Discuss in Boards More at IMDb Pro Add to My Movies Update Data
Quicklinks
Top Links
trailers and videosfull cast and crewtriviaofficial sitesmemorable quotesOverview
main detailscombined detailsfull cast and crewcompany creditstv scheduleAwards & Reviews
user commentsexternal reviewsnewsgroup reviewsawardsuser ratingsparents guiderecommendationsmessage boardPlot & Quotes
plot summarysynopsisplot keywordsAmazon.com summarymemorable quotesFun Stuff
triviagoofssoundtrack listingcrazy creditsalternate versionsmovie connectionsFAQOther Info
merchandising linksbox office/businessrelease datesfilming locationstechnical specslaserdisc detailsDVD detailsliterature listingsNewsDeskPromotional
taglines trailers and videos posters photo galleryExternal Links
showtimesofficial sitesmiscellaneousphotographssound clipsvideo clipsNews for
Shakespeare in Love (1998) More at IMDbPro »
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
1-20 of 55 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
Jamie Foxx Bringing Back Wanda Is Nothing New: Here Are Five Other Cross-Dressing Oscar Winners
23 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Yesterday, I saw a lot of people calling for Jamie Foxx's Oscar to be revoked following the announcement that he and Martin Lawrence are confirmed for "Sheneneh and Wanda," a comedy in which the duo will play female bank robbers. Both roles are based on earlier cross-dressed characters from the actors' TV days (Lawrence's Sheneneh is from "Martin" and Foxx's Wanda is from "In Living Color"). Foxx, who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004 for "Ray" (he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor that same year for "Collateral), returning to this drag shtick seems like a huge step backward to a lot of people.
"Seems" is the key word here, though, because it doesn't have to be a regression. Plenty of Oscar-caliber actors have cross-dressed before and since being nominated and/or winning an Academy Award, and plenty of performers have won for dressing like the opposite sex. »
- Christopher Campbell
Gwyneth Paltrow joins Nicole Kidman in "The Danish Girl"
9 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
Variety is reporting that Gwyneth Paltrow has signed on to star opposite Nicole Kidman in The Danish Girl.
The film is about the first ever post-operative transgender person, Einar Wegener, and her wife, Greta, who stood by her side as she made the transition. Kidman will play Einar, and Paltrow is now set to play Gerda.
As we told you before, Charlize Theron had originally been in talks for the role of Gerda, but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. I'm a fan of Gwyneth's work, for the most part — including Shakespeare in Love where she dressed convincingly in drag, and her most recent film, Two Lovers — so I think she'll be great in the role.
The Danish Girl is being directed by Thomas Alfredson, who was behind the amazingly dark and beautiful vampire film, Let the Right One In, and the script is from Lucinda Coxon, adapted »
- Trish Bendix
Gwyneth Paltrow To Play Nicole Kidman's Wife In "The Danish Girl"
8 November 2009 10:17 PM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »
Gwyneth Paltrow is to play Nicole Kidman's wife. The "Iron Man" actress has signed on to replace Charlize Theron in "The Danish Girl," an adaptation of a novel about the first post-operative transsexual.
The film follows Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener who found success after Einar stood in for a female model that Greta was set to paint. As their work gained popularity, Greta encouraged her husband to continue to adopt a female guise.
This eventually led to Einar undergoing a sex change operation in 1931, shocking the world and threatening their marriage.
Anand Turker is set to direct the film, which screenwriter Lucinda Coxon is adapting from David Ebershoff's novel of the same name.
Nicole previously won an Oscar for playing a lesbian in "The Hours," while Gwyneth saw her character in "Shakespeare In Love" disguise herself as a man in order to fulfill her acting dreams. »
Let Me In Starts Shooting / Casting Update
2 November 2009 5:26 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Matt Reeves' remake of the acclaimed film Let the Right One In, now titled after the book that film was based upon, Let Me In, has begun shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The news broke today along with a quick casting update! Dig it!
From the Press Release:
Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. »
- Uncle Creepy
Let Me In Starts Production!
