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Bradley Cooper Wants a Drug to Make Him Rich and Powerful!

6 November 2009 4:39 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

That's only in the movies of course, Bradley Cooper doesn't need a drug to make him rich and powerful anymore. "The Hangover" star will be working on the suspense thriller "Dark Fields."

Neil Burger, the director who gave us "The Illusionist" (a criminally ignored film, if you haven't seen it yet, go rent it or buy it, it's brilliant!) is set to helm.

According to Variety, the plot is about "a designer drug that can make you rich and powerful. Eddie (Cooper) is a down-and-out New York writer until he possesses a pill that gives him the ability to access the full capacity of his brain. He soon realizes that his newfound intelligence and success come at a hefty price as mysterious forces begin to pursue him."

Leslie Dixon ("Hairspray") wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Alan Glynn. The film is set to shoot late spring of next year. »

- Manny

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Bradley Cooper Replaces Shia Labeouf in Dark Fields

5 November 2009 11:19 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

The Hangover star Bradley Cooper is now set to replace Shia Labeouf in Neil Burger's (The Illusionist) upcoming thriller, Dark Fields. The film is an adaptation of the Alan Glynn book of the same name, and will feature a script by eclectic screenwriter, Leslie Dixon (The Thomas Crowne Affair, Mrs. Doubtfire, Hairspray). The film is among many projects Cooper has signed on for post-Hangover (which is strange, because I still know the guy best as Sydney Bristow's best friend on Alias). Cooper will play a struggling writer who takes a top-secret pharmaceutical drug that makes him smarter. He finds success, but also comes to learn there are consequences, such as the phenomenon "trip-switching" which makes him perceive time moving similar to stop-motion. The official book description follows: Imagine a drug that makes your brain function with perfect efficiency, tapping into your most fundamental resources of intelligence and drive, releasing »

- Devindra Hardawar

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Bradley Cooper Will Run Through Neil Burger's Dark Fields

5 November 2009 5:09 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Over a year of go it looked like Steven Spielberg's favorite surrogate son, Mr. Labeouf, was going to take on the lead role in The Illusionist director Neil Burger's adaptation of the novel Dark Fields, written by Alan Glynn, first published back in 2002. But today Relativity Media announced it will begin production on the thriller with Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) starring as Eddie, a down and out New York writer who finds a pill that gives him the ability to access the full capacity of his brain. But suddenly, some mysterious men are in pursuit as he realizes the full potential of his intelligence comes with unforeseen dangers. Burger will direct the Leslie Dixon (The Thomas Crown Affair, Hairspray) written script sometime later in the spring of 2010 and he sounds pumped, "I am really delighted that all of the elements of this project have come together in such »

- Ethan Anderton

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Lake Heartbroken Over Love Split

4 November 2009 11:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actress and TV personality Ricki Lake is nursing a broken heart after ending a recent relationship.

The former Hairspray star, 41, has been dating around since the end of her 10-year marriage to artist Rob Sussman in 2003.

But Lake admits she is struggling to get over her latest split because it's still too fresh.

She says, "I'm recently heartbroken but I'm Ok. I'm better than I was yesterday."

Lake, who has two sons with Sussman, refuses to identify her now ex-boyfriend, but confesses she likes a younger lover with financial stability: "I'm kind of a cougar, they have to be (at least) 30-something, with a job! I don't want them to take care of me, I just want them to take care of themselves." »

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Steve Martin And Alec Baldwin Are Hosting The Oscars — Here's What We Will And Won't See

4 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

So much for my hopes of seeing Larry David's signature stare-down against the masses of Hollywood at the upcoming Academy Awards. As it turns out, the Oscars have selected a host — or hosts, I should say.

The comedic duo of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin have agreed to host the 82nd annual Academy Awards, an announcement that comes hot off the heels of denials from Hugh Jackman, Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller. Martin, of course, hosted the show twice before, but this will be Baldwin's first time as the show's master of ceremonies.

