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- Is there gender inequality in Pixar films? — Cinematical
- The story behind United States of Tara's cool opening credits. — Pop Candy
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Buzz News Roundup, 2/11
- The upcoming movie The Soloist is inspiring at least 174 orchestras in 46 states to participate in food drives. — AP
- Showtime has renewed United States of Tara for a second season. — Variety
- In other renewal news, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, and Brothers and Sisters are rumored to be getting early pickups from ABC.
Rosemarie DeWitt on Being an In-Demand Screen Sister
Depending on your attitude, Rosemarie DeWitt either has great luck or terrible luck with on-screen sisters. She recently starred as Rachel opposite Anne Hathaway's Kym in Rachel Getting Married, and now she's the foil to Toni Collette's Tara in United States of Tara, which just premiered to strong ratings. At TCA, I chatted with DeWitt about her film families, how she got the Tara gig, and how much Rachel was like a real wedding.
Five Essential Things to Know About United States of Tara
United States of Tara is one of the most unusual shows to hit TV in a while — even for Showtime, home of drug-dealing moms and sympathetic serial killers. First imagined by Steven Spielberg, created by Diablo Cody, and brought to life by a cast led by Toni Collette and John Corbett, the show centers on a suburban housewife named Tara who is living with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which causes alternate personalities to emerge when she's under stress. The show premieres on Sunday, and today, the cast and producers stopped by TCA.
Watch The United States of Tara — Right Here!
One of my dozen reasons to watch TV this month, Showtime's The United States of Tara sounds like a fascinating series. From Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Toni Collette, the show is a half-hour comedy about a subject that's not often fodder for yuks: multiple personalities.
Collette stars as a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, which causes her to experience life as a number of different people: Tara, the suburban housewife and mother; T, a flirtatious teenager; Buck, a gun-toting man; and Alice, a perfect '50s-style homemaker.
First Look: Nurse Jackie and The United States of Tara
Showtime's got several intriguing new shows on its roster, and recently, the network released first glimpses of two of them: The United States of Tara and Nurse Jackie, both of which have intriguing actresses in the lead roles.
The United States of Tara, which premieres in January, stars Toni Collette as a woman with multiple-personality disorder. The clip has some scenes from the show, and in between those, the stars (and writer Diablo Cody) talk about how the project came together out of an idea from Steven Spielberg.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/1
- Showtime has set January premiere dates for the final season of The L Word and the Diablo Cody series The United States of Tara. — Zap2it
- Michael Sheen is the latest to join Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland movie. — Variety
- Pineapple Express director David Gordon Green is writing an animated comedy pilot for Fox.
TCA Tidbits: Bluths, The Ex List, Showtime Series, and More!
Wow, that was one whirlwind weekend here at the TCA press tour. CBS, Showtime, The CW, and NBC's cable networks have all been on stage, plus the Television Critics Association took a break from the panels to deliver some honors of its own. I've heard lots about the new 90210, been bowled over by the hilarity of The Ex List's showrunner, and heard references to The Wire and Arrested Development — in the same session!
Buzz News Roundup, 6/4
- Leelee Sobieski is the lucky actress who will play Dillinger's girlfriend in Public Enemies, writes Variety. Dillinger, mind you, is being played by Johnny Depp.
- Actor, filmmaker and one-time husband to Audrey Hepburn Mel Ferrer has died at age 90, Zap2It reports.
- Variety has the news that Bruce Willis will star in a film adaptation of the video game Kane and Lynch: Dead Men.
- Showtime has picked up Diablo Cody's TV show, The United States of Tara starring Toni Collette, writes TV Week.
- According to Hollywood Reporter, Scarface director Brian De Palma will spearhead a film about the Boston Stranglers.
- Billboard has some details on the new Calexico album, which hits stores in September.
- Andre Braugher has been cast in Ray Romano's TNT pilot about 40-something men, writes Zap2it.
- According to ComingSoon, Ed Helms has landed himself two new movie roles — one in the Night at the Museum sequel, and another in the indie comedy Manure.
- Pushing Daisies has topped an AOL poll of the best new TV series of 2007-08, writes Reuters; Gossip Girl was second.
Buzz News Roundup, 10/19
- According to Reuters, there will be a remake of The Birds, with Naomi Watts rumored to star. FYI: The original Hitchcock version will air on AMC this weekend!
- Variety reports that the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie will open in May 2009.
- Toni Collette will star in The United States of Tara, a Showtime comedy pilot about a woman with multiple-personality disorder from Steven Spielberg and Juno writer Diablo Cody, writes The Hollywood Reporter.
- Ugly Betty will be getting a visit from Betty White, and The Futon Critic has all the details on her appearance.
- ComingSoon reports that Woody Allen's Barcelona project has a title: icky Cristina Barcelona.
- Billboard has the news that Radiohead will hit the road for a tour in 2008.
- The Hold Steady, Bruce Springsteen, and KT Tunstall are among the artists with songs on a new Hard Rock charity compilation, Pitchfork reports.
- Stephen Colbert's run for president might violate election laws, writes The Politico.
- The AP has news that Roger Ebert will be honored at the Gotham Awards for "championing independent cinema."
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