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August: Osage County (The Movie)

7 July 2009 10:20 AM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Cast This!

But before the movie... the tour! It starts in just under three weeks in Denver. I'm not getting paid for this but I'm going to shill because live theater needs to be promoted. It's so much cooler than TV ... even if Corporate America can't profit off of it as much (finite audience = number of seats in house) and thus makes it seem uncool by ignoring it or dismissing it as irrelevant.

Oscar winner Estelle Parsons, 81, headlines the August tour

And given that The Movie -- all caps because if it's any good it'll be Big -- is going to be the subject of much discussion whenever it begins to film and especially once it's in theaters, you'll want to be in the know early on. Even if you're not normally a theater person. If you haven't been following theatrical buzz and awardage these past couple of years, it's

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Win The Towering Inferno on Blu-ray

7 July 2009 9:18 AM, PDT | From TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news

Before Die Hard or Roland Emmerich there was The Towering Inferno, one of the original large scale disaster epics coming to Blu-ray Disc in high definition for the first time on July 14. Five copies of The Towering Inferno with Steve McQueen and Paul Newman are up for grabs in this daily entry contest. Send in the completed entry form below for a chance at winning one. Then, if you choose, return any or every day to enter again and increase the odds of winning with each additional entry. One tiny spark becomes a night of blazing suspense in director Irwin Allen's (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) three-time Oscar winning masterpiece of suspense, The Towering Inferno, debuting July 14 on Bd from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. There's no way out and no way down for Steve McQueen (The Magnificent Seven), Paul Newman (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: July 7, 2009

7 July 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

DVD Links: DVD News | Release Dates | New Dvds | Reviews | RSS Feed Knowing I just reviewed the Blu-ray edition of this one and you can read that right here. I still find this a fascinating movie and definitely recommend everyone check it out at least once, but the second time around the two hour runtime does begin to really weigh on you and I didn't end up finding anything new that I hadn't noticed already. I personally hoped for more from a second viewing but came up empty. Not sure this one is a purchase, but do give it a chance if you haven't seen it yet. The Unborn (Unrated) Meh, not a very good movie to begin with (read my theatrical review here) and I highly doubt this supposed "unrated" cut will be any better. If you want to see a low-rent PG-13 horror I would recommend The Uninvited over this one.

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Fox Releasing 'The Paul Newman Tribute DVD Collection'

6 July 2009 1:32 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

It's tough to lose a legend like Paul Newman, and the rush of DVDs, biographies, and rumor mongering don't make it any easier. The rush of merchandising seems to walk a fine line between actually honoring the person, and pure graveyard profit. You can decide what category Fox's upcoming Paul Newman Tribute Collection falls into. I'm going to err on the side of classy, even at its steep price of $89.98, because it contains a total of 17 DVDs. The list includes:

The Long, Hot Summer (the film that Newman Joanne Woodward met on)

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys

From the Terrace

Exodus

The Hustler Collector's Edition

Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man

What a Way to Go!

Hombre

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Collector's Edition

The Towering Inferno Special Edition

Buffalo Bill and the Indians Or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Quintet

The Verdict Collector's Edition

The collection goes on sale

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Twilight star Peter Facinelli loves 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (video)

2 July 2009 10:37 PM, PDT | From Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news

When asked what his favorite film was, The Twilight Saga: New Moon and Nurse Jackie star Peter Facinelli said that Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid takes the cake "because that's the movie that inspired me to want to become an actor." After seeing Kellan Lutz's photoshoot video of the same inspiration, it is no surprise. The film, which stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford, must've been the inspiration for some of his answers in my interview with Facinelli last month. In that interview, "When asked if there were any particular actors t

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Paul Newman Tribute DVD Set Due in September

1 July 2009 10:00 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

It's hard to believe that Paul Newman died almost a year ago. He was the last specimen of a certain breed of actor, as well as being a pretty damn charitable human being. He didn't care about fame and couldn't be bothered by its many trappings, although he absolutely loved the work. Anytime you give great performances over five decades - and he did right up through his TV movie Empire Falls - you don't get there by accident.

Fox Home Entertainment will release a massive Paul Newman Tribute Collection on September 22nd. For the time being, it's just a standard format DVD release, because some of the movies it includes aren't ready for Blu-ray yet. A lot of times, these movie star collections have one good flick and a bunch of B-movies or films you already know you want to avoid. Because stars make movies for different studios, it's tough for Fox to grab,

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Paul Newman Immortalized on 17 Discs

30 June 2009 10:14 PM, PDT | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Paul Newman’s legendary career will be preserved forever as Fox Home Entertainment has announced the a 17 disc Paul Newman Tribute Collection, which will include 13 of the Oscar winning actor’s films, will be available to own September 22, 2009. Films included in the set will be The Long, Hot Summer, Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys, From the Terrace, Exodus, Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man, What a Way to Go!, Hombre, Buffalo Bill and the Indians Or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson and Quintet. The set will also include two-disc special collector’s editions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Verdict and The Towering Inferno. Also included will be an exclusive 136 page soft-bound book loaded with photos taken on the sets of his movies with fellow cast and crew members, excerpts from each film and personal quotes from Newman. Check out the package artwork below.

