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Enticing Jeff Bridges to voice a washed-up surfer dude in the 2007 children's movie Surf's Up , the filmmakers sent the actor a video of an animated penguin declaiming a few of his lines from The Big Lebowski .

After a career as a leading actor that began with " The Last Picture Show " in 1971 and has included four Academy Award nominations, Jeff Bridges seems poised to be nominated again for his pitch-perfect performance as Bad Blake, a broken-down country singer in "Crazy Heart." His performance has been singled out in the best actor category of many ...

Jeff Bridges Enticing Jeff Bridges to voice a washed-up surfer dude in the 2007 children's movie Surf's Up , the filmmakers sent the actor a video of an animated penguin declaiming a few of his lines from The Big Lebowski .

Assuming there are thousands of other blogs discussing Avatar today, the movie and the money and the whole zeitgeist of it all, I feel pretty comfortable offering you a bit of counter-programming. I just saw a little movie - teensy in the shadow of James Cameron's juggernaut - which, if there is any justice left in the world, ought to earn at least ...

Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" When an actor signs up to play a character named Bad, he knows he's going to have to bring something of his dark side to the table.

The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Jeff Bridges with its Desert Palm Achievement Award.

Main American actor in full Jeffrey Leon Bridges born Dec. 4, 1949, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. American actor known for his good looks, laid-back personality, and versatility.

Before signing on to star as the lead detective in CBS' missing-persons drama "Cold Case," Kathryn Morris was courted by Steven Spielberg and Rod Lurie.

JEFF BRIDGES "Crazy Heart" Has four prior Oscar noms . Co-stars in "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Was given the National Board of Review Career Achievement Award in 2004.

Jeff Bridges is an actor who's overdue for an Oscar.A He's been nominated four times before and has a wealth of great performances in his filmography.A It looks like Bridges is adding another one to his filmography as he's getting some serious Oscar-buzz for his performance as a hard-living country singer in Crazy Heart .

Jeff Bridges as Bill Django is The Men Who Stare at Goats. The pleasure of an actor's company often makes a nondescript movie seem great.

Sam Elliott turns up in the most unexpected places. There he is, for instance, in the middle of the children's fantasy movie The Golden Compass, a story that takes place in a parallel world of witches and magical beasts and people's inner creatures that walk beside them and shift shape.

Monday, September 21, 2009 - Greetings and Salutaitons!! LISTEN FOR THE KINK MORNING SHOW INTERVIEW TUESDAY CHRISTIAN SLATER is Alex Donovan on ABC's "The Forgotten " With an impressive career that spans the worlds of film, television and stage, Christian Slater has established himself as one of the most talented actors of his generation.

Lifetime Television today announced the start of production of the Lifetime Original Movie Georgia O'Keeffe, starring three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Irons .

News: Former entertainment journalist Rod Lurie's take on the Sam Peckinpah classic relocates action from west country to west coast America, but looks unlikely to tone down the content Shooting began today on a remake of Sam Peckinpah's controversial 1971 horror - but in Los Angeles, rather than Cornwall.

Director Rod Lurie is well into rehearsals on his version of Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs , which is scheduled for release on February 25, 2011.

Georgia O'Keeffe's life and art continue to fascinate public imagination, as is evident with the upcoming premiere of the Sony Pictures Television original film for Lifetime, Georgia O'Keeffe, scheduled to air in September 19, 2009.

Georgia O'Keeffe revisits the turbulent, 20-year relationship of O'Keeffe and her husband, legendary photographer Alfred Stieglitz .

A lanky, long-faced, laid-back but quietly compelling actor whose weathered looks give him a scruffy majesty ideal for Westerns, Sam Elliott was one of the last generation of contract players under the old studio.... A lanky, long-faced, laid-back but quietly compelling actor whose weathered looks give him a scruffy majesty ideal for Westerns, Sam ...

James Mardsen had already been cast in the lead role. The film is scheduled to shoot in August, with Rod Lurie writing and directing.