Actor and comedian Mike Epps was arrested after he was accused of hitting a man at a New Orleans casino on Saturday, People confirms.
Epps, 46, was taken into custody with 52-year-old Thomas Cobb after the pair allegedly “struck” a man from Virginia at Harrah’s Casino early Saturday, a New Orleans municipal court official tells People. (Cobb is a longtime collaborator with Epps.)
The man they allegedly hit said he was in town for the NBA All-Star Game, which was held at the casino, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the New Orleans Advocate.
The incident was described as...
Epps, 46, was taken into custody with 52-year-old Thomas Cobb after the pair allegedly “struck” a man from Virginia at Harrah’s Casino early Saturday, a New Orleans municipal court official tells People. (Cobb is a longtime collaborator with Epps.)
The man they allegedly hit said he was in town for the NBA All-Star Game, which was held at the casino, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the New Orleans Advocate.
The incident was described as...
- 2/21/2017
- by Harriet Sokmensuer
- PEOPLE.com
Mike Epps was arrested Saturday along with another man after an alleged attack on a tourist at Harrah’s Casino in New Orleans. The comedian is accused of striking a man who was visiting the town for the NBA All-Star Game. Police claim that Epps joined in on the attack started by Thomas Cobb. Related: Nicolas Cage’s […]...
- 2/21/2017
- by Jordan Appugliesi
- ET Canada
Mike Epps got busted for a casino beatdown in New Orleans, and he no-showed for his arraignment Tuesday morning. Epps and a friend allegedly attacked a guy in the Harrah's Casino around 4 Am Saturday. The alleged victim says he was walking through the casino when he spotted the comedian and said, "Oh, Mike Epps" ... according to The Advocate. The man claims Epps and his friend started hitting him in the face. He ducked and covered...
- 2/21/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
This story originally appeared in EmmyWrap: Comedy/Drama/Actors One of the most memorable parts of a series comes at the very beginning, and happens every episode. “It's almost like a cover to a book,” said Thomas Cobb, talking about what makes a good title sequence. “It's really about putting enough information out there to make you want to watch it and continue on with the series.” Cobb, whose Tcg Studio has worked on titles for shows including “24” and “Homeland,” also created the title sequence for “Orange Is the New Black.” The Netflix prison drama is one of this year's Emmy contenders in.
- 6/20/2014
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Exclusive: CAA just signed Scott Cooper, who made his directorial debut with Crazy Heart, the film that won Jeff Bridges the Oscar for Best Actor. Cooper, who started an an actor before making the transition to filmmaker with his scripted adaptation of the Thomas Cobb novel, has several projects percolating. He’s attached to direct Out of the Furnace, his rewrite of the Brad Ingelsby revenge thriller spec script Low Dweller, which Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott will produce. Cooper is also attached to direct a Warner Bros adaptation of the S.C. Gwynne book Empire of the Summer Moon, about the rise and fall of the Commanche tribe. Cooper had been repped by ICM.
- 9/21/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
"Crazy Heart" is currently available on DVD and Blu-ray Hi-Def.
The Oscar-winning down home drama was released April 20 on home format from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The country music-based character study comes with many special features for viewers to further appreciate the Southwest-set story.
Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a once great songster whose best days are behind him. Now middle-aged and living on the road, his life is a blur of alcohol, women and fans who remind him that he is no longer a star. When he meets an attractive journalist and single mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Bad is inspired to try and get his act together. But undoing years of hard drinking and overall hard living isn't easy.
Directed by Scott Cooper, who adapted Thomas Cobb's acclaimed novel of the same name for the big screen, the movie also stars Colin Farrell as Bad's much more successful...
The Oscar-winning down home drama was released April 20 on home format from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. The country music-based character study comes with many special features for viewers to further appreciate the Southwest-set story.
Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a once great songster whose best days are behind him. Now middle-aged and living on the road, his life is a blur of alcohol, women and fans who remind him that he is no longer a star. When he meets an attractive journalist and single mother (Maggie Gyllenhaal), Bad is inspired to try and get his act together. But undoing years of hard drinking and overall hard living isn't easy.
Directed by Scott Cooper, who adapted Thomas Cobb's acclaimed novel of the same name for the big screen, the movie also stars Colin Farrell as Bad's much more successful...
- 4/20/2010
- icelebz.com
"Up in the Air" author Walter Kirn and Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters behind the big-screen version of the book, won the 22nd Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award for Paramount's "Up in the Air."
The Scripters, which recognize the author and scribes of a produced literary work-to-film adaptation, were held at a gala ceremony Saturday night at USC.
The "Air" team beat out the writers behind "Crazy Heart" (author Thomas Cobb and filmmaker Scott Cooper), "District 9" (writers-filmmakers Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell), "An Education" (author Lynn Barber and writer Nick Hornby) and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (novelist Sapphire and scribe Geoffrey Fletcher).
"How does it feel to stand on the shoulders of a giant?" Kirn quipped when he stepped on stage. He said he was not one of those authors who complained that the movie adaptation ruined his work; he pointed out that his book,...
The Scripters, which recognize the author and scribes of a produced literary work-to-film adaptation, were held at a gala ceremony Saturday night at USC.
The "Air" team beat out the writers behind "Crazy Heart" (author Thomas Cobb and filmmaker Scott Cooper), "District 9" (writers-filmmakers Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell), "An Education" (author Lynn Barber and writer Nick Hornby) and "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" (novelist Sapphire and scribe Geoffrey Fletcher).
