What links: a drug dealer in Trainspotting, a wrestling referee in The World According to Garp, a disgruntled restaurant guest in The Night Manager, an Aunt who slaps Madeline Brewer’s face in The Handmaid’s Tale, and a police officer in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back?
Correct! They were all cameo appearances in films and TV shows made by the author of the original books. While writers are as a rule happier out of the limelight thinking up their metaphors while hunched solo over a keyboard, every so often they straighten their spines to walk self-consciously through the back of shot in a movie based on one of their books. It’s fun for them. Gets them out of the house.
Best-selling thriller author Harlan Coben (the man behind the ever-growing Harlan Coben Screen Universe) is no different. Of the dozen TV series adapted from his twist-packed novels, he’s...
Correct! They were all cameo appearances in films and TV shows made by the author of the original books. While writers are as a rule happier out of the limelight thinking up their metaphors while hunched solo over a keyboard, every so often they straighten their spines to walk self-consciously through the back of shot in a movie based on one of their books. It’s fun for them. Gets them out of the house.
Best-selling thriller author Harlan Coben (the man behind the ever-growing Harlan Coben Screen Universe) is no different. Of the dozen TV series adapted from his twist-packed novels, he’s...
- 1/11/2024
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Focus Features’ “The Holdovers” is one of the sweetest movies of the year and is set to become a new Christmas classic. Written by David Hemingson and directed by Alexander Payne, the 1970s-set story follows Paul Giamatti as a school professor tasked with staying behind on campus to look after students not going home for Christmas. What follows is a charming, touching tale about two foes who learn to become friends. Giamatti gives a knockout performance while Da’Vine Joy Randolph is a hot contender for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a cook mourning the death of her son. The movie’s strongest point, however, is its writing.
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
“Whiskey Cavalier” creator and “Black-Ish” and “American Dad!” scribe David Hemingson crafted the script. He has never been nominated for an Oscar before but we expect that that he’ll win one this year. We’re predicting he will take home...
- 12/20/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Alexander Payne‘s movies often fare well in the writing categories at the Oscars with four of his films so far nominated for either Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
His second movie, “Election,” was nominated for only Adapted Screenplay in 2000 after it turned Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel of the same name into a film. Payne was nominated with his writing partner Jim Taylor, although they lost to John Irving for “The Cider House Rules.” “Sideways” then picked up five nominations in 2005 including an Adapted Screenplay bid for Payne and Taylor after they turned Rex Pickett’s 2004 novel of the same name into a hit movie. Payne and Taylor won this time around.
In 2012, “The Descendants” repeated the record of “Sideways,” matching five nominations and one Adapted Screenplay victory. This time, Payne won alongside Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. They adapted the 2007 novel of the same name from Kaui Hart Hemmings.
- 11/24/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
This article has been corrected to include Alexander Payne’s first feature film, “Citizen Ruth.”
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
Alexander Payne has a near-perfect record when it comes to his movies being nominated for Academy Awards. The acclaimed writer, director, and producer — one of our very best — has made eight movies so far including his latest flick “The Holdovers” and five of them have been nominated for Oscars. Here’s the breakdown.
Payne’s debut feature film was “Citizen Ruth” (“The Passion of Martin” was only 49 minutes), which follows Laura Dern as a drug-addicted pregnant woman who finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate as she weighs up her choices regarding the pregnancy. This 1996 movie was not nominated for any Oscars.
His next movie was “Election,” which stars Matthew Broderick as a high school teacher who meets his match with Reese Witherspoon‘s over-achieving student. In 2000, the film was nominated for Best...
- 11/22/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
I’ve watched a lot of TV this year. I wake up in the morning, brew a pot of coffee, and sit down to watch television until my eyes go square in their sockets. It’s a quotidian world of ticking time bombs, raunchy rutting, and liberally littered laughs.
The following 10 shows represent my favourites from the past 12 months. Some were watched for work and some were watched for pleasure, but all were immensely enjoyable. In a year dominated by two blockbuster fantasy shows – HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and Amazon’s Tolkien epic The Rings of Power – the work I enjoyed most erred on the side of the irreverent. Funny, cynical, moving, thrilling; there’s a little of everything on this list.
But before we get into it, I think it’s important to recognise my biases: competently assembled though many of these shows are,...
The following 10 shows represent my favourites from the past 12 months. Some were watched for work and some were watched for pleasure, but all were immensely enjoyable. In a year dominated by two blockbuster fantasy shows – HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and Amazon’s Tolkien epic The Rings of Power – the work I enjoyed most erred on the side of the irreverent. Funny, cynical, moving, thrilling; there’s a little of everything on this list.
But before we get into it, I think it’s important to recognise my biases: competently assembled though many of these shows are,...
- 12/24/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
I’ve watched a lot of TV this year. I wake up in the morning, brew a pot of coffee, and sit down to watch television until my eyes go square in their sockets. It’s a quotidian world of ticking time bombs, raunchy rutting, and liberally littered laughs.
The following 10 shows represent my favourites from the past 12 months. Some were watched for work and some were watched for pleasure, but all were immensely enjoyable. In a year dominated by two blockbuster fantasy shows – HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and Amazon’s Tolkien epic The Rings of Power – the work I enjoyed most erred on the side of the irreverent. Funny, cynical, moving, thrilling; there’s a little of everything on this list.
But before we get into it, I think it’s important to recognise my biases: competently assembled though many of these shows are,...
The following 10 shows represent my favourites from the past 12 months. Some were watched for work and some were watched for pleasure, but all were immensely enjoyable. In a year dominated by two blockbuster fantasy shows – HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon and Amazon’s Tolkien epic The Rings of Power – the work I enjoyed most erred on the side of the irreverent. Funny, cynical, moving, thrilling; there’s a little of everything on this list.
