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Is Paris Hilton the Answer to Todd Solondz's Cinematic Woes?

12 November 2008 11:32 AM, PST | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Bit by tenuous bit, Todd Solondz's next film is coming together. It started brewing in June of 2007, then stalled due to money issues, and then got cooking again in August with the help of Werc Werk Works. But now, oh now, the film has got its superstar.

The Hollywood Reporter posts that Paris Hilton has signed onto the dramatic comedy, along with Allison Janney and Charlotte Rampling. (In addition: "Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Renee Taylor, Michael Lerner, Michael Kenneth Williams, Chane't Johnson, Eric Wareheim, and Chris Marquette are among the other actors that Werc Werk Works announced as joining the project. ")

Once called Life During Wartime (there's no title attached to the current news), the film still stars Paul Reubens and focuses on a family during wartime. If nothing has changed, it brings together characters from Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness with different people playing the roles. I

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Monika Bartyzel

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Four More Sign For Solondz Sequel

12 November 2008 8:45 AM, PST | From EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news

Paris Hilton spoils all our fun - we're excited about learning from The Hollywood Reporter that Todd Solondz has cast four more actors in his forthcoming "part sequel/part variation" to 1998's Happiness. Three of said additions are Allison Janney, Paul Ruebens and Charlotte Rampling. The fourth is Hilton.Still, if anyone could do something interesting with the Hottie And The Nottie star, it's Solondz, and despite our disappointment at ever seeing the still-rich-beyond-belief-despite-credit-crunch, attention-seeking heiress on screens ever again, we can't help but raise a curious eyebrow (which is more than she can do) at this pairing.The ironically titled Happiness remains a masterpiece of misery, a tough-going but hugely rewarding ensemble piece about the underbelly of American suburbia - a theme the director has returned to over his body of work, which also includes the equally heavy Welcome To The Dollhouse, Storytelling and Palindromes.This latest project marks

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Hilton Set For Another Film Role

12 November 2008 8:16 AM, PST | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Paris Hilton is to add another movie role to her portfolio - she has been lined up for a new film by acclaimed director Todd Solondz.

The socialite will act alongside Allison Janney, Charlotte Rampling and Paul Reubens in the as-yet-untitled project about a group of dysfunctional characters.

The movie is described as "part-sequel, part variation" to Solondz's hit 1998 tale Happiness and filming is already underway in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Hilton's previous big screen experience includes the 2006 horror film House of Wax and more recently the rock opera musical Repo! The Genetic Opera, which is currently on limited release in the U.S.

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Todd Solondz’s Happiness Quasi-Sequel Lands Strange Ensemble

12 November 2008 7:59 AM, PST | From TwitchFilm.net | See recent Twitch news

It really has been too long since the last Todd Solondz picture, over 4 years by my count.  The filmmaker paints awkward portraits of middleclass life without pulling any punches.  While Palindromes was a bit of an art-experiment swapping actresses for the lead character ranging from a heavy black teenager to a young girl to Jennifer Jason Leigh, it seems Solondz is going back to familiar ground making a quasi-sequel to his masterpiece Happiness.  Although there is not any casting overlap from the first film which starred Jane Adams, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lara Flynn Boyle.  With the new film, that still has no title, the casting is down right eclectic:  Twitch favourite Shirley Henderson, Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reubens, prolific character Michael Lerner, screen icon Charlotte Rampling, Allison Janney, Ciaran Hinds and the kicker:  Paris Hilton.  Just about everything Ms. Hilton has participated in in has been a full blown train wreck,

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Kurt Halfyard

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Paris Hilton Joins New Todd Solondz Film

12 November 2008 1:47 AM, PST | From TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news

Paris Hilton has landed a role in writer-director Todd Solondz’s new untitled dramedy. The socialite joins an ensemble cast that includes Allison Janney, Paul Reubens, Natasha Richardson, Michael Lerner and Charlotte Rampling. The story revolves around a group of individuals struggling to find a place for themselves in an unpredictable and volatile world. The movie will take off on elements from the director's breakout Happiness, in a project producers are describing as a part-sequel, part-variation on that film. Happiness opened in 1998 and centered on three middle-class New Jersey sisters dealing with their problems with their families and sex lives. It starred Philip Seymour Hoffman and Lara Flynn Boyle. Solondz previously directed Fear, Anxiety & Depression, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling and Palindromes. The new film will be financed and produced by the Minnesota-based inside Werc Werk Works and is scheduled to arrive sometime next year.

