Dreamgirls
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Legit Reviews: Musical has enough vocal talent to compensate for the stiff acting and a shortage of emotional clout.
Bill Condon
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Hamish Hamilton to direct Oscars
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Film News: Veteran director to helm telecast -- Hamish Hamilton, a veteran helmer of live events, has been tapped to direct the upcoming Oscarcast.
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DREAM GIRLS: THE BROADWAY SENSATION GOES to HARLEM
hiphoprepublican (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
by Richard Ivory Dream Girls, the inspiring story of the soullful girl group , directed by Bill Condon is making its way to Harlem’s, famed Apollo Theatre. Hip-HopRepublican.com will be there to review the film with members of the press on Nov 22. If you have not seen it please take some time and read the press release entry below to get familiar before going. HHR is encouraging all of our NJ...
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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host Oscars
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will be the first with multiple hosts since 1987 How do you replace the all-singing, all-dancing "sexiest man alive" as Oscars host? If you are the organisers of next year's Academy Awards, you draft in not one, but two Hollywood heavyweights to take over from Hugh Jackman – Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have been confirmed as hosts for the 2010 ceremony....
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UPDATE: Movie Academy Picks Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin As Oscar Hosts
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: Well, I beat the Academy to their own announcement, but only by a coupla minutes. (So I've changed "wants" to "picks" in the headline!) The two are starring with Meryl Streep in the upcoming holiday movie from Nancy Meyer, It's Complicated, from Universal. And they're friends. I think it's a perfect pairing and, for once, I'm actually looking forward to the...
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Hugh Jackman Says No to Hosting the Oscars Again
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Hugh Jackman doesn’t want to host the Oscars again next year. The thesp, who’s starring on Broadway with Daniel Craig in the drama “A Steady Rain,” quietly turned down the job within the past few weeks, sources said. Jackman drew praise for his first Oscar hosting gig in February under producer Laurence Mark and exec producer Bill [...]
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Do 10 Best-Picture Nominees = Dull Oscar?
ABC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Number of Academy Award best-picture nominees will double, from five to 10.
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Hustle & Flow Director Craig Brewer Feeling a Little Footloose?
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Earlier this week we found out that High School Musical director Kenny Ortega (who's enjoying some sweet success from the Michael Jackson concert doc This Is It) decided to leave the upcoming musical adaptation of Footloose starring Chace Crawford and Julianne Hough. While my mind initially drifted towards Bill Condon (of Dreamgirls) as a great replacement, apparently Paramount is getting the more...
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Jackman turns down Oscar hosting duties
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Hugh Jackman declines the chance to host the 2010 Academy Awards.
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True Blood spoilers for next season
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Some True Blood spoilers have surfaced online in the form of a casting list for next season. Not having read the books, I cannot comment as to whether or not season three of the show is loyally following the third Sookie Stackhouse mystery novel "Club Dead". Historically, the show has remained true to the spirit but has gone in its own directions. I talked with someone who has read the novels,...
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EW Has New Characters (And Storylines) For TRUE BLOOD!!
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Casting calls have gone out for nine new characters headed for the third season of HBO’s “True Blood,” and Entertainment Weekly has a rundown on what to expect:1) “Tommy Mickens” is Sam Merlotte’s long-lost shape-changing kid brother.2) “Talbot” is a sarcastic vampire who will be hanging with the kidnapped Bill Condon.3) “Jesus Valasquez”...
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Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globes
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Ricky Gervais may have missed out on the chance to host this year's Oscars, but he will be master of ceremonies at next year's Golden Globe awards It may have been rather outshone earlier this year by a resurgent Oscars show, but the Golden Globes has a new trick up its sleeve for 2010 - Ricky Gervais. The British comic has been unveiled as the host for January's ceremony in something of an about-turn...
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Director Kenny Ortega Leaves Paramount's Footloose Remake
FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Director and choreographer Kenny Ortega has spent a lot of time in Disney's court, from the beloved 1992 musical Newsies starring a young, though not entirely vocally fresh, Christian Bale, to the overly-popular High School Musical movies. No matter your musical tastes, there's no denying that Ortega knows his way around fast-paced song and dance numbers. It was almost a year ago that Ortega was first...
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22nd October
Hamster's Wheel (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
LGBT people born today: 1844 – Sarah Bernhardt – Dutch / French Actress – Died 26th March 1923 1870 – Lord Alfred Douglas – UK Author / Poet / Translator – Died 20th March 1945 1925 – Robert Rauschenberg – US Artist – Died 12th May 2008 1935 – Delmas Howe – US Artist 1938 – Sir Derek Jacobi – UK Actor / Director 1943 –...
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The Oscars Has A Pair Of New Producers
Empire News (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
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