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Katie Couric, Laurie David Team for Feature-Length Obesity Doc (Exclusive)
25 April 2012 6:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
This story originally appeared in the May 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. America’s ballooning childhood obesity epidemic has become an urgent problem and a cause célèbre for everyone from Michelle Obama to Ellen DeGeneres. Now Katie Couric and Laurie David – who produced Davis Guggenheim's 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth that galvanized the environmental movement – are partnering on a feature-length documentary to about childhood obesity. The Big Picture will examine the insidious causes and grave consequences (including health care costs) of obesity through the eyes of the children affected by it. For the past year, producer Stephanie Soechtig has
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- Marisa Guthrie
Susan Sarandon: Government tapping my phone, denied me White House clearance
23 April 2012 12:19 PM, PDT | Pop2it | See recent Pop2it news »
At a Tribeca Film Festival panel on Sunday (April 22), Susan Sarandon claimed not only that she was recently denied a security clearance to visit the White House, but that the government has been tapping her cell phone. Sarandon appeared with filmmaker Michael Moore on a panel about documentary filmmaking.
"We know we were under surveillance," Sarandon said in answer to a question from the audience, reports The Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove. "I've had my phone tapped."
Sarandon also talked about details she's learning from two Freedom of Information Act requests on her "file."
"I was denied a security clearance to go to the White House and I don't know why. Do you know why?" she asked the audience.
Not to be outdone, Moore asserted that he'd been the target of a "disinformation campaign," possibly engineered by the Federal government.
"I was told this by some people in the Bush administration. »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Susan Sarandon Says White House Denied Her Security Clearance
22 April 2012 6:09 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Susan Sarandon says she was recently denied security clearance to visit the White House. And Michael Moore absolutely hated the Davis Guggenheim documentary "Waiting for Superman."
Those were just two of the juicier revelations that emerged as the actress and filmmaker, two of Hollywood's most unabashed liberals, chatted with audience members and one another in a 75-minute conversation sponsored by the Tribeca Film Festival.
After an audience member asked the pair if they believed they were "under surveillance," Sarandon said she didn't just believe it, she knew it. "I've gotten my file twice under the Freedom of Information Act," she said, before mentioning the security clearance snafu. She said she had no idea why the clearance was denied, and jokingly asked the questioner if he knew the reason. (The Huffington Post has reached out to the White House for comment.)
Moore, responding to a separate question, said he had been »
- Michael Hogan
Jennifer Beals Slated To Co-Star in CBS Drama Pilot "Widow Detective"
22 March 2012 1:58 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Jennifer Beals will join Paula Marsha and John Corbett in the CBS drama pilot Widow Detective, directed by Davis Guggenheim. Beals will play Lainey, a "sexy, wry-humored" hair salon owner in the San Francisco valley who loses her Lapd husband on the job. Corbett will play Denny Brennan, a detective whose three partners die while on duty, Lainey's husband being one of them. Brennan becomes a "surrogate husband" to Lainey and a restaurateur and mom of three named Jill, played by Marsha. In the CBS TV Studios project, written by David Hubbard and produced by Carol Mendelsohn (CSI), Lainey, re-married but headed for divorce, knows Denny the best out of the rest of the wives and has the best shot at a committed relationship with him. Lucky guy huh? He gets to console three grieving wives! I'm curious how this chauvinistic show will turn out. We last told you about »
- Vanessa Martinez
Jennifer Beals & Paula Marshall To Co-Star In CBS Drama Pilot ‘Widow Detective’
22 March 2012 11:27 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Updated: Jennifer Beals and Paula Marshall are set to co-star opposite John Corbett in the CBS drama pilot Widow Detective, written by David Hubbard and produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn. The CBS TV Studios project, directed by Davis Guggenheim, centers on Denny Brennan (Corbett), a decorated police detective who, after losing three partners in the line of duty, becomes surrogate husband, lover and father to their families. Beals and Marshall will play two of the widows. Beals will play Lainey, the sexy, wry-humored owner of a San Fernando valley hair salon whose Lapd detective husband was partnered with Denny and died on the job. Married again but about to be amicably divorced, Lainey knows Denny the best out of all the wives, and has the best shot at a real relationship with him. The L Word and The Chicago Code alumna Beals, repped by Apa and Greenlight Management, recently »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Is Tom Hanks' Blackface Video Racist?
