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Sarah Palin Responds to 'Game Change' Trailer With A Trailer Of Her Own ...
mediabistro.com
The New York Observer's Hunter Walker spoke to the screenwriter, Danny Strong, who says that they offered to screen the film for Palin, and that her camp declines. He also says that the fears of her supporters are misguided: "Everything in that video ...
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The Girl Who Can't Make it to Bollywood
Indian Express
Screenwriter Devika Bhagat reveals her wish-list of "unreel" women. Last week, I was catching up with a friend, Ria, who moved to Madagascar with her husband a year ago. We were discussing a mutual friend, Tara, who to put it mildly, used to be what ...
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Indian Express
Flick: A year and a half later, one last memento …
Bloomington Pantagraph (blog)
Nicholas Sparks is the best-selling American novelist and screenwriter of such works as "The Notebook," "Dear John" and "Nights in Rodanthe" and specializes, as he puts it, in "writing about life situations that can just naturally put a tear in your ...
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt in Proposition 8 courtroom drama
BBC News
The play was written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black and directed by Oscar-nominated director Rob Reiner, one of the founders of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. Jane Lynch, who played Proposition 8 support Maggie ...
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BBC News
Sundance award-winning 'Can's' Turkish release postponed until May
Today's Zaman
Turkish screenwriter/director Raşit Çelikezer's Sundance award-winning drama "Can" will be released in Turkey in May instead of on its original domestic release date of March 16, the film's producers announced over the weekend.
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The Boogeyman strikes!
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Screenwriter and director Golden directs Don Day, who plays the role of the psychologist, Dr. Harper. So why Shelbyville, and why the Lane Street Inn? "I Googled 'bed and breakfasts' because I wanted a place where my crew and I could stay," Golden ...
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Shelbyville Times-Gazette
Indie movie brings Sudan to Dallas
WFAA
The United States keeps Sudan on a "terror watch list"--screenwriter/director Bentley Brown brought Sudan to the heart of Texas for eight days of filming Faisal Goes West, a short film about a Sudanese family's move to Dallas. The film--a drama, ...
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Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie has died aged 82
Total Film
In a world where it's often the director, screenwriter or star who gets the most recognition for the success of a movie, it's a testament to McQuarrie's considerable talent and influence that his is a name familiar to many.
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STRANGE BUT TRUE
The Dallas Post
By Samantha Weaver • It was 20th-century American director, screenwriter, playwright and novelist Ben Hecht who made the following sage observation: "Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the ...
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Prop 8 play premieres in LA with Clooney, Pitt
abc7.com
The play, which took place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre, was written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who also wrote the story for "Milk." The playwright said his goal is to show that marriage is a basic constitutional right ...
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Perspective: Bela Tarr and Laszlo Krasznahorkai's artful pairing
Los Angeles Times
Though the director and novelist are credited as co-screenwriters on all their collaborations, they don't write conventional scripts. Rather, Krasznahorkai serves as a kind of literary consultant as the film takes shape. "When we make films from his ...
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Los Angeles Times
Bruce Willis Set For 'Five Against A Bullet'
NASDAQ
(RTTNews.com) - Bruce Willis has committed to appear in a new action thriller called "Five Against a Bullet," from "Three Musketeers" screenwriter Alex Litvak. The new film will be produced by Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Jordan Schur and David Mimran.
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Vampire tale leaves a mark
Toledo Blade
Overbite is the sequel to Cabot's best-selling Insatiable, in which we were introduced to Meena Harper, a young soap opera screenwriter who had the gift -- however unfortunate -- of knowing how people will die. After falling in love with Lucien ...
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John Cusack to present Poe thriller in Moscow
The Voice of Russia
Hollywood actor, screenwriter and producer John Cusack is arriving in Moscow on Sunday to present Edgar Allan Poe thriller The Raven. Directed by James McTeigue, the film tells a story of a writer (Cusack) who pursues a serial killer whose murders ...
