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  • August 2008

    • Facebook the Movie? It's in the Works

      PC  |  Aug 28, 08 6:35 PM CDT

      Facebook the Movie? It's in the Works

      (Newser) - Facebook is going Hollywood, PC World reports. West Wing writer Aaron Sorkin has signed on with Sony to pen a movie about the social networking site’s founding. The movie will probably focus on Mark Zuckerberg’s initial work while at Harvard. But Sorkin may have some research to do first: “My grandmother has more Internet savvy than I do,” the screenwriter quips, “and she's been dead for 33 years.” More »

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      Internet  • film  • Facebook  • social networking  • Mark Zuckerberg  • movie deal  • Aaron Sorkin

  • December 2007

    • Charlie Wilson's War a Winner

      Metacritic  |  Dec 21, 07 10:45 AM CST

      Charlie Wilson's War a Winner

      (Newser) - Charlie Wilson's War , the darkly comedic true story of the largest and most successful covert operation in US history, leaves critics mostly charmed. The Mike Nichols project featuring Tom Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts "is that rare Hollywood commodity these days," writes Variety's Todd McCarthy, "a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups." More »

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      movie  • movie review  • Julia Roberts  • Philip Seymour Hoffman  • Tom Hanks  • Mike Nichols  • Aaron Sorkin

    • Farnsworth is 'Clumsy,' 'Shallow'

      New York Post  |  Dec 4, 07 1:10 PM CST

      Farnsworth is 'Clumsy,' 'Shallow'

      (Newser) - “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin’s play The Farnsworth Invention , starring "Simpsons" stalwart Hank Azaria and Jimmi Simpson as rival television pioneers, opened last night to mixed reviews. The New York Post ’s Clive Barnes finds it better suited to the screen and criticizes the business of the play, which “often has the air of a clumsy stage adaption of Citizen Kane .” More »

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      television  • theater  • Broadway  • Aaron Sorkin

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