Celeb News Aggregate
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Robert Downey Jr. Gets Divorced, Marcia Gay Harden Welcomes Twins, Elton John Thinks "American Idol" May Be Racist Charlize Theron Russell Crowe
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Box Office Analysis, Oct. 12: Kill Bill opens in the top spot followed by School of Rock Intolerable Cruelty Good Boy! Out of Time House of the Dead The Rundown Under the Tuscan Sun Secondhand Lions Lost In Translation Mystic River
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After a four-year hiatus, Chris Rock will return to host the 20th annual MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 28 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Also: Mystic River Clint Eastwood New York Film Festival The Hulk Russell Simmons Justin Timberlake Molson Canadian Rocks For Toronto Tyra Banks UPN Top Model Buddy Ebsen Pippen The Punisher Laura Harring
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Role Call: Catherine Zeta-Jones looking to do "Chicago"; Vin Diesel and his hunt for his next project; Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy are in talks for "Shrek 2"; Actor Eric Stoltz's directorial debut; Meryl Streep and son take acting on the road; Robert De Niro eyes new comedy; director Philip Kaufman will be directing a remake of "Suspicion."
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HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 31, 2000 -- Let us guess: It’s the British accent, right? Daily Variety reports today that Anthony Hopkins of "The Silence of the Lambs’" Hannibal the Cannibal fame, is going to voice the narration to the Jim Carrey vehicle "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," due out Nov. 17.
Hopkins’ voiceover for the flick is said to be a combination of dialogue from the Dr. Seuss classic and original narration.
ARTSY FARTSY: Variety also reports that Alliance Atlantis Pictures has bought the foreign distribution rights to "Pollock," a Ed Harris-helmed and headlined film about abstract expressionist bad boy painter Jackson Pollock. The film also stars Marcia Gay Harden, Amy Madigan, Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer.
MORE ARTSY FARTSY: Variety tells us that Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle will join Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart in the flick "Possession." The f
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Actor Denzel Washington has finally received the greenlight to direct his first feature film for Fox Searchlight studios, keeping up with the trend of actors wanting to take a stab behind the camera.
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HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 11, 2001 -- You won't be hearing the name Steven Soderbergh at this year's Independent Spirit Awards.
Instead, try Miguel Arteta, Darren Aronofsky and Kenneth Lonergan -- whose "Chuck & Buck," "Requiem for a Dream," and "You Can Count On Me," respectively, have nabbed a field-best five nominations each at the 16th Annual Independent Spirit Awards.
"Chuck & Buck" -- the second full-length feature from Arteta -- was nominated for best feature under $500,000, screenplay, director, supporting female (Lupe Ontiveros) and debut performance (Mike White).
Among "Requiem's" nominations are best director (Darren Aronofsky) and best feature. The drug-addiction flick will go up against "Before Night Falls," "George Washington," "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in the best film column.
"You Can Count On Me" will r
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'Traffic' HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 13, 2000 -- Not bad for a little film that came out of nowhere -- and another ensemble film that has yet to have a wide release.
The critical favorite and hardly seen "You Can Count on Me" and director Steven Soderbergh's "Traffic" were among the winners of the 2000 New York Film Critics Circle Awards announced today.
"You Can Count on Me" garnered a best actress nod for Laura Linney and took best screenplay for scribe Ken Longergan.
Soderbergh continued his winning streak with another best director nod for his films "Erin Brockovich" and "Traffic," with the drug pic nabbing the best picture award and a best supporting actor nod for Benicio Del Toro from the New York critics.
Soderbergh was named the director of the year by the National Board of Review earlier this month.
Tom Hanks The best actor award went to seas