"How does it feel to stand on the shoulders of a giant?" Kirn quipped when he stepped on stage. He said he was not one of those authors who complained that the movie adaptation ruined his work; he pointed out that his book,...
- 2/7/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
- 2/3/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
- 2/3/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
- 2/3/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
On Friday, February 5th, the award-winning Crazy Heart expands its theater count, just in time for the Oscar push. Which includes the Tampa market (theater info below). The flick was released in select cities back in December 2009, and was also screened by all the major critic associations around the same time. Thus far, the flick has won Golden Globes for Best Actor (Jeff Bridges) and Best Original Song. As of yesterday, the flick is nominated for three Academy Awards (Best Actor, Supporting Actress, and Best Song).
Here's the official synopsis:
Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from first time writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times.
- 2/3/2010
- Tampa Film Examiner
Here’s the new trailer for Jeff Bridges’ latest movie,”Crazy Heart.”
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film is both written and directed by actor/filmmaker Scott Cooper and is making his directorial debut with this film.
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film is both written and directed by actor/filmmaker Scott Cooper and is making his directorial debut with this film.
- 1/26/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
If you were to dig up and dust off your old Encyclopedia Britannica and locate the phrase “washed up” its possible you’ll find Bad Blake’s picture listed. The only hitch is that Bad Blake doesn’t exist. At least, he doesn’t exist as his own person but exists as a symbol for so many artists who have endured a similar self-induced sacrifice on their own lives in the pursuit of their craft. The troubling dilemma becomes deciding between the art and the people you love.
Actor turned writer-director Scott Cooper makes his feature film debut with Crazy Heart, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb. This is the story of Bad Blake, a washed up country-western singer and songwriter who travels the southwest in his beat-down 1978 Suburban he calls Bessie, performing tiny gigs in hole-in-the-wall dives and bowling alleys. Blake hates that his career has ended up here,...
Actor turned writer-director Scott Cooper makes his feature film debut with Crazy Heart, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb. This is the story of Bad Blake, a washed up country-western singer and songwriter who travels the southwest in his beat-down 1978 Suburban he calls Bessie, performing tiny gigs in hole-in-the-wall dives and bowling alleys. Blake hates that his career has ended up here,...
- 1/22/2010
- by Travis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I’m a sucker for movies about country singers. Despite the fact that listening to country music makes my ears bleed, I never pass up on a good country drama. The genre traditionally leans toward biopics (Coal Miner’s Daughter, Sweet Dreams, Pure Country, Walk the Line) and Crazy Heart is no exception.
Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake, a washed up Country/Blues musician who has been relegated to performing in bowling alleys and other undignified venues. Blake is a raging alcoholic who stumbles off the stage mid-performance to go puke, then returns to finish a set. He drives his pick-up from town to town and beds middle age women who still remember him from his golden days.
He tersely thrusts his show notes to whatever band he happens to be playing with that night, and can’t be bothered to rehearse. It’s a gamble as to whether he...
Jeff Bridges plays Bad Blake, a washed up Country/Blues musician who has been relegated to performing in bowling alleys and other undignified venues. Blake is a raging alcoholic who stumbles off the stage mid-performance to go puke, then returns to finish a set. He drives his pick-up from town to town and beds middle age women who still remember him from his golden days.
He tersely thrusts his show notes to whatever band he happens to be playing with that night, and can’t be bothered to rehearse. It’s a gamble as to whether he...
- 1/21/2010
- by Shannon Hood
- The Flickcast
Los Angeles, Jan 18 (Ians) Hollywood actor Jeff Bridges left behind George Clooney to win the Golden Globe best actor award here Sunday night.
The actor won the award for ‘Crazy Heart’, written and directed by Scott Cooper. The movie is based on the 1987 novel ‘Crazy Heart’ by Thomas Cobb.
Others nominated in the category were George Clooney for ‘Up In The Air’, Colin Firth for ‘A Single Man’, Morgan Freeman for ‘Invictus’ and Tobey Maguire for.
The actor won the award for ‘Crazy Heart’, written and directed by Scott Cooper. The movie is based on the 1987 novel ‘Crazy Heart’ by Thomas Cobb.
Others nominated in the category were George Clooney for ‘Up In The Air’, Colin Firth for ‘A Single Man’, Morgan Freeman for ‘Invictus’ and Tobey Maguire for.
- 1/18/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
The Denver Film Critics Society, of which I am a member, have announced their nominees for the 2009-2010 Dfcs Awards.
Up in the Air leads the pack with seven nods.
Winners will be announced on January 27, 2010.
Best Film:
A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman
Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams
The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Duncan Jones, Moon
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique,...
Up in the Air leads the pack with seven nods.
Winners will be announced on January 27, 2010.
Best Film:
A Serious Man, directed by Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman
Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams
The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Best Actor:
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Viggo Mortensen, The Road
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Best Actress:
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Duncan Jones, Moon
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Best Supporting Actress:
Mo’Nique,...
- 1/13/2010
- by Erik Buckman
- ReelLoop.com
As hard as it may be to believe sometimes, someone (or someones) actually sits down and writes a movie or TV show before you end up seeing it at your local multiplex or on your favorite TV network. The people who do the sitting and the writing are, surprisingly, called writers and, like the Directors, the Golden Globes and the Oscars, they have their own awards show.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
This week, the Writers Guild of America, which is the trade group and advocate for writers, announced its nominations for outstanding achievement in feature film and television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.
