Sissy Spacek News

JACK NICHOLSON, Peter O'Toole, Sissy Spacek, and Phillip Seymore-Hoffman will all star in a series of movies to be screened in NUI Galway as part of the Bealtaine Festival.

She's a six-time Oscar nominee with forty years of films to her credit, but Sissy Spacek has always made it clear she's never wanted to be queen of the Hollywood prom.

Actress Julianne Moore has officially been cast as the crazy mother of Carrie White in an upcoming remake of the 1976 Stephen King horror classic "Carrie." MSN reported that Moore signed the contracts and will be starring as Stephan King' s Margaret White, the role originally starred Piper Laurie as the unstable Christian fundamentalist, and mother ... (more)

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Even as the hipster poster girl, Zooey Deschanel is the perfect acting-singing crossover, so a musical is only the next logical step in her career.

This wonderful movie changed my life, and left me a devoted Loretta Lynn fan. Sissy Spacek plays a tough role.

"New Girl" star/cute bomb Zooey Deschanel is set to play the title role in a Broadway musical adaptation of "Coal Miner's Daughter." Loretta Lynn announced the news on Thursday during a performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, where she was joined on stage by Deschanel for a rendition of the singer's signature song, reports The Wrap .

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What's Up: The veteran actress -- whose movies range from "Carrie" to "The Help" -- has an autobiography out, "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life." What You May Not Know About Her: Spacek grew up in Quitman, Texas, a town so small the mayor was also the fire chief -- and the undertaker.

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Sissy Spacek left the glamour life of Hollywood for a Virginia farm in 1978. There she has remained with her husband, production designer Jack Fisk, working steadily but still calling a cozy rural community home.

What should you read this weekend? USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include memoirs from Gregg Allman and Sissy Spacek , and the latest very funny novel from Christopher Buckley .

Sissy Spacek received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter .

Sissy Spacek broke out in Hollywood in the 1970s with the horror film "Carrie." Spacek said she got into the character by not keeping up her appearance.

Sissy Spacek 's autobiography My Extraordinary Ordinary Life explores how celebrities are just like their fans when it comes to the basic things in life: love and family.

Teen star Chloe Grace Moretz is getting hands-on as she prepares to star in a remake of classic horror film Carrie - she's designing her own costume for the movie.

When Sissy Spacek started her film career, she was told to lose her heavy Texas accent.

Sissy Spacek received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter .

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