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Exclusive: 'Wonderful World' Poster
11 November 2009 8:15 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
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Cinematical has just received the official poster for Matthew Broderick's sharpie-smiled Wonderful World. It's been a good two years since the actor signed on to the project, which was then simply described as a movie that "centers on a depressed, divorced, and unemployed father who finds solace in his Senegalese roommate's sister." That now sounds as telling of the story as saying The Lord of the Rings is about a journey to play a fiery game of ring toss.
The directorial debut of writer Joshua Goldin, this feature also marks a reunion with Broderick, who starred in his 1992 script, Out on a Limb. But this flick sounds like it will be even further out on that limb, making Broderick's stint in Election sound like your Average Joe kinda day:
"A pessimistic pothead struggles with his own cynicism after his Senegalese »
- Monika Bartyzel
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. »
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Favorite Fragrance: Warm, Wet Diapers
9 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | People - CelebrityBabies | See recent People - CelebrityBabies news »
Most parents agree that integrating an older sibling into the process of welcoming a new baby is essential.
However, when actors Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick were approached by their 7-year-old son James Wilkie asking if he could take on the task of naming one of his baby sisters, the couple were more than a little apprehensive!
“He told me he really wanted Marion to be in the mix,” Sarah Jessica reveals in the December issue of Elle.
“We thought, ‘Are we crazy? Do we let our son name one of the girls? Is that the right thing to do? »
- Anya
Parker explains surrogate decision
7 November 2009 11:48 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Sarah Jessica Parker has reportedly opened up about her decision to use a surrogate to carry her twins. The Sex And The City star said that she and husband Matthew Broderick "explored" all their options before deciding on a surrogate to bear their daughters Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, who were born in June. Speaking to Elle, she stated: "I knew there would be lots of opinions about, 'Well, why didn't you adopt? Why didn't you do this? Why didn't (more) »
- By Marcell Minaya
This Week on Stage: 'The Understudy,' 'Idiot Savant,' and 'Nightingale'
7 November 2009 5:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
This week saw the too-rapid close of the Neil Simon revival Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway, as well as the opening of three Off Broadway productions: The Understudy, starring Justin Kirk, Julie White, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (above); Idiot Savant with Willem Dafoe; and Nightingale with Lynn Redgrave. Melissa Bernardo gave a B+ to The Understudy but dinged it for the cast's somewhat mixed on-stage chemistry. Thom Geier calls Idiot Savant "one strange, head-scratching evening" and gives it a C+. As for Lynn Redgrave's one-woman show, Nightingale, I gave it a C and took issue with the production because "the »
- Tanner Stransky
Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre Presents The Producers 9/11-11/7
7 November 2009 12:30 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »
The show broke countless box office records and won every theatre award imaginable, including 12 Tonys in 2001, more than any production in history. It began as a movie, made its way to Broadway, and then found itself back on the silver screen. Now, the smash-hit musical comedy The Producers comes to the Frederick stage for the very first time!
From 2001 to 2007, the hottest tickets on the Great White Way were for Mel Brooks' first musical, which was based on his 1968 film about a down-on-his-luck Broadway producer and his mild-mannered accountant who come up with a scheme to produce the most notorious flop in history thereby bilking their backers (all "little old ladies") out of millions of dollars. Only one thing goes awry: the show is a smash hit! The antics of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom as they maneuver their way fecklessly through finding a show (the gloriously offensive Springtime For Hitler), hiring a director, »
Sarah Jessica Parker loves the smell of dirty diapers (IrishCentral)
6 November 2009 7:18 AM, PST | IrishCentral | See recent IrishCentral news »
Sarah Jessica Parker has admitted to loving the scent of her babies’ dirty diapers. The “Sex and the City” star, who has five-month-old twin daughters, Loretta and Tabitha, with her Irish-American actor husband Matthew Broderick, loves everything about being a mother, especially the less glamorous jobs. “I love the smell of diapers - I even like when they’re wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good,” she said. “I love the smell of Balmex. Love it.” The 44-year-old actress also revealed her seven-year-old son James demanded to have a say in naming his sister Loretta – whose first name is actually Marion. She said: “He told me he really wanted Marion to be in the mix. We thought, ‘Are we crazy? Do we let our son name one of the girls? Is that the right thing to do? Is it important for him?’ And then he goes, »
Sarah Jessica Parker's diaper smelling happiness
6 November 2009 4:13 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sarah Jessica Parker loves the smell of dirty diapers. The 'Sex and the City' actress - who has five-month-old twin daughters, Loretta and Tabitha, with her husband Matthew Broderick - loves everything about being a mother, especially the less glamorous jobs. She said: "I love the smell of diapers - I even like when they're wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good. I love the smell of Balmex. Love it." The 44-year-old beauty also revealed her seven-year-old son James demanded to have a say in naming his sister Loretta - whose first name is actually Marion. She said: "He told me he really wanted Marion to be in the mix. We thought, 'Are we crazy? »
