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Alec Baldwin: don't be a closer

2 December 2009 4:36 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Last month, The Guardian launched a campaign to rescue Nicolas Cage. Today, we're coming to the aid of Alec Baldwin

Yesterday's news that Alec Baldwin plans to quit acting wasn't particularly surprising (it's a promise he's made several times before). But it was, still, saddening. When other actors threaten to leave the profession - invariably because their egos have convinced them that they'd make brilliant politicians - you know that the giant salary and global adoration will always pull them back in.

But Baldwin's announcement was depressing not just because he seems convinced of his intentions this time, but because he's arguably one of the best actors around. To lose him purely because he can, sometimes, be a bit of a sourpuss borders on the tragic.

Fortunately he's not threatening to retire until 2012, so we've got plenty of time to change his mind. By hook or by crook, we need …

- Stuart Heritage

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Angie Harmon To Play Tess Gerritson's Popular Literary Detective

25 October 2009 11:07 PM, PDT | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

The star of "Law & Order" and "Women's Murder Club" is adding another crime show to her resume.

Actress Angie Harmon is set to star in the upcoming "Rizzoli," the pilot for a series based on the titular heroine Jane Rizzoli. The character, created by crime author Tess Gerritson, is a Boston detective who has been the focus of seven books.

Harmon portrayed conservative Assistant District Attorney Abbie Carmichael in "Law & Order" from 1998 to 2001, a role for which she received four Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Harmon, a former model, has a history of playing characters with a tough reserve, but has also appeared in films such as "Agent Cody Banks" and "Fun with Dick and Jane."

Michael Wright is the executive vice president and head of programming for TNT, TBS and TCM. He addressed Harmon's casting in a press release from TNT.

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Angie Harmon Set to Star in Rizzoli

23 October 2009 5:53 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Angie Harmon, who played leading roles on Law & Order and Women's Murder Club, is returning to the crime-solving world as the title character in Rizzoli, a new TNT pilot based on Tess Gerritson's popular Jane Rizzoli mystery novels. The pilot, which comes to TNT from Warner Horizon Television, is being written by Janet Tamaro (Bones, Lost) and executive-produced by Tamaro and Bill Haber's Ostar Productions (TNT's Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, TCM's upcoming Moguls and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood). Michael M. Robin (TNT's The Closer) will direct and executive-produce the pilot.

"Angie Harmon is not only a terrific actress, but also a favorite of crime drama fans," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "She will bring a combination of toughness and sensitivity to the challenging lead role. We're thrilled to …

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Richard Jenkins To Eat, Pray, Love

15 April 2009 1:13 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins is putting on his serious actor hat again to help Julia Roberts find herself in drama Eat, Pray, Love.The actor, who swings between crazy comedies such as Step Brothers and Fun With Dick And Jane, and award-baiting dramas such as The Visitor, will play a Texan befriended by Roberts in an Indian ashram as she voyages through self-discovery. Roberts plays the married woman who has a moment of realisation after an attempt to get pregnant highlights that she is not leading the life she had planned.The film, based on the best-selling book 'Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything, Across Italy, India and Indonesia' by Elizabeth Gilbert, is to be helmed by Running With Scissors writer/ director Ryan Murphy, and begins shooting in July in locations across New York, and well, Rome, India and Bali.The film has changed hands between studios: originally …

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