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Crashville: The Risky Route To Oscar Glory

6 November 2009 10:00 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

In March 2006 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sprung one of its annual surprises by awarding the best picture Oscar to Crash, rather than Ang Lee’s acclaimed gay cowboy drama, Brokeback Mountain. At the time it looked as though racism and multiple vehicular pile-ups had trumped homosexuality in the battle of the “hot button” issue movies. But perhaps the Academy was belatedly acknowledging the kind of ambitious, densely plotted, multi-character dramas made famous by the great Robert Altman. From 1975’s Nashville, to Short Cuts, Prêt à Porter and his 2006 swansong A Prairie Home Companion, Altman allowed audiences to immerse themselves in the cinematic equivalent of a book of short stories. Writer Alissa Quart has characterised these films with multiple intersecting plotlines as “hyperlink movies”, in which, “information, character, and action co-exist without hierarchy”. Now I’m a fan of Altman and I loved Paul Thomas Anderson’s, »

- Ricky

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The Fantasticks to Kick Off Long Wharf's 2009-10 Season Oct 7 - Nov 1

1 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.

Press night is Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets are $30-$70.

"I have loved The Fantasticks since I was a little kid," said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. "This will be so much fun for the entire family."

This hit musical with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, the longest running Off-Broadway musical in history, tells the story of Luisa and Matt, a pair entering the bloom of their youth. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, hire »

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Keillor Returns To Radio After Stroke

26 September 2009 7:21 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Beloved U.S. radio personality Garrison Keillor is bouncing back to broadcasting following his stroke - he is returning to his regular radio show after just three weeks.

Keillor suffered a minor stroke earlier this month and spent three weeks rehabilitating after four days in Minnesota's Mayo Clinic.

He vowed the incident wouldn't stop him from kicking off the new season of his popular show A Prairie Home Companion on 26 September - and he is sticking to his promise.

He will broadcast the new series on Saturday night at the Fitzgerald Theater in Minnesota. »

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Despite stroke, humorist Keillor not slowing down

17 September 2009 4:11 AM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

 Fans of "A Prairie Home Companion" can stop sending Garrison Keillor flowers. The humorist and best-selling author says he's just fine after recently suffering a mild stroke and is back at work preparing for the new season of his popular radio show."What I feel is impatience and guilt at accepting sympathy and concern from people that I do not have coming to me," Keillor told The Associated Press on Wednesday, little more than a week after he checked himself into a hospital because he was feeling sick."You get a lot of potted plants that you're really not entitled to," said Keillor. "Just because a guy, you know, spent four days on monitors doesn't entitle you to a big pot of black-eyed Susans. They should go to people who have real problems."Keillor, 67, said he has no plans to retire or »

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Keillor Suffers A Stroke

9 September 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Beloved U.S. radio personality Garrison Keillor is recovering in hospital after suffering a minor stroke.

The star of radio show A Prairie Home Companion is reportedly "doing well" in Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic and hopes to be back home by the weekend (beg11Sep09).

Keillor plans to be in the studio for the new season of A Prairie Home Companion on 26 September. »

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A Prairie Home Companion’s Garrison Keillor Gets Documentary Treatment In The Man On The Radio In The Red Shoes

31 August 2009 9:44 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »

If you're a fan of Garrison Keillor and A Prairie Home Companion, there's a good chance you're already familiar with the documentary The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes. It's just the nature of Keillor fans to find out what's going on. The touring dates sell out practically before anyone knows they're on sale. If you happen not to be aware, and have any interest in Garrison Keillor at all, you simple must check out this wonderful documentary. More than a year of filming put together by Peabody, DGA and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Rosen, showcases the brilliantly indescribable man who brought radio variety back to a world that had no idea it was interested. Originally airing on PBS' American Masters, the DVD is available with more than an hour of extras, and they are decidedly worthy additions. »

- Marc Eastman

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60 Appropriate Ways to Celebrate Meryl Streep Month

22 June 2009 6:47 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Happy 60th Birthday to Meryl Streep

Be your very bestBe dramatically potent.

... then unexpectedly hilarious.

Fake a new accent every hour.

Imitate the dial tone on your phone.

Run around like a joyful madwoman with your hands in the air, stopping only to kiss people.Run around like a joyful madwoman whilst singing your favorite Abba song.Accentuate your WASPiness... (or fake it).

Stay married to the same person for decades, confounding Hollywood protocol.

Pretend your significant other is a sculptor, make them use their hands. Befriend Cher.Watch Kramer vs. Kramer again.Watch Angels in America again.Consider yourself overrated... "but not today!"

Be highly quotable.

Memorize the entire Miranda Priestley "Cerulean" monologue.

