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NewPages Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Mitchell Jarosz, my esteemed colleague who has taught film studies for longer than he will disclose, was asked: "If you could recommend just one film for someone to watch, just one, what would it be?"His reply: The Girl in the CafeThis is a quietly and surprisingly incredible film. Starring Bill Nighy and Kelly Macdonald (one of my favs from No Country for Old Men; Nanny McPhee; Gosford Park)From...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Women's Impact Report '09: Agent's roster includes rising star Zoe Saldana -- When you represent a throng of young up-and-coming actors, you never know when things will snap, crackle and pop all at once.
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NewPages Blog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Martin Scorcese will direct the pilot of a new 2010 HBO series Boardwalk Empire based on the novel by Nelson Johnson. Aside from Mad Men, I don't watch series television, but I'm going to have to give this one a try: "The series stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson, a Prohibition-era bootlegger and prominent figure in the Atlantic City of the early 1920s, someone who's described as "equal...
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atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Hope for an AIDS vaccine has been rekindled with new research showing scientists are on track to providing protection from the deadly virus.
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Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
“Boardwalk Empire” is a new series created by Terrance Winter, a very talented writer who blossomed on “The Sopranos.” Steve Buscemi stars as Nucky Thompson, an Atlantic City magnate wheeling and dealing during Prohibition. Not only does the show tout Martin Scorcese as an executive producer, but the Academy Award-winning filmmaker also directed the pilot. [...]
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Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese ("The Departed") helmed the first episode of HBO's new series "Boardwalk Empire." He will also be executive producing this Prohibition-era crime drama about the rise of one man in Atlantic City. Scorsese is a five-time Emmy nominee for his work on various cultural programming like "American Masters." "Boardwalk Empire" was...
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Televisionary (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Welcome to your Wednesday morning television briefing. The Chicago Tribune's Maureen Ryan is reporting that former Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles star Lena Headey has signed on to star in HBO's fantasy drama pilot Game of Thrones, based on the novel series by George R.R. Martin. Headey, who toplined the now-canceled Terminator, would play Cersei Lannister, described by Ryan as "a woman...
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TV.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Still recovering from falling from its once dominant position of must-have subscription cable, HBO has taken another step in the right direction by greenlighting the original series Boardwalk Empire . The network has ordered 11 episodes of the drama, which reenacts the life of 1920s Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson. Why is this exciting? Well, it comes from Academy-Award-winning director Martin...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
"Mad Men" gets another season - how do you like this season so far? AMC's "Mad Men" has been picked up for another season (big surprise) - how are you enjoying what's happening so far this season? --- Martin Scorsese is heading to HBO as the network orders a pilot series of "Boardwalk Empire" to premiere in 2010. Set in Prohibition Era Atlantic City, the series will star...
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LAist (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
"Mad Men" gets another season - how do you like this season so far? AMC's "Mad Men" has been picked up for another season (big surprise) - how are you enjoying what's happening so far this season? --- Martin Scorcese is heading to HBO as the network orders a pilot series of "Boardwalk Empire" to premiere in 2010. Set in Prohibition Era Atlantic City, the series will star...
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The Watcher (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
HBO announced today that the network has ordered 12 hours of the new Prohibition-era drama "Boardwalk Empire." The pilot for the show, which is set in the Atlantic City of the 1920s, was directed by Martin Scorsese and written by "Sopranos" veteran Terence Winter. "Boardwalk Empire" will arrive on HBO in the fall of 2010 (production on the series begins this fall). According...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Film has never been quite the same since When the Observer breaks the news of his triumph to Danny Boyle - and shows him the Top 25 list in full - his first reaction, he says, is one of shock. "What? No Life Less Ordinary?" - a self-mocking quip reminding us that his 1997 film, the follow-up to Trainspotting, starring Cameron Diaz alongside Ewan McGregor, was welcomed with no great enthusiasm...
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