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Kevin Costner, director Phil Alden Robinson at Field Of Dreams Screening
18 December 2009 1:09 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented a screening of the supernatural baseball drama on Wednesday, December 16, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Back in 1989, Field of Dreams, in which a farmer builds (a baseball field) so they’ll come ("they" being the Shoeless Joe Jackson and the other seven banned Chicago White Sox players), was nominated for three Academy Awards: best picture, best original screenplay, and best original score (James Horner). Based on W.P. Kinsella’s short novel, the film stars Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Burt Lancaster, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones. Field of Dreams was also part of a [...] »
- Joan Lister
Tiger Woods and His Ladies Are Pure Class
10 December 2009 8:30 AM, PST | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »
Are y'all ready for a lesson in elegance? We hope so, because Tiger Woods and his army of alleged paramours are spreading it all over the Internet today. The first case study in classiness comes from cocktail waitress and Tool Academy alum Jaimee Grubbs, who solidifies her place in the Miss Manners Hall of Fame by giving Us Magazine a handful of sexy text messages she claims to have exchanged with Woods. The exchanges are presented below, without commentary because they pretty much speak for themselves. (Helpful hint: They're a lot classier if you picture James Earl Jones' voice in »
- Celebuzz
As the World Turns to stop spinning after 54 years
9 December 2009 5:01 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Time has run out for As the World Turns, with the evergreen soapie to wrap up after 54 years. Still, fans who have grown up with the show have 10 months to ready themselves for life without it, with CBS announcing the last episode will air in September. Shining lights over the years have included Julianne Moore, Marisa Tomei, Meg Ryan, James Earl Jones and Parker Posey (pictured). Observers say the show's demise reflects a loss in ratings for daytime soaps. The audience for World has fallen from 6.5 million to 2.5 million. 'It's extremely difficult to say goodbye to a long-running series that's been close to our hearts for so long,' »
- Philippa Bourke / Splash News
Cynopsis 12/9/09
9 December 2009 12:00 AM, PST | Cynopsis.com/ | See recent Cynopsis news »
After 54 years, CBS canceled the long-running daytime drama As the World Turns. The soap will air its final episode in September 2010. Procter and Gamble's TeleNext Media, producer of Atwt, said in a statement it is looking for a new home for the show. Brian T. Cahill, Svp/Managing Director at TeleNext Media said, "We are proactively seeking a new outlet to carry the show, and are open to exploring innovative formats and relationships that will enable the future success of Atwt." In the meantime, CBS will likely replace Atwt's daytime time slot with a talk show or a game show. During its storied 54-year history and 13,000+ episodes, Atwt won 58 Daytime Emmy awards and also launched the careers of such notable actors as Dana Delaney, James Earl Jones, Parker Posey, Meg Ryan and Marisa Tomei. Atwt, created by Irna Phillips, premiered on April 2, 1956 as a half-hour soap, expanding to a full hour in 1975.
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- cynthia@cynopsis.com
As The World Turns Axed By TV Network Bosses
8 December 2009 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Long-running U.S. daytime soap opera As The World Turns is looking for a new home - it's been dropped by CBS network bosses after 54 years.
TV executives have cancelled the show and the final episode will air in September.
Executive producer Chris Goutman says, "Throughout our history, As the World Turns has remained dedicated to sharing compelling stories that have entertained fans for more than five decades. We are disappointed and saddened by the news that the show is not being renewed."
A show source reveals the programme's bosses are seeking "a new outlet to carry the show".
The daily soap helped launch the careers of stars like Marisa Tomei, Dana Delany, James Earl Jones, Julianne Moore, Parker Posey and Meg Ryan. »
As the World Stops Turning After 54 Years
8 December 2009 11:46 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online - Movies and Television news »
What we want to know is, is this the work of CBS or CBS' evil twin? Generations of kids faking sick days and bonbon-eating housewives have gone into mourning, as the network has called time on As the World Turns, canceling the sudsy staple after 54 years. The show premiered in 1956 and helped launch the careers of Marisa Tomei, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Julianne Moore, Martin Sheen and James Earl Jones, among others. Its final episode will air next September. "We are disappointed and saddened by the news that the show is not being renewed," Atwt executive producer Chris Goutman said in a statement. "It will certainly be a loss for all of us, and for the show's loyal »
As the World Stops Turning After 54 Years
8 December 2009 11:46 AM, PST | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
What we want to know is, is this the work of CBS or CBS' evil twin? Generations of kids faking sick days and bonbon-eating housewives have gone into mourning, as the network has called time on As the World Turns, canceling the sudsy staple after 54 years. The show premiered in 1956 and helped launch the careers of Marisa Tomei, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Julianne Moore, Martin Sheen and James Earl Jones, among others. Its final episode will air next September. "We are disappointed and saddened by the news that the show is not being renewed," Atwt executive producer Chris Goutman said in a statement. "It will certainly be a loss for all of us, and for the show's loyal »
As the World Turns to End Its 54-Year Spin
8 December 2009 11:10 AM, PST | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
The sun won't rise on the citizens of Oakdale, Ill., come 2011 - the soap opera As the World Turns will be end its 54-year-run in September 2010, CBS announced Tuesday. Bowed down by declining ratings among daytime soaps in general, the longrunning series, which is filmed in New York City, will draw the curtains for the final time on Sept. 17. Only three months ago - and almost exactly a year before that, on Sept. 18, 2009 - the 72-year-old soap Guiding Light broadcast its final episode. Many of the castmembers of As the World Turns have gone on to have notable careers in film, »
Interview: Robert Sean Leonard of Hugh Laurie’s ‘House M.D.’ on Self-Titled Episode ‘Wilson’
30 November 2009 11:44 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Robert Sean Leonard, who plays Dr. James Wilson on “House M.D.” (and the best friend of Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie as Dr. Gregory House), describes himself as less than ambitious with his career and even “lazy” in an interview with HollywoodChicago.com’s presence. He’s also remembered for his role on “Dead Poet’s Society”.
