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tMF Featured Poll: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley take top 3 spots!

26 October 2009 9:08 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

tMF is currently asking its viewers: Who is your favorite leading lady? Early results show Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley grabbing the top 3 spots. Michelle Williams, Scarlett Johnasson and Rachel McAdams are not far behind. This poll (just look at the right side of the website and proceed further down) will run until Friday, and the early results gave us the opportunity to see what Natalie, Anne and Keira have been doing lately - new movies, appearances, interviews and much more! - - -

- - - Currently ranked # 1 - Natalie Portman

Favorite Movies: Closer, Leon (The Professional), Garden State, Where The Heart Is, V for Vendetta.

Upcoming Movies: Brothers, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Black Swan and Thor

Natalie Portman is currently on the spotlight for her movie, New York I Love You. The La Times' Rebecca Ascher-Walsh has just written a profile of the actress: »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Poll: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley take top 3 spots!

26 October 2009 9:08 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

tMF is currently asking its viewers: Who is your favorite leading lady? Early results show Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley grabbing the top 3 spots. Michelle Williams, Scarlett Johnasson and Rachel McAdams are not far behind. This poll (just look at the right side of the website and proceed further down) will run until Friday, and the early results gave us the opportunity to see what Natalie, Anne and Keira have been doing lately - new movies, appearances, interviews and much more! - - -

- - - Currently ranked # 1 - Natalie Portman

Favorite Movies: Closer, Leon (The Professional), Garden State, Where The Heart Is, V for Vendetta.

Upcoming Movies: Brothers, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Black Swan and Thor

Natalie Portman is currently on the spotlight for her movie, New York I Love You. The La Times' Rebecca Ascher-Walsh has just written a profile of the actress: »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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tMF Featured Poll: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley take top 3 spots!

26 October 2009 9:08 PM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »

tMF is currently asking its viewers: Who is your favorite leading lady? Early results show Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Keira Knightley grabbing the top 3 spots. Michelle Williams, Scarlett Johnasson and Rachel McAdams are not far behind. This poll (just look at the right side of the website and proceed further down) will run until Friday, and the early results gave us the opportunity to see what Natalie, Anne and Keira have been doing lately - new movies, appearances, interviews and much more! - - -

- - - Currently ranked # 1 - Natalie Portman

Favorite Movies: Closer, Leon (The Professional), Garden State, Where The Heart Is, V for Vendetta.

Upcoming Movies: Brothers, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Black Swan and Thor

Natalie Portman is currently on the spotlight for her movie, New York I Love You. The La Times' Rebecca Ascher-Walsh has just written a profile of the actress: »

- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)

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Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky Engage in Rapture

21 October 2009 5:18 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

In a story from Variety, Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky are putting together a comedy for Showtime that centers around the memoir by actor-writer Craig Chester. Don Roos is going to direct if the project is tapped to be a pilot.

In Chester's 2003 memoir "Why the Long Face?: The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor" we are taken into his world "as the gay son in a family of born-again Christian parents and his experiences as" an actor "in the indie film world."

The TV show, which is now being called Rapture, would be from the point of view of 9-year-old Chester who is discovering his sexual orientation while handling his devout mom who has visions of Christ juxtaposed with a rock 'n' roll guitar player father who fears his wife is losing it.

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2009 Gotham Awards Announce Career Tributes

23 September 2009 11:40 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today that director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, will each be presented with a career Tribute at the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards on Monday November 30th in New York. Ifp also announced it has moved the gala awards ceremony to Monday, November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street, from the previously announced date of Tuesday, December 1st.

Signaling the official kick-off to the film awards season, the Gotham Independent Film Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film. Anchoring the evening's six competitive awards for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, are four Tributes to film community icons.

This year's Tribute selection represents a range of individuals - »

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My Favorite Scene: Natalie Portman at Tiff Edition!

17 September 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

Natalie Portman's latest, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, premiered this week in Toronto. Distributors have yet to pull out their checkbooks as we predicted around Movieline HQ, but no rush! It'll happen. In the meantime, the actress and recent first-time director sat down Wednesday with Pursuits filmmaker Don Roos and a few Tiff press for a late breakfast, a little conversation and an all-too-brief round of My Favorite Scene. »

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Toronto 2009: "Up in the Air" Flies High

12 September 2009 8:23 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Four years ago, a friend of mine came home from Toronto disappointed by the premiere of "Elizabethtown," Cameron Crowe's ill-fated, deeply personal story of a man coming home to bury his father. The director of "Almost Famous" and "Jerry Maguire," Crowe was a true heir to Hal Ashby when it came to making melancholy and emotionally moving mainstream entertainments, yet when his cut of "Elizabethtown" (that was ultimately trimmed down in running time) failed to win over audiences here, it was hard to imagine when someone would attempt tp do so again.

