What does early (and excessive) Oscar hype do to a film's chances?
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Anonymous Fails To Rain On Katie Holmes's Broadway Parade [Death Of A Thetan]
newVideoPlayer("/holmesbw_def.flv", 506, 423,""); Last night was the first preview of the Katie Holmes-starring revival of All My Sons—a critic-proof production that will be remembered less for bringing new insights to the classic Arthur Miller text than it will be for hosting the most spectacular female celebrity disappearance since the days of Amelia Earhart and Shelley Long. (She'll first have to figure out a way to sever the 3000-mile-long, indestructible microfiber restraint tethered to her ankl
From the Daily News Archives: 'All My Sons'
A look at how the New York Daily News covered the 1947 play "All My Sons," and the 1948 movie based on the Arthur Miller classic.
All Katie’s children
Previews for the Arthur Miller play start Sept. 18. Tickets for the Saturday and Sunday matinees will sell as high as $116.50 and tickets for the Wednesday matinee at $111.50.
Producer Eric Falkenstein says Holmes and Cruise are planning to move to NYC for the show’s 16-week run.
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Tom, Fans, Protesters Greet Katie on Broadway
Those weren't all Arthur Miller fans queuing up on Broadway tonight.
More than two dozen protesters from the anti-Scientology group Anonymous joined the throng Thursday outside New...
Katie tells Tom to give her some space as she prepares for Broadway debut
The curtain goes up tonight on Katie Holmes’ Broadway debut in the Arthur Miller classic drama “All My Sons,” and the Scientolowife has had to tell her mega-star husband Tom Cruise to back off so she can prepare for her big night. According to sources, the pressure of rehearsing for the play, being a full time mom to 2-year-old Suri, and the demands put on her by husband Cruise have caused Katie to snap and demand some time for herself.
During rehearsals, Tom wanted Katie, 29, to join him
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Film Reviews: Plays for much of its running time like a dime-store version of Arthur Miller, only to conclude in a wrenching, extraordinarily brutal sequence that is as upsetting as it is moving.
Fashionista or Fashion Victim?
Katie who has spearheaded the slouchy boyfriend jean look in recent months, stepped out in New York yesterday in her baggiest pair of denims yet. The loose-fitting flares were so large in fact that they swallowed up her shoes, the hems left dragging along the ground. And it was a case of the bigger the better when it came her handbag too, teaming her look with an extra-large Hermès Haut à Courroies tote. Katie is in the throes of final preparations ahead of her Broadway
Broadway hopes "Shrek,""Billy" defy economic woes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe
gets naked, Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes does Arthur Miller
and cartoon ogre Shrek vies with ballet-dancing Billy Elliot in
a battle of the monster musicals.
David Fincher’s ‘Heavy Metal’ back on track…
‘Heavy Metal’ publisher Kevin Eastman says the new film anthology is back on track and David Fincher is still involved as the executive producer, but now we actually have a lineup of directors who will be offering their stylistic interpretations including Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen), Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade 2) and Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean).
According to Comics2Film.com, production on the film is set to begin at Sony in the fall of 2008, with Blur Studios providing th
David Fincher, Danny Boyle accomplish their missions
TELLURIDE, Colo. -- Directors David Fincher and Danny Boyle came to the Telluride Film Festival with very different motivations for their fundamentally dissimilar films. But both will leave the festival having accomplished pretty much exactly what they needed to do.
Fincher, the director of "Fight Club," "The Game" and "Se7en," appeared at the 35th annual film festival to receive an opening-night career tribute award. In addition to his 167-minute director's cut of last year's "Zodiac," the filmmaker bro
Early buzz on Katie Holmes’ performance in ‘All My Sons’ is positive
The big question about Katie Holmes Broadway debut - “Is she going to be any good?” - may be answered. Last night’s preview of the Arthur Miller drama “All My Sons,” which stars Holmes, along with acting powerhouses John Lithgow and Dianne Wiest, has created some positive buzz around the show itself and Katie’s performance in it. But the night was nearly eclipsed by her husband’s presence in the audience - which drew a crowd of Scientology protesters outside the the
Mickey Rourke Pets Pup • Sheryl Crow Shields Baby [Snap Judgments (Weekend Edition)]
Welcome back to the Monday morning edition of Snap Judgment, in which we publish the celebrity snaps that came in over the earlier part of the weekend. Inside: Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Cory Kennedy, Charlotte Ronson, Bai Ling, Lindsay Lohan, Sheryl Crow, Kimora Lee Simmons, Christina Ricci, Katie Couric, Kate Bosworth, and Josh Hartnett. All those — and others — in a gallery beginning below. (Click on an image below to begin the gallery view.)
(All images via Bauer-Griffin.)