But before we get into it, I think it’s important to recognise my biases: competently assembled though many of these shows are,...
- 12/24/2022
- by Nick Hilton
- The Independent - TV
Saloon Media, the production company behind such TV projects as Cold Valley, Witches of Salem, Web of Darkness, Encounter: UFO, and Hotel Paranormal (hosted by Dan Aykroyd), has announced that they have acquired the rights to author Shaun Hamill’s debut horror novel A Cosmology of Monsters, which was first published in 2019. The company is working with executive producer Caitlin D. Fryers to turn A Cosmology of Monsters into an ongoing one-hour TV series, with the first season to consist of eight episodes.
Fryers previously worked on the shows Wynonna Earp, Endlings, and Private Eyes. She is developing A Cosmology of Monsters with Saloon’s SVP of Scripted Content, Melissa Williamson. Hamill and Saloon’s Michael Kot are executive producing the show with Fryers.
Hamill’s novel (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:
Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them – and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark,...
Fryers previously worked on the shows Wynonna Earp, Endlings, and Private Eyes. She is developing A Cosmology of Monsters with Saloon’s SVP of Scripted Content, Melissa Williamson. Hamill and Saloon’s Michael Kot are executive producing the show with Fryers.
Hamill’s novel (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:
Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them – and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark,...
- 11/22/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
From Virginia Woolf to John Irving.
- 10/4/2017
- by Jeanette Winterson
- Vulture
Novelist John Irving has signed with Gersh, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
Irving won an Oscar in 2000 for adapting The Cider House Rules, his own novel. Other novels of his that have received the big-screen treatment include The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, A Prayer for Owen Meany (adapted as 1998’s Simon Birch) and A Widow for One Year (made into the 2004 film The Door in the Floor).
Irving’s other accolades include three National Book Award nominations (including a win for Garp) and an O. Henry Award for the 1981 short story “Interior Space.” His...
Irving won an Oscar in 2000 for adapting The Cider House Rules, his own novel. Other novels of his that have received the big-screen treatment include The World According to Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, A Prayer for Owen Meany (adapted as 1998’s Simon Birch) and A Widow for One Year (made into the 2004 film The Door in the Floor).
Irving’s other accolades include three National Book Award nominations (including a win for Garp) and an O. Henry Award for the 1981 short story “Interior Space.” His...
- 6/28/2017
- by Rebecca Sun
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Filmmakers and stars have often taken a political stance by choosing which projects to make. But when the Academy Awards ceremony began in 1929 to honor the best in film, this created a more public way to demonstrate opinions about the state of the world, the government or a cause.
Read More: Meryl Streep Fires Back at Donald Trump in Blistering Speech: ‘We Have the Right to Live Our Lives’
Not everyone has taken this opportunity though, except for maybe wearing the odd ribbon to support awareness or using their attendance (or lack thereof) to show solidarity. Those blessed by winning a coveted statuette, however, can use their actual acceptance speech as a platform to speak out. Although the awards started being televised in 1953, it took until the 1970s until winners began to really take advantage of having a massive audience for their views. And at times, even the Academy itself got political.
Read More: Meryl Streep Fires Back at Donald Trump in Blistering Speech: ‘We Have the Right to Live Our Lives’
Not everyone has taken this opportunity though, except for maybe wearing the odd ribbon to support awareness or using their attendance (or lack thereof) to show solidarity. Those blessed by winning a coveted statuette, however, can use their actual acceptance speech as a platform to speak out. Although the awards started being televised in 1953, it took until the 1970s until winners began to really take advantage of having a massive audience for their views. And at times, even the Academy itself got political.
- 2/26/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Writer of The Cider House Rules laments new president’s threat to Lgbt and abortion rights, and says winners at next weekend’s Oscars should be free to protest
Oscar-winning novelist John Irving has taken aim at Donald Trump over the latter’s threat to Lgbt and abortion rights as well as religious-based bigotry.
Irving, who won a best adapted screenplay Oscar in 2000 for the adaptation of his own novel The Cider House Rules, has contributed an essay to the Hollywood Reporter in which he considered the “protocol” over whether or not award winners should make explicitly political speeches.
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Oscar-winning novelist John Irving has taken aim at Donald Trump over the latter’s threat to Lgbt and abortion rights as well as religious-based bigotry.
Irving, who won a best adapted screenplay Oscar in 2000 for the adaptation of his own novel The Cider House Rules, has contributed an essay to the Hollywood Reporter in which he considered the “protocol” over whether or not award winners should make explicitly political speeches.
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- 2/20/2017
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
President-elect Donald Trump‘s shocking victory has left many in the country reeling – and former People writer Natasha Stoynoff admits she too was surprised by the election’s outcome.
Stoynoff, who came forward in October with her harrowing story about Trump grabbing and forcibly kissing her during an interview, tells People she was “heartbroken” on Election Night when she realized Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had lost her fight.
“Mostly at what the results said about so many Americans and what they were thinking, feeling and believing,” she says.
Stoynoff, 51, made national headlines when she wrote a courageous essay describing how...
Stoynoff, who came forward in October with her harrowing story about Trump grabbing and forcibly kissing her during an interview, tells People she was “heartbroken” on Election Night when she realized Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had lost her fight.
“Mostly at what the results said about so many Americans and what they were thinking, feeling and believing,” she says.
Stoynoff, 51, made national headlines when she wrote a courageous essay describing how...
- 11/16/2016
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
The actor’s heavy-footed directorial debut, in which he also stars, is an odd, tortured drama of postwar domestic tragedy
The engaging actor Ewan McGregor has made a high-minded but misjudged and heavy-footed directorial debut in which he also stars. It’s an odd, tortured and self-torturing postwar drama hitting a note of grandiose domestic tragedy, adapted from Philip Roth’s award-winning 1997 novel, though often more resembling something by John Irving.
