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Top Story: Amy Poehler, one of the funniest women in entertainment today, is attached to star in Lunch Lady for Universal. The studio picked up the rights to Jarrett Krosoczka’s children’s graphic novel series, the first installment of which will arrive in stores this summer. No word yet on a release date for the film. [...]
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Amy Poehler to serve up ‘Lunch’ – TFC Morning Report
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on June 12th, 2009
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Tags: amy poehler, conan, danny boyle, fox searchlight, lunch lady, marcus nispel, universal 
No Comments »TFC Morning Report – March 3, 2009 – Payne reteams with Giamatti, Witherspoon for Downsizing
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on March 3rd, 2009
Top Story: Director Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) has tapped Paul Giamatti and Reese Witherspoon for his next picture, Downsizing. Sacha Baron Cohen will also star. The picture is a social satire about a man (Giamatti) who decides to undergo a shrink process to make his life easier. Witherspoon will play Giamatti’s wife and Baron Cohen [...]
Danny Boyle wins DGA
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 1st, 2009
The most important precursor went to Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle last night. Boyle deserved this. Nothing stopping the Slumdog train now.
Final Oscar 2008-2009 Nomination Predictions
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 21st, 2009
Will The Dark Knight get its Best Picture nod? Will Slumdog nab the most nominations? Will Woody Allen spoil the day for another director? Will Kate Winslet get the two nods she deserves? What’s going to happen?! Tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. EST/5:30 p.m. PST the Academy will announce the Oscar nominees. Anyone who has watched [...]
Posted in Random Tags: academy awards, angelina jolie, anne hathaway, brad pitt, burn after reading, changeling, christopher nolan, clint eastwood, danny boyle, david fincher, dev patel, doubt, frank langella, frost/nixon, frozen river, gran torino, gus van sant, heath ledger, james franco, josh brolin, kate winslet, marisa tomei, melissa leo, meryl streep, mickey rourke, milk, penelope cruz, philip seymour hoffman, rachel getting married, revolutionary road, richard jenkins, robert downey jr., sean penn, slumdog millionaire, taraji p. henson, the curious case of benjamin button, the dark knight, the visitor, the wrestler, tropic thunder, vicky cristina barcelona, viola davis, wall-e, woody allen No Comments »Golden Globe Winners 2009
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 11th, 2009
Slumdog may have took top prize, but Kate Winslet was the queen of the Golden Globes. That long-overdue Winselt Oscar looks like a real possibility. The winners: Best Picture – Drama Slumdog Millionaire Best Actor – Drama Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Best Actress – Drama Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road Best Picture – Comedy/Musical [...]
Posted in Random Tags: bruce springsteen, colin farrell, danny boyle, happy-go-lucky, heath ledger, in bruges, kate winslet, mickey rourke, revolutionary road, sally hawkins, slumdog millionaire, the dark knight, the reader, the wrestler, vicky cristina barcelona, wall, wall-e, waltz with bashir No Comments »Slumdog takes Best Picture at Critics’ Choice Awards
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on January 8th, 2009
No real surprise as Slumdog Millionaire takes top prize (and 4 others) at the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. (Sorry, The Dark Knight fans.) All signs continue to point to Slumdog as the Best Picture favorite. Damn me for not having cable television. I’d would have liked to seen some of these acceptance speeches, especially Kate [...]
Posted in Random Tags: anne hathaway, bruce springsteen, danny boyle, dev patel, doubt, heath ledger, john adams, kate winslet, man on wire, meryl streep, milk, oscar, rachel getting married, sean penn, slumdog millionaire, the dark knight, the reader, the wrestler, tropic thunder, wall-e, waltz with bashir No Comments »LA Film Critics pick WALL-E
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on December 9th, 2008
Disney/Pixar’s WALL-E nabbed the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award for Best Picture today. In the past 25 years, 4/5 of the picture that received the prize went on to get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. My initial guess is that WALL-E will join the ranks of those nomination-less winners of years past. But this [...]
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