Lee, Capote's young associate (and future author of "To Kill a
Mockingbird") and Clifton Collins Jr. plays the killer Perry Smith,
with whom Capote developed a strong relationship. Bennett Miller is the
first-time director.
The Greatest Game Ever Played Shia LaBeouf ("Holes") stars for director
Bill Paxton in the dramatization of 20-year-old American amateur golfer
Francis Ouimet's legendary victory at the 1913 U.S. Open in Brookline,
Mass. Stephen Dillane plays Harry Vardon, the cocky British champion
who was humbled before the golfing world.
Into the Blue "Blue Crush" director John Stockwell goes back to the
water for this thriller about a group of buff young divers who find a
fortune in the cargo bay of a sunken airplane and make the mistake of
keeping it. With Paul Walker and Jessica Alba.
MirrorMask British fantasy about a 15-year-old circus entertainer whose
guilt over her mother's illness sends her into an alternative universe
of contrasting light and dark kingdoms.
Serenity Feature-length finale to Joss Whedon's 13-episode sci-fi TV
series "Firefly," about a group of adventurers aboard a space
transporter 500 years in the future. Here, Capt. Mal Reynolds (Nathan
Fillion) and his crew are being chased by the galaxy-ruling Alliance,
which wants to reclaim the telepathic fugitive River (Summer Glau)
traveling with them.
Little Manhattan Mark Levin, a story editor for "The Wonder Years,"
makes his directing debut with this tale of first love between two
12-year-olds.
The War Within Drama about a Pakistani engineering student who is
mistaken for a terrorist and placed in confinement.
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Julianne Moore is a mother of 10
helping her luckless husband (Woody Harrelson) make ends meet by
entering - and winning - jingles contests in the 1950s. Adapted
from the memoir of Terry Ryan, whose mother did such things.
Going Shopping Henry Jaglom directs his wife, Victoria Foyt, in a story
about a clothing boutique owner's wild experiences during a Mother's
Day weekend sale.
OCT. 5
The Squid and the Whale Noah Baumbach, son of former Village Voice film
critic Georgia Brown, wrote and directs a loosely autobiographical
drama about two brothers dealing with their parents' divorce in 1980s
Brooklyn. With Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney.
OCT. 7
Goodnight, and Good Luck This drama, directed by George Clooney, is
built around the public fight between legendary broadcast journalist
Edward R. Murrow (David Strathairn) and Sen. Joseph McCarthy. In the
1950s, McCarthy was the most visible member of the witch-hunting House
UnAmerican Activities Committee, which destroyed the careers of
innocent people from all walks of life by associating them with
Communists. Murrow led the reaction to McCarthy and got labeled a
Communist for his trouble. CBS News stuck with Murrow despite the
pressure, and McCarthy's power began to fade. Clooney co-stars as CBS
news producer Fred Friendly and Frank Langella plays the corporation's
chief, William Paley.
In Her Shoes Curtis Hanson ("L.A. Confidential") goes all soft on us
with this story about two estranged sisters (Cameron Diaz and Toni
Collette) who are reconciled by the grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) they
never knew they had.
Two for the Money Matthew McConaughey is a former college football star
whose track record for handicapping sporting events draws him into the
world of high stakes gambling, where nothing short of his life will be
at stake. With Al Pacino as the betting agency mogul who comes to rely
on and dominate him. Directed by D.J. Caruso ("The Salton Sea").
The Gospel An R&B star (Clifton Powell) faces a spiritual crisis when
he returns home on learning of the illness of his father, a church
bishop, and his boyhood rival's plans to take over the church. With
Omar Gooding.
Before the Fall German drama about a young boxing prospect whose
repulsion over Nazi atrocities sets him against the biggest opponent of
all.
Waiting An "American Pie"-style comedy about the crude and rude
employees of a restaurant whose name - Shenanigans - describes
their behavior. With Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-rabbit What are the odds we'd
have two stop-motion movies to look forward to this season? (Strangely
enough, Helena Bonham Carter'>Helena Bonham Carter lends her voice to both.) Already the
subject of three Oscar-nominated shorts, inventor Wallace and his dog
Gromit make their feature debut in a comedy about a mysterious monster
who's destroying the garden plots of an English village. Naturally,
it's up to our intrepid heroes to stop him. "Chicken Run," the last
import from the inspired minds at Aardman Animation, was a surprise
smash. Wallace and Gromit deserve nothing less.
Dandelion A coming of age story about a 16-year-old boy and how his
search for his identity is connected with the various forms of love
that are missing from his life.
OCT. 12
Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque Documentary about the film
archivist who inspired French New Wave directors Godard, Truffaut,
Rohmer and Chabrol.
OCT. 14
Nine Lives Rodrigo Garcia directs a series of nine vignettes about
women getting on with their lives in Los Angeles. Each segment is done
as a single 10-minute take. With Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright Penn, Glenn
Close and Holly Hunter.
Elizabethtown Orlando Bloom is an industrial designer hit with three
pieces of devastating news: his girlfriend (Jessica Biel) is breaking
up with him; he has lost his job because of a disastrous mistake, and
his father has died. On the plus side, he meets an irrepressible flight
attendant (Kirsten Dunst) traveling to his father's funeral in Kentucky
and realizes that his life may get better - if it doesn't get worse.
Written and directed by Cameron Crowe ("Almost Famous").
North Country Oscar-winner Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron ("Monster") stars in a
fictionalized account of the landmark 1984 sexual harassment case
involving a woman working in the Minnesota mining industry and her male
co-workers. With Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson. Directed by Niki
Caro ("Whale Rider").
Domino Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley assumes the title role in Tony Scott's highly
exaggerated account of the adventures of British actor Laurence
Harvey's daughter, who turned her back on a modeling and potential
acting career to become a bounty hunter; she died at age 35 in June.
With Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke.
Where the Truth Lies Atom Egoyan ("The Sweet Hereafter") adapts Rupert
Holmes' novel about a young journalist (Alison Lohman) probing for the
truth of a 15-year-old scandal that destroyed the careers of a revered
showbiz duo (Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth).
The Fog Rupert Wainwright ("Stigmata") directs the remake of John
Carpenter's 1980 horror film about the ghosts of long-buried lepers who
rise on a dense fog surrounding a coastal California town. Selma Blair
and Maggie Grace are among the terrorized.
Loggerheads Three interwoven stories about a young gay man (Kip
Pardue), his biological mother (Bonnie Hunt) and his adoptive parents
(Chris Sarandon and Tess Harper).
Innocent Voices Based on screenwriter Oscar Torres' childhood
experience, this is the story of a 12-year-old boy who is automatically
enlisted in the army in 1980s El Salvador. Directed by Luis Mandoki
("Message in a Bottle").
OCT. 19
Ushpizin Drama about the daily lives of ultra-Orthodox Jews learning,
living and loving in modern-day Israel.
OCT. 21
Shopgirl Steve Martin'>Steve Martin adapted his slight novella and co-stars with
Claire Danes in a story about a salesclerk at a Beverly Hills
department store who gets involved with a middle-age sugar daddy.
Barely Legal Three high-school sophomores try to make a porno movie in
their basement while their parents are at work. The results are
disastrous, especially when a school bully wants to participate in the
film.
Stay Marc Forster'>Marc Forster ("Finding Neverland," "Monster's Ball") directs Ewan
McGregor and Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts in a thriller about a psychiatrist's
nightmarish effort to prevent a patient from carrying out his threat to
kill himself in three days.
Kids in America At fictional Booker High in Brooklyn, a group of
politically active students joins forces with a fired teacher on a film
documenting their campaign against the repressive school principal.