"The two of them have a fantastic, ongoing comic relationship," said Oscar co-producer Adam Shankman in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. "And I know that they really adore and respect each other. Plus, I know that they’ll be hilarious."

If you're curious about how Baldwin and Martin will play off of one another in the upcoming award ceremony, »

- Josh Wigler

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Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Host the Oscars… Together!

4 November 2009 6:40 AM, PST | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Well this is a pleasant surprise. It came out a week or two ago that Hugh Jackman would not be returning to host the Academy Awards this year, and also that Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. were offered the gig but apparently turned it down [1]. Yesterday it was announced that the Oscars would, however, still have two hosts after all as both Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have agreed to come together to do the honours. What a great idea. Steve Martin previously hosted the Oscars back in 2001 and 2003 and, from what I remember, he did a great job. A lot of people have wanted to see him back, and with the addition of Alec Baldwin (his first time hosting) I think a lot of people will be very happy. "I am happy to co-host the Oscars with my enemy Alec Baldwin," Martin said. Baldwin responded: "I don't play »

- Sean

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Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin Land Oscar Gig

3 November 2009 7:02 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Last year's host, Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman, declined to handle the tough and time-consuming job of hosting the Academy Awards two years running, and Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr also passed on the gig, so naturally the Oscar producers asked Steve Martin and Oscar nominee Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) to team up to tackle Mc'ing duties. Martin and Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards to be held on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. And while Baldwin's an Oscar hosting rookie, Martin's already performed the job twice previously, hosting the 73rd and 75th Academy Awards shows.

In a press release from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Oscar producers Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and Bill Mechanic stated, "We think the team of Steve and Alec are the perfect pair of hosts for the Oscars. Steve will bring the experience of having »

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Exclusive: Oscar producer Adam Shankman talks about hosts Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin

3 November 2009 6:39 PM, PST | EW - Hollywood Insider.com | See recent EW.com - Hollywood Insider news »

Director/choreographer Adam Shankman has only been the co-producer of the Oscars for three weeks. But Shankman and his co-producer Bill Mechanic, former head of Twentieth Century Fox, have managed to lock down the biggest part of the job, the host. We talked to Shankman about wrangling veteran Oscar emcee Steve Martin and Academy newcomer Alec Baldwin. EW: You must be thrilled and relieved to have this part of the job figured out? Shankman: You have no idea. That’s always the big opening stress. I love that I’m going to be working so closely with two people that »

- Nicole Sperling

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The 2010 Oscars Have a Host (Actually….Two)

3 November 2009 4:26 PM, PST | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »

While the Oscars were never really in jeopardy, a lot of people wondered who would be hosting the 2010 gig.

Last year's producers, Larry Mark and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) were too busy to return, despite the fact that they helped raise last year's ratings by 13%.  The producing job then went to Adam Shankman (Hairspray) and Bill Mechanic (former CEO of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment) and the search for a host continued.

Last year's host, Hugh Jackman, breathed new life into the show and the ratings, but he opted not to return again (though he will likely return at some point in the future).  A lot of names were being tossed around, including Tina Fey and Steve Martin (as a duo), Stephen Colbert and even veteran host Billy Crystal.

Word broke today that the producers asked the duo of Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. to host and I was incredibly »

- Clarissa

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Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars

3 November 2009 12:58 PM, PST | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Oscar organizers on Tuesday named an unlikely pair of hosts for March's Academy Awards, comedian Steve Martin and "30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin, a past loser at the world's top film awards.The choice of Martin and Baldwin comes as a mild surprise on the heels of last February's Oscar telecast hosted by song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman. It earned some favorable reviews and higher viewership than the previous year.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which gives out the Oscars, had previously hired "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman to co-produce and, based on Jackman's success and Shankman's history making musicals, the betting had been that organizers might aim for another music-oriented telecast.But Martin is known as a stand-up comedian and comic actor, while Baldwin's reputation was built in theater and film dramas like 2003's "The Cooler," which earned him a best supporting actor nomination. »

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Srt's 'Sonnet Sings the Bard' Benefit to Feature Shaiman, Wittman, Shire & More, 11/16; Seth Rudetsky Hosts

