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First Look: Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins In Sex-Addiction Comedy-Drama ‘Thanks For Sharing'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • May 16, 2012 3:19 PM
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All it takes is one little film to bust down a taboo, and so it's seemingly been done with Steve McQueen's "Shame." The critically-acclaimed drama was a rare picture to tackle the question of sex addiction, and while it hasn't quite opened the floodgates, it's made it easier for other filmmakers to tackle the subject matter.
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More: Thanks For Sharing, Stuart Blumberg, Mark Ruffalo, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Gad, Tim Robbins, Pink, Patrick Fugit

Pink To Star In Sex Addiction Dramedy 'Thanks For Sharing'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • October 3, 2011 10:21 AM
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Patrick Fugit Rounds Out The CastMark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Gwenyth Paltrow, Joely Richardson, Josh Gad and...Pink? Oops sorry, Alecia Moore. That's the name the pop singer is going by for her first major part in a leading film and yes, Class 5 Films and Olympus Pictures announced today that she has joined the upcoming sex addiction dramedy "Thanks For Sharing."
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More: Films, Actors, Musicians, Thanks For Sharing, Patrick Fugit, Pink

Bunk! 'The Wire' Star Wendell Pierce To Play Blues Legend B.B. King In New Biopic

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • May 19, 2011 3:10 AM
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Patrick Fugit Joins Him In 'B.B. King And I'We suspect we've said this before, but, while we love basically every character on HBO's much-missed masterpiece "The Wire," our favorite may have been Detective William 'Bunk' Moreland, as embodied by Wendell Pierce, the warm beating heart of the show, but capable of regular badassery (watch the Season 3 confrontation with Omar, one of the great pieces of television acting by both Pierce and Michael K. Williams, for proof). Like many of the show's stars, the 49-year-old actor has gone on to bigger, if not better, things -- he's currently one of the key cast members in David Simon's 'Wire' follow-up "Treme," and before the year is out he'll crop up in both the comedy "Horrible Bosses" and in mega-franchise film "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1." But it looks like he's finally landed a long overdue starring role.
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More: Films, Actors, Musicians, B.B. King And I, Wendell Pierce, Patrick Fugit, B.B King

Patrick Fugit & Elle Fanning Join Cameron Crowe's 'We Bought A Zoo'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • November 9, 2010 9:34 AM
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The population in Cameron Crowe's "We Bought A Zoo" just a got a little more crowded.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Cameron Crowe, We Bought A Zoo, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning

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