Sarah Jessica Parker smelly scent joy
6 November 2009 4:13 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Sarah Jessica Parker loves the smell of dirty diapers. The 'Sex and the City' actress - who has five-month-old twin daughters, Loretta and Tabitha, with her husband Matthew Broderick - loves everything about being a mother, especially the less glamorous jobs. She said: "I love the smell of diapers - I even like when they're wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good. I love the smell of Balmex. Love it." The 44-year-old beauty also revealed her seven-year-old son James demanded to have a say in naming his sister Loretta - whose first name is actually Marion. She said: "He told me he really wanted Marion to be in the mix. We thought, 'Are we crazy? Do »
Holiday Preview: Anywhere But a Movie Theater
4 November 2009 11:14 AM, PST | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »
More Holiday Preview: [Theatrical Calendar]
[Repertory Calendar] [Anywhere But a Movie Theater]
On Demand
IFC Films (with whom, full disclosure, we obviously share a parent company) will be delivering new films all holiday season to homes across the country through their Festival Direct and Sundance Selects labels. These include the cross-cultural romantic dramedy "I'll Come Running" (Nov. 4), Josiane Balasko's farce "A French Gigolo" (Nov. 6), the Inuit tribal drama "Necessities of Life" (Nov. 11), the Brit crime thriller "Adulthood" (Nov. 18), the Indian love story "Return to Rajapur" (Nov. 25), the Christopher Masterson-Bijou Phillips celibacy satire "Made for Each Other" (Dec. 2), "Harry Potter" helmer David Yates' gritty two-part drama "Sex Traffic" (Dec. 2 and 9), the Korean comedy "Night and Day" (Dec. 23) and "The Ghost" (Dec. 30).
Meanwhile, in the newly launched Sundance Selects series, there's a pair of harrowing documentaries VOD premieres: Kief Davidson's coming-of-age boxing doc "Kassim the Dream" (Nov. 27) and the unvarnished biopic "Nick Nolte: No Exit" (Dec. »
- Stephen Saito
Franco Set For 30 Rock Role
4 November 2009 11:11 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
James Franco will follow up his stint on soap opera General Hospital with another small-screen venture - he's the latest star to take on a role in 30 Rock.
The 31-year-old actor is currently busy shooting episodes of the daytime medical drama in Los Angeles, but he'll fly to New York to tape his cameo in Tina Fey's hit comedy.
Franco will play himself in a storyline that sees him romance Jane Krakowski's character, Jenna.
She tells EW.com, "(Jenna gets) into a high-profile relationship with a movie star that is arranged by their agents."
Franco follows stars like Matthew Broderick, Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Buscemi who have all made guest appearances on the show. »
MTV News Celebrates Election Day November 2009 With Our Favorite Campaigns In Movie History
3 November 2009 10:30 AM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
It's the first November of 2009, which means it's time to pull that lever, touch that screen or figure out whatever newfangled contraption your district has provided: today is Election Day, so cast that vote!
I put that exclamation point in there not because I'm excited to vote in New York's mayoral election, but because Election Day gets me thinking about what a rich topic elections have been for cinema. Combining intrigue, corruption, passion and the odd sex scandal, politics in general and elections in particular have made for some big screen gems over the years. Here are my favs.
Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Eddie Murphy) in "The Distinguished Gentleman": This flick is potent satire lurking within broad comedy: Johnson's conman epiphany is to ditch his illegal shenanigans and start sucking the enriching teet of the Washington establishment. He looses his ode-to-a-forefather's moniker, appropriates the name and campaign signage of a recently deceased politician and – bingo! »
- Eric Ditzian
George Clooney in Talks for Alexander Payne's 'The Descendants'
3 November 2009 6:48 AM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
While he's one of the main men of superstardom, George Clooney also keeps one foot firmly in the world of quirk and strangeness. He may be Mr. Ocean, but he's also the dude who was in Return of the Killer Tomatoes and The Men Who Stare at Goats. Clooney knows how to be ridiculous, and now he's jumping into a whole new world of quirk.
Variety reports that the actor is in talks to star in the new Alexander Payne dramedy The Descendants. His first feature since Sideways, the film got cooking back in August and follows a rich landowner and father who decides to grab his two hard-to-handle daughters and search for his wife's lover in an attempt to keep his family together -- while she's in a coma after a catamaran accident. ...I still can't fathom the logic behind this one.
This is definitely one of those it's about time! »
- Monika Bartyzel
This week on stage: 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Finian's Rainbow'
30 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
This week saw the opening of two new Broadway productions, both revivals: The Neil Simon Plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs, a comedy-drama starring former Roseanne star Laurie Metcalf (left), which I described as "a fine revival, easily the best show of a young Broadway season," and the musical Finian's Rainbow, which Tanner Stransky called "an odd, farcical muscial" that is "well cast and smartly performed." Still hunting for something to see on stage? Check out the EW.com Stage hub for up-to-date news and reviews; or consult this handy guide below, which includes links to all of our stage reviews of current shows. »
- Thom Geier
Broadway Bosses Defend Broderick Play Director
30 October 2009 9:06 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Theatre bosses in charge of Matthew Broderick's new Broadway show have denied they are planning to fire the director after a shambolic preview performance.
