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Emma Thompson is So Smart
Original at Huffington Post
• 8 hours ago
NY - Here are some of the interesting things said at the press conference which was also attended by Liane Balaban, Dustin Hoffman and writer/director Joel ...
Crazy Days and Nights: Random Photos Part One
Original at Crazy Days and Nights
• 9 hours ago
By ent lawyer A random combination, Lisa Kudrow and Dustin Hoffman. When is the last time anyone saw Lisa wear her ring? Last time Lindsay Lohan got this skinny a trip to rehab was what happened. Apparently Lionel Richie refused all requests to dance ...
indieWIRE: DISPATCH FROM COLORADO | Denver Fest Keeps Eyes On The ...
Original at Indie Wire
• 11 hours ago
Opening Night featured the uneven but appropriately light and romantic heist-farce "The Brothers Bloom," wonderkind "Slumdog Millionaire" served as the centerpiece, and the Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson vehicle "Last Chance Harvey," ...
Best DVDs of the week are rated
Original at The Sun
• 11 hours ago
UK - by various silly plot twists, finds himself named the Dragon Warrior, complete with a master (Dustin Hoffman) to show him the ropes of fighting. ...
Oscar fare will be delivered late
Original at Daily Report - Top Stories
• 12 hours ago
GA - of course) is the ingenious and hilarious “Kung Fu Panda,” which features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman. ...
Last Chance Dustin - scene - parties - fashion week daily
Original at Fashion Week Daily
• 13 hours ago
NEW YORK) In Last Chance Harvey, Dustin Hoffman plays a man who lost nearly everything in a span of a dozen hours; at last night's Piaget-hosted Cinema Society screening of the film, one might venture that a role was a bit of stretch ...
Get ready for a full lineup of holiday movies - The Bay City Times
Original at The Ann Arbor News
• 15 hours ago
The Bay City Times - MLive.com Get ready for a full lineup of holiday movies The Bay City Times - MLive.com, MI - Last Chance Harvey" features Dustin Hoffman as a failed jingle writer and Emma Thompson as a statistics bureaucrat whose chance encounter at an airport bar ...
Haley Joel Osment Makes Broadway Debut
Original at Huffington Post
• 18 hours ago
By webmaster@huffingtonpost.com It's the "Death of a Salesman" of lowlife culture. (The film version, with Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz, has its moments but doesn't do the play justice.) Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 PM on 11/20/2008 ...
Last Chance Harvey Trailer HDOriginal at YouTube
• 21 hours ago
By rss@youtube.com (BtZip) http://btzip.org/gsearch/Last-Chance-Harvey.html During a weekend in which Harvey Shine (Hoffman) travels to London for his daughter's wedding, her first learns that he's lost his job back in New York, then he discovers he won't be the man giving away the bride at the ceremony. The one g...
Body of Lies - Review
Original at IndieLondon
• 22 hours ago
By Rob There’s certainly plenty to chew on in William (The Departed) Monahan’s twisting screenplay, which whisks viewers off on a global conspiracy and frequently places them in the thick of the action once it breaks out. Certificate: 15 UK Release Date: November 21, 2008
Rain ManOriginal at YouTube
• 23 hours ago
By rss@youtube.com (tiarabozen) Charlie Babbit (Tom Cruise) to karierowicz i spryciarz, ale interesy nie idą mu najlepiej. Dostaje wiadomość o śmierci ojca, z którym od dawna się nie kontaktował. Cały majątek ojciec zapisał nieznajomemu, przebywającemu w zakładzie specjalnym w Wallbrook. Okazuje się, że Charlie ma b...
Robert Hoffman(L)Original at YouTube
• Wed, Nov 19
By rss@youtube.com (pashashita) Author: pashashita Keywords: Robert Hoffman (I?) Added: November 19, 2008
Hoffman: State Sen. Dan Patrick, Hollywood is calling
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Wed, Nov 19
State senator and KSEV (700 AM) talk host Dan Patrick is going Hollywood on us. He is currently in talks – Sony has given him the green light – to produce a movie called The Heart of Texas.
HOFFMAN WAS CUT OUT TO BE A JAZZ PIANIST
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Tue, Nov 18
By PR-inside Entertainment News DUSTIN HOFFMAN is convinced he would have lived his life as a jazz pianist if his acting career hadn’t taken off with THE GRADUATE. The movie great still thinks pal Mike Nichols was playing a joke on the world when he cast Hoffman as his lead in the cult movie. And the actor feels sure that he [...]
MPs question bosses over repossessions
Original at The Guardian (UK)
• Tue, Nov 18
By Jill Treanor Hoffman and Ron Sandler, Northern Rock chairman, insisted the bank was not taking a tough line on repossessions because it was racing to repay its loan from the taxpayer. They said repossessions generated just 1% of its income in the first nine months of the year.Blame game
The Artist Currently Known As Prince Speaks!
