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VIDEO: Lea Michele Talks Broadway … Ten Years Before Glee
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Television, Videos, Where Are They Now?,
Lea Michele, 12, radiated star power long before millions heard her voice on FOX’s hit Glee. In the video above, Michele is being interviewed for a documentary later picked up by MTV’s The Seven.
She talks to cameras openly about her experiences on Broadway, explains that she’s still “a normal kid,” and remains poised and engaging throughout.
Documentary filmmakers Louis Alvarez and Andrew Kolker recall the young Lea Michele in brief asides, remarking that she had a “thousand-watt personality.”
“I can do anything and that’s how I kind of stay sane in this really tough, dog-eat-dog business,” she explains. It took 10 years, but the Emmy-nominated actress has managed to convince many that her words are true: she really can do anything.
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John Lennon’s Death to Be Commemorated on Television
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Artist News, Rock,
The life of John Lennon will be remembered on Wednesday, December 8 -- the 30th anniversary of his death.
Throughout the day, BBC America will air several specials related to the late artist and his former band. In addition to repeated showings of the film Backbeat, starring Stephen Dorff, the network will broadcast three documentaries: The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco, Imagine: John Lennon and The Beatles Biggest Secrets.
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Comic Books Jobs: Checking Out Craigslist
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, Movies,
If you have the gift of retail, draw fast, love to intern or want to sell some of your stuff, Craigslist has quite the deals for you.
In Boston, The Million Year Picnic comic book store in Harvard Square has “immediate openings for part-time employment.”
If you have “retail, customer service or sales experience” that’d be a huge plus.
A knowledge of comic books and graphic novels is helpful “but not required. You do have to be able to show up for work every Wednesday morning because that’s new comic day.
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Joaquin Phoenix: P. Diddy, Others in on the Documentary Hoax
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Magnolia, Documentary, Comedy, Celebrity Gossip,
Joaquin Phoenix’s I’m Still Here is still making waves, and most movie reviewers are still scratching their heads. Phoenix scored plenty of huge headlines when he purportedly walked away from his acting career to pursue rap, but it was his David Letterman appearance that really got people talking.
Ben Stiller famously impersonated Phoenix at the Oscars, appearing on stage in a full beard to poke fun at Joaquin’s rugged look. But Phoenix says that Stiller, along with several others who appeared in the pseudo-documentary, was in on the joke.
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In Theaters This Weekend: August 27, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, IFC Films, Lionsgate, Sony, Action, Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Independent, Science Fiction, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Lists, New Releases, Trailers, Videos,
Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- The Last Exorcism (PG-13): starring Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr (directed by Daniel Stamm)
- Takers (PG-13): starring Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba (directed by John Luessenhop)
- Aashayein* (NR): starring John Abraham, Anaitha Nair, Sonal Sehgal (directed by Nagesh Kukunoor)
- Avatar* (PG-13): starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver (directed by James Cameron)
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Brad Pitt Wants Death Penalty For Oil Spill Executives
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Movies, Rants,
Environmentally-conscious Brad Pitt has hinted the executives responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill deserve the death penalty.
The Inglourious Basterds star speaks out against those behind the oil rig explosion in April - which caused the worst environmental disaster in US history with millions of gallons of oil flooding into the sea - in a new documentary If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise.
“I was never for the death penalty before - I am willing to look at it again,” Brad said of the people responsible for the disaster.
The oil spill, which happened after an explosion on the BP operated Deepwater Horizon rig, resulted in the decimation of wildlife and habitat of marine and coastal animals, as well as loss of livelihood for many fishermen and other people who depend of the area for work. As yet the root cause of the disaster remains unconfirmed.
Brad’s comments are at the end of the documentary, filmed by Spike Lee, about the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, Louisiana - the closest major US city to the Deepwater rig - five years after the hurricane devastated the city, leaving 80 per cent of it waterlogged. Brad spearheaded the Make it Right project after the natural disaster, which built 150 affordable and sustainable homes in one of the areas of New Orleans that was worst hit.
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Cinema Scene: Carey Drops Out of Film, Murphy May Return to Stage
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Sony, Adaptation, Animation, Documentary, Music, Comedy, Casting, Rumors, Upcoming Releases,
-Eddie Murphy is reportedly thinking of returning to the stage. The Raw star said he has “an itch” to do stand-up comedy once again.
-The Mariah Carey pregnancy rumors have started again. The Precious actress just dropped out of Tyler Perry movie that is supposed to start shooting next month. No reason was given by her rep.
-Sony Pictures Animation is looking to take us on a ride with Rollercoaster Tycoon, an adaptation of the Atari video game. The film will be turned into a live-action/CGI hybrid.
-Martin Scorsese might not ever finish a film about Frank Sinatra, but there is one project he has completed: a George Harrison documentary. Living in the Material World: George Harrison, co-produced by George’s widow, may be released in 2011.
Is the Weird Joaquin Phoenix Documentary For Real?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Music, Paparazzi Videos, Rumors, Where Are They Now?,
As we’ve been reporting, Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix purportedly dropped out of movies back in 2009 to focus on his musical career. The career switch has been documented, or at least that’s the claim, by Phoenix’s brother-in-law Casey Affleck.
From the word go, public opinion has been pretty strong that the whole thing was some sort of hoax. Now, Affleck and Joaquin Phoenix are actually shopping the project around…and no one’s really figured it out yet.
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Comic Book Jobs: Who’s Hiring? The Stan Lee Orchestra!
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Marvel Comics,
Not everybody who’s part of the comic book industry is writing, drawing, coloring, lettering or editing or blogging about writing, drawing, coloring, lettering or editing. There’s plenty of room for lawyers and accountants and guys who drive the trucks for Diamond Comic Distributors (and those guys are essential). But now there’s also an opportunity for anyone who can tap out a tune on a keytar, slap a bow on a violin or a blow a French horn.
I didn’t know this, or if I did, I’d forgotten it, but there’s apparently a Stan Lee documentary in the works called With Great Power. I believe this is different from the one called True Believer: The Stan Lee Documentary.
The folks behind the With Great Power doc are putting together “talented score musicians” which, unfortunately, are not guitar players who know how to make women pay their rent, but skilled musicians who want to be in the orchestra that’s scoring the film.
If you’re “skilled at your craft, non-union and can sight-read” and want to be part of the 90-piece non-union mighty Marvel marching band, I mean orchestra, currently being assembled for a 1-day session in mid-March over at the Warner Brothers’ Eastwood Stage, then some producers would like to hear from you – by email first, then they’ll listen to your pulse-pounding tuba triumph .
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: February 16, 2010
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Sony, Warner Bros, Action, Animation, Biopics, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Period, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- Black Dynamite: DVD, Blu-ray
- Cabin Fever (Unrated Director’s Cut): Blu-ray
- Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever: DVD
- Good Hair: DVD
- Coco Before Chanel: DVD, Blu-ray
- Contempt: Blu-ray
- Goodfellas (20th Anniversary Edition): Blu-ray
- Halo Legends: DVD, Blu-ray
- Hunger: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Ladykillers (1955): Blu-ray
- Law Abiding Citizen: DVD, Blu-ray
- Lola Montes: DVD, Blu-ray
- Ran: Blu-ray
- Revanche: DVD, Blu-ray
- Women in Trouble: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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