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Amanda Peet And David Benioff Are Expecting Their Second Child
11 December 2009 3:21 AM, PST
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The ‘2012’ actress and her husband David Benioff already have a two-year-old daughter Frances Penn and will welcome the next addition to their family in the middle of next year.
Amanda – who married screenwriter David three years ago – has previously admitted motherhood was not what she expected.
She said: "One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be an extended, blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature to life. It's been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead, and to try not to be perfect myself."
Shortly after Frances’ birth, Amanda, 37, revealed David wanted two more children but she was happy to stick with just having just one more.
Amanda – who recently signed up to make a guest appearance on hit Us comedy ‘How I Met Your Mother’ - said: "He wants three but I’m old, I'm an old lady.
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Amanda Peet pregnant
11 December 2009 3:01 AM, PST
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Amanda Peet is pregnant with her second child. The '2012' actress and her husband David Benioff already have a two-year-old daughter Frances Penn and will welcome the next addition to their family in the middle of next year. Amanda - who married screenwriter David three years ago - has previously admitted motherhood was not what she expected. She said: "One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have. I thought it would be an extended, blissful romance with me at the helm, cuddling this little creature to life. It's been bittersweet and humbling to let her lead, and to try not to be perfect myself." Shortly after Frances' birth, Amanda, 37, revealed David wanted two more children
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Amanda Peet Pregnant With Second Baby
10 December 2009 7:24 PM, PST
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Amanda Peet, the co-star of John Cusack in "2012 (2009)", is pregnant again. Peet's representative confirmed to People that she is expecting her second child with screen-writer husband, David Benioff.
On Peet's pregnancy, her representative didn't give any further information, including her due date. The upcoming baby will join Peet's first daughter Frances Pen, who was born in February 2007.
Back in April in the same year Peet gave birth to Pen, the FBI Agent Dakota Whitney of "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" said, "I think we want more [kids]." She then added, "He [Benioff] wants three, but I'm old, I'm an old lady. Two is enough."
Amanda Peet has starred in several movies, including "Something's Gotta Give", "The Whole Ten Yards" and "Five Dollars a Day". Meanwhile, her husband David Benioff has written some movie screenplays, such as "Troy", "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", and "Brothers".
Peet and Benioff had dated for four years before deciding to tie the knot.
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Amanda Peet expecting second child
10 December 2009 7:05 PM, PST
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Amanda Peet of 2012 is expecting a second child with her screenwriter husband David Benioff, People reports. The couple have a daughter, Frances 'Frankie' Pen, who was born in February 2007. They have been married for three years. The actress, 37, shortly after the birth of Frankie (the Pen part of her name is after Peet's mother Penny) said her husband wanted more kids. She said: '[He] wants three, but I’m old, I’m an old lady. Two is enough.'
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Amanda Peet Pregnant With Second Child, Rep Confirms
10 December 2009 6:10 PM, PST
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A second child is on the way for Amanda Peet and her husband David Benioff. The 37-year-old movie beauty is carrying another bun in the oven, her representative confirms to Us Weekly exclusively. Further information, including a due date, isn't provided though.
Amanda Peet has been married to David Benioff, who is a screen writer, since September 30, 2006. Their first child, daughter Frances Pen, was born in February 2007. "I think we want more," Peet said shortly after giving birth to Pen. Benioff, she claimed, "wants three, but I'm old, I'm an old lady. Two is enough."
Kicking off her career in television commercials, Peet subsequently made her way to acting, scoring roles in a number of films and TV series. She is well known for her role as Jacqueline Jack Barrett in the WB series "Jack & Jill" (1999 - 2001). Most recently, Peet was seen starring in science fiction flick "2012 (2009)".
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Amanda Peet Expecting Her Second Child
10 December 2009 11:25 AM, PST
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There is much to be thankful for this holiday season for Amanda Peet and her husband of three years, writer David Benioff.
A rep for the 2012 actress confirms to People that she's pregnant with the couple's second child. Further information, including a due date, was not provided.
Baby-on-the-way will join 2½-year-old big sister Frances "Frankie" Pen, born in February 2007. So, will there be any more additions to the family after this? Not if Peet can help it.
"I think we want more," the actress, 37, told People shortly after Frankie's birth. Benioff, she says, "wants three, but I’m old, I’m an old lady.
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Amanda Peet Is Pregnant
10 December 2009 11:06 AM, PST
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"2012" star Amanda Peet is pregnant!
The actress, 36, and screenwriter husband David Benioff, whom she wed three years ago, are expecting their second child together, her rep tells Usmagazine.com.
Remember what these stars looked like when they were expecting?
Peet welcomed daughter Frances "Frankie" Pen (named after her mother, Penny) in 2007.
She has said that motherhood changed her.