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The engaging actor Ewan McGregor has made a high-minded but misjudged and heavy-footed directorial debut in which he also stars. It’s an odd, tortured and self-torturing postwar drama hitting a note of grandiose domestic tragedy, adapted from Philip Roth’s award-winning 1997 novel, though often more resembling something by John Irving.
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- 11/10/2016
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
This one’s been a long time coming. Stephen King is a genre unto himself at this point. A “Stephen King movie” can be anything from Stand By Me to Maximum Overdrive, and the only thing they all have in common is him as the original source of the material. It seems like a given at this point that if King publishes something, it will eventually be turned into a film. Some books just take longer than others to make the jump. For example, Hulu just wrapped up 11.22.63, the eight-part adaptation of King’s time-travel story about trying to stop the murder of JFK from taking place. Co-produced by Bad Robot and starring James Franco, that was not the first attempt at cracking that adaptation. Jonathan Demme was the first director to try to take a crack at that one, and he was going to do it as a feature film.
- 4/26/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Based on a novel published in 1978, "The World According To Garp" was released in 1982, and yet watching the film on the recently-released Blu-ray from Warner Archive, I was struck by how timely and even urgent the material felt, and how much more adult and daring it is than most of the movies released by studios today. Not only do they not make them like this anymore, but I'd offer the opinion that they never really did. How can a film from 1978 have a better handle on the times we're living in right now than most of the films coming out this year? After all, much of John Irving's novel is a direct reaction to the late '70s and what Irving thought of the social landscape at that particular moment. How relevant could it be today, since we've obviously progressed so much since then? You'd be surprised. For those...
- 9/30/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
The leaking of a sex tape can make or break a celebrity. In Rob Lowe's case, it was the catalyst he needed to hit rock bottom and check into rehab in 1990 – and he's been sober for 26 years now. But even after that fall from grace, Lowe says his career wasn't completely dead.
"I've been fortunate that I've always, always, always worked. Even after the sex tape was made public, it was like: You're still a professional baseball player, but you're playing for Double or Triple A," Lowe, 51, says in the new issue of GQ, on stands Monday. "I lost...
"I've been fortunate that I've always, always, always worked. Even after the sex tape was made public, it was like: You're still a professional baseball player, but you're playing for Double or Triple A," Lowe, 51, says in the new issue of GQ, on stands Monday. "I lost...
- 9/22/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
Owen Humphreys/Pa Archive
Mike Ashley has this evening stepped down from Newcastle United’s board of directors.
The owner, who only formally joined the Newcastle board in April 2014 when he also named Lee Charnley as the Magpies’ managing director, will be taking a step back along with finance director John Irving who is leaving the Club.
The new board will now consist of Head coach Steve McClaren, chief scout Graham Carr, club ambassador Bob Moncur, and MD Charnley.
The reshuffle means that The Magpies become the only Premier League club to have its head coach on its Board of Directors, a move that the club has described as adding “significant strength to it.”
So down the line if things aren’t going too well for McClaren, will the former England manager be charged with sacking himself? How will this work?
Lee Charnley, who was in charge of the search for the new head coach,...
Mike Ashley has this evening stepped down from Newcastle United’s board of directors.
The owner, who only formally joined the Newcastle board in April 2014 when he also named Lee Charnley as the Magpies’ managing director, will be taking a step back along with finance director John Irving who is leaving the Club.
The new board will now consist of Head coach Steve McClaren, chief scout Graham Carr, club ambassador Bob Moncur, and MD Charnley.
The reshuffle means that The Magpies become the only Premier League club to have its head coach on its Board of Directors, a move that the club has described as adding “significant strength to it.”
So down the line if things aren’t going too well for McClaren, will the former England manager be charged with sacking himself? How will this work?
Lee Charnley, who was in charge of the search for the new head coach,...
- 6/10/2015
- by Ross Tweddell
- Obsessed with Film
'The Insider' movie: Al Pacino and Russell Crowe 'The Insider' movie: 1999 exposé of CBS news show barks, but doesn't bite Michael Mann's 1999 movie The Insider quote exchange: "It's old news. ... We'll be ok," says Don Hewitt (Philip Baker Hall), the creator of the CBS news show 60 Minutes. "These things have a half-life of 15 minutes." "No, that's fame," replies 60 Minutes anchor Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer). "Fame has a 15-minute half-life. Infamy lasts a little longer." The infamous "things" referred to by Hewitt and Wallace are the series of scandals that erupted in early 1996, when it was revealed that CBS had refused to air an interview with a tobacco company whistleblower because the network feared the (financial) consequences. What Freedom of the Press? Based on Marie Brenner's Vanity Fair article about the events that led up to that embarrassing – and disturbing – incident, The Insider tells the story of scientist Jeffrey Wigand...
- 5/14/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
All week long our writers will debate: Which was the greatest film year of the past half century? Check here for a complete list of our essays. The end of the 1990s was the end of an era on the big screen. The independent filmmaking movement that started the decade had taken full bloom and infiltrated the business. Major studios had begun to jump headlong into the "dependent" game, amping up prestige product and utilizing the awards season as a marketing tool. The blockbuster landscape at the summer multiplex had been interesting, full of original concepts (good and bad), but something else was on the way — a new overlord in the business of film, and one that would more or less make the age of the movie star (at least as we had come to know it) a thing of the past. For those reasons and a slew of others,...
- 4/30/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Steve Drew/Empics Sport
For too long now Newcastle United Football Club has deceived its fans in relation to the ambitions of the club.
