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'Silver Linings Playbook' Star Bradley Cooper Honored with Palm Springs' Desert Palm Achievement Award

Awards

Bradley Cooper will recieve the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Desert Palm Achievement Award for acting at its January 5 awards gala.

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December 10, 2012 1:09 PM
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Weinstein Co. Is Smart to Move Up 'Silver Linings Playbook'

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Harvey Weinstein is moving up the release of the much-buzzed about comedy "SIlver Linings PLaybook" by one week, opening on November 16 in ten key cities such as NY and LA, to generate some box office momentum before the final awards push in December and January.

By Anne Thompson
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November 5, 2012 2:22 PM
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Watch: Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper Go Head-to-Head with Meds Cred in 'Silver Linings Playbook'

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Check out this clip from David O. Russell's expected Oscar contender and holiday season favorite, "Silver Linings Playbook," in which Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper's characters, Pat and Tiffany, spend a short and awkward sit-down dinner bonding over depression meds...

By Beth Hanna
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October 29, 2012 2:21 PM
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Casting Watch: Crowe Wants Bradley Cooper to Star Opposite Emma Stone in Upcoming Project

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Cameron Crowe has reportedly singled out Bradley Cooper as the ideal casting choice for his next project, which already has Emma Stone on board.

By Beth Hanna
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October 25, 2012 12:37 PM
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Mill Valley Film Festival Wraps Its Oscar-Track Film Run

Festivals

The Mill Valley Film Festival has concluded its 11-day pursuit of Bay Area Academy members. The festival began with the US premiere of "Silver Linings Playbook," with director David O. Russell and star Bradley Cooper appearing for a Q& A; the film won yet another Audience Award, as did closer "Life of Pi," with Ang Lee on hand.

By Anne Thompson and Maggie Lange
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October 16, 2012 2:41 PM
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'Silver Linings Playbook' to Open Film Independent Forum

Festivals

As part of Weinstein Co.'s ongoing push for David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," currently at the top of many Oscar pundit's charts in the race for Best Picture, the edgy comedy will launch this year's Film Independent Forum to be held October 19-21 at the Directors Guild of America.

By Sophia Savage and Maggie Lange
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October 4, 2012 1:07 PM
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Second Trailer for 'Silver Linings Playbook' is Adorable

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With this second trailer, a vast improvement over the first, the buzz out of Toronto for David O. Russell's "The Silver Linings Playbook" is starting to make sense. Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence star and look fittingly neurotic and adorable. Check it out:

By Sophia Savage
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September 28, 2012 3:44 PM
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Jennifer Lawrence Talks 'Silver Linings Playbook,' Russell, 'Hunger Games' and Prepping for that Money Scene (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Awards

As soon as "Silver Linings Playbook" played in Toronto it became the front runner for the Oscar. This is something its Oscar handlers were seeking to avoid, but the film then went on to win the coveted TIFF audience award nabbed by such past crowd-pleasers as Oscar-winner "Slumdog Millionaire." Yes, "Argo" and "Amour" and "The Sessions" and the Weinsteins' other TIFF entries "The Master" and "Quartet" are also in the Oscar hunt. But right now it's "The Silver Linings Playbook"'s to lose.

By Anne Thompson
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September 17, 2012 4:26 PM
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TIFF Brody Diary Day Four: The Delightful 'Silver Linings Playbook,' Sexual and Stylized 'Passion' & 'Secret Disco'

Festivals

Today I choose David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook,” to be released in November, over Joss Whedon’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” which does not yet have a distributor. (And over a number of other screenings which either don’t grab me, or don’t grab me enough, or which I’ve already seen elsewhere.) I must really want to see it...

By Meredith Brody
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September 11, 2012 3:00 PM
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New Featurette for Bradley Cooper's 'The Words'; Star Cast Sells It Hard

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CBS Films has released a featurette for Sundance closing night film "The Words," starring Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoë Saldana, Dennis Quaid, and Jeremy Irons. They discuss how good the script is; we'll find out just how well it translated when it releases September 7.