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Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62

25 June 2009 11:28 AM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Actress Farrah Fawcett passed away today at the age of 62. Fawcett had long battled cancer - a fight which ended around 9:30 a.m. this morning in a Santa Monica hospital.

 

Fawcett will best be remembered for Charlie’s Angels, a role which transformed her into one of the hottest sex symbols of the 70s. She went on to have a long career (predominantly in television), earning nominations for multiple Emmys and Golden Globes.

According to spokesman Paul Bloch, Fawcett’s last moments were spent with her longtime companion Ryan O’Neal and close friend Alana Stewart. Said O’Neal:

“After a long and brave battle with cancer, our beloved Farrah has passed away…Although this is an extremely difficult time for her family and friends, we take comfort in the beautiful times that we shared with Farrah over the years and the knowledge that her life brought joy to

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Redford 'played car prank' on Newman

20 June 2009 4:12 PM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Robert Redford has admitted that he once played a prank on Paul Newman involving a smashed-up car, it has been reported. The actor, who was friends with his Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid co-star, revealed that he had grown so weary of Newman’s sports car racing he had a demolished vehicle delivered to his home, Contactmusic reports. He said: "Paul drove me crazy talking about racing (more)

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Robert Redford reminisces about great prank on pal Paul Newman

19 June 2009 10:06 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Robert Redford once dumped a destroyed car in Paul Newman's garden. The 'Horse Whisperer' star admits he and the late 'Road To Perdition' actor enjoyed playing pranks on one another, but believes his best joke was when he mocked his friend's love of race cars. Redford revealed: "Paul drove me crazy talking about racing all of the time. It just bored me to tears. So I went to a junkyard and said, 'Do you have a destroyed sports car and can you wrap it up, put a ribbon around it and leave it at Paul Newman's house?' " Not to be outdone, Newman - who was a champion racing driver and formed his own team Newman/Haas Racing - had

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Robert Redford pranked Paul

19 June 2009 10:06 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Robert Redford once dumped a destroyed car in Paul Newman's garden. The 'Horse Whisperer' star admits he and the late 'Road To Perdition' actor enjoyed playing pranks on one another, but believes his best joke was when he mocked his friend's love of race cars. Redford revealed: "Paul drove me crazy talking about racing all of the time. It just bored me to tears. So I went to a junkyard and said, 'Do you have a destroyed sports car and can you wrap it up, put a ribbon around it and leave it at Paul Newman's house?' " Not to be outdone, Newman - who was a champion racing driver and formed his own team Newman/Haas Racing - had the

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Redford's Car Prank On Motor-Mad Newman

19 June 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Robert Redford once grew so fed up of pal Paul Newman's obsession with car racing, he had a smashed up vehicle delivered to the late star's home as a practical joke.

The actor admits he would often be "bored to tears" with his Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid co-star Newman's motor madness - so Redford dreamed up a way to show his friend how he felt about the sport.

He recalls, "Paul drove me crazy talking about racing all of the time... It just bored me to tears... So I went to a junkyard and said, 'Do you have a destroyed sports car and can you wrap it up, put a ribbon around it and leave it at Newman's house?'"

The delivery went as planned, but Newman found a novel way to turn the pile of junk into a masterpiece - and had the smashed up car turned into a garden sculpture, much to Redford's distaste.

He adds, "It was really awful."

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Couple Of Junkyard Jokes Between Stars

19 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | From NYPost.com | See recent New York Post news

Robert Redford and Paul Newman were great pals, but they played some weird practical jokes on each other. "Paul drove me crazy talking about racing all of the time . . . It just bored me to tears . . . So I went to a junkyard and said, 'Do you have a destroyed sports car and can you wrap it up, put a ribbon around it and leave it at Newman's house?' " Redford related to Donny Deutsch, who interviewed him before an audience yesterday at the Hilton New York,

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Cold Spots: Poogan's Porch

15 June 2009 6:17 AM, PDT | From DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news

Charleston, Sc - There are people in her house. She doesn't know them, but they come in droves. They eat in her living room, cook in her kitchen, and pay her no mind at all. After such a long life of lonely solitude, the air is thick with conversation and the scent of Lowcountry spices. Of course she hasn't lived here, or anywhere, for a long time, and the house is no longer her home, but she continues to walk the floors and look out the windows, remembering a time that once was.

Every restaurant has a story. I'm not talking about the local Taco Bell chain, but the real, sit-down-and-order-off-a-menu restaurants. People go to restaurants not just for the food, but for the atmosphere, and the most successful ones are able to combine mouth-watering flavors with an atmosphere that makes people want to visit. The good ones, nurtured from

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Sam Mendes--The Hollywood Interview

14 June 2009 9:44 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

Director Sam Mendes.

