Date with disaster Nov 15, 2009
" Michael, 39: "He said he had an obsession with language, like Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind, except with words. " Anonymous, 28: "My date took me to see Knocked Up at the cinema. (The Age, Australia)
Production Begins in Portland, Oregon on Untitled Gus Van Sant Project Nov 14, 2009
Imagine Entertainment's past productions include the Academy Award winning films A Beautiful Mind, 8 Mile, and Apollo 13. Other films include the big screen adaptation of the international bestsellers Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks; Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed play Frost / Nixon, directed by Ron Howard, which was nominated for 5 Oscar Awards; the Clint Eastwood directed suspense drama The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie; American Gangster; Inside Man;... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Feds Move To Seize 4 Mosques, Skyscraper Nov 13, 2009
I think that an attempt to change the subject from an attack on American military personnel to the WTC, ad nauseam, is not the workings of "a beautiful mind" but more likely the agit-prop of the Iranian criminal-mystic regime and its apologists. by cattiej November 12, 2009 11:19 PM EST. (CBS News)
Exclusive Media Group to Acquire Indie Distributor Newmarket Nov 6, 2009
Currently in production for EMG is the hotly anticipated, "Let Me In" for Hammer Films and Overture Films, which is directed by Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield") and stars Kodi Smit-McPhee ("The Road"), Chloe Moretz ("(500) Days of Summer"), and Academy Award nominee Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor." Peter Weir's "The Way Back," starring Jim Sturgess ("21"), Academy Award nominee Ed Harris ("A Beautiful Mind"), Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan ("Atonement,") and Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell ("In... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Movies - '(Untitled)' jabs those who feel entitled Nov 2, 2009
The actor, 39, has had an extensive career, ranging from supporting roles in "Saving Private Ryan" and "A Beautiful Mind" to the lead as a Jewish private eye in the spoof, "The Hebrew Hammer," and co-lead with Julie Delpy in "2 Days in Paris." In "Zodiac," he portrayed a Chronicle reporter. More recently, he had a part in Abel Ferrara's "Chelsea on the Rocks.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Akiva Goldsman discusses his career as a screenwriter, producer, and director Oct 30, 2009
Given that history of burnt popcorn, Goldsman seemed like the least qualified writer in Hollywood to take on the task of adapting Sylvia Nasar s A Beautiful Mind for the screen, but that s the job he sought when he visited Grazer at the offices of Imagine Films ... The writer is the son of child psychologists Mira Rothenberg and S. Tev Goldsman, and the nature of his youth was a key reason that Grazer used the writer for A Beautiful Mind ... Howard said he has been prodding Goldsman to direct... (Boston Globe)
He's Just Not That Into You DVD M... Oct 29, 2009
Ben Affleck (State of Play, Daredevil), Jennifer Aniston (Marley & Me, The Break Up), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, All About Steve), Jennifer Connelly (Inkheart, A Beautiful Mind), Drew Barrymore (Music and lyrics, 50 First Dates), Scarlett Johansson (The Island, The Other Boleyn Girl), Kevin Connolly (TV s Entourage), Ginnifer Goodwin (TV s Big Love) and Justin Long (Drag Me To Hell) star in this comedy about an integrated group of 20 and 30 somethings trying to understand the opposite sex and... (Suite101.com)
Tricks of the mind Oct 23, 2009
"We would shoot from 10 o'clock or midnight, when all the damp gets in. It didn't help Heath at all. Ledger impressed the veteran of the stage and screen. Heath was quite courageous for someone that young. He was bright; he didn't care about the money. He just wanted to do something because it was interesting and it would stretch him and make him more versatile as an actor. Plummer also greatly enjoyed working with Russell Crowe in The Insider, in which Plummer played US 60 Minutes reporter Mike... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Camaraderie is the star Oct 5, 2009
" Getting along He says getting along was never an issue, even as his stardom skyrocketed in high school, because they were all after the same goal. And as James, the NBA's reigning Most Valuable Player, readies for another basketball season, his empire is still expanding. His book "Shooting Stars," co-written with "Friday Night Lights" author Buzz Bissinger, hit shelves last month. James also has signed on to play himself in "Basketball Fantasy Camp," a comedy produced by Brian Grazer ("A... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Lebron signs copies of book outside Cleveland Sep 19, 2009
The project will be produced by Brian Grazer, who also made A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code and Friday Night Lights. "It's going to be great, a lot of fun," James said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Matt Damon plays ‘The Informant!’ for laughs Sep 18, 2009
It s like you re getting two Russell Crowe movies for the price of one: The Insider and A Beautiful Mind. Whitacre s mind is anything but beautiful. (Boston Globe)
Fall movies not to miss Sep 7, 2009
