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NEWS ABOUT: Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid stories: 9 news summaries

Quaid, Moore
to Play Clintons
in HBO Movie

Film will examine rocky US/UK relationship  during Blair years

Mar 25, 09 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dennis Quaid and Julianne Moore have been picked to play Bill and Hillary Clinton in a planned HBO film, Variety reports. Special Relationship will examine the often rocky relationship between Bill and Tony Blair in the late '90s. Michael Sheen and Helen McCrory are set to reprise their Queen roles... More »

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(Newser) - Dennis Quaid and his wife have settled for $750,000 with a Los Angeles hospital that accidentally overdosed their newborns on a blood-thinning drug last year, People reports. The twins, who fought for their lives after receiving Heparin, are now in good health, giving the story what Quaid called a... More »

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baby • newborns • Dennis Quaid • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Kimberly Quaid • Heparin

(Newser) - Dennis Quaid is firing back at ex-wife Meg Ryan, who now says he cheated on her before she famously stepped out with Russell Crowe. "It was eight years ago, and I find it unbelievable that Meg continues publicly to rehash and rewrite the story of our relationship," the... More »

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celebrity • Russell Crowe • Dennis Quaid • celebrity divorces • Meg Ryan

Quaid to Hollywood:
I'm Outta Here

Actor isn't retiring, just packing up family for move back to Texas

Jun 16, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid is heading for the hills—no, make that the plains—of Texas with his family, OK! reports. He’s relocating to his hometown, Houston, to be nearer friends and family, Quaid says, not quitting the business. More »

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California • Hollywood • film • Texas • Houston • family • celebrity • relocation • Dennis Quaid • celebrity parents

movie revew

 People Not Smart Enough 

Critics say indie romantic comedy needs an IQ test

Apr 11, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics like the big-name actors in family serio-comedy Smart People —especially Dennis Quaid, who stars as a cranky professor with much to learn about people—but think they might have been smarter to choose a different script. Screenwriter Mark Jude Poirier "is aiming for Scrabulous dialogue but his... More »

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independent film • film • movie review • Sarah Jessica Parker • Dennis Quaid • Ellen Page • movies • Thomas Haden Church

 Quaid Speaks Out
 on Medical
 Mistakes

CBS interview highlights nationwide epidemic of preventable deaths

Mar 15, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dennis Quaid has gone on record about the frightening ordeal of his newborn twins receiving massive overdoses of blood thinners, and now he's going on 60 Minutes to ratchet up his information campaign. Quaid's interview, which will be broadcast tomorrow evening, uses his own harrowing story to highlight medical errors... More »

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celebrity • overdose • Dennis Quaid • Kimberly Quaid • Heparin • Zoe Grace Quaid • Thomas Boone Quaid • Baxter International • Hep-lock

NEW RELEASE

Action Makes a Good Point

Political thriller doesn't have all the answers, but it sure has action

Feb 22, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - It may lack depth, but critics admit that Vantage Point packs a lot of excitement. The thriller, which begins by showing the same assassination from eight different perspectives, "fails the 'reality test' but maintains a certain intensity for its entire running length," writes James Berardinelli of ReelViews.com.... More »

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movie review • Dennis Quaid • guy movies • action movie • political thriller • "24" • Vantage Point • Forest Whitaker • Matthew Fox • William Hurt • Sigourney Weaver

Quaids Speak Out About Ordeal

Newborns 'overdosed while we're there,' actor says

Jan 15, 08 1:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Dennis and Kimberly Quaid trusted their sick newborns to an LA hospital, and less than 9 hours later, the children's lives were in danger. "Our kids could have been dying," the actor says, "and we wouldn't have been able to come down to the hospital to say... More »

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twins • celebrity • overdose • Dennis Quaid • Cedars Sinai Hospital • Kimberly Quaid • Heparin • Zoe Grace Quaid • Thomas Boone Quaid

Quaids Sue Drug Firm Over OD

Actor alleges packaging led to infants' nearly fatal overdose

Dec 5, 07 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife filed a lawsuit against Baxter International, maker of the blood thinner Heparin, after their newborn twins nearly died of an overdose, the Chicago Tribune reports. The couple said Baxter was negligent because it packaged two different strengths of the drug, one a thousand times... More »

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medical errors • drug companies • celebrity • overdose • lawsuit • infants • Dennis Quaid • Kimberly Buffington • Heparin • Baxter International

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