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Can the big screen withstand the combined star power of Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep? The actresses are teaming up for a film version of the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning play August: Osage County. Frankly, we might as well just hand them Oscar nominations now. The play follows Violet (Streep), the pill-popping matriarch of a working-class family with three daughters. When her husband goes Read more
Brian Austin Green has been cast on Smallville as the DC Comics villain Metallo. — TV Guide The date for the Primetime Emmys has changed again: the awards show is returning to the original airdate of Sept. 20 to avoid a conflict with the MTV Video Music Awards. — Reuters Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, and Cam Gigandet will star in The Experiment, a remake of the German Read more
The critically acclaimed and insanely well-received Broadway show August: Osage County will be adapted for film, with the playwright Tracy Letts on board to write the screenplay. The show took home five Tony awards and a Pulitzer prize. Variety continues: August follows one volatile Oklahoma family in the aftermath of its patriarch's unexplained disappearance. Clocking in at more than three Read more
It was Broadway's turn in the spotlight on Sunday as the 2008 Tony Awards took over Radio City Music Hall. Whoopi Goldberg — in her Christian Siriano-designed dress! — presided over the ceremony, which saw In the Heights take home the award for Best Musical and August: Osage County named Best Play. To see a full list of the night's winners, just read more Read more
Julia Roberts wore a bikini over the weekend for a swim! She was off on a family vacation with her husband Danny Moder and their three children, Hazel, Phinnaeus, and Henry in Hawaii. The 44-year-old Mirror Mirror star treated herself to the family getaway during her children's Spring break. It also happened to coincide with the conclusion of her press duties for her Snow White picture, which hit Read more
