David S. Ward, the Oscar-winning scribe behind “The Sting” and “Sleepless in Seattle,” is set to helm “Dr. Campbell,” a biographical drama about plant-based nutrition pioneer Dr. T. Colin Campbell.
The project marks Ward’s return to the director’s chair after the 1996 film “Down Periscope.”
The film will trace Campbell’s journey from his upbringing on a dairy farm in the 1930s to his groundbreaking research linking diet to chronic diseases. It aims to explore the resistance Campbell faced from political, academic and corporate entities as his findings challenged established interests in the food industry. He also helped launch a movement with his bestselling book, “The China Study.”
The film’s logline reads: “From an unlikely starting point, and later battling his own illness, scientist Dr. Colin T. Campbell discovers that an animal-based diet dramatically increases the risk of disease, which threatens government, corporate and academic groups more interested...
The project marks Ward’s return to the director’s chair after the 1996 film “Down Periscope.”
The film will trace Campbell’s journey from his upbringing on a dairy farm in the 1930s to his groundbreaking research linking diet to chronic diseases. It aims to explore the resistance Campbell faced from political, academic and corporate entities as his findings challenged established interests in the food industry. He also helped launch a movement with his bestselling book, “The China Study.”
The film’s logline reads: “From an unlikely starting point, and later battling his own illness, scientist Dr. Colin T. Campbell discovers that an animal-based diet dramatically increases the risk of disease, which threatens government, corporate and academic groups more interested...
- 10/10/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Who says 1994 was a classic year for cinema? Netflix begins today to make that argument, curating a release of 17 films that turned 30 this year. The streamer has its list below. I have mine, and with the exception of the seminal Farrelly Brothers-directed Dumb & Dumber with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and Luc Besson’s Leon: The Professional, the film that stars Jean Reno and a sinister Gary Oldman and introduced the world to the outsized talent Natalie Portman, and maybe Ron Howard’s The Paper, there’s a lot missing. How about Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Pulp Fiction, The Lion King, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Clear and Present Danger, Sicario, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Interview With the Vampire, Speed, Ed Wood, and the other two films in a starmaking year for Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and The Mask. Speed, Once Were Warriors, and Ang Lee...
- 7/1/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Rene Russo’s big break in “Major League” came with a minor problem.
The “Major League” writer/director David S. Ward recalled during the “Hollywood Gold” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Russo was “so nervous” both in the audition and on set that she kept using her hands too much in scenes. As a result, Ward opted to “tie down” her hands so Russo could temper her gestures. “Major League” marked Russo’s first role.
“The only problem we had with her was she’s Italian, and when she gets going there’s a lot of the hands, a lot of the talking with the hands, you know?” Ward said. “And they would be flying across her face.”
While filming the 1989 baseball comedy that co-starred Charlie Sheen, Ward told Russo to keep her hands out of her own face.
“I said, ‘Rene, you’ve got to keep the hands down,...
The “Major League” writer/director David S. Ward recalled during the “Hollywood Gold” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that Russo was “so nervous” both in the audition and on set that she kept using her hands too much in scenes. As a result, Ward opted to “tie down” her hands so Russo could temper her gestures. “Major League” marked Russo’s first role.
“The only problem we had with her was she’s Italian, and when she gets going there’s a lot of the hands, a lot of the talking with the hands, you know?” Ward said. “And they would be flying across her face.”
While filming the 1989 baseball comedy that co-starred Charlie Sheen, Ward told Russo to keep her hands out of her own face.
“I said, ‘Rene, you’ve got to keep the hands down,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Screen legends Paul Newman and Robert Redford’s second and final screen pairing, in 1973’s The Sting, proved even more popular at the box office than their first, 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The film — about a syndicate of confidence men planning cons in the Great Depression — was a dream shoot on the Universal backlot set, save for one persistent annoyance: Redford was always late.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its seven Oscar wins, the team behind The Sting — producers Michael Phillips and Tony Bill (the third producer, Julia Phillips, ex-wife of Michael and author of You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, died in 2002) and screenwriter David S. Ward — joined The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast for a rollicking conversation about getting the film made.
“He always felt inadequate, and that he was hired for his blue eyes,” says Phillips of working with his hero,...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its seven Oscar wins, the team behind The Sting — producers Michael Phillips and Tony Bill (the third producer, Julia Phillips, ex-wife of Michael and author of You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, died in 2002) and screenwriter David S. Ward — joined The Hollywood Reporter‘s It Happened in Hollywood podcast for a rollicking conversation about getting the film made.
“He always felt inadequate, and that he was hired for his blue eyes,” says Phillips of working with his hero,...
- 3/20/2024
- by Seth Abramovitch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hello again, everybody. JoBlo.com here bidding you a big Wahoo welcome to Wtf Happened to This Movie?! That’s right, the Cleveland Indians are well on their way to clinching the Al East – which means the 1989 sports comedy Major League is well on its way to becoming a classic of the genre.
But how did Major League reach this status? How did it become one of the most quotable comedies of the decade? How did the cast pull off pitching, swinging and winning like a professional baseball team? How did it go on to represent Cleveland even though it wasn’t even shot there? And why did they have to make those sequels? Well, let’s go juuuuuust a bit outside to find out: Wtf Happened to this Movie?!
You might be surprised to know that Major League comes courtesy of the same guy who won an Oscar for writing The Sting.
But how did Major League reach this status? How did it become one of the most quotable comedies of the decade? How did the cast pull off pitching, swinging and winning like a professional baseball team? How did it go on to represent Cleveland even though it wasn’t even shot there? And why did they have to make those sequels? Well, let’s go juuuuuust a bit outside to find out: Wtf Happened to this Movie?!
You might be surprised to know that Major League comes courtesy of the same guy who won an Oscar for writing The Sting.
- 2/28/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
In 2021, Wesley Snipes used an Esquire "What I've Learned" column to make a fascinating confession: "I've got to learn how to be a movie star."
Snipes was 58 at the time of the article's publication, and enjoying a career renaissance due to his portrayal of actor-director D'Urville Martin in Craig Brewster's uproarious "Dolemite Is My Name." Though he'd officially made his comeback as an aging gang leader in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" four years prior, Martin was the perfect vehicle through which Snipes could examine the frustration of an ambitious artist shunted from A-list roles to low-aiming exploitation flicks.
Snipes' Martin is a bitter, alcoholic filmmaker trying, and failing miserably, to make nightclub comic Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) look like a Blaxploitation action star on par with Richard Roundtree. Martin is a defeated man, and it's hard not to sense Snipes reckoning with the sun setting on his own action-hero stardom.
Snipes was 58 at the time of the article's publication, and enjoying a career renaissance due to his portrayal of actor-director D'Urville Martin in Craig Brewster's uproarious "Dolemite Is My Name." Though he'd officially made his comeback as an aging gang leader in Spike Lee's "Chi-Raq" four years prior, Martin was the perfect vehicle through which Snipes could examine the frustration of an ambitious artist shunted from A-list roles to low-aiming exploitation flicks.
Snipes' Martin is a bitter, alcoholic filmmaker trying, and failing miserably, to make nightclub comic Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy) look like a Blaxploitation action star on par with Richard Roundtree. Martin is a defeated man, and it's hard not to sense Snipes reckoning with the sun setting on his own action-hero stardom.
- 5/1/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
Chris Chesser, the film and documentary producer best known for bringing the iconic baseball comedy Major League to the big screen, has died. He was 74.
Chesser died suddenly Feb. 2 at his Los Angeles home, his brothers, Alan and Steve Chesser, announced. No cause of death was revealed.
As a production executive, Chesser supervised such notable films as The Great Santini (1979), Caddyshack (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Wolfen (1981), Arthur (1981), Sharky’s Machine (1981) and Excalibur (1981).
He supervised production on the British comedy Yellowbeard (1983), starring Graham Chapman, and helped develop Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap (1984) at Embassy Pictures and Sydney Pollack’s Absence of Malice (1981) at Columbia Pictures.
Chesser and Irby Smith produced Paramount’s Major League (1989), which was written and directed by David S. Ward and starred Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes and Rene Russo.
After earning his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his master’s from the American Graduate School of International Management,...
Chesser died suddenly Feb. 2 at his Los Angeles home, his brothers, Alan and Steve Chesser, announced. No cause of death was revealed.