We realize that these nominations may not be as glamorous as the Golden Globes or the Oscars, but we kinda like writers around here and think they do a pretty important job.
- 1/13/2010
- by Joe Gillis
- The Flickcast
Writers Guild of America has announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the past year.
There are three categories of nominees: original, adapted and documentary.
The winners will be announced on Saturday, February 20th, from a ceremony in Los Angeles and New York.
Last year’s winners were “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Milk.” Both movies later won an Oscar.
Check out the list of nominees:
Original Screenplay
“500 Days of Summer” – Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
“Avatar” – Written by James Cameron
“The Hangover” – Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
“The Hurt Locker” – Written by Mark Boal
“A Serious Man” – Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Adapted Screenplay
“Crazy Heart” – Screenplay by Scott Cooper; Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb
“Julie & Julia” – Screenplay by Nora Ephron; Based on the books Julie & Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child...
There are three categories of nominees: original, adapted and documentary.
The winners will be announced on Saturday, February 20th, from a ceremony in Los Angeles and New York.
Last year’s winners were “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Milk.” Both movies later won an Oscar.
Check out the list of nominees:
Original Screenplay
“500 Days of Summer” – Written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
“Avatar” – Written by James Cameron
“The Hangover” – Written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
“The Hurt Locker” – Written by Mark Boal
“A Serious Man” – Written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
Adapted Screenplay
“Crazy Heart” – Screenplay by Scott Cooper; Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb
“Julie & Julia” – Screenplay by Nora Ephron; Based on the books Julie & Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France by Julia Child...
- 1/13/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
Los Angeles, New York — The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the past year. Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Between this and the PGA nom., its looking more likely that Star Trek will be among the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees. However, more bad news for Invictus and Nine as they were both left off today’s list. Ineligible for WGA nods are Inglorious Basterds, Up, An Education, and A Single Man due to not meeting the requirements set by Minimum Basic Agreement of the WGA.
Best Original Screenplay:
“(500) Days Of Summer” — Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber “Avatar” — James Cameron “The Hangover” — Jon Lucas & Scott Moore “The Hurt Locker” — Mark Boal “A Serious Man...
Between this and the PGA nom., its looking more likely that Star Trek will be among the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees. However, more bad news for Invictus and Nine as they were both left off today’s list. Ineligible for WGA nods are Inglorious Basterds, Up, An Education, and A Single Man due to not meeting the requirements set by Minimum Basic Agreement of the WGA.
Best Original Screenplay:
“(500) Days Of Summer” — Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber “Avatar” — James Cameron “The Hangover” — Jon Lucas & Scott Moore “The Hurt Locker” — Mark Boal “A Serious Man...
- 1/12/2010
- by Michelle
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Writers Guild of America has announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during the past year. Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
Some interesting notes:
Not one but two sci-fi films received noms -- "Avatar" written by James Cameron and "Star Trek" written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
"Inglourious Basterds" was Not nominated! Huh?
"The Hangover" yay!
"Julie and Julia" honestly? I loved the Julia Child part, but the Julie Powell part dragged the whole film for me.
And kudos to Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story." The documentary was not included in the Academy longlist, but received a writing nomination.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 2010 Writers Guild Awards. I highlighted who I think should win:
Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer, Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Fox Searchlight
Avatar,...
Some interesting notes:
Not one but two sci-fi films received noms -- "Avatar" written by James Cameron and "Star Trek" written by Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
"Inglourious Basterds" was Not nominated! Huh?
"The Hangover" yay!
"Julie and Julia" honestly? I loved the Julia Child part, but the Julie Powell part dragged the whole film for me.
And kudos to Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story." The documentary was not included in the Academy longlist, but received a writing nomination.
Here's the complete list of nominees of the 2010 Writers Guild Awards. I highlighted who I think should win:
Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer, Written by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Fox Searchlight
Avatar,...
- 1/11/2010
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Some critics may have taken potshots at James Cameron's screenplay for "Avatar," but it has earned a nomination from the Writers Guild of America, which announced nominations for the 2010 WGA Awards on Monday.
Cameron -- who was also nominated by the WGA for "Titanic," though that movie failed to earn a best screenplay Oscar nomination -- will compete for the honor with Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, nominated for their fractured romance "(500) Days of Summer"; Jon Lucas & Scott Moore for breakout summer comedy "The Hangover"; Mark Boal for his Iraq War study, "The Hurt Locker"; and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for their modern-day retelling of the story of Job, "A Serious Man."
In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are "Crazy Heart," screenplay by Scott Cooper, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; "Julie & Julia," which Nora Ephron adapted from two books, "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell and "My Life in France,...
Cameron -- who was also nominated by the WGA for "Titanic," though that movie failed to earn a best screenplay Oscar nomination -- will compete for the honor with Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, nominated for their fractured romance "(500) Days of Summer"; Jon Lucas & Scott Moore for breakout summer comedy "The Hangover"; Mark Boal for his Iraq War study, "The Hurt Locker"; and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen for their modern-day retelling of the story of Job, "A Serious Man."
In the adapted screenplay category, the nominees are "Crazy Heart," screenplay by Scott Cooper, based on the novel by Thomas Cobb; "Julie & Julia," which Nora Ephron adapted from two books, "Julie & Julia" by Julie Powell and "My Life in France,...