Tonight’s self-titled episode “Wilson,” which is episode nine of season six, puts Robert Sean Leonard more in the spotlight than fans are used to seeing him. The episode, which airs on Nov. 30, 2009 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt on Fox, is an intense examination into Wilson’s world when it’s not involving House.
“House M.D.” stars Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer and Olivia Wilde from creator David Shore. Tonight’s episode synopsis follows and then the Robert Sean Leonard interview follows thereafter.
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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Photo Flash: The Cast of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof at the Novello Theatre
27 November 2009 5:51 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
Following its sold-out run on Broadway, the explosive 2008 production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning classic Cat On A Hot Tin Roof will be opening in London's West End in December this year. Featuring a dynamic all-star cast led by Academy Award® nominee and two-time Tony winner James Earl Jones, Tony Award® winner Phylicia Rashad, Olivier Award winner Adrian Lester and Tony Award® nominee Sanaa Lathan. »
Jones Defends All-black Stage Cast
25 November 2009 8:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Veteran star James Earl Jones has defended his casting in a traditionally white role for a new West End version of Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, insisting he can relate to his character as well as any other actor.
The Coming to America star is set to play Big Daddy in the London run of Tennessee Williams' iconic play, which centres on a rich but troubled American family who struggle to cope with the changes taking place in 1950s Southern society.
The piece was originally written for white actors to play the roles, as the U.S. Civil Rights movement had only just begun at the time Williams penned the piece in 1955.
But Jones is adamant the cast, which features black actors in all four leading roles for the first time, can do the play justice.
He tells Britain's Guardian newspaper, "We're not doing anything to this play that a white family, or a Chinese family, wouldn't do.
"I am a redneck, too. I am a Mississippi farm person. I can be foul-mouthed, I can be inarticulate. It's just that my neck doesn't get red.
"I've always felt that I understood Big Daddy more than the average northern-American Caucasian actor." »
James Earl Jones: 'I'm a redneck'
25 November 2009 2:46 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
James Earl Jones has defended the all-black casting of the current West End adaptation of Tennessee Williams's Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. The Lion King and Star Wars actor plays Big Daddy in the production, which sold out on Broadway before its transfer to London. Jones told The Guardian: "We're not doing anything to this play that a white family, or a Chinese family, wouldn't do. "I am a redneck, too. I am a Mississippi farm person. I can be foul-mouthed, I can be inarticulate. It's just that my neck doesn't (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
James Earl Jones: confessions of Big Daddy
23 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
James Earl Jones has been breaking down barriers since the 1950s. As he prepares to star in an all-black Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, he tells Maddy Costa about his absent father, elderly sex – and why his stutter was his salvation
The septuagenarian walking slowly through the Novello theatre in London looks like an archetypal American tourist. Tall and wide, he wears a puffy gilet that makes him seem even bulkier, while a faded baseball cap shades his face. Yet this ordinary-looking man is one of America's pre-eminent actors: James Earl Jones. Over the last 50 years, he has won two Tony awards (playing a boxer in The Great White Hope, and for his role in August Wilson's Fences), an Oscar nomination (for the film of The Great White Hope), as well as multiple Emmy nominations and awards for his TV work.
You wouldn't know any of this to look at him, »
- Maddy Costa
Jennifer Hudson Takes on Winnie Mandela
18 November 2009 6:45 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Jennifer Hudson, the multitalented performer who was once a finalist on American Idol and is now a sought-after Oscar winner, will be starring in a biopic about Winnie Mandela, based on the book Winnie Mandela: A Life. Mandela, the ex-wife of South African President Nelson Mandela, is a controversial figure; although she's a stalwart activist against apartheid, with some calling her the Mother of the Nation, she has also been embroiled in several scandals, both of the personal and political nature. Perhaps most controversial was her association with a former bodyguard who was charged with the murder of a kidnapped 14-year-old. She was also charged with bank fraud in 2001; as the New York Times wrote, "there is no doubt that the woman who was once celebrated as a heroine of the anti-apartheid struggle has become mired in a particularly sticky set of financial and political troubles."