Steven Soderbergh directs a black comedy that's been described as part "A Beautiful Mind" and part "The Insider." Matt Damon stars as Mark Whitacre, a real-life Archer Daniels Midland executive turned whistle-blower, tipping off the FBI to one of the biggest price-fixing schemes in corporate history. The intensity of his undercover work brings out bipolar behavior. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The mysterious equilibrium of zombies Sep 6, 2009
In any decade there are really only a handful of movies about math ( Proof comes to mind, as well as A Beautiful Mind ), but a surprising number of movies that end up embodying math, even if it s accidental ... This behavior is known as a Nash equilibrium and is named after John Nash, well-known from the more obviously mathematical film, A Beautiful Mind. (Boston Globe)
Fantastic Four Reboot Confirmed Sep 2, 2009
Before he became a producer on , won an Oscar for scripting A Beautiful Mind, and made a bundle adapting Dan Brown's Robert Langdon novels into movies, Goldsman wrote the Joel Schumacher nipplefests and. Variety reports that Fox has also set and Green Lantern scribe to pen the screenplay. (IGN FilmForce)
Back to the garden Aug 28, 2009
"It looked like the guy in A Beautiful Mind had spent a week there," Martin says. "But it was just something Ang wanted to do. He was like: 'I've never made a massive chart that looks like I'm crazy, let's do that!'". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
20 actors who know the meaning of range Aug 23, 2009
John Nash, A Beautiful Mind, 2001. Nobel Prize winner. (Boston Globe)
Guess Who's Coming to Blu-ray(TM) Hi-Def ... Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Aug 18, 2009
From Academy Award winner Brian Grazer (A Beautiful Mind) and Academy Award winner Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code) comes the incredible re-imagining of the perennial favorite story with the astounding transformation of comic genius Jim Carrey (Yes Man) as the greedy Grinch. Also starring Taylor Momsen ("Gossip Girl"), Jeffrey Tambor (Hellboy II: The Golden Army), Christine Baranski (Mamma Mia. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
In Celebration of the Final Season of Hit Series 'MONK,' USA Network Teams Up With Sleep Inn to Launch Original Live-Action Web Series, Little Monk Aug 13, 2009
MONK also stars Traylor Howard ("Two Guys and a Girl," "Me, Myself and Irene"), Ted Levine ("Memoirs of a Geisha," "American Gangster"), Jason Gray-Stanford ("Flags of Our Fathers," "A Beautiful Mind"), Hector Elizondo ("Chicago Hope," "Pretty Woman") and Emmy Clarke ("My House in Umbria," "Fur"). MONK remains one of the highest-rated original scripted series in basic cable history. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Howard to play Twilight villain Jul 30, 2009
Her father is Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, whose films include Frost/Nixon and A Beautiful Mind. The character of Victoria in the vampire saga is the sworn enemy of the story's heroine, Bella. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Study Shows a Link Between Schizophrenia & Genetic Mutations Jul 20, 2009
Schizophrenia affects people of all races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic status, including the economics professor with mild schizophrenia described in the movie "A Beautiful Mind". Some of the homeless population are affected with schizophrenia, as illustrated by the recent movie "The Soloist". (PR Newswire)
Crowe considering new 'Master & Commander' movie Jul 18, 2009
Russell Crowe has starred in films such as Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind. By Simon Haydon, Associated Press LONDON is in the early stages of negotiations to reprise the role of Jack Aubrey as a British sea captain in a new movie version from the Master & Commander series of novels. (USA Today -- Life)
Sentinel Lunchtime Blog (Movies): Role immersion a rarity in Hollywood Jul 9, 2009
Its easy to understand how far someone goes with a character when you see Charlize Theron in Monster or Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind. It gets even easier when you associate actors with immersing themselves in the roles all the time. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Grazer's Lover Has A Past Jul 8, 2009
BRIAN Grazer -- the spiky-haired producer of such movies as "A Beautiful Mind," "American Gangster," and "Frost/Nixon" -- is undaunted by the past history of his girlfriend of one year, Vietnamese pianist Chosan Nguyen. Grazer has been dating Chosan since he split with novelist Gigi Levangie Grazer, who recently collected a 13 million divorce settlement. (New York Post -- Gossip)
A beautiful mind Jun 24, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Donna Walker-MitchellJune 22, 2009 - 10:48AM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Respected professor accused of arson Jun 20, 2009
An Oahu grand jury indicted a tenured math professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa yesterday for arson in a case that his colleagues call a tragedy reminiscent of the movie "A Beautiful Mind." ... It's the same field studied by John Forbes Nash Jr., the model for the main character in the movie "A Beautiful Mind." The movie tells the story of the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician at Princeton University and his struggle with mental illness ... In "A Beautiful Mind," Forbes, played by... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Film Review -The Hangover Jun 6, 2009