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The Voice of Russia
Ashton Kutcher Reportedly Visited Demi Moore in Rehab
Celebuzz
Allegedly, Ashton has moved on with screenwriter Lorene Scafaria, who was with Ashton over the holidays, and the two appeared to be very affectionate during a recent outing. The actor only went to visit the Demi in Utah was because "he knew it was ...
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Lorene Scafaria and Ashton Kutcher: PDA Alert!
The Hollywood Gossip
In the latest issue of Us Weekly, a witness says he spotted the screenwriter and the actor cozying up at a charity event on February 25. "They were affectionate," the onlooker reports. "When they thought no one was watching, they held hands, ...
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"A Separation" to open Iranian Film Week in Cuba
Tehran Times
Premiered in Iran with the title "Nader and Simin, a Separation", the film won Crystal Simorghs in five categories at the Fajr festival, including the best director and best screenwriter awards. The film repeated its success at the 2011 Berlinale, ...
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BC-FISHING-BLUNT-LADN
Sierra Vista Herald
Based on a novel by Paul Torday, the inspirational comedy was adapted by Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy ("Slumdog Millionaire") and is directed by Lasse Halstrom. The film, which opens March 9, was shot in and around London, in Scotland and ...
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Nice country, shame about the racism
New Zealand Listener
Last week I mentioned here, with a cringe, something that an Auckland tour guide had said to Ken Levine, the screenwriter-cum-sport-commentator, which he'd subsequently reported on his very widely read blog. The guide announced that the population of ...
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New Zealand Listener
Zilla Ghaziabad to Meerut Junction
Times of India
He has retained the entire technical team of Zilla Ghaziabad, including screenwriter Vinay Sharma for the three flicks with KC Productions Pvt Ltd, run by Kshitij and Prashita Chaudhary. An alumnus of the London Film Academy, Kshitij also produced the ...
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Prison songs from the heart
Philippine Star
There must have been at least two dozen of us who responded to the short notice texted by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Boni Ilagan (of the globe-trotting must-see films Dukot, Sigwa and Deadline, and of Migrante which premieres soon).
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Leno Says Game Change 'Humanizes' Palin; York: Could've Focused on Democrats ...
NewsBusters (blog)
Screenwriter Danny Strong -- he also worked on "Recount" -- couldn't have written it better himself. The movie also could have focused on Hillary Clinton's anger at Obama's ability to escape the Wright mess unscathed. "Just imagine, just for fun, ...
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Wallace Baine, Baine Street: Welcome to the golden era of local folks hitting ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel
If you want to draw in UC Santa Cruz alums, there's actress Maya Rudolph -- she's in Adam Scott's new film, as a matter of fact -- "Saturday Night Live" cut-up Andy Samberg, screenwriter Marti Noxon, Americana folkie Gillian Welch, eccentric filmmaker ...
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Londoner's Diary: Why the cult of Assange plays badly in Belarus
Evening Standard
Octavia is a friend of director and screenwriter Tate Taylor, who is in turn a childhood friend of Kitty Stockett, the author of The Help.When Kitty first gave readings of the book she found it embarrassing to read aloud the black dialect as it felt so ...
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Phooey! They sucked the fun out of 'The Lorax'
Eagle Tribune
Unless it falls into the hands of the right screenwriter, the execution collapses miserably. (Think "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" and "The Cat in the Hat.") In 2008, the animated gem "Horton Hears a Who!" gave rise to hope for future successful ...
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Joel Kinnaman confirmed for RoboCop
Filmonic
Gran Torino screenwriter Nick Schenk was hired earlier this month to rewrite the script by Josh Zetumer. The original 1987 film followed a cop brought back from the dead and drafted to become a remorseless and ruthless cyborg cop.
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Reisman: New Tappan Zee Bridge looms too large for Tarrytown condo owners
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Stein is a playwright, screenwriter and author of nine novels, including one fictional work that has sold more than one million copies: "The Magician," which is set in Ossining. In a written statement he prepared in advance of the hearing, ...