2 November 2009 12:36 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Sonnet Repertory Theatre (Srt) has announced its scheduled line-up for 'Sonnet Sings the Bard' concert, which takes place on November 16 at the 92YTribeca. Contributing composers to this one-night-only benefit event include: Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Drama Desk Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated composers and lyricists Marc Shaiman and Scott Whittman (Hairspray, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Patti LuPone on Broadway), Tony, Grammy and Emmy-nominated and Academy Award-winning composer David Shire (Baby, Closer Than Ever, Big, Saturday Night Fever), Georgia Stitt (This Ordinary Thursday: The Songs Of Georgia Stitt with Sara Ramirez, Kelli O'Hara, Faith Prince, and many more), Ray Leslee (Avenue X, Educating Rita, Standup Shakespeare), Karl Mansfield (conductor and keyboardist for Broadway's Xanadu, La Boheme, 13, Dracula, Corum Boy, Sweet Charity, and Off-Broadway's Grey Gardens, Toxic Avenger, Shafrika the White Girl and Alter Boyz), and Wade McCollum (composer and lyricist for One, and award-winning performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch »

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Hugh Jackman Passes On Returning As Oscar Host

30 October 2009 10:49 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

We talked about the speculation a couple of weeks ago that Hugh Jackman would return to host the Oscars next year. It won't happen. MSNBC reports that Glenn Beck hates America...oh wait, sorry, that's a different story. MSNBC and Entertainment Weekly report that Jackman has turned down the offer, but left the door open for future hosting duties at the Academy Awards.

After the first Jackman rumor, which accompanied the news that last year's producers would be out of the picture, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hired Hairspray director Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic to oversee the telecast. The new article has a few dubious suggestions about Oscar hosts, all tied to Shankman's movies (Travolta, J-Lo).

One name that does stand out is former host Steve Martin. He's solid at the job but unspectacular. Although, I do have to question the veracity of the statement "Shankman loves surprising people, »

- Colin Boyd

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Adam Sandler Is Jack…and Jill?

28 October 2009 5:04 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire. John Travolta in Hairspray. These are among some of Hollywood’s big name men to let their feminine sides shine through on screen by playing the role of women (granted, Hoffman and Williams were both men playing men playing women…)

The next star to don a dress for a film? Adam Sandler.

Sandler has signed on to star in Jack and Jill, and romantic comedy from Columbia Pictures. The actor will be doing double duty in the film, playing the roles of both Jack and Jill, as well as producing the film under his Happy Madison banner.

Filming on Jack and Jill will begin early next year, to be ready for release by Sony in 2011.

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- Carly

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Oscar... Now With More Spirit Fingers

23 October 2009 8:36 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Shankman's got spirit!

Do you follow the Oscar show news in the way you follow the Oscars? I don't so much, despite this life I lead constantly writin' about the awards themselves. I care who hosts to some degree but I tend to ignore the rest. But I found it interesting this week when director Adam Shankman (Hairspray) was named as one of the producers and his choreography skills were noted as a reason to be enthused about this assignment. At least he has a sense of humor about his, um, limited history with the big event I was one of Paula Abdul's 'Under the Sea' pirates," Shankman said. "The last time I was at the Oscars, I was in Lycra, with a pirate hat on. Shankman's presence must mean more musical numbers. I'm all for musical numbers provided they rehire Hugh Jackman as host. He was so fine last year. »

- NATHANIEL R

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The Week in Film: What will fly at the box office? And what won't?

23 October 2009 2:13 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Editor's note: This week we're welcoming Mike Wong on board to write our weekly movie column.

Another week, another set of movies. Hard to believe it’s already nearly November when the Oscar-bait starts being dangled, and unless you didn’t see any movies last week, I’m sorry to say it’s a good week to stay home or do something not movie related.

The first of the wide releases this week is Amelia starring the swanky Hilary Swank in a movie that almost no one was waiting for. This biopic about Amelia Earhart, the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic, seems to have flown out of the Hollywood machine with every cliché and formulaic fixture intact. Currently scoring a 22% on Rottentomatoes.com, I’ll wager that it’ll probably experience some serious turbulence in the box office.