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Rampling And Wong Honoured At Stockholm Film Festival

23 October 2008 12:04 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Actress Charlotte Rampling and director Wong Kar Wai will be honoured at this year's Stockholm Film Festival in the Swedish capital.

The Swimming Pool star Rampling will be presented with a lifetime achievement award for her "impressive portrayals of some of the most memorable female characters in modern cinema", according to a festival spokesperson.

Hong Kong director Wong - who made 2006 movie My Blueberry Nights - will receive the visionary award for his "unique ability to cast the creatures of the night in a romantic and moody light".

The festival takes place from 20 to 30 November.

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GQ magazine names the sexiest 25 women in film ever

16 October 2008 3:57 AM, PDT | From Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news

What is sexy? Now don’t answer all at once, there’s no point shouting at your computer as we can’t hear you – just think it over. For some it’s all about physical attractiveness – a saucy smile, suggestive wiggle of the hips or ripped muscles, while for others it’s harder to define and can be mixed in with behaviour, voice or something as random as how someone smells first thing in the morning. Looking to lock down what sexy means in terms of movie goddesses, men’s magazine GQ has listed their top 25 sexiest women in film ever and there are a few surprises in there…

The use of the word “ever” confirms that this list isn’t comprised entirely of modern silver screen sex sirens, but strikes a balance between stars from today and yesteryear. Having selected these 25, GQ is leaving the ultimate battle for the

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Stars Named On Sexiest Women Of Film List

15 October 2008 6:24 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Melanie Griffith, Lisa Bonet and Swimming Pool stars Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier have been named among the 25 Sexiest Women of All Time in a new poll.

The quartet joins film icons Julie Christie, Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Catherine Deneuve, Brigitte Bardot and Ursula Andress, Nastassja Kinski, Faye Dunaway, Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Karen Allen and latter day pin-ups Scarlett Johansson, Eva Green, Sienna Miller and Penelope Cruz on the GQ magazine hotlist.

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Movie Review: The Duchess

14 October 2008 4:42 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte Rampling Director: Saul Dibb Release Date: September 19, 2008 Running Time: 110 min MPAA Rating: PG-13 Distributor: Paramount Vintage - - - How wonderful would it be to be that free? It is one of those quotes that can sum up an entire film and leave a lasting impression on you. It occurs when the Duke of Devonshire, looking out his window of his estate, finds children playing and laughing in his garden. It is so well kept and groomed that the garden doesn’t even possess qualities of freedom. The wealth and power that certain people consume can’t give them freedom or happiness. Whether worrying about politics, wars, love affairs or what to wear to an extravagant party, adult life, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, comes with shackles that can’t be undone. William Cavendish, the fifth Duke of England,

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The Duchess

13 October 2008 11:50 AM, PDT | From Pastemagazine.com | See recent PasteMagazine news

2 Days in Paris Release Date: October 10

Director: Saul Dibb

Writers: Jeffrey Hatcher, Anders Thomas Jensen, Saul Dibb

Cinematographer: Gyula Pados

Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Charlotte Rampling

Studio/Running Time: Paramount Vantage, 110 mins.

Hollywood can’t seem to get enough of Keira Knightley, treating her like some sort of thoroughbred athlete whose most productive years are right now. With the The Duchess, Knightley has now appeared in more than 20 films since her role as Amidala’s handmaiden in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. And like a fourth-quarter tailback, the more she runs, the better she gets as she convincingly demonstrates in The Duchess.