- 1/11/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's too easy to describe Crazy Heart (2009) as The Wrestler (2008) with country music, but it's not that far from the truth -- and it's not really a negative, either. After all, The Wrestler was a fine film and it nabbed a bunch of awards and nominations, right? And don't be surprised if Crazy Heart does so as well. The always-versatile Jeff Bridges stars as Bad Blake, a rough-and-tumble has-been country star who drives around in an old, beat-up truck, plays for handfuls of balding, overweight fans in dive bars and even bowling alleys, and can barely tolerate his handsome, younger protege Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell). Tommy is a best-selling artist who performs for sold-out, screaming crowds, and he wants Bad to write songs for him. Worse, Bad has let himself go. He's fat and drinks way too much, and he won't be alive much longer if he doesn't change his ways.
- 1/11/2010
- by ianspelling@corp.popstar.com (Ian Spelling)
- ScreenStar
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the nominations for their awards honoring 2009’s films, with a few surprises, notably Chris Rock’s Good Hair in the Documentary Writing section. And given all the reviews of Avatar that I’ve read which attack the script’s writing, especially the dialogue, I’m surprised to see it on the list for Original Screenplay. I thought The Hangover was silly fun, but, I don’t know if I’d say it was what we’d call great writing. I think I’d take the writing in noticeably absent Inglorious Basterds over those 2 films.
Also surprised not to see Tom Ford’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel, A Single Man. I’d take that over Star Trek in that category.
Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
Also surprised not to see Tom Ford’s adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s novel, A Single Man. I’d take that over Star Trek in that category.
Winners will be honored at the 2010 Writers Guild Awards held on Saturday, February 20, 2010, at simultaneous ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
- 1/11/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Writer/director Scott Cooper brings Thomas Cobb's minimalistic novel about an alcoholic country singer to the screen in Crazy Heart. Jeff Bridges unabashedly takes on the role of Bad Blake, a washed-up, hard-living country musician who's had more wives than he can remember ... plus even more one-night stands and an endless amount of whiskey and cigarettes to punish his body.
To make matters worse, his protege Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell) is at the top of his career, playing tunes written for him by Blake. It isn't until Bad meets journalist Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal) that he begins to turn his life around. Unfortunately it's too little too late, after his hard boozin' wreaks havoc on his relationship with Jean and her four-year-old son. Is there redemption for Bad?
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To make matters worse, his protege Tommy Sweet (Colin Farrell) is at the top of his career, playing tunes written for him by Blake. It isn't until Bad meets journalist Jean Craddock (Maggie Gyllenhaal) that he begins to turn his life around. Unfortunately it's too little too late, after his hard boozin' wreaks havoc on his relationship with Jean and her four-year-old son. Is there redemption for Bad?
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- 1/8/2010
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
Director: Scott Cooper Writers: Scott Cooper (screenplay), Thomas Cobb (novel) Starring: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell “The harder the life, the sweeter the song”. I’m not typically one for studio tag-lines, but the aforementioned phrase dedicated to Crazy Heart breaks the mold for me in summing up the tone of Scott Cooper’s directorial debut. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart is one of the most honest, and harsh depictions of alcoholism I’ve ever seen on the screen. Behind this depiction, is what should and will be heralded as the performance of Jeff Bridges’ career, and what deserves to put him in contention for a best actor Oscar nomination. Crazy Heart follows the story of Bad Blake, one of the lingering dinosaurs of the outlaw country movement (as played by Bridges) who most of time has forgotten. Relegated...
- 1/8/2010
- by JP Chapman
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
More of a fun little bridge in-between announcements rather than a list you can lay action on when crafting your Oscar prediction list, the USC Scripter Nominations came in last night. Established in 1988, the Scripter is an annual honor by the Friends of the USC Libraries "in recognition of the best film adaptation of a book or novella." Unlike the Oscars though, this award for adaptation goes to both the screenwriter and the original author. I wonder who will show up if the award goes to Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire.
Who knew that was an adaptation, right? The USC nominating committee apparently did in a list not entirely racked in surprises. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's version of Walter Kim's Up In The Air has been the most honored adaptation of the year thus far. Nick Hornby's take on Lynn Barber's memoir,...
Who knew that was an adaptation, right? The USC nominating committee apparently did in a list not entirely racked in surprises. Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner's version of Walter Kim's Up In The Air has been the most honored adaptation of the year thus far. Nick Hornby's take on Lynn Barber's memoir,...
- 1/7/2010
- by Erik Childress
- Cinematical
• Following up on her antics at Tuesday's Palm Spring filmfest -- reported in detail by Pete Hammond -- Mariah Carey should make for must-see TV tonight. As Roger Friedman reports she, "is all set to pick up her People’s Choice Award tonight on CBS. She’s a winner, I’m told, for Best R&B singer. What? Yes, everyone seems to know who’s won those People’s Choice Awards before they arrive at the studio." As Roger writes, "If you watch this show, you’ll know who’s won right away by who’s in the audience waiting to get their award. Since Hugh Jackman, Sandra Bullock, Carrie Underwood, and Taylor Swift are already being promoted by CBS, you can guess they won their categories. Surprise! They’re not hanging around that studio for their health!" Showbiz 411
• Another diva -- Jennifer Lopez -- is none too pleased with...
• Another diva -- Jennifer Lopez -- is none too pleased with...
- 1/6/2010
- by tomoneil
- Gold Derby
Chicago – In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 25 admit-two run-of-engagement movie passes up for grabs to the new film “Crazy Heart” with Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall!
The film also stars Brian Gleason, Rick Dial, William Sterchi, Richard W. Gallegos, William Marquez, LeAnne Lynch, David Manzanares, J. Michael Oliva and Ryil Adamson from writer and director Scott Cooper. “Crazy Heart” is based on the novel by the same name from Thomas Cobb.
