I think it’s going to be a thing around here, maybe, right? Should we do a “Your Daily Gosling”? Does he have enough of a fanbase around here to warrant his own daily post (at least for a little while)? Because honestly, I’m kind of torn these days.
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Engaged couple Gil (Owen Wilson) and Inez (Rachel McAdams) take an extended trip to Paris with Inez's parents in "Midnight in Paris."
"Midnight in Paris" is a Woody Allen cinematic arc de triomphe.
It's charming, dappled, dreamy and romanti
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Well, after tomorrow, 2011 will be yet another chapter in the history of cinema, and while we've already gone over some of the films that disappointed us and left terrible tastes in our mouths, now is the time to reflect on the films that remind us why w
Dayclub nightclubs:
A pregnant Selma Blair and Jamie-Lynn Sigler showed up in April for the launch of The Cosmopolitan's Marquee Dayclub.
Marquee man:
Adrien Brody partied in April at the launch of The Cosmopolitan's Marquee Dayclub.
Hazy shade of cool
I respect Adrien Brody and all, and maybe this trailer is a poor representation, but this movie seems so far along the sincerity spectrum, so totally unaware of the genre it’s working within, that it’s come out the other side, and not in a good, loony, g
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Despite an overall decline in book sales, it was a banner year for rare books. According book dealer Abe Books, the site made over $220,330 from the sales of ten books alone, with a copy of Marx’s Das Kapital going for $51,739 (irony!) and a signed first
Before that she was always spotted having long hair. Then earlier this year, Aniston's cherished hair stylist Chris McMillan cuts her hair shorter.
He said, "I'm loving bobs again. I love the girl in the YSL ads. It's a sexy look. The reason that I'm lov
-- Stacy Keibler browsing watches at the Swatch store in Century City, CA.
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-- Cameron Diaz noshing
Adrien, I don’t know what the new look is doing for you, but it’s certainly coloured my perception of you. Still not getting you a gig on Avatar II: Avatarded.
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Ashton Kutcher spent Christmas in Italy with screenwriter Lorene Scafaria as he continued his inevitably painful recovery from cheating on Demi Moore.
The 33-year-old actor and Scafaria, also 33, stayed at a private pad, had a romantic lunch at Pizzeria
We've been REVELING in a little downtime and there has been some serious CATCHING UP ON MOVIES going on at our house - the hands down favorite being Midnight in Paris. Funny and sweet and full of little moments like the above (Hemingway just about killed
Casting the not-especially-famous, not-especially-handsome Irish comic O'Dowd as Kristen Wiig's romantic foil in the comedy hit of 2011 was a masterstroke: as a gangly, out-of-place state trooper, he gamely reflects the heroine's daffiness even as he rep
The Oscars will be handed out Feb. 26; nominations will be announced Jan. 24
Can a black-and-white silent movie from France win the Oscar for best picture of the year? How about a 3-D colour movie that's about silent movies from France? And where does th
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The Oscars will be handed out Feb. 26; nominations will be announced Jan. 24.
Can a black-and-white silent movie from France win the Oscar for best picture of the year? How about a 3-D colour movie that’s about silent movies from France? And where does t
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Detachment stars Adrien Brody as a substitute teacher floating through some less-than-great classrooms.
At least at first glance, Brody’s character seems less inspirational than educators dealing with adversity in films like Dangerous Minds and Lean On M
In Paris, Woody's stand-in — played by Owen Wilson, who doesn't look or act much like Allen but whose line-readings are uncannily like that of the director/author — communes with Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Dali, the Fitzgeralds and more. Plenty more, as
Nothing Sacred At a time when Technicolor was generally reserved for musicals or historical pageants, William Wellman’s 1937 film “Nothing Sacred” made a memorably anomalous use of the process for a screwball comedy — among the most cynical of the period
Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) stars as renowned baseball general manager Billy Beane in Moneyball, available to own now in New Releases before releasing on Blu-ray and DVD next month. Follow the story of the man who shook up professional baseball forever.