Watch for some unexpected bonuses, -a playful casino scene referencing Rain Man and A Beautiful Mind, and the incriminating photographic slide show finale. THE COCKTAIL MIXOLOGISTS. (Suite101.com)
Celebrity Birthdays For The Week Of May 24-30 May 22, 2009
Actor Paul Bettany ("A Beautiful Mind") is 38. Singer-guitarist Brian Desveaux of Nine Days is 38. (KIRO TV, WA)
Critics enter ring vs. Eastwood over Baby May 21, 2009
A Beautiful Mind, the 2001 best-picture winner, drew complaints for omitting unflattering aspects about the life of mathematician John Forbes Nash. Similar gripes were aimed at 2000s The Hurricane, which earned a best-actor nomination for Denzel Washington, who played boxer Rubin Hurricane Carter, imprisoned nearly 20 years for three murders before the convictions were overturned. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Will this finally be Scorseses year? May 21, 2009
But The Aviator soars, and feels light only in comparison with Scorseses heavier works (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas), not in comparison with previous best picture winners (Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago). How heartbreaking would it be if, once Scorsese gives the Academy what they like, they still snubbed him. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Small films win big at Oscars May 21, 2009
Gladiator (best picture, 2000) was followed by the much less spectacular A Beautiful Mind (best picture, 2001). advertisement. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Whats in store for next years Oscars? May 21, 2009
The academy loves underdog stories, Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind) directs and Crowe punches people out. Memoirs of a Geisha Rob Marshall (Chicago) directs this adaptation of the novel about an orphan girl (Zhang Ziyi) who becomes a queen-bee madame kept in style by powerful men. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Tom Hanks and Pope Benedict XVI in Portsmouth for 'Angels & Demons' premiere? You never know May 16, 2009
Who he is: Director of "Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons;" won two Oscars for directing and producing "A Beautiful Mind." ... Who he is: Screenwriter, "Da Vinci Code;" co-screenwriter, "Angels & Demons;" won an Oscar for "A Beautiful Mind" adaptation. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Geeks take over the world May 7, 2009
Geek now chic in pop culture - CNN.com. Geek now chic in pop culture. (CNN -- Showbiz)
National Geographic Entertainment and Imagenation Abu Dhabi Join Exclusive Media Group and Spitfire Pictures to Co-Produce Six-Time Academy Award® Nominee Peter Weir's 'The Way Back' May 1, 2009
Jim Sturgess (21, Across the Universe), Academy Award nominee Ed Harris (A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13), Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, Peter Jacksons upcoming Lovely Bones) and Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell (In Bruges, Miami Vice) will star in this epic adventure, which is inspired by Slavomir Rawiczs acclaimed novel, The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, as well as from other real-life accounts. The... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Box Office Report: Zac to the Future! Apr 20, 2009
On the cusp of the millennium he toplined two big hits Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind that also won Academy Awards for Best Picture. Since then he's been the lead player in a series of underperformers. (Time.com)
Films, recipe offer best of Australia Apr 17, 2009
He delivered brilliant back-to-back-to-back performances in "The Insider," "Gladiator" and "A Beautiful Mind," winning best actor in 2000 for "Gladiator" and earning Oscar nominations for the other two. You could actually make a strong case that Crowe was better in "The Insider," as Big Tobacco whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand, and "A Beautiful Mind," as schizophrenic mathematician John Nash, both gripping true stories, than he was as Maximus, the revenge-seeking Roman general in "Gladiator."... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Uncommon lives Apr 1, 2009
He became even more taken with the story when Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter Peggy Townsend wrote a 2002 article about Wiltsee and her life in Watsonville, headlined "A beautiful mind.". For his film, Rose interviewed Felstiner, Chris Wiltsee and many of the parishioners Townsend had spoken to. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Library's mudflap girl campaign turns heads (260) Mar 27, 2009
If anything, it does the opposite by promoting a beautiful mind that can be achieved by reading. There is not the slightest suggestion that the image is nude. (Casper Star-Tribune)
‘It's wild how deals are getting put together' Mar 14, 2009
( Think, the promo material amusingly says, CSI meets A Beautiful Mind. The shift with some of the network presidents has been exceptional, Halpern continues. (Globe and Mail)
How Accurate Is Watchmen? Mar 6, 2009
Kakalios was also happy to correct something that Hollywood always gets wrong: the ever-prominent A Beautiful Mind style blackboard. In the movies, he says, these chalkboards are always filled with the most complex, but unrelated equations Schr. (Scientific American)
How Oscar got it wrong Mar 6, 2009
