In Five: Casey Affleck Writing and Directing a Baseball Movie, a New M.I.A....
1. Casey Affleck will write and direct a movie about the life of Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. [Deadline] 2. Bobby Cannavale joins the cast of the “Glengarry Glen Ross” revival. [Arts...
View ArticleIn Five: Charlize Theron To Make Biopic Of War Reporter, Suzan-Lori Parks...
1. Charlize Theron to produce and possibly star in biopic of war reporter Marie Colvin, who died in Syria earlier this year. [The Hollywood Reporter] 2. Suzan-Lori Parks will stage her award-winning...
View ArticleQuoted: The Difficulties of Casting Charlie Sheen in Your Film
“I told my colleagues, “Charlie’s gonna do this” and there was a lot of “Is he gonna really come?” [and] “Can we get insurance?” and there was another battle to have people believe that it was a real...
View ArticleDid Charlie Sheen Place a Curse on “Two and a Half Men?”
By Craig Hubert | According to Charlie Sheen, “Two and a Half Men,” the hit show from which he was publically ousted, is “cursed.” Normally, we wouldn’t believe anything Sheen says, but after the...
View ArticleMust Watch: Charlie Sheen Spirals Into Fantasy in “A Glimpse Inside the Mind...
By Craig Hubert | Cowboys and Indians, espionage, and Charlie Sheen – these are just a few of surreal moments featured in the trailer for “A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III.” The second...
View ArticleIn Five: Timberlake Approaches Platinum, Tilda Swinton Sleeps in a Glass Box,...
1. It’s being reported that the projected first-week sales for Justin Timberlake’s new album, “20/20 Experience,” are inching toward the one million mark. If Timberlake’s record goes platinum in its...
View ArticleIn Five: Julianne Moore’s “Maps to the Stars,” Brian Eno’s Hospital Music,...
1. Julianne Moore has joined John Cusack and the previously attached Robert Pattinson for David Cronenberg’s upcoming “Maps to the Stars,” a “ghost story that’s described as a scathing attack on...
View ArticleIn Five: Helen Mirren Enters the Kitchen, Jay-Z Changes the Rules, and More...
1. Helen Mirren has signed on to take the starring role in “The Hundred-Foot Journey,” based on the Richard Morais novel. Lasse Hallstrom will direct from a script by Steven Knight, with big names...
View ArticleIn Five: Spielberg Escapes “American Sniper,” a Sam Kinison Biopic, and More...
1. Steven Spielberg has dropped out of “American Sniper,” the Bradley Cooper-led Navy SEAL film based on the book “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military...
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