As a production executive, Chesser supervised such notable films as The Great Santini (1979), Caddyshack (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Wolfen (1981), Arthur (1981), Sharky’s Machine (1981) and Excalibur (1981).
He supervised production on the British comedy Yellowbeard (1983), starring Graham Chapman, and helped develop Rob Reiner’s Spinal Tap (1984) at Embassy Pictures and Sydney Pollack’s Absence of Malice (1981) at Columbia Pictures.
Chesser and Irby Smith produced Paramount’s Major League (1989), which was written and directed by David S. Ward and starred Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes and Rene Russo.
After earning his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and his master’s from the American Graduate School of International Management,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chris Chesser, the independent film and documentary producer whose credits include the hit Charlie Sheen 1989 comedy Major League, died suddenly at his home in Los Angeles on February 2. He was 74.
His death was announced today by his brothers Alan and Steve Chesser. A cause of death was not disclosed.
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Chesser began his film career in New York in 1974 as an executive in international sales for Columbia Pictures. He became General Manager of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1976.
In 1978 he became executive assistant at the newly formed Orion Pictures to co-founder Mike Medavoy, and from 1980 to 1983 he served as Vice President of Production for Marble Arch Productions and...
His death was announced today by his brothers Alan and Steve Chesser. A cause of death was not disclosed.
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Chesser began his film career in New York in 1974 as an executive in international sales for Columbia Pictures. He became General Manager of the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1976.
In 1978 he became executive assistant at the newly formed Orion Pictures to co-founder Mike Medavoy, and from 1980 to 1983 he served as Vice President of Production for Marble Arch Productions and...
- 2/21/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Raquel Welch, the movie star and model Playboy declared "the most desirable woman of the 1970s," has died at the age of 82. According to her manager, Steve Sauer, (via CNN) Welch passed away after a "brief illness."
Welch was a much-buzzed-about Hollywood ingenue throughout the early 1960s before attaining international stardom in 1966's sci-fi classic "Fantastic Voyage" and the prehistoric Hammer flick "One Million Years B.C." While the latter movie did little to enhance her reputation as an actor, the sight of Welch in a two-piece deerskin bikini made her the pin-up heir to Marilyn Monroe.
Welch's physical beauty was undeniable, and she embraced her sex symbol status. But the Latina performer, who adopted her first husband's last name to avoid the kind of typecasting that drove Rita Moreno from Hollywood at the height of her popularity, knew she was more than just a pretty face, and proved it time and again throughout her career.
Welch was a much-buzzed-about Hollywood ingenue throughout the early 1960s before attaining international stardom in 1966's sci-fi classic "Fantastic Voyage" and the prehistoric Hammer flick "One Million Years B.C." While the latter movie did little to enhance her reputation as an actor, the sight of Welch in a two-piece deerskin bikini made her the pin-up heir to Marilyn Monroe.
Welch's physical beauty was undeniable, and she embraced her sex symbol status. But the Latina performer, who adopted her first husband's last name to avoid the kind of typecasting that drove Rita Moreno from Hollywood at the height of her popularity, knew she was more than just a pretty face, and proved it time and again throughout her career.
- 2/15/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
We have some sad news to share today, as Hollywood has lost one of its most legendary icons: Raquel Welch has passed away at the age of 82. Deadline reports that Welch’s passing was confirmed by her reps at Media 4 Management, who simply said that she had died after a brief illness.
Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, but her family moved to San Diego, California when little Raquel was just two years old. She knew as a youngster that she wanted to get into the entertainment industry, and studied ballet for several years while entertaining – and winning – beauty contests. She attended San Diego State College on a theater arts scholarship, but despite doing some stage acting and landing a job as a weather presenter on the local news, it took a while for her to break through into films. In fact, Welch had married...
Welch was born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, but her family moved to San Diego, California when little Raquel was just two years old. She knew as a youngster that she wanted to get into the entertainment industry, and studied ballet for several years while entertaining – and winning – beauty contests. She attended San Diego State College on a theater arts scholarship, but despite doing some stage acting and landing a job as a weather presenter on the local news, it took a while for her to break through into films. In fact, Welch had married...
- 2/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Raquel Welch, the big-screen star of the 1960s and ’70s who gained fame in movies including Fantastic Voyage, One Million Years B.C., Myra Breckinridge and many others, died today after a brief illness. She was 82.
Her death was confirmed by her reps at Media 4 Management.
Related: Raquel Welch: A Career In Photos
Welch’s career spanned more than 50 years, 30 films and scores of TV series and appearances, including about a dozen visits to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson spanning two decades. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Imagen Foundation in 2001.
From left: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence in ‘Fantastic Voyage’ (Everett Collection)
Born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Welch’s family moved to San Diego when she was a toddler. She attended San Diego State on a theater arts scholarship and got her start as a local TV weathercaster before starting to...
Her death was confirmed by her reps at Media 4 Management.
Related: Raquel Welch: A Career In Photos
Welch’s career spanned more than 50 years, 30 films and scores of TV series and appearances, including about a dozen visits to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson spanning two decades. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Imagen Foundation in 2001.
From left: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence in ‘Fantastic Voyage’ (Everett Collection)
Born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940, in Chicago, Welch’s family moved to San Diego when she was a toddler. She attended San Diego State on a theater arts scholarship and got her start as a local TV weathercaster before starting to...
- 2/15/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Writer Alex Tse discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Rrr (2022)
Watchmen (2009)
Superfly (2018)
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Book Of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)
Independence Day (1996)
Clueless (1995)
Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982) – Karyn Kusama’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996)
The Goonies (1985)
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)
Infested (2002)
Straw Dogs (1971) – Rod Lurie’s trailer commentary, Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Criterion Blu-ray review, Joe Dante’s review
Altered States (1980) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary
Return Of The Ape Man (1944)
Major League (1989)
The Sting (1973)
Angels In The Outfield (1951)
Rocky (1976)
Slap Shot (1977) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
Eight Men Out (1988)
Heavy Metal (1981)
Fritz The Cat (1972) – Mick Garris’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
The Killer Snakes (1974)
Zodiac (2007)
Se7en (1995)
Dirty Harry (1971) – Alan Spencer’s trailer commentary,...
- 2/7/2023
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
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Aaron Latham, the journalist, screenwriter and husband of CBS News veteran Lesley Stahl who penned the articles that served as the basis for the John Travolta films Urban Cowboy and Perfect, has died. He was 78.
Latham died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter. His health declined after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in 2020, she added.
A native of Texas who wed Stahl in 1977, Latham worked for The Washington Post, Esquire, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, among other publications, during his career.
Urban Cowboy (1980) came from Latham’s Esquire piece that revolved around a romance between a mechanical-bull rider and a woman at the Houston-area nightclub Gilley’s. The real-life pair became Travolta’s Bud and Debra Winger’s Sissy in the box office hit.
Latham’s stories for Rolling Stone about young,...
Aaron Latham, the journalist, screenwriter and husband of CBS News veteran Lesley Stahl who penned the articles that served as the basis for the John Travolta films Urban Cowboy and Perfect, has died. He was 78.
Latham died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter. His health declined after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in 2020, she added.
A native of Texas who wed Stahl in 1977, Latham worked for The Washington Post, Esquire, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, among other publications, during his career.
Urban Cowboy (1980) came from Latham’s Esquire piece that revolved around a romance between a mechanical-bull rider and a woman at the Houston-area nightclub Gilley’s. The real-life pair became Travolta’s Bud and Debra Winger’s Sissy in the box office hit.
Latham’s stories for Rolling Stone about young,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Mike Barnes and Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 40th anniversary screening of Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” at the upcoming TCM Film Festival will be a full-blown reunion.
The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival announced on Wednesday that actors Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas are confirmed to appear alongside Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy at the screening, which will be held on the opening night of the festival on April 21.
In keeping with this year’s festival theme “All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen,” director Michael Schultz and stars Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Steven Williams will introduce their seminal coming-of-age dramedy “Cooley High” (1975), about a group of teens in Chicago preparing for life after high school. In addition, stars Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Steve Guttenberg and Tim Daly will celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Diner” (1982).
The festival runs from April 21 through April 24 in Hollywood, with TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz...
The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival announced on Wednesday that actors Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas are confirmed to appear alongside Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy at the screening, which will be held on the opening night of the festival on April 21.
