The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee Oct 21, 2009
She is married to the actor Daniel Day-Lewis. She has been a painter and an actress; she has now written and directed a movie based on her own novel but, of course, it can't be any good. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Coco Before Chanel: The Making of a Fashion Icon Sep 25, 2009
Movie Review: 'Coco Before Chanel': Making a Fashion Icon - TIME (Time.com)
Daily guide to television and radio Sep 22, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
9-19-09, 12:30am EST: Just now was enjoying MGM-HD movie "10 To Midnight" and the... Sep 19, 2009
The lineup will showcase such star-making turns as George Clooney (Sunset Beat), Katie Holmes (Disturbing Behavior), Will Smith (Six Degrees of Separation), Jim Carrey (Once Bitten), Reese Witherspoon (The Man in the Moon), Sharon Stone (Stardust Memories), Keira Knightley (Innocent Lies), Anne Hathaway (Nicholas Nickleby), Drew Barrymore (Bogie), Daniel Day-Lewis (Sunday Bloody Sunday), Winona Ryder (1969), Gary Oldman (Sid and Nancy), Ethan Hawke (Mystery Date), Uma Thurman (Johnny Be Good)... (Multichannel News)
Fall 2009 movie preview Sep 18, 2009
Meryl Streep, George Clooney and Daniel Day-Lewis seem destined to sit at the Kodak Theater next spring ... This is the brassy musical with Daniel Day-Lewis ... Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine; Clive Owen, Boys are Back; Robert DeNiro, George Clooney; Morgan Freeman, District 9 guy; Viggo Mortensen'; ben fosterBest Actress: Mo'Nique; Meryl Streep, Audrey Tatou; Penelope Cruz, Hilary Swank; Best Supporting Actor: Inglourious Basterds guy; Stanley Tucci; Best Supporting Actress: Susan Sarandon; Nine women;... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Zooey Deschanel Hits Gold in Gigant... Sep 13, 2009
He landed another Oscar-winning with There Will Be Blood, when he played opposite Daniel Day-Lewis. This was an impressive performance from Dano, whose character was a hellfire breathing preacher, with quite the complicated back story. (Suite101.com)
A look at this fall’s movies Sep 13, 2009
Daniel Day-Lewis steps into the big shoes of previous Guidos Marcello Mastroianni and Raul Julia, and the women include Marion Cotillard, Pen. lope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman - and Sophia Loren as Mamma. (Boston Globe)
Fall Movie Preview: Studios save best films for fall Sep 11, 2009
"Nine" (not yet rated): Rob Marshall directs six Oscar winners -- Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman and Sophia Loren -- in a film based on the Broadway musical. Kind of a lot of star power there. (Florida Today)
Fall movies not to miss Sep 7, 2009
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon," a sequel to the vampire saga "Twilight," opens before Thanksgiving, followed by "Nine," in which Daniel Day-Lewis sings and dances; "The Lovely Bones," director Peter Jackson's adaptation of the best-seller; the romantic comedy "Did You Her About the Morgans?," with Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker; and "Avatar," a 3-D science-fiction adventure directed by James Cameron. Look for the Nov. 22 holiday movie issue to get the scoop on these. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The PG's Fall Movie Preview Sep 3, 2009
" It's the second in a series of "Cities of Love" movies conceived by Emmanuel Benbihy. Nov. 6 "Disney's A Christmas Carol": A 3-D animated version of the Dickens classic, with Jim Carrey playing eight characters and Gary Oldman as his overworked and underpaid clerk and Colin Firth his cheery nephew. "The Box": The short story "Button, Button" by Richard Matheson inspired this movie that asks: What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Vampires, Toys Take To The Screen This Fall Aug 31, 2009
" ___ SINGERS AND DANCERS: Michael Jackson's 50-night concert stand in London never came to pass. But rehearsal footage for his comeback shows offer what's sure to be one of the biggest music documentaries ever as "Michael Jackson: This Is It" hits theaters for a limited two-week run. "Chicago" director Rob Marshall presents his next movie musical with "Nine," featuring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren in an adaptation of... (Click2Houston, TX)
Oscars flop in TV ratings | Media Aug 31, 2009
The Coen brothers won best picture with No Country For Old Men, while Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award for his performance in There Will Be Blood. Other winners included British actress Tilda Swinton, who won best supporting actress for her role in Michael Clayton, and Spaniard Javier Bardem, named best actor in a supporting role for No Country For Old Men. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