Dreamer A "Seabiscuit"-like "underhorse" story about a filly who breaks
her leg and is nursed back to health by her trainer (Kurt Russell) at
the insistence of his daughter (Dakota Fanning). The horse then returns
to the track to try and win the Breeder's Cup.
After Innocence Documentary about the reentry into society of seven men
released from prison after DNA evidence proved they were innocent of
the crimes for which they were sent away for decades.
Protocols of Zion Documentary filmmaker Marc Levin takes his camera to
the streets of New York to learn from passing anti-Semites why they
hate Jews.
Doom The Rock stars in Andrzej Bartkowiak's feature version of the
super-hot '90s video game about Marines taking on invading monsters on
their base on a moon of Mars in the year 2145.
Innocence This Belgian-French film is based on an 1888 Gothic novella
about young girls growing up in a subterranean boarding school beneath
an isolated wood.
The Ordeal Belgian psychological drama about a singer who ends up in a
creepy, out-of-the-way motel after his car breaks down in the night.
Derailed Adapted from James Siegel's heralded first novel, this
thriller stars Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston as illicit Manhattan
lovers trying to outwit a violent blackmailer who is much smarter than
they are. With Vincent Cassel, Melissa George, RZA, Tom Conti, Xzibit,
Giancarlo Esposito.
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death Documentary about the brutality of
a jungle gulag created by Belgium's King Leopold II in the colonial
Congo in 1885.
OCT. 26
Ballets Russes Documentary about the famed ballet company, which is
about to celebrate its 100th anniversary.
OCT. 28
The Legend of Zorro The sequel to the 1998 "Mask of Zorro" traces how
Antonio Banderas' Don Alejandro is forced to put on the mask and take
up the sword several years after marrying the lovely Elena (Catherine
Zeta-Jones) and having a son. The boy is now 10 and unaware of dad's
outlaw fame, but he will soon learn as the mark of Zorro begins
appearing anew on the landscape and on the bodies of baddies in Old
California. Returning director is Martin Campbell.
Prime What's a girl (Uma Thurman) to do when she learns that the
psychotherapist to whom she's told the most intimate details of her sex
life is her boyfriend's mother? For that matter, what's the shrink to
do? A comedy by writer-director Ben Younger.
Three ... Extremes A pan-Asian sampler of 30-minute horror shorts from
China's Fruit Chan, Japan's Takashi Miike and South Korea's Chan-wook
Park.
The Dying Gaul A grieving gay screenwriter (Peter Sarsgaard) has a shot
at selling his about his relationship with his late lover and
agent, but there's a Faustian catch: He has to change it to a
heterosexual relationship. With Patricia Clarkson, Campbell Scott.
Craig Lucas (writer of "Long Time Companion") directs his own .
Saw II The serial killer known as Jigsaw returns to terrorize eight
more strangers with his murderous game playing in the sequel to last
year's Halloween hit.
Paradise Now A drama about two Palestinian boyhood friends spending
their last day together before going off on suicide bombing missions in
Tel Aviv.
The Weather Man Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage'>Nicolas Cage is a Chicago TV weatherman, family man and
neurotic whose decision to take a job in New York puts all of his roles
at risk in this offbeat comedy. With Hope Davis, Michael Caine.
Directed by Gore Verbinski ("Pirates of the Caribbean").
Blackmail Boy A blackmail scheme leads to murder in a small Greek town.
NOV. 4
Jarhead Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal is a young Marine forced to grow up fast during
Desert Storm. Based on former Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003
best-seller. With Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black. Directed by Sam Mendes
("American Beauty").
NY Doll This documentary about the late Arthur Kane, bassist with the
New York Dolls, centers on the notorious glam-punk band's 2004 reunion.
The Matador In writer-director Richard Shepard's black comedy, Pierce
Brosnan plays an international hit man who, on assignment in Mexico
City, befriends, then enlists, a woebegone businessman (Greg Kinnear)
as a partner in crime. With Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall.
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story British comedy actor Steve
Coogan ("24 Hour Party People") plays the title character in Michael
Winterbottom's audacious adaptation of Laurence Sterne's 1759 novel
"Tristram Shandy," about an egocentric country gentleman sharing his
views with readers, when not digressing about his family.
Chicken Little This non-Pixar CGI cartoon from Disney stars Zach Braff
as the voice of Chicken Little, a vigilant sky watcher who proves he
isn't always wrong when he says "the sky is falling." Joan Cusack, Don
Knotts, Fred Willard and Amy Sedaris also lend their voices.
The Family Stone A romantic comedy about a family that circles the
wagons when Ben Stone (Luke Wilson) brings home an uptight woman
(Claire Danes) he intends to marry. Facing a cold reception, she calls
in her sister (Sarah Jessica Parker) for support, then things get
really bad.
Summer Storm German coming-out story about a camping trip during which
one of two best friends discovers he wants more than friendship.
NOV. 9
The New World Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") wrote and directed
this historical epic about the arrival of British colonists on the
coast of North America and their conflicts with the natives they found
there. It's the story of John Smith, Pocahontas and John Rolfe, and of
the teenage Pocahontas' role in saving the white colonists from her
tribe's warriors, and of her subsequent trip to England. Colin Farrell
plays Smith, Christian Bale is Rolfe and 15-year-old German-born
Q'Orianka Kilcher, partly descended from native South Americans, is
Pocahontas.
Pulse Remake of a Japanese horror film about a computer virus or
supernatural force that turns viewers into suicidal depressives. With
Kristen Bell (from TV's "Veronica Mars").
The Swenkas In South Africa, flamboyant, stylish - and straight -
blue-collar Zulu men replace their overalls with colorful designer
suits to compete in fashion shows of their own making, in a ritual
called "swanking."
NOV. 11
Bee Season Fans of Myla Goldberg's best seller ought to be happy with
the team behind this adaptation: Directors Scott McGehee and David
Siegel did a nice job exploring family tensions in "The Deep End." And
if any actor can handle the story's spiritual twists and turns, it's
surely the Dalai Lama's No. 1 fan, Richard Gere. He plays a theology
professor convinced his young daughter (Flora Cross) has a divine
connection to another plane. Meanwhile, his teenage son (Max Minghella)
and mentally ill wife (Juliette Binoche) are floundering right here on
Earth.
Take My Eyes Acclaimed Spanish drama about a woman who takes her son
and leaves the abusive husband she still loves.
Ellie Parker In this low-budget indie comedy, which originated as a
2001 short film project, Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts plays what she once was, an
Australian actress trying to get traction in Hollywood. With Chevy
Chase as her manager and writer-director Scott Coffey as her boyfriend.
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Taking its cue from "8 Mile," this urban drama
is a loosely autobiographical tale about an inner-city thief and drug
dealer who leaves prison determined to become a rap star. He's played
by - and inspired by - Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. The director is
Jim Sheridan ("In America").
Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic The raw standup comic expounds on
politics, race, sex and religion.
Cape of Good Hope South African drama about three women whose lives
intersect at an animal rescue shelter, to their lasting good.
Zathura Less a sequel to 1995's "Jumanji" than another wild game. In
this one, directed by Jon Favreau ("Elf"), two young brothers find a
space adventure board game in the attic of their California bungalow
and are soon hoist - house and all - into the galaxy. Tim Robbins
plays their befuddled father. The screenplay by David Koepp and John
Kamps was based, like "Jumanji" and "Polar Express," on a book by Chris
Van Allsburg.
NOV. 16
The Syrian Bride Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' drama about a Syrian
woman who, in her bridal outfit, is steps away from crossing the border
into Israel to meet her groom when politics stops her in her tracks.