2 November 2009 10:21 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One in, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel, Lat den Ratte Komma In, by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, and is an English-language remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.
The filmmakers note that while the new film will »
'Let Me In' Commences Principal Photography
1 November 2009 10:10 PM, PST | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Overture Films reports that principal photography began today on Let Me In in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Writer/director Matt Reeves' (Cloverfield) adaptation of Let the Right One In stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer), who were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.
In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel, "Lat den Ratte Komma In", by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, and is an English-language remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.
According to the filmmakers, the new film »
Commentary: Bollywood deserves its own Oscar category
28 October 2009 5:49 PM, PDT | The Bollywood Ticket | See recent The Bollywood Ticket news »
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony in 2009 has been referred to as the "Indian Oscars" because the film 'Slumdog Millionaire' won eight awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film is set in India, the actors are Indian, one-third of the dialogue is in Hindi (one of India's many languages), and there's a Bollywood-style song at the end, but it is not, as many Americans believe, an Indian movie. The filmmakers, including the director Danny Boyle, are British. Only three of the film's eight Academy Awards went to Indians: legendary composer A.R. Rahman won Best Original Score, Rahman and lyricist Gulzar won Best Original Song, and Resul Pookutty won Best Sound Mixing—which is not to be confused with Best Sound Editing. Yes, there are two separate Academy Awards for sound production, as well as two awards for documentary, two awards for animation, and three awards for short film. »
Emmerich To Direct Shakespeare Thriller
22 October 2009 5:47 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Here are two names we never thought we’d see in the same sentence: Roland Emmerich and William Shakespeare.
In a collision of high and low culture that sounds like something The Onion might have cooked up, Emmerich, director of such cinema spectacles as 10,000 BC, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, and the upcoming 2012, is set to direct a movie about the great Bard.
The film, titled Anonymous, tackles the controversy over whether Shakespeare actually wrote all of the plays attributed to him. It’s no secret the prolific playwright lifted plotlines and characters from history (in the case of Julius Caesar, for example) or other sources (Romeo and Juliet was brought to the stage several times before Shakespeare’s version), but some literary historians claim the philosopher Francis Bacon or rival dramaturge Christopher Marlowe authored some, if not all, of Shakespeare’s works.
Emmerich’s Anonymous focuses on a »
- Brian Gresko
TV Recap: ‘FlashForward – Black Swan’
16 October 2009 11:15 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
This week’s episode opens on the day of the FlashForward in a park, with some weird-ass Bjork playing over the background. In this opening you witness everyone pass out, some planes explode and a bus drive into a pond. In the bus, the blacked out people are drowning except for one guy who rescues a blonde.
And now this guy, Ned, is at the hospital being interviewed for some internal bruising by Dr. Olivia Benford and her resident surgeon Bryce who before the blackout was trying to kill himself. Bryce asks what Ned saw in his flash forward which was seeing himself as a black man, which is pretty strange considering Ned is about as white as Kenneth the Page from 30 Rock.
Cut to back at the Benford house where Joseph Fiennes does some Dad-humor with an egg that I didn’t really understand and Olivia makes a crack »
- David Press
'FlashForward' Episode 1.04: 'Black Swan'
15 October 2009 8:15 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Episode Title: "Black Swan"
Written by: Lisa Zwerling and Scott M. Gimple
The Story: Agents Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) and Demetri Noh (John Cho) revisit an old lead in captured terror suspect Alda Hertzog (Rachel Roberts). Meanwhile, Mark's wife Olivia (Sonya Walger) and fellow surgeon Bryce (Zachary Knighton) have a nearly fatal disagreement over how to treat a patient based on his flash-forward.