Despite painfully apologizing for splitting up by-mail and streaming into two, costlier options, and then again painfully apologizing for trying to make the by-mail service a separate entity with a really stupid name, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will still
The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types care about. Today: Lots of people are interested in the new Batman movie, Taylor Swift has Hunger Games fever, and Liam Neeson has it out with some
Only the literary and visionary mind of Woody Allen could give life and voice to some of the well known literary artists in the realm of writing, music and arts of the 1920's.
The viewers are transported back to a time where an oracle Gertrude Stein (Kat
As if on a toggle, Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011) flips back and forth between standard and wonderful. The wonderful makes the film worth seeing.
In the standard section, set in modern Paris, would-be novelist Gil (Owen Wilson) is on holiday with
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The minute the trailer for 'Midnight in Paris' hit, HDD Editor-in-Chief Mike Attebery was sure to inform me via email to check it out. Our shared obsession with Woody Allen had been the t
In Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen continues his sly expeditions to enchanting European cities. Some of those trips faltered, rather miserably, like the wearisome, London-set Scoop in 2006; and some sparkled, like the globally loved (except maybe in the C
Since I spend most of my time reading political blogs, it has only just come to my attention that there was a kerfuffle about ladies selling stories of Cocks I Have Known, which unlike Fond Memory of A Vagina, is not---I repeat not---a valid literary art
The film finds Adrien Brody playing Henry Barthe, a substitute teacher whose relationship with three women change his cynical outlook on his profession. This latest glimpse, like every other tease we've seen of the film so far, is a mixed back with some
Three brothers drift apart after their father's death. A year later, the eldest arranges for his siblings to join him on a soul-searching trip across India to rebuild their relationship and track down their estranged mother. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody and
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Might as well get THIS one out of the way: the Sex/ Internet/ Microfame story of the week comes to us courtesy of Kat Stoeffel at the New York Observer, who introduces us to 21 year-old college student and occasional writer-about-sex on the internet "Mar
Last night was the first night of Chanukah, which lasts eight days.
Delis, Woody Allen and learning a new language are just a few reasons to date a Jewish guy.
Some women prefer Jewish guys. We have to say, with the abundance of good-looking J
DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week.
"Midnight in Paris" (PG-13): A frustrated screenwriter (Owen Wilson) time-warps back to the 1920s Paris of Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein, with magical results, in writer-director Woody Allen's droll, pe
Jennifer Aniston wasn't a glamour girl when she was a teenager and makeup as a “goth.”
She tells InStyle magazine, “I was a dumpy teenager. My mom was a model and was all about looks, so I rebelled by going goth. It took me years of peeling back the onio
Midnight in Paris: In Woody Allen’s latest Owen Wilson’s plays a man who finds himself trapped by a lucrative yet unfulfilling job and gorgeous yet hectoring wife (Rachel McAdams) until he finds himself transported back to Hemingway’s Paris where he find
On one of the first nights of summer break, Marie Calloway, a 21-year-old Portland college student, was up until 3 a.m., sitting in her parent’s house in Nevada, working up the nerve to hit “send.”
For weeks she had been exchanging e-mails with a writer
Like many of Woody Allen's films, is a modern fable
filled with wit. The quantity of the wit varies from film to film (though it's
rarely less than stellar), and the life lessons/punchlines of the fables vary
dramatically in their resonance (though they'
Unfortunately for Madison Avenue, not to mention put-upon consumers, that was also true for many of the worst advertisements.
Is it really so hard to figure out how to effectively use a star to sell a soap, soup or soft drink? Well, a look at marketer mi
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Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Peterson, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan, Betty Kaye,
Looks like Jennifer Aniston can't find a peaceful place to stay. She is flooded by photographers.
