Earlier this week, I flew to Clearwater, Florida to interview Morgan Freeman about his reprised role in the Dolphin Tale 2, the second part of the story of Dolphin Winter, who had a mechanical tail fitted to her body after she lost her own in a entanglement in a fishing net. In this sequel, Winter … Continue reading Morgan Freeman: Anger over the killing of a black teenager is justified – Interview
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Jane Campion to lead Cannes Film Festival jury
New Zealander filmmaker Jane Campion is to lead the 2014 Cannes Film Festival competition jury, which will be tasked in handing out the prestigious Palm D’or and other top prizes to the approximately 20 competing films. Campion was thrilled to receive this honour, she said in a statement posted on the festival’s website. “It is … Continue reading Jane Campion to lead Cannes Film Festival jury
James Gandolfini has passed away
Actor James Gandolfini has died at the age of 51, according to HBO. The Sopranos star was on a vacation in Italy at the time. Gandolfini shot to fame playing a hitman in 1993 hit True Romance, and quickly became a Hollywood legend when he portrayed Tony Soprano in 1999, for which he won 3 … Continue reading James Gandolfini has passed away
The madness of The Dictator of Wadiya
Since his emergence on Channel 4 in 2000, Sacha Baron Cohen has entertained and shocked the world with his unpredictable antics, as he impersonated three distinct personalities: youth show host and wannabe rapper ?Ali G;? sexist, racist and homophobic Kazakhstan TV personality ?Borat;? and flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter ?Bruno.? His creations shared a similar … Continue reading The madness of The Dictator of Wadiya
Toront -3: Colin Firth, Javier Bardem…
9 am: An interview with Andrew Garfield Andrew has recently starred in the British film, Never Let Me Go, alongside Carry Mulligan and Kira Knightly. This young, solemn and articul...
Toronto -2 Ben Affleck, Ed Norton and 127 hours
8 am. Following a breakfast at Four Seasons hotel, the stars of the new Ben Affleck's film “The Town,” marched one by one to talk about it. There was Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner Rebecca ...
Toronto 1 –
I rushed to Marriott Yorkville hotel, where I checked in and dropped my packages. In my room, I found a gift bag from Warners, welcoming me in Toronto. It was nice, but I didn't’t have...
PI 2009 ends with a blast in a glitzy party courtesy of Vanity Fair
Project Involve fellows, glamorously dressed, arrived in their unglamorous cars to the Vanity Fair party in Western Hotel, Beverly Hills, where our short films would be screened, and th...
Project Involve (LA): An Evening with Editor Jon Poll
Jon has been in the Hollywood system, since 1982. After graduating from the USC film school, he wanted to direct, but for financial and practical reasons he ended up Editing, and he nev...
Project Involve: A screening, lunch and meetings at Fox studios
We were invited by Fox studios, in West LA, to attend a screening of a Fox film, “La Misma Luna”, and a lunch with the writer/producer Ligiah Villalobos and Fox’s Programming Vice presi...
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