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 Damon's Next Step: Directing 

On top of Hollywood, Matt Damon plans on slowing down

Sep 20, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twelve years after the breakthrough Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon has become one of Hollywood’s hottest names—and now he plans on cooling off, the Boston Globe reports. “You shoot all day, have dinner and work on a screenplay until midnight and then get up at five and... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Matt Damon • movies • acting • The Informant!

(Newser) - Actor Patrick Stewart reported seeing a "ghost" in the wings while performing Waiting for Godot in London, reports the Telegraph. The former Star Ship Enterprise captain was apparently not up to snuff during one scene. When co-star Ian McKelllan asked him what happened, Stewart replied: "I just saw... More »

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theater • London • Ian McKellen • Star Trek • ghosts • Ghost • acting • Patrick Stewart • Waiting for Godot

FBI, CIA Recruits Duke It Out With Actors on DC's Streets

Bystanders beware: crime scenes staged on streets

Aug 17, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Criminal incidents around Washington may not always be what they seem: The FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and other authorities stage crimes all over town, aiming to put trainees in the heat of the action, the Washington Post reports. Professional actors, students, retired cops, and others play bad-guy targets for new... More »

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CIA • FBI • police • Secret Service • training • actor • Washington, DC • acting

INTERVIEW

 Onscreen 
 and Off, 
 Charlize 
 Is Naked 




For spicy Oscar winner, candor comes naturally

Aug 16, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlize Theron is known for her devil-may-care attitude about onscreen nudity. But as Kevin Conley found while writing a profile of the Oscar-winning beauty for Vogue, nakedness follows Theron into her real life as well—though it’s of the metaphorical variety. “I feel like I always reveal too... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • acting • Charlize Theron • Charlize Theron naked

 Streep: Move Oscars 
 Before Other Awards 

Late scheduling takes the punch out of iconic awards, actor says

Jul 23, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two-time Oscar winner (and 15-time nominee) Meryl Streep has a suggestion for the Academy—the ceremony should be earlier, she tells USA Today. “The Oscars should be Jan. 2,” Streep said, “before the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, the Broadcast Film Critics.” Winners are so tired of awards... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Meryl Streep • BAFTA • movie industry • acting • Oscars

Write Your Own 'I'll Be Back' Joke

Schwarzenegger OKs computer-aided cameo in Terminator sequel

Apr 22, 09 12:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Governator might just be a Terminator once more, the Los Angeles Times reports. Arnold Schwarzenegger has given director McG permission to insert old footage of him into next month’s Terminator Salvation, he told bloggers in a webcast interview today. “I think it’s cool to continue... More »

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entertainment • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • acting • Terminator Salvation

(Newser) - Dog-owners in the UK city of Bath can audition their pooches tomorrow for a spot in a Shakespeare play, the Telegraph reports. The role in The Taming of the Shrew is historically accurate, the director said: “In Shakespeare’s time … they had a troupe of dogs specially trained... More »

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theater • England • William Shakespeare • dog • acting • The Taming of the Shrew • role • Elizabethan

 Paltrow: Phoenix 'Intense' But Just a 'Big Softy'

But he is a little 'intense'

Mar 15, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow has defended increasingly bizarre Joaquin Phoenix as a "real softy, kind person," reports the Boston Globe. But Paltrow conceded the actor-turned-rap-wildman can be a bit ... distant. "He has trouble relaxing. He's very intense. Sometimes you don't want to disturb him," said the actress, who... More »

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rap music • Gwyneth Paltrow • Joaquin Phoenix • acting • acting career

China Bans Actors From Medical Commercials

Health Ministry calls drug commercials misleading

Feb 18, 09 2:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Stung by the appearance of a single actor playing four different medical experts, the Chinese government has prohibited actors from portraying doctors or patients in commercials, Variety reports. The outrage stemmed from a Beijing Times article that also revealed one actress had posed as someone suffering from lung, liver, kidney,... More »

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China • drug companies • commercials • ban • actor • acting

PROFILE

 Clive Owen+Stubble=Everyman 


Feb 16, 09 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Clive Owen may be good-looking, but his success in recent years depends squarely on his ability to inhabit scruffy Everyman characters that connect with audiences, New York reports. His new film, The International, heightens the illusion, as Owen’s everyday character is thrust into the middle of a... More »

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thriller • Clive Owen • actor • character • Naomi Watts • acting • Tom Tykwer • Everyman