"One surprise of motherhood for me was how little control I have," she told Cookie magazine this past summer.
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Peet Pregnant
10 December 2009 11:06 AM, PST
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Actress Amanda Peet is expecting her second child with her screenwriter husband David Benioff.
The 2012 star and her husband of three years are already parents to two-year-old daughter Frances Pen and they're now preparing for a new addition to their family, her representative has confirmed to UsMagazine.com.
The couple has been married for three years.
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Amanda Peet Expecting Second Child
10 December 2009 10:50 AM, PST
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There is much to be thankful for this holiday season for Amanda Peet and her husband of three years, screenwriter David Benioff!
A rep for the 2012 actress confirms to People that she’s pregnant with the couple’s second child. Further information, including a due date, was not provided.
Baby-on-the-way will join 2 ½-year-old big sister Frances ‘Frankie’ Pen, who was born in February 2007.
So, will there be any more additions to the family after this? Not if Amanda can help it.
“I think we want more,” the actress, 37, told People shortly after Frankie’s birth. David, she says,
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Rumor: Zombieland Writers to Take On Deadpool? Plus, Ryan Reynolds Dreams of Tarantino Directing
7 December 2009 10:46 PM, PST
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As much as I wanted to love Wolverine, I couldn't get past the horrible dialog, plot, and misuse of iconic Marvel characters. They couldn't even get Wolverine's claws right---and it's not like they haven't had several other films to perfect such a simple effect. Needless to say, my enthusiasm for the upcoming Deadpool film has been fairly tepid thus far. Now Chud is running an interesting rumor that, if true, could actually make me hopeful for a Deadpool film. Apparently, Fox may be looking to hire the writers of this summer's Zombieland, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, for the film.
The writing duo, who have worked together on television projects like The Joe Schmo Show and Invasion Iowa, are pretty much a perfect fit for the wise-cracking character. They're certainly a better pair than Wolverine's David Benioff (a legitimately good writer, having written both the novel and screenplay
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Review: "Brothers"
7 December 2009 7:21 PM, PST
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Seen on: December 1, 2009
The players: Director: Jim Sheridan, Writer: David Benioff, Cast: Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard
Facts of interest: Remake of Susanne Bier's "Brodre."
The plot: Brothers Sam and Tommy have a decent relationship until Tommy comforts Sam's wife after he goes missing in Afghanistan and is presumed dead for weeks.
Our thoughts: Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers” doesn’t feel as intense as Susanne Bier’s original film of the same title, but a handful of surprisingly solid acting performances give this remake a dramatic touch that’s hard to ignore. I wouldn’t count it among my favorite films of the year, but as a drama about a family struggling with loss and loneliness, “Brothers” works.
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'The Blind Side' drops 'New Moon'
6 December 2009 3:46 PM, PST
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Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Blind Side" topped the box office with $20.4 million in its third weekend at play. Sandra Bullock starrer has turned in over $129 million thus far. With Summit's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" showing big changes in numbers posted domestically, the result was as anticipated. Pic has been an uber-success for the distributor, earning over $570.1 million in worldwide numbers so far.
"Brothers" from Lionsgate debuted in third spot with a solid $9.7 million from 2,088 venus, averaging $4,646. Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal frontline the Jim Sheridan-directed film. David Benioff adapts the screenplay for the remake.
Disney's "A Christmas Carol" added $7.5 million in its fifth weekend at play, making the Robert Zemeckis' film's total over $115 million from a hefty $200 million budget.
Ending the top five spots this week was "Old Dogs" with $6.9 million. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Seth Green, Kelly Preston, Matt Dillon and Justin Long
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Review: Brothers
4 December 2009 11:21 AM, PST
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If there were ever a milieu made for Jim Sheridan, a military town amid the current war in Iraq is it. Throughout his prestigious career, in movies as different as In the Name of the Father and In America, the Irish filmmaker has specialized in portraits of families under siege and the male psychology pushed to the brink. In Brothers, the David Benioff scripted remake of the 2004 Susanne Bier film, the two elements blend with such natural precision it’s a wonder Sheridan hadn’t set out to chronicle a small sliver of the American home front before.
In a narrative rife with emotions both heightened and subtle, Sheridan and Benioff zero in on an everyday military family facing an all too common burden. Sam Cahill (Tobey Maguire) leaves his wife Grace (Natalie Portman) and his daughters behind when he’s sent to Iraq. His body disappears after a terrible helicopter crash, leading
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Review: Brothers
4 December 2009 9:41 AM, PST
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Sometimes, in very rare instances, basic arithmetic does not apply. Sometimes 1 + 1 + 1 does not, in fact, = 3. Take Brothers, for instance, a drama that does everything it can to prop its success up on the efforts made by its parts. Nearly everyone involved, particularly those in front of the camera, are doing their part. It’s the summation, the glaze over everything that doesn’t seem to be gelling the way it should. It’s film about family. It’s a film called Brothers. However, there is very little in the way of connection between many of the characters. In the end, the entire film suffers for it.