In keeping with this year’s festival theme “All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen,” director Michael Schultz and stars Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Steven Williams will introduce their seminal coming-of-age dramedy “Cooley High” (1975), about a group of teens in Chicago preparing for life after high school. In addition, stars Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Steve Guttenberg and Tim Daly will celebrate the 40th anniversary of “Diner” (1982).
The festival runs from April 21 through April 24 in Hollywood, with TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz...
- 3/23/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Viewers will probably know whether “I’ll Find You” is of interest just from hearing one typical line of dialogue: “No matter what happens,” our handsome Catholic hero promises his beloved Jewish girlfriend when the Nazis invade Poland, ‘We’ll always be together.’”
It’s not much of a spoiler to say that this World War II drama is also an unabashedly old-fashioned romance. But it’s nice to be able to add that — thanks to the expertise of director Martha Coolidge — it’s a particularly polished one.
Violinists Rachel Rubin and Robert Pulaski meet as children, while attending a prestigious music school in Lodz run by Lena (Connie Nielsen).
In time-honored tradition, they see each other as competitors and spend all their time sparring until they finally realize how much they have in common. They are inseparable for years, until Robert leaves to study opera in Italy, and Rachel is pushed,...
It’s not much of a spoiler to say that this World War II drama is also an unabashedly old-fashioned romance. But it’s nice to be able to add that — thanks to the expertise of director Martha Coolidge — it’s a particularly polished one.
Violinists Rachel Rubin and Robert Pulaski meet as children, while attending a prestigious music school in Lodz run by Lena (Connie Nielsen).
In time-honored tradition, they see each other as competitors and spend all their time sparring until they finally realize how much they have in common. They are inseparable for years, until Robert leaves to study opera in Italy, and Rachel is pushed,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
A new trailer for the romantic drama I’ll Find You has been released. The film, directed by Martha Coolidge, stars Adelaide Clemens and Leo Suter and will be released on February 25, 2022.
Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930 and 1940s, the I’ll Find You is an uncommon love story; romantic, but with the love of music which draws the characters together. A young couple, dream of one day performing together at Carnegie Hall. When they’re torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what. His search takes him on a journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a realization that Rachel may be lost to him forever.
About The Film Genre: Drama, Music, Romance Cast: Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Stephen Dorff, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgård Director: Martha Coolidge Screenplay: David S. Ward, Bozenna Intrator Based on a story by: Zbigniew John Raczynski Producers: Bozenna Intrator,...
Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930 and 1940s, the I’ll Find You is an uncommon love story; romantic, but with the love of music which draws the characters together. A young couple, dream of one day performing together at Carnegie Hall. When they’re torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what. His search takes him on a journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a realization that Rachel may be lost to him forever.
About The Film Genre: Drama, Music, Romance Cast: Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Stephen Dorff, Connie Nielsen, Stellan Skarsgård Director: Martha Coolidge Screenplay: David S. Ward, Bozenna Intrator Based on a story by: Zbigniew John Raczynski Producers: Bozenna Intrator,...
- 2/1/2022
- by Editor
- CinemaNerdz
Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to the WWII-era romantic drama I’ll Find You from director Martha Coolidge. The Anthem Sports & Entertainment company plans to release the title starring Adelaide Clemens (To the Stars), Leo Suter, Stephen Dorff, Connie Nielsen and Stellan Skarsgård in theaters and on demand on February 25.
Inspired by true stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 1940s, I’ll Find You centers on the tender, music-infused relationship between Robert (Suter) and Rachel (Clemens) that is forged when the pair meet as music school students—he, a promising singer and she, a violin prodigy. While Robert is torn away from Rachel following the German invasion of Poland, he vows to find her, no matter the cost.
David S. Ward and Bozenna Intrator penned the script for the film, which was shot on location in Poland and New York. Intrator also produced it alongside Lukasz Raczynski, Zbigniew John Raczynski and Fred Roos, with Alexander Roos exec producing.
“I’LL Find You is a beautiful romance film set against the harsh background of World War II,” said Gravitas Ventures’ Manager of Acquisitions, Brett Rogalsky. “What director Martha Coolidge was able to do with these elements is truly impressive, and we’re excited to be able to bring this film to the public.”
“From the beginning I loved the theme in this film that music has an almost magical power to heal,” added Coolidge, “and that it can inspire and move all people even those at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum.”
Coolidge is an Emmy nominee and DGA Award winner who has previously directed films including Material Girls, The Prince and Me, Angie, Lost in Yonkers, Rambling Rose, Plain Clothes, Real Genius and Valley Girl, along with episodes of such series as Siren, Angie Tribeca, Madam Secretary, The Night Shift, Psych and Weeds.
Gravitas Ventures was founded in 2006 and sold to multi-platform media company Anthem Sports & Entertainment in November. Recent releases from the company include Michael Lembeck’s Queen Bees; Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Our Friend, starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel; Vanguard, directed by Stanley Tong and starring Jackie Chan; and Andy Tennant’s The Secret: Dare to Dream, starring Katie Holmes. Gravitas has also recently acquired titles including Adrian Martinez’s feature directorial debut iGilbert; the Kathy Bates drama Home, from writer-director Franka Potente; family adventure film The King’s Daughter, starring Pierce Brosnan; Jason Pollock’s doc Finding Kendrick Johnson; and The Accursed, a horror film marking the feature directorial debut of writer-directors Elizabeta Vidovic and Kathryn Michell.
Inspired by true stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 1940s, I’ll Find You centers on the tender, music-infused relationship between Robert (Suter) and Rachel (Clemens) that is forged when the pair meet as music school students—he, a promising singer and she, a violin prodigy. While Robert is torn away from Rachel following the German invasion of Poland, he vows to find her, no matter the cost.
David S. Ward and Bozenna Intrator penned the script for the film, which was shot on location in Poland and New York. Intrator also produced it alongside Lukasz Raczynski, Zbigniew John Raczynski and Fred Roos, with Alexander Roos exec producing.
“I’LL Find You is a beautiful romance film set against the harsh background of World War II,” said Gravitas Ventures’ Manager of Acquisitions, Brett Rogalsky. “What director Martha Coolidge was able to do with these elements is truly impressive, and we’re excited to be able to bring this film to the public.”
“From the beginning I loved the theme in this film that music has an almost magical power to heal,” added Coolidge, “and that it can inspire and move all people even those at opposite ends of the ideological spectrum.”
Coolidge is an Emmy nominee and DGA Award winner who has previously directed films including Material Girls, The Prince and Me, Angie, Lost in Yonkers, Rambling Rose, Plain Clothes, Real Genius and Valley Girl, along with episodes of such series as Siren, Angie Tribeca, Madam Secretary, The Night Shift, Psych and Weeds.
Gravitas Ventures was founded in 2006 and sold to multi-platform media company Anthem Sports & Entertainment in November. Recent releases from the company include Michael Lembeck’s Queen Bees; Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Our Friend, starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel; Vanguard, directed by Stanley Tong and starring Jackie Chan; and Andy Tennant’s The Secret: Dare to Dream, starring Katie Holmes. Gravitas has also recently acquired titles including Adrian Martinez’s feature directorial debut iGilbert; the Kathy Bates drama Home, from writer-director Franka Potente; family adventure film The King’s Daughter, starring Pierce Brosnan; Jason Pollock’s doc Finding Kendrick Johnson; and The Accursed, a horror film marking the feature directorial debut of writer-directors Elizabeta Vidovic and Kathryn Michell.
- 1/11/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Producer Kyle Stroud, whose credits include the Mel Gibson-starring Fatman, has unveiled the debut slate at his newly-launched production and finance outfit Carte Blanche.
On the roster is an under-the-radar movie starring Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins, which has been shot and produced by cinematographer Dante Spinotti, with costumes designed by Colleen Atwood. The pic has quietly filmed and is now in post, with further details to come.
On the development slate for Carte Blanche are: a film produced by and starring Q’orianka Kilcher to be directed by Adam VillaSeñor (In Full Bloom); Oscar-winner David S. Ward’s Red Ivory, which explores the illegal ivory trade in Africa; an offbeat Charlie Kaufman-esque dark comedy packaged by ICM; and Hunter Adams’ Southern gothic thriller Death Don’t Have No Mercy, which was chosen by the Academy as one of the top 40 screenplays of 2019 out of more than 7,000 submitted to the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.
