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Streep and Roberts Join Forces For August: Osage County

Lauren Bradshaw — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:30:52 PDT

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 missing, the kids come together for support (Roberts will play Violet's bullheaded eldest, who is coping with her own marital problems). Family secrets are revealed, and as sometimes happens when you put a mom and her daughters in one room, they give each other quite the tongue-lashing. Roberts and Streep duking it out? This is going to be one for the history books.

Buzz News Roundup, 6/19

BuzzSugar — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:30:32 PDT

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 psychological thriller Das Experiment. - ComingSoon
The Travel Channel has picked up The Streets of America: The Search for America's Worst Driver, a reality competition series where motorists compete for the title of "worst driver." - The Hollywood Reporter
The Pulitzer- and Tony-winning Broadway play August: Osage County will close June 28. - Variety
A remake of the Michael J. Fox's Teen Wolf is in early development at Warner Bros. - Moviehole
MGM has hired Mike Mitchell to direct the live-action fantasy Once Upon a Time . . . - ComingSoon
Sony Pictures Classics will release Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, which won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, on Christmas Day. - Variety

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Tony Winner August: Osage County Headed for the Big Screen

BuzzSugar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:35:13 PDT

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 hours, the play began to attract buzz during its preem at the Steppenwolf Theater last summer.

There have been no discussions about cast, but producer Jean Doumanian has said, "So many actors and stars have come to see it on Broadway, and we've gotten inquiries. People are enthusiastic about the film version."

It's strange, I've heard nothing but gushing praise for this play from multiple people in the past month or so - and now it's going to be a movie. Have you seen August: Osage County? What did you think?

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Announcing the Winners: The 2008 Tony Awards

BuzzSugar — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:55:12 PDT

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

BEST MUSICAL
In the Heights

BEST PLAY
August: Osage County

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL
South Pacific

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY
Boeing-Boeing

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL
Passing Strange, Stew

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (MUSIC AND/OR LYRICS) WRITTEN FOR THE THEATER
In the Heights, Music & Lyrics: Lin-Manuel Miranda

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Mark Rylance, Boeing-Boeing

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Deanna Dunagan, August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Paulo Szot, South Pacific

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Patti LuPone, Gypsy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Jim Norton, The Seafarer

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Rondi Reed, August: Osage County

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Boyd Gaines, Gypsy

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Laura Benanti, Gypsy

BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Bartlett Sher, South Pacific

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Andy Blankenbuehler, In the Heights

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS
Alex Lacamoire and Bill Sherman, In the Heights

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY
Todd Rosenthal, August: Osage County

BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Micheal Yeargan, South Pacific

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A PLAY
Katrina Lindsay, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Catherine Zuber, South Pacific

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY
Kevin Adams, The 39 Steps

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Donald Holder, South Pacific

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY
Mic Pool, The 39 Steps

BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL
Scott Lehrer, South Pacific

SPECIAL TONY AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THEATER
Stephen Sondheim

REGIONAL THEATER TONY AWARD
Chicago Shakespeare Theater

SPECIAL TONY AWARD
Robert Russell Bennett

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Julia Roberts Flaunts Her Bikini Body on a Family Vacation

Allie Merriam — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:01:49 PDT

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 theaters on March 30. Over the holiday, the movie came in fifth at the box office with just over $11 million.

There's more film work to come in Julia's future as well. She's signed on to star in A Normal Heart, another project with her Eat Pray Love director Ryan Murphy. Also, Julia will team up with Meryl Streep in the big-screen version of the hit play August: Osage County.