The Most Profound Question Of All: Noh is destined to be murdered, but Benford believes he can prevent it. Bryce believes that his patient has a medical condition foretold by his flash-forward, but Olivia thinks that's ridiculous. Only one side of the argument can ultimately be right — either these flash-forwards are inevitable, or the future can be prevented. The most profound question of all isn't why the blackout happened, as Alda suggests, but whether or not the flash-forwards can be stopped. Do they have to happen just because they were foreseen? »
- Josh Wigler
Ryan Reynolds Will Don Drag To Get The Girl
15 October 2009 5:45 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
In today's story about a potential new role for Ryan Reynolds, Variety throws out the term "dude-in-drag romantic comedy" as if it's a genre that's well-established by now. Really, when was the last time we got one of those? In the last decade or so women have donned fake mustaches a handful of times to get the guy-- Ok, mostly Gwyneth in Shakespeare in Love and that one Amanda Bynes movie-- but the last time I can think of a guy in a dress getting the girl is Tootsie. And before that, Some Like it Hot-- and that really only worked out for Tony Curtis. But if there's any guy who can set off romantic sparks while wearing pearls, it's Reynolds, who could really do anything. Working Title tied for the comedy concept, which will be written by Allan Loeb, who wrote both Wall Street 2 and the Jennifer Aniston »
What are Your Guilty Pleasure Movies, but Don't Like to Admit It?
14 October 2009 12:38 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
I thought the response to my "Do You Ever Lie about the Movies You've Seen? " post was excellent, and on top of everything so many of you said, several new questions came as a result. One of them, offered by 'Steve Mott', asks the question in the headline: Do you have guilty pleasures you don't like to admit to?
Steve lists his guilty pleasure as 10 Things I Hate About You, a film I personally love and was just discussing recently with a friend when the topic of "Where the hell did Julia Stiles go?" came up. To that effect I also love Save the Last Dance and to answer the Stiles question before someone gets smart in the comments, yes, she has the Bourne films and wrote and directed a film starring Zooey Deschanel and has also been doing plenty of work on stage. Moving along...
Other personal »
- Brad Brevet
Dench Blasts Fame-hungry Actors
13 October 2009 1:21 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran actress Dame Judi Dench has scolded young actors for ignoring the theatre and seeking instant fame as movie stars.
The Shakespeare in Love star insists the new generation of performers needs to hone their skills by working in live productions rather than chasing big-screen stardom.
Speaking at the U.K.'s Cheltenham Literature Festival on Saturday, Dench told the audience, "The majority of young actors want to make a big impression in television or film straight away. I wish that young people now - and it's not very fashionable - learnt a bit about our fantastic heritage of theatre and the people who've gone before, learnt a bit about the history of the theatre, because it's phenomenal. It is nowhere better in the world than here.
"We have such a huge history of the most extraordinary performances and productions and directors and actors and designers, everything that I wish wasn't forgotten. It is not forgotten by a lot of people but it is forgotten by most young people coming up. There's always something to learn. It's so exciting to read about the history of other people in the part."
The 74 year old insists she improved by observing her co-stars from backstage, adding, "I never used to go to my dressing room. We used to always stand in the wings and watch other people." »
TV Recap: ‘Flash Forward’ Season 1, Episode 3
9 October 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »
As a new feature here on The Flickcast, Dave Press, who normally does our comic book recommendations, will be doing recaps of some of our favorite TV shows. Enjoy — Ed
The new Lost clone brought to us by Batman Begins writer David S. Goyer and Star Trek Deep Space Nine creator Brannon Braga is actually better than Lost. Which is really not hard to do. You know the premise: the entire planet blacks out for 137 seconds and everyone sees their individual futures for the date of April 29, 2010.
Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare himself from the Oscar winning Best Picture Shakespeare in Love, leads a team of FBI agents that includes Seth McFarlane and “New Sulu” John Cho, to investigate the blackouts.
The first episode starts with Fiennes and his team encountering their blackouts. Fiennes, in his blackout, sees his board in his office with various random and completely ridiculous names and numbers »
- David Press
Fiennes Thanks Stubble For Saving His Lip
1 October 2009 6:36 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Joseph Fiennes' lazy shaving habits helped paramedics save the actor's bottom lip after a surfing accident in Australia.
The Shakespeare In Love star got knocked out by his board and came to missing his lip.