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Nov 18
By John S.W. MacDonald Predictably, Prince’s people have said the singer’s comments were misinterpreted. "We're very angry he was misquoted," Perez Hilton has a "Prince insider" saying. They even claim Ms. Hoffman didn’t use a tape recorder. God forbid…
Northern Rock responsible for 10% of all repossessions
Original at The Guardian (UK)
• Tue, Nov 18
By Jill Treanor Gary Hoffman, the new chief executive, admitted some customers were in such difficulty that they handed back the keys to their homes without discussion with the lender. One third of all the homes it had repossessed were "voluntary", said Hoffman.
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...
'Tru Loved' opens Friday at Sunrise Cinemas Gateway
Original at miamiherald.typepad.com
• Mon, Nov 17
By Steve Rothaus Bruce Vilanch with Alexandra Paul and Cynda Williams. CAST Alec Mapa – Mr. Bushnell Alexandra Paul - Leslie Cynda Williams - Lisa Peter Bedard – Dom Tye Olson – Walter Tony Brown – Principal Velasquez Jake Abel – Trevor Bruce Vilanch - Daniel David Kopay – Himself Kristian Hoffman – Pianist
John Wilson Named as President and CEO of Quantapoint
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Mon, Nov 17
PR-inside.com) http://www.quantapoint.com - Quantapoint (http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT'id=smartlink and url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quantapoint.com and esheet=5832298 and lan=en_US and anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.quantapoint.com and index=1) today announced that John Wilson h...
Gallery: Classic Computer Manuals from Apple and IBMOriginal at Wired
• Thu, Nov 13
By Mathew Honan Manual courtesy of Bruce Damer and photographed at Digital Space. : Photo: Dan Winters: Photo: Dan Winters: Photo: Dan Winters Photo: Dan Winters Manual courtesy of Bruce Damer and photographed at Digital Space. : Photo: Dan Winters: Photo: Dan Winters
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...
Argument over $100 debt preceded Horvath murder
Original at Gazette Online
• Tue, Nov 4
A friend of Thomas Horvath told the jury an argument over a $100 debt began the night Horvath was shot. Testimony started this afternoon in the first-degree murder trial of Jacovan Bush, who is accused of shooting and killing Horvath, 19, of Cedar Rapids.Tyler Hoffman, 19, of Cedar Rapids,...
Head Case
Original at New York Observer
• Tue, Oct 28
By Andrew Sarris This is the first film Mr. Kaufman has directed as well as written after he achieved a certain cachet and an Oscar for supplying quirky screenplays for Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich (1999), Michel Gondry’s Human Nature (2001), Mr. Jonze’s Adaptation (2002), George Clooney’s Confes...
Opinion: Why Not to Miss 'Synecdoche, New York,' The Best Film of 2008 [Love Letters]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Oct 24
By STV 1. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Period. When we called our shot for Brad Pitt as the likely winner in a crowded Best Actor field, we hadn't yet seen Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a Schenectady, N.Y., regional theater director at odds with his painter wife Adele (Catherine Keener) and his own chronically...
Two Minute Warning: AP, Wildcat, and Such
Original at RotoRob
• Fri, Oct 24
By Derek Jones Here’s to the Winners As we reach the midway point of the season, it’s time to dish out a few mid-season awards. The Beatty/Hoffman Ishtar Award (awarded to the best combo providing the least impact): Tony Romo and Terrell Owens – Even before Romo’s pinkie injury, Owens was not having a typi...
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...
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Mimi O'Donnell Welcome a Daughter
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Thu, Oct 23
By Kate Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffmanand his partner, Mimi O'Donnell, welcomed a baby girl Friday night, the couple's third child. No further details were released. Philip was scheduled to appear Sunday evening at the sixth-annual Celebrity Charades benefit for New Yor...
Could Synecdoche, New York Be the Worst Movie Ever? Yes!
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 20
By Rex Reed In the most overblown, hyperbolic stretch since Lassie played a war veteran with amnesia, this year’s program at the Toronto International Film Festival described Synecdoche, New York as “part dream, part puzzle, part brainteaser.” So let’s cut straight to the eye of Katrina. The title...
Guess Who’s On the Brash 100?
Original at Techcrunch
• Mon, Oct 20
By Erick Schonfeld David Beckham David Bowie David Geffen Dustin Pedroia Elton John Jack Nicklaus Jesse Jackson John McCain John Roberts Johnny Depp Michael Arrington Michael Bloomberg Michael Jordan Michael Phelps Michael Schumacher Philip Seymour Hoffman Reggie Jackson Spike Lee Tom Ford
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...
Morning Brief: Over to you, House
Original at Foreign Policy
• Thu, Oct 2
By Blake Hounshell Top Story Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images Economy Decision '08 American voters are growing increasingly skeptical of McCain's running mate Sarah Palin, a new poll finds. Americas Asia Europe A report introduced in the British House of Lords calls for the legalization of cannabis.