The Ferris Bueller's Day Off star is playing the lead role in The Starry Messenger, about a middle-aged astronomer who falls in love with a younger woman.
But the actor stunned fans when the curtain went up on Monday for the show's first preview, when he repeatedly forgot his lines.
A source told the New York Daily News, "It was an overall mess. He kept apologising under his breath after he forgot a line and everyone in the audience began to feel awkward."
Broderick's poor memory prompted the show's producers to postpone the official opening of the play by a week, to 23 November - but according to the New York Post, it's not the actor who is at fault, it's his pal, The Starry Messenger's writer and director Kenneth Lonergan.
A Broadway insider says, "Matthew doesn't know what he's doing because Kenny doesn't know what he's doing. Kenny has lost his way."
The tabloid claims rehearsals for the production have been "adrift" and "unfocused" when they take place and Lonergan is frequently absent or late for the run-throughs.
However, Geoff Rich, executive director of The New Group, which is producing the play, insists there are no plans to oust Lonergan, despite admitting the production has experienced some difficulties.
He says, "There is no consideration of a new director taking over. Is there a little bit of chaos and confusion? Yes. But there has been on every production of every play that we have produced here."
These have not been first problems for The Starry Messenger - veteran actor Jonathan Hadary reportedly "left in disgust" when he walked out on the show in early October. Representatives for the play officially stated Hadary had to quit due to scheduling difficulties. »
Morning Links - Andre Agassi Opens Up About Past Drug Use
28 October 2009 9:30 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Andre Agassi opens up about his prior meth use - PopEater Matthew Broderick's Broadway show delayed after a bad preview - Wonderwall Kristin Davis shares about Sex and the City 2 - I'm Not Obsessed Shakira is ready to be a mom - Us Weekly Corey Feldman's wife files for divorce - Celebitchy Dita Von Teese admits to having plastic surgery - Icydk Giorgio Armani is thinking about successors - Fashionologie Surgery forces Eric Clapton to drop out of concert - Fox 411 Lisa Niemi says she'll see Patrick Swayze again - Lifeline Live Kate Gosslin wants to act - The Blemish »
- PopSugar
Broderick Play Delayed After Poor Start
28 October 2009 5:16 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The opening of Matthew Broderick's new Broadway play has been pushed back after the actor stunned fans by forgetting his lines during the show's preview.
The Producers star is playing the lead in The Starry Messenger but theatre-goers attending the play's first showing on Monday were shocked by the actor's poor performance.
Broderick, who has tackled numerous Broadway plays including The Foreigner and The Philanthropist, reportedly forgot his lines throughout the production, leaving the audience fuming.
A source tells the New York Daily News, "It was an overall mess. He kept apologising under his breath after he forgot a line and everyone in the audience began to feel awkward."
The Starry Messenger will now open a week behind schedule on 23 November. »
Amazon Launches UK Version Of The Kindle And Slashes The Price
24 October 2009 5:45 AM, PDT | The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news »
John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Oprah Winfrey, Matthew Broderick, Felicia Day, Stephen King, Demi Moore, and Ashton Kutcher are only a few of our favorite stars who have their own Amazon Kindle or Kindle Dx, and a recent price drop should make one a little more affordable to you.
The New Amazon Kindle, at just $259, can be shipped and Fully Supported in the UK!
The Kindle is now available at just $259.
Sleek and lightweight, Kindle is as thin as a typical magazine and holds over 1,500 books. An advanced display reads like real paper and boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and crisp images.
The Kindle Store now has over 300,000 books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs. With an advanced 3G wireless connection on your Kindle, you can start reading books in less than 60 seconds.
»
- Lucy Ryan
New Kindle Price Drop: Amazon Drops Kindle Price Again
24 October 2009 5:41 AM, PDT | The Cinema Post | See recent The Cinema Post news »
John Mayer, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Oprah Winfrey, Matthew Broderick, Felicia Day, Stephen King, Demi Moore, and Ashton Kutcher are only a few of our favorite stars who have their own Amazon Kindle or Kindle Dx, and a recent price drop should make one a little more affordable to you.
The Kindle is now available at just $259.
Sleek and lightweight, Kindle is as thin as a typical magazine and holds over 1,500 books. An advanced display reads like real paper and boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and crisp images.
The Kindle Store now has over 300,000 books, magazines, newspapers, and blogs. With an advanced 3G wireless connection on your Kindle, you can start reading books in less than 60 seconds.
»
- Lucy Ryan
Trial Dates Set For Ohio Cops In Parker/Broderick Surrogate Scandal
16 October 2009 6:26 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The two Ohio police officers charged with snooping on Sarah Jessica Parker's surrogate mum and attempting to sell titbits to the media have had their days in court set.
Barry Carpenter and Chad Dojack will appear in court on 16 November and 12 January respectively, when they'll face the felony charges against them.
The two cops are also accused of taking items from the Martins Ferry home of the woman who recently gave birth to twins girls for Parker and her husband Matthew Broderick.
Both men have pleaded not guilty. »
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