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Movie Review - 'The Duchess'

10 October 2008 12:02 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

The Duchess

Starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, and Hayley Atwell

Directed by Saul Dibb

Rated PG-13

When Keira Knightley burst onto the scene five years ago, not many people thought we were looking at The Next Big Thing, but in that short time, the 23-year-old Knightley has become an incredibly bankable female movie star (Forbes ranks her as the second-highest earning actress) and she has done so while taking on some challenging roles.

Unlike a lot of actors in her age group, Knightley has not strictly been a blockbuster girl, nor has she frittered away her talent making forgettable romantic comedies. Indeed, outside of the Pirates of Caribbean trilogy, nearly every role she has taken brings a certain amount of risk, and they're the films most young movie stars would avoid, because they aren't potential franchises.

She picked up an Oscar nomination for Pride and Prejudice, astutely chose to work

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Colin Boyd

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Exclusive: Clip from 'The Duchess'

7 October 2008 1:45 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

Filed under: Drama, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Trailers and Clips

Cinematical has just received this exclusive clip from the period drama The Duchess (click image above or head after the jump to view), directed by Saul Dibb and based on Amanda Foreman's best-selling novel. Starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, the film chronicles the life of a vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time; a woman held prisoner in an unhappy marriage, but one who'd risk it all for the love of a young politician. (Been there, done that -- right ladies?) Also starring Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper and Hayley Atwell, the following clip takes us inside a pretty intense confrontation between Georgiana and the Duke of Devonshire (Fiennes) as they battle one another for the respect each feels they deserve.

The Duchess (which is currently enjoying a limited release) expands to theaters across the

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Erik Davis

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Fringe Television Promo Clip from Fox Broadcasting

2 October 2008 2:53 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Fox Broadcasting released another brand new promo clip from the television series “Fringe” starring Joshua Jackson (Shutter) and Charlotte Rampling (Deception). Plot: FBI agent Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop are faced with a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon of the threatening kind. In an attempt to stop the spread, they enlist the assistance of Bishop’s estranged father, the institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop. Dawson’s Creek’s Joshua Jackson plays the role of Peter Bishop, a smart guy with many gambling debts. The Secret Life of Us’s Anna Torv plays Olivia Dunham, a young, tough FBI agent who has to confront an unexplained phenomenon. Also cast in the series are The Black Donnelly’s Kirk Acevedo and Boston Legal’s Mark Valley. They play FBI agents. The [...]

Brian Corder

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‘Angel Heart’ gets remake treatment

1 October 2008 3:47 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Producers Michael De Luca, Alison R. Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta are set to develop a remake of Alan Parker’s 1987 mystery thriller “Angel Heart,” according to Variety.

The original was based on William Hjortsberg’s novel “Falling Angel” and followed Harry Angel, a New York detective who encounters supernatural forces after being hired to track down a singer.  

Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet and Charlotte Rampling starred in the 1987 version, which the trade reports “caused a stir for its steamy sex scenes.”

De Luca recently produced “21” and “The Love Guru.” He has a bunch of upcoming projects he’s currently working on, including Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers” and an untitled erotic thriller directed by Paul Verhoeven.

I’m not sure if it’s a coincidence, but “Angel Heart” is not the only Parker film to get a big-screen update. Just yesterday, we found out his 1980 Oscar-winning musical “Fame

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Franck Tabouring

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The Duchess review

29 September 2008 12:13 AM, PDT | From The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Contracted into a marriage by her mother, to the older Duke of Cornwall, the young innocent Georgiana (Keira Knightley) so becomes the Duchess of Cornwall.

A loveless marriage, riding on the birth of a male heir, quickly spirals into the most abhorrent situation.

Filled with politics, affairs, lust, betrayal, heartache, rape, sacrifice, the audience is gripped and left feeling relieved to see an end to the horror, and the greatest empathy for the duchess.

 

Keira Knightley is amazing in this film, for such a young actress, her greatness has truly been shown in this film.  The loneliness of her marriage is shown and soon her efforts are put into fashion, gambling and an interest in politics.  The prison of her own home, she quickly warms to her step-daughter, on whom she is allowed to practise motherhood on.  At last Bess (Hayley Atwell), a lady who

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BOOKS TO MOVIES: Rampling, Hurt with Daniel Bruhl and Moritz Bleibtreu in The Angel Makers!