21 March 2012 3:34 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
About a week ago, we got a look at a 17-minute film, called "The Road We've Traveled," which is part of President Obama's re-election campaign. The film (watch here) is directed by Davis Guggenheim (Waiting for Superman, An Inconvenient Truth) and narrated by Tom Hanks. And now Hanks finds himself involved in a racial controversy after a video from 2004 surfaced online. The video shows the actor and Eagles rocker Glenn Frey at a fundraiser for St. Matthew's Parish School in California, a school that their children attended. They are joined by James Montgomery, an investment banker, who is dressed in blackface and with a big Afro wig. "This is as close to diversity as we'll get at St. Matthew's," Frey joked. Conservative groups are calling the video "racist" and calling for Obama to remove Hanks from his campaign video. "I don't care what your politics are, it's nauseatingly racist, »
SimCity Unveils Behind The Scenes Video Of GlassBox Game Engine
20 March 2012 10:24 AM, PDT | AreYouScreening.com | See recent AreYouScreening news »
Electronic Arts is hoping to return to the days when everyone on Earth was all too familiar with the computer industry’s first and foremost timesuck, and now you can take a preview look at the engine that’s going to be running things, thus getting a more detailed idea of how the game is going to work.
Naturally, a certain segment of the population has already purchased this game in their mind, but others may question whether or not going back to the early days of computer game behemoths will take off. This video will help you decide. The main thing I take away from it is wondering if I’m going to need a new computer to run it. Check out a release on the game below, and then watch just how detail-oriented this thing is going to be.
The franchise that laid the foundations of the city building simulation genre is back, »
- Marc Eastman
John Corbett Cast as Lead in CBS’ Widow Detective
17 March 2012 3:22 AM, PDT | ShockYa | See recent ShockYa news »
John Corbett has signed on to star as the title character in the CBS drama pilot ‘Widow Detective,’ Deadline is reporting. The pilot, which was written by David Hubbard and directed by Davis Guggenheim, follows Corbett’s character, Denny Brennan, a decorated police detective. After losing three partners in the line of duty, he acts as a surrogate husband and father to their families. ‘Widow Detective,’ which is being executive produced by Hubbard, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz, marks Corbett’s return to CBS. He got his break on its 1990 series ‘Northern Exposure.’ He most recently starred on ‘United States of Tara’ and had a recurring role on ‘Parenthood.’ Written by: [ Read More ] »
- Karen Benardello
Barack Obama's campaign video: We gotta have more Ken Burns Zoom!
16 March 2012 1:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
For the past year, Barack Obama has been running his re-election campaign on a quiet two-pronged strategy of “Killing Bin Laden” and “Doing Nothing While The Republicans Squabble.” But with the neverending Gop primary campaign moving ever closer to the inevitable sad-trombone victory for Mitt Romney, the president’s campaign is starting to shift into high gear. At least, that’s the implicit message behind a new video, a 16-minute hagio-documentary directed by liberal filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and narrated by renowned historian Tom Hanks. As far as propaganda goes, this is relatively restrained, with a tastefully emo »
- Darren Franich
The Road We Traveled: Obama's campaign documentary and/or ad
16 March 2012 11:28 AM, PDT | Reality Blurred | See recent Reality Blurred news »
Last night, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign released an 17-minute documentary The Road We Traveled from Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth and, more recently, a film about public education. Narrated by Tom Hanks, the film is somewhat weird: it wavers between presenting objective facts and sounding like a campaign ad. It includes interviews with members of his administration and others, such as Bill Clinton, to make the case for his reelection, »
- Andy Dehnart
Watch President Obama's "The Road We've Traveled!" Short Film Released For Your Eyes Only!
16 March 2012 11:05 AM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
From director Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning helmer who gave us "An Inconvenient Truth," "The Road We've Traveled" is a 17-minute documentary highlighting President Barack Obama's accomplishments. Narrated by Tom Hanks, the short film posits the question -- what would have happened if we picked a different president?
Whether you like the President or not, "The Road We've Traveled" certainly captures Obama's heritage, and his charming, winning personality. The folks behind his reelection campaign are hoping that this documentary will help matters so we can build another road to travel for four more years.
Here's "The Road We've Traveled":
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- Manny
Will This Tom Hanks And Davis Guggenheim Video Help President Obama?
16 March 2012 8:18 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Hollywood and Washington come together in director Davis Guggenheim‘s The Road We’ve Traveled, a 17-minute video for President Obama narrated by Tom Hanks. The president’s campaign committee teased the production last week, and posted it on YouTube last night. The theme: Facing a collapsing economy and overseas wars: “Not since the days of Franklin Roosevelt had so much fallen on the shoulders of one president.” Putting aside your views of the president, what do you think? Is this an effective work of political persuasion — or, as some Republicans say, a too-slick piece of propaganda that viewers will just dismiss? »
- DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor
John Corbett Set As The Lead In CBS Drama Pilot ‘Widow Detective’
15 March 2012 7:30 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: John Corbett has closed a deal to star as the title character in the CBS drama pilot Widow Detective, written by David Hubbard and produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn. The project, directed by Davis Guggenheim, centers on Denny Brennan (Corbett), a decorated police detective who, after losing three partners in the line of duty, becomes surrogate husband, lover and father to their families. This marks Corbett’s return to CBS where he got his break as one of the stars of the 1990 series Northern Exposure. The CAA-repped actor most recently co-starred on Showtime’s United States Of Tara and recurred on NBC’s Parenthood. Hubbard, Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz are executive producing Widow Detective for CBS TV Studios. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Team Obama to Screen Campaign Documentary for Hollywood VIPs
14 March 2012 2:52 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Director Davis Guggenheim will preview the campaign documentary he has produced for President Barack Obama’s reelection effort at an invitation-only screening for entertainment industry VIPs Thursday at the Paley Center in Beverly Hills, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The 17-minute film narrated by Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks is titled The Road We've Traveled and offers in interpretive account of the incumbent president’s first term with an emphasis on the scale of the economic and other challenges his administration has faced. Obama's re-election team also hopes the documentary will remind some disenchanted
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- Tina Daunt
CNN's Piers Morgan grills Davis Guggenheim on Obama doc -but why?