Starring Cherry Jones as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Richard Gere as her husband, »

- Raiden251

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Page 2

23 October 2009 1:44 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

In the Thank God this Didn't Happen Dept: What if Dreamworks made Where The Wild Things Are? It might look something like this fan created concept photo. [tdw] Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. GreatWhiteSnark has posted this awesome Star Wars Tauntaun Groom cake. Abduzeedo has posted a roundup of Badass Batman Illustrations. Here are two more of my favorites: Former chairman of Fox and current head producer at Pandemonium Films, Bill Mechanic and Hairspray director Adam Shankman are teaming up to produce the 82nd Academy Awards Telecast in March 2010. [wrap] Writer-director Rob Hardy has signed on to direct the sequel Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming. [thr] If »

- Peter Sciretta

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Oscar Update: 'Precious' Backlash, 'An Education' Looms Large and New Predictions

22 October 2009 3:24 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

We shall begin with Amelia, a film I wrote about on Monday as it became the talk of the town with hardly a review in sight and a mere five days until its release. Well, that's all changed as I saw the film early Tuesday morning and it seems most everyone in Los Angeles and New York saw it for the first time as well. While I won't be joining David Poland on the train to completely disembowel Mira Nair's film of the famed aviatrix (and it seems Kris Tapley will also be doing the same), I will admit it's not a very good movie and would agree with Justin Chang's take at Variety when he says the film "offers snazzy aerial photography and inspirational platitudes in lieu of insight into Amelia Earhart's storied life and high-flying career."

What does this mean for the Best Actress race? Well, I »

- Brad Brevet

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Mechanic, Shankman To Produce Next Year’S Oscars

21 October 2009 12:39 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

Former 20th Century Fox and Disney chief Bill Mechanic and choreographer and Hairspray director Adam Shankman have been tapped to produce the live Academy Awards show next March 7, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday. In a statement, Shankman observed, "The last time I was on the show was as a dancer, and to come back as a producer is such an unbelievable honor." Mechanic said that he and Shankman hope to "build upon the best traditions from the great shows of the past while helping pave the way to the future." »

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Adam Shankman, the dancing Oscar producer

21 October 2009 9:29 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »

Maybe they'll change the name of this year's Academy Awards to So You Think You Can Win An Oscar? Or maybe it'll be Oscar, You Should Be Dancing. What else can we expect now that Adam Shankman has been assigned to produce the Oscar broadcast... with Bill Mechanic. The Bill Mechanic part is almost like fine print. (Or that cute kid Brick on The Middle who whispers under his breathe in a funny, creepy way. "Mechanic...")

The story here is Adam Shankman. He's a director/choreographer and dancer. He's a judge on the current season of So You Think You Can Dance. His biggest credit is Hairspray, one of the few movie musicals that has made it to the big screen and was a bit hit in the last decade. Shankman should bring movement, energy and -- perhaps -- dance to the Academy Awards?

Continue reading Adam Shankman, the dancing Oscar producer

 

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- Allison Waldman

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Can Adam Shankman Make The Oscars Fun?

21 October 2009 9:18 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

Does a year go by where we don't hear news about some grand plan to bring the viewers back to The Oscars? It's like it's part of the yearly plan now: Step 1: Try to make the Academy Awards relevant. After the increase in nominees, it looks like the peeps in charge are sticking with the change from comedian stand-up to showman fervor. The Associated Press is reporting that Adam Shankman, the man behind the Hairspray remake is going to produce the affair with former 20th Century Fox boss Bill Mechanic. The former will bring the pomp and circumstance, of course, while the latter brings the management and producing.

"Oscar organizers are trying to put more razzle-dazzle into the show. Instead of the usual standup comic, the Oscars called on song-and-dance man Hugh Jackman to host the show this past year." In the team's press release, Shankman noted how "The last time »

- Monika Bartyzel

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