NOV. 18
Walk the Line James Mangold ("Identity") directs Joaquin Phoenix in
this Johnny Cash biopic. Reese Witherspoon plays his wife, June Carter.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire In the fourth part of the series,
Harry, Ron and Hermione face down Voldemort's Death Eaters. There have
been some grumblings that Mike Newell, the director of "Four Weddings
and a Funeral," will not stay true to the daringly dark tone set by his
predecessor, Alfonso Cuar=F3n. As Dumbledore tells Harry, "We must all
face the choice between what is right and what is easy." Here's hoping
Newell chose wisely.
Pride & Prejudice A new adaptation of Jane Austen's novel about the
five Bennet sisters in Georgian England. Keira Knightley'>Keira Knightley is Elizabeth,
the most self-determined of the girls, and Matthew MacFadyen is Darcy,
the snob whom love will tame.
Breakfast on Pluto Director Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game") takes up
with another transvestite character in his adaptation of Pat McCabe's
novel about an Irish cabaret singer and prostitute who is wrongly
accused of planting a bomb in a 1970s London club. With Cillian Murphy
("Red Eye") and Liam Neeson.
Wolf Creek Australian horror movie about three young people who follow
their spring break with a trip to the outback, where somebody intends
to have fun at their expense.
NOV. 21
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things A Southern Gothic movie about a
boy learning about the seedy sides of the world while on the road with
his impulsive young mother (played by actress-director Asia Argento).
With cameos by Winona Ryder, Marilyn Manson and Peter Fonda, among
others.
NOV. 23
Syriana George Clooney stars in the biographical drama of Robert Baer,
a 20-year veteran of the CIA, who worked undercover studying terrorists
in the Middle East and became fed up with the growing weakness of the
agency and the cozy relationship between the oil-hungry West and a
certain government (hint: Saudi Arabia). With Matt Damon, Amanda Peet.
Written and directed by Stephen Gaghan.
Rent Chris Columbus, director of the first two Harry Potter movies,
helms the screen version of Jonathan Larson's Tony- and Pulitzer
Prize-winning rock opera about a group of bohemians struggling with
life in the East Village. It stars Rosario Dawson, Taye Diggs and
several members of the original Broadway cast.
The Ice Harvest "Groundhog Day's" Harold Ramis directs John Cusack and
Billy Bob Thornton in a comedy about two guys who embezzle $2 million
from corrupt Wichita businessmen and are set to make a clean Christmas
Eve getaway until an ice storm arrives.
Yours, Mine and Ours Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo take over for Henry
Fonda and Lucille Ball in the remake of the 1968 comedy about a man
with 8 kids who marries a woman with 10.
The White Countess The final Merchant-Ivory production (Ismail Merchant
died in May) is set in late-1930s Shanghai, where a blind,
disillusioned American diplomat (Ralph Fiennes) is making a careful
study of the decadent city's rankest bars with the idea of building the
perfect dive. Natasha Richardson plays the Russian taxi dancer who
catches the diplomat's eye and is recruited as the centerpiece of the
club.
Dying For Dolly After saving a mafioso's life, a young African-American
(R&B star Usher) is rewarded with a job in the mob and puts it in
jeopardy by falling in love with the boss' daughter. With Chazz
Palminteri, Emmanuelle Chriqui.
NOV. 30
The Boys of Baraka Documentary about the experience of a group of
Baltimore 12-year-olds sent to an experimental boarding school in
Kenya.
DEC. 2
Transamerica "Desperate Housewives'" Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op
he-to-she transsexual whose plans for the life-changing surgery are
disrupted by the discovery of a son (Kevin Zegers) fathered 20 years
before.
Aeon Flux Charlize Theron'>Charlize Theron has the title role in this adaptation of the
cult MTV action series about a physically agile heroine working as a
rebel operative in a walled city run by scientists 400 years in the
future. With Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo.
Be Here to Love Me Documentary about the late, hard-living songwriter
Townes Van Zandt, with appearances by fans Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett,
Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson.
The Kid and I California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first
post-inauguration movie appearance in a comedy about a 17-year-old boy
with cerebral palsy whose wealthy father (Joe Mantegna) decides to
grant his wish by financing an action movie for him to star in.
First Descent A documentary about snowboarding.
DEC. 9
Memoirs of a Geisha Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh, three of the
most beautiful Asian actresses, star in the adaptation of Arthur
Golden's epic novel about a peasant girl who is sold by her father to a
geisha house in 1920s Japan. As she flowers into adulthood, she becomes
the most desired geisha in the popular Gion district, and learns not
only the nuances of her profession but about human nature. With Ken
Watanabe. The director is "Chicago" Oscar nominee Rob Marshall.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe What,
you thought there was room for only one series of CGI-heavy epics made
in New Zealand from an Oxford don's quasi-religious, mythical stories
of good and evil ? Whether "Shrek" director Andrew Adamson can do as
well by C.S. Lewis as Peter Jackson did by J.R.R. Tolkien remains to be
seen, but this tale of four children who discover the land of Narnia
and fight the evil white witch (Tilda Swinton) holds even more
box-office promise. While "The Lord of the Rings" had three parts,
"Narnia" has seven.
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee ("Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon") directs
Jake Gyllenhaal'>Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in an adaptation of Annie Proulx's
short story about two ranch hands who - to their great surprise -
fall in love in 1963 Wyoming. With Michelle Williams.
DEC. 14
King Kong Why, you ask, do we need another version of the 1933 classic?
Because the 1976 remake with Jessica Lange was awful and the special
effects in the black-and-white original are a bit too rudimentary for
today's audiences. Besides, Peter Jackson, hot off the "Lord of the
Rings" trilogy, was willing to do it. Unlike the '76 movie, Jackson's
film is faithful to the Depression period and to the original story.
Naomi Watts'>Naomi Watts is in for Fay Wray as heroine Ann Darrow, Jack Black is
obsessed filmmaker Carl Denham, and Oscar-winner Adrien Brody ("The
Pianist") plays Watts' love interest, Jack Driscoll. Andy Serkis, who
did the body-motion performance for the computer-animated Gollum in
"Rings," does the same for Kong and also gets a role of his own, as
Lumpy the Cook.
The Grace Lee Project An Asian-American documentary filmmaker with the
extremely common name of Grace Lee sets out to learn what she can about
other Grace Lees current and past, and comes to some conclusions about
Asian stereotypes.
DEC. 16
All the King's Men Sean Penn stars in Steven Zaillian's new version of
Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning political satire about
a populist Southern governor (a thinly-veiled Huey Long) who becomes
intoxicated with power. A 1949 adaptation directed by Robert Rossen won
Oscars for Best Picture and Best Actor (Broderick Crawford). Jude Law
is Jack Burden, the journalist who unwittingly aids the cause of Penn's
Willie Stark, and Kate Winslet is Anne Stanton, the governor's niece
and Jack's girlfriend.
The Promise Chen Kaige ("Farewell My Concubine") directs this romantic
fantasy about a royal concubine in love with a slave.
DEC. 21
The Producers: The Movie Musical At last, the film version of the stage
musical of Mel Brooks' 1968 film arrives! Nathan Lane and Matthew
Broderick reprise their roles of Max Bialy=ADstock and Leo Bloom. The
only actors not from the Broadway production are Uma Thurman, as
Swedish secretary Ulla, and Will Ferrell, as retro Nazi Franz Liebkind.
Susan Stroman, director of the stage hit, makes her film-directing
debut, a stint that prompted rumors that Brooks stepped in to direct
some of the nonmusical scenes. The film was shot in the new Steiner
Studios in Brooklyn.
Fun With Dick and Jane The year's umpteenth remake stars Jim Carrey and
T=E9a Leoni in the roles played by George Segal and Jane Fonda in a 1977
comedy about a quiet suburban couple who moonlight as hooded robbers.