17 September 2008 2:58 AM, PDT | From The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news

While it was first reported that Helen Mirren was supposed to be making the new Jon Amiel film The Angel Makers, it turns out that another superb actress, Charlotte Rampling, will in fact be playing the lead role. I've read some conflicting reports about the origins of this movie, but tt seems there is a book written by Jessica Gregson that is actually based on a historic crime called The Angel Makers of Nagyrév. Here's more details (http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=40746 Category=467) from Screen Daily: Charlotte Rampling will star alongside Daniel Bruhl and Anna Friel in London-based The Producers' First World War dark comedy Angel Makers, which Jon Amiel will direct. Benno Furmann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anne-Marie Duff and John Hurt round out the key cast. The Producers principal Jeanna Polley is producing and is currently scouting for locations. Ellen Wander's Santa Monica-based Film Bridge International is

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Fringe Television Rorschach Promo Clip

16 September 2008 2:16 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Fox Broadcasting just released a brand new promo clip from the television series “Fringe” starring Joshua Jackson (Shutter) and Charlotte Rampling (Deception). Plot: FBI agent Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop are faced with a rapidly spreading unexplained phenomenon of the threatening kind. In an attempt to stop the spread, they enlist the assistance of Bishop’s estranged father, the institutionalized scientist Dr. Walter Bishop. Dawson’s Creek’s Joshua Jackson plays the role of Peter Bishop, a smart guy with many gambling debts. The Secret Life of Us’s Anna Torv plays Olivia Dunham, a young, tough FBI agent who has to confront an unexplained phenomenon. Also cast in the series are The Black Donnelly’s Kirk Acevedo and Boston Legal’s Mark Valley. They play FBI agents. [...]

Brian Corder

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"Duchess" clips added!

15 September 2008 1:03 AM, PDT | From Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news

We have some new clips in from "The Duchess" starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Rampling, Simon McBurney, Hayley Atwell, Aidan McArdle, Angus McEwan, Richard McCabe. The Jeffrey Hatcher helmed film () sees release on September 19th and is rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material. Long before the concept existed, the Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer (Keira Knightley), was the original “It Girl.” Like her direct ancestor Princess Diana, she was ravishing, glamorous and adored by an entire country. Determined to be a player in the wider affairs of the world, she proved that she could out-gamble, out-drink and outwit most of the aristocratic men who surrounded her. She helped usher in sweeping changes to England as a leader of the forward-thinking Whig Party.

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Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe Promo Trailer 2

9 September 2008 2:03 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Fox recently released another new combination trailer for their upcoming series premieres “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles” and J.J. Abrams “Fringe”. The first promo “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles” stars Summer Glau, Lena Headey and Thomas Dekker. The second trailer from “Fringe” stars Joshua Jackson (Shutter) and Charlotte Rampling (Deception). Terminator Synopsis: From the creators of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), this series is set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After the sacrifices of Dr. Miles Dyson and T-800 Model 101 Terminator, the Connors find themselves once again being stalked by Skynet’s agents from the future. Realizing their nightmare isn’t over, they decide to stop running and focus on preventing the birth of Skynet. With the [...]

Brian Corder

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Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe Promo Trailer

6 September 2008 1:53 AM, PDT | From toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news

Fox recently released a combination trailer for their upcoming series premieres “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles” and J.J. Abrams “Fringe”. The first promo “Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles” stars Summer Glau, Lena Headey and Thomas Dekker. The second trailer from “Fringe” stars Joshua Jackson (Shutter) and Charlotte Rampling (Deception). Terminator Synopsis: From the creators of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), this series is set after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). After the sacrifices of Dr. Miles Dyson and T-800 Model 101 Terminator, the Connors find themselves once again being stalked by Skynet’s agents from the future. Realizing their nightmare isn’t over, they decide to stop running and focus on preventing the birth of Skynet. With the aid [...]

Brian Corder

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