Forrest Gump Nov 13, 2009
ish in the great Almost Famous, lends his musical expertise and appreciation to "Musical Signposts", with attention paid to the soundtrack's touchstone songs and how well they underscore their respective scenes. Zemeckis and Sinese are present for "An Evening With Forrest Gump", which boil 00004000 s down to a Q h the principles following a recent screening at USC. Catching up with the young (now-adult) actor who played young Forrest in the beginning of the movie is a nice extra here, providing... (IGN FilmForce)
11 Things: Celebrities' sprogs Nov 13, 2009
"Almost Famous" made her famous, and she's been in subpar romantic comedies since then. 10. (San Francisco Chronicle)
When rock could float Nov 13, 2009
For its wicked innocence, this is the finest rock movie since "Almost Famous," which presented rock as a sort of exclusive club with initiation rituals and furious ejections ... For its wicked innocence, this is the finest rock movie since "Almost Famous," which presented rock as a sort of exclusive club with initiation rituals and furious ejections. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
'Pirate Radio' is an ocean of rockin' fun Nov 13, 2009
Imagine the dullest moments from "Almost Famous" and the lamest bits from "Animal House" held together with clumsy Frankenstein stitching. Now punch yourself in the face. (Fresno Bee)
‘Pirate Radio’ dials up the rock, ribaldry, and rowdiness Nov 13, 2009
The king of these waves is The Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a grandiloquent, hard-rocking American based loosely on a Radio One deejay named Emperor Rosko and played by Hoffman as an exuberant extension of his Lester Bangs in Almost Famous. Like that movie, Pirate Radio has an affection for rock s lasting truths and trivialities, and what it lacks in fidelity it makes up for with its soundtrack of achingly resonant period classics. (Boston Globe)
Pirate Radio just rolls when it should rock Nov 12, 2009
Among the troupe: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the epitome of the hardworking rock journalist in "Almost Famous"), Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans (supreme scene-stealers of past Curtis productions), Nick Frost (the delightful oaf of "Shaun of the Dead") ... As the lone American among the deejays, Hoffman captures some of the live-for-the-music philosophy he embodied in "Almost Famous." As the boat's skipper, Nighy is wry and droll but far more genteel than you want in a man overseeing his own little rock... (MSNBC -- Movies)
The Unlikely Journey of "Precious" Nov 2, 2009
"Everytime I'm in the airport, the people are like 'Oh my God, you're that girl that's almost famous. You're about to be famous,'" Sidibe said. The movie's journey to the big screen is as unusual and unlikely as Sidibe's. (CBS News)
‘Cirque du Freak’ a pale version of vampire tale Oct 23, 2009
Patrick Fugit ( Almost Famous ) plays a slithery slacker snake-boy, Salma Hayek gets to grow a computer-generated beard, and newcomer Jessica Carlson makes a very fetching monkey-girl love interest. Reilly gives it his all, and he s both very enjoyable and about as scary as a stubbed toe. (Boston Globe)
Dapper, dynamic dazzle at Mill Valley Film Fest Oct 11, 2009
"I was going through the airport on the way here, and just about every agent stopped me and said, 'Aren't you that girl that's almost famous?' " she recalled. "That gets a little weird.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Red carpet report: 'Fame' Sep 25, 2009
Almost famous: "It is weird," says Book, of the screaming fans who were also begging him to come take pictures with them. "When we were in London, we were already having paparazzi following us. Little by little people are starting to recognize us. It's so much fun. But I can only prepare for it so much. I just have to humble myself and be ready and enjoy the moment." Pennie echoes the sentiment, but adds: "If it happens, it happens, God-willing. I like my shirt being ripped off.". (USA Today -- Life)
(500) Days of Summer Sep 19, 2009
Her beauty is very old-fashioned, as Cameron Crowe recognised when he cast her as the sister who became an airline stewardess in Almost Famous, her first major break. She's poised and slightly dreamy, as if distracted. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
ANOTHER TAKE ON TORONTO: The 'Arizona Republic's Goodyblog Sep 12, 2009
" Great song, great use, but I suspect most people had never heard it before seeing the movie. Still, it won an Oscar, well-deserved, and any of Glen Hansard's music projects are worth following. There was also much love for Cameron Crowe's use of "Tiny Dancer" in "Almost Famous. " "The whole point of 'Almost Famous' is contained in that song, with the band hating each other, but unable to resist the joy and the strength of the music as they join in one by one," writes one Facebook friend.... (USA Today -- Life)
