Archive for January, 2008
Reuters - James Gandolfini will co-star in and produce “Sexual Healing,” a biopic about singer Marvin Gaye.
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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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Reuters - British horror master Clive Barker is taking his tales of terror to the big screen again.
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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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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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AP - Selected home-video releases:
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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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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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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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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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