In the film, Tobey Maguire plays Sam, a Marine who is about to ship off to Afghanistan for his fourth tour of duty. He leaves behind his loving wife, Grace, played by Natalie Portman, his two, precious daughters, played by Bailee Madison and Taylor Grace Geare,
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Brothers Movie Review
3 December 2009 6:41 PM, PST
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Moviegoers are not interested in war films, yet three of the best movies of 2009 have the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan as their backdrop. The Hurt Locker, The Messenger, and Brothers are solid, somber, and timely films which likely won't find any success at the box office. But that's due to the timing of their releases and not due to the artistic merits of each of the three films.
Brothers is the Americanized remake of the 2004 Danish film, Brødre, co-written and directed by Susanne Bier (Things We Lost in the Fire). I'm not familiar with Bier's original film so I can't compare how writer David Benioff (The Kite Runner, X-Men Origins: Wolverine) has adapted Bier's work or how Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In America) stands up as director next to Bier. I can say this Brothers took me completely by surprise with its unflinching look at the affects of war on returning U.
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Film: Review:Brothers
3 December 2009 12:03 PM, PST
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Fun fact: Five years separate Susanne Bier’s Danish film Brødre and the English-language remake, yet the defining trauma of both melodramas remains the war in Afghanistan. (And should the Danish want to remake the remake again in a few years, the script likely won’t need a rewrite.) Scripted by 25th Hour writer David Benioff and helmed by In The Name Of The Father director Jim Sheridan, the new Brothers more or less transcribes Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen’s love triangle between a military professional, his wife, and his screw-up brother—a dynamic that shifts radically before
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Brothers (review)
2 December 2009 3:13 PM, PST
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I hate that, because movies about the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have failed to catch the interest of audiences, I feel like I have to say, “Oh, don’t worry, Brothers isn’t really about what’s happening to our soldiers in the Middle East, and what’s happening to them once they come home.” Sure, it’s true that this is a movie primarily about family, and sure, it’s true the experiences in Afghanistan that change Tobey Maguire’s Marine and inadvertently alter the family dynamics back at home could just as easily have been the result of something other than war: it could have been a terrible crime that impacts everyone here, or a horrible accident.
But let’s not be disingenuous: Susanne Bier’s 2004 Danish film of the same name [Region 1] [Region 2], upon which this is based, sprang from the fact that Western soldiers have been deployed in the Middle East.
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Preview: Brothers
27 November 2009 4:01 PM, PST
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About ten years ago, three promising young actors were working to secure a place amongst the Hollywood A-list. Natalie Portman had finished her first major acting role, as Mathilda in Luc Bessons Leon. She would go on to make her major breakthrough in the Star Wars prequels. Tobey Maguire had small roles in respected films like The Cider House Rules and Wonder Boys, then also got his major break in a high budget franchise, winning the role of Spiderman. Jake Gyllenhaal came to public attention through his role in sleeper Indie hit Donnie Darko, then hit the big time through a combination of big budget popcorn in The Day After Tomorrow, and critically acclaimed drama in Brokeback Mountain. Next week in the Us, these three actors, firmly A-List, come together for Jim Sheridan’s brothers.
Brothers is a remake of Susanne Bier’s Danish film Brodre. Tobey Maguire plays Captain Sam Cahill,
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Natalie, Tobey, and Amanda Bring Family to See Brothers
23 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST
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Natalie Portman in brilliant blue stole the spotlight last night at a screening of Brothers in NYC. One of her two leading men, Tobey Maguire, joined her on the red carpet along with his wife Jennifer Meyer, though Jake Gyllenhaal missed the event. Amanda Peet was right by her husband David Benioff's side, supporting his latest screenwriting effort. Natalie was caught up in New Moon mania last week, but yesterday was all about her own upcoming project - check out the moving trailer before its release on December 4.
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Brothers vs. Brothers
23 November 2009 7:45 AM, PST
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Beware the cross-cultural remake. David Benioff is a gifted writer (The 25th Hour). Jim Sheridan is a gifted director (In America). Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman are gifted actors. So what went wrong on the road to Relativity and Lionsgate’s American adaptation of Danish writer-director Susanne Bier’s extraordinary 2004 movie Brothers? It’s the risk you take when you try to transplant something that was organic to one culture to another. The original Danish script (by Bier and frequent collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen) dug into the dynamics of two brothers. When the upbeat, upstanding family man, a career soldier (Ulrich Thomsen), is lost in a …
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