“I believe that the movie-star version of this movie is going to be a more profitable movie. And ultimately, I also came to believe that it was going to be a more satisfactory movie, because you could pin your emotions to a smaller group of people and therefore really decide what the story is about.”
Lorne Manly Pegs Deepwater Horizon As Lionsgate Risk
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“His most personal work, Norbit, a psychodramatic outpouring of bile, pain, conflict and sheer comedic invention, which Murphy starred in and wrote, deserved to be hailed as a masterwork.”
Richard Brody Appalled By Eddie Murphy’s Exile To “Repugnant” Mr. Church
“You’re not going to bring about change if it’s not intentional. We all have cultural bias, racial bias. One of the difficult things around this subject matter is to deny that we have places we go to subconsciously, and unless you consciously decide that that’s wrong and you’ve got to do something about it, especially if you’re in a position of power, it won’t change.”
David Oyelowo’s Mandate Include 50% Of Potential Directors Always Be Women
“The actor does penance for being part of celebrity distraction.”
From January: Brad Pitt As “Rising Star Of Political Cinema”
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“I lived as a transvestite; had my skeleton bent by Rolfers; sank, glub, underwater in a rebirthing tank. I met incestuous fathers and people who knew all about cannibalism. I gave blood; pretended I was a wino; went under hypnosis; had myself put away in a goofy garage.”
Conservative Christian-Novelist-Essayist-Oui Film Critic D. Keith Mano Was 74
Oscar-Winning Writer-Director Curtis Hanson Was 71; Films Included Bedroom Window, Cradle Will Rock, Bad Influence, L. A. Confidential, 8 Mile, Wonder Boys
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Times Embeds YouTube Clips But No Reporting On Why Cohen Decided To License Widely After An Embezzler Took His Savings
“How Pop Culture Wore Out Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’”
“Pitt, from this point forward, is on defense — and always has been in the case of Jolie’s career. Because Jolie, if anything, has always been the primary architect of the way others view her.”
“Brangelina Is Dead; Long Live Angelina,” Writes Anne Helen Petersen