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Shannyn Moore: Palin's Boob a Fake: Hoffman Loses
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Nov 4
By Shannyn Moore The only thing Sarah Palin can really take credit for is New York's House District 23 electing a Democrat for the first time since before The Civil War. Late election night from Facebook, Palin invoked Ronald Reagan with "the cause goes on." What is that cause? Making government so big you ca...
Taylor Marsh: Sarah Palin is Now the GOP Establishment
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Nov 3
By Taylor Marsh Among the stories of Dede Scozzafava's bombshell election bailout came one reporting that Newt Gingrich had tucked his tail in to endorse Mr. Hoffman, after first siding with Scozzafava, as did John Boehner and Michael Steele. Nobody cared; they were too late and too yesterday.
Josh Nelson: NY-23: Hoffman Tells GOP Clean Energy Bill Lie, Completely Botches it
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Nov 3
By Josh Nelson Cap and trade started out just like almost everything does, to have a good purpose. To save our environment. Unfortunately, by the time it was passed it ended up to be more of a hidden tax for all of us and only help the environment a minute amount. And this isn't Doug Hoffman talking, this is the G...
Damien Hoffman: Professor David Colander Tells Congress Econ Models are Flawed
Original at Huffington Post
• Mon, Nov 2
By Damien Hoffman Damien Hoffman: David, what type of economics do you research and teach? David: The Congressional Committee heard of that work and invited me for that reason. David: Thank you very much, Damien. I am honored you considered me for this award.
Chris Kelly: Biased Media, Dirty Tricks and Special Interests Drive Out Republican
Original at Huffington Post
• Sat, Oct 31
By Chris Kelly But no Republican. Chester Arthur would roll over in his grave, which is in New York's First District, which means he couldn't vote for Doug Hoffman in Tuesday's election, just like Doug Hoffman can't. Here's the difference between Doug Hoffman and a carpetbagger: A carpetbag has mass and...
Kung Fu Panda
Original at ianthecool (WordPress)
• Thu, Oct 29
By ianthecool Dreamworks’ animation department usually isn’t quite up to par with the Pixar releases on any given year. However, after seeing Kung Fu Panda, I have to say I loved it! For one thing, the film looked amazing. The characters were full and vibrant, the settings were detailed yet with an epic s...
Chris Kelly: Doug Hoffman Wins an Olympic Gold Medal, Gets Reagan Elected and F***s a Rat
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 28
By Chris Kelly What Doug Hoffman really has is an accountant's willingness to repeat what he's told. Glenn Beck is mad as hell about ACORN? So is Doug Hoffman. The Concerned Women for America don't like abortion? Neither does Doug Hoffman. The Family Research Council hates gay people? So does Doug. Did you b...
Tom Matzzie: Meet Wall Street's Man in the Adirondacks
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Oct 28
By Tom Matzzie Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is either leading or in second place in the special election to replace Rep. John McHugh (R) in the upstate 23rd district of New York. The election turned into a three-way race when both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party nominated mode...
Mary and Max
Original at movies.yahoo.com
• Wed, Oct 28
This claymation wonder made a splash at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The surprising friendship between a young Australian girl named Mary (voiced by Toni Collette) and an aging New Yorker named Max (Philip Seymour Hoffman) lies at the heart of this sweet comedy. Though Mary and Max hav...
Opinion: Chris Kelly: Sarah Palin Friends Doug Hoffman
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Oct 23
By Chris Kelly And best of all, Doug Hoffman has not been anointed by any political machine. She's still got it. And Doug Hoffman can do what he wants, including go into business with unspeakably sleazy characters. But no one in New York should get the wrong impression, like that he's doing it for Watertown.
The Great Performances: 1997
Original at In Contention
• Fri, Oct 23
By John Foote Helen Hunt won the Oscar for her work opposite Jack Nicholson in “As Good As It Gets.” Her worl is acceptable, though that New York accent seems forced and sometimes just isn’t there. In no way was she stronger than any of the other four nominees, or a trio of ladies not even nominated.
