Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... hosted 'Saturday Night Live' like 100 times, so you know they must be funny." NEW YORK • Steven Zeitchik reports...
Hollywood Elsewhere (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Fox Searchlight is suddenly screening Crazy Hearts, the Jeff Bridges character drama that Hollywood Reporter columnist Steven Zeitchik has described as a country-music version of The Wrestler, and frequently -- two showings today and a couple more tomorrow and/or Friday, a friend reports. But so far no screenings are slated for the New York crowd. Or so I'm concluding due to a lack of...
The IFC Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This week's favorite Oscar topic, besides last night's announcement that Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will be co-hosting the awards, is where all the original screenplays have gone. The Hollywood Reporter's Steven Zeitchik points out the a dearth of obvious candidates for the "Best Original Screenplay" category. If "Up," "Inglourious Basterds" and "A...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... be moving up the release of “Crazy Heart” a country-music drama starring Jeff Bridges which, Steven Zeitchik writes, is being touted as “ The Wrestler ” goes country music. Sounds good to me, but in some ways that movie was already made back in ‘73 with Rip Torn . Okay, Mickey Rourke ’s character was a lot nicer, but the underlying spirit isn’t all that different.