To win your free “Crazy Heart” movie pass to any Chicago-area Landmark Theatre at the time of your choosing, all you need to do is answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Crazy Heart” opened in Chicago on Dec. 25, 2009. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Crazy Heart” with Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
The film also stars Brian Gleason, Rick Dial, William Sterchi, Richard W. Gallegos, William Marquez, LeAnne Lynch, David Manzanares, J. Michael Oliva and Ryil Adamson from writer and director Scott Cooper. “Crazy Heart” is based on the novel by the same name from Thomas Cobb.
To win your free “Crazy Heart” movie pass to any Chicago-area Landmark Theatre at the time of your choosing, all you need to do is answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! “Crazy Heart” opened in Chicago on Dec. 25, 2009. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.
The movie poster for “Crazy Heart” with Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
- 1/6/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
If you go to the official website for the USC Libraries Scripter Awards you will be met with the following description of the respected award: Established in 1988, the USC Libraries Scripter Award is an honor bestowed annually by the Friends of the USC Libraries in recognition of the best film adaptation of a book or novella, and is given to both the author and screenwriter. Last year Iron Man was nominated as comic books were included in that description, which is understandable, but this year the rule bends a little further as material adapted from a previous script is included allowing Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell's script for District 9 to make the final five. Before District 9 was a feature film it was the short film Alive in Joburg you see to the right.
The nominations as announced in today's press release include: Crazy Heart - Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper,...
The nominations as announced in today's press release include: Crazy Heart - Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper,...
- 1/6/2010
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
District 9!!! (I apologize to the person whom I said this didn’t qualify – you were right, I was wrong) Crazy Heart – Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper, screenwriter Thomas Cobb,...
- 1/6/2010
- by Sasha Stone
- AwardsDaily.com
"District 9" has been nominated for a USC Libraries Scripter Award thanks to the evolution of the organization's criteria for the honor.
The Scripters have traditionally honored the author and screenwriter of the best film adaptation of a book or short story. Last year the "Iron Man" screenwriters were nominated when material based on comic books was allowed into the competition.
This year, the eligibility was expanded once again, this time to include scripts based on plays and screenplays. "District 9," written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, is based on a short film by Blomkamp.
Films joining "District 9" in vying for best adapted script are "Crazy Heart," written by Scott Cooper based on a book by Thomas Cobb; "An Education," penned by Nick Hornby and based on a memoir by Lynn Barber; "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," penned by Geoffrey Fletcher and authored by Sapphire; and "Up in the Air,...
The Scripters have traditionally honored the author and screenwriter of the best film adaptation of a book or short story. Last year the "Iron Man" screenwriters were nominated when material based on comic books was allowed into the competition.
This year, the eligibility was expanded once again, this time to include scripts based on plays and screenplays. "District 9," written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, is based on a short film by Blomkamp.
Films joining "District 9" in vying for best adapted script are "Crazy Heart," written by Scott Cooper based on a book by Thomas Cobb; "An Education," penned by Nick Hornby and based on a memoir by Lynn Barber; "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," penned by Geoffrey Fletcher and authored by Sapphire; and "Up in the Air,...
- 1/5/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Seen on: December 15, 2009
The players: Director: Scott Cooper, Writer: Scott Cooper, Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
Facts of interest: Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb.
The plot: Tells the story of Bad Blake, a struggling country singer who meets a journalist and tries to change his life for the better.
Our thoughts: Jeff Bridges delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart,” a heartfelt, energetic drama about a broke, alcoholic country singer looking for the road to redemption. “Heart” just now kicked off its limited theatrical run, but early buzz about Bridges’ superb acting should eventually give the film the attention it deserves.
The players: Director: Scott Cooper, Writer: Scott Cooper, Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell
Facts of interest: Based on the novel by Thomas Cobb.
The plot: Tells the story of Bad Blake, a struggling country singer who meets a journalist and tries to change his life for the better.
Our thoughts: Jeff Bridges delivers an Oscar-worthy performance in Scott Cooper’s “Crazy Heart,” a heartfelt, energetic drama about a broke, alcoholic country singer looking for the road to redemption. “Heart” just now kicked off its limited theatrical run, but early buzz about Bridges’ superb acting should eventually give the film the attention it deserves.
- 12/23/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
It's true that Maggie Gyllenhaal's first two films were directed by her father Stephen (1992's "Waterland" and the following year's "A Dangerous Woman"), but no one was crying nepotism by the time she broke out of Sundance with 2002's pitch-black comedy "Secretary," an astute character study on Bdsm behavior in which she bared all -- figuratively, literally and both ways boldly. Since then, Gyllenhaal's carved out an eclectic path through indie cinema ("SherryBaby," "Donnie Darko") and mainstream fare ("World Trade Center," "The Dark Knight"), with her richest roles typically emerging from the smaller passion projects that she clearly loves most.
Such is the case with first-time filmmaker Scott Cooper's charming country-music drama "Crazy Heart," adapted from Thomas Cobb's novel and featuring the music of co-producer T-Bone Burnett. In a performance that just nabbed him a Golden Globe nomination, Jeff Bridges headlines as 57-year-old crooner legend Bad Blake,...
Such is the case with first-time filmmaker Scott Cooper's charming country-music drama "Crazy Heart," adapted from Thomas Cobb's novel and featuring the music of co-producer T-Bone Burnett. In a performance that just nabbed him a Golden Globe nomination, Jeff Bridges headlines as 57-year-old crooner legend Bad Blake,...