Cheaper By the Dozen 2 Steve Martin'>Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt return for the
sequel to the 2003 remake of a 1950 comedy about a couple with an
oversized brood. Here, the Bakers find themselves in competition with a
family of eight children while on vacation. With Eugene Levy.
DEC. 23
Munich Steven Spielberg follows "War of the Worlds" with a true story
about a squad of Israeli secret agents assigned to track down and kill
the terrorists who engineered the plot against Israeli athletes at the
1972 Olympics in Munich. Eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team
were killed along with all of their Palestinian captors in a failed
rescue mission. Eric Bana plays the Mossad agent in charge of the
post-Munich search. With Daniel Craig and Geoffrey Rush.
The Ringer Black comedy (you may prefer the word "sick") starring
Johnny Knoxville as a nonhandicapped athlete who infiltrates the
Special Olympics with hopes of dethroning the champion.
Hard Candy When a 32-year-old man brings home a 14-year-old girl he met
on the Internet, things don't go as well as he'd hoped. With Patrick
Wilson and Ellen Page.
Cach=E9 A TV book critic (Daniel Auteuil) and his wife (Juliette
Binoche) have their lives turned upside-down by an increasingly
intimate and anonymously sent stream of videos and drawings depicting
the family in alarming situations.
When the Sea Rises French film starring Yolande Moreau as a married
actress and mother whose out-of-town tour with her one-woman show is
spiced up by her impetuous romance with a parade float conductor.
DEC. 25
Casanova What happens when the legendary seducer meets a Venetian
beauty immune to his charms? Why, he falls in love. With Heath Ledger,
Sienna Miller. Directed by Lasse Hallstr=F6m.
Rumor Has It Rob Reiner is back in "When Harry Met Sally ..." country
with this romantic comedy about a young woman (Jennifer Aniston) who
puts off her engagement (to Mark Ruffalo) when she discovers that her
grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) was the inspiration for Mrs. Robinson in
"The Graduate." When she meets an older man (Kevin Costner) who has
slept with both her mother and her grandmother, she begins to believe
she is reliving the experiences of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin Braddock.
Match Point Woody Allen abandons Manhattan to direct this English
tragicomedy about a former tennis pro who has an affair with the former
girlfriend of his wife's brother. With Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett
Johansson, Emily Mortimer. It was acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival
in May.
Mrs. Henderson Presents Judi Dench stars in the biographical story of a
society matron who bought an old London theater with hopes of drawing
back audiences that had been lured away by talking pictures. Her
roaring success was an all-nude revue. With Christopher Guest, Bob
Hoskins. Directed by Stephen Frears.
Hoodwinked CGI-animated spoof of "Little Red Riding Hood," involving
cops sent from the animal world to investigate disturbances at Granny's
house. Voices of Andy Dick, Sally Struthers, David Ogden Stiers.
DEC. 28
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein Documentary about a Russian Jewish woman
who became Carl Jung's first patient in 1904, then began a long
correspondence with Sigmund Freud and ended up a renowned psychoanalyst
in her own right.
DEC. 31
In the Land of Women After being dumped by his actress girlfriend, a
young Hollywood screenwriter (Adam Brody) goes home to Michigan to ease
his pain and spend time with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). While
there, he starts up a relationship with a family across the street that
will change all of their lives. With Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart.
Compiled and written by Jack Mathews and Elizabeth Weitzman
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LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Hugh Jackman is sharpening his claws for
another turn as the adamantium-boned mutant known as Wolverine.
The Tony-winning actor will star in a "Wolverine" spinoff film, based
on the popular character from the "X-Men" comics and films, report news
sources.
The project will be the first for Seed Productions, Jackman and John
Palermo's newly formed producing banner. Seed intends to begin
"Wolverine" after "X-Men 3" wraps and will produce with Lauren Shuler
Donner and Marvel's Avi Arad.
This will be Jackman's first foray into producing, although he's been
helping a bit on "X3," which has had its share of challenges. Recently
"Layer Cake" director Matthew Vaughn stepped down for the helm, causing
a hasty scramble until "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner replaced him.
Jackman's wife, actress-director Deborra-Lee Furness, will also direct
projects for Seed, where she will be a partner. She recently wrapped
shooting "Jindabyne" opposite Laura Linney and Gabriel Byrne.
Jackman's upcoming projects include "The Fountain," two animated films
"Flushed Away" and "Happy Feet" and "X-Men 3," which is slated to be
released May 2006.
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By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL, AP Fashion Writer
Stars went strapless at the Oscars , except for Hilary Swank. She made
one of Sunday's boldest fashion statements, wearing a high-neck,
sapphire-blue gown with long sleeves by Guy Laroche that hugged all her
curves. She did show some skin, though: The back was completely bare.
"I knew that it would be a little chilly out today," said Swank outside
the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. She added: "I thought it was really
beautiful."
"She looked very '40s glamour - old-time Hollywood," described her
makeup artist, Scott Andrew, who said he kept her look simple with
mauve eye shadow and dark plum eyeliner and lots of mascara.
Oprah Winfrey also looked stunning - and slim - in a gold
hand-embroidered off-the- shoulder gown with a tiered skirt by Vera
Wang. She wore her hair in loose curls, just like Gisele Bundchen, who
walked the red carpet with boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio in a white
strapless gown with gold embroidery and an empire waist.
Nicole Kidman, usually a fashion favorite, was not seen at the awards
ceremony.
Gwyneth Paltrow, in a nude silk and cotton voile corset dress by friend
Stella McCartney, was one of the many stars who chose a natural, soft
look.
Laura Linney had a bit of a funky edge. Her taupe strapless gown by J.
Mendel had diagonal exposed seams, a frayed edge at the top and tiers
of frayed fabric at the hem - and she wore it with a rope of pearls,
holding a disc, knotted at her neck.
"You put them (dresses) on and you sort of know. It's profoundly
comfortable," Linney said.
Comfort was another popular theme. Natalie Portman said her tulle
gathered gown with a deep V and pearl-adorned double waistbands was
"really classic, elegant - and it's comfortable."
Penelope Cruz said she admired the work of Oscar de la Renta, the
designer of her yellow strapless gown with an oversized bow at the back
hem. "It's beautiful and comfortable."
Sophisticated starlet Emmy Rossum wore a princess ruby-and-diamond
Harry Winston necklace and matching drop earrings and a crimson-red
Ralph Lauren gown, which she described as the color of a 1945 Bordeaux
wine. "I heard that's a good year," said the 18-year-old.
Renee Zellweger again looked to designer Carolina Herrera. She wore a
raspberry strapless gown with ivory tulle trim. Sandra Oh, also in red,
looked glamorous in a Michael Kors ballgown.
Melanie Griffith said husband Antonio Banderas had the final word on
her ombre celadon pleated silk chiffon gown with embroidery by Versace
that she accessorized with long diamond drop earrings by Harry Winston.
Versace also dressed Virginia Madsen in a blue strapless corset gown
with a black chiffon overlay and Halle Berry in an iridescent taupe
silk chiffon one-shoulder gown with embroidered skirt. "It's the one
that caught my eye this year," Berry said.
Blue and yellow were both popular colors. Kate Winslet wore a
periwinkle blue gown by Badgley Mischka with a beaded inset down the
front of the bodice and Neil Lane diamonds added to the sheer straps.
Salma Hayek said on E! that Prada "did such a good job" on her
custom-made midnight blue dress with black beading and bows on the
bodice.
Johnny Depp showed up in a blue tuxedo with black lapels. His
companion, Vanessa Paradis, wore a Chanel long black tulle dress with
silver applique. Meanwhile, some male stars, including Spike Lee, wore
white tuxedos with black shirts and ties.
