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Viola Davis Visits 'Prisoners' & Imogen Poots Is 'Dating' Zac Efron

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 5, 2012 5:29 PM
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Three actresses we dig a lot have all come on board a small handful of projects, so let's just dive right in...
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'True Blood' Star Deborah Ann Woll Joins Zac Efron In 'Are We Officially Dating?'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • October 11, 2012 4:00 PM
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It's only a matter of time before the talented and (very) lovely "True Blood" star Deborah Ann Woll begins to break out beyond the now silly HBO show (not that it was Shakespeare to begin with -- but how many more subplots can it add?). This summer she had a very nice minor, but important turn in the excellent, but unfortunately ignored "Ruby Sparks" and in case you forgot, she was in early talks for Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" for the role of Elizabeth before the movie was dumped by Universal, in its first incarnation. But after a number of indies that did her talents no favors ("Catch .44," the recently released "Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You") she's now landed a role opposite Zac Efron that will hopefully boost her profile.
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Zac Efron Asks 'Are We Officially Dating?'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • August 31, 2012 1:07 PM
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With Zac Efron using his good looks to try and carry "The Lucky One" earlier this year, the actor has been keen to take some risks as well. He got peed on by Nicole Kidman in "The Paperboy," which premiered at Cannes to some savage reviews, and earned more ink for its camp factor than anything else. But this week, the actor steps into the festival spotlight again with Ramin Bahrani's "At Any Price," which just premiered in Venice, heads to Telluride this weekend and plays TIFF next, and critiques on his turn are still pouring in. But from our writer in Venice, he said, "Efron starts strongly, very reminiscent of twenty-something Tom Cruise somehow (maybe it was just the race driver uniform), but the strain sometimes shows as his character moves into self-destructive inarticulacy." Hmm. Maybe this next gig will be a bit less taxing.
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