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NEWS ABOUT: Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road stories: 7 news summaries
OPINION

 Hollywood Is 
 Fatal to Fabulous Books 


Feb 17, 09 6:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Willing Davidson knows his complaint isn't original. But he can't help asking in Slate, "Why does Hollywood take our favorite novels and turn them into crap?" In Richard Yates' Revolutionary Road, readers see their own hopes within those of his characters; in the movie, character replaces plot "and... More »

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Hollywood • literature • book • movies • Revolutionary Road

OPINION

 Winslet Embraces 
 Hot Accessory: 
 Cleavage 

Telegraph's Fashion Director speculates on Winselet's outfit for BAFTA

Feb 5, 09 2:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet's new approach to awards-season fashion hasn't escaped notice, Hilary Alexander writes in the Telegraph. "Ms. Winslet’s breasts have become so important they are starting to take on a life of their own," the newspaper's fashion director observes. The double Golden Globe winner (supply your own... More »

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fashion • Narciso Rodriguez • award show • BAFTA • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

analysis

 Hollywood, Lay Off the 'Burbs 

Hating on the suburbs is the cheapest, easiest move in art

Dec 28, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Revolutionary Road, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, “is the latest entry in a long stream of art that portrays the American suburbs as the physical correlative to spiritual and mental death,” Lee Siegel writes in the Washington Post. Everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath has given... More »

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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • art • literature • Weeds • suburbs • Allen Ginsberg • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road

MOVIE REVIEW

 Leo, Kate 
 Pave Way for 
 Revolutionary Road 

Actors overcome 'dated' feel

Dec 26, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Revolutionary Road, a 1950s-era drama about marriage, love, and angst, has its flaws, but ultimately it works, writes Kenneth Turhan in the Los Angeles Times. That’s largely thanks to stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and director Sam Mendes, who overcome a storyline that seems “as dated as... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • film • movie review • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Revolutionary Road

Cash-Strapped Studios Spend Big on Oscars

Pricey ads run for contenders despite industry layoffs

Dec 20, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America's financial crisis hasn't stopped studios from dropping big money in their quest for Oscars, Nikki Finke writes on Deadline Hollywood Daily. Amid layoffs and cutbacks, Paramount took out 7 full-page ads for Revolutionary Road in the New York Times, and Disney spent $675,000 for a Wall-E insert in... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • Paramount • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • movies • Wall-E • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Doubt Dominates 
 SAG Noms 

Streep, Hoffman earn nods; Pitt, Jolie, Penn join them

Dec 18, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild released its award nominees today, and left no Doubt which flick had the most star power in 2008. As with the Golden Globes, all four Doubt leads earned nods, which, combined with a best ensemble nomination, gave it the most potential honors overall.  Brangelina again... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • Meryl Streep • Sean Penn • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Frank Langella • Screen Actors Guild • Anne Hathaway • Mickey Rourke • Changeling • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Frost/Nixon • Richard Jenkins • Melissa Leo • Rachel Getting Married

GLOSSIES

 Winslet's Back, 
 With Eyes on Oscar 

Actress reunites with DiCaprio, stars in two films likely to earn her some hardware

Nov 5, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • Academy Awards • Titanic • profile • movies • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Ralph Fiennes • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

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