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It's true: Dakota Fanning has been offered a role in New Moon. — Entertainment Weekly Samantha Who? has been bumped for The Bachelor but will have Angie Harmon in the cast when it returns. — TV Guide Tom Wilkinson and Jim Belushi are rounding out the cast of Roman Polanski's The Ghost. — ComingSoon Hooray, an actors' strike is looking way, way less likely. — AP ABC has piked up a Read more
Clive Owen is in talks to star in a movie titled Cartagena as an undercover agent amid Colombian drug cartels. — Hollywood Reporter The Screen Actors Guild has delayed a vote that could call for a strike until at least Jan. 14. — The New York Times Tina Fey has been voted the AP's entertainer of the year. — AP America's Best Dance Crew will return to MTV on Jan. 15 for season three. — Read more
The stage musical version of Irving Berlin's White Christmas will come to Broadway this Winter, offering seasonal competition to The Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. — Variety Shopgirl director Anand Tucker will direct Amy Adams in the Dublin-set romantic comedy Leap Year. — ComingSoon The Screen Actors Guild will ask its members to authorize a possible strike. — Read more
I've been trying to ignore reports that the Screen Actors Guild, which represents 120,000 actors, could go on strike. Just not listening. If I don't pay attention, they'll go away, right? La la la . . . Except, well, those reports just keep rolling in. Come Monday (June 30), SAG's contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (yup, the same group the writers struck Read more
Viggo Mortensen is currently in Spain starring in a production of Purgatorio, but his A Dangerous Method just opened here in the US to quite good reviews. We had a chance to ask Viggo about tackling the role of Sigmund Freud opposite Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley. He also gave us some random tidbits about his life like his favorite books and holiday dishes, and even spoke about working Read more
Although Dumb and Dumber is one of my all-time favorite movies, the news that a Dumb and Dumber sequel is moving forward doesn't make me happy; it just makes me cringe. Writers have been hired for the script of the follow-up to the '90s comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, though neither of them have officially committed to it yet. I won't worry too much until the actors sign on, but I Read more
Claire Danes strikes a bold pose for the latest issue of Emmy Magazine, the official publication of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which hits newsstands Sept. 13. Claire went on a winning streak during last year's awards season that began with her outstanding lead actress in a miniseries Emmy win for her role in Temple Grandin. She went on to earn a Golden Globe and SAG statue Read more
Matt Damon stars in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, which is out in the US on Sept. 9. He was at a press conference in LA last weekend chatting about what it was like to work with both Steven and writer Scott Z. Burns. Matt also touched on his personal life, revealing a funny nickname that he earned from wife Luciana because of his overprotective tendencies. The actor also spoke about getting Read more
Jake Gyllenhaal made his way to his car in Beverly Hills yesterday with a handful of candy. The actor may have been indulging with some sweets, but he's been keeping his body in shape for his latest role as a police officer in End of Watch with regular boxing and karate lessons. Despite his solid physique, a picture that claimed to be of Jake striking a pose in a pair of tighty-whities this week Read more
Sarah Jessica Parker posed for Marie Claire's 2011 September issue in a bold, colorblocked dress. The actress's latest movie, I Don't Know How She Does It, hits theaters the same month. The comedy, which also stars Christina Hendricks, Pierce Brosnan, and Busy Philipps, tackles the challenges that working moms face as they try to juggle it all. It's a theme SJP can relate to as a mom of three and Read more
