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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Scenic & Costume Designer Tobin Ost

28 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley

27 November 2009 11:06 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Director Jeff Calhoun and Book Writer Ivan Menchell

26 November 2009 9:08 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Stark Sands and Laura Osnes

25 November 2009 2:14 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Video Montage

24 November 2009 8:02 PM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Tc Kids Club:[p]Mad Hot Ballroom

16 November 2009 11:00 AM, PST | TribecaFilm.com | See recent Tribeca Film news »

November 7 was the premiere event of the Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club series, and it was quite a hit! Gavin, one of our intrepid Tribeca Kids Access correspondents, was on hand at the afternoon screening of Mad Hot Ballroom, and he submitted his review of the film. Parents, do you have a budding cineaste on your hands? If so, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is on deck for November 21. Don't miss it! This is Gavin from Tribeca Kids Access. On Saturday, the seventh of November, I went to the Mad Hot Ballroom screening at Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club with my reporter colleague Margaret. Mad Hot Ballroom is a movie about sixty of New York City's public schools that compete every year in - you guessed it - ballroom dancing. This documentary focuses on three of these sixty schools: P.S. 150, P.S. 112 and P.S. 115. The director, Marilyn Agrelo, follows these kids …

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Michael Sheen on The Twilight Saga: New Moon

12 November 2009 8:14 AM, PST | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

Michael Sheen transforms into every character he plays. When it.s a real life historical figure like Tony Blair or David Frost, we can confirm exactly how accurate a job he did. The Twilight fans can probably cast even more scrutiny about Aro, the Volturi leader in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

Michael Sheen Enjoys a New Moon

.It was from Stephenie in the book,. Sheen said. .She describes Aro as having a voice like feathers, so that made me think about what would it sound like if someone had a voice like feathers. Then, as I was starting to play around with it, I reminded myself a little bit of the Blue Meanie. You remember the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine and the hand that goes with it? Then I was also thinking about characters from when I was a kid watching stuff that really freaked me out and …

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Exclusive Fansite Interview With The Head Of The Volturi

9 November 2009 10:26 AM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Weve already brought you interviews with humans good vampires bad vampires werewolf and Bella Swan herself. Today we bring you an interview with the head of the Volturi Aro from Michael Sheen. The questions in the interview are from the following websites Twilighters Anonymous Twilight Lexicon Twilight Examiner Twilight Series Theories Twilight Facebook Twilight Moms His Golden Eyes Twilighters.org MSN Twilight Superfan Twilight Source and Bella and Edward. Below youll find a preview of the interview.Q. What is your perception of Aro as a character? Do you think he shows some blurred line between good and bad given that he puts an ultimatum on Bella becoming a vampire rather than killing her?Michael I think that Aro thinks that hes a really good guy. I love the idea that Aro thinks that hes just a sentimental old fool and a romantic at heart and hes totally unaware of …

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Exclusive Fansite Interview With Michael Sheen

9 November 2009 10:21 AM, PST | twilightersanonymous.com | See recent TwilightersAnonymous news »

Exclusive Fansite Interview Michael Sheen AroMichael Has every one seen the film yet or has nobody seen the film?No we havent!Michael Right okay. So I can say anything and you wont know if Im telling the truth or not! LaughingMichael I promise I will tell the truth!Q. What is your perception of Aro as a character? Do you think he shows some blurred line between good and bad given that he puts an ultimatum on Bella becoming a vampire rather than killing her?Michael I think that Aro thinks that hes a really good guy. I love the idea that Aro thinks that hes just a sentimental old fool and a romantic at heart and hes totally unaware of how vicious and violet and psychopathic he is. And I think thats kind of makes him more creepy in a way more scary that hes not even aware of how frightening he is. …

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Michael Sheen (Aro), Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius), Dakota Fanning (Jane), Cameron Bright (Alec) - The Volturi Press Conference - Twilight: New Moon

8 November 2009 8:05 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

As most of you know, this weekend was the press junket for “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” here in Los Angeles.  Since so many of the cast were in attendance, Summit Entertainment divided up the actors by who they played in the movie.  Since Michael Sheen (Aro), Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius), Dakota Fanning (Jane), and Cameron Bright (Alec) played the Volturi in “New Moon”, it made sense they would share a press conference.  So if you’d like to read or listen to what they had to say about their characters and being in “New Moon”, hit the jump.