Should have won: best actor for "The Insider" (1999) or best supporting actor for "L.A. Confidential" (1997) Crowe was the charismatic hero in "Gladiator" but had more going on in "The Insider" and "L.A. Confidential," as well as "A Beautiful Mind" in 2001. -Al Pacino. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
OSCARS:AP writers pick 'Slumdog' to win best picture Feb 22, 2009
The story, based on the novel "Q; by Vikas Swarup, is set in the slums of Mumbai but the result on screen is very much in keeping with the British director's tradition of blending graphic images with unexpected hope. The juggling act the film required the jumping back and forth in time, the difficult shooting situations, the large (and largely unknown) cast all paid off with the cohesive and convincing results.You could argue that Fincher's job was tougher and more of an accomplishment in... (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
The Oscars still wobble on an axis of art and popularity Feb 22, 2009
They include Great Man films like "The Life of Emile Zola," "Gandhi," and "Amadeus," and stories of emotional and mental struggle like "Rain Man" and "A Beautiful Mind." They heal war wounds ("The Best Years of Our Lives," "The Deer Hunter," "Platoon,") and deal with America's racial issues ("Dances With Wolves," "Driving Miss Daisy," "Crash"). Taken out of their zeitgeist context, many of these movies have aged dreadfully, and to think of "Dances With Wolves" in the same breath as, say, "The... (Boston Globe)
The Oscars: Best picture is best bellwether Feb 22, 2009
If he didn't already have a best picture winner in "A Beautiful Mind," this film would have a stronger shot at victory. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. (Los Angeles Times)
Psst … do you want to win an Oscar? Feb 20, 2009
Despite the negativity, A Beautiful Mind won four Oscars, but Crowe missed out for best actor. THE PIANIST. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Predictions: 'Slumdog' To Fetch Top Oscars? Feb 20, 2009
" As if that weren't enough, "Slumdog" is steamrolling the competition this movie awards season. Plus, amid his stylish and engaging direction took a group of unknown actors and told one of the most riveting stories of the year.Since Boyle's stiffest competition wasn't even nominated (Christopher Nolan missed out for "The Dark Knight" despite a DGA nomination), look for little drama when the award is handed out. Fincher may be the only director with a chance at an upset, given that the film... (Click2Houston, TX)
Your oscar countdown quiz Feb 20, 2009
" Bonus question Who's the only person in history to win both an Academy Award and the Nobel Prize? A. John Steinbeck. B. Tennessee Williams. C. George Bernard Shaw. D. Al Gore. Answers: 1. (A); 2. (B); 3. (D); 4. (A) for "Network"; 5. (C); 6. (A); 7. (D); 8. (A); 9. (A); 10. (C); 11. (A); 12. (B); 13. (A); 14. (C); 15. (C), Warren won for directing); 16. (D); 17. (B); 18. (C); 19. (B); 20. (A); 21. (C); 22. (B); 23. (B); 24. (B); 25. (C) (for co-writing story and screenplay). Bonus: C. Shaw won... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Predictions: And the Oscar goes to.... Feb 19, 2009
Frost/Nixon is probably Howard s strongest work but he s won a best-director Oscar recently for 2001 s A Beautiful Mind. Van Sant managed to make a biopic that s rich and full and never feels like a paint-by-numbers depiction of a famous person s life, but this unfortunately isn t his year. (KHOU.com, TX)
The Walt Disney Studios Enters Exclusive Long-Term Distribution Agreement With DreamWorks Studios; Steven Spielberg & Stacey Snider Align With Disney to Distribute and Market Their Live-Action Motion Pictures Feb 10, 2009
The company won three consecutive Best Picture Academy Awards with "American Beauty," "Gladiator," and "A Beautiful Mind" (co-produced with Universal). Among the company's other successes have been such films as "Saving Private Ryan" (co-produced with Paramount), "The Ring," "Minority Report" (co-produced with 20th Century Fox), "War of the Worlds," "Dreamgirls," and "Transformers" (all co-produced with Paramount). (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Will Slumdog win the best picture Oscar? Feb 8, 2009
Is it possible to think of A Beautiful Mind and not Russell Crowe, or The Departed and forget Jack Nicholson. Of course not. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Connelly "Into" Her Latest Film's Cast Feb 8, 2009
The two met while working on "A Beautiful Mind" and are filming another movie together called "Creation" where they actually got to do scenes with each other. "How different was it this time around?" Connelly said. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Ladies in waiting Feb 8, 2009
From her junkie role in Requiem For A Dream and her Oscar-winning performance as the struggling wife of John Nash (Russell Crowe) in A Beautiful Mind to her subsequent turn as a thrill-seeking journalist in Blood Diamond, she has avoided the lightweight roles that defined her early career ... Displaying a refreshing candour, Connelly, a self-confessed perfectionist, admits the joys of motherhood and her marriage to the outgoing British actor Paul Bettany, whom she met on A Beautiful Mind, have... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Directors Guild nominates Knights Nolan Feb 7, 2009
Howard has three previous nominations, for 1985s Cocoon, 1995s Apollo 13 and 2001s A Beautiful Mind. He won the guild award for the latter two. (MSNBC -- Movies)