- 12/21/2009
- by Aaron Hillis
- ifc.com
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart marks the helmer's feature film directorial debut. Having also penned the screenplay, an adaptation of the Thomas Cobb novel, there are obvious decisions that were made limiting the risk of this story of an alcoholic country music singer. In fact, Crazy Heart could have gone down much darker and less cliched paths had it dared and at the same time told greater truths about its subject matter. Instead Cooper plays it safe and relies on a powerful lead performance from Jeff Bridges and worthy supporting efforts from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Paul Herman and Robert Duvall to make it all work.
Already described by most as The Wrestler for 2009, this is an apt comparison in terms of framework, but the execution isn't as closely comparable. Bridges plays Bad Blake, a country singer that once toured and...
Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart marks the helmer's feature film directorial debut. Having also penned the screenplay, an adaptation of the Thomas Cobb novel, there are obvious decisions that were made limiting the risk of this story of an alcoholic country music singer. In fact, Crazy Heart could have gone down much darker and less cliched paths had it dared and at the same time told greater truths about its subject matter. Instead Cooper plays it safe and relies on a powerful lead performance from Jeff Bridges and worthy supporting efforts from Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Paul Herman and Robert Duvall to make it all work.
Already described by most as The Wrestler for 2009, this is an apt comparison in terms of framework, but the execution isn't as closely comparable. Bridges plays Bad Blake, a country singer that once toured and...
- 12/18/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
In Crazy Heart, the debut film from writer/director Scott Cooper (and adapted from the out-of-print novel by Thomas Cobb), the charismatic Jeff Bridges is at his down-home best as washed-up country star Bad Blake. Though he once was quite famous, Bad is now relegated to a dismal life on the road, complete with gigs in bowling alleys, one-night stands, chain-smoking, and way too much whiskey. He’s also dealing with the bitter taste of watching an old protégé (Colin Farrell) hit mega-stardom in the shiny Nashville realm. Enter Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young reporter and potential love interest (who’s also a single mom), and we start rooting for Bad to get on the road to redemption, with a little help from buddy Robert Duvall (also one of the film's producers). At a roundtable interview last week (before his Golden Globe nomination for...
- 12/17/2009
- by Kristin McCracken
- Huffington Post
In Crazy Heart, the debut film from writer/director Scott Cooper (and adapted from the out-of-print novel by Thomas Cobb), the charismatic Jeff Bridges is at his down-home best as washed-up country star Bad Blake. Though he once was quite famous, Bad is now relegated to a dismal life on the road, complete with gigs in bowling alleys, one-night stands, chain-smoking, and way too much whiskey. He’s also dealing with the bitter taste of watching an old protégé (Colin Farrell) hit mega-stardom in the shiny Nashville realm. Enter Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young reporter and potential love interest (who’s also a single mom), and we start rooting for Bad to get on the road to redemption, with a little help from buddy Robert Duvall (also one of the film's producers). At a roundtable interview last week (before his Golden Globe nomination for...
- 12/17/2009
- by Kristin McCracken
- Huffington Post
Scott Cooper, an actor before he began writing screenplays, has made his writing and directing debut with Crazy Heart. The movie tells the story of a down-on-his-luck country singer (Jeff Bridges) and the journalist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who tries to steer him toward salvation. Cooper, who adapted the screenplay from Thomas Cobb's novel, told ComingSoon that reading the novel inspired him to become a screenwriter.
I always wanted to tell the story of Merle Haggard who's probably the poet laureate of country music and for whatever reason I couldn't tell it because he had a lot of ex-wives and the rights issues were an issue. So, I recalled the novel and I felt like, "Wow, I can tell Merle's life story; I can tell Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristopherson's all at once and use it through this character." That's how it was adapting. Of course, I've never written a screenplay...
I always wanted to tell the story of Merle Haggard who's probably the poet laureate of country music and for whatever reason I couldn't tell it because he had a lot of ex-wives and the rights issues were an issue. So, I recalled the novel and I felt like, "Wow, I can tell Merle's life story; I can tell Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristopherson's all at once and use it through this character." That's how it was adapting. Of course, I've never written a screenplay...
- 12/17/2009
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
From MTV.Com: Bad Blake is a man with a lot of mileage on him, every inch of it visible. Once a big country-music star, he now drives himself around the Southwest playing one-night gigs at local bars, some of them located in bowling alleys. He lives on cheap whiskey and bad food, which he generally eats while smoking. He's too numb to be bitter, although he has worked up some resentment about Tommy Sweet, a onetime member of Bad's old backing band who's since eclipsed him and become a big country star himself. Then one day a sympathetic young reporter named Jean Craddock turns up seeking an interview — a "where are they now" sort of thing — and Bad thinks he may see a light at the end of his long dark tunnel.
"Crazy Heart," adapted from a 1989 novel by Thomas Cobb, has the shape of a tale that's possibly...
"Crazy Heart," adapted from a 1989 novel by Thomas Cobb, has the shape of a tale that's possibly...
- 12/16/2009
- by Kurt Loder
- MTV Movies Blog
Why Jeff Bridges is suddenly on everybody's Oscar list.