As always, you can either read the transcript below or click here to listen to the audio.  Finally, look for my one on one video interview with Michael Sheen in a few days.  It was a great interview that you’ll really enjoy.

Question: Dakota, as such a fan of the series, …

- Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub

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New Moon Volturi Interview, Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen

7 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

We caught up with all the members of the Volturi and got to talk to them about their new film New Moon. Those who participated in the interview are as follows; Michael Sheen (Aro), Jamie Campbell Bower (Caius), Dakota Fanning (Jane) and Cameron Bright (Alec).

The Twilight Saga: New Moon marks the first appearance of the Volturi, the closest the vampire world has to royalty and a major force in the future of the saga. Centuries old and unimaginably powerful, they serve as lawmakers and enforcers for the community. The leader of the group is Aro, played by Michael Sheen. Sheen is no stranger to this world, having played a werewolf enslaved by the vampires in the Underworld series.

Q: Dakota, as such a fan of the series, you’ve said in many interviews before that you were really excited about this so what were the highlights of playing Jane …

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Kudisch, Skinner, Reichard & More Set for 'Broadway Unplugged' at Town Hall, 11/16

2 November 2009 11:21 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

It was announced today that Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Assassins, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Emily Skinner (Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty), Daniel Reichard (Jersey Boys), William Michals (Beauty & the Beast, South Pacific), Manu Narayan (Bombay Dreams), Lisa Howard (9 to 5, South Pacific, Spelling Bee), Sarah Jane McMahon, and Bill Daugherty will be among the more than fifteen Broadway stars that will be performing this year in the 6th Annual Broadway Unplugged Concert at The Town Hall on Monday, November 16th at 8 Pm. The concert's musical director, for the sixth consecutive year, will be Ross Patterson. Taking the helm as director will be Scott Coulter. …

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Timur Bekmambetov Makes Cars Fly

20 October 2009 7:56 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Producer Timur Bekmambetov, the Russian director behind Night Watch, Wanted, and 9, has released the trailer for his new film Black Lightning. While you probably won’t understand a word of the trailer unless you’re fluent in Russian, the visuals tell the story entirely: a boy gets a flying car and begins to fight crime and win the heart of his woman with it. Like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with sleeker visuals and heightened violence!

I’m quite honestly not sure what to think of this quite yet. Bekmambetov has described the film as “the Russian response to Transformers and Batman.” I’m not sure it comes across as anything but insane at the moment. The film is directed by Alexandr Voitinsky and Dmitriy Kiselev. Check out the trailer below!

7 Minutes of WantedTransformers 3 date not in disguiseMirror/Mirror — “88 Miles Per Hour”9 Review …

- John Cooper

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La Jolla Playhouse Announces Complete Cast of Bonnie & Clyde, Sands & Osnes To Star

25 September 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

La Jolla Playhouse is pleased to announce the complete cast of its world-premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde, music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell (The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), with direction and musical staging by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!), playing November 10 - December 20, 2009 in the Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre. …

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Sheen Turns Chitty Chitty Villain Into Vampire King

18 September 2009 12:26 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Michael Sheen partly based his Twilight sequel vampire king character on the dastardly child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

The Brit, who has mastered the voices of Tony Blair, David Frost and soccer icon Brian Clough for movies, admits he read Stephenie Meyer's books for clues about how his character, Aro, should sound in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.

He tells WENN, "Stephanie wrote something in the book that his voice sounded like feathers, and that was the thing that stuck with me - the idea of someone who sounds very soft and charming and nice and kind, but underneath he’s a psychotic killer.