Laura Dern Meets the 'Fockers''' Monster Squad Progressing
Original at The Playlist
• Mon, Oct 19
By noreply@blogger.com (Oli Lyttelton) David Lynch muse and dinosaur stalkee Laura Dern has joined the cast of "Meet the Fockers" follow-up "Little Fockers" (a title which the Hollywood Reporter states might end up changing - are the studio nervous about advertising, like with Kevin Smith's "A Couple of Dicks?"). The actress...
MIKE NICHOLS TO RECEIVE 38th AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Original at AFI FEST Daily
• Mon, Oct 12
By jporro 1973 John Ford 1976 William Wyler 1983 John Huston 1988 Jack Lemmon 1990 Sir David Lean 1994 Jack Nicholson 1998 Robert Wise 1999 Dustin Hoffman 2001 Barbra Streisand 2002 Tom Hanks 2003 Robert De Niro 2004 Meryl Streep 2007 Al Pacino 2008 Warren Beatty 2009 Michael Douglas
Candian Metal Band Anvil To Cameo In 'The Green Hornet'
Original at The Playlist
• Fri, Oct 9
By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) God, we would love this doc to earn itself an Academy Award nomination. That would be an incredible feat and it's exceptionally deserving. But would the Academy doc voters go for this? Traditionally, they go for much more serious fare and while "Anvil," is heartwarming, hilarious and insp...
Jessica Alba Might Be Dealing with Some Little Fockers
Original at First Showing
• Wed, Sep 30
By Ethan Anderton Alba's role doesn't sound all that great as "an attractive pharmaceutical rep whose looks wreak havoc on male characters in the story,” but apparently this is a key role alongside the film's stars like Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro. Paul Weitz (About a Boy, American Pie, Cirque du Freak) i...
Jessica Alba Signs On To 'Little Fockers'
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Sep 30
By The Huffington Post News Team Joining the celebrated ranks of fellow Focker stars including Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Owen Wilson and Barbra Streisand, the actress is in talks to join the next installment of Ben Stiller's Meet the Parents series, according Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz blog.
Greening Hollywood: Kung Fu Panda Kicks Some Green Grass
Original at greenblognetwork (WordPress)
• Mon, Aug 31
By greenblognetwork Interview at The Annie’s with Melissa Cobb, Producer, Kung Fu Panda Paige Donner and Melissa Cobb, Producer, Kung Fu Panda at Annie Awards ‘09 PD: How did Kung Fu Panda do in China? By Paige Donner [First Printed on The Huffington Post] Kung Fu Panda kicked a** at the 36th annual
Pete Fornatale: The Who vs Abbie Hoffman: Celebrating Woodstock's 40th Anniversary
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Aug 4
By Pete Fornatale Hoffman was still very involved in various types of political activism. One of his causes at the time John Sinclair. Sinclair, the leader of the White Panther Party, had recently been busted for selling a small amount of marijuana to an undercover cop. Hoffman, quite sensibly believed the s...
David Hoffman: The I-Factor
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jul 30
By David Hoffman Carl von Clausewitz, the iconic military theorist, would likely argue that cyber war is simply the extension of the I-Factor by other means. As the US military prepares for the digital battlefield, the administration should promote access to information as its signature foreign polic...
Michael Rowe: Man Acquitted Of Murder After Stabbing Male Neighbor 61 Times For "Unwanted Sexual Advances"
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Jul 14
By Michael Rowe Last Friday, a jury in Cook County, IL acquitted Joseph Biedermann, 30, of first-degree murder in the death of his Hoffman Estates neighbor, Terrance Michael... Last Friday, a jury in Cook County, IL acquitted Joseph Biedermann, 30, of first-degree murder in the death of his Hoffman Estat...
Opinion: David Quigg: How Abraham Lincoln's "Hot Letters" Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jul 2
By David Quigg I wouldn't be writing this if I imagined only Alice Hoffman is capable of doing what Alice Hoffman did. Most of us will never get a book review -- bad or good. But we all have things that set us off. blogger David Quigg lives in Seattle. His boastfully named personal blog is here. His Twitter feed is h...
