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Jeff Bridges Shines as Country-Music Has-been

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 .

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Related Topix: Crazy Heart, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Crime Movies, American Heart, Western, Drama Movies, The Last Picture Show, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Thriller

Wed Dec 23, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Jeff Bridges: "I know myself pretty well."

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 ...

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Related Topix: Crazy Heart, Drama Movies, Thriller, The Last Picture Show, Jeff Bridges

Tue Dec 22, 2009

River Front Times

One From the Heart: Jeff Bridges shines as a country-music has-been....

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 .

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Related Topix: Crazy Heart, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Crime Movies, American Heart, Western, Drama Movies, The Last Picture Show, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Thriller, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Dec 21, 2009

Living the Romantic Comedy

Give 'Em the Goldurned Statuette

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 ...

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Related Topix: Avatar, Crazy Heart, The Fisher King, Western, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Thriller, Adventure, Against All Odds

Fri Dec 18, 2009

LA Daily News

Jeff Bridges digs deep, sings about it, in 'Crazy Heart'

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.

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Related Topix: Crazy Heart, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Western, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Music!, Thriller, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Crime Movies, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Biography Movies, Action Movies

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Variety.com

Palm Springs to honor Jeff Bridges

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

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Related Topix: Crazy Heart, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Last Picture Show, Thriller, Jeff Bridges

Fri Dec 04, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Jeff Bridges

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.

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Related Topix: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Stay Hungry, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Last Picture Show, The Fisher King, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Music!, Thriller

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Los Angeles Times

With Kathryn Morris of 'Cold Case'

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.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Cold Case, Drama Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, Paycheck, Mystery Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Kathryn Morris, Comedy

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Variety.com

Lead Actor Race

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.

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Related Topix: Pride and Prejudice, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Crime Movies, Action Movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Last Picture Show, Thriller, Jeff Bridges

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Collider

Trailer, Poster, and Oscar Buzz for Crazy Heart Starring Jeff Bridges

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 .

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Comedy Movies, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, The Last Picture Show, Thriller, Jeff Bridges, Family, Golden Globe Awards

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Philly.com

Flickgrrl: Burning His (Jeff) Bridges

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.

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Related Topix: The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Door in the Floor, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Drama Movies, Winter Kills, The Last Picture Show, Music!, Thriller

Sat Oct 10, 2009

Canada.com

Sam Elliott lands in the Golden saddle

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.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Thriller, Sam Elliott

Tue Sep 22, 2009

KINK-FM Portland

Christian Slater

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.

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Related Topix: Very Bad Things, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Murder in the First, Drama Movies, My Own Worst Enemy, Mystery Movies, Heathers, Crime Movies, Gleaming the Cube, Action Movies, Entertainment, Television

Sun Sep 20, 2009

The Post Chronicle

PHOTOS: Joan Allen Brings Artist Georgia O'Keeffe Back To Life In Biopic

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 .

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, The Upside of Anger, The Ice Storm, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, The Notebook, Drama

Tue Aug 18, 2009

UTV

Straw Dogs remake out of the traps

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.

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Related Topix: Straw Dogs, Drama Movies, Thriller, Dustin Hoffman

Sat Aug 15, 2009

ComingSoon.net

Dominic Purcell & James Woods Join Lurie's Straw Dogs

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.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Nothing but the Truth, An American Carol, Dominic Purcell, Thriller, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Art Knowledge News

O'Keeffe Museum hosts Screening of 'Georgia O'Keeffe' Starring Joan Allen & Jeremy Irons

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.

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Related Topix: The Upside of Anger, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Biography Movies, Elizabeth I, Reversal of Fortune, Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons

Tue Aug 11, 2009

Art Daily

O'Keeffe Museum Hosts Screening of Georgia O'Keeffe Starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons

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

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Related Topix: The Upside of Anger, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Biography Movies, Elizabeth I, Reversal of Fortune, Joan Allen, Jeremy Irons

Sun Aug 09, 2009

Hollywood.com

Sam Elliott

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 ...

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Related Topix: Thriller, Drama Movies, War Movies, Fail-Safe, Science Fiction Movies, Mask, Biography Movies, Sibling Rivalry, Comedy Movies, You Know My Name, Crime Movies, The Blue Knight, Western, Entertainment

Fri Jul 17, 2009

411mania.com

[Movies] Kate Bosworth And Alexander Skarsgard Join The Cast Of Straw Dogs

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

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Related Topix: Straw Dogs, Drama Movies, Thriller, Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Movies, Entertainment

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