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Stana Katic has lined up a new gig. The actress, 34, who currently stars on ABC's "Castle," has signed on to play music producer/Goldie & the Gingerbreads frontwoman Genya Raven in "CBGB," according to The Hollywood Reporter. Also joining the cast (which ...  

Here’s a slow-mo video of Alan Rickman drinking tea. Though not as fun to watch as the Slinky on a treadmill video I posted yesterday, but it’s interesting to see photographer David Michalek slow this video down to 3000 frames per second, in ultra high definition. Five to twelve seconds of movement have been slowed [...]Alan Rickman Drinks Tea Slowly. More at Buzz Patrol  

Many of you liked the slinky on the treadmill video. This slow-motion video of Alan Rickman drinking tea isn't quite as compelling, but it's not bad either. Wait for the drop around 1:22 before judging. The original video without the dramatic sound is here. (More info.) Tags: Alan Rickman   slow motion   video  

The biggest takeaway is, of course, that Rupert Grint is attempting to become a real human adult actor person! By taking on bolder roles, he’s attempting to gain credibility. Weening himself off the wand. Rickman, who already had a formidable and ...  

#watchthis If you have ever seen an Alan Rickman movie, you know the dramatic weight he brings to pretty much every gesture and utterance he delivers on screen. Now imagine that in aggressively slow motion. Or better yet, watch it. More »  

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He said in a statement: ''We wrote this role for Alan Rickman who, like Hilly Kristal, is a true champion of the arts.'' The film is expected to start shooting in June, and Randall and Jody are also thought to be working on a biopic of the late Beach Boys ...  

#videosoftheweek Your brain can melt trying to keep up with the endless torrent of video content on the web each day. That's why we are here to ease your fatigue with the best videos of the week. Enjoy! More »  

The British star will shoot Cbgb in Savannah, Georgia this summer (12) with an all-star cast portraying the likes of The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and Patti Smith - who all headlined at Kristal's fabled Bowery venue, which is now a John ...  

Your brain can melt trying to keep up with the endless torrent of video content on the web each day. That’s why we are here to ease your fatigue with the best videos of the week. Enjoy! Here’s How Ridiculous You Look Posing for Photos You’ve been there, I’ve been there; Telling someone to smile and pressing that camera shutter down only to realise a few seconds later ...  

Call yourself an Alan Rickman fan? You should do, you know. He's a living legend, after all, what with his roles as Hans Gruber in Die Hard, the Sheriff Of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, and not forgetting the one and only Severus Snape in ...  

Alan Rickman is set to star in Randall Miller's CBGB , Variety reports. He'll play Hilly Kristal who, for more than three decades, owned and operated the famous New York nightclub until a rent dispute forced the establishment to close in 2006. The real-life Kristal tragically died the following year. Rickman, who last appeared on the big screen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 , previously worked with Miller in 2008's...  

Director Randall Miller will pass the time until he can begin shooting his Aaron Eckhart-starring Dennis Wilson biopic with another story of rock 'n' roll and cult followings: Miller is currently prepping CBGB, a biopic about the famous T-shirt, music festival, and all-purpose brand name that spent its formative years as a venue where bands played sometimes. The film will revolve around Alan Rickman as the...  

No one can say that Alan Rickman doesn't have range. The actor, who's best known for playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films, recently signed on to play Ronald Reagan in The Butler, and Rolling Stone reports that he'll next play CBGB owner Hilly ...  

Alan Rickman will portray Hilly Kristal in a new movie about Kristal, who founded the legendary NYC club CBGB. The film, called CBGB, will shoot in Savannah, Georgia this summer with actors and actresses playing members of The Ramones, Blondie ...  

Alan Rickman is known for playing bad guys ("Die Hard") and sort-of-bad guys (the "Harry Potter" series), but now the British actor is playing one of music history's coolest guys. Rickman will head to the '70s to play Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York ...  

#alanrickman If you suspected that actor/perfect voice haver Alan Rickman could bring intensity, depth and gravitas to even the most mundane of tasks than you would be right. Now, answer the question: One lump or two? More »  

Alan Rickman has officially signed to play the role of Hilly Kristal in a new biographical film. Hilly Kristal was the founder of CBGB, a famous punk rock venue. The film currently has no title, and is set to begin production June 25, in Georgia and New York City. The film has an estimated release date of late 2013. Film makers are planing a special screening of the film to be ready by January...  

Alan Rickman may have made a career of playing the bad guy in movies like the Harry Potter series, Love Actually and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but we know he is really just a nice guy! Rickman returned to Broadway this year as Leonard, the ...  

Shuttered club CBGB is back in the zeitgeist this year! In January we broke the news that the current owners would be reopening the venue, then in March it was announced that they'd be having a festival this summer, and now the club is under Hollywood's shining spotlight, with the biopic on the venue finally moving forward. [ more › ]  

Alan Rickman may have made a career of playing the bad guy in movies like the Harry Potter series, Love Actually and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, but we know he is really just a nice guy! Rickman returned to Broadway this year as Leonard ...  