Opinion: Samara O'Shea: Alice Hoffman Should Have Hired me to Write her Apology
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jul 2
By Samara O'Shea Last week, author Alice Hoffman issued an apology to a reviewer she attacked via Twitter. But an apology, by its nature, should focus on what you did wrong and not place blame on the other. Earlier this week, author Alice Hoffman issued an apology to Roberta Silman -- the reviewer she attacke...
Alice Hoffman: Illuminated by hope
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Mon, Jun 8
By apierleoni@sacbee.com (Allen Pierleoni) Any new book by Hoffman is an occasion to rejoice, as is the case with "The Story Sisters" (Shayne Areheart, $25, 336 pages). Alice is very decisive, but at the same time very open to other people's opinions," he said from New York City.
Dustin Hoffman And Paul Giamatti Team For 'Barney's Version,' Al Pacino In Talks For Jack Kervokian Biopic, New 'Scott Pilgrim' Video BlogOriginal at The Playlist
• Wed, May 27
By noreply@blogger.com (Simon Dang) Alexander Payne has been revealed as the director of the pilot to HBO's upcoming series "Hung," the story of a well-endowed man (played by Thomas Jane) who aims to cash in on his assets. The 10 episode series will debut on June 28th and co-star Anne Heche and Jane Adams. [Variety]
John Hoffman: Lifestyle Choices & Alzheimer's Disease: Susceptibility, Not Inevitability
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, May 13
By John Hoffman Yet as my colleagues and I sifted through hundreds of research papers and began speaking with more than 200 of the most active American scientists and physicians working on Alzheimer's, my personal qualms about the project subsided. We learned about research being conducted in multipl...
John Cazale Doc, 'I Knew It Was You,' Coming To HBO Later This YearOriginal at The Playlist
• Mon, Apr 27
By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) The documentary features affectionate testimonials, by his peers and friends, including former girlfriend Meryl Streep, fellow actors and filmmakers Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Sidney Lumet, Francis Ford Coppola (who hired him for three of the five p...
Shortcuts: Nicole Kidman & Aaron Eckhart Team For 'Rabbit Hole', Megan Fox To Get 'Passionate' With Mickey Rourke
Original at The Playlist
• Thu, Apr 2
By noreply@blogger.com (Simon Dang) Michael Rispoli (TV's "The Sopranos") has landed a role in "The Rum Diary" and joins a cast that consists of Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Aaron Eckhart and Giovanni Ribisi. Filming is currently taking place in Puerto Rico. [Variety] Dustin Hoffman will star in the Andy Garcia directed "Cleme...
REVIEW-A-DAY #130, The GraduateOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Feb 17
By rss@youtube.com (lelandb123) Here's my review of the Dustin Hoffman classic THE GRADUATE. My final rating: 5/5 New episode of Dampercast out today!!! http://dampercast.com Check out http://www.nitpicket.com for all my reviews, rants, and ramblings. Check for the Nit PIcket Podcast every Wednesday. http://www.twitt...
DVD Review: Kramer vs. Kramer -- Blu-ray
Original at Film.com
• Tue, Feb 17
When the film begins, the Kramer family is already broken beyond repair. Workaholic ad man Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman) is shocked when his unhappy wife ... Blu-ray Review: Gandhi, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Capote/In Cold ... Blogcritics.org
Blu-ray Review: Gandhi, Kramer vs. Kramer, and Capote/In Cold ...
Original at Blogcritics
• Mon, Feb 16
OH - The names that appear among the discs is equally impressive, including among others: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Kingsley, ... Capote [w/ In Cold Blood (2-Disc Double Feature)] DVDTOWN.com all 2 news articles
Best Actor race — shades of ‘74 and ‘02
Original at In Contention
• Tue, Feb 10
By John Foote The 1974 Academy Award nominees for Best Actor were Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown,” Al Pacino in “The Godfather, Part II,” Albert Finney in “Murder on the Orient Express,” Art Carney in “Harry and Tonto” and Dustin Hoffman in “Lenny.” There had been some mild surprise that Gene Hackman ha...