Cate Blanchett said picking her one-shoulder pale yellow silk taffeta
gown with train and satin burgundy bow sash was easy. "Valentino made
it for me. I just loved it," she said.
Several celebrities had personal fittings with designers and wore
custom clothes. Giorgio Armani helped Clive Owen put on his suit. "It's
one of the highlights of this experience."
Armani also did Annette Bening's black jersey, long-sleeve gown with a
portrait neckline from his new couture collection. The fitted bodice
led into an hourglass silhouette, ending with a fishtail train.
Scarlett Johansson also chose black. She said she "felt like a
princess" in her architectural Roland Mouret gown and Fred Leighton
19th-century diamond star tiara, but told Star Jones Reynolds on the
red carpet that she could barely breathe.
Beyonce, who had several costume changes for the awards show, did the
red carpet in a black silk velvet strapless gown by Versace.
Oscar.com fashion commentator Tom Julian said Beyonce, Hayek and
Charlize Theron, who wore a strapless Dior seafoam gown with a skirt
made of tiers of tulle, were among the best dressed.
Overall, Julian said, the look was sophisticated and simple with rich,
luxurious fabrics making more of a statement than glitzy jewels.
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Associated Press Writer Christina Almeida contributed to this report.
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> Stars went strapless at the Oscars , except for Hilary Swank. She made
> one of Sunday's boldest fashion statements, wearing a high-neck,
> sapphire-blue gown with long sleeves by Guy Laroche that hugged all her
> curves. She did show some skin, though: The back was completely bare.
>
I've heard raves on this dress but I just didn't like it. I thought it was
a bit too plain. The back of it was great thought.
> Gwyneth Paltrow, in a nude silk and cotton voile corset dress by friend
> Stella McCartney, was one of the many stars who chose a natural, soft
> look.
>
The gown needed some color.
> Mendel had diagonal exposed seams, a frayed edge at the top and tiers
> of frayed fabric at the hem - and she wore it with a rope of pearls,
> holding a disc, knotted at her neck.
>
It was horrible. And again, no color. What is it with people wearing these
off white beigy gowns?
> Sophisticated starlet Emmy Rossum wore a princess ruby-and-diamond
> Harry Winston necklace and matching drop earrings and a crimson-red
> Ralph Lauren gown, which she described as the color of a 1945 Bordeaux
> wine. "I heard that's a good year," said the 18-year-old.
>
for as young as she is she's already shown great taste. I don't think
she's had a "miss" yet.
> raspberry strapless gown with ivory tulle trim. Sandra Oh, also in red,
> looked glamorous in a Michael Kors ballgown.
>
I liked the gown, didn't like her white skin with black hair. If she
doesn't want to be blonde she should go for a rich brown
> Melanie Griffith said husband Antonio Banderas had the final word on
> her ombre celadon pleated silk chiffon gown with embroidery by Versace
> that she accessorized with long diamond drop earrings by Harry Winston.
>
Definitely my worst pick for the night. It was hideous.
> Versace also dressed Virginia Madsen in a blue strapless corset gown
> with a black chiffon overlay and Halle Berry in an iridescent taupe
> silk chiffon one-shoulder gown with embroidered skirt. "It's the one
> that caught my eye this year," Berry said.
>
Halle is another that can't go wrong. I like some gowns more than others
but she's never worn anything where I just thought 'ugh'.
> Blue and yellow were both popular colors. Kate Winslet wore a
> periwinkle blue gown by Badgley Mischka with a beaded inset down the
> front of the bodice and Neil Lane diamonds added to the sheer straps.
It was OK
> Salma Hayek said on E! that Prada "did such a good job" on her
> custom-made midnight blue dress with black beading and bows on the
> bodice.
>
Too many bows. Usually I like Salma's choices but wasn't impressed with
this one.
> Cate Blanchett said picking her one-shoulder pale yellow silk taffeta
> gown with train and satin burgundy bow sash was easy. "Valentino made
> it for me. I just loved it," she said.
>
I loved the burgundy bow and matching purse. Just wish she'd done burgundy
lips.
> Armani also did Annette Bening's black jersey, long-sleeve gown with a
> portrait neckline from his new couture collection. The fitted bodice
> led into an hourglass silhouette, ending with a fishtail train.
>
boring! The only non-boring black dress of the night was Beyonce.
> Beyonce, who had several costume changes for the awards show, did the
> red carpet in a black silk velvet strapless gown by Versace.
>
She looked perfect. Perfect hair, awesome earings and great dress. As she
said, she wanted timeless and wanted to be able to look at a photo of that
outfit 30 years from now and still like it. I think she achieved that.
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Cheers to 'Frasier,' Ending an 11-Year Run
Cheers to 'Frasier,' Ending an 11-Year, Award-Filled Run Which Started As a
Spinoff
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES May 11, 2004 - When the blue-collar barroom comedy "Cheers"
ended its run in 1993, it managed the neat trick of turning beer into
champagne.
"Frasier," the "Cheers" spinoff about psychiatrist Frasier Crane and his
dysfunctional family, became its own vintage blend of sparkling wit and
dependably funny highbrow neuroses.
The NBC comedy's last episode airs Thursday, closing a remarkable 22-year
chapter in television history in which it matched the 11-season run of
"Cheers" and became one of TV's most successful spinoffs.
Only the prime-time soap opera "Knots Landing," derived from "Dallas,"
lasted longer (14 seasons) and it certainly couldn't boast of the record 31
Emmys, including five consecutive best comedy series awards, bestowed on
"Frasier."
It's an accomplishment a demanding sort like Dr. Crane would relish. Series
star Kelsey Grammer certainly does. He believes "Frasier," with David Hyde
Pierce as Frasier's brother and partner-in-repartee Niles, raised the TV
bar.
"I'm proud of it. I have something I can look to, point out and say, `Well,
I did that,'" said Grammer. "There is an audience for these guys. We proved
that. Most of America, frankly, is much smarter than television assumes they
are."
Created by "Cheers" alumni David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee,
"Frasier" shoved Dr. Crane out of an unhappy marriage, off his Boston
barstool and into a Seattle radio job as host of an advice show.
"I cannot call `Frasier' a spinoff," said Pierce. "I know it is, but it
seems to me that, from the beginning, it so stood on its own."
The series debuted Sept. 16, 1993. Effete, erudite Frasier's style was
matched by fellow shrink Niles but clashed with dad Martin (John Mahoney), a
down-to-earth, disabled policeman who ended up bunking with Frasier.
Others in the ensemble cast included Jane Leeves as Daphne, Martin's
caregiver and the object of Niles' yearning and Peri Gilpin as Frasier's
sassy producer.
There was a succession of squeezes for Frasier.
The latest flame is Charlotte, played by Laura Linney, who features
prominently in the two-hour finale, which includes a retrospective at 8 p.m.
EDT. Now-married Niles and Daphne, awaiting the birth of their baby, and
Martin and fiancee Ronee (Wendie Malick) share the spotlight.
Why did viewers take to a spinoff in which an intellectual snob went from
one of the "Cheers" barflies to the hero?
"He wasn't a cold intellectual," said co-creator Casey. "I can't say he
never lorded it over people, because there were times that he did. But deep
inside he was a good guy and his motive were usually pretty good."
Pierce credits Grammer's ability to make his character "continually
interesting and surprising." Grammer won three best-actor Emmys for the
role; Pierce received three supporting-actor Emmys.
Grammer's 20 combined years as Frasier Crane (he was introduced on "Cheers"
in 1984, two years after the show began) puts him in the league of James
Arness and his Marshal Matt Dillon on "Gunsmoke" (1955-75).