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).
7 Actors Who Should Play Bill Hicks
Original at Comedy Central Insider
• Tue, Aug 19
By matt tobey 7. Kevin Spacey Pros: Has a strong comedic background but also has dramatic chops. Heat Vision and Jack was technically already a Bill Hicks biopic. Cons: Not sure if he can completely shed his Jack Blackiness and lose himself in the character. Though, this would be a great opportunity to try.
These Protest Groups Don't Know "Jack"
Original at Film Stew
• Mon, Aug 11
Even the IMDB, in its keywords lexicon, uses the antiquated term of “Mental Retardation” to designate movies such as Radio (the coffee-sipping webmasters in Seattle may want to correct that, pronto). Just under 150 films come up in this sub-category and sure enough, all of the movies ref...
Riflemind - John Hannah stars
Original at IndieLondon
• Fri, Aug 8
By Anne HOLLYWOOD actor and theatre director Philip Seymour Hoffman will direct John Hannah in the European premiere of Andrew Upton’s new play Riflemind, which opens in Trafalgar Studio 1 on September 18, 2008 (previews from September 15).
'Tropic Thunder' Braces For 'Retard' Backlash
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Aug 4
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...
Rain Man - Josh Hartnett makes West End debut
Original at IndieLondon
• Tue, Jul 1
By Anne Hartnett will play Charlie Babbitt, the role performed by Tom Cruise in the 1988 Oscar-winning film, with British actor Adam Godley as Raymond, his autistic brother. It was, of course, Dustin Hoffman who originated the role on film, winning the 1989 Academy Award for Best Actor.
Obituary: Sydney Pollack
Original at IndieLondon
• Mon, May 26
By Rob Best known for 1985’s Oscar-winning epic romance Out Of Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, Pollack also directed Tootsie, starring Dustin Hoffman, and The Way We Were, which paired Redford with Barbra Streisand.
The Chosen Two's Due Date Outed By Dustin Hoffman, Expected Nationality Outed By Angelina Herself
Original at Defamer
• Thu, May 15
By Molly Friedman As we noted yesterday, Jack Black took the liberty of announcing that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are expecting twins during a pre-taped interview on The Today Show, which we all got to see for ourselves this morning. One would think Black’s blooper would ruffle Jolie’s feathers, but as t...
Angelina Jolie Confirms It’s Twins After News “Accidentally” Spilled
Original at Glosslip
• Thu, May 15
By k Angelina Jolie had to confirm that yes, it’s twins, after co-star Jack Black “accidentally” spilled the organically grown beans…and then other co-star Dustin Hoffman “accidentally” let slip her due date: First, Jolie’s Kung Fu Panda costar Jack Black spilled the beans and confirmed...
More Oscar Snobbery, Brad Renfro Ignored In Memoriam
Original at Glosslip
• Mon, Feb 25
By D He also starred alongside the likes of Brad Pitt, Dustin Hoffman, Robert de Niro and Kevin Bacon in Sleepers, and with Scarlett Johannson in the indie classic Ghost World. In 1995, he won Hollywood Reporter’s “Young Star” award, and was voted nominated in the People’s “Best 30 Under 30.”
Autism stereotypes 'are damaging' - BBC News
Original at news.bbc.co.uk
• Mon, Oct 29
Autism stereotypes 'are damaging' UK - Oct 29, 2007 In the film Rain Man, Dustin Hoffman played a character with autism who also had a remarkable maths talent. In fact, according to the report, such abilities ...
Original at Hollywood News
• Thu, Sep 13
Dustin Hoffman has revealed to USA Today that he is to star in, produce and co-write new movie PERSONAL INJURIES. Hoffman, who appears in the upcoming MR. MAGORIUM'S WONDER EMPORIUM, hopes to get the movie into theaters for next June.
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium Movie Trailer Revealed
Original at /FILM
• Thu, Jun 28
By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) Emporium is a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-like fantasy film written by Zach Helm, who we like to refer to as the Hollywood-ized Charlie Kaufman (Helm wrote Stranger Than Fiction). His directorial debut stars Jason Bateman, Natalie Portman and Dustin Hoffman. How could you go wrong...
Chris Kelly: Dennis Prager is a Dope
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Jun 7
By Chris Kelly AOL/Time Warner Robert Altman Jack Black Jackson Browne Robert Cray David Cross Robert De Niro David Geffen Dustin Hoffman HBO Janet Jackson Lisa Loeb William H. Macy Open Society Institute Alexandra Paul Rebecca Romijn Barbra Streisand Paul Simon David Spade Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman Will Star in 'Doubt'
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Apr 19
By Patrick Walsh I tried to see Doubt on Broadway several times when I lived in New York City, but never managed to snag a ticket. By the time the buzz had settled down, the production had switched to a new cast, and the general consensus was that no one would be able to equal the incredible performances of Cherr...
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.