Now that the large majority of Magpies have sussed out what’s going on behind closed doors at St James’ Park, questions have been raised that the powers that be have been forced to answer.
To do this, instead of taking the normal route of talking to Sky Sports News and the like, Newcastle owner Mike Ashley likes to send a couple of his subordinates for a face-to-face meeting with a select few of the clubs fans.
These meetings, known as the Fans Forum, are relatively new but have proved to be successful thus far.
Important information regarding the future of the club, and the way Ashley intends to run it have been exclusively revealed in the past. Even though it has been news that Newcastle...
For too long now Newcastle United Football Club has deceived its fans in relation to the ambitions of the club.
Now that the large majority of Magpies have sussed out what’s going on behind closed doors at St James’ Park, questions have been raised that the powers that be have been forced to answer.
To do this, instead of taking the normal route of talking to Sky Sports News and the like, Newcastle owner Mike Ashley likes to send a couple of his subordinates for a face-to-face meeting with a select few of the clubs fans.
These meetings, known as the Fans Forum, are relatively new but have proved to be successful thus far.
Important information regarding the future of the club, and the way Ashley intends to run it have been exclusively revealed in the past. Even though it has been news that Newcastle...
- 3/10/2015
- by Ross Tweddell
- Obsessed with Film
J.K. Simmons has been taking awards season by storm. The Whiplash star not only scored an Academy Award nomination to add to his accolades, but he's even hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. But Simmons, 60, didn't become a star overnight. In fact, his résumé includes over 140 projects since 1986, some which sent us running to Netflix to refresh our memories. Without further ado, we proudly present our Nine Movies You Forgot J.K. Simmons Was In (some of which he probably wants to forget, too). 1. The First Wives Club (1996)The revenge comedy featured plenty of stars like Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton,...
- 1/31/2015
- by Matthew Cole Weiss, @MattColeWeiss
- PEOPLE.com
J.K. Simmons has been taking awards season by storm. The Whiplash star not only scored an Academy Award nomination to add to his accolades, but he's even hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend. But Simmons, 60, didn't become a star overnight. In fact, his résumé includes over 140 projects since 1986, some which sent us running to Netflix to refresh our memories. Without further ado, we proudly present our Nine Movies You Forgot J.K. Simmons Was In (some of which he probably wants to forget, too). 1. The First Wives Club (1996)The revenge comedy featured plenty of stars like Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton,...
- 1/31/2015
- by Matthew Cole Weiss, @MattColeWeiss
- PEOPLE.com
Newsflash: We still have awhile before the Oscars. It's like a month away. But we can prepare anyway by revisiting the greatest hits of our leading nominees in the acting categories. Put on your angriest Annette Bening face and join us for this trip into prestige pictures currently streaming on Netflix. "The Kids are All Right" (Julianne Moore) Julianne Moore didn't pick up a nomination, but costars Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo did in this family drama (with funny moments) about a lesbian couple attempting to embrace the new-found presence of their kids' sperm donor. "The Kids are All Right" feels like a lost James L. Brooks gem set in 2010, and every performance has endearing and (intentionally) maddening moments. Julianne might play the most conflicted character at all, and she wears that indecision and personal guilt well. "My Week With Marilyn" (Eddie Redmayne) Is this a great movie? No. In fact,...
- 1/27/2015
- by Louis Virtel
- Hitfix
Brendon chats to one half of the Farrelly Brothers about the Dumb And Dumber sequel, giving actors space, and future plans
Screenwriters, novelists and storytellers of all kind take note: Peter Farrelly has some wisdom to share with you, both about how he approaches writing a screenplay but also how he pitches projects to studios. He’ll also tell you, like everyone should, that making films is hard. Because it is. Very.
This was a very interesting interview, with some insights into Farrelly’s way of working, as well as some specific little bits about Dumb and Dumber To, There’s Something About Mary and Ricky Stanicky, which will very possibly reunite the Farrelly Bros. and Jim Carrey once again.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, Bobby was absent after a hockey accident. Hopefully he’s feeling a lot better now.
Let’s start with some of the basics.
Screenwriters, novelists and storytellers of all kind take note: Peter Farrelly has some wisdom to share with you, both about how he approaches writing a screenplay but also how he pitches projects to studios. He’ll also tell you, like everyone should, that making films is hard. Because it is. Very.
This was a very interesting interview, with some insights into Farrelly’s way of working, as well as some specific little bits about Dumb and Dumber To, There’s Something About Mary and Ricky Stanicky, which will very possibly reunite the Farrelly Bros. and Jim Carrey once again.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, Bobby was absent after a hockey accident. Hopefully he’s feeling a lot better now.
Let’s start with some of the basics.
- 12/23/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
At first glance, you wouldn’t think of The Affair as being mainly a show about marriage. Narrated via flashback from what we soon discover is a police interrogation and switching perspectives every half-hour, the series seems like it’s trying to be James M. Cain by way of John Irving: A blocked Brooklyn novelist named Noah Solloway (Dominic West) and a waitress named Alison (Ruth Wilson) meet during the Solloways’ summer vacation in Montauk and forge a connection that leads to artfully elided tragedy. But series creators Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi (masterminds of the great and terminally underrated In Treatment) treat the noirish aspects as a means to an end. This show is less interested in procedural details than in examining the ways in which couples and their children grow over time, and then grow apart — and even more so the tendency of first-person experience to distort...
