Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
It's Helen Hunt's directorial debut with this, out from Image Entertainment. Along with Hunt, the cast includes Matthew Broderick, Colin Firth and Bette Midler. Here's what it's about: The story follows Alice Epner (Hunt), a New York school teacher, who is stuck in a mid-life crisis after she is abandoned by her husband and [...]
Interval Drinks (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Sometimes one wonders if there are any original stories left. Tracy Chevalier’s popular novel about Vermeer’s most famous painting has already been filmed (with Colin Firth rather miscast as the artist) and it has now been transplanted to the stage in a new adaptation by David Joss Buckley. The first question one has to ask is why? Is this story so potent it deserves a third telling? Does theatre...
Screenhead (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The movie is loosely based on the play by Noel Coward about a British aristocrat who falls for an American divorcee, much to the uneasiness of his family. The movie stars Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth. Related PostsMargot at the Wedding Trailer: Domestic Writing? [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/_NQobRrZhvo" width="425" height="350" wmode="tra...All...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Film News: Film stars Ben Barnes, Jessica Biel -- Sony Pictures Classics has picked up Latin American rights to Stephan Elliott's "Easy Virtue," the 1920s-set romantic comedy with dynamite disco tracks.
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
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Needcoffee.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Russell Brand has been signed by Comedy Central to do a one-hour stand-up special. It will be taped in NYC in November and air on the network in 2009. Brand's comment: "Comedy Central is the home of 'South Park,' 'The Daily Show,' and 'The Sarah Silverman Program.' I am thrilled to have such [...]
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Hollywood Elsewhere's resident crank Jeffery Wells wondered earlier this week if Michael Cera's career is on the wane, in part because he plays the same role over and over again. While I'm excited to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Film News: 'Eden' among official selection -- The Rome Film Festival has announced its full lineup which, in the absence of high-profile preems from Hollywood, will focus more on international discoveries, Italo pics, and a potentially pleasing mix of genres.
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Al Pacino, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen and Colin Firth are among the film stars who will attend the Rome Film Festival this month, organizers said Wednesday.
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
The stage version of Girl With a Pearl Earring transferred this week to the West End's Theatre Royal Haymarket, where it's booking for a limited season until 1 November (See 1st Night Photos::E8821222770161, 30 Sep 2008). Adapted from Tracy Che...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Author Tracy Chevalier (pictured, right) was amongst the guests at last night's opening of Girl With a Pearl Earring at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (29 September 2008, previews from 24 September). Adapted from Chevalier's 1999 best-selling novel,...
Whatsonstage.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
What is the point of this show? It's not terrible, but it's hardly exciting. Actor/playwright David Joss Buckley has avowedly gone back to the wonderful, spry 1999 novel of Tracy Chevalier transformed into a beautiful film starring Scarlett Johan...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
The seventies folk singer Joan Baez, famous for her political activism and love-affair with Bob Dylan as well as her friendship with Martin Luther King, comes to Glasgow with her new album, The Day After Tomorrow. Having recorded in eight languages on30 albums and performed publicly for more than 50 years it's safe to assume that 67- year old Baez will still put on a good show. • Glasgow Royal Concert...
tea stains (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Well it was hard work, but I got there. I wrote 1,108 word today. It's nearly 6pm and I'm fed up of the sight of my laptop so I'm not going to take it into the lobby for the wifi. Tonight's film is Where The Truth Lies. I've never heard of it but I chose it because Colin Firth's in it. I'm back to dialogue tomorrow so the words should be slightly easier. Sent via BlackBerry® from AIS
Towleroad (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Is Tom Ford suiting up to join the velvet mafia? It looks that way on the cover of September's German Vanity Fair. Last November I reported that Tom Ford was set on making Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel A Single Man...