"Frasier is the most delightful character to play," Grammer said. "He has a
rich emotional life, he has quirks that make him fun to play ... That's the
adventure of a lifetime for any actor."
Even during periods in which critics complained the series was "arguably
hitting some slumps, I always found him fascinating," he said.
Although the show's ratings flagged in recent seasons and never rivaled
those of "Cheers," which aired during a time of less cable competition for
networks, it was a key player for NBC.
"During the '90s, NBC captured the most desirable demos on television by
appealing to young, urban, upscale viewers, the audience advertisers adore,
with smart shows like 'Frasier,'" said Tim Brooks, co-author of "The
Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows."
While changing the setting and dynamic of "Cheers," "Frasier" managed to
retain those coveted viewers.
"There's precious little of its stature for that audience on television
right now," said Brooks.
With audiences favoring reality shows such as "The Apprentice" and "American
Idol," and with long-running sitcoms "Frasier," "Friends" and "Sex in the
City" gone, the state of TV comedy is at a low.
Casey suggests a variety of reasons, including too-green sitcom producers,
but singles out one.
"My big complaint is that networks tend not to be patient enough to let a
show find an audience," he said. "They expect a show to come out of the gate
firing, and it doesn't happen. It certainly didn't in the case of `Cheers.'
They had a horrible first season, in terms of ratings, but they lasted 11
years, didn't they?"
"Frasier" is ending at the right time, said its stars and producers. (Casey
noted the series stands as the final credit for Angell, who along with his
wife died in one of the planes that hit the World Trade Center.)
"I always wanted to do 11 years, and we did 11," said Grammer. "I've never
been arrogant, I've just been hopeful."
There's no expectation that "Frasier" will draw the 80.4 million viewers who
tuned in for the last "Cheers," making it the second-most watched TV series
finale ever, or even the 50 million-plus who watched last week's finale of
"Friends." ("M-A-S-H" was seen by 105 million viewers.)
"Frasier" is also lagging behind among advertisers, who paid up to $2
million for 30-second spots on the last "Friends" but reportedly are getting
time on "Frasier" for up to $800,000 per half-minute.
But those who are part of "Frasier" say it's going out in style.
"I feel the producers have been able to bring the whole series, for 11
years, to a really sterling conclusion," said Pierce.
"I'm very proud of that last episode," said Casey. "No matter how good the
show, they always seem to be waiting in the bulrushes on that final episode.
And I just don't see how they're going to get us."
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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Hollywood faces life after 'The Lord of the Rings'
By WALLACE BAINE
Sentinel film writer
Yes, it's Oscar season. And, yes, Sundance is going strong. And, yes, the
comforting glow of all those holiday prestige movies is still with us.
But the cold, gray light of 2004 exposes a hard truth in Hollywood: No more
"Lord of the Rings." No more "Matrix." It's back to spinning the roulette
wheel and keeping the fingers crossed.
That, of course, is the pessimist's view. The optimist sees the new year
like a poet sees a blank sheet of paper. Oh, the possibilities.
What's to come in '04? Well, bookish kids should be pleased. The third
installment of "Harry Potter" is nigh, as well as the new film adaptation of
Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" and the improbable
comeback of iconic comic-strip cat Garfield.
Fans of big-name directors can look forward to new films from Martin
Scorsese, Oliver Stone, David Mamet, M. Night Shyamalan, Ron Howard, Kevin
Smith, Woody Allen, Robert Zemeckis and Terry Gilliam.
But give the pessimist his due. Despite the enormous promise of the new
year, there are some projects coming down the pike sure to make any
sensitive movie-goer reach for the Maalox. Does the world really need a
re-make of the vigilante classic "Walking Tall" starring The Rock?
Hero figures
The old is new in Hollywood this year. Some of Western civilization's
oldest, most cherished stories are more trendy than the Atkins diet.
JESUS CHRIST - The biggest story of the first half of 2004 will be Mel
Gibson's epic story of the crucifixion of Jesus, "The Passion of the
Christ," which arrives with rapturous advance word from clergy who've seen
the film. It's Gibson's first film as director since the Best Picture winner
"Braveheart" back in '95 was shot in Aramic and Latin, and it's sure to
generate controversy for its true-believer viewpoint. It's due Feb. 25.
ALEXANDER THE GREAT - Not quite the transcendent figure that Jesus is,
Alexander was still one of the world's most powerful rulers. Colin Farrell
stars in the title role of Oliver Stone's epic with Anthony Hopkins, Val
Kilmer and Angelina Jolie along for the ride (November).
THE TROJAN WAR - The story's been told for centuries, but never involving
Brad Pitt. The world's most desirable man stars as Achilles in "Troy" in
this Wolfgang Petersen-directed epic about the Mother of All Battles.
Biography
The lives of other less-than-mythic figures will be brought to life as well,
including:
HOWARD HUGHES - Maybe the strangest life of the 20th century is brought to
the screen in "The Aviator" starring Leonardo DiCaprio as the obscenely
wealthy (and just plain obscene) Hughes. Martin Scorsese directs (December).
BOBBY DARIN - The "Jack the Knife" singer will be portrayed by Kevin Spacey
(who also directs) in "Beyond the Sea" (fall.)
ALFRED KINSEY - The famous sex researcher will be played by Liam Neeson with
Laura Linney as his wife in a film by "Gods and Monsters" director Bill
Condon (September).
COLE PORTER - The great songwriter's life will be staged as a musical,
starring Kevin Kline in the feature role with Ashley Judd (July).
Familiar faces
You see them everywhere these days. What do the most buzz-worthy actors in
the biz have coming next?
JOHNNY DEPP - The popular actor who single-handedly turned "Pirates of the
Caribbean" into a hit returns as writer James Barrie, the author of "Peter
Pan," in the biopic "Neverland" with Kate Winslet and Julie Christie
(October).
JUDE LAW - The sexy star of "Cold Mountain" will be all over the screen in '
04. He's playing Lemony Snicket in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
(December), a small part as Errol Flynn in "The Aviator," as well as the
starring roles in the throwback sci-fi "Sky Captain and the World of
Tomorrow" (June) and the re-make of the 1966 classic "Alfie" (October). He'
ll also star in director David O. Russell's "I Heart Huckabees" (October),
Mike Nichols' "Closer" (December) and the adaptation of the romantic novel
"Tulip Fever" by "Shakespeare in Love" director John Madden, which will
probably arrive in 2005.
NAOMI WATTS - The "21 Grams" star is hot property. She stars opposite Law in
"I Heart Huckabees" as well as the sequel to her hit horror flick "The Ring"
(November). Also expect to see her in the campus drama "Stay" opposite Ewan
McGregor (December) and the speculative drama "The Assassination of Richard
Nixon" opposite her "21 Grams" co-star .
SEAN PENN - The man many consider America's greatest actor will also star in
Sydney Pollack's political thriller "The Interpreter" (fall).
WILL FERRELL - The "Saturday Night Live" alum jumped to the A-list with
"Elf" and will next be seen in "Anchorman" (July), a comedy about rivalries
between 1970s local-news anchors. He's also got a part in the remake of the
1970s TV drama "Starsky & Hutch" (March) with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson as
the title cops and Snoop Dogg as Huggy Bear. And he's playing Darrin in the
big-screen version of "Bewitched," Ignatius J. Reilly in the long-awaited
adaptation of "A Confederacy of Dunces" and the voice of the Man in the
Yellow Hat in the screen version of "Curious George," all expected late in
the year.