Sam Mendes Hits The Road With Away We Go

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Alex Simon

Sam Mendes is one of the rare hyphenates who remains active directing on the stage and in film, in a time when the two worlds have become largely segregated from one another. Having been lauded with virtually every prestigious award for stage and screen by time he was in his mid-30s, Sam Medes was a wunderkind almost from the start.

Born August 1, 1965 in Reading, Berkshire, England to a university lecturer father and a mother who authored children’s books, Mendes’ parents divorced when he was five. Upon reaching Cambridge University, he quickly fell in love with theater and film, joining the Chichester Festival Theater after graduation in 1987. Soon, he was directing Dame Judi Dench in Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, winning the Critics Circle Award for Best Newcomer. Following work with the Royal Shakespeare Company,

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Frances Ethel Gumm at 87

10 June 2009 2:30 PM, PDT | From FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news

Had Judy Garland not died tragically at 47 of an accidental overdose she would be turning 87 years-old today. Okay, so she might have died by now but we would have had much more of her work to enjoy. To give you an idea of how young that is for a world class entertainer, consider people who outlived her.

Had Frank Sinatra died at 47 his career would have ended with The Manchurian Candidate. He'd have never recorded his signature song "My Way" or any of his live records. Had Shirley Maclaine died at 47, she would never have sent up Debbie Reynolds in Postcards from the Edge or made Terms of Endearment which was arguably her greatest screen triumph. Had her co-star Jack Nicholson died at 47, Terms... would have been his last film: no Prizzi's Honor, Witches of Eastwick, Ironweed, The Departed, About Schmidt. Had Paul Newman, only three years Judy's junior,

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Julia and Dave Take On Conan Together

10 June 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Julia Roberts flashed a smiled and waved to fans as she headed into The Late Show last night in NYC. She sat down with Dave to talk about his recent wedding, as well as her participation in a benefit for her friend Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang camp. Julia and Dave seem to go way back, and the pair laughed their way through the interview as Julia gave him a hard time for eyeing her up during her last visit. They'll have something else to be happy about today - her presence helped Dave beat The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien in the ratings for the first time. Check out a video of Julia and Dave after the jump. View 10 Photos › To see more photos of Julia, as well as video from her appearance, just read more. View 10 Photos › WireImage and Getty

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Roberts Asks Newman's Widow For Advice

10 June 2009 9:10 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Julia Roberts turned to Paul Newman's widow Joanne Woodward to help calm her nerves before stepping onstage at a New York benefit this week to lead a touching tribute to the late actor.

Roberts celebrated Newman's memory at Manhattan's Lincoln Center on Monday at a fundraising gala in aid of the legendary star's Hole in the Wall Camps, an organisation founded by the actor in 1988 to help children with serious and life-threatening illnesses.

The actress, who served as a counsellor at the organisation's summer camps over 13 years ago, took to the podium and revealed she had called Woodward earlier in the day to ask if there was anything specific she should mention in her speech.

Roberts recalls, "I called Joanne Woodward, his lovely wife, and said, 'What do we do? What do I talk about?' and she said, 'Just the fun that we had, that we all had, and that he really enjoyed his life.'"

Newman lost his battle with cancer in September, at the age of 83.

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Julia Roberts Among the Stars for Paul Newman's Charity Fundraiser

9 June 2009 11:50 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Julia Roberts, Jerry Seinfeld, Robert Redford, Bill Clinton, Harry Connick Jr. and Kristin Chenoweth helped deliver some serious star power to Monday's Lincoln Center gala in New York on behalf of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Camps and honor the beloved, late founder of the charity benefiting children with life-threatening medical conditions. Among what they had to say about Newman, who died last year, was: • "We've done a lot of these galas," Julia Roberts said, after doing a dancing kick line with kids who have attended the camps. "And I've never stood up without my buddy Paul Newman.

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Top Three Parties: Hole-y Rollers, Showtime at the Apollo, Seafaring Socialites

9 June 2009 10:53 AM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

1. Kristin Chenoweth, Harry Connick Jr., and Julia Roberts. 2. Mariah Carey and Prince. 3. Estelle. From PatrickMcMullan.com. Vf Daily’s picks for the top three parties around the globe last night. Hole-y Rollers What: A Celebration of the Hole in the Wall Camps. Where: Lincoln Center, New York City. Who: Joanne Woodward and family, as well as Bill Clinton, Julia Roberts, Robert Redford, Jerry Seinfeld, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel, Harry Connick Jr., Kristin Chenoweth, and Yo Yo Ma, all of whom took to the stage during the fund-raiser. Sandy Koufax and Brian Williams were among those in the audience. Why: Because friends of the late Paul Newman are devoted to maintaining his commitment to helping ill children. Talking Point: Julia Roberts. The screen queen doesn't just talk the talk: she's volunteered as a counselor at the camps, much to the delight of some lucky campers.

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