MovieMotherTrucker.com = The Tale of Despereaux Review RatingsOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 5
By rss@youtube.com (MovieMotherTrucker) MovieMotherTrucker.com = It's probably not a good idea to see until after you've seen this video. The Tale of Despereaux, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, William H. Macy Keywords: The Tale of Despereaux Emma Watson Dustin Hoffman Matthew B...
Last Chance Harvey Review Ratings - Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson = MovieMotherTrucker.comOriginal at YouTube
• Thu, Feb 5
By rss@youtube.com (MovieMotherTrucker) MovieMotherTrucker.com = It's probably not a good idea to see Last Chance Harvey until after you've seen this video. Last Chance Harvey, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins, Liane Balaban, James Brolin, Kathy Baker Keywords: Last Chance Harvey Dustin Hoffman Emma Thompson Ei...
Opinion: The Playlist
Original at The Playlist
• Tue, Jan 20
By The Playlist(theplaylist@gmail.com) Best Supporting Actor Phillip Seymour Hoffman Michael Shannon Robert Downey Jr. Josh Brolin Heath Ledger Best Actress Kate Winslet Angelina Jolie Sally Hawkins Anne Hathaway Meryl Streep Best Director Gus Van Sant Ron Howard David Fincher Danny Boyle Christopher Nolan
Opinion: INTERVIEW: Dustin Hoffman
Original at In Contention
• Fri, Dec 26
By Kristopher Tapley As discussion moves to the Internet’s undercutting of traditional media and the general state of flux journalism finds itself in today, Alan J. Pakula’s “All the President’s Men” suddenly makes a delightful conversation piece. Hoffman, of course, starred opposite Robert Redford in t...
Podcast: FS #238: Doubt / Top 5 Supporting Performances of 2008
Original at cinecast (Feedburner)
• Fri, Dec 12
By feedback@filmspotting.net (Filmspotting) Dec. 12: This week the lads memorize their catechisms, don their short pants and uniforms, and utter a couple of Hail Marys in hopes of avoiding the ire of Sister Aloysius, the dictatorial nun at odds with parish priest Father Flynn in the latest film from director/playwright John Patrick...
Podcast: DVD Verdict 267 - Sounds and Sights of Cinema (Philip Seymour Hoffman)
Original at DVD Verdict Presents...
• Mon, Dec 1
By cdouglas@dvdverdict.com (Clark Douglas) To complement his review of Synecdoche, New York, Judge Clark Douglas explores music from the films of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, with selections from Scent of a Woman (1992), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), State and Main (2000), Red Dragon (2002), Cold Mountain (2...
Tampa Bay Devil Rays Team Report
Original at usatoday.com
• Mon, Nov 17
INSIDE PITCH The Rays could use a closer, and Trevor Hoffman, a pretty good closer, could use a job. Baseball's all-time saves leader will not re-sign with the Padres, who pulled a $4 million offer off the table Nov. 11 and told Hoffman to look elsewhere for employment. Could that mean Tropica...
LAist Movie Review: Doubt
Original at LAist
• Sun, Nov 9
By Farley Elliott Luckily, playwright John Patrick Shanley has anchored his new film with such reliable and hardworking talent, there is no Doubt it floats. As the Pulitzer Prize winning writer and director of the wildly successful stage show Doubt, Shanley wasted little time in formatting his work into...
