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Casey Sherman: The Tweet Is Mightier Than the Sword! But Will Alice Hoffman's On-Line Rant Cut Into her Sales?
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Jul 1
By Casey Sherman Many of us have fallen victim to sending that e-mail we shouldn't have, but Alice Hoffman sent 27 tweets, spewing a little more venom each time. We've all seen what negative impact these public displays of bad behavior have had on popular people. Russell Crowe and Tom Cruise both saw their ca...
Joseph Brooks, 'You Light Up My Life' Writer, Accused Of Rape
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Jun 23
By The Huffington Post News Team NEW YORK — A New York City prosecutor says the Oscar-winning songwriter and director behind "You Light Up My Life" has been charged with rape... NEW YORK — A New York City prosecutor says the Oscar-winning songwriter and director behind "You Light Up My Life" has been charged with rape and sex...
Guess the top 10 celebrities who are rocking the grandchild cradle
Original at Examiner.com
• Sun, Jun 14
Dustin Hoffman – Character actor and Academy award winning star of stage and screen, Hoffman's had many award-winning roles, from Midnight Cowboy, Kramer v Kramer, and The Graduate to Tootsie and Rainman to some pretty “Focker”-ed up roles, ...
Friday Night at the Best "Buddy" Movies EVER!!
Original at Daily Kos
• Fri, Jun 12
CA Midnight Cowboy: Say what you will about Jon Voight nowadays, he and Dustin Hoffman were a compelling partnership, navigating the big, bad world using their own compass. Does a sidekick count as a buddy? I'm not sure - if it did, Shrek might have ...
Alastair Gilmour Neil Morrisey talks of pride and passion for pubs
Original at Journal Live
• Fri, Jun 12
UK He is so used to people asking him which of the two Rain Man characters he is playing – the 1988 multi Oscar-winning film starred Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise – that he falters when the question is put another way. “When you asked me Charlie or ...
Amesbury grad gets $10 grand from first-ever Donovan scholarship
Original at wickedlocal.com
• Thu, Jun 11
MA He went on to break into television with appearances on “Law & Order” and “Homicide: Life on the Street” and then at the age of 22 landed a role in “Sleepers” directed by Barry Levinson and starring Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Bacon. ...
Chicago Film Festival classic movies at Grant Park
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 11
Tootsie - August 25: As an actor with a reputation for being difficult, Dustin Hoffman dons a dress and becomes a soap queen in this 1982 film. Tootsie stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman and Charles Durning. ...
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.
Romantic tales of Dustin Hoffman
Original at The Statesman
• Fri, May 29
Mirror.co.uk Kramer (1979) as well as receiving nominations for The Graduate (1967), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Lenny (1974), Tootsie (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). ... Movie on DVD, soup, cake take flightGoErie.com Hoffman and Thompson pull the lonely heart stringsIrish Independent
Movie on DVD, soup, cake take flight
Original at GoErie.com
• Thu, May 28
Hoffman has been a Hollywood icon for more than 40 years, a Hall of Fame caliber character actor who created indelible roles in "The Graduate," "Midnight Cowboy," "Tootsie," "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Rain Main" and many other films. ... Review: Last Chance Harvey Mirror.co.uk
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]
Dustin Hoffman talks to the animals, a lot
Original at monstersandcritics.com
• Fri, May 15
Despite reaching the age of 71, the 'Graduate' star insists he has no plans to retire. He added to Britain's Independent newspaper: "At my age I take anything I can get. I never stop working and I never stop ageing."
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...
Sacrilege! James Marsden Set To Lead 'Straw Dogs' RemakeOriginal at The Playlist
• Wed, Apr 22
By noreply@blogger.com (Simon Dang) The whitebread milquetoast of James Marsden playing Dustin Hoffman, in a remake of a controversial and acidic Sam Peckinpah classic about wimps and the savage nature of man? Sacrilege! Yes, that vile idea of a "Straw Dogs" remake is actually moving forward and we weep.
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...
Jay Marose: Will Rihanna be victimized twice?
Original at Huffington Post
• Thu, Mar 19
By Jay Marose The next abusers of Rihanna are likely to be her young, female fans. The NY Times' Jan Hoffman wrote an amazing piece on teen fans... The next abusers of Rihanna are likely to be her young, female fans. The NY Times' Jan Hoffman wrote an amazing piece on teen fans of Rihanna and Chris Brown that seem...
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...
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...
Review: 'Last Chance Harvey'
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Fri, Jan 23
Film critic Peter Rainer discusses how much he likes seeing Dustin Hoffman as a lead actor again in 'Last Chance Harvey.' Watching Dustin Hoffman and Emma ... MOVIE REVIEW: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson shine in ‘Last Chance ... Lonoke Democrat
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...
'Tru Loved' opens Friday at Sunrise Cinemas Gateway
Original at MiamiHerald.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
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...
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"
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,...
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).
Moonlight Mile — Review It Right Now!
Original at w3.shorecrest.org
• Sun, Aug 24
By cameo3087 Oscar® winners Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor, 1980, Kramer vs. Kramer), Susan Sarandon (Best Actress, 1996, Dead Man Walking), and Holly Hunter (Best Actress, 1994, The Piano) star with Jake Gyllenhaal (The Good Girl) in Moonlight Mile ...
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...
'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...
'Tropic Thunder' Braces For 'Retard' Backlash
Original at Gawker
• 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...
Opinion: Masand's Verdict: Kung Fu Panda
Original at CNN-IBN
• Fri, Jul 11
Dustin Hoffman revealed that Jolie had a choice between him and Brad Pitt. It's hard not to like Kung Fu Panda even though there have been many smarter ... A still from Kung Fu Panda Rediff Kung Fu Panda Times of India Review: Kung Fu Panda, a simple and lighthearted exception. Zee News
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 ...
DVD Review: The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) - Blogcritics.org
Original at blogcritics.org
• Mon, Sep 17
DVD Review: The Graduate (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) Blogcritics.org, OH - I was twenty, just like Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) when I first saw the film. Having just graduated from college in Michigan, I found myself ...
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...
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.