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'New Moon' star Rachelle Lefevre joins 'Barney's Vision,' starts filming same day as 'Eclipse'

11 July 2009 6:11 AM, PDT | From Twilight Examiner | See recent Twilight Examiner news

Though The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse badgirl Rachelle Lefevre certainly has her hands full this year in her portrayal of Victoria, that isn't stopping her from taking on other projects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lefevre will be joining Rosamund Pike and Minnie Driver as one of three wives (characters, of course) in Barney's Vision (with Paul Giamatti). Barney's Vision is "the adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel . . . [and] tells the story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky." Also cast is Dustin Hoffman (as Barney's father). The report states that filming for this project will begin on the same

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Female trio joins 'Barney's Version'

10 July 2009 3:18 PM, PDT | From Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news

Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre are playing Paul Giamatti's many wives in "Barney's Version," the adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel being directed by Richard Lewis. Robert Lantos is producing through his Serendipity Point Films. "Barney's" tells the story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky (Giamatti). Lefevre will play Clara, Barney's first wife, a wild, troubled artist. Driver plays Barney's second wife, the annoying Mrs. "P." Miriam, Barney's third wife and true love, will be played by Pike. According to The Hollywood Reporter, principal photography starts August 17 in Rome. Dustin Hoffman also is in the cast, playing Barney's father. Michael Konyves wrote the adaptation. Co-producing

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Jumping on Barney’s Version

10 July 2009 2:19 PM, PDT | From Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news

Pike & others join the cast.

Based off of the hit novel of the same name written up by Mordecai Richler, Barney’s Version continues to fill up its casting. Minnie Driver, Rosamund Pike and Rachelle Lefevre all hop on board to play each one of Barney’s wives in the adaptation. Already fitted into the lead role is Paul Giamatti (John Adams) who plays Barney, the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt man (THR).

Rachelle Lefevre (Twilight) plays the first wife, along with Minnie Driver (The Riches) as the second wife and Rosamund Pike (Fracture) as the third wife and Barney’s true love. Also on the cast is Dustin Hoffman who plays the father of Barney. The adaptation, written by Michael Konyves and directed by Richard J. Lewis (CSI) under Serenity Point Films, comes out in theaters on 2010.

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Paul Giamatti Gets Lucky With Three Wives

10 July 2009 11:51 AM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

Paul Giamatti has spent years being an unlikely sex symbol-- Ok, a very very unlikely sex symbol-- but not since Sideways has he really had a role that proves it. That all changes with Barney's Version, an adaptation of the Mordecai Richter novel that will star Giamatti as an impulsive, politically incorrect man who goes through at least three wives over the course of his long life. Now on board to play the wives are Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver and Rachelle Lefevre. According to THR Lefevre will play the first wife, a troubled artist; Driver is the talkative second wife, and Pike is the third wife, and one true love. The whole thing starts filming on August 17, with Dustin Hoffman also on board as Barney's father.

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News Bites: Brooke Shields on the Big Screen & 'Motherhood'

9 July 2009 2:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

It looks like Brooke Shields is making her way back to the big screen, and this time she won't be getting saucy in The Blue Lagoon. After a decade away, The Hollywood Reporter posts that Shields has signed onto the live-action comedy Furry Vengeance. Actually, considering the title, it's probably good to note that this is a family film. There's no word on what role she'll play in the Brendan Fraser flick, which follows a real estate developer who gets a hard time from a band of raccoons. One -- What's the obsession with coons lately? Davey Crockett on the brain? Two -- It might be the usual Fraser fair, but the cast does boast Ken Jeong, Samantha Bee, and Dick Van Dyke as well.

Meanwhile, in the shadow of Parenthood heading to the small screen, THR also posts that Freestyle Releasing has picked up Motherhood, and will release it this October.

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Uma Thurman's 'Motherhood' gets release date

9 July 2009 1:53 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Freestyle Releasing plans to release Katherine Dieckman's indie comedy "Motherhood" this coming October. The film will open in limited theaters first and expand later on.

Dieckman wrote and directed the film, which follows Uma Thurman as a mom struggling with the preparations for her 6-year-old daughter’s birthday party.

Also starring are Anthony Edwards, who plays her husband, and Minnie Driver, who's on-board as her best friend. Thurman's recent credits include "The Accidental Husband" and "The Life Before Her Eyes."

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Freestyle Releasing Gets Behind Motherhood

8 July 2009 5:44 PM, PDT | From MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news

According to The Hollywood Reporter Freestyle Releasing will be distributing Motherhood. The film stars Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver and Anthony Edwards.

It will be coming to theaters in October.

The film was written and directed by Katherine Dieckman. It centers on a woman (Thurman) throughout one day as she gets ready for the 6th birthday of her daughter. Edwards will be her husband and Driver plays her best friend.

Motherhood was shot in New York's West Village.