- 10/10/2014
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
"Suicide is a permanent solution to temporary problems." - Robin Williams, "World's Greatest Dad" This is a very emotional "Ask Drew." This is, I would suspect, the closest you're ever going to see to me losing it on camera completely. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when there was a Robin Williams question, since it's still so fresh and so raw for so many people, but I couldn't have known just how hard it would be to talk about him. I mean, I have stared at the blinking cursor on my blank document page for almost two days now, grappling with one question: how in the hell do you even remotely begin to sum up someone as huge as Robin Williams? We could start from the personal angle. I could tell you about the occasional e-mails I got from him when I was at Ain't It Cool, or the...
- 8/13/2014
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
A sparkplug performer at the microphone and a chameleonic talent on screen, Robin Williams improvised his way into Hollywood fame. In this week’s issue, Entertainment Weekly looks back at the career highlights and personal lows of the Oscar-winning actor. Williams, who died in an apparent suicide on Monday at age 63, struggled for much of his life with both substance abuse and depression.
But on camera, things seemed to go much easier. We recount a remarkable career that kicked off with a scene-stealing appearance on the ABC sitcom Happy Days in 1978 as an alien named Mork. “This unknown actor walked on our soundstage,...
But on camera, things seemed to go much easier. We recount a remarkable career that kicked off with a scene-stealing appearance on the ABC sitcom Happy Days in 1978 as an alien named Mork. “This unknown actor walked on our soundstage,...
- 8/13/2014
- by EW staff
- EW.com - PopWatch
Robin Williams was a talent unto himself, able to ricochet from performances that were riotously funny to ones that were extremely sensitive, even somber. The wide, unstoppable mouth expressed the exuberant humor. The eyes - small, watchful and blue - seemed to express the sadness and the thoughtfulness. Here are some of my favorite movies from his eclectic but distinguished career. The World According to Garp (1982). His second movie role (after the unsuccessful Popeye) was as the decent, rather ordinary man living at the heart of novelist John Irving's crazy, violent world. A lovely, understated and terribly underrated performance.
- 8/12/2014
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- PEOPLE.com
Robin Williams was a talent unto himself, able to ricochet from performances that were riotously funny to ones that were extremely sensitive, even somber. The wide, unstoppable mouth expressed the exuberant humor. The eyes - small, watchful and blue - seemed to express the sadness and the thoughtfulness. Here are some of my favorite movies from his eclectic but distinguished career. The World According to Garp (1982). His second movie role (after the unsuccessful Popeye) was as the decent, rather ordinary man living at the heart of novelist John Irving's crazy, violent world. A lovely, understated and terribly underrated performance.
- 8/12/2014
- by Tom Gliatto, @gliattoT
- PEOPLE.com
With the news of Robin Williams’ shocking death Monday, the world lost a wonderful performer with a rich and diverse career. He made his name on his zany comedies and bananas stand-up and won an Oscar for his dramatic departure, but with over 100 acting credits to his name in nearly 40 years, some of his finest work that shows his range as an actor, along with his tenderness and charm as an everyman star, doesn’t even begin to show up in films like Good Will Hunting, Aladdin, Dead Poets Society or (oh boy) Mrs. Doubtfire. As tribute to this late great, Sound on Sight has compiled a list of some underrated, under-seen and under appreciated performances throughout his career. It’s work that characterizes Williams’ broadly comedic signature as well as his darkly dramatic depth, but most importantly, as his wife Susan Schneider put it, “the countless moments of joy...
- 8/12/2014
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Sarah chats to Fangirl and Eleanor & Park author Rainbow Rowell about geekdom, romance, Ya, and her new novel, Landline...
Interview
Rainbow Rowell writes love stories. Wait, yes, this is a geeky site, but just stay where you are. Rainbow Rowell writes love stories, and they’re amazing – and geeky. Her first novel, Attachments, is about an It guy in the 90s who accidentally falls in love with a woman whose emails he’s paid to read. Eleanor And Park, her acclaimed second novel, is rammed with references to 80s pop culture, as her characters fall in love through their shared appreciation of music and comics. And Fangirl, well, as the title suggests, Fangirl is about fan culture, and a fanfiction writer learning to turn her online emotions into real life ones.
Basically, Rainbow Rowell writes characters you’re going to identify with. I gulped down all of her novels to date in a single serving,...
Interview
Rainbow Rowell writes love stories. Wait, yes, this is a geeky site, but just stay where you are. Rainbow Rowell writes love stories, and they’re amazing – and geeky. Her first novel, Attachments, is about an It guy in the 90s who accidentally falls in love with a woman whose emails he’s paid to read. Eleanor And Park, her acclaimed second novel, is rammed with references to 80s pop culture, as her characters fall in love through their shared appreciation of music and comics. And Fangirl, well, as the title suggests, Fangirl is about fan culture, and a fanfiction writer learning to turn her online emotions into real life ones.
Basically, Rainbow Rowell writes characters you’re going to identify with. I gulped down all of her novels to date in a single serving,...
- 7/21/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
On Monday, Julia Collins’ 20-game Jeopardy! winning streak came to an end when she bet everything on a Final Jeopardy clue that read: “The New England writer who in 1999 became the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel as a screenplay.” Collins guessed Michael Chabon, when the correct answer was John Irving. However, despite her loss, Collins’ 20-game record puts her in second place for the most consecutive wins on the show, behind only Ken Jennings, and makes her the winningest woman in the show’s history.
But what was it about the final clue that threw her?...
But what was it about the final clue that threw her?...
- 6/3/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW - Inside TV
Who is Julia Collins? She’s the most successful woman in the history of Jeopardy! – and unfortunately, her time on the show has come to an end.
Collins lost during her 21st appearance, which aired Monday, after betting everything in Final Jeopardy and answering the question incorrectly. The clue that stumped her? “The New England writer who in 1999 became the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel as a screenplay.” The correct answer: “Who is John Irving?” (Collins guessed Michael Chabon instead.)