By Kurt Loder
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Photo: Fox Searchlight
Bad Blake is a man with a lot of mileage on him, every inch of it visible. Once a big country-music star, he now drives himself around the Southwest playing one-night gigs at local bars, some of them located in bowling alleys. He lives on cheap whiskey and bad food, which he generally eats while smoking. He's too numb to be bitter, although he has worked up some resentment about Tommy Sweet, a onetime member of Bad's old backing band who's since eclipsed him and become a big country star himself. Then one day a sympathetic young reporter named Jean Craddock turns up seeking an interview — a "where are they now" sort of thing — and Bad thinks he may see a light at the end of his long dark tunnel.
By Kurt Loder
Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
Photo: Fox Searchlight
Bad Blake is a man with a lot of mileage on him, every inch of it visible. Once a big country-music star, he now drives himself around the Southwest playing one-night gigs at local bars, some of them located in bowling alleys. He lives on cheap whiskey and bad food, which he generally eats while smoking. He's too numb to be bitter, although he has worked up some resentment about Tommy Sweet, a onetime member of Bad's old backing band who's since eclipsed him and become a big country star himself. Then one day a sympathetic young reporter named Jean Craddock turns up seeking an interview — a "where are they now" sort of thing — and Bad thinks he may see a light at the end of his long dark tunnel.
- 12/16/2009
- MTV Movie News
With "Avatar" receiving great reviews and topping critics' awards, the 3-D sci-fi blockbuster will be a huge hit with all kinds of moviegoers this weekend, not just the mainstream audiences that typically go for lots of action and special effects. But if you're looking for an alternative, at least until the crowds die down, there are a few smaller movies opening this week that might be of interest. Actually, two of these spotlighted limited release offerings open tomorrow, so you might have time to see them before you have a chance to see James Cameron's latest. And if you're not in one of the cities playing these films this weekend, hopefully they'll garner enough Oscar buzz to warrant a wider release soon enough.
"Crazy Heart"
What it is: Jeff Bridges stars in the drama "Crazy Heart," about a broken-down, alcoholic country singer named Bad Blake, who turns his life...
"Crazy Heart"
What it is: Jeff Bridges stars in the drama "Crazy Heart," about a broken-down, alcoholic country singer named Bad Blake, who turns his life...
- 12/15/2009
- by Christopher Campbell
- MTV Movies Blog
In Crazy Heart, the debut film from writer/director Scott Cooper (and adapted from the out-of-print novel by Thomas Cobb), the charismatic Jeff Bridges is at his down-home best as washed-up country star Bad Blake. Though he once was quite famous, Bad is now relegated to a dismal life on the road, complete with gigs in bowling alleys, one-night stands, chain-smoking, and way too much whiskey. He's also dealing with the bitter taste of watching an old protege (Colin Farrell) hit mega-stardom in the shiny Nashville realm. Enter Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young reporter and potential love interest (who's also a single mom), and we start rooting for Bad to get on the road to redemption, with a little help from buddy Robert Duvall (also one of the film's producers). At a roundtable interview last week (before his Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor was announced), a relaxed Bridges opened...
- 12/15/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
Jeff Bridges is one of Hollywoods most successful actors and is now staring in "Crazy Heart," a story about broken down country singer Bad Blake. The film revolves around Blake's life on the road from sleeping in sleazy motels to playing at beer joints and bowling alleys. While living in the shadows of his young and successful protege played by Colin Farrell, Bad Blake must come to terms with his limitations. But that all changes when he falls harder then usual for Santa Fe journalist Jean Craddock played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Crazy Heart is based on the novel by Thomas Cobb and features original songs by T Bone Burnett.I had the chance to sit down and talk with Jeff Bridges about his Oscar worthy performance. He spoke to us about playing and singing in the film, about the similarities in the ways both actors and musicians live, working and performing with Colin Farrell,...
- 12/14/2009
- LRMonline.com
This week we can immerse ourselves in tales of American sentiment, French fantasy, English history, Italian romance and alien invasion.
"Avatar"
After more than a decade on hiatus, James Cameron returns from his days as "King of the World" with a mind on conquering a few new ones in this sci-fi epic that the director maintains will alter the face of moviemaking forever. (Early reviews seem to agree.) A galaxy away from Cameron's days as a miniature maker on Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars," "Avatar" blends performance capture technology with real world photography to create Pandora, where a troubled U.S. marine (Sam Worthington) is tasked with infiltrating the Na'vi, a tribe of primitive but proud aliens, via a genetically created body, though he finds his loyalties torn when he falls in love with one of their own (Zoe Saldana). The film's reported $300 million price tag is surely...
"Avatar"
After more than a decade on hiatus, James Cameron returns from his days as "King of the World" with a mind on conquering a few new ones in this sci-fi epic that the director maintains will alter the face of moviemaking forever. (Early reviews seem to agree.) A galaxy away from Cameron's days as a miniature maker on Roger Corman's "Battle Beyond the Stars," "Avatar" blends performance capture technology with real world photography to create Pandora, where a troubled U.S. marine (Sam Worthington) is tasked with infiltrating the Na'vi, a tribe of primitive but proud aliens, via a genetically created body, though he finds his loyalties torn when he falls in love with one of their own (Zoe Saldana). The film's reported $300 million price tag is surely...
- 12/14/2009
- by Neil Pedley
- ifc.com
We have five clips from the Fox Searchlight Pictures' drama "Crazy Heart," starring Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall. Scott Cooper directs and adapts the screenplay based on the novel by Thomas Cobb. The film opens on December 16th. Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film Crazy Heart from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
- 12/13/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Photo: Summit Entertainment Once again, a thanks goes out to Don at Simply Scripts as well as commenter Marcial as we get four more scripts, three from Fox Searchlight and another from Summit.
