Celeb News Aggregate
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Based on Susanna Kaysen's account of being trapped in a mental institution in the late '60s, director James Mangold's "Girl, Interrupted" is a semi-involving tale of identity and belonging featuring a solid performance from Winona Ryder and a spirited, star-making turn from Angelina Jolie.
Ryder stars as Susanna herself, an unhappy, upper-middle-class high school graduate uncertain about her place in American society circa 1967-68. While being moody, depressed and promiscuous might seem normal in the 1990s, in the late '60s, it's enough for Susanna's parents to seriously wonder about their daughter.
After chasing a bottle of alcohol with a bottle of aspirin, the girl's psychiatrist immediately diagnoses her as a borderline personality and subsequently commits her to Claymoore Hospital. That's where the opening line of the movie comes in: "Maybe I was really crazy, maybe i
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Molly Ringwald, America's sweetheart during the late '80s, is back -- this time on the small screen. The actress will be starring in Big Time, a show that centers on a fledging TV network in the early days of the industry.
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HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 6, 2000 -- We know what you might be thinking. But let us assure you, it has nothing to do with Dr. Seuss.
Yes, as the Hollywood Reporter says, Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Penn are both in talks to star in the project "Sam I Am," but the story is actually about a lawyer trying to win a custody case for a mentally disabled man.
And as you have no doubt guessed, Penn will play the man and Pfeiffer will play the legal eagle.
The project is aiming for a mid-January start in Los Angeles.
DOUBLE DOSE: Milla Jovovich is keeping herself busy these days. The actress, who last starred in "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc," has signed on to two indie films, to be shot back to back. The first one is called "Resident Evil," a big-screen version of the popular video game. And the second is titled "You Stupid Man," a romantic comedy about a man who