A new film is being made about the famous New York music venue CBGB, starring British actor Alan Rickman as the club's owner Hilly Kristal. It has been announced that Alan Rickman is to star in a new movie telling the story of one of New York's most famous ...  

Many thanks to Tor.com, which brought the most amazing thing to hit the interwebs in days to our attention. "Epic Tea-Time with Alan Rickman" is probably the perfect blend of the artistic, the absurd, and the needlessly overwrought. The original video is simply several seconds of footage of Rickman preparing tea and then getting rather upset in high definition at 3000 frames per second; the footage is then slowed down to fill eight and a half...  

Alan Rickman will portray play Hilly Kristal, the iconoclastic bearded, flannel-wearing founder of the famous East Village punk-rock club CBGB, in a biographical film to be shot this summer.  

Alan Rickman is, as we're sure you're aware at this point, one of our finest actors. From "Die Hard" and "Truly Madly Deeply" to the 'Harry Potter' series, he's consistently stolen the show in the finest tradition of British character actors. Now that the Potter franchise has wrapped up, Rickman's got a bit more time on his hands, and after wrapping "Gambit" with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, has just signed on, according to the Hollywood...  

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Alan Rickman has signed up to play New York club owner Hilly Kristal in forthcoming film CBGB.  

Alan Rickman will always be Professor Severus Snape to us, but he's about to take on the guise of another, more modern legend. You might not have heard of Hilly Kristal, but surely you have heard o...  

Green Day, The Police, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. “We wrote this role for Alan Rickman who, like Hilly Kristal, is a true champion of the arts. Neither Hilly nor Alan approach art from a point of view of elitism. To me that is heroic,” said ...  

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We’ve got a couple of casting stories to share this evening.  First up, Harry Potter thesp Alan Rickman has landed the lead role in the biopic CBGB.  Variety reports that Rickman will play New York City’s famed nightclub owner Hilly Kristal in the film, with Randall Miller (Bottle Shock) set to direct.  The film will plot the real-life story of Kristal’s CBGB club and how it impacted the underground music scene with artists like the Talking...  

The project has been in development for several years, but the filmmakers — Jody Savin and Randall Miller  – say they are finally set to begin filming on June 25, with Mr. Rickman taking on the part of the iconoclastic bearded, flannel ...  

Actor Alan Rickman is to star in a new film about famous New York ... The pair are also currently working on a biopic of the late Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson. Last week, it was announced that a group of investors had bought CBGB's assets and plan ...  

Here we have nearly seven minutes of Alan Rickman preparing tea, with an irrational outburst beginning at the four-minute mark when he apparently notices that someone’s watching him. It’s almost calming in a way. Almost. The Inception music ...  

Alan Rickman has landed the lead role as Gotham's famed nightclub owner Hilly Kristal in Randall Miller's "CBGB." The film centers on the real-life story of Kristal's CBGB club and its impact on the underground music scene, highlighting artists like the ...  

Not only is there a CBGB music festival going down soon, there's a movie, too. Randall Miller (Nobel Son, Bottle Shock) will soon film the venue's biopic, CBGB, with Alan Rickman playing founder/proprietor Hilly Kristal, who died in 2007, less than a year after the legendary venue closed its doors because the rent was too damn high. The role was written specifically for Rickman, who will also portray Ronald Reagan this year...  

Alan Rickman is set to star as the founder of legendary New York punk club CBGB, Hilly Kristal, in a new film about the club. Last week it was reported that CBGB could be set to reopen in a new location in New York. The assets of the nightspot, which ...  

ALAN RICKMAN is to play HILLY KRISTAL in a new movie about the legendary New York club boss. The star will shoot CBGB in Savannah, Georgia this summer (12) with an all-star cast portraying the likes of The Ramones, Blondie, Television, Talking Heads and ...  

Here we have nearly seven minutes of Alan Rickman preparing tea, with an irrational outburst beginning at the four-minute mark when he apparently notices that someone's watching him.  

According to Billboard.com, Alan Rickman will play Hilly Krystal, founder and owner of New York rock club CBGB, in Jody Savin and Randall Miller's upcoming film.  

Alan Rickman is to play Hilly Kristal in a new movie about the legendary New York club boss. The British star will shoot "CBGB" in Savannah, Georgia this summer with an all-star cast portraying th...  

Alan Rickman has signed on to play the legendary owner and founder of CBGB in Randall Miller and Jody Savin’s project revolving the seminal New York rock club. Miller will direct the picture from a script he and Savin wrote together. They hope to begin ...  

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Sometimes, schedules being shifted equals annoying delays for films we’ve been eagerly anticipating. But sometimes, it can also mean that filmmakers find time to slot in other interesting projects. Randall Miller is taking exactly that opportunity to get ...  

The film, which will be co-written and directed by Randall Miller, will tell the story of how the club, which Kristal opened as a country and bluegrass venue, became ground zero for the American punk rock movement in the late Seventies.  