A film for hippies under the bridge Sep 4, 2009
Almost Famous managed to satisfy with only a few shots of Stillwater performing. Even when Elliot is within a few hundred feet of the stage, he ends up listening to music though the speakers of a van while taking acid. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Dropping Out Aug 24, 2009
The hero is a cover version of the Patrick Fugit figure from Almost Famous, and, as before, the whole virgin-among-the-rockers conceit feels too pale and pliable for a central presence. Aside from Groff, the only one who gets the whelming right is Liev Schreiber: something of a surprise, given that he spends the movie in a blond wig and a thin cotton dress. (New Yorker)
Top American Directors and Their Be... Aug 23, 2009
Cameron Crowe is an Academy-Award-Winning screenwriter (for Almost Famous), who also directs the movies he writes. Crowe has created iconic movie moments and quotes, including John Cusak holding the boom-box over his head in 1989 s Say Anything, Cuba Gooding, Jr. shouting Show me the money. (Suite101.com)
IGN Joins the Cirque Du Freak Aug 21, 2009
Reilly sat down inside the tent of Cirque Du Freak member Evra the Snakeboy (played by Almost Famous alum Fugit), which is where we spent most of the day observing filming on a bank of monitors. "It's not a traditional vampire movie because it's so dictated by the rules of the world in the book," Reilly said. (IGN FilmForce)
Rock and Roll Love: Groupies Then and Now Aug 15, 2009
Almost Famous' to 'Rock of Love': Groupies Then and Now - ABC News ... Almost Famous' to 'Rock of Love': Groupies Then and Now ... The life of a diehard rock fan was captured by Kate Hudson's character in the film "Almost Famous.". (ABC News)
Almost famous in Medford Aug 15, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 5-11 Jul 2, 2009
Actor Billy Crudup ("Almost Famous") is 41. Actor Michael Weatherly ("NCIS,""Dark Angel") is 41. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sky Saxon, founder of The Seeds, has died Jun 29, 2009
Farmer was included in the soundtrack for the movie Almost Famous. . (MSNBC -- Music)
Aspiring Brits find Bollywood beauty skin deep Jun 28, 2009
"You can lead such a great lifestyle in India. There is the constant begging, pollution and sleazy casting directors that you have to be careful of, but it's all worthwhile I'm almost famous!". The success of Slumdog Millionaire has put India on the map in terms of worldwide film audiences, and Bollywood is becoming more globally minded. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
9 spots where big music stars stayed and played Jun 16, 2009
The location has become so synonymous with the stranger moments in rock music history that the films "Almost Famous" and "This Is Spinal Tap" used the hotel as a filming location, both in an effort to add a bit of authenticity and as a wink to sophisticated music fans ... 2009 Hyatt Corporation Formerly the Continental Hyatt House, the "Riot House" became such a notorious icon of the 1970s music scene that its Sunset Strip location became a mandatory stop for music-oriented films from "Almost... (MSNBC -- Travel)
Almost famous means check's always in mail May 16, 2009
Every so often a small royalty check graces Matt Pennaz's mailbox, sort of his "almost famous" reminder. Pennaz, who plays Freddy Benson in Diamond Head Theatre's "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," gets his royalties from the 2008 comedy filmed on O'ahu "Forgetting Sarah Marshall.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Rolling Stone Leaves S.F. Apr 19, 2009
Filmmaker Cameron Crowe wrote for Rolling Stone as a teenager, an experience upon which he loosely based the movie "Almost Famous.". "It was the only place to go for a long time, particularly on the West Coast, if you were in the business," said Lowell Bergman, a professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and producer for "Frontline" on PBS, who worked at the magazine until it moved to New York. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Stars line up for guitar hero, 10 Apr 7, 2009
Now that his son is almost famous, Sullivan's role - besides occasionally backing up Quinn on drums - is to find a balance between nurturing his son's gift, avoiding the perils of a rock 'n' roll lifestyle, and making sure he is in bed by 9. "He's gotten to meet some amazing people," Terry Sullivan, 46, said, showing family photos on the refrigerator in the tidy kitchen: Quinn at the beach; Quinn playing with a toy lawnmower. (Boston Globe)
Beating the rush on decade's best movies Apr 4, 2009
In the 10th spot, rather than pick one film, I picked six, so as to round the list out to 15: Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous," the best film I've seen about being young in the 1970s; "Bridget Jones's Diary," the decade's best romantic comedy; Bernardo Bertolucci's "The Dreamers," one of the best films ever made about cinematic obsession; Jane Campion's "In the Cut," with Meg Ryan, in the performance of her life, as a reserved professor drawn to the dark side; "Match Point," Woody Allen's... (San Francisco Chronicle)