He says, "The only way they could put my lip that came off back together was because they saw where the stubble ended, so they knew where it could be sewn back on." »
Paltrow Films Volunteer Advert
1 October 2009 9:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is spearheading a new campaign to encourage more people to volunteer.
The Shakespeare In Love star and her mother Blythe Danner have filmed a public service announcement (PSA), sponsored by charitable organisation Entertainment Industry Foundation and United Healthcare, urging people to help out in their communities.
Paltrow says, "The biggest blessing in life is to realise your personal power. Community work brings families closer together.
"Doing good for others, doing positive action always comes back around and enriches your life. It's the biggest gift you could give yourself. Please join us in volunteering." »
FlashForward's vision is to be the new Lost
30 September 2009 2:20 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Move over Lost, television's newest sci-fi drama FlashForward has arrived. And it seems to have viewers gripped.
Based on the 1999 novel by Robert J. Sawyer, the show began in the USA last Thursday and premiered in the UK on Monday night, with a repeat last night.
By now, you will either have watched it or heard all about it. But was it any good?
Here, The Geek Files flashes back over FlashForward's first episode. You can add your own verdict in the comments section...
Spoilers Ahead
The story begins with a mysterious event in which everyone on Earth simultaneously blacks out for 2minutes and 17seconds. We see the population waking up to find worldwide chaos and destruction on the streets, in hospitals, everywhere...
During that time, almost everyone sees visions of their lives at the same point six months in the future. We know it's the future because the »
- David Bentley
question of the day: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play?
28 September 2009 7:43 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Another question in honor of my trip to the once hometown of the Bard and the current base of the Royal Shakespeare company: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play? Consider the question as broadly as you like, but keep it limited to movies adapted from the plays, not movies about Shakespeare himself (so 10 Things I Hate About You counts, but Shakespeare in Love doesn’t.) »
- MaryAnn Johanson
'FlashForward' Series Premiere Channels 'Lost,' For Better Or Worse
24 September 2009 8:08 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
As an unabashed "Lost" fan, I can't help myself from acknowledging the undeniable similarities between the long-running J.J. Abrams-conceived television show and "FlashForward," the new ABC series that premiered earlier this evening. The David S. Goyer-helmed show clearly takes several cues from the J.J. Abrams-created "Lost," but none more obvious than its disaster-filled introductory sequence.
"FlashForward," like "Lost," focuses on a central premise: while not set on a remote island filled with dangerous, reality-bending mysteries, the world of "FlashForward" is no less curious. The entire human race seemingly blacks out at the exact same moment for the exact same length of time, with a vast majority experiencing a vision of their future six months from the incident.
Some members of the cast -- including "Harold & Kumar" veteran John Cho -- are not lucky enough to catch a glimpse into the future. Those characters presumably won't live long »
- Josh Wigler
Stoppard Lands Prestigious Japanese Arts Award
24 September 2009 3:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Celebrated British playwright Tom Stoppard has been awarded Japan's top arts prize, taking home a cheque worth $158,000 (£105,335).
The star was named among five recipients of the Praemium Imperiale, alongside Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel and fellow Brits Zaha Hadid, an architect, and sculptor Richard Long.
The prestigious accolade, which is supported by the country's imperial family, is one of the most lucrative honours in the arts world.
Stoppard is known for his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, as well as movie screenplays for films like the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love.
He will be presented with the award by Prince Hitachi, brother of Japan's Emperor Akihito, in a ceremony in Tokyo on 22 October. »
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998
1-20 of 55 articles from 2009 « Prev | Next »
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles. News articles are published for the entertainment of our users only. The news items do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the site responsible for the article in question to report any concerns you may have.
Home
| Search
| Site Index
| Now Playing
| Top Movies
| My Movies
| Top 250 |
TV
| News
| Video |
Message Boards
Register
| 
RSS
| Advertising
| Content Licensing
| Help
| Jobs
| IMDbPro
| IMDb Resume
| Box Office Mojo
| Withoutabox
| Follow us on Twitter
International Sites: IMDb Germany
| IMDb Italy
| IMDb Spain
Copyright © 1990-2009
IMDb.com, Inc.
Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.
An 
company.