Today I have added 500 Days of Summer written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Scott Cooper's script for Crazy Heart based on Thomas Cobb's novel, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox and Mark Boal's original screenplay for The Hurt Locker bringing our Oscar contending script total to a whopping 30 total scripts.
Below you will get links to the award sites as well as links to each screenplay, with the newest scripts marked with a fancy "New!" label. Remember to bookmark our The Contenders section and/or subscribe to the Contenders RSS Feed for continuous awards updates.
Fox Searchlight (visit awards site) 500 Days of Summer Download the Script andlaquo; New!
Today I have added 500 Days of Summer written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, Scott Cooper's script for Crazy Heart based on Thomas Cobb's novel, Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach's adaptation of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox and Mark Boal's original screenplay for The Hurt Locker bringing our Oscar contending script total to a whopping 30 total scripts.
Below you will get links to the award sites as well as links to each screenplay, with the newest scripts marked with a fancy "New!" label. Remember to bookmark our The Contenders section and/or subscribe to the Contenders RSS Feed for continuous awards updates.
Fox Searchlight (visit awards site) 500 Days of Summer Download the Script andlaquo; New!
- 12/12/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
When Jeff Bridges was approached with the script for "Crazy Heart" and was asked to play its leading man, Bad Blake—a boozing, womanizing, once-great country singer reduced to performing in bowling alleys and small-town bars—he saw vast potential in the role. And he turned it down. Now, earning some of the best reviews in his heavily lauded career for the role, and with "Crazy Heart" almost guaranteed to garner him his fifth Oscar nomination, does Bridges feel sort of silly for initially taking a pass? "Nah," he says in that unmistakable, easygoing drawl. "I usually try not to work. That's my Mo."That tactic doesn't seem to be working out for Bridges, who despite his purported resistance has turned in dozens of memorable performances over the past four decades. He has played a friendly alien ("Starman"), a hip president ("The Contender"), and a supervillain ("Iron Man"). For better or worse,...
- 12/9/2009
- backstage.com
Like a sly and tender country song, laced with equal parts passion, humor and trouble, Crazy Heart is the portrait of a man (Jeff Bridges) who has lived hard, fast and recklessly, but still goes after the salvation of love when his heart gets what appears to be one last chance to redeem itself.
Writer, producer and director Scott Cooper – himself a Southerner steeped in the rollicking legends and bittersweet themes of country music – always saw Crazy Heart’s outsized lead character of Bad Blake as a mirror of the country heroes he grew up idolizing, in spite of their wildly unpredictable love lives and battles with their darker impulses.
Cooper was best known as an actor – he appears in 2010’s Get Low with Robert Duvall – when he first ran into Bad Blake in Thomas Cobb’s novel Crazy Heart. He had been on the hunt for a raw and...
Writer, producer and director Scott Cooper – himself a Southerner steeped in the rollicking legends and bittersweet themes of country music – always saw Crazy Heart’s outsized lead character of Bad Blake as a mirror of the country heroes he grew up idolizing, in spite of their wildly unpredictable love lives and battles with their darker impulses.
Cooper was best known as an actor – he appears in 2010’s Get Low with Robert Duvall – when he first ran into Bad Blake in Thomas Cobb’s novel Crazy Heart. He had been on the hunt for a raw and...
- 12/7/2009
- MoviesOnline.ca
For most of his Hollywood career, Scott Cooper has been known as an actor. He thought he was dreaming when he decided he wanted to direct his first film about the life of a down and out country singer with such stars as Jeff Bridges, Robert Duvall, and the famous composer T Bone Burnett. But his ambition paid off. Crazy Heart, stars Bridges, Duvall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Colin Farrell as well as music by T Bone Burnett. Bridges and Farrell even sing their own ballads. Based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart follows the life of alcoholic, country western has-been Bad Blake. After meeting a journalist who makes him see what he has become, he attempts to reform. The movie, which had been made for about $7 million by Country Music Television, a unit of Viacom, very nearly did not find a distributor after Paramount...
- 12/1/2009
- by maint
- Film Independent
The first trailer for Jeff Bridges led drama “Crazy Heart,” has arrived online.
Jeff Bridges (Bad Blake), “Crazy Heart” Photo
“Crazy Heart” plot: Bridges plays Bad Blake, a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Gyllenhaal is being campaigned in the lead actress category, though it’s likely Bridges (and the film’s original music by T-Bone Burnett) are the film’s more reasonable shots at Oscar contention. Bridges has even been catapulted to most prognosticator’s winner predictions.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film is both written and directed by actor/filmmaker Scott Cooper and is making...
Jeff Bridges (Bad Blake), “Crazy Heart” Photo
“Crazy Heart” plot: Bridges plays Bad Blake, a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. Gyllenhaal is being campaigned in the lead actress category, though it’s likely Bridges (and the film’s original music by T-Bone Burnett) are the film’s more reasonable shots at Oscar contention. Bridges has even been catapulted to most prognosticator’s winner predictions.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film is both written and directed by actor/filmmaker Scott Cooper and is making...
- 11/17/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Fox Searchlight has released the poster and photos for “Crazy Heart,” the redemptive country/western music drama.
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film also stars Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell. Original music is by T. Bone Burnett.
Four-time Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.
Adapted from a book written by Thomas Cobb, the film also stars Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell. Original music is by T. Bone Burnett.
- 11/17/2009
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
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