ICM hires pair of veteran agents
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Film News: Firm adds Chuck James and Lorrie Bartlett -- ICM has hired veteran agents Lorrie Bartlett and Chuck James away from Gersh Agency.
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Breaking Barriers, Quietly
ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
He's not really a household name, although his face would be familiar to most Americans, and he doesn't go looking for attention. But actor Dennis Haysbert has been quietly defying Hollywood expectations for years, and as one of the few African-Americans to be entrusted with a leading dramatic role on television, he's also changing the way the industry looks at race....
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Latching on to the Role of a Lifetime Every Week
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Dennis Haysbert, star of the CBS action series “The Unit,” finds himself that rare television creature: an African-American lead actor in a drama.
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Obama's Hollywood night
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Posted September 17, 2008 12:27 AM by John McCormickBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Joined by Barbra Streisand and other Hollywood celebrities, Sen. Barack Obama raised an estimated $9 million for his presidential bid at two glitzy fundraisers Tuesday evening.The first event, at the Greystone Mansion, ran $28,500 per person. The second was at the Beverly Wilshire hotel, where admission was $2,500. Both events...
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'The Unit' Set To Return with Season 4 on September 28
BuddyTV (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Fans of CBS' The Unit are gearing up for September 28, when the series comes back for its fourth season. The show, which stars 54-year-old Dennis Haysbert as Sergeant Major Jonas Blane, follows a group of counter-terrorists as they risk...
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Quote of the Month - September
The Pinotage Club (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
"I just love deep, meaty, full wines … wines that you’d have with red meat. There was a great wine that I had when filming Goodbye Bafana in South Africa, a Diemersfontein Pinotage, which had an amazing clove finish to it. I’m not sure I’ve ever tasted clove in a glass before. I loved it so much that I ordered a case the next day and had it shipped back to the States. It never arrived, so
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Sinbad - Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) (In Hindi)
Watch Online Hindi Movies (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Starring: Brad Pitt ... Sinbad (voice) Catherine Zeta-Jones ... Marina (voice) Michelle Pfeiffer ... Eris (voice) Joseph Fiennes ... Proteus (voice) Dennis Haysbert ... Kale (voice) Timothy West ... Dymas (voice) Adriano Giannini ... Rat (voice) Raman Hui ... Jin (voice) Chung Chan ... Li (voice) Jim Cummings ... Luca / Additional Voices (voice) Conrad Vernon ... Jed (voice) Andrew Birch ... Grum...
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Politics: The Importance of Style Over Substance
CultureFeast (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The August 15 issue of Entertainment Weekly featured interviews with presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. It was a light interview in which the reporter asked questions like, “Who controls the remote in your home?” “What was the last movie you saw in a theatre?” “Who do you think made the best president in [...]
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American Black Film Festival Culminates with the Awards Presentation and World Premiere of HBO's The Blacklist on Sunday, August 10, at the WGA Theater in Los Angeles
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
The Abduction of Jesse Bookman Wins for Best Actor and ABFF Best Film LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Film Life wrapped up its 12th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) at the ABFF Awar...
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Paging Jack Bauer, You’re Needed In Denver
Virginia Virtucon (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
We’ve previously noted that Barry Obama may to some degree have tried to ride the popularity of the show “24″ by portraying himself as a real-life version of President David Palmer. (The actor who played Palmer, Dennis Haysbert, has even said he thinks he may have partially paved the way for Obama.) Now, the darker side [...]
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Dennis Haysbert in “Empire”
Second Wave's 24 Blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Sky One’s epic drama Empire is cranking up the action as Gladiator Tyrannus tries to keep Octavius out of trouble. This week, we’re treated to a cameo role from 24 and The Unit star Dennis Haysbert. Source ShareThis
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Who would make the best US president? 24's David Palmer of course
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Both John McCain and Barack Obama have revealed their pop culture favourites, but what can we learn from them?
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Entertainment Weekly: McCain & Obama Like Music, Batman
Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. Paris Hilton is running for president, Barack Obama has been on the cover of People Magazine and US Weekly, and John McCain has help from a cameraman know for his obsessive attention to lighting. So it should come as no surprise that the latest interviews granted by the presidential [...]
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Obama is Spiderman, McCain the Dark Knight
Political Punch (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Entertainment Weekly sat down with Senators John McCain and Barack Obama for some Pop Culture Q&A -- with some surprising answers. McCain's favorite film/TV president, for instance, is President David Palmer, played by Dennis Haysbert, on 24. "He’s fabulous," McCain...
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Obama-McCain pop-culture debate!
Entertainment Weekly (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
See the candidates' movie, TV, and music endorsements -- then vote on their picks