Collins lost to Brian Loughnane — but walked away from the show with a total of $428,100 and 20 victories.
Collins lost during her 21st appearance, which aired Monday, after betting everything in Final Jeopardy and answering the question incorrectly. The clue that stumped her? “The New England writer who in 1999 became the last person to win an Oscar for adapting his own novel as a screenplay.” The correct answer: “Who is John Irving?” (Collins guessed Michael Chabon instead.)
Collins lost to Brian Loughnane — but walked away from the show with a total of $428,100 and 20 victories.
- 6/3/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
Did you know that only one other Oscar ceremony has ever been held on a March 2nd? That'd be March 2nd, 1944 which crowned Casablanca 1943's best picture. Let's hope Oscar chooses as well tonight.
May your favorites lose tonight ... if they're different than mine! Kisses.
Though Casablanca is one of those rare pictures that virtually everyone loves, it actually only won three of its eight Oscar nominations that night: Picture, Director (Michael Curtiz), and Screenplay. Only Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) won fewer Oscars among the Best Pictures of the 1940s with just two statues. So I don't wanna see any online snarking if 12 Years a Slave goes home with only a 2 or 3 statues including the big one. Spreading the wealth is not a new thing and i'd argue it's a healthier thing for the movies, too.
Jennifer Jones with Ingrid Bergman who she beat to Best Actress 1943Happy Birthday March 2nd Oscar Babies!
May your favorites lose tonight ... if they're different than mine! Kisses.
Though Casablanca is one of those rare pictures that virtually everyone loves, it actually only won three of its eight Oscar nominations that night: Picture, Director (Michael Curtiz), and Screenplay. Only Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) won fewer Oscars among the Best Pictures of the 1940s with just two statues. So I don't wanna see any online snarking if 12 Years a Slave goes home with only a 2 or 3 statues including the big one. Spreading the wealth is not a new thing and i'd argue it's a healthier thing for the movies, too.
Jennifer Jones with Ingrid Bergman who she beat to Best Actress 1943Happy Birthday March 2nd Oscar Babies!
- 3/2/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
"Gone Girl" has found a release date. The adaptation of Gillian Flynn's hit novel, starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, will hit theaters October 3, 2014.
The movie, which began production this fall, is set to open against a vampire movie ("Dracula Untold"), leading some pundits to ponder whether it's positioning itself for awards season glory. Rounding out the eclectic cast -- lead by Pike, as the titular missing woman, and Affleck, her husband who's suspected of foul play -- are Tyler Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens, Carrie Coon, and "Blurred Lines" video babe Emily Ratajkowski.
Flynn is set to adapt her book for the big screen (a move that netted novelist John Irving an Oscar for adapting 1999's "The Cider House Rules"), and the movie is directed by David Fincher, no slouch in the awards department either (his most recent Academy Award nomination was for Best Director...
The movie, which began production this fall, is set to open against a vampire movie ("Dracula Untold"), leading some pundits to ponder whether it's positioning itself for awards season glory. Rounding out the eclectic cast -- lead by Pike, as the titular missing woman, and Affleck, her husband who's suspected of foul play -- are Tyler Perry, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens, Carrie Coon, and "Blurred Lines" video babe Emily Ratajkowski.
Flynn is set to adapt her book for the big screen (a move that netted novelist John Irving an Oscar for adapting 1999's "The Cider House Rules"), and the movie is directed by David Fincher, no slouch in the awards department either (his most recent Academy Award nomination was for Best Director...
- 10/15/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
There's rain in the forecast, so nice thick novels - the kind with plenty of plot and things to think about - are just the ticket. Tell us what you think of our staffers' choices, and let us know what you're reading. Sandra Sobieraj, Washington Correspondent Her Pick: The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach A novel in the John Irving and Pat Conroy styles - lushly painted, slightly quirky characters - that transports me back to my college days and also helps me understand a little more the plays in my son's Little League games! Nick Jollymore, Legal Counsel...
- 10/10/2013
- by Kim Hubbard
- PEOPLE.com
For the first time ever, a David Sedaris short story has been turned into a movie. Said movie, "C.O.G.," opens in select theaters today and is currently available to watch on VOD. In the video interview below, theater and TV star Jonathan Groff ("Glee") tells us what it was like to make the leap to movies. "C.O.G." is based on one of Sedaris' autobiographical short stories included in his 1997 anthology, "Naked," and carries a quirkier tone than the 1999 John Irving adaptation. Indiewire Chief Film Critic Eric Kohn said the film "is like a collage of Americana from the perspective of someone incapable of comprehending its value," when he reviewed it at Sundance in January. And watch the trailer below:...
- 9/20/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival, "C.O.G." tells the story of a recent Yale graduate who deviates from his parents' plan for him and ventures to an Oregon apple farm to pick fruit. "The Cider House Rules," this is not. "C.O.G." is based on one of David Sedaris' autobiographical short stories included in his 1997 anthology, "Naked," and carries a quirkier tone than the 1999 John Irving adaptation. Indiewire Chief Film Critic Eric Kohn said the film "is like a collage of Americana from the perspective of someone incapable of comprehending its value," when he reviewed it at Sundance in January. "C.O.G." hits theaters September 20, exactly eight months after its premiere in Park City. Watch the first trailer below. And go here for our exclusive first look at the film's poster.
- 8/19/2013
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Kick-Ass 2 opened and I’m very psyched. Loved the comics. Loved the first movie. Even liked the Wanted movie, although it isn’t as sharp and funny as the book.
You see, I’m a big fan of Mark Millar. I’ve followed him ever since he wrote Swamp Thing with Grant Morrison, and, as DC’s Publicity Manager, I had to explain to people who he was. And while I haven’t read absolutely everything he’s written, nor have I loved absolutely everything I’ve read, he always engages me with his characters, entertains me and, in places, makes me laugh.