On the roster is an under-the-radar movie starring Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins, which has been shot and produced by cinematographer Dante Spinotti, with costumes designed by Colleen Atwood. The pic has quietly filmed and is now in post, with further details to come.
On the development slate for Carte Blanche are: a film produced by and starring Q’orianka Kilcher to be directed by Adam VillaSeñor (In Full Bloom); Oscar-winner David S. Ward’s Red Ivory, which explores the illegal ivory trade in Africa; an offbeat Charlie Kaufman-esque dark comedy packaged by ICM; and Hunter Adams’ Southern gothic thriller Death Don’t Have No Mercy, which was chosen by the Academy as one of the top 40 screenplays of 2019 out of more than 7,000 submitted to the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.
- 12/21/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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By Fred Blosser
To say that George Roy Hill’s “The Sting” (1973) was a hit is like calling Amazon a successful little internet business. Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, “The Sting” placed second in ticket sales for its year of release ($159.6 million), surpassed only by “The Exorcist.” In the Academy Awards ceremonies on April 2, 1974, it earned seven Oscars, notably honors for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The Best Picture award sparked a brief controversy as to whether the stylish but relatively lightweight film about an elaborate confidence scheme deserved the accolade. The pot was further stirred during the awards broadcast, when the screenwriter, David S. Ward, flashed a gesture on stage after picking up his statuette. It was the same signal used by real-life con artists to declare victory over unwary dupes, some observers asserted. Whatever the merits of the argument,...
By Fred Blosser
To say that George Roy Hill’s “The Sting” (1973) was a hit is like calling Amazon a successful little internet business. Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, “The Sting” placed second in ticket sales for its year of release ($159.6 million), surpassed only by “The Exorcist.” In the Academy Awards ceremonies on April 2, 1974, it earned seven Oscars, notably honors for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The Best Picture award sparked a brief controversy as to whether the stylish but relatively lightweight film about an elaborate confidence scheme deserved the accolade. The pot was further stirred during the awards broadcast, when the screenwriter, David S. Ward, flashed a gesture on stage after picking up his statuette. It was the same signal used by real-life con artists to declare victory over unwary dupes, some observers asserted. Whatever the merits of the argument,...
- 10/16/2020
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Nick Nolte and Debra Winger in Cannery Row will be available on Blu-ray From Warner Archive. Ordering information can be found Here
The canneries stand empty now that the sardines have abandoned the waters, but life continues on the Row. Here, you’ll find Doc (Nick Nolte), a marine biologist and community mentor; Suzy (Debra Winger), a good-hearted newcomer gone astray; and Mack, Hazel and all the boys working hard at not working. Here, you’ll also find the love of a man for a woman, of a writer for a place and of life for more life. Based on works by John Steinbeck and written for the screen and directed by The Sting’s David S. Ward, Cannery Row — from its lyrical John Huston narration and saggy blues to its top-drawer performances, waterfront sets and whimsical charm — is an atmospheric gem, one that has its world “spinning in greased grooves.
The canneries stand empty now that the sardines have abandoned the waters, but life continues on the Row. Here, you’ll find Doc (Nick Nolte), a marine biologist and community mentor; Suzy (Debra Winger), a good-hearted newcomer gone astray; and Mack, Hazel and all the boys working hard at not working. Here, you’ll also find the love of a man for a woman, of a writer for a place and of life for more life. Based on works by John Steinbeck and written for the screen and directed by The Sting’s David S. Ward, Cannery Row — from its lyrical John Huston narration and saggy blues to its top-drawer performances, waterfront sets and whimsical charm — is an atmospheric gem, one that has its world “spinning in greased grooves.
- 6/21/2020
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Twenty-five years ago, moviegoers fell in love with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as two strangers searching for a soulmate in “Sleepless in Seattle.” As the romantic-comedy by director Nora Ephron marks its silver anniversary, Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Entertainment are bringing the enchanting film back to cinemas nationwide for two days only.
Tickets to “Sleepless in Seattle” are now available at www.FathomEvents.comor at participating theater box offices.
The Fathom Spotlight Series will present the 1993 box-office smash – along with a brand-new introduction by Meg Ryan and producer Gary Foster – in nearly 400 movie theaters nationwide for two days only: Sunday, December 2, at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and Wednesday, December 5, at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (all local times).
On its release, Roger Ebert praised “Sleepless in Seattle” as a film “so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through,” and audiences couldn...
Tickets to “Sleepless in Seattle” are now available at www.FathomEvents.comor at participating theater box offices.
The Fathom Spotlight Series will present the 1993 box-office smash – along with a brand-new introduction by Meg Ryan and producer Gary Foster – in nearly 400 movie theaters nationwide for two days only: Sunday, December 2, at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and Wednesday, December 5, at 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. (all local times).
On its release, Roger Ebert praised “Sleepless in Seattle” as a film “so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through,” and audiences couldn...
- 11/20/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s not hard to see why someone imagined a stage musical could be made out of “The Sting,” the 1973 Oscar Best Picture winner starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford as Depression-era con artists who pull off the ultimate heist. After all, George Roy Hill’s artfully constructed film leaned heavily on Scott Joplin’s ragtime tunes — providing fodder for many a ’70s-era student-piano recital rendition of “The Entertainer” and “Rose Leaf Rag.”
There’s much to admire in the new stage musical version of “The Sting,” which opened Sunday for a pre-Broadway run at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey — starting with the tap-tastic choreography of Tony winner Warren Carlyle, whose ensemble work is truly showstopping here.
The production has found an emerging star in J. Harrison Ghee as Booker, the green hothead con artist that Redford played on screen, even elevating a racial subplot of the film (Redford’s Booker was called a “n-word-lover” for helping a black man on the street) into a front-and-center element of the story. Ghee has a spry energy that suits his impetuous character, and a golden voice to match.
Also Read: 'Three Tall Women' Broadway Review: Glenda Jackson Charges Into the Night
Ghee almost manages to upstage the show’s above-the-marquee star, Harry Connick Jr., as Booker’s older, wiser con-artist mentor, first played by Newman in the film. Here, his wizard-like character, Gondorff, is introduced as a “piano monkey in a whorehouse” who spends more time tickling the ivories as he does palming cards or picking pockets.
Connick is a wiz at the piano, of course, riffing on Mark Hollman’s deliberately Joplin-esque score on stage, and he also proves to be surprisingly nimble on his feet during dance numbers like the Act 2 curtain-raiser “This Ain’t No Song and Dance.” (He’s also credited with additional music and lyrics.)
The difficulty is that not all of the movie’s virtues have been successfully integrated into the new medium. Hollman (“Urinetown”) serves up mostly jazz-lite pastiche, and the lyrics by longtime collaborator Greg Kotis seldom do much more than advance the plot or bide time till the next dance break.
Also Read: 'Rocktopia' Broadway Review: Beethoven's Not the Only One Rolling Over in This Musical Mashup
Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
As to the plot: Some of the best lines in Bob Martin’s book are lifted directly from David S. Ward’s original screenplay, and the very structure of musical theater allows us to linger over some of the less felicitous elements of the story.
Take for instance, the women, who were always more like accessories in the original film and again feel like missed opportunities to flesh out parallel romantic subplots. Connick’s brothel-owning buddy and on-again-off-again lover (Kate Shindle) is given a number or two of her own — but not much real agency, or even a duet with Connick’s Gondorff.
The same goes for Janet Dacal’s waitress Loretta, who gets a first-act duet and a second-act torch song but still feels more like an afterthought. When she agrees to invite Hooker into her apartment late in the second act, you can almost feel director John Rando handing notes to Carlyle to find a dance ballet sequence to fill in the gaps in the storytelling.
Also Read: 'Empire Records' to Become Broadway-Bound Musical - Just in Time for Rex Manning Day
Martin’s script has the unfortunate habit of protracting unimportant elements of the story — the overlong show could easily lose 20 minutes, including a drawn-out scene in a Western Union office — while passing up chances to explore other aspects of the story that the film gave short shrift.
There’s a moment when Hooker is on the spot, cornered by the feds who want him to turn on his partner in crime. But he hastily and uncharacteristically agrees, without a moment of reflection, or a song to explore the upsides, downsides or consequences of his apparent act of betrayal.
Despite these flaws, “The Sting” still has the power to enchant with its deliberate artifice and syncopated charm. There’s good reason why the film has forever been associated with “The Entertainer.”