According to Variety, »
- Jenni Miller
Denzel Washington Climbs Fences for Broadway
11 November 2009 12:32 AM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Though he's still having a great run with film, Denzel Washington has agreed to return to Broadway for Fences, the Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson play.
Denzel Returns to Broadway for Fences
Washington will begin rehearsing this February as Troy Maxson, the role originated by James Earl Jones. If all goes to plan, the play will open in April with Kenny Leon pulling the strings (as director).
Scott Rudin and Carole Shorenstein Hays will produce. Hays produced Julius Caesar, in which Washington played Brutus in his last Broadway turn in 2005. »
Washington Returning To Broadway
10 November 2009 2:01 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Denzel Washington is returning to Broadway next spring - in an upcoming revival of Tony Award-winning play Fences.
Washington will take to the New York stage in April in the August Wilson play, which centres around U.S. race-relations in the 1950s.
The original 1987 production starred James Earl Jones as patriarch Troy Maxson, Mary Alice as his wife and Courtney B. Vance as his son. It won both the Tony Award for best play and the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Washington was last on Broadway in 2005 in a revival of Julius Caesar, in which he played Brutus.
The new production will be directed by Kenny Leon, who directed Wilson's Radio Golf and Gem of the Ocean on Broadway. »
Zakes Mokae obituary
10 November 2009 10:45 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
South African actor who helped break the taboos of apartheid
On a steamy evening in a rundown Johannesburg club in September 1961, two actors premiered The Blood Knot, a play about brothers with different fathers, both men black but one light enough to enter white society. For each of them, the black actor Zakes Mokae, who has died aged 75, and the white playwright Athol Fugard, the night launched their careers. Fugard's play toured South Africa for six months, and although he travelled first-class on the train while Mokae travelled third, the two had broken a taboo by being the first black and white actors to appear on a public stage in apartheid South Africa. The success of The Blood Knot brought Fugard to international attention and kickstarted Mokae's long and varied career in theatre, film and television.
Mokae was born and grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, the son of a policeman and a housemaid. »
House's Jesse Spencer on Chase's Guilt, Cameron's Exit and the New Team
8 November 2009 7:00 PM, PST | TVGuide - Breaking News | See recent TVGuide - Breaking News news »
Most of the medical cases on House begin and end in a single episode, no matter how perplexing, complicated or rare. All that changed this season with the arrival — and death — of President Diabla (James Earl Jones), an African dictator accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. Dr. Chase's (Jesse Spencer) faith pushed him to choose to save a country rather than save a patient, and his role in the dictator's death has rocked his...
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- Kate Stanhope
How to Write a Mission Statement That Isn't Dumb
4 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Illustration by Patrick Leger
Why most mission statements are dumb -- and how to write one that isn't.
Here are four mission statements. Two are from real organizations. Two were created by Dilbert's Automatic Mission Statement Generator. Can you guess which ones are genuine?
1. It is our job to continually foster world-class infrastructures as well as to quickly create principle-centered sources to meet our customer's needs.
2. Our challenge is to assertively network economically sound methods of empowerment so that we may continually negotiate performance-based infrastructures.
3. To improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities.
4. Respect, integrity, communication, and excellence.
Mission statements are like corporate Hallmark cards. Often written in a bland cursive font and plastered conspicuously at headquarters, these aspiring epigrams are pretty words in Air Supply -- like rhythm. Sometimes they're created at a retreat in the woods, between the trust fall and the passing of the speaking stick. »
- Nancy Lublin
Who's Going To Be The World Series Mvp? Forget A-Rod or A. J. Burnett, Give Me Willie Mays Hayes!
2 November 2009 3:30 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
So the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez was last night's World Series hero, knocking a ninth-inning double for the go-ahead run and a 3-1 series lead against the Phillies. In tonight's Game 5, A. J. Burnett looks to mirror his one-run gem from last week as he takes the mound at Citizens Bank Park. With the Yanks possibly locking up the Fall Classic in a matter of hours, either of these guys could end up nabbing the series' Mvp award. Or the Phils could stage a comeback powered by Game 1 gods, Chase Utley and Cliff Lee.
Whatever happens, though, I know one thing: I detest both these teams because I am a heart-broken Mets fan (is there any other kind?). That's why when I think about ballplayers these days, I tend to think about movies. Cinema has given us some of the best and silliest sluggers and hurlers imaginable, and it is these »
- Eric Ditzian
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