JACK BLACK - The man who carried "The School of Rock" is back in Barry
Levinson's "Envy" (April) with Ben Stiller and a voice in the animated
sure-to-be hit from Dreamworks "A Shark's Tale" (October) with Will Smith,
Robert De Niro and Renee Zellweger.
BILL MURRAY - He's the inside bet to win the Best Actor Oscar for his role
in "Lost in Translation," so it only makes sense that Murray follows up that
breakout role with ... the voice of Garfield in "Garfield: The Movie"
(June).
Brand names
You know the characters, sometimes even the stories. Now it's time to catch
the movie.
"THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA" - Andrew Lloyd Webber's immensely popular stage
musical gets the big-screen treatment from director Joel Schumacher
(December).
"CATWOMAN" - You'll be seeing a lot of Halle Berry's costume (and thus, her
skin) in this action flick loosely based on Batman's feline nemesis. (July).
"HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN" - It's Year Three at Hogwart's and
Harry and pals are flush into their teen years in the latest Harry Potter
tale directed by Alfonso Cuaron of "Y Tu Mama, Tambien" (June).
"THE BROTHERS GRIMM" - You know the stories they published, but do you know
their own life story? The famous German fairy-tale writers are the central
figures in Terry Gilliam's dark adventure starring Heath Ledger and Matt
Damon (fall).
"AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS" - Jules Verne's classic balloon story gets
an update with Jackie Chan among the stars (June).
Part Two
What's a year without sequels? There's a ton of them, including "Shrek 2"
(June), "Kill Bill, Volume 2" (April), "Meet the Fockers" (December), "The
Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement" (July), "Scooby Doo 2" (March), "The
Whole Ten Yards" (April) and "Ocean's Twelve" (December).
Also, look for million-selling singer Dave Mathews in the small-town comedy
"Because of Winn-Dixie" (August), the film adaptation of Neil Young's new
rock operetta "Greendale" (October) and, let's not forget, the coming-out
party of soon-to-be legal adults Mary-Kate and Ashley Olson who star as
rival sisters in "New York Minute" (May).
It ain't "Lord of the Rings," but we all have to move on.
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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Pics are up from the 2004 Critics Choice Awards including 127 of:
Alec Baldwin
Alicia Silverstone
Amanda Peet
Anthony Minghella
Ben Kingsley
Bill Nighy
Billy Boyd
Blair Underwood
Charlie Hunnam
Charlize Theron
Christina Applegate
Clint Eastwood
Diane Keaton
Erika Christensen
Evan Rachel Wood
Frankie Muniz
Heath Ledger
Holly Hunter
Jennifer Connelly
Jeremy Sumpter
Johnny Depp
Jonathan Ahdout
Kathy Baker
Kelly Lynch
Laura Linney
Lauren Graham
Marcia Gay Harden
Maria Bello
Mitch Glazer
Naomi Watts
Patricia Clarkson
Paul Bettany
Peter Weir
Ron Livingston
Samantha Morton
Scarlett Johansson
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Tim Robbins
Vanessa Paradis
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157 pics from People's Choice Awards 2004:
Amber Tamblyn
Amy Davidson
Billy Boyd
Brooke Burke
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Faith Ford
Forest Whitaker
Jami Gertz
Jason Ritter
Jerry Bruckheimer
Jim Carrey
Joe Mantegna
Jorja Fox
Kaley Cuoco
Linda Evans
Mandy Moore
Marg Helgenberger
Mark Addy
Mark Burnett
Mark Harmon
Mary Steenburgen
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Perry
Melinda Clarke
Michael Welch
Mischa Barton
Oprah Winfrey
Paul Guilfoyle
Ray Romano
Reba McEntire
Samaire Armstrong
Shaun Robinson
Ted Danson
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And finally 53 pics from Win a Date With Tad Hamilton:
Amy Adams
Brad Rowe
Drew Fuller
Elizabeth Banks
Ginnifer Goodwin
Jason Ritter
Jonathan Bennett
Josh Duhamel
Kate Bosworth
Kathryn Hahn
Liz Phair
Melissa Joan Hart
Molly Sims
Paul Reiser
Robert Luketic
Topher Grace
Vanessa Lengies
Wilmer Valderrama
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Interesting...I read somewhere that the gay writers got their
inspiration from "Tails in the City"...
umhuh2003@yahoo.com (Um Huh) wrote in message news:...
> "njs" wrote in message news:...
> to
> by
> brushing
> Armistead Maupin's "Tales of The City." The lead character in "Sex" is
> suppose to be the lead in "Tales", which was Maryanne Singleton played
> by Laura Linney, although the storylines aren't exactly the same .
> Anyone who has seen tales can vouch for the sexual storylines and
> liberal ideas on sex. Supposably "sex" was written by gay writers who
> obviously got their inspiration from "Tales of The City".
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Clint Eastwood back in the ring
By BRUCE KIRKLAND -- Toronto Sun
Clint Eastwood, who turned 74 on May 31, is still imposing in stature and
legendary in status. But he can no longer make his day threatening young
punks on movie screens.
Still, you can expect to see him at the Oscars next February, and not as an
oldtimer getting some career achievement award. Eastwood, who was nominated
as best director for Mystic River and who won as best director for
Unforgiven while being nominated best actor for the same film, should be
there as an active nominee. It would be for his stunning, if disturbing new
film, Million Dollar Baby.
With its emphasis on the complexities of relationships and the dignity found
in people who inhabit the grotty parts of town, the film tells the story of
how two old farts in a rundown L.A. boxing club reluctantly train an eager,
albeit rough-hewn female boxer who just blew in from the Ozarks.
This is Eastwood's 25th feature as a director. He also co-stars in the film
with another veteran, Morgan Freeman, as well as the youthful Hilary Swank
as the boxer. So Eastwood could pop up in the best actor category or as best
director (Swank is also a contender, in her case for best actress).
Not that Eastwood is spending much time campaigning for the honour, or even
promoting Million Dollar Baby. On a recent day of interviews for the film,
Eastwood is absent. He rarely shows to talk up his work any more.
"I don't think he has enough time," offers Freeman, a close friend, in a Los
Angeles interview. "There are so many things that he's personally
responsible for (in the release of Million Dollar Baby)."
Time flies. Even in his 70s, Eastwood still works lightning fast. Principal
photography on Million Dollar Baby finished July 30 and the release is
Wednesday, a remarkably quick turnaround for such a sophisticated,
well-crafted film.
Eastwood got into the project just as quickly.
"It was really simple," Canadian-born screenwriter-producer Paul Haggis says
of getting Eastwood to co-star and direct. When Eastwood got Haggis' ,
which is an adaptation of two short stories in a collection called Rope
Burns by former boxing "cut man" F.X. Toole, Eastwood just said yes.
Haggis says he and his producing partner Al Ruddy, one of Eastwood's
Hollywood pals, "gave it to him to star in. And he said he would -- and
could he direct? 'Could he direct?' I think so! It was just such a wonderful
piece of happenstance. It came together so quickly."
The first little miracle for Haggis was that his ideal cast ended up in the
film. "I would lie about this but I don't have to," he says with a
mischievous grin. "I actually wrote it with Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman and
Clint Eastwood in mind. Now, how often does it happen that you do that and
it comes out to be true? Morgan Freeman was the first to sign on and then we
got to Hilary and we sent it to Clint."
The second little miracle was that Eastwood shot Haggis' first draft without
rewrites, also unheard of in Hollywood.
"Shock!" says Haggis of his reaction. "We're writers -- we don't get through
a sentence without rewriting ourselves." But according to Haggis, Eastwood
just said, "The 's good, man," and filmed it intact, with minor
changes occurring during the shoot on set.
The filming itself, in and around L.A., was quick and smooth, too. "He's not
doing anything," Freeman says of Eastwood's directing style with actors.