Read original story ‘The Sting’ Theater Review: Harry Connick Jr Aims to Go From Ragtime to Riches At TheWrap...
There’s much to admire in the new stage musical version of “The Sting,” which opened Sunday for a pre-Broadway run at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey — starting with the tap-tastic choreography of Tony winner Warren Carlyle, whose ensemble work is truly showstopping here.
The production has found an emerging star in J. Harrison Ghee as Booker, the green hothead con artist that Redford played on screen, even elevating a racial subplot of the film (Redford’s Booker was called a “n-word-lover” for helping a black man on the street) into a front-and-center element of the story. Ghee has a spry energy that suits his impetuous character, and a golden voice to match.
Also Read: 'Three Tall Women' Broadway Review: Glenda Jackson Charges Into the Night
Ghee almost manages to upstage the show’s above-the-marquee star, Harry Connick Jr., as Booker’s older, wiser con-artist mentor, first played by Newman in the film. Here, his wizard-like character, Gondorff, is introduced as a “piano monkey in a whorehouse” who spends more time tickling the ivories as he does palming cards or picking pockets.
Connick is a wiz at the piano, of course, riffing on Mark Hollman’s deliberately Joplin-esque score on stage, and he also proves to be surprisingly nimble on his feet during dance numbers like the Act 2 curtain-raiser “This Ain’t No Song and Dance.” (He’s also credited with additional music and lyrics.)
The difficulty is that not all of the movie’s virtues have been successfully integrated into the new medium. Hollman (“Urinetown”) serves up mostly jazz-lite pastiche, and the lyrics by longtime collaborator Greg Kotis seldom do much more than advance the plot or bide time till the next dance break.
Also Read: 'Rocktopia' Broadway Review: Beethoven's Not the Only One Rolling Over in This Musical Mashup
Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
As to the plot: Some of the best lines in Bob Martin’s book are lifted directly from David S. Ward’s original screenplay, and the very structure of musical theater allows us to linger over some of the less felicitous elements of the story.
Take for instance, the women, who were always more like accessories in the original film and again feel like missed opportunities to flesh out parallel romantic subplots. Connick’s brothel-owning buddy and on-again-off-again lover (Kate Shindle) is given a number or two of her own — but not much real agency, or even a duet with Connick’s Gondorff.
The same goes for Janet Dacal’s waitress Loretta, who gets a first-act duet and a second-act torch song but still feels more like an afterthought. When she agrees to invite Hooker into her apartment late in the second act, you can almost feel director John Rando handing notes to Carlyle to find a dance ballet sequence to fill in the gaps in the storytelling.
Also Read: 'Empire Records' to Become Broadway-Bound Musical - Just in Time for Rex Manning Day
Martin’s script has the unfortunate habit of protracting unimportant elements of the story — the overlong show could easily lose 20 minutes, including a drawn-out scene in a Western Union office — while passing up chances to explore other aspects of the story that the film gave short shrift.
There’s a moment when Hooker is on the spot, cornered by the feds who want him to turn on his partner in crime. But he hastily and uncharacteristically agrees, without a moment of reflection, or a song to explore the upsides, downsides or consequences of his apparent act of betrayal.
Despite these flaws, “The Sting” still has the power to enchant with its deliberate artifice and syncopated charm. There’s good reason why the film has forever been associated with “The Entertainer.”
Read original story ‘The Sting’ Theater Review: Harry Connick Jr Aims to Go From Ragtime to Riches At TheWrap...
- 4/9/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
By Lee Pfeiffer
I've become somewhat jaded and downright cynical when it comes to the tidal wave of musical stage productions based on popular, non-musical motion pictures. So it was with a sense of wariness that I approached the world premiere engagement of "The Sting" at the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. After all, the classic, Oscar-winning 1973 film doesn't need musical production numbers to "improve it". There was already a great deal of interest in the production prior to the relatively last-minute announcement last month that the production would star Harry Connick, Jr. That sent already healthy tickets sales into overdrive and you'd be hard-pressed to find seats for the engagement, which runs through April 29. It doesn't take long to set aside one's suspicions that this might be a lightweight rip-off of a great film. As with all Papermill shows, this one first impresses with its creative and often ingenious...
I've become somewhat jaded and downright cynical when it comes to the tidal wave of musical stage productions based on popular, non-musical motion pictures. So it was with a sense of wariness that I approached the world premiere engagement of "The Sting" at the Papermill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. After all, the classic, Oscar-winning 1973 film doesn't need musical production numbers to "improve it". There was already a great deal of interest in the production prior to the relatively last-minute announcement last month that the production would star Harry Connick, Jr. That sent already healthy tickets sales into overdrive and you'd be hard-pressed to find seats for the engagement, which runs through April 29. It doesn't take long to set aside one's suspicions that this might be a lightweight rip-off of a great film. As with all Papermill shows, this one first impresses with its creative and often ingenious...
- 4/7/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Slashfilm is reporting that Charlie Sheen is focusing on making another Major League film. His idea for the story would be a sort of passing the torch story. Per Charlie Sheen:
You find the Vaughn character selling cars and his arm is so shot that if you buy a car from him, he’ll play catch with your kid in the parking lot. And then there is an ex who shows up, who he had a tryst with a couple decades ago, and she has a twentysomething kid, who is now in the Cleveland organization, throwing about 102 mph. So, the story pretty much focuses on that. The kid does not like me. We do not like each other. It bookends our story, but it also passes the torch.
While Sheen may be excited for the project, the rights holder, Morgan Creek Films, has no interest in making the movie:...
You find the Vaughn character selling cars and his arm is so shot that if you buy a car from him, he’ll play catch with your kid in the parking lot. And then there is an ex who shows up, who he had a tryst with a couple decades ago, and she has a twentysomething kid, who is now in the Cleveland organization, throwing about 102 mph. So, the story pretty much focuses on that. The kid does not like me. We do not like each other. It bookends our story, but it also passes the torch.
While Sheen may be excited for the project, the rights holder, Morgan Creek Films, has no interest in making the movie:...
- 5/29/2017
- by Tim Jousma
- LRMonline.com
Charlie Sheen wants to play Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn again. The actor, who hasn’t starred in a movie since 2012 and probably doesn’t have to make another film again after Two and a Half Men, has been talking about Major League 3 since last year. The original movie’s writer/director, David S. Ward, has a finished script most of […]
The post Charlie Sheen Still Trying to Get ‘Major League 3’ Off the Ground appeared first on /Film.
The post Charlie Sheen Still Trying to Get ‘Major League 3’ Off the Ground appeared first on /Film.
- 5/28/2017
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Gsp to launch Diamond Geezers written by The Sting writer David S. Ward.
Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Brian Cox (Troy) will play two of the culprits behind one of the biggest robberies in UK history in Hatton Garden heist movie Diamond Geezers.
The film will be directed by Ben Cookson (Almost Married) who is also adapting the screenplay alongside Tony O’Leary and Oscar winning writer of The Sting, David S. Ward.
The Hatton Garden heist took place in London in April 2015, when a gang of old-school crooks looted the vaults in London’s Diamond Quarter making off with a stash worth an estimated $200M.
The film is scheduled to get underway in London in January 2017. Producers are Alan Latham (That Good Night), Lionel Hicks (I Am Not A Serial Killer) and Charles Savage (That Good Night).
Gsp Studios International will commence sales at the American Film Market.
Cookson commented: “For me, the most important...
Tom Courtenay (45 Years) and Brian Cox (Troy) will play two of the culprits behind one of the biggest robberies in UK history in Hatton Garden heist movie Diamond Geezers.
The film will be directed by Ben Cookson (Almost Married) who is also adapting the screenplay alongside Tony O’Leary and Oscar winning writer of The Sting, David S. Ward.
The Hatton Garden heist took place in London in April 2015, when a gang of old-school crooks looted the vaults in London’s Diamond Quarter making off with a stash worth an estimated $200M.
The film is scheduled to get underway in London in January 2017. Producers are Alan Latham (That Good Night), Lionel Hicks (I Am Not A Serial Killer) and Charles Savage (That Good Night).
Gsp Studios International will commence sales at the American Film Market.
Cookson commented: “For me, the most important...
- 11/2/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Charlie Sheen might be the most famous Cleveland Indian to have never actually played in a real game, and he made his World Series alliance clear prior to Game 2.