Ask your best friends to call you "Mary Louise" for the remainder of the week.Stweep!Give to charities.

Sing more spectacularly than is humanly fair considering all of your other talents.

Watch Julia to see how it all began. »

- NATHANIEL R

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The Girls of Plague Town

13 May 2009 9:56 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

With exclusive on-set photos and a clip below…

Imperiled heroines struggling to survive, or malevolent forces of youthful evil, their pretty features contorted into visages of horror—such are the casting options most frequently available to young actresses in cinematic fright fare. Plague Town, which hits DVD this week from Dark Sky Films, offered both, as a family on vacation in a remote part of Ireland becomes stranded in a village where the local children have deformities on their faces and murder in their hearts.

Fango had the chance to speak to the performers on each side of this equation over the course of a long, eventually chilly night on Plague Town’s Connecticut location. Not surprisingly, a good deal of the interviews take place in a Ymca camp building that has become the production’s makeup HQ, where Josslyn DeCrosta and Erica Rhodes, as sisters Molly and Jessica Monahan, »

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Lindsay Lohan experiences some career pains

27 March 2009 8:30 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »

What, pray tell, has happened to Lindsay Lohan’s career? Now we all know what has happened to Lindsay Lohan’s life. Partying. Crashes. Arrests. Rehab. Lesbianism. Leggings. Etc. But the news that her new movie Labor Pains is going direct to television makes me seriously worry about La Lohan’s career trajectory.

Her faux pregnancy comedy Labor Pains (which also stars SNL’s Chris Parnell and Curb Your Enthusiasm's Cheryl Hines) will debut on ABC Family in July. Wow, from the cinema to the channel that proudly premiered such never-heard-of-them sequels as The Sandlot: Heading Home and Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise. Here is a preview:

Now, of course, one direct-to-cable movie debacle does not automatically spell Tara Reid-levels of cinematic irrelevance. But then I watched Lindsay’s new ad campaign for the Italian clothing line Fornarina. Seriously, you’re going to want to sit down. »

- dorothy snarker

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Rachel Getting Married Blu-ray Review -- A party with no beginning or end. Dellamorte reviews Jonathan Demme's latest

16 March 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

You could call it stunt casting. Every time a young actress wants to get some indie cred, she either does a nude scene, or does a “dramatic” role for an art-house director. Perhps the archetypal example of this is Lindsay Lohan in A Prairie Home Companion. But at this point, what are we to make of Anne Hathaway? She was ready to shake the Disney good girl image quick, and did Havoc to prove it. And she had no problem taking a small supporting role in Brokeback Mountain to show her craft (in which she excelled). But this isn’t against type. And Hathaway has been smart about doing smart projects and films that appeal to a larger crowd, though Bride Wars did not find its intended audience. Hathaway plays Kym, the AA member of the family, who is allowed to go home for her sister Rachel’s wedding. Rachel »

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Fliff Brings Director Peter Rosen To Cinema Paradiso To Host Garrison Keillor Documentary

29 January 2009 1:59 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

When Peter Rosen was a young child and working with his photographer aunt, little did he know how far his love of photography would take him. While he loved still photography, he quickly made the transition to film. Eventually Rosen made films for Yale's drama department and he was hooked.

Rosen has poured over 100 hours and one year into producing his latest project, "Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes." This documentary goes behind the scenes of America's most popular radio show, "A Prairie Home Companion," and looks at the private man in the very public spotlight.

Celebrity News Service sat down with Rosen and asked him about the experience. We asked Peter about his decision to take on this project and why he chose to make this documentary. "I made a documentary for Carnegie Hall in 1990 and met Keillor then. I thought he was a good subject, »

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Eve as "Eve" in Wall•E (Supporting Actress Blog-a-Thon)

4 January 2009 2:14 PM, PST | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

This post is part of the 3rd Annual Supporting Actress Blog-a-Thon hosted by my friend and fellow promoter of the gospel of screen actressing, StinkyLulu.

In three short weeks when the names of the nominees for Best Supporting Actress are read aloud, you won't hear her name. But one hundred years from now, when Oscar pundits are arguing about who might be nominated @ the 181st Academy Awards, I am quite certain her name will ring more of a bell with the 22nd century pundits than "Maria Elena", "Cassidy", "Mrs. Muller", "Queenie", "Sister James" or anyone other character that ends up represented in this year's Supporting Actress Nominations.

I'm thinking of....

Eve in Wall•E (2008)

approximately 41 minutes

12 scenes

roughly 42% of the running time *

While her name is instantly iconic, this beauty doesn't live in a garden. In fact, a garden would immediately shut her down, leaving only a pulsing green light »

- NATHANIEL R

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