HOLLYWOOD News, Apr 01, 2012

Willem Dafoe's 'The Hunter' gives actor three movies in one month New York Daily News The 56-year-old actor has three movies out since March 9, the latest of which, the Australian survivalist drama “The Hunter,” hits theaters this Friday. That follows on the heels of Abel Ferrara's indie “4:44 Last Day on Earth” and the big-budget ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

Willem Dafoe: Actor on the hunt The Star-Ledger - NJ.com And now, in “The Hunter” — opening Friday — a mysterious gunman tracking a possibly extinct animal. “Obviously, I like to do different kinds of movies,” Dafoe admits, sitting in a Manhattan hotel room. “Because I don't think acting is one thing. See all stories on this topic » The Star-Ledger - NJ.com

Hollywood on the prairie Chicago Tribune The movies themselves got to Chicago two decades before Chaplin. Visitors to the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 could peer into Thomas Edison's pioneering kinetograph. "This is to the eye what the phonograph is to the ear," Edison explained upon ... See all stories on this topic » Chicago Tribune

Hollywood's strangest -- and safest -- casting news Washington Examiner That might be the most disappointing casting news to come out of Hollywoodin the last few days. Other announcements have been more intriguing. Woody Allen, for example, is reportedly talking to a pair of actors about roles in his nextfilm, ... See all stories on this topic »

'Titanic' resurfaces in 3-D Worcester Telegram Fifteen years, 11 Academy Awards and $1.84 billion at the worldwide box office later, Cameron is re-launching “Titanic” in a 3-D version whose new earnings will close the gap on the film that eventually surpassed it as contemporaryHollywood's ... See all stories on this topic »

Hollywood Box Office: The Hunger Games, Wrath of the Titans, Mirror Mirror Live Trading News The movie skewed slightly older, with 55% of the audience over 25. Those under 25 gave the action flick A-. The 3-D sequel returns Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes in the lead roles and is directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Actors new to the ... See all stories on this topic » Live Trading News

'I'ma method actor by fluke' Khaleej Times He may be a Hollywood leading man – his thriller Man on a Ledge is still in theatres even as Wrath of the Titans, in which he stars as the mythic warrior Perseus, came out this weekend – but he doesn't talk the right game. For instance, sitting in a ... See all stories on this topic » Khaleej Times

Alexander Roman: A Man With The Touch Of Genius LA Canyon News I sort of fell into documentary film making. Like many Hollywoodhopefuls I wanted to be an actor. Well it's a rough tough road. I end up delving into different aspects of film making just to pay the bills. Back in 2009, I had just completed a short ... See all stories on this topic » LA Canyon News

Kevin Costner shows he's no singer-wannabe with Fort Pierce show Palm Beach Post Known most widely for his acting career and over 40 starring roles in Hollywood feature films since 1981, Kevin Costner is not typically thought of as a rock star in the literal sense. However, Costner joined forces in 2007 with songwriter John Coinman ... See all stories on this topic » Palm Beach Post

'Harry Potter' movie studio tour opens outside London KWCH By Brady MacDonald Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Hard-core Harry Potter fans who devoured the books, camped out for the movies and trekked through the theme park now have a new way to relive the boy wizard's adventures. Debuting Saturday, the Making ... See all stories on this topic »

Unsinkable James Cameron refloats 'Titanic' in 3-D Ocala Fifteen years, 11 Academy Awards and $1.84 billion at the worldwide box office later, Cameron is relaunching "Titanic" in a 3-D version whose new earnings will close the gap on the film that eventually surpassed it as contemporaryHollywood's ... See all stories on this topic »

Kim Fowley: impresario, Svengali, saint, devil Los Angeles Times But he's got a dozen other hustles going on too, and he hands a reporter one copy after another of B-minus movies. They all feature Kim Fowley. "I'm the king of bad taste," says the man who started his songwriting, production and performance career ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Gay holiday film casts Hollywood square and a guy from "The Lair" ChicagoPride.com Chicago, IL — Hollywood legend Bruce Vilanch and acclaimed actor David Moretti have joined the cast of a featurefilm being shot in Chicago this May. Scrooge & Marley is a modern-day variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, ... See all stories on this topic » ChicagoPride.com

Imran, Deepika win worst actors Golden Kela Newstrack India New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Imran Khan was named the worst actor and Deepika Padukone the worst actress at the fourth annual Golden Kela Awards Sunday, a spin-off of Hollywood's Razzies awards, which recognises the worst in cinema. See all stories on this topic »

Penelope Anne Miller To Appear At Sarasota Film Festival Patch.com “Ms. Miller was a guest at our very first Sarasota Film Festival and her work has continued to move and inspire audiences everywhere.” Miller is also confirmed to take part in the In Conversation series where actors and filmmakers share details of ... See all stories on this topic »

Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel JustPressPlay It was the Glory Days of film, when projects, their stars, and the studios were titans. Roger Corman changed everything. Working with a shoestring budget, he championed exploitation filmmaking. From monster movies to science-fiction, from gritty urban ... See all stories on this topic » JustPressPlay

Big Budget Film with Hollywood Star Power to Shoot in Sault LOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie Budgeted at $50 million, the epic motion picture will be the biggestmovie shoot in Northern Ontario history. The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund is kicking in $5 million to the project, which will also feature prominent Canadian actors, such as Oscar ... See all stories on this topic » LOCAL2 Sault Ste. Marie

Working with the best turns life into a 'great love affair' Sydney Morning Herald It is not the easiest or most profitable way of working but for a passionate film lover there is no other way. Thomas, an Englishman in his early 60s, grew up in the business; his father, Ralph Thomas, directed more than 40 movies, including the ... See all stories on this topic » Sydney Morning Herald

The Short List: One Evening in the Blue Light Bar & Grill Honolulu Civil Beat There was a proper budget to make a short film and the script for it was a good script from Cedric Yamanaka. It was hard to pass it up. I'm used to having no budget to low budget for movies. It was quite freeing to not worry so much and just focus on ... See all stories on this topic »

Kevin Costner @ Sunrise Theatre Palm Beach Post Known most widely for his acting career and 40+ starring rolls inHollywood feature films since 1981, Kevin Costner is not typically thought of as a "Rock Star" in the literal sense. However, Costner is the lead singer and guitarist in "Kevin Costner ... See all stories on this topic » Palm Beach Post

I must say I am full of masala: Mira Nair Times of India Ranbir had auditioned for the film, but he was busy for the next three years. "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is a really intense movie. It's about a young man who only knows about the world, in which he is a star. Its not good to castone person and ... See all stories on this topic »

From The Terminator to Twins?! TG Daily The first Twins was a fine idea for a comedy, imagine pitching it to a major studio, just the ad campaign alone was funny, but like a lot of movies in Hollywood, it was a marketing concept in search of afilm, like Wild Wild West. See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Photo by Cynthia V. Campbell -- The Advocate The Morgan City area was one of the sites chosen for the first Tarzan of the Apes silent movie filmed in 1917. The film starred Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan and Enid Markey as Jane Porter. Gordon Griffith played Tarzan as a boy. Thefilm was released in 1918 ... See all stories on this topic »

Done to death? WA today He had a global bestseller and two lead characters likely to attract A-list actors. The only snag was that the material had already yielded film versions in the original Swedish. But these had yet to open in the key English-speaking markets, ... See all stories on this topic » WA today

Film Nerd 2.0: An evening of '20000 Leagues' and Mickey Mouse cartoons HitFix (blog) People absorb images and scenes and impressions more than they actually watch the individual films or the cartoons. I find it fascinating that Disney will include a ride like Splash Mountain at Disneyland, but they won't release the movie, ... See all stories on this topic » HitFix (blog)

Winners are announced during first weekend of Norwich Film Festival Norwich Evening News The Norwich Film Festival started this weekend with a selection of shortmovies being shown at the Hollywood Cinema, near Anglia Square. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below. The message will include the name ... See all stories on this topic »

Iowa-Based Film Hopes to “Revitalize” State's Film Industry KCRG By Katie Stinson IOWA CITY, Iowa – In the wake of the scandal that shut down Iowa's film tax-credit incentive program, one group of dedicated filmmakers is working to revitalize the state's filmindustry – one movie at a time. See all stories on this topic » KCRG

Razzies recognize Sandler as among the 'worst' The New Age Online Yet the movie has earned $74.2 million and is currently one of the top filmrentals. The Razzies, created by author John Wilson as a parody ofHollywood's award shows, particularly the Oscars, skewers Hollywood'shigh-profile movies, ... See all stories on this topic »

Taylor Kitsch planning risky career Film News He was recently cast as the title role in epic sci-fi movie John Carter – however the movie didn't live up to expectations and was largely panned by critics. Taylor ignores such negativity and hopes to continue at full-speed in Hollywood. See all stories on this topic » Film News

Do 'Hunger Games' Critics Encourage Anorexia? Discovery News (Lawrence is of course hardly alone; film critics regularly complain aboutactors being miscast for their movie roles.) Concern that pop culture and the entertainment industry might cause eating disorders is nothing new. Over the years everything from ... See all stories on this topic »