The 51-year-old Golden Globe winner jumped back into his Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn jersey from Major League for a video tweeted on Wednesday night before the Indians took on the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field.
"Go tribe," Sheen says in the clip, standing in front of a screen projecting the 1989 comedy.
Sheen has been a favorite among Indians fans since playing the hotshot rookie pitcher on the big screen, leading some to push for him to throw out the first pitch for the World Series. To Sheen's disappointment, that honor went to former Indians outfielder Kenny Lofton.
Pic: Charlie Sheen Turns 51 With Ex Wife Denise Richards, His Daughters and Macklemore
"I had this crazy fantasy that they would play that ["Wild Thing" by The Troggs] song, the bullpen...
The 51-year-old Golden Globe winner jumped back into his Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn jersey from Major League for a video tweeted on Wednesday night before the Indians took on the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field.
"Go tribe," Sheen says in the clip, standing in front of a screen projecting the 1989 comedy.
Sheen has been a favorite among Indians fans since playing the hotshot rookie pitcher on the big screen, leading some to push for him to throw out the first pitch for the World Series. To Sheen's disappointment, that honor went to former Indians outfielder Kenny Lofton.
Pic: Charlie Sheen Turns 51 With Ex Wife Denise Richards, His Daughters and Macklemore
"I had this crazy fantasy that they would play that ["Wild Thing" by The Troggs] song, the bullpen...
- 10/27/2016
- Entertainment Tonight
Almost one year after going public with his HIV diagnosis, Charlie Sheen is opening up about his current health.
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at his home in Los Angeles, Sheen, 51, opened up about living with HIV — and his search for a cure.
“I feel excellent,” he said. “I am part of an Fda study right now, which I have been involved with for 24 weeks, and there is a new drug that is on the fast track for Fda approval. It’s called Pro 140 and the company is Cytodyn. It’s a global game-changer.”
According to Sheen, the...
During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter at his home in Los Angeles, Sheen, 51, opened up about living with HIV — and his search for a cure.
“I feel excellent,” he said. “I am part of an Fda study right now, which I have been involved with for 24 weeks, and there is a new drug that is on the fast track for Fda approval. It’s called Pro 140 and the company is Cytodyn. It’s a global game-changer.”
According to Sheen, the...
- 10/27/2016
- by Aurelie Corinthios
- PEOPLE.com
The 2016 World Series began last night, and the participants were two of baseball’s most notoriously hard-luck franchises: the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, neither of which has actually won it all in decades. A Cubs-Indians series sounds like a fantasy scenario from Hollywood, which may have been the inspiration for “Movie World Series 2016,” a clever movie mashup by Ross Taylor. Largely culling clips from two lighthearted comedies, David S. Ward’s Major League from 1989 and Daniel Stern’s Rookie Of The Year from 1993, Taylor has managed to piece together a pretty convincing game between these two continually thwarted teams. At heart, this is a pitcher’s duel featuring two of the game’s most eccentric hurlers. On the mound for the Cubs is Henry Rowengartner (Thomas Ian Nicholas), a 12-year-old with an arm like a cannon. Pitching for the Tribe is Ricky “Wild Thing ...
- 10/26/2016
- by Joe Blevins
- avclub.com
After accepting his long-awaited first Oscar with millions watching, Leonardo DiCaprio opted to celebrate in a more private setting with the people who know him best: his parents. The Revenant star, who took home the Best Actor statuette, made the rounds on the Academy Awards party circuit - stopping by the Governors Ball and the Vanity Fair soiree. Along with his mom Irmelin, who was the 41-year-old's date for the evening, and dad George, DiCaprio and a small group also popped into Ago Restaurant, an Italian eatery co-owned by Robert De Niro in West Hollywood that serves things like veal...
- 2/29/2016
- by Lindsay Kimble, @lekimble
- PEOPLE.com
'Sleepless in Seattle': Meg Ryan 'Sleepless in Seattle' review: Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in an affair to forget In Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors: Red, the last installment of his "Three Colors" trilogy, the word "magic" is never bandied about. No need to. Magic is just about everywhere in that lyrical tale about love and fate. On the other hand, the word "magic" seems to crop up every other minute in writer-director Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle. Ephron and fellow Oscar-nominated screenwriters Jeff Arch and David S. Ward (plus an uncredited Delia Ephron) were apparently trying to create screen magic through the power of suggestion. If you repeat it often enough... Following in the footsteps of Claude Lelouch's 1974 hit And Now My Love, with added touches borrowed from Leo McCarey's 1957 romance classic An Affair to Remember (itself a remake of McCarey's own 1939 Love Affair), Nora Ephron...
- 5/24/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The top 20. The scripts by which all others are defined and to which all others are compared. Brilliant scripts can be wordy. Brilliant scripts can be confusing. Brilliant scripts can be sweeping or intimate. This section runs the gamut, ranging from first time writers to established writing vets. It only gets better from here.
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20. Easy Rider (1969)
Written by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Terry Southern
They’ll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ‘em.
This portion’s “anybody can write a film” segment comes from 1969, with a landmark film that truly doesn’t have much weight. A road movie if there ever was one, Easy Rider follows Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) as they ride their motorcycles across the country to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
courtesy of wikipedia.org
20. Easy Rider (1969)
Written by Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, and Terry Southern
They’ll talk to ya and talk to ya and talk to ya about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it’s gonna scare ‘em.
This portion’s “anybody can write a film” segment comes from 1969, with a landmark film that truly doesn’t have much weight. A road movie if there ever was one, Easy Rider follows Wyatt (Peter Fonda) and Billy (Dennis Hopper) as they ride their motorcycles across the country to New Orleans for Mardi Gras.
- 3/12/2014
- by Joshua Gaul
- SoundOnSight
Rex Harrison hat on TCM: ‘My Fair Lady,’ ‘Anna and the King of Siam’ Rex Harrison is Turner Classic Movies’ final "Summer Under the Stars" star today, August 31, 2013. TCM is currently showing George Cukor’s lavish My Fair Lady (1964), an Academy Award-winning musical that has (in my humble opinion) unfairly lost quite a bit of its prestige in the last several decades. Rex Harrison, invariably a major ham whether playing Saladin, the King of Siam, Julius Caesar, the ghost of a dead sea captain, or Richard Burton’s lover, is for once flawlessly cast as Professor Henry Higgins, who on stage transformed Julie Andrews from cockney duckling to diction-master swan and who in the movie version does the same for Audrey Hepburn. Harrison, by the way, was the year’s Best Actor Oscar winner. (See also: "Audrey Hepburn vs. Julie Andrews: Biggest Oscar Snubs.") Following My Fair Lady, Rex Harrison...
- 8/31/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Tony Bill seems to have it all going for him – successful actor, producer and director – so it was with great pleasure that we were able to pick his brains recently on the many strings to his bow and how he became involved as a producer with The Sting, which gets a beautifully buffed and shined Blu-ray re-release this week.
HeyUGuys: How did you come to meet David Ward? I understand that you first met him when he had already written Steelyard Blues and was working on The Sting?
Tony Bill: David was just out of film school at UCLA and had written Steelyard Blues. His agent sent it to me and I asked to meet him, because I thought it showed a lot of original talent. I asked him what he wanted to write next and he told me a 3 minute idea about a movie set in the 30′s about confidence men.
HeyUGuys: How did you come to meet David Ward? I understand that you first met him when he had already written Steelyard Blues and was working on The Sting?
Tony Bill: David was just out of film school at UCLA and had written Steelyard Blues. His agent sent it to me and I asked to meet him, because I thought it showed a lot of original talent. I asked him what he wanted to write next and he told me a 3 minute idea about a movie set in the 30′s about confidence men.
- 6/6/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Chicago, the Great Depression. Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his long time cohort Luther Coleman (Robert Earl Jones) run an unexpectedly successful street hustle, unwittingly grabbing thousands of dollars from a foot soldier of Robert Shaw’s Doyle Lonnegan, who was on his way to drop the money off. Lonnegan decides to send a message by having Luther killed and Hooker knows his card is marked too. Vowing revenge, Hooker joins forces with Paul Newman’s veteran con-artist Henry Gondorff to plan and execute the eponymous sting on Lonnegan, but the police and FBI are closing in on everyone and Hooker may have to betray Gondorff to save his own neck.