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Robert Spano To Lead ASO In La Luna Azul 3/4
Broadway World
The moon (luna) and the color blue (azul) have been very influential in her work as a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. I wanted to take these two ideas and see how they could inspire my own music." Single tickets for these performances are $21 to ...
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More turmoil coming for 'Downton'
Charlotte Observer
These miseries, machinations and occasional moments of joy were all set in motion by Julian Fellowes, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter ("Gosford Park") who is the creator of "Downton Abbey." As work gets under way on a third season (the first two ...
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'Community' Cast Gets Animated for NBC.com and Hulu
Sacramento Bee
... Gillian Jacobs ("The Book of Daniel"), Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement"), Danny Pudi ("Greek"), Alison Brie ("Mad Men"), Donald Glover ("30 Rock"), Ken Jeong ("The Hangover") and Academy-Award® winning screenwriter Jim Rash.
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Infamous 'Carrie' returns but results the same
The Daily News Online
Lawrence D. Cohen, the film's screenwriter, turned it into a theater piece along with music by Michael Gore and lyrics by Dean Pitchford. What emerged was a mess not entirely their fault, but it closed after five regular performances, lost $8 million ...
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James J. Smith: Hollywood not sold on black casts
Battle Creek Enquirer
Hollywood didn't want to back a film with a black director, a leading cast of 13 black men, a black screenwriter, black film scorer and a black producer. Lucas, being the executive producer, was left with no choice but to finance this film to make it ...
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"American Idol" sends a message to Chargers
U-T San Diego
Reel good news: La Jollan Pat Scott, who teamed up with veteran Hollywood screenwriter Stephen Metcalfe ("Jacknife") to create a short film last year about an autistic boy who is befriended by a migrant worker, is celebrating its acceptance in three ...
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'Game' over
New York Post
"It's that crazy a story," says screenwriter Danny Strong. Strong defends his research in writing the script, citing 25 interviews he did with McCain campaign insiders and the original source material itself. While the film was on location in Baltimore ...
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New York Post
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
The Guardian
Jude Law gets a particularly fine crack of the whip as a snaggle-toothed blogger peddling ill-informed mischief whose self-righteous, self-serving character spurs screenwriter Scott Z Burns to observe hilariously: "Blogging isn't writing – it's just ...
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The Guardian
Emily Blunt angles for hearts with 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'
Boston Globe
Adapted by "Slumdog Millionaire'' screenwriter Simon Beaufoy from Paul Torday's best-selling novel, "Salmon Fishing'' has been labeled a crowd-pleaser since it pleased crowds at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall.
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Too few laughs in 'Project X'
Bellingham Herald
The problem is screenwriter Michael Bacall has so far shown no ability to write characters who don't deserve to be crushed under a giant shoe. Or who have any recognizably human emotions. Oh yeah, and Bacall can't write comedy, either.
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Ashton Kutcher visits Demi Moore, Lorene Scafaria rumors heat up again
CarterMatt.com
As for Ashton's love life, there were rumors popping up over the Christmas holidays that he was dating screenwriter Lorene Scafaria when photos of the two touring Italy together surfaced online. Kutcher's representative denied that they were anything ...
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The Sarah Palin Movie: HBO's 'Game Change' Highlights the Missteps of the ...
PolicyMic
At the end of the film, it is revealed that Wallace could not bring herself to vote, a fact that was not included in the book but came out through the journalistic work and connections for Danny Strong, the film's screenwriter.
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PolicyMic
Comics Deal: John Carter of Mars: Warlord of Mars TPB
Geeks of Doom
This volume includes all twenty-eight issues of John Carter: Warlord of Mars plus all three annuals, collected for the first time! * Featuring an introduction by Michael Chabon-screenwriter of the upcoming John Carter of Mars motion picture! head.
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