So it surprised me when I read this.
To be sure, I’m not surprised that there is a backlash against someone who is commercially successful in a popular art form. There are always those people, desperate to be cool, who affect disdain for anything popular.
You see, I’m a big fan of Mark Millar. I’ve followed him ever since he wrote Swamp Thing with Grant Morrison, and, as DC’s Publicity Manager, I had to explain to people who he was. And while I haven’t read absolutely everything he’s written, nor have I loved absolutely everything I’ve read, he always engages me with his characters, entertains me and, in places, makes me laugh.
So it surprised me when I read this.
To be sure, I’m not surprised that there is a backlash against someone who is commercially successful in a popular art form. There are always those people, desperate to be cool, who affect disdain for anything popular.
- 8/16/2013
- by Martha Thomases
- Comicmix.com
Premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival, "C.O.G." tells the story of a recent Yale graduate who deviates from his parents' plan for him and ventures to an Oregon apple farm to pick fruit. "The Cider House Rules," this is not. "C.O.G." is based on one of David Sedaris' short stories included in his 1997 anthology, "Naked," and carries a quirkier tone than the 1999 John Irving adaptation. Indiewire Chief Film Critic Eric Kohn said the film "is like a collage of Americana from the perspective of someone incapable of comprehending its value," when he reviewed it at Sundance in January. These traits certainly shine through in the film's first poster, revealed exclusively to Indiewire below. That's the film's lead, Jonathan Groff, with an apple on his head, a sweater over his checkered button down, and a concerned look on his face. Though Kohn praised Groff's work as "enjoyably awkward," the...
- 8/1/2013
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Exclusive: ICM Partners has signed Tod ‘Kip’ Williams, the Gotham-based director who last helmed the found footage sequel horror hit Paranormal Activity 2. He’s next directing Tangier, a Tom Pabst-scripted indie that will be produced by Traffic‘s Laura Bickford. I’ll always remember Williams for having the stones to take it upon himself to charm author John Irving into giving him a free option on his bestselling novel A Widow For One Year. Irving had never heard of Williams, who had only directed the festival film The Adventures Of Sebastian Cole. His producer, Ted Hope, had an in with Irving in that the author was briefly his wrestling coach at Exeter. That got Williams a foot in the door, and he sold Irving on his pitch to take only a portion of a sprawling tale (most of Irving’s books are sprawling tales), and make that the focus of the film.
- 7/30/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
At first, he seems unsure. Hesitant, even. His voice is coming out metered, measured, and his reading feels more like recitation than performance. Then, something astounding happens: he hits dialogue, and everything ramps up. Voices, it seems, help Michael Kelly find his voice. For those used to listening to crime stories on audio, Kelly’s take on Joyland might be jarring. The narrators of Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series, for example – Alan Sklar, William Roberts, Mark Hammer – explore every word as a threat, pummeling headlong toward finales composed of shock and sadness (only Block himself, on Eight Million Ways to Die, seems to get to the deep sorrow of the character). On the other hand, the more stately readings of both Robert B. Parker’s Spenser series (Michael Prichard, who has taken on Tom Clancy’s techno-thrillers with the same endearing seriousness as John Irving’s The World According to Garp...
- 6/12/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
Back in 2011, between shooting and editing The Avengers, Joss Whedon was supposed to take his wife, producer Kai Cole, on a dream Italian vacation to celebrate their 20th anniversary. Sensing an oncoming crisis of faith in filmmaking — perhaps one reason they’ve been able to achieve 20 years of marriage in an industry that seemingly grinds up and spits out unions just for kicks — she had another idea.
She suggested he finally shoot his dream project, a new black-and-white contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing using the original text with his friends/constant collaborators like Nathan Fillion, Alexis Denisof...
She suggested he finally shoot his dream project, a new black-and-white contemporary spin on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing using the original text with his friends/constant collaborators like Nathan Fillion, Alexis Denisof...
- 6/6/2013
- by Carrie Bell
- EW - Inside Movies
In a recent interview with Vulture, Joe Hill (along with his brother Owen King, who has written a terrific new novel called Double Feature, which isn’t horror but which reads like the best possible mash-up of John Irving and Nick Hornby, with a soupçon of William Goldman thrown in) discussed writing horror in the shadow of his father. While his previous novels, Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, worked to define Hill as a unique voice in horror fiction, “N0S4A2 has a lot of Where's Waldo? tricks with Stephen King. It was very intentional. I thought, Instead of running from the Stephen King stuff, I'm gonna run at it.” And boy, does he: there are more Stephen King Easter eggs in N0S4A2 than in any Stephen King novel since The Tommyknockers: deliberate references to Mid-World from King’s Dark Tower series, an interesting preview of Doctor Sleep,...
- 5/22/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
New York — Thanks to the printed word and the moving image, Salman Rushdie has recaptured the worst part of his life and relived one of the best.
Last fall, the 65-year-old author published the best-selling memoir "Joseph Anton" about his years in hiding that followed the 1988 publication of "The Satanic Verses" and the call for his death by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Rushdie is now promoting the film adaptation of his breakthrough novel, "Midnight's Children," winner of the Booker Prize in 1981 and one of the most highly praised works of fiction of its time.
"It was cathartic to write `Joseph Anton,'" Rushdie explained during a recent interview, wearing a gray suit and no tie, sipping coffee at a hotel rooftop garden in midtown Manhattan. "And `Midnight's Children' was the book where I really became a writer."
Much of the world only learned about Rushdie after "Satanic Verses," which was...