(Newser) - Bizarre behavior aside, Joaquin Phoenix does have ambitions for his new career in rhyming, as he revealed in an interview with ABC News. “I want it to be big,” he said of his debut album, which is in the works. “Not big like popular. I want it... More »

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music • film • hip-hop • rap music • Joaquin Phoenix • meltdown • acting • debut



 Joaquin: Junkie 
 or New Borat? 

increasingly bizarre behavior churns rumor mills

Feb 13, 09 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The case of Joaquin Phoenix gets curiouser and curiouser following the actor' shambolic appearance on the David Letterman show. The odd tics and nodding-off behavior that drew Letterman's scathing wrath are typical of a heroin user, Gawker points out. But many speculate that it's all a Borat-like hoax act by... More »

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celebrity • David Letterman • rap music • Joaquin Phoenix • acting

(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix really is a struggling rap artist, a rep tells MTV. “The transition from one career to another is never seamless,” the actor’s publicist says. “He intends on exploring his musical interests despite speculative, negative, or positive reactions.” The statement is in direct contrast... More »

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celebrity • rapper • rap music • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • actor • acting • acting career

 Phoenix 
 'Breakdown' 
 More Like 
 a Put-On 

Phoenix' rap career might just be a show

Jan 28, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Joaquin Phoenix's transformation from Oscar-nominated actor to bumbling rapper may be a prank meant to satirize media coverage of pompous actors, Entertainment Weekly reports. “He said, ‘It's a put-on. I'm going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey [Affleck] is going to film it,... More »

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celebrity • rapper • rap music • hoax • Joaquin Phoenix • Casey Affleck • actor • acting • acting career

 No Free Ride 
 for Rumer Willis 

Celeb daughter is down-to-earth, hard-working

Jan 25, 09 3:45 PM CST
(Newser) - Rumer Willis may be the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, but she’s no spoiled brat, the Daily Mail reports. She has babysat, worked at a Marc Jacobs, and earned the money for her Subaru Outback. Now, after her breakout role in The House Bunny, the 20-year-old is... More »

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film • celebrity • Demi Moore • Bruce Willis • acting • Rumer Willis

 Globes Fave 
 Hoffman Calls 
 Acting 'Torturous' 

Nominee and veteran character actors talks shop

Jan 11, 09 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - A virtual shoe-in for a Golden Globes award tonight, Philip Seymour Hoffman insists that his supporting role in Doubt came "at a price"—as have most of his other parts as a veteran character actor. “For me, acting is torturous, because you know it’s a beautiful... More »

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film • award show • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Golden Globes • actor • movies • acting • acting career • characters • supporting cast

 Oscar-Worthy Comebacks 

Some celebs are best after years of fermenting

Dec 30, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Some stars combust and others fizzle, but a few are reborn. Metromix honors the second wave:
  • The Wrestler was made for Mickey Rourke, the "one-time '80s sex symbol" turned professional boxer.
  • Drug habits wrote off Robert Downey Jr. until the Iron Man returned with back-to-back
... More »

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California • Hollywood • film • celebrity • acting • Oscars

(Newser) - British and Australian actors are flocking to the US in search of work and finding great success in roles that challenge their mimicry skills, the Chicago Tribune reports. Whether it’s Hugh Laurie on House, Anna Friel on Pushing Daisies, or Simon Baker on The Mentalist, the thespians have found... More »

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television • NBC • England • America • Britain • acting • Pushing Daisies • Hugh Laurie • Anna Friel • Simon Baker • House • The Mentalist • Marc Hirschfeld

Ledger, Brangelina Score Globe Nods; Snubs Abound

Milk left out of best picture, No 'best comedy' for Tropic Thunder

Dec 11, 08 10:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The list of Golden Globe nominations is an interesting one, in part for what’s not on it, CNN reports. Heath Ledger’s turn as the Joker earned a best supporting actor nomination, but that was the lone nod for The Dark Knight, the year’s top-grossing film.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • awards • award show • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Golden Globes • acting

 Heche, Boyfriend Expecting 

Actor beau Tupper met Heche on ABC's Men in Trees

Dec 4, 08 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Anne Heche is pregnant, and both the actress and boyfriend James Tupper are ecstatic, Us Weekly reports. Heche has a son with her ex-husband, whom she left when she met Tupper on the set of ABC’s Men in Trees in 2006. He says they are happier now that they... More »

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television • film • celebrity pregnancy • Anne Heche • acting • James Tupper

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