Marketers Collect Films On Leadership Newspapers In this chat with Ruth Choji, the Abuja-based actor-cum-producer unravels the challenges bedevilling the industry and the way out. Excerpts: I started acting films in 2004 before I became a producer. My first movies are: 'Duniya Labari' and 'Bita da ... See all stories on this topic » Leadership Newspapers

Vail Film Festival announces awards Vail Daily News The Vail Film Festival is honored to recognize Krysten Ritter with the Excellence in Acting award, joining past winners Kate Bosworth, Michelle Monaghan and Jane Seymour. Starring alongside many of Hollywood'sbiggest names, including Katherine Heigl, ... See all stories on this topic »

Spielberg gets knocked off high horse Edmonton Journal (out of five) We Bought a Zoo: One minute, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson are the two hottest commodities in Hollywood. The next, they're making moronic movies with Cameron Crowe. We certainly can't blame these charismatic talents for wandering into ... See all stories on this topic »

Robert Pattinson Surrounded – Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina ... Boomtron.com Period pieces are not exactly popular at the moment but perhaps Robert Pattinson in Bel Ami can start up the trend again in Hollywood. Bel Ami was written by French author Guy de Maupassant and published in 1885. The filmadaptation is also set in the ... See all stories on this topic »

The king of the SMALL SCREEN Irish Independent By Declan Cashin For every major film, Liam Cunningham has a quality TV show on his CV. Declan Cashin talks to the 'Game of Thrones' actor about his latest role Crikey, that Liam Cunningham gets around, doesn't he? Most recently, you'll have seen him ... See all stories on this topic »

Julie Hinds: ABC's 'Scandal,' 'Downton Arby's,' 'Dancing With the Stars' and more Detroit Free Press "The Cabin in the Woods": Remember a crazy little 1980s movie with a woodsy cabin setting called "The Evil Dead" from some metro Detroit guys led by Sam Raimi? This horror film could have a similar impact on the genre. The tale of handsome young people ... See all stories on this topic »

Outlook bright for thai film,tv industry The Nation The US and Europe have matured in this industry," he said, adding that more content was expected to come out of Asia over the next 50 years. "Giant movies today do not feature just their star actors. The star of a movie today is its concept. See all stories on this topic » The Nation

Hispanicize 2012: Scarface on the Beach, Steven Bauer, Cesar Millian, Emilio ... Live Trading News “This year's medley of films and sessions represent a strong start to what we feel will be a growing program specifically tailored to advance the careers of US Latino filmmakers and actors,” said Roman Morales, the event's film curator. See all stories on this topic » Live Trading News

Career tribute recipient selected Sarasota Herald-Tribune By Carrie Seidman, Herald-Tribune Penelope Ann Miller, who plays the wife of a silent film star in this year's 2012 Academy Award Best Picture winner, “The Artist,” will receive the Career Tribute award at the 2012 Sarasota Film Festival. See all stories on this topic »

Why it's toff at the top for Hugh Grant Irish Independent Grant traded on it for a while in a series of bad Hollywoodcomedies, and in recent times his film choices have been questionable, but he is actually a very gifted screen actor who's proved he can handle difficult dramatic roles as well as romantic ... See all stories on this topic » Irish Independent

Cinema Italiano tome loving look at era's heyday TheChronicleHerald.ca (MICHEL LIPCHITZ / AP) Hollywood's global domination of cinema has served to reduce film production elsewhere, except India ("Bollywood") and Nigeria ("Nollywood"). It is a sad fate, for non-American film offers diverse opinions and perspectives that ... See all stories on this topic » TheChronicleHerald.ca

SevenOne, Levinson in TV movie pact C21Media “TV movies have global appeal and what these movies must have in common is high quality, good budgets, recognisable lead cast, with good family appeal and storylines that can be rerun. With Larry, we have found the best producer in North America who ... See all stories on this topic »

Whitney Houston clothes, jewelry auctioned CNN Julien's "Hollywood Legends" auction also includes Charlie Chaplin's famous bowler hat and bamboo cane and a coat worn by Clark Gable in "Gone With the Wind." Five dresses and three ensembles from Houston's wardrobe were originally sold in a 2007 ... See all stories on this topic »

SUN DON'T SHINE Film Threat The weird thing is, I can absolutely see where all the film's cheerleaders are coming from. Writer/director Amy Seimetz oozes talent. Likewise the actorsportraying the young couple on the lam have got some chops. I like the way the story unfolds ... See all stories on this topic »

Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner Among 2012 Kids' Choice Awards Winners NextMovie (blog) Meanwhile, in the animated film categories, "Puss in Boots" won Favorite Animated Movie, upsetting "Rio," Cars 2" and "Kung Fu Panda 2." But despite that victory, "Puss in Boots" star Antonio Banderas was passed over in the Favorite Voice From an ... See all stories on this topic »

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