Last fall, the 65-year-old author published the best-selling memoir "Joseph Anton" about his years in hiding that followed the 1988 publication of "The Satanic Verses" and the call for his death by Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Rushdie is now promoting the film adaptation of his breakthrough novel, "Midnight's Children," winner of the Booker Prize in 1981 and one of the most highly praised works of fiction of its time.
"It was cathartic to write `Joseph Anton,'" Rushdie explained during a recent interview, wearing a gray suit and no tie, sipping coffee at a hotel rooftop garden in midtown Manhattan. "And `Midnight's Children' was the book where I really became a writer."
Much of the world only learned about Rushdie after "Satanic Verses," which was...
- 4/22/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Exclusive: And here I thought the win streak of the New York Knicks was impressive. For a third day in a row, Paradigm has added an Oscar winner to the agency fold. And another longtime client of Robert Bookman, who moved over from CAA. Paradigm just signed screenwriter and iconic novelist John Irving. Irving won the Oscar making his debut as a screenwriter by adapting his own novel The Cider House Rules. Many of his novels, from The World According To Garp to A Widow For One Year, A Prayer For Owen Meany and The Hotel New Hampshire, have been turned into films. Irving won the National Book Award for Garp. The signing comes after the agency inked Ted Tally and Tom Stoppard.
- 4/9/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
This movie about an infertile couple who grow a son in their garden is sentimental, glutinous and infantile.
"Odd"? Try "tremendously annoying, creepy and reactionary". Somewhere in the dark heartland of America there is a great yearning for these quirky-icky fables, and here's another, from the pen of author and director Peter Hedges. This film is sentimental and artlessly sinister: like a cross between Mary Shelley and John Irving, with a dash of the equally unendurable Benjamin Button movie. Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton play Cindy and Jim Green, a couple longing for kids, but infertile. In their agony, and indulging in a kind of grief therapy, they compile notes of what they wanted their child to be like and bury them in the garden. Over a stormy night, a miraculous child emerges from the soil to bring joy and wonderment into their lives and the whole community: he is...
"Odd"? Try "tremendously annoying, creepy and reactionary". Somewhere in the dark heartland of America there is a great yearning for these quirky-icky fables, and here's another, from the pen of author and director Peter Hedges. This film is sentimental and artlessly sinister: like a cross between Mary Shelley and John Irving, with a dash of the equally unendurable Benjamin Button movie. Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton play Cindy and Jim Green, a couple longing for kids, but infertile. In their agony, and indulging in a kind of grief therapy, they compile notes of what they wanted their child to be like and bury them in the garden. Over a stormy night, a miraculous child emerges from the soil to bring joy and wonderment into their lives and the whole community: he is...
- 4/4/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
The Swedish moviemaker Lasse Hallström was brought to Hollywood following the success of the funny, moving, deeply honest My Life As a Dog. But for 20 years he's largely devoted himself to increasingly glossy, romantic crowd-pleasers, the serious exception being his version of John Irving's novel The Cider House Rules. Safe Haven, his second adaptation of a bestselling weepie by Nicholas Sparks, is an almost unendurably sentimental tale of a young woman in flight from an abusive relationship in New England who finds Mr Right at a cosy little seaport in South Carolina. He's a handsome widower with two small children, one adorable, the other in need of a mother's love, and the idyll is broken and mended on 4 July. At the beginning there's a certain suspense, and there's also for those who like it, and obviously many do, a generous helping of divine intervention.
DramaRomancePhilip French
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DramaRomancePhilip French
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- 3/3/2013
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
News of a Stephen King adaptation generally draws extreme reactions - either disgust or clueless joy. I.ll cop to being part of that latter group, though my enthusiasm is always kept in check by the sheer number of of projects he regularly has in development. As fans lay in wait for further development of 11/22/63, The Stand and The Dark Tower, at least one long-gestating project is starting up again. Screen Daily reports Tod Williams has been tapped by Cargo Entertainment to adapt King.s novel Cell. Williams' most notable credit is his lukewarm sequel Paranormal Activity 2, though his earlier take on a John Irving novel for the film The Door in the Floor was much more concise and enjoyable. Production on Cell will begin in May with Williams working from a screenplay written by King himself along with Last House on the Left remake screenwriter Adam Alleca. King...
- 2/8/2013
- cinemablend.com
"'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'? What's that?"
If you found yourself scratching your head as Lasse Hallström's little-known indie comedy racked up no fewer than three Golden Globe nominations this morning, you weren't alone. Though "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" was warmly received at its Toronto International Film Festival debut in 2011 and went on to receive positive notices upon its release in March 2012, it hasn't exactly been at the top of awards-watcher's lists.
Nevertheless, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" scored nods for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (Ewan McGregor), Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Emily Blunt) and Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. Its total of three nominations put it in the company of higher-profile projects and not that far behind the day's leaders, "Lincoln" (with seven nominations) and "Django Unchained" and "Argo" (with five apiece).
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" tells the story of Dr. Alfred Jones,...
If you found yourself scratching your head as Lasse Hallström's little-known indie comedy racked up no fewer than three Golden Globe nominations this morning, you weren't alone. Though "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" was warmly received at its Toronto International Film Festival debut in 2011 and went on to receive positive notices upon its release in March 2012, it hasn't exactly been at the top of awards-watcher's lists.
Nevertheless, "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" scored nods for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (Ewan McGregor), Best Actress, Musical or Comedy (Emily Blunt) and Best Picture, Musical or Comedy. Its total of three nominations put it in the company of higher-profile projects and not that far behind the day's leaders, "Lincoln" (with seven nominations) and "Django Unchained" and "Argo" (with five apiece).
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" tells the story of Dr. Alfred Jones,...
- 12/13/2012
- by Michael Hogan
- Huffington Post
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