"Up in the Air" will be easy to overpraise -- it touches on larger themes of mass unemployment, cultural alienation and technology as a crutch. But ultimately, it's really an expertly done character study that's a dramatic change of pace from director Jason Reitman's previous two films, "Thank You for Smoking" and "Juno," comedies that led »

- Stephen Saito

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Toronto: Natalie Portman's 'Impossible Pursuits' becomes Friday's festival misfire

11 September 2009 5:50 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Writer/Director Don Roos is a really funny guy.  And he's pretty talented too.  His breakout flick "The Opposite of Sex" has grown in stature as one of the quintessential indie movies of the late 1990s.  Unfortunately, he's never really duplicated the magic of the dark comedy that helped convince Hollywood Christina Ricci had real sex appeal.  His latest film, "Love and Other Impossible Pursuits," debuted today at the Toronto International Film Festival for press and industry and to say it's a disappointment is an understatement.  Adapted from a novel by Ayelet Waldman, "Impossible" centers on a young New York city legal... »

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Toronto 09: Films For The Taking

10 September 2009 2:52 PM, PDT | Filmmaker Magazine - Blog | See recent Filmmaker Magazine news »

indieWIRE has compiled a list of 145 titles that will be for sale at Toronto. Some of them with big name talent attached -- Don Roos’ Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, with Natalie Portman, Atom Egoyan’s Liam Neeson-Julianne Moore thriller Chloe and Todd Solondz’s Life During Wartime. Tiff '09 has the makings of a buying bonanza. We'll be on the scene if anything goes down. Head over to our dedicated page throughout the fest. »

- Jason Guerrasio

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Toronto Buyers Club: The Entire List of Available Titles for Tiff

27 August 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Following my top ten Tiff list of titles available piece that I published a couples of hours back, Tiff released the lengthy list of titles that are looking for deals. Among those that I didn't mention in my top ten but could have easily have been there is the omission of Micmacs à tire-larigot (I wasn't sure if Warner Bros. only had domestic rights for France and not world rights), and titles such as Neil Jordan's Ondine, Atom Egoyan's Chloe, Oliver Parker's Dorian Gray, Aaron Schneider's Get Low, Derrick Borte's The Joneses and Michael J. Bassett's Solomon Kane should be generating key interest from the buyers as well. Without further ado, here is the list. L’Affaire Farewell Christian Carion, France Ahead of Time Bob Richman, USA The Angel Margreth Olin, Norway/Sweden/Finland The Art of the Steal Don Argott, USA Baaria Giuseppe Tornatore, »

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If summer's ending, Toronto is just around the corner...

23 August 2009 1:43 PM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

As the end of summer draws to a close anticipation is building for the triumvirate of film festivals beginning over the next few weeks.  The Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festivals will all features debuts of long awaited films from filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh, Michael Moore, Werner Herzog, Jason Reitman, Todd Solondz, the Coen brothers, Don Roos and Neil Jordan. A welcome change from some of the expected drudge of the last few months.It's also the unofficial kick off to awards season as potential contenders  nervously debut their wares to the critics and the pubic for the first time. "Slumdog... »

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Tiff 2009: Gala And Special Presentations

14 August 2009 12:14 AM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Hnr's Michael Stevens reporting from Toronto... Love And Other Impossible Pursuits, starring actress Natalie Portman, directed by Don Roos, will have its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff). Premise of Love, adapting author Ayelet Waldman's novel, follows a newlywed Harvard Law School grad's attempt to connect with her new stepson. Other Galas include writer/director Rodrigo Garcia's Mother and Child starring Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Kerry Washington, Carlos Saura's I, Don Giovanni, Matthias Emcke's Phantom Pain, Jan Kounen's Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky and Alejandro Amenabar's "Agora". The Joneses starring Demi Moore, directed by Derrick Borte screens in Special Presentations, as well as Christian Carion's L'Affaire Farewell, Dev Benegal's Road Movie, Claire McCarthy's The Waiting City, Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria and He Ping's Wheat. Special Presentations will also include the North American premieres of John Hillcoat's The Road, »

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The Road added to already amazing Tiff lineup

13 August 2009 10:17 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Yes there are other films we're excited to see in this final Tiff line-up announcement - Alejandro Amenábar's Agora, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done by Werner Herzog - but let's face it the chance to see John Hillcoat's adaptation of the The Road two months early is just so damn cool that we had to give it top billing here.

You can check out the full Galas and Special Presentation line-ups after the break, or learn more about the entire festival over at the official Tiff site.

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Agora Alejandro Amenábar, Spain

North American Premiere

In the fourth century, while Egypt was under the Roman Empire, violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the city’s famous library. Trapped inside its walls, the brilliant astronomer Hypatia (Rachel Weisz) and her disciples fight to save the wisdom of the ancient world. Among »

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Even More Openly Gay Directors Claim Actors Should Stay Closeted

20 July 2009 2:50 PM, PDT | Movieline | See recent Movieline news »

There's something about Outfest this year that has participants kinda sorta ignoring the "Out" part. First, openly gay director Todd Holland recommended that "young, gay male actors" ought to stay in the closet (oldies, fatties, and ladies need not listen, we're guessing), an assertion he had to walk back days later. Now, The Opposite of Sex director Don Roos is throwing his hat in the ring. »

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News: Blanchett attached to Indian Summer / Portman to star in Thor and much more / Bridget Jones #3 in the works? / Emily Blunt to star opposite Damon in Adjustment Bureau

