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Casting Notes: Alan Cumming in Burlesque; Mirren Does Espionage;...
It's casting notes time again. Alan Cumming has joined Steve Antin 's Burlesque , about "an ambitious small-town girl with a big voice who finds herself at a neo-burlesque club." Christina Aguilera is the girl, Kristen Bell is the rival dancer, and Cumming is the gender-bending club MC.
Searchlight might make 'Crazy' move
Fox Searchlight became the toast of awards season in 2008 by cutting it close - it picked up the season's two darlings, Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler, as late as August and September, respectively.
'Grey's Anatomy's' Patrick Dempsey gets stuck up
McDreamy is going McFunny. Patrick Dempsey has signed on to star in a heist comedy written by "The Hangover" team, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Patrick Dempsey signs on for heist comedy
Patrick Dempsey will find himself in the middle of a couple of stick-ups in an untitled bank-heist comedy written by "The Hangover" team of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and to be directed by Paul McGuigan .
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50 Dead Men Walkinga s Ben Kingsley on Getting Into Character
Back when he was 38, Ben Kingsley might have understandably assumed that most of the rest of his acting career would take place on the stage - after all, he'd gone from success to success in the British theater, while being told in no uncertain terms that he didn't have what it would take to be a movie star.
50 Dead Men Walkinga s Ben Kingsley on Getting Into Character
Back when he was 38, Ben Kingsley might have understandably assumed that most of the rest of his acting career would take place on the stage - after all, he'd gone from success to success in the British theater, while being told in no uncertain terms that he didn't have what it would take to be a movie star.
What Push's heroes need is super-Prozac. Instead they get one chase scene after another, as McGuigan plasters over the many plot holes with quick cuts, flashbacks, changes of film stock, and disturbing glimpses of Fanning's milky upper thighs.
50 Dead Men Walkinga s Ben Kingsley on Getting Into Character
Back when he was 38, Ben Kingsley might have understandably assumed that most of the rest of his acting career would take place on the stage - after all, he'd gone from success to success in the British theater, while being told in no uncertain terms that he didn't have what it would take to be a movie star.
Written by Brad Pareso on Aug 3rd, 2009 and filed under Columns , Nothing But Net .
Film quango slammed for lack of vision
A LEADING Hollywood director has attacked Scotland's main film development body for lacking the vision to cultivate new talent while handing out funds to the "usual suspects." Bellshill-born Paul McGuigan, whose film credits include Gangster No1, The Acid House, and Lucky Number Slevin, accuses Scottish Screen of stifling the production of films by ...
How to Multiply, in Your Head, Any Two-Digit Number by 11
It's very easy once you know the secret. Consider the problem: 32 X 11 To solve this problem, simply add the digits, 3 + 2 = 5 , put the 5 between the 3 and the 2, and there is your answer: 3 5 2 What could be easier? Now you try: 53 X 11 Since 5 + 3 = 8, your answer is simply 583 One more.
A starring role in the WWII melodrama "Pearl Harbor" put Josh Hartnett at the forefront of the emerging twenty-something actors of the time, though it was not the most indicative work of an actor who preferred the murky.... A starring role in the WWII melodrama "Pearl Harbor" put Josh Hartnett at the forefront of the emerging twenty-something ...
Morgan Freeman Could Be Joining "Red"
Morgan Freeman has been one of my favorite actors out there ever since his role in " The Shawshank Redemption " . He doesn't always appear in the best films, but he always gives an amazing performance regardless of the material he's working with.
Set "two days from now," in a Hong Kong where you can't walk 10 yards without encountering someone with mutant powers , "Push" watches as a bunch of second-generation mutants have-at each other, with the future of all Mutantdom as the prize! For the good guys, we have Chris Evans' Nick, who can move things with his mind , and Dakota Fanning 's ...
Directed by Paul McGuigan Written by Davd Bourla Starring Chris Evans Dakota Fanning Camilla Bell Djimon Housou Director Paul McGuigan directed the clever, funny, con-man comedy Lucky Number Slevin.
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She first got noticed as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal , but it was teaming up with Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz in the big screen version of Charliea TMs Angels and trading punches with Uma Thurman in Quentin Tarantinoa TMs Kill Bill that put Lucy Liu in the Hollywood mainstream.
The 65-year-old star of Gandhi has suffered much mockery for allegedly insisting on the use of his title, particularly after it featured on promotional material for his film Lucky Number Slevin .
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