*****
Evidence that every now and then the Oscars do get it right, The Sting’s win for Best Picture in 1974, even up against Friedkin’s The Exorcist, was wholly merited. Although written by a relatively untried screenwriter (David S. Ward...
*****
Evidence that every now and then the Oscars do get it right, The Sting’s win for Best Picture in 1974, even up against Friedkin’s The Exorcist, was wholly merited. Although written by a relatively untried screenwriter (David S. Ward...
- 6/4/2012
- by Dave Roper
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Denis Thorpe and David Ward talk about photography and the theatre to the Guardian's newest cameraman
Alan Dunn was the best of colleagues; thoughtful, kind and modest, with no pomposity from his long career in the Guardian's foreign and sports departments before he settled down happily and diligently as our expert on Liverpool, for his last years with the paper.
Among his many entertaining reports in that productive time, was coverage of Lord Justice Leveson in a somewhat different role, trying to make sense of the mercurial evidence of Ken Dodd in the celebrated taxation case. Dunn was trim and slight and, as his son Mike said at Alan's funeral yesterday, the comedian noticed him on the press bench and quipped: "I could have used him as one of my Diddymen."
Mike is sports editor at the Sun and his tribute to his Dad was a memorable mock-up of a...
Alan Dunn was the best of colleagues; thoughtful, kind and modest, with no pomposity from his long career in the Guardian's foreign and sports departments before he settled down happily and diligently as our expert on Liverpool, for his last years with the paper.
Among his many entertaining reports in that productive time, was coverage of Lord Justice Leveson in a somewhat different role, trying to make sense of the mercurial evidence of Ken Dodd in the celebrated taxation case. Dunn was trim and slight and, as his son Mike said at Alan's funeral yesterday, the comedian noticed him on the press bench and quipped: "I could have used him as one of my Diddymen."
Mike is sports editor at the Sun and his tribute to his Dad was a memorable mock-up of a...
- 5/1/2012
- by Martin Wainwright
- The Guardian - Film News
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 5, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $39.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, 1973′s The Sting is a welcome addition to high-definition Blu-ray.
The comedy crime film, set in 1930s Chicago, stars Robert Redford (The Natural) and Paul Newman (The Hustler) as two con men who team up after a mutual friend is killed by a Mob boss. The con men, one experienced and the other new, take revenge by planning their biggest con on the boss, despite falling into unforeseen problems.
As well as Best Picture, The Sting, rated PG, won Oscars for director George Roy Hill (Funny Farm), David S. Ward’s (Sleepless in Seattle) screenplay, editing, music, art direction and costume design, and was nominated for sound, cinematography and leading actor Redford.
Part of Universal’s 100th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray discs, the Blu-ray/DVD combo has DTS-hd 5.1 audio and...
Price: Blu-ray $39.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, 1973′s The Sting is a welcome addition to high-definition Blu-ray.
The comedy crime film, set in 1930s Chicago, stars Robert Redford (The Natural) and Paul Newman (The Hustler) as two con men who team up after a mutual friend is killed by a Mob boss. The con men, one experienced and the other new, take revenge by planning their biggest con on the boss, despite falling into unforeseen problems.
As well as Best Picture, The Sting, rated PG, won Oscars for director George Roy Hill (Funny Farm), David S. Ward’s (Sleepless in Seattle) screenplay, editing, music, art direction and costume design, and was nominated for sound, cinematography and leading actor Redford.
Part of Universal’s 100th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray discs, the Blu-ray/DVD combo has DTS-hd 5.1 audio and...
- 3/26/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Ashutosh Gowariker had signed one of America's most distinguished and popular screenplay writers and directors David S. Ward to write the now-shelved bio-pic on Gautam Buddha. Ward has now been roped in to write the bio-pic on Rajiv Gandhi to be directed by Bhavna Talwar at the end of this year. Ward has to his credit the screenplay of such Hollywood masterpieces as the Robert Redford gems The Sting and Milagro Beanfield War. In fact, Ward's association with Redford is long and hugely productive. Ward has also written such evergreen Hollywood flicks as Sleepless In Seattle and Major League. He has also directed the blockbusters King Ralph and Cannery Row. This brilliant screenplay writer will now be spending the next one year of his life in Delhi tracking down the life and times of one of our most charismatic politicians, Rajiv Gandhi for Bhavna Talwar's film. Says a source,...
- 2/29/2012
- by Subhash K. Jha
- BollywoodHungama
Nick Nolte's character in the upcoming HBO series "Luck" is epic -- he's a man of few words. Few croaked words that are at once profound and pretty much unintelligible.
After Friday's (Jan. 13) Television Critics Association Press Tour session -- which Nolte attended along with lead Dustin Hoffman and executive producers Michael Mann and David Milch -- we're thinking the guy is just channeling himself. And we should add that his voice sounds like Tom Waits' gravelly growl slowed down and run through a coffee grinder.
After shuffling on to stage in a red shirt and olive Fedora, Nolte continually stymied reporters with his creative answers to seemingly innocuous questions.
We've compiled some of his best -- and we're sure totally improved -- lines here:
"They're gonna find out that six hours of 3D TV will cause a psychotic break ... they're doing research in Australia." -- Nolte's surprising...
After Friday's (Jan. 13) Television Critics Association Press Tour session -- which Nolte attended along with lead Dustin Hoffman and executive producers Michael Mann and David Milch -- we're thinking the guy is just channeling himself. And we should add that his voice sounds like Tom Waits' gravelly growl slowed down and run through a coffee grinder.
After shuffling on to stage in a red shirt and olive Fedora, Nolte continually stymied reporters with his creative answers to seemingly innocuous questions.
We've compiled some of his best -- and we're sure totally improved -- lines here:
"They're gonna find out that six hours of 3D TV will cause a psychotic break ... they're doing research in Australia." -- Nolte's surprising...
- 1/13/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Let’s face it. We can’t hide it. We all have those movies that we like that others would shun. These are guilty pleasures: the ones that aren’t that great but we love for some reason or another. Here are mine. Be sure to list yours in the comments, if you’d like.
Last Action Hero (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Director: John McTiernan/Writers: Shane Black and David Arnott
Here’s the thing: I will defend this movie’s concept till Doomsday. A movie about a kid with a magic ticket that gets pulled into an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Genius concept. Yes, the kid is annoying. Yes, the movie doesn’t reach the heights of a McTiernan/Black team-up as well as one might think. It’s interesting to note that McTiernan isn’t working as much...
Last Action Hero (1993)
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Charles Dance
Director: John McTiernan/Writers: Shane Black and David Arnott
Here’s the thing: I will defend this movie’s concept till Doomsday. A movie about a kid with a magic ticket that gets pulled into an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Genius concept. Yes, the kid is annoying. Yes, the movie doesn’t reach the heights of a McTiernan/Black team-up as well as one might think. It’s interesting to note that McTiernan isn’t working as much...
- 12/20/2011
- by Zack Parks
- GeekTyrant
Poster for Bloodwork (a.k.a. Phase One), starring Travis van Winkle, Mircea Monroe and Tricia Helfer College students sign up for the testing of a new allergy drug in order to make some extra money for spring break and soon learn their two week testing stay will leave them fighting to escape the facility. Eric Wostenberg directs the thriller which sounds quite intriguing, from the script by David Nahmod. Pic is produced by Chris Chesser, Karen Glasser, Brandon Nutt and David S. Ward. Also in the cast are John Bregar, Stephen Bogaert, Joe Pingue, Anna Ferguson, Vas Saranga, James Purcell...
- 11/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bloodwork movie poster
Poster for Bloodwork (a.k.a. Phase One), starring Travis van Winkle, Mircea Monroe and Tricia Helfer College students sign up for the testing of a new allergy drug in order to make some extra money for spring break and soon learn their two week testing stay will leave them fighting to escape the facility. Eric Wostenberg directs the thriller which sounds quite intriguing, from the script by David Nahmod. Pic is produced by Chris Chesser, Karen Glasser, Brandon Nutt and David S. Ward. Also in the cast are John Bregar, Stephen Bogaert, Joe Pingue, Anna Ferguson, Vas Saranga, James Purcell...