20 July 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

Variety reports that Cate Blanchett is set to star as Lady Edwina Mountbatten in Joe Wright's Indian Summer [1].  The film will follow the critical events during India's Independence from England.  Lord Mountbatten [2](with Edwina in tow) is sent to oversee the transfer of power to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru [3]in the summer of 1947.  The script will be penned by William Nickolson (Elisabeth the Golden Age, Gulp!)  Universal will distribute as filming begins early next year, with a release date that is likely to coincide with the 2010 awards season. Natalie Portman looks like Hollywood's hardest working star with seven upcoming productions between now and 2011.  Later this year she will be in Don Roos' comedy Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Mira Nair's segment in the star studded anthology New York, I Love You, and Jim Sheridan's Oscar pony Brothers.  For 2010 there is the drama Hesher opposite »

- Anthony Nicholas

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Natalie Portman Cast as Jane Foster in Thor!

13 July 2009 8:33 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Marvel Studios announced today that Academy Award&#174 nominated actress Natalie Portman has been cast to star as Jane Foster in the studio's highly anticipated movie Thor.

In the early Thor comics, Jane Foster was a nurse who became Thor's first love. The character will be updated for the feature adaptation.

Portman will star opposite Chris Hemsworth who will play Thor and Tom Hiddleston who will play the villain Loki. Kenneth Branagh will direct the film.

Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige will produce Thor. Principal photography for the film is set for early 2010. The film will be released in the Us on May 20, 2011 and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of super hero: Thor. This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful »

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Signatures: Lisa Kudrow

13 July 2009 3:06 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Adam of Club Silencio here with another look at my favorite actresses and their distinguishing claims to fame.

Dede: God. How does a woman get so bitter?

Lucia: Observation.

--The Opposite of Sex (1998)

My own bitter observation: "TV actresses" never get the love they deserve until they make that stealthy transition to the silver screen. Some may never get their due respect; like a Sarah Michelle Gellar - whose physical, comic and crushing turn as Buffy would ascend the cinematic heights of... magic crustaceans and dead Japanese kids baring the grudge of a Hollywood remake. (That was Bitter Observation #2.) For every damning P.S. I Love You, there's still Lisa Kudrow's savory sense of humor underlying all that manufactured bliss - and Hilary Swank being "girly and fun" (no one's buying it Warner Brothers.) Kudrow's characters balance well between TV and film. Either they're so confidently clueless that they couldn't care less, »

- Adam

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Natalie Portman Is ‘Jane Foster’ in ‘Thor’

13 July 2009 11:17 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

Its Monday so it must be time for some more casting news, right? First, we had the the big news on Friday about Ryan Reynolds being cast as Green Lantern. Now, word comes from Marvel Studios own virtual lips that The Flickcast favorite Natalie Portman has been cast in the pivotal role of Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming big-screen adaption of Thor. Want to know more? Thought so.

Here’s all the info from Marvel Studios’ official press release:

Marvel Studios announced today that Academy Award® nominated actress Natalie Portman has been cast to star as Jane Foster in the studio’s highly anticipated movie Thor. In the early Thor comics, Jane Foster was a nurse who became Thor’s first love. The character will be updated for the feature adaptation. Portman will star opposite Chris Hemsworth who will play Thor and Tom Hiddleston who will play the villain Loki. »

- Joe Gillis

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Lisa Kudrow’s ‘Web Therapy’ Back For Season 2, Courteney Cox Jumps In

23 June 2009 11:11 AM, PDT | Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news »

Lisa Kudrow's Streamy-nominated web series Web Therapy is coming back for a second season today on LStudio.com. Kudrow returns as online therapist Fiona Wallice known for her curt, questionably-legal three-minute patient sessions via iChat. A second season, even for a web series, means plenty of notable guest stars, including Kudrow's former Friends co-star Courtney Cox, who joins the cast for a few "sessions." Her three-episode run will debut on July 6th. Also on the chat-couch this time are Alan Cumming, Steven Weber, Julie Claire, Dan Bucatinsky, and Victor Garber. Kudrow has apparently been loving the chance to call her own shots with the project, as she once again works with producing partners Dan Bucatinsky and Don Roos (who also directs the series) at Is it or Isn’t It Entertainment. Possibly Related News:Lisa Kudrow’s ‘Web Therapy’ Headlines Lexus’ L Studio LaunchFriday Rewind: Tubefilter News of the »

- Marc Hustvedt

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'Friends' Actresses Reunite Online

23 June 2009 9:37 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

The women of the hit NBC show "Friends" are planning a reunion on the Internet. Courteney Cox will guest star on Lisa Kudrow's online comedy series "Web Therapy," according to The Hollywood Reporter. The automobile manufacturer Lexus is behind the series that is already in its second season. Cox begins with the series on July 6 and plays a psychic who has lost her supernatural abilities. THR reports this is a "comic wink" to Cox's sister-in-law Patricia Arquette who plays a similar role on the show "Medium." The web series is directed by Don Roos who also wrote the screenplay for 'Marley and Me' that starred "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston.

[Read full story on The Insider]

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- TheInsider

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