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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - William Shakespeare's "Othello" has worked perfectly well onstage for more than 400 years, so it's a puzzlement as to why director Peter Sellars felt such the need to mess with it in his new production starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. The answer, of course, is that the controversial theater/opera director always has imposed his own authorial ideas into his stagings, with results that have ranged from the sublime to, in this case, the ridiculous. In recent years, many productions of the Bard's classic have tended to reflect the aftereffects of the O.J. Simpson case. Sellars' modern-dress rendition, according to the ... Read Full Story
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Since the focus of this blog is on screenwriting, naturally most of the interviews and articles I've posted thus far have been with screenwriters. But that's really only part of the learning process. Movies are a 'collaborative' effort and from a screenwriter's standpoint, the primary other players in that process are directors, actors and editors . They along with screenwriters have more direct impact on the shaping and telling of our stories than anyone else. So it behooves us to understand how directors, actors and editors think when they approach a story and its characters. Hence this inaugural post of a new recurring feature ... Read Full Story
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After two asinine outings, Tom Cruise finally figured out how to get a Mission: Impossible to work. There’s an actual story–the viewer’s engagement with the plot doesn’t revolve around one’s appreciation of Tom Cruise and his frequent grin. The difference is in Cruise himself. He’s no longer charming the women aged twelve to fifty-two in the audience, he’s widened his scope–he’s trying to present an affable lead… to everyone. It’s amazing how little the film needs to engender some real concern for the character. Give him a girlfriend, a pre-exisiting girlfriend–does wonders. Throw in Ving Rhames putting his foot in his mouth while talking ... Read Full Story
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Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Doubt Photo: Miramax Films Set in 1964, Doubt takes place in a Catholic school in the Bronx as the old and the new are set to clash over an alleged bit of wrong-doing. John Patrick Shanley wrote and directed the feature based on his stage play of the same name and has brought a choice cast to bring his story to the big screen. At one end is Sister Aloysius (Meryl Streep), the distrusting witch of a nun who has set out to prove Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) has involved himself in inappropriate ways with the ... Read Full Story
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In the late 1960s, American radio stations blasted rock and roll 24 hours a day. But in the home country of the Beatles and The Rolling Stones , the only way 25 million people could hear their music was to tune in…to a boat. Read Full Story
Filed under: Video, ExclusiveRichard Curtis' new film 'Pirate Radio' tells the story of a group of rock 'n' roll rebels who dedicate themselves to bringing '60s pop to the people of Britain by any means necessary. Needless to say, the movie boasts a killer soundtrack, featuring the likes of the Kinks, Jimi Hendrix and the Who. In an interview with Spinner, the 'Love Actually' director and one of the film's stars, Philip Seymour Hoffman, talk...  
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Mining the multitude of fan-made trailers on the 'Net occasionally yields a real gem (for example: "Thundercats: The Movie"), and that's definitely the case for this "Batman 3" mash-up trailer that offers up a hypothetical brawl between Christian Bale as Batman, Johnny Depp as The Riddler and Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Penguin. Created by YouTube [...]  
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Philip Seymour Hoffman sailed to England for "Pirate Radio." "You always had to watch getting sunburned!" the actor laughed of shooting the film on a boat.  
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HitFix provides breaking news and insider analysis to fans of Movies, Music, TV and Local Events. Our team of proven industry journalists provide scoops while our interactive Forecast lets entertainment fans discover new events and ...  
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All aboard Radio Rock!  
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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Milk
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Slumdog Millionaire

BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

BEST ACTRESS
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslet - The Reader

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Josh Brolin - Milk
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

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Ron Howard
Gus Van Sant
Stephen Daldry
Danny Boyle

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Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
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Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
Dustin Lance Black - Milk
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E

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Eric Roth and Robin Swicord - Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
David Hare - The Reader
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

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