- 11/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster for Bloodwork (a.k.a. Phase One), starring Travis van Winkle, Mircea Monroe and Tricia Helfer College students sign up for the testing of a new allergy drug in order to make some extra money for spring break and soon learn their two week testing stay will leave them fighting to escape the facility. Eric Wostenberg directs the thriller which sounds quite intriguing, from the script by David Nahmod. Pic is produced by Chris Chesser, Karen Glasser, Brandon Nutt and David S. Ward. Also in the cast are John Bregar, Stephen Bogaert, Joe Pingue, Anna Ferguson, Vas Saranga, James Purcell...
- 11/8/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Sales agent and distribution house Lightning Entertainment is at this year's American Film Market with the title Bloodwork. This is a thriller that offers characters some quick money. All they have to do is participate in some clinical drug trials. But what happens when the side effects outweigh the reward? That is the primary question Bloodwork asks in the film's plot and possibly in this first graphic.
Lightning Entertainment is based in Santa Monica, where the American Film Market is currently taking place until the second week of November. This distribution house and sales agent is know for specializing in thrillers and other exciting film genres. Bloodwork is their latest acquisition which showed for a second time this afternoon at the Afm. Available details on this title are below.
Director: Eric Wostenberg.
Writer: David Nahmod.
Producers: Karen Glasser, Brandon Nutt, David S. Ward.
Cast: Travis Van Winkle, and Tricia Helfer.
Lightning Entertainment is based in Santa Monica, where the American Film Market is currently taking place until the second week of November. This distribution house and sales agent is know for specializing in thrillers and other exciting film genres. Bloodwork is their latest acquisition which showed for a second time this afternoon at the Afm. Available details on this title are below.
Director: Eric Wostenberg.
Writer: David Nahmod.
Producers: Karen Glasser, Brandon Nutt, David S. Ward.
Cast: Travis Van Winkle, and Tricia Helfer.
- 11/7/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Jeremy Piven Was Left On The Cutting Room Floor & More From Sports Illustrated's Oral History Of 'Major League' Baseball movies are a notoriously hard sell, which is why they don't get made very often. But every once in a while, one connects, and 1989's "Major League" was nothing short of a homerun, finding favor with both audiences and diehard baseball fans, kicking off a franchise. Starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Wesley Snipes, Corbin Bersen and Rene Russo, and directed by David S. Ward, the film follows the hapless Cleveland Indians, a team of misfits brought together for the sole…...
- 7/5/2011
- The Playlist
Men cry at sports movies. Don't let them tell you otherwise. They don't have "something in their eye," nor are they about to sneeze. The sports movie offers a wonderfully direct route to a man's heart, and they don't even need to be a sport nut, either. (I never watch boxing, but I get goose bumps all throughout Rocky and Rocky 2.) To list all of the mega-manly sports flicks that may inspire a small touch of watery eyes would be a pointless act ... plus it would probably ruin some of the best "inspirational moments" that we plan to use later ... and so I choose a strange pick. David S. Ward's Major League On the surface, Major League is little more than Animal House on a baseball diamond: adorably slobby men doing charmingly...
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- 6/18/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com - Celebrity Gossip
Men cry at sports movies. Don't let them tell you otherwise. They don't have "something in their eye," nor are they about to sneeze. The sports movie offers a wonderfully direct route to a man's heart, and they don't even need to be a sport nut, either. (I never watch boxing, but I get goose bumps all throughout Rocky and Rocky 2.) To list all of the mega-manly sports flicks that may inspire a small touch of watery eyes would be a pointless act ... plus it would probably ruin some of the best "inspirational moments" that we plan to use later ... and so I choose a strange pick. David S. Ward's Major League On the surface, Major League is little more than Animal House on a baseball diamond: adorably slobby men doing charmingly...
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- 6/18/2011
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
Diana Ossana will begin work on the script adaptation of Stuart and Shelby Stout’s Hope’s Wish in the fall.
Oscar-winning writer will also produce with Jonah Hirsch and Ossana’s Brokeback Mountain coworker and fellow Oscar winner Larry McMurtry will serve as executive producer along with Stuart Stout, Bert Hesse and Stephen Bridgewater.
Ossana said:
Hope’s Wish reminded me of the innocence of children and their refusal to accept the limits of what adults consider might be possible. I feel privileged to be a part of bringing Hope’s inspirational story to film.”
Hope’s Wish: How One Girl’s Dream Made Others Come True is a touching story of one brave young girl used her final wish to fulfill the wishes of 155 other children. When Hope Stout was diagnosed with bone cancer, the Stouts prayed for a miracle and the God gave it to them, but...
Oscar-winning writer will also produce with Jonah Hirsch and Ossana’s Brokeback Mountain coworker and fellow Oscar winner Larry McMurtry will serve as executive producer along with Stuart Stout, Bert Hesse and Stephen Bridgewater.
Ossana said:
Hope’s Wish reminded me of the innocence of children and their refusal to accept the limits of what adults consider might be possible. I feel privileged to be a part of bringing Hope’s inspirational story to film.”
Hope’s Wish: How One Girl’s Dream Made Others Come True is a touching story of one brave young girl used her final wish to fulfill the wishes of 155 other children. When Hope Stout was diagnosed with bone cancer, the Stouts prayed for a miracle and the God gave it to them, but...
- 6/10/2011
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
10. ‘King Ralph’ (1991) ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 10
Starring Peter O’Toole and John Hurt, each of whom has probably starred in much better and much less irreverent films about the monarchy, “King Ralph” colluded to coronate crass American Ralph (played by John Goodman) when all other heirs to the throne are decimated by a family photo opportunity. The film, directed by David S. Ward, was not a hit by any means and only serves the purpose of pretending that this list of films about the monarchy might be funny.
Choice Quotation:
Phipps (Richard Griffiths): Sir Cedric! Sir Cedric! Good news. We've finally found an heir!
Sir Cedric Willingham (O’Toole): That's wonderful, Duncan. Who is he?
Phipps: His name is Jones. Ralph Jones.
Sir Cedric Willingham: A good man?
Phipps: [embarrassed] Well, he has his strengths and his weaknesses. You see, he's … [uncomfortable pause] … American.
Sir Cedric Willingham: Quickly, Duncan! The strengths!
Starring Peter O’Toole and John Hurt, each of whom has probably starred in much better and much less irreverent films about the monarchy, “King Ralph” colluded to coronate crass American Ralph (played by John Goodman) when all other heirs to the throne are decimated by a family photo opportunity. The film, directed by David S. Ward, was not a hit by any means and only serves the purpose of pretending that this list of films about the monarchy might be funny.
Choice Quotation:
Phipps (Richard Griffiths): Sir Cedric! Sir Cedric! Good news. We've finally found an heir!
Sir Cedric Willingham (O’Toole): That's wonderful, Duncan. Who is he?
Phipps: His name is Jones. Ralph Jones.
Sir Cedric Willingham: A good man?
Phipps: [embarrassed] Well, he has his strengths and his weaknesses. You see, he's … [uncomfortable pause] … American.
Sir Cedric Willingham: Quickly, Duncan! The strengths!
- 4/29/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Gilbert Gottfried has been fired as the Aflac duck after tweeting an insensitive — and painfully unfunny — joke about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami: "I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now.'"
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Ryan Phillipe's new romance with Amanda Seyfried has hit a snag as ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp is pregnant and has told the actor the baby is his. Phillipe says he'll "gladly" take a DNA test when the baby is born in June.
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Eva Longoria tells Allure that every time she talks about her divorce from Tony Parker, "I want to cry." She was obviously not thinking about it yesterday as she set off a Pda alert playing smash-face with new beau/Penelope bro Eduardo Cruz at Los Angeles restaurant Koi.
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Kacey Jordan, the porn star who was with Charlie Sheen the night...
Gilbert Gottfried has been fired as the Aflac duck after tweeting an insensitive — and painfully unfunny — joke about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami: "I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now.'"
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Ryan Phillipe's new romance with Amanda Seyfried has hit a snag as ex-girlfriend Alexis Knapp is pregnant and has told the actor the baby is his. Phillipe says he'll "gladly" take a DNA test when the baby is born in June.
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Eva Longoria tells Allure that every time she talks about her divorce from Tony Parker, "I want to cry." She was obviously not thinking about it yesterday as she set off a Pda alert playing smash-face with new beau/Penelope bro Eduardo Cruz at Los Angeles restaurant Koi.
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Kacey Jordan, the porn star who was with Charlie Sheen the night...
- 3/15/2011
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
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