"But you better know what you're doing when you are on set because he's not
micro-managing. He's got his hands on the picture. His hands are not on you.
And I'm one of those actors that respond very well to that."
Freeman also doesn't see much change in Eastwood the man when he switches
from director to actor. "I'm afraid to say, I think it's all the same. The
director is this soft-spoken, very nice person and the actor is whatever
he's being (as a character). There's a morph there. You sense it more than
you see it."
Count Swank among Eastwood's most ardent supporters.
"I'll talk about it all day," she says about the working experience on
Million Dollar Baby. "I love Clint. Everything that you hear about him is
true.
"I had such high expectations because he's Clint Eastwood and he's been
making movies longer than I've been alive and I have such an enormous amount
of respect for his talent. I heard from Laura Linney and Kevin Bacon
(co-stars on Eastwood's Mystic River) and other people who have worked with
him: 'Wait 'til you've worked with him -- it's the best experience that
you'll ever have in your career.' That's some high expectations and ...
usually things can't live up to them (because) our imaginations are really
powerful. He exceeded them and then some. There will never be another Clint
Eastwood."
As a director, Swank says, Eastwood has a simple trick. "He creates an
environment in which everyone feels comfortable and, in his own words, he
gets the people he feels are right for the job and he lets them do it.
"He is the most amazing collaborator. Yet, when it's all said and done, his
fingerprints are all over it and you didn't even realize the gentle guidance
and colour that was happening in every moment -- because he is so subtle and
so simple."
As advertised, Eastwood is cryptic.
"He's a man of few words," Swank says, "and when he talks it is poignant,
important or hilarious."
That also sums up the character he plays in Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood's
boxing trainer Frankie Dunn is a gruff son-of-a-gun who barks orders in the
gym, dismisses Swank's character as a girlie and trash-talks his priest.
"Frankie," Eastwood says in the press notes for his film, "is searching for
redemption. He's an Irish Catholic guy who's in his senior years and he's
become disillusioned with his church and his lack of a relationship with his
daughter.
"What interested me about Million Dollar Baby is the fact that it isn't
really a boxing story. It's a love story about a person who is distressed
about his non-existent relationship with his daughter, and who then finds a
sort of surrogate daughter in this young girl who is dying to make her mark
on the world as a boxer."
On screen, Eastwood breaks down and cries during a morally traumatic last
act. "I have to say," Swank offers, "I think this is his best acting to
date. He is so moving in this movie. I just sit in awe. To see that side of
Clint and to see this aging, vulnerable man is brave and courageous and
stirring."
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and Bryce Dallas Howard will
be among award winners at next year's Palm Springs International Film Festival.
The award winners announced Saturday also include Samuel L. Jackson, Liam
Neeson and Kirk Douglas).
The annual film festival, founded in 1990 by the city's then-Mayor Sonny Bono,
will be held Jan. 6-17.
Spacey won the Sonny Bono Visionary Award for Acting, Directing and Producing,
while Jackson took the Career Achievement Award for Acting.
Neeson and Linney won the Desert Palm Achievement Award for actor and actress,
respectively, while Douglas will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award
and Howard with the Rising Star Award.
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Latin hunk makes debut
By Sophie Tedmanson
December 23, 2003
IMAGINE if you could go for a surf before work, then spend the day kissing
Nicole Kidman. Then you'd be imagining you are Brazilian actor Rodrigo
Santoro.
The Latino heart-throb, who is mobbed when he appears in public in Rio de
Janiero but is virtually unknown outside his home country, is in Sydney to
star alongside Kidman in an advertising campaign for the Chanel No 5
perfume.
But Santoro, who has won numerous top Brazilian film awards, is more
interested in talking about wanting to go surfing at Bells Beach than his
Oscar-winning co-star.
"I love it here, it reminds me a lot of Rio - the people, the heat. When I
stepped off the plane I felt totally at home," Santoro told The Australian
while on a break from filming at Fox Studios yesterday.
"And I love the beaches, it's so beautiful. I like that Australians are so
easygoing. They like to enjoy the day, that's just like my life in Brazil. I
do a lot of sports, go to the beach, do a bit of surfing. I like to enjoy
life."
And what a life it is.
Today, the 28-year-old will finish work on the theatrical commercial, which
is being filmed at the studios by Australian director Baz Luhrmann, who is
also a good mate of Kidman's.
The actors have worked more than 12 hours a day for the past four days to
complete the Chanel campaign, reported to have a budget of more than $14
million and including a Moulin Rouge-esque scene where Kidman and Santoro
kiss passionately.
Santoro, who was hand-picked by Luhrmann to play Kidman's leading man, said
it was "a dream come true" to work with the Australian director.
"I'm just his biggest fan," Santoro said.
"I've been the biggest fan of him since (Luhrmann's 1992 breakthrough film)
Strictly Ballroom. I think he's a genius. I love the way he tells a story;
it's really unique."
He described Kidman as "a very talented actress. She's lovely, so down to
earth".
And what of stealing balcony kisses with her in front of the camera for the
romantic commercials?
Santoro remained silent, but, with a sly smile, agreed: "Yes, the film is
romantic."
He said he hoped the Chanel campaign would help boost his international
profile.
While he has appeared in countless Brazilian films, TV shows and theatre
productions over the past decade, his latest parts in the British romantic
comedy Love Actually, where he plays the love interest of Laura Linney, and
Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, where he shares a beach scene alongside a
bikini-clad Cameron Diaz, have helped people outside Brazil take notice.
But for now Santoro is savouring the chance to surf between takes.
"I just take the experience I'm having right now as it is, and this," he
said, gesturing to the Sydney skyline, "has been really awesome."
The Australian
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
- Celebrity Gossip
- [about her father]: "My parents were divorced and I didn't grow up with him, but I spent a lot of time around him, and his influence on me has been profound."
- [about her character in Truman Show, The (1998)]: "The concept of The Truman Show - it was so much fun. What gave us all an additional challenge was that those of us who were the cast of The Truman Show play the actors but playing a role. So we did all this elaborate backstory. So I made up my actress name Hanna Gill, who plays Meryl Burbank, who is married to Truman Burbank. So we did all this double layering of character work not really knowing what was going to come through. I'm glad that some of the people who have seen the movie can say that they can actually see it in all of us. All of us who play the characters surrounding Jim in the film, that they can see the double layer."
- [about her character on Truman Show, The (1998)]: "Well the thing that was interesting was that we sort of did these back stories about these characters, and where they were and what was going on with them. And W_hen the movie picks up, Hanna Gill, who plays Meryl Burbank, is aware of the fact that she is losing her influence over Truman. He's not happy at home. He's beginning to get agitated. He's beginning to think of things outside the house, and she can feel that she is losing her power. So consequently the smile gets bigger and bigger, and the desperation, that is why there is that intense undertow to her. Because she knows she is losing it."
- [talking about Jim Carrey]: "He has tremendous charm. He has an enormous heart, just a big big heart. I think that is the thing. I think if you look at his other work you can see that there, which is what makes his characters more then just mimicry. I think that is why his work has hit so hard. Because there is just more there. So with this one you see more of his humanity."
- Graduated Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1982
- Nominated for Tony award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for role in "The Crucible", May 2002.
- 1990 graduate of the Juilliard School
- Dating Eric Stoltz. [May 2001]
- Graduated from Brown University in 1986.
- Clint Eastwood picked her for the part of Kate Whitney in his new movie Absolute Power (1997) after he saw her performance in Primal Fear (1996).
- She says she was the worst at reading and writing in her class
- Has a sister, Susan Linney.
- Her father was a playwright and her mother a nurse.
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