DreamWorks Animation's 'Monsters vs. Aliens' Exceeds Initial Estimates to Gross $59.3 Million in First Weekend in 3D and 2D Theaters Apr 1, 2009
The screenplay is by MAYA FORBES & WALLY WOLODARSKY and ROB LETTERMAN and JONATHAN AIBEL & GLENN BERGER. It is produced by LISA STEWART ("Almost Famous") and co-produced by JILL HOPPER DESMARCHELIER and LATIFA OUAOU. "Monsters vs. Aliens" has been rated "PG" for sci-fi action, some crude humor and mild language by the MPAA.. About Paramount Pictures Corporation. (PR Newswire)
Movie Trailers: Taking Woodstock Mar 29, 2009
While this trailer feels a little like "Almost Famous" and "Milk's" love child (albeit on a smaller budget), it's refreshing to know that Focus Features is issuing a late Summer release (August 14th), when theaters and moviegoers have grown tired of relentless blockbuster action. Plus, it's Ang Lee and hippies, which is pretty far out (we hope. (Variety)
Almost famous: You, too, can be chased by paparazzi like celebs -- for a price Mar 18, 2009
11:49 AM CDT on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. NEW YORK -- It s become a celebrity cliche a pack of paparazzi following a starlet s every move, shouting out personal questions as the A-lister (or, in some cases, F-lister) tries to deflect their flashing lights. (KHOU.com, TX)
Crudup discusses 'Watchmen' challenges Mar 14, 2009
(03-13) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- Billy Crudup wasn't a comic-book fan before reading the script for "Watchmen." Now the gregarious actor, perhaps best known for his rock-star role in "Almost Famous" and his Tony-winning performance in "The Coast of Utopia," has new respect for the genre: "Within the first page and a half," he said, "it had subverted all my expectations of what a studio comic-book movie could be." As the iconic Dr. Manhattan, the only person in the "Watchmen" world with actual... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Closing of car dealerships a sad note, but our wine industry offers real hope Mar 11, 2009
"Moi?But...but, Lodi ***is*** a GREAT town! LOL! Seriously, even with all of our bickering and warring with the CC, Lodi is still one of the best places to live. ;)And we're becoming "almost famous" too! ". Lodian wrote on Mar 6, 2009 10:33 AM:" HRH6S1 wrote "I grew up near the *real* California wine country - NAPA. Newsflash, Lodi - no one else knows you exist. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Emma Roberts Grows Up Mar 3, 2009
"I'm into producing," she announces, "and I would love to do a role like Kate Hudson's in Almost Famous." Anything else. "I have this obscure fantasy of forming an all-girl band, like the Spice Girls, and starting a music revolution," she says with a smile. (Teen Vogue)
Bringing to light the dark world of 'Watchmen' Mar 1, 2009
"Snyder landed the "Watchmen" job largely because of his experience with managing and meeting fan expectations of his 2004 remake of "Dawn of the Dead" and, more recently, "300," which was also adapted from comics. Sometimes his approach to "Watchmen" ran counter to studio thinking: He pushed for a screenplay that kept the story's Cold War backdrop rather than pursuing an inherited script's war-on-terror update. When it was determined that the movie's 160-minute running time couldn't accommodate... (Boston Globe)
'Late Night' host Fallon wants to have fun Feb 28, 2009
He has appeared in films including "Almost Famous," "Taxi" and "Fever Pitch.". Then, last spring, Fallon was tapped by "Late Night" executive producer Lorne Michaels (his former "SNL" boss) to return to the halls of 30 Rock, this time as host of his own show. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Watchmen: up, up and have it away Feb 25, 2009
(Almost Famous) as Dr Manhattan, Patrick Wilson (Little Children) as Nite Owl and Malin Akerman (27 Dresses) as both men's love interest, Silk Spectre. The first cut shown to studio executives was three hours long and, faithful to the graphic novel, filled with head-splitting gore and sexual anxiety - Nite Owl suffers from erectile dysfunction, while Dr Manhattan instantly clones himself and pleasures Silk Spectre with four-in-a-bed sex. (Times Online)
January is the saddest movie month of the year Feb 7, 2009
There is probably not an actress alive who has squandered more promise more aggressively than Hudson, whose twinkly presence in Almost Famous gave way to a series of awful choices, from How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days all the way through 2008s widely panned Fools Gold. Hathaway, however, could give Hudson a run for her money if this is the direction she goes after Rachel Getting Married. (MSNBC -- Movies)
