Africa is about to come under the Hollywood spotlight. Buoyed by the critical and financial success of movies such as "Hotel Rwanda" and "The Constant Gardener," studios are unleashing a series of films not only based on life in Africa, but shot there as well.
Catching up with Clintonian calculations By John Brummett Bill and Hillary Clinton usually stay at least 72 hours ahead of me. - Monday, Oct 2, 2006 Asa's September snafus By John Brummett Asa Hutchinson's September has been about like that Alabama kicker's Saturday.
HOLLYWOOD -- It used to be that December was the cruelest month for Oscar contenders, who jousted for critical and box-office attention at the end of the year. Now the battle begins in September, as more and more Oscar hopefuls crowd the fall weekends.
He has been the dramatic new talent, the male ingenue sideswiped by a film phenomenon, the politically angry young man and, recently, the revitalizing muse of director Martin Scorsese.
Asa's September snafus By John Brummett Asa Hutchinson's September has been about like that Alabama kicker's Saturday. - Sunday, Oct 1, 2006 For Beebe, swift boats lurk By John Brummett When Bill Clinton came to Little Rock the other day to campaign for Mike Beebe - this was a couple of weeks before he reared up on Chris Wallace - he told a crowd, "In Arkansas, Democrats don't get swift-boated.
TVPredictions.com has released its annual "Best and Worst" HDTV list, aka the Swanni's, sorting out the celebs who are high-definition-TV-picture-friendly and those who, well, are not. Making the Swanni's HD Honey's list are Scarlett Johansson, Beyonce Knowles and Evangeline Lily. While Rosie O'Donnell, Howard Stern and Teri Hatcher top the Swanni's HD Horrible list.
One measure of a producer is the movies that wouldn't have gotten made without him. In the past decade, British-born independent producer and international sales impresario Graham King has backed 10 movies.
One measure of a producer is the movies that wouldn't have gotten made without him. In the past decade, British-born independent producer and international sales impresario Graham King has backed 10 movies. Since 2001, four of them -- "Traffic," "Ali," "Gangs of New York" and "The Aviator" -- have earned 28 Oscar nominations and nine wins.