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Scarlett Johansson's New Hookup: Pete Yorn

26 May 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | From E! Online | See recent E! Online news

Singer-songwriter Pete Yorn probably didn't foresee Scarlett Johansson's marriage to Ryan Reynolds when he first approached her about a duets album in 2006. At that point, her love for Tom Waits hadn't yet been mocked or even made public—she was just another curvy starlet looking to break into the music biz. Together, Johansson and Yorn (who has wooed the likes of Winona Ryder and Minnie Driver) put down nine duets they kept to themselves until now. With all that's happened since—a wedding and an album sales stinker—the respected crooner and the actress are releasing Break Up on Sept. 8. "I was having a strange week of insomnia, and when I finally passed out, it came to...

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Fortissimo to distribute Indian Film's Road, Movie in the overseas market

15 May 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news

Click above for more stills For the first time in the cinematic history of Indian cinema, the international sales agent Fortissimo Films has completed a deal to represent a Hindi film titled Road, Movie, that's being directed by Dev Benegal (of English August and Split Wide Open fame). Road, Movie is presented by The Indian Film Company (Tifc), the leading Indian motion picture studios, in association with Studio 18. The said deal will cover markets outside the Indian territories. While the original screenplay of Road, Movie is done by Dev Benegal, it is being produced by the eminent producers Susan B. Landau and Ross Katz. For starters, Katz earned the Best Picture Academy Award Nomination for Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation as well as Todd Field's In The Bedroom. Susan B. Landau's dozen strong repertoire includes the Cannes closing night film in 1999, An Ideal Husband that starred Cate Blanchett,

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Fortissimo to distribute Indian Film's Road, Movie in the overseas market

15 May 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | From BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news

Click above for more stills For the first time in the cinematic history of Indian cinema, the international sales agent Fortissimo Films has completed a deal to represent a Hindi film titled Road, Movie, that's being directed by Dev Benegal (of English August and Split Wide Open fame). Road, Movie is presented by The Indian Film Company (Tifc), the leading Indian motion picture studios, in association with Studio 18. The said deal will cover markets outside the Indian territories. While the original screenplay of Road, Movie is done by Dev Benegal, it is being produced by the eminent producers Susan B. Landau and Ross Katz. For starters, Katz earned the Best Picture Academy Award Nomination for Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation as well as Todd Field's In The Bedroom. Susan B. Landau's dozen strong repertoire includes the Cannes closing night film in 1999, An Ideal Husband that starred Cate Blanchett,

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Marc Forster is Ready To Disconnect

8 May 2009 1:00 AM, PDT | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Director Marc Forster is to reteam with his Quantum of Solace producer William Horberg for a techie thriller called Disconnect, written by Andrew Stern, writer of the David Duchovny/ Minnie Driver romance Return To Me.The movie will follow a group of people, and examine how modern technology that's designed to bring them together in fact causes them to drift further apart. Or to "disconnect".Disconnect will be made by Nala Films, responsible for Steve Carell's recent indie slowburner Dan in Real Life and Tommy Lee Jones army drama In the Valley of Elah. The company's next project is Shelter a supernatural chiller starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.Forster, who found moderate success with the most recent installment of Bond, is currently working on zombie apocalypse actioner World War Z with Brad Pitt's Plan B for Paramount.

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One Week, Three Big Parties in L.A.

24 April 2009 4:23 PM, PDT | From Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news

The opening of the Lumber Yard. By John Shearer/wireimage.com. When you attend a week full of events in Los Angeles, you come to realize that a seemingly eclectic crowd really isn’t that eclectic at all: everyone seems to know each other. But when networking is your career and playing dress-up is your hobby, you’re bound to run into the same people at every party. The first event on this week’s social calendar was Tuesday night’s opening of the Lumber Yard. When you hear the words “lumber yard,” you do not expect an eco-friendly, outdoor, high-end shopping center well, unless it’s in Malibu. As the sun was setting behind the ocean, Matthew McConaughey, Angie Harmon, Jason Sehorn, Anthoy Kiedis, Alexandra von Furstenberg, Laird Hamilton, Liane and Richard Weintraub, and Steve Tisch were among the many celebrities who attended the complex’s unveiling festivities. Jeremy Piven

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Matthew and Camila Help Kick Off Earth Day at a Lumber Yard

22 April 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | From Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news

Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves kicked off their Earth Day festivities last night with a party at the Malibu Lumber Yard grand opening. With the constant trips to the beach and traveling around in their Airstream it seems like Mm and Camila are teaching Levi to love the earth already so it's no mystery why Matthew earned a place on our 15 Favorite Eco-Loving Celebrities list this year. Joining the couple out last night were other green stars in neutral colored clothing like Mena Suvari, Vanessa Minnillo and Angie Harmon. View 30 Photos › To see more from the party including Eliza Dushku, Garcelle Beauvais, Jeremy Piven and others just read more. View 30 Photos › Images include: Angie Harmon, Brooke Burns, Camila Alves, Chelsea Handler, Eliza Dushku, Garcelle Beauvais, Jeremy Piven, Jewel, Lacey Chabert, Lori Loughlin, Matthew McConaughey, Mena Suvari, Minnie Driver, Mossimo Giannulli, Natasha Bedingfield, Samaire Armstrong, Vanessa Minnillo www.wireimage.com

