Archive for January, 2008



“Healing” begins for Gandolfini (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 11:01 pm

Reuters - James Gandolfini will co-star in and produce “Sexual Healing,” a biopic about singer Marvin Gaye.

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Clooney’s Peace Plan (E! Online)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 11:01 pm

Clooney's Peace Plan(E! Online)E! Online - George Clooney has a new pin. And it means more to him than a certain statuette tucked in his trophy case.


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Barker adapting “Blood” franchise (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 10:01 pm

Reuters - British horror master Clive Barker is taking his tales of terror to the big screen again.

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AIDS foundation honors Schnabel, others (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

Julian Schnabel arrives at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in this Jan. 27, 2008, file photo in Los Angeles. The Foundation for AIDS Research is honoring Julian Schnabel, Bobby Shriver and Carine Roitfeld for their work raising money for AIDS research. The trio were to receive amfAR's Award of Courage at a star-studded, black-tie dinner Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, featuring a performance by Barry Manilow and presentations by Kenneth Cole, Marc Jacobs and Lou Reed.  (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)AP - The Foundation for AIDS Research is honoring Julian Schnabel, Bobby Shriver and Carine Roitfeld for their work raising money for AIDS research.


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Danes tapped for “Orson Welles” (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

Cast member Claire Danes attends the premiere of 'Stardust' at Paramount studios in Hollywood, California July 29, 2007. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Claire Danes has joined the cast of Richard Linklater’s “Me and Orson Welles,” an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow.


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New DVD releases: `Across the Universe’ (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

AP - Selected home-video releases:

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Lightning strikes Pinkett Smith’s “Contract” (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 5:01 pm

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith smiles at the premiere of 'The Kingdom' at the Mann's Village theatre in Westwood, California September 17, 2007. The movie opens in the U.S. on September 28. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Jada Pinkett Smith’s directorial debut, “The Human Contract,” has been picked up by Santa Monica-based sales and distribution entity Lightning Entertainment, which will handle international sales.


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“Trailer” a shaky construction of ramshackle laughs (Reuters)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

The Trailer Park Boys (L-R) Ricky (played by Rob Wells), Bubbles (Mike Smith) and Julian (John Paul Tremblay) arrive for the red carpet premiere of 'Trailer Park Boys: the Movie' in Toronto October 3, 2006. (J.P. Moczulski/Reuters)Reuters - One of the less felicitous cultural exports in its history, the Canadian-made “Trailer Park Boys: The Movie” demonstrates that the country that has contributed so much to comedy isn’t exactly infallible in its instincts.


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`Ratatouille’ had best picture pedigree (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

AP - Among the tales of depravity and violence that dominate this year’s Academy Awards race sits the bright and shining “Ratatouille.” A rat never seemed so sanitized.

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Hollywood defends Ledger in video quash (AP)

Thursday 31 January 2008 @ 2:01 pm

A memorial to actor Heath Ledger, who passed away recently, is presented at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)AP - It was a striking example of Hollywood protecting its own: After an aggressive lobby from powerful film industry figures, “Entertainment Tonight” decided against airing a video that shows the late Heath Ledger hanging out at a party where drugs were being taken.


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