At NY Fashion Week, star power outshines models
(AP)
AP - The stars descended on New York Fashion Week on Sunday, with Olympian Dara Torres hitting the catwalk, Justin Timberlake putting on a runway show and the likes of Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci lining the front rows.
New ‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ picture..
“Taraji P. Henson (left) stars as Queenie and Brad Pitt (right) stars as Benjamin Button in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures Present A Kennedy/Marshall Production A David Fincher Film “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Tilda Swinton. The film was directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Eric Roth. Screen story by Eric
Ehren Kruger may shoot a ‘Bullet’
Screenwriter Ehren Kruger will write an adaptation of Boston Teran’s book God is a Bullet. The story is about the journey a California lawman forced to go undercover to rescue his daughter from a ruthless gang of criminals who have abducted her. Kruger will also produce the movie. The rights for the film were picked up Bradley Bell. Kruger’s latest works include the Transformers sequel and the next David Fincher movie Torso. So he is sure to have his hands full for the next year.
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Kevin Eastman Discusses David Fincher &‘Heavy Metal’
Some drama has been stirring between Paramount Pictures and David Fincher, and “Heavy Metal” editor Kevin Eastman knows why. Props to The Playlist, who report that Paramount and Fincher, director of Se7en and Fight Club, have been butting heads over the running time of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. As the bout went on, Paramount decided to pull the plug on the Heavy Metal project, which Fincher was set to executive produce.
The lovely people over at Slashfilm had their own opinion about
Is ‘Benjamin Button’ Too Long at Twenty Minutes?
Amid rumors of a battle with Paramount over the movie's purported three-hour running time, David Fincher screened twenty minutes' worth of his $150 million Oscar hopeful The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at the Telluride Film Festival on Saturday. How'd it go? "It unfortunately wasn't that great," says FirstShowing's Alex Billington. "The result was quite unimpressive, but I'm left wondering whether it was the editor to blame for this 20 minute cut or whether the film really has problems." "There are mome
Katie Holmes Debuts On Broadway In ‘All My Sons’
Katie Holmes made her Broadway debut at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre here in NYC as the Arthur Miller play she is starring in, All My Sons, opened in previews last night. Pink reader Liz was in the hiz last night for Katie’s debut and offers a very positive review of her performance … here [...]
Serial Killer Films: Tom Cruise Developing The Monster of Florence. Matt Damon to Star in $100 Million Torso? David Fincher Off?
Tom Cruise will produce and possibly star in an adaptation of Douglas Preston’s non-fiction bestseller, The Monster of Florence, for his studio United Artists. When Preston relocated his family to Italy in 2000, he soon became aware of a nearby murder committed years ago by the region’s serial killer, the Monster of Florence. Intrigued, he teamed up with a local obsessive investigative journalist to track him down. This culminated in the duo falling under the suspicion of authorities, with the j
AVERY BROOKS REDEFINES 'SALESMAN': Actor starring in 'radical new interpretation' of Arthur Miller classic.
*Stage and screen star Avery Brooks will star as Willy Loman in what is being called a "radical new interpretation" of the classic Arthur Miller play "Death of a Salesman."
Performances at Ohio's Oberlin College's Hall Auditorium (67 North Main St., Oberlin) are scheduled to end on Sunday (Sept. 21).
Director Justin Emeka, professor of theatre and African-American studies at Oberlin, "intends to bring new light to Miller's powerful portrai
MJ Brings Out Posh, J Lo, Nicole, Kanye and So Much More!
Nothing brings out the celebrities at New York Fashion Week quite like Marc Jacobs and last night he didn't disappoint. Not only did Fab love his colorful MJ collection but the front row kept things fun. Most exciting was seeing Victoria Beckham's very short haircut which you're loving seated next to Jennifer Lopez throughout the show. They were a vision in black and white posing together for the cameras and trading Project Runway judging tips perhaps? After the runway, Jay-Z quickly ducked out but not befo
TELLURIDE '08 | Marshall, Huntsinger, Fincher
Festival honoree David Fincher (right) with producer Frank Marshall (left) and festival managing director Julie Huntsinger (center). Fincher chatted about his career this weekend and screened about 20 minutes of what he called "scenelets" from his anticipated late '08 feature, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Setting up the clips, Fincher noted that the film is about "the dents that people make on our lives...and why." Over at Spout, Karina Longworth details the footage, while a podcast of the event i
Broadway Hopes "Shrek," "Billy" Defy Economic Woes
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe gets naked, Tom Cruise's wife Katie Holmes does Arthur Miller and cartoon ogre Shrek vies with ballet-dancing Billy Elliot in a battle of the monster musicals.... <a href="http://www.postchronicle.com/news/entertainment/article_212171704.shtml"><b>More</b>