9 March 2012 2:12 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Piers Morgan gave filmmaker Davis Guggenheim quite a grilling on CNN last night. The talk show host invited the Oscar-winning documentarian (he directed and produced Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth in 2004 and Waiting for ‘Superman’ in 2010) onto Piers Morgan Tonight to discuss The Road We Traveled, a 17-minute short about the first three years of the Obama administration that Guggenheim shot for the Obama 2012 campaign (the trailer was released yesterday). Morgan badgered the filmmaker over the fact that his movie wasn’t objective enough. “You are a well-known documentary maker and his would be the first movie you’ve »
- Benjamin Svetkey
Davis Guggenheim Obama Ad Uses Osama bin Laden's Death to Sell Re-Election (Video)
9 March 2012 7:06 AM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
In case you've forgotten, Barack Obama was the president who ordered the death of Osama bin Laden. Thought Obama supporters might leave it up to voters to remember that for themselves? Think again. In his latest documentary-style extended campaign ad about the president, Oscar-winning "An Inconvenient Truth" director Davis Guggenheim tries to make sure viewers keep it at the front of their minds until Election Day. Guggenheim, who also directed the Obama ad that aired near the end of the 2008 election, asks voters to look at the last four years in »
- Tim Molloy
Obama Documentarian Davis Guggenheim: Only Negative Aspect Was Too Many Positives to Fit (Video)
9 March 2012 6:00 AM, PST | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Barack Obama's re-election campaign chose the right man to make a film about the president's first term. In an interview with Piers Morgan on Thursday, Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar winning director who put together the upcoming campaign film The Road We've Traveled, said that the format and limitations inherent in a short film made it impossible to mention all of the president's victories. "The negative for me was there were too many accomplishments," he said. "I have 17 minutes to put them all in there." Morgan scoffed at the comment, but Guggenheim stood his ground. And when
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- Jordan Zakarin
Piers Morgan In Disbelief Over Filmmaker’s Inability To Find Fault In Barack Obama: ‘Oh, Come Off It’
8 March 2012 7:24 PM, PST | Mediaite - TV | See recent Mediaite - TV news »
On his show Thursday, CNN's Piers Morgan entered into a rather heated discussion with filmmaker Davis Guggenheim -- the man behind the new very pro-Barack Obama documentary The Road We've Traveled -- on the apparent lack of balance in his film. When asked what negatives he focused on in order to balance the positives highlighted in his documentary, Guggenheim replied that "the negative for me was that there were too many accomplishments." »
- Alex Alvarez
Watch: Trailer For Davis Guggenheim's Barack Obama Doc 'The Road We've Traveled' Narrated by Tom Hanks
8 March 2012 12:21 PM, PST | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While the Republican leadership race (to the bottom) continues, with all the candidates trying to prove who hates women, gays and minorities the most, President Barack Obama hasn't really fired up his campaign in full. Yet. But with the elections looming just eight months away, he's going to start hitting the road and getting the word out, hoping that America says "Yes We Can" again.
To help get things rolling, Oscar-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim ("An Inconvenient Truth," "Waiting For Superman") has shot a 17-minute short film about the President. A trailer has dropped and it's exactly what you'd expect: a softball, yet rousing examination of Obama's presidency with an emphasis on his work on the economy, healthcare and killing Bin Laden, all narrated with the dulcet tones of Tom Hanks. Considering this is gearing up to be shown at upcoming campaign spots, it's hardly a surprise.
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- Kevin Jagernauth
Obama Film Portrays Determined President
8 March 2012 8:07 AM, PST | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Washington — An upcoming documentary released by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign seeks to portray the president as a determined figure who took on a series of difficult challenges during his first term.
Obama's campaign has released a trailer to "The Road We've Traveled," narrated by actor Tom Hanks.
The trailer includes interviews with Vice President Joe Biden, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others who describe Obama's response to the economic downturn, health care reform, the bailout of the auto industry and the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
Republicans are panning the film, saying Obama's policies led to high unemployment and record debt.
The 17-minute documentary was directed by Davis Guggenheim and will be released on March 15 at campaign field offices across the nation.
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- AP
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