Alan Rickman is rumored to be casted as Ronald Reagan in the up and coming movie, The Butler. The Butler is still in the very early process of casting roles, with only two solid roles cast-- including Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan, Alan's would-be wife in the film. The movie will follow a maid and a butler as they become part of the White House staff, serving Presidents Lindon B. Johnson, Richard...  

Top News: Randall Miller helms story of famous N.Y. club  

In 2006 one of the most renowned music venues in the country shut its doors. But now it looks like CBGB -- the venerable East Village hard rock institution founded in 1973 that launched acts like Patti Smith, Blondie, the Ramones and the Misfits ...  

The two parties were set to film The Drummer, a Dennis Wilson biopic starring Aaron Eckhart, as soon as this summer. But due to scheduling that project has been pushed to the fall, which allowed Miller and Slavin to slot CBGB for production instead.  

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Hilly Kristal might not have been as famous as many of the bands he booked, but eventually, his club was. The New Yorker founded CBGB in Manhattan in 1973. It was originally intended to showcase country, bluegrass and blues artists, but when ...  

The Brit actor will play the founder of the iconic New York punk club  

Lee Daniels continues to staff up the White House for his next film, The Butler. The director recently added Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan to the decades-spanning movie about a White House servant; now he's pulled in Alan Rickman to play her Ronnie. Matthew McConaughey, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Terrence Howard are also circling the film, which will be led by Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey. Read more posts by Kyle Buchanan...  

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Apparently a new film about a White House sevant, The Butler, will star Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan and Jane Fonda as Nancy Reagan. Imagine this guy ... Playing this guy... My book-worm-self is excited for two new novels this week. Personal fave Toni ...  

Alan Rickman, best known as Professor Snape in the “Harry ... Some of the producers for the Rickman movie also are working on “The Drummer: The story of Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys,” which was set to film on Tybee Beach this summer.  

Director Lee Daniels’ historical drama The Butler is shaping up to be one of the more exciting projects on the horizon.  The film tells the true story of Eugene Allen, a butler who served at the White House from 1952 to 1986. Daniels is casting a slew of stars to take small roles as the famous men and women who come through the White House over the years, with Forest Whitaker, David Oyelowo, and Oprah Winfrey set as the three leads. Jane...  

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Kennedy and Senator Robert Kennedy—it's likely many of the parts these ... and sure to be hectic shooting schedule, there is plenty in The Butler's tale that could get lost in translation. Of course, the strong cast that Daniels is shooting ...  

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Broadway's Seminar, the new play by Theresa Rebeck, loses Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater following the April 1 matinee at the Golden Theatre. They exit at the end of their contracts, but newcomers are waiting in the wings.  

Two-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman (Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise) will play his final performance tonight, Sunday, April 1 in SEMINAR by Pulitzer Prize finalist and ...  

The Flea Theater will present a reading of Hamish Linklater’s The Vandal, April 3, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage starring Golden Globe winners Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Outer Critics Circle nominee Noah Robbins with direction by ...  

Alan Rickman is appearing with the permission of Actors’ Equity Association. Tickets for SEMINAR are $51.50-126.50, with Premium seating also available. Tickets can be purchase by visiting www.telecharge.com, calling (212) 239-6200 or going in ...  

YORK actor Luke Adamson returns to his old stamping ground of York Theatre Royal on Tuesday night, having performed there in Brassed Off in 2004 and Enjoy in 2007. He is now executive director of Black Coffee Theatre, a London company that was created over ...  

This dark comedy is about  four young writers. Martin and Kate, played by the previous mentioned Linklater and Rabe. Douglas and Izzy, who are played by Jerry O'Connell and Hettienne Park, will remain with the new cast.  Mr. Rickman plays Leonard ...  

The comedy by Theresa Rebeck initially posted solid if unspectacular sales, fueled by generally positive reviews and the B.O. draw of topliner Alan Rickman. In general, weekly receipts hovered between $400,000 and $500,000 -- until Rickman ...  

Alan Rickman could be joining the cast of historical drama The Butler.  

Watch the video below to find out what happened when Alan Rickman caught Rupert Grint doing a doodle of him. The incident happened in the early years of the Harry Potter series and is revealed in a new 31-disc collection, which includes four hours of ...  

Or maybe not. “Hit Somebody” does have Alan Rickman on a cast list that includes star Nicholas Braun, Oscar-winner Melissa Leo, Kevin Pollak and Ralph Garman. Liev Schreiber elevated “Goon,” just as Rickman elevates any production, stage or screen ...  

The Flea Theater will present a reading of Hamish Linklater’s The Vandal, April 3, at The Museum of Jewish Heritage starring Golden Globe winners Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, and Outer Critics Circle nominee Noah Robbins with direction by Flea’s ...  

The Flea Theater presents a reading of Hamish Linklater's The Vandal April 3 at The Museum of Jewish Heritage.  

Exclusive: What happened when Alan Rickman caught Rupert Grint doing a doodlle of him?