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5 Oscars Wins That We'd Love To See This Year (Even If They Won't Happen)

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • February 24, 2012 1:02 PM
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Features
Sometimes, the nomination is the prize. Even in more open years than this one (where many of the major prizes have been locked in for weeks, if not months), only two or three of the nominees have had a realistic chance of winning, with the others merely filling out the field. Which is not to say that they're not deserving. Indeed, quite often, the anointed winner is in that position because they're overdue, or they're part of a film that's sweeping the Oscars in general, or any one of a number of reasons.
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More: Oscars, Academy Awards, Peter Straughan, Jessica Chastain, Features, Demian Bichir, Terrence Malick, Moneyball

Jessica Chastain & Joel Edgerton To Star In 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His' & 'The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 2, 2012 4:30 PM
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News
It looks like the hunt for Osama Bin Laden won't be the only place where Jessica Chastain and Joel Edgerton will hang together. The two rising actors will be reteaming for another project, one that as you might guess from the titles, has a rather ambitious concept.
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More: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, William Hurt

Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain & Jennifer Lawrence Are Vanity Fair's 2012 Ingenues

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 31, 2012 1:43 PM
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  • 16 Comments
News
Vanity Fair loves the ladies. For their annual Hollywood issue the magazine has once again gone with hot young things for their cover, making it three straight years the boys have left off from strutting their stuff (excluding the 2009 issue which for some reason had Barack Obama fronting the issue). But also as usual, it's hard to argue with their choices for the most part with Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence selected for the cover.
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More: Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Adepero Oduye, Shailene Woodley, Elizabeth Olsen, Paula Patton, Felicity Jones, Lily Collins, Brit Marling

Olga Kurylenko In, Jessica Chastain Out For Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion'/'Horizons'; Andrea Riseborough Also Joins

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 19, 2012 6:36 PM
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  • 9 Comments
News
First titled "Oblivion," then for a moment "Horizons" the Tom Cruise starring, Joseph Kosinski directed sci-fi film is currently untitled, but more importantly, undergoing a bit of a casting switcheroo.
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More: Oblivion, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Jessica Chastain

New Look At 'Madagascar 3' Which Now Features The Voice Of The Omnipresent Jessica Chastain

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 13, 2012 3:13 PM
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News
While Jessica Chastain was in every movie you saw last year, averaging a film every two months, they were largely indie productions, and they likely didn't see her swimming in a pool filled with money. But the actress is now set to take on a gig that will probably earn her a decent check, and best of all, she can probably work in her pyjamas if she wants to.
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More: Jessica Chastain, Bryan Cranston, Madagascar 3

Joel Edgerton Locked For Kathryn Bigelow's 'Kill Bin Laden'; Jessica Chastain, Edgar Ramirez & Mark Strong Also Join

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • January 5, 2012 5:51 PM
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  • 18 Comments
News
Well, here's a piece of good news. Attached way back last spring for Kathryn Bigelow's upcoming untitled Seal Team 6 movie (aka "Kill Bin Laden"), we began to get worried about Joel Edgerton's involvement when the project began further casting this fall -- adding Jason Clarke -- and his name remained conspicuously absent.
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More: Joel Edgerton, Rooney Mara, Kathryn Bigelow, Kill Bin Laden, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Edgar Ramirez

The Playlist's Woman Of The Year 2011: Jessica Chastain

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 20, 2011 1:30 PM
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  • 10 Comments
Features
To start things off, there was really only one choice for The Playlist's inaugural Woman of the Year 2011, an actress who was virtually unknown twelve months ago, but has appeared in no fewer than seven films that premiered at film festivals or went into wide release over the course of the year, without a real stinker in the bunch. Her roles ranged from an Israeli spy to an ethereal 1950s housewife, from a Texan FBI agent to a platinum-blonde bombshell forming an unlikely friendship with her maid (the latter a part that looks set to take her to the Oscars this year). Yes, it's Jessica Chastain. Who else?
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More: Features, Jessica Chastain, The Help, The Tree Of Life

Marrakech Film Festival '11: Jessica Chastain On Cannes, Overcoming Shyness And Wanting Isabelle Huppert's Career

  • By Jessica Kiang
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  • December 18, 2011 2:25 PM
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  • 7 Comments
Features
Jessica Chastain has not had a normal year. Not so much breaking through as invading and colonizing multiplexes and arthouse theaters alike (we’ll have more on this in a special end-of-year piece coming soon), when we spoke to her during the Marrakech International Film Festival, she was nonetheless able to identify one defining experience amidst it all: the Cannes red carpet.
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More: Jessica Chastain, Marrakech Film Festival, Isabelle Huppert

Jessica Chastain Reportedly To Star In 'Incendies' Director Denis Villeneuve's Adaptation Of Russell Banks' 'The Darling'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • December 16, 2011 9:20 AM
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News
2011 certainly seems to be actress Jessica Chastain’s lucky year, as she had a series of fine performances in parts both big and small in acclaimed films ranging from “The Help” to Terrence Malick’s “The Tree Life.” Throw in turns in the apocalyptic “Take Shelter” and director John Madden’s thriller “The Debt,” and it certainly feels like it’s been the breakthrough year for Chastain’s up-and-coming career.
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More: Denis Villeneuve, Jessica Chastain, The Darling

'The Help' & 'The Artist' Lead The Field At Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • December 14, 2011 9:36 AM
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  • 8 Comments
Awards
In the seventeen years that they've been running for, the annual Screen Actors' Guild Awards have proven to be a pretty reliable precursor for the acting categories at the Academy Awards. And why shouldn't they? With the actors who nominate their peers for the Oscars overwhelmingly being SAG members, there's always going to be a natural link, and certainly by the time the guild award their prizes, it's a good time to make a bet. In the last few years, they've only missed Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," Marion Cotillard in "La Vie En Rose" and Alan Arkin in "Little Miss Sunshine" as winners, while the nominees tend to match up heavily -- last year, seventeen out of twenty in the acting categories were the same, while all five nominees in the Outstanding Cast category won Oscar nominations. 
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More: Screen Actors Guild, The Help, The Descendants, The Artist, Bridesmaids, Midnight In Paris, Demian Bichir, A Better Life, George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar, Jean Dujardin, Brad Pitt, Moneyball, Glenn Close, Viola Davis, Albert Nobbs, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn, Kenneth Branagh, Armie Hammer, Jonah Hill, Nick Nolte, Warrior, Christopher Plummer, Beginners, Berenice Bejo, Jessica Chastain, Melissa McCarthy, Janet McTeer

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