"It reminded me of the child capturer a little bit in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or the Blue Meanie in (Beatles film) Yellow Submarine, who has a very soft voice but (he's) completely insane, so there’s a little bit of that in Arrow as well." …

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Linky the Blogger Slayer

26 May 2009 7:26 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Self Styled Siren has a fascinating quote from William Wellman on the psychology of actors

THR A relaunch of Buffy the Vampire Slayer without the Scoobies, Gellar or Joss Whedon. Ewww. Remember what happened last time they revived Buffy from the dead? She weren't too happy 'bout it, y'all. Learn from past mistakes or be doomed to repeat them.

Big Picture on Ulmer Scale of Bankability. Re: Nicole KidmanEven overseas, people see her choice of roles as very erratic. She'll do a studio film, but followed by several films that don't even register overseas. She's just too unpredictable. A French executive I spoke to said, "I find her fascinating, but she's too quirky." That makes her a very risky bet.Fabulon has some clips from a Bette Davis sitcom The Decorator

Risky Biz on marketing Palme D'Or winner The White Ribbon

---> Elizabeth Banks has fun posts up with personal pics and views from Cannes. …

- NATHANIEL R

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Enjoy A 'Supercalifragilistic' Night With Richard Sherman At Norris Theatre 6/25

6 May 2009 6:46 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

Two-time Academy Award winner, Richard Sherman offers audiences a nostalgic trip through anecdotes and songs that define the great composers career. From pop songs for Annette Funicello to selected Disney standards from Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and It's a Small World (After All) to tunes from his recent successful collaboration with Milt Larsen, Pazzazz! The evening benefits The Magic Children Foundation and the Norris Children Education Program. Special guest artists to be announced. …

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"The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story" - New images from the Disney documentary.

28 April 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

See new images from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures' documentary "The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story," helmed by Gregory V. Sherman and Jeff Sherman.   The film will see limited areas on May 22nd, in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Palm Springs.   See more images from the film produced by David Permut, Jeff Sherman, Ben Stiller and Gregory V. Sherman.   The Academy Award®-winning brothers, Richard and Robert Sherman, arguably defined family musical entertainment with unforgettable songs like “Chim Chim Cher-ee” and “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from “Mary Poppins”; “I Wanna Be Like You” from ”The Jungle Book”; the score to “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and the most translated song ever written, “It’s a Small World (After All)” from the popular Disneyland attraction. While their songs were cherished by both audiences and Walt Disney himself, outside the public eye, the boys’ personal relationship with each other was far less harmonious. …

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Bond Producers Team with Sony on New Spy Movie and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Remake

15 April 2009 9:20 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Looks like Eon Productions are aiming to "diversify their portfolio" a little bit in the near future, by producing something other than a James Bond film. However, that's not to say they're straying very far from familiar territory either. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli are teaming up with Sony for an adaptation of Mark Burnell's upcoming novel Remote Control, which centers on (surprise, surprise) a British intelligence agent "who goes on the run with a former lover when he gets caught up in a conspiracy to destabilize the Chinese economy". Burnell has previously written a number of other espionage-steeped thrillers including The Rhythm Section, which was optioned by New Line in 2005 but currently remains unproduced. In addition, The Hollywood Reporter [1] mentions in passing that they are also working on a remake of the 1968 family musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which follows the adventures of a family and their magical flying car. …

- Sean

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Eon Productions To Team With Sony On New Non-james Bond Thriller

15 April 2009 4:01 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Barbara BroccoliBy Lee Pfeiffer

For the first time since Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968, the James Bond producers will be developing a new non-007 film property. Sony will team with Eon producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli to bring the forthcoming thriller Remote Control to the screen. The book by Mark Burnell centers on a British corporate intelligence analyst who uncovers a plot to undermine the Chinese economy. The premise certainly goes against the grain of popular opinion, given China's tendency to manipulate its currency to undermine other nation's currencies. Although Barbara Broccoli personally produced the acclaimed 1990s TV movie Crime of the Century, this marks the first non-Bond project she is teaming on with Wilson since they took control of the 007 franchise from their father Cubby Broccoli in 1994. Eon also has a long-rumored remake of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang planned for the big screen. That 1968 pic was the …

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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