One source said, ‘Jennifer is not dealing well with having the photographers loiter outside her building. There are also always lots of fans and she feels v
New Releases on DVD & Blu-Ray provide those who love watching movies and TV shows in the comfort of their own home– sans commercials– at their convenience. No need to watch it all at once — and you can pick up all the episodes or scenes you might have mi
In Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," the omissions are even more glaring. If one is to judge by SAG's list of nominees, the cast includes Adrien Brody, who plays Salvador Dali, but not Corey Stoll, who plays Ernest Hemingway and is by far the most talke
Nominees for the 2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards were announced on December 14, 2011 from the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, CA at 9am EST. The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live coast to-coast on TNT a
Jennifer Aniston has a great skin but she gets negative reaction when she is exposed to the sun.
She tells InStyle, “I’ve started getting those little sun spots. Things are beginning to pop out. Even the texture [of my skin] is changing. So I’ve recently
French-directed silent film The Artist has garnered six nominations for the Golden Globes to lead the field. The Artist leads the pack with six nominations The Help , The Descendants garner five each George Clooney has three individual nominations TIME'S
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From Woody Allen comes the Golden Globe-nominated romantic comedy-fantasy film Midnight in Paris starring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Carla Bruni, Adrien Brody and Michael Sheen. Journey with the engaged couple Gil Pender
If she was new to the fame game, all could be forgiven.
But being a veteran in the industry, Lindsay Lohan knows that going braless - despite wearing a black top - will show up under the flashbulbs.
The Mean Girls star gave photographers an eyeful as she
"The Help" has received plenty of help from Hollywood thesps as the drama dominated Screen Actor Guild award nominations with four, followed by "The Artist" with a trio of nods.
"The Help" took nods for cast, Viola Davis for lead actress, and Jessica Ch
It's become something of a tradition here at The Film Experience to take issue with the Screen Actors Guild and their problematic "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Motion Picture" prize. Year after year they don't even seek to address an issue
Corey Stoll's been snubbed by the Screen Actors Guild awards -- or at least by its regulations.
Stoll appeared memorably as Ernest Hemingway in "Midnight in Paris," which snagged one of the five ensemble cast nominations announced Wednesday. He wasn't in
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Indie distribution company W2 Media (THE WOMAN, THE THEATER BIZARRE) is trying to bring oddball director Tony Kaye onto its thriller ATTACHMENT, reports Variety. The movie, written by actor Christopher Denham, is targeting a spring 2012 start.
ATTACHMENT
Tony Kaye ("American History X," "Black Water Transit") is in talks to direct the indie thriller "Attachment" at W2 Media says Variety.
Christopher Denham penned the story which centers on a married woman's one night stand with a student coming back to h
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Story, penned by Christopher Denham, centers on a married woman's one night stand with a student coming back to haunt her when the lover begins to da
Filmgoers with a love for master filmmaking that tends toward the semi-linear embraced "The Tree of Life" in a big way. So when word got out the original screenplay was three inches high and six hours long – and when cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki hint
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Lisa Anastos, the founder of ARThood, reports for chez Daily from the sunshine-soaked trenches of Art Basel Miami Beach.
Dear Daily,
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Eric Limer
YouTube is blocked on megabus wifi. Why? For the heinous crime of "video sharing".
Max
But now I feel dirty.
Max
I just played Magic for the first time in years. And it felt great.
Max
>:{ Apparent
Eric Limer
YouTube is blocked on megabus wifi. Why? For the heinous crime of "video sharing".
Max
But now I feel dirty.
Max
I just played Magic for the first time in years. And it felt great.
Max
>:{ Apparent
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I think from now on, my family Xmas card will feature pictures of my slow slide into madness.
Eric Limer
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Max
I think from now on, my family Xmas card will feature pictures of my slow slide into madness.
Eric Limer
As the day goes on, the jokes I make become increasingly surreal. I can't tell if I'm lowering my standards or rising up to my
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