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DVD Playhouse: April 2009

11 April 2009 11:58 AM, PDT | From The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news

DVD Playhouse—April 2009

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Allen Gardner

Milk (Universal) Sean Penn deservedly captured his second Best Actor Oscar (and Dustin Lance Black a statuette for his original screenplay) in director Gus Van Sant’s portrait of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to hold public office in the U.S. Alternately heartbreaking, infuriating and very funny, a film that both captures a bygone era and is still very timely. Fine support from Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, James Franco and Emile Hirsch. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Three featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Slumdog Millionaire (20th Century Fox) The Best Picture of 2008 is a kinetic, clever audience-pleaser about a determined lad (Dev Patel) from the slums of Mumbai, who has his chance at literal and financial redemption as a contestant on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Best Director Danny Boyle dazzles

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giveaway: ‘The Riches: Season 2’ Region 1 DVD

25 March 2009 8:47 AM, PDT | From www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news

Rules: You’re eligible to win if 1) You have not won anything from me in 2009; 2) You have a U.S. mailing address; 3) You enter once and only once. The Riches: Season 2 -- the FX dark-comedy series about a family of con artists starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver -- is new on DVD this week, and I’ve got a two copies of the box set to give away, courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. (Visit the show’s official site.) Enter by using this link to send your name and U.S. mailing address. Enter By: 11:59pm Eastern time, Sunday, April 12. Winners are chosen at random from all eligible entries received. Note: Your email address and mailing address will be used Only for contest purposes. You will not be added to any mailing lists; you will not be spammed as a result of entering. All contest

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Win The Riches Season 2 on DVD

24 March 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

The Riches is a fantastic tv show and one of the few I make a habit of watching. We are giving away free copies courtesy of the studio! The show is now available on DVD. Combining richly dark humor with gripping family drama and intricate plot twists, the masterful final season of “The Riches” stars Emmy Awardâ winner Eddie Izzard (Ocean’s Thirteen, My Super Ex-Girlfriend) and Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Grosse Pointe Blank) in her Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role.  This new season of “The Riches” follows Wayne and ...

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This Week on 'The Insider': One Year Ago!

14 March 2009 5:29 AM, PDT | From TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news

Flash back in time with "The Insider" as we bring you the hottest stories of the week from one year ago. First up, video of former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya performing at a little girl's bat mitzvah! In the headlines, Britney Spears debuted an anime-inspired music video for her single "Break the Ice." Justin Timberlake inducted Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Melissa Joan Hart and musician hubby Mark Wilkerson welcomed their second son, Braydon. And Minnie Driver announced she was expecting her first child. (Son Henry Story Driver arrived in September '08.) Revisit the exciting week that was -- from one year ago -- every weekend on TheInsider.com!

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Loren Dean joins Hilary Swank in 'Betty Anne'

2 March 2009 1:25 PM, PST | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Loren Dean is the latest to join Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming drama “Betty Anne Waters."

Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall, Juliette Lewis and Sam Rockwell are already on board.

In the film, Swank plays a single mother who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Dean is set to play Swank's husband.

Pamela Gray wrote the original script for the project, which Richard Lagravenese rewrote. Goldwyn's directing credits include "The Last Kiss."

Dean's credits include "Apollo 13," "Gattaca" and "Enemy of the State." He also appeared in several episodes of television's "Bones."

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Madison And Angel End Romance

25 February 2009 2:00 PM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hugh Hefner's former girlfriend Holly Madison has ended her brief romance with illusionist Criss Angel.

The pair hooked up late last year after Madison ended her romance with the tycoon and moved out of his Playboy mansion.

But the relationship is over, according to sources close to the 29-year-old Girls Next Door star.

An insider tells E! News, "She was very much in love with him (Angel) and they're still very close friends. But it was a conflict of schedules. She felt she couldn't devote 100 per cent of her time to him in Vegas, at the expense of her own career and her goals."

Angel 41, has previously been romantically linked to Cameron Diaz, Minnie Driver and Paris Hilton.

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Melissa Leo joins 'Betty Anne Waters'

25 February 2009 9:39 AM, PST | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Melissa Leo has signed on to star alongside Hilary Swank in Tony Goldwyn’s upcoming drama “Betty Anne Waters."

According to Variety, Minnie Driver and Sam Rockwell are also on board.

The film follows a single mother who fights her way through law school to represent and help free her imprisoned brother, who was wrongfully convicted of murder.

Swank plays the central character, while Leo jumps into the role of a female police officer trying to pin the murder on Betty's brother.

Pamela Gray wrote the original script, which Richard Lagravenese rewrote. Goldwyn's credits include "The Last Kiss."

Leo was recently nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in "Frozen River," which Courtney Hunt directed. She also starred in "Righteous Kill."

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