- Director Paul Thomson Anderson has revived some lost performance footage of late indie songwriter and performer, Elliott Smith. Anderson uploaded the VHS footage to YouTube on Thursday, to the delight of Smith's fans. Watch here or below for 43 minutes of wonderful music.
- Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks might sing onstage at the Oscars -- exact songs remain unconfirmed. (Also, reportedly, Russell Crowe will not join his co-stars.)
- Brooks Barnes at the NYT goes for it -- and calls Park City's festival "Porndance." Barnes quotes a Hollywood executive: “I’ve seen five movies today, and it has been nonstop. I’m no prude, but it’s a little much.”
- Casting watch: Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace are going to team up for "Animal Rescue" directed by Michael Roskam ("Bullhead") based on a short story by Dennis Lehane ("Mystic River," "Gone Baby Gone"). The film centers on a forlorn bartender in New York, who happens upon a puppy in a garbage can and becomes the target of the dog's abusive former owner.
- Check out Brian Stelter's review of David Fincher's "House of Cards" at NYT. The Netflix adaptation of the 1990 BBC mini-series (about Parliament over there) is one of Netflix's first major attempts to create their own broadcasting. All thirteen of the episodes, which Stelter calls a bit of a modern-day "Macbeth," will be available February 1st.
Not only is there no word that JJ Abrams is directing the Lance Armstrong biopic, if you take one glance at the man's filmography you'd see that he only directs big budget action romps. I'm not saying it's impossible that he will come on as director but it certainly is unlikely and you should get your facts straight before aiding rumors
Looking forward to that Les Mis cast performance now that there is no question about it being a major box office hit as it enters second week at #1 in UK and over $280 million global gross.
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Eric | January 21, 2013 2:08 PM
Not only is there no word that JJ Abrams is directing the Lance Armstrong biopic, if you take one glance at the man's filmography you'd see that he only directs big budget action romps. I'm not saying it's impossible that he will come on as director but it certainly is unlikely and you should get your facts straight before aiding rumors
Jamie | January 21, 2013 12:39 PM
Looking forward to that Les Mis cast performance now that there is no question about it being a major box office hit as it enters second week at #1 in UK and over $280 million global gross.