Podcast: FS #234: Synecdoche, New York / Role Models / David Wain / Top 5 Movies About Mortality
Original at cinecast (Feedburner)
• Fri, Nov 7
By feedback@filmspotting.net (Filmspotting) Music: Ben Folds, "The Frown Song" 15:23-18:32 - Massacre Theatre (Winner: T. Stair) 18:33-22:29 - Voicemail, Polls 22:30-32:34 - Review: "Role Models" Music: Ben Folds, "You Don't Know Me" 34:28-54:26 - Interview: David Wain Music: Ben Folds, "Cologne"
Opinion: Why Not to Miss 'Synecdoche, New York,' The Best Film of 2008 [Love Letters]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Oct 24
By STV Charlie Kaufman's directing debut Synecdoche, New York is the most inaccessible, challenging, infuriating, stupefying, heartbreaking film of 2008. It's also the best American movie we've seen this year, and as noted here this morning, it's required viewing this weekend for anyone w...
ShortCuts: 'W' FactFile, Internecine Old-School 'Star Trek' Beef; The Meta-Art Of 'Synechdoche, New York'; More...
Original at The Playlist
• Thu, Oct 23
By theplaylist@gmail.com (The Playlist) Sam Raimi has chosen the "Spider Man" franchise over Tom Clancy's CIA Agent 'Jack Ryan' franchise. I.e. he won't have time to direct the latter. Oh well, we never cared for those things at all and find it odd that anyone has nostalgia for these pictures. [MTV]
Opinion: Synecdoche, New York
Original at Rolling Stone
• Thu, Oct 23
Rating: 2 Stars Starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman Review: Does everything work in this mind-bender from Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind? No way. Synecdoche, New York is exhilarating and exasperating in...
Opinion: On the Aisle
Original at Fayetteville Free Weekly
• Wed, Oct 15
By Susan Porter I think it’s about time to stop giving director Ridley Scott a pass. He is a stylist, the visuals are effective, but he has forgotten what makes drama. Ridley Scott asked Crowe to gain 50 pounds for his role I guess to allow more Americans to relate to him. But this is no Robert De Niro in “Raging Bu...
Sanitation Report: "Extensive Waste and Falsification of Time"
Original at Chicagoist
• Thu, Oct 9
By Prescott Carlson A 26-page report released by the city's Inspector General David H. Hoffman completely skewers the Bureau of Sanitation department, documenting widespread goofing off and falsification of time records amongst sanitation employees. The Inspector General's Office investigated 77 ga...
Opinion: Jake Gyllenhaal showing his feathers - Moonlight Mile and the GraduateOriginal at Wet Dark and Wild
• Tue, Sep 2
By noreply@blogger.com (Wet Dark and Wild) Dustin also recalled that Jake reminded him of his own son, another Jake, with whom our Jake was friends: 'Jake is friends with my 21-year-old son. In fact I think they might be blood brothers as they've shared some of the same girls - but not at the same time!' (South Wales Echo).
'Tropic Thunder' Braces For 'Retard' Backlash
Original at Defamer.com
• Sun, Aug 3
By STV It’s just good clean fun, the studio might say, pointing out that the movie also pokes fun at racial stereotypes. It’s a sendup of old Hollywood films that trotted out able-bodied actors in disability drag, like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man and Sean Penn in I am Sam. St...
Podcast: A conversation with Charlie Hoffman and Brian DeLacey about XBRL
Original at Jon's Radio
• Thu, Aug 10
Charlie Hoffman, the director of industry solutions for UBmatrix, is acknowledged as "the father of XBRL" -- the eXtensible Business Reporting Language to which I had a bit of an xallergic reaction when I first encountered it a couple of years ago. But when Brian DeLacey, a researcher tur...
Oscar Hangover: Revisiting Dustin Hoffman
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Mar 1
By Mark · The curtain is raised and Hoffman and Barbra Streisand waddle toward the mic at the front of the stage. Hoffman looks confused that he must hold both the Oscar envelope and Streisand's hand. He fumbles with the envelope before finally pulling off this stunt of extreme coordination.
Oscar Hangover: Revisiting Dustin Hoffman
Original at Defamer.com
• Tue, Mar 1
By Mark · The curtain is raised and Hoffman and Barbra Streisand waddle toward the mic at the front of the stage. Hoffman looks confused that he must hold both the Oscar envelope and Streisand's hand. He fumbles with the envelope before finally pulling off this stunt of extreme coordination.