The Israel Lobby, Hollywood style
LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
A Hollywood agent has been raising industry consciousness of the country through A-list tours.
Alexander Payne
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TCA Press Tour, Day 3: HBO
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Okay, kids, we’ve got a lot of stuff to cover here, so let’s start off by just hitting the highlights of the initial HBO panel, which was simply the network’s programming group president Richard Plepler and co-president Michael Lombardo opening up the floor to questions. * The next season of “Big Love” is shooting now and [...]
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TV: Jason Schwartzman in HBO’s Bored to Death / Tim Roth in Fox’s Lie to Me
/Film (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Spun, Coconut Records) will play an aging Brooklynite/alcoholic writer who experiences a nasty breakup and finds himself in the position of a Phillip Marlowe-ish gumshoe in the new HBO series Bored to Death. Written by former New York Press columnist and novelist, Jonathan Ames, the half-hour comedy will go into production this [...]
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HBO, Jason Schwartzman 'Bored to Death'
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
'Rushmore' star will play writer/private eye in pilot Jason Schwartzman is "Bored," and for HBO that's a good thing.
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Finding Amanda
ReverseBlog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Over the years, it's been both disconcerting and somehow satisfying to watch Matthew Broderick gradually morph from a lithe, cocky teen heartthrob to a pudgy, middle-aged sad sack. The puppy-dog eyes have sunken deeper into down-turned crevices of disappointment,...
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Brittany Snow Finds Herself
ComingSoon.net (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Actress Brittany Snow talks to ComingSoon.net about her new movie Finding Amanda from "Rescue Me" creator Peter Tolan in which she plays Amanda, a young woman living in Vegas and working as a prostitute in order to maintain her dream home. Matthew Broderick plays Amanda's uncle Taylor, a television writer with a gambling problem who travels to Vegas to try to "save her."
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Celebrity Interview. Virginia Madsen Expresses Herself and Joins the League of Women Voters to Encourage Women to Vote
Second City Style (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Virginia Madsen is one of Hollywood’s most versatile and naturally beautiful actresses to date. Not only did she receive amazing reviews for her Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated performance in Alexander Payne’s hit classic, SIDEWAYS, but this Independent Spirit...
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Linksburgh
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
MNPP celebrates Kathleen Turner's birthday yesterday (yes, I forgot. I suck. Sorry Kathleen!) Webster's Is My Bitch "stuck up" Hee. I love that blog Good Magazine really cool auteur tribute to Hal Ashby ( Harold & Maude, Coming Home ) by Alexander Payne, David O' Russell and more... The House Next Door a post-mortem on SIFF. "Worst Film" goes to Mysteries of Pittsburgh. I'm telling you... I've been...
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Hal Ashby as Director’s Director
Big Screen Little Screen (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
“When I was asked to write about the film Being There, I thought it would be fun. … After watching it again I got very depressed. It was even better than I remembered it to be. Fuck this article. Sometimes seeing a great film takes the wind out of you. Watching this film reminded me [...]
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The Promotion - movie review
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
It's rare to find an American movie that cares about what its characters do for a living, and rarer still for
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- The Promotion - 6/7/2008 - filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
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King of California - Preview
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
KING Of California stars Michael Douglas as a fresh-out-of-the-mental institution father, and Evan Rachel Wood as his emancipated teenage daughter, as they venture together on a quest for an ancient Spanish treasure buried beneath their local Costco in this darkly funny, exciting and surprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American dream. Written and directed by first-time filmmaker...
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Ode to Pinot
Sideways Wine Club Blog (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
The "Ode to Pinot" delivered by Miles in the movie Sideways. You Tube video excerpt
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King Of California, Trailer
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Watch the trailer for King Of California it is a darkly funny, mysterious, thrilling film
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The Hire
The Real Estate (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Over the past few weeks, HBO has announced a series of moves to stem the tide of speculation that the network is faltering. After canceling 12 Miles of Bad Road , a series starring Lily Tomlin, HBO announced deals with Oscar winners Alexander Payne (of Sideways and Election fame) to develop a dark comedy called Hung , about a man who divines power from his generous equipment; and Alan Ball, the creator...
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Ellison, Omaha, Mann (Studio 360)
PRI's Studio 360 (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Kurt heads back to his hometown. No longer just beef and Warren Buffett, Kurt finds a vibrant indie rock, film, and visual arts scene there. Artists, politicians and philanthropists – including filmmaker Alexander Payne and Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst – tell us what makes Omaha so nice to come home to. And we hear from other musicians on Omaha’s hot Saddle Creek label, including the tap-dancing...
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