Been and gone Aug 4, 2009
It also produced two children, the actor Daniel Day-Lewis and the journalist and chef Tamasin. Burn won the Whitbread Prize. (BBC News -- UK)
Chicago director 'to swap high kicks for the high seas' Aug 2, 2009
Marshall is currently finishing work on the forthcoming musical Nine - a reworking of Federico Fellini's 81/2 - starring myriad Oscar winners including Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren and Nicole Kidman. Marshall's previous films include 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha and Chicago, which won six Oscars in 2003, including Best Picture. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Rob Marshall circles 'Pirates' Aug 1, 2009
Marshall, who made his feature directing debut with the Oscar-winning musical Chicago, most recently completed another musical, Nine, which stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and Sophia Loren. The film will be released November 25 by The Weinstein Co.. (Variety)
Rob Marshall To Direct Next 'Pirates Of The Caribbean'? Aug 1, 2009
Marshall made a splash with his directorial debut and Best Picture Oscar-winner "Chicago." Since then he has helmed "Memoirs of a Geisha" and recently finished work on "Nine," a musical starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Pen. lope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson, which is set for release in November. (VHI.com -- Music News)
A different sort of shock and awe Jul 12, 2009
I always imagine him with a Daniel Day-Lewis level of determination, never willing to break character. Cohen takes Brno everywhere, and part of the film s appeal is seeing how many limits he can push in how many different parts of the world. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Top 10 Leonardo DiCaprio Movies Jul 12, 2009
DiCaprio keeps up with the genius that is Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher, which is saying a lot. 2. (Suite101.com)
Talking Shop Jul 11, 2009
How did you find working with your actor husband Daniel Day-Lewis on your 2005 film The Ballad of Jack and Rose. It was good, if tough - it was a tough, emotionally demanding film to make. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Oscars in the wings: Nerves, tears and cheers just offstage Jul 5, 2009
Best-director presenter Martin Scorsese was waiting for Daniel Day-Lewis as the There Will Be Blood actor walked offstage with his best-actor trophy. The two are old friends. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
Daniel Day-Lewis Dishes About His Clooney Kiss At The Oscars Jul 4, 2009
Oscars Behind The Scenes: Daniel Day-Lewis Dishes About His Kiss With Clooney; Tilda Swinton Is Ready To Party ... " Academy voters were also happy to slurp up Daniel Day-Lewis' milkshake, surprising no one by giving the British Method actor his second Oscar for "There Will Be Blood ... Daniel Day-Lewis embraces George Clooney at the 2008 Oscars. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
Featured Filmmaker: Michael Mann Jul 3, 2009
Mann would not direct another feature film until 1992's The Last of the Mohicans, a lush, romantic epic adaptation of the James Fennimore Cooper frontier classic starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Wes Studi. Mann followed Mohicans with what is widely considered his masterpiece, the 1995 cops rs epic. (IGN FilmForce)
The top 10 best screen mobsters Jun 29, 2009
Bill "The Butcher" Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis, "Gangs of New York"): One of the great screen villains, which we can now see as Daniel Plainview with one more pin of civility removed ... Could even Daniel Day-Lewis or Denzel Washington or Robert De Niro have so unforgettably spat out, "Say hello to my little friend". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'My Sister's Keeper' Jun 26, 2009
Julie Christie played a woman slipping into the fog of Alzheimer's in "Away From Her," while Meryl Streep was a wife and mother dying of cancer in "One True Thing" and Daniel Day-Lewis won an Oscar as an Irishman with severe cerebral palsy who learned to write and paint with his toes in "My Left Foot.". However, it's unusual for a child to look into the face of death and do it with grace, as happens in the weeper "My Sister's Keeper," based on the Jodi Picoult novel. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pow! The Black Eyed Peas blast back Jun 3, 2009
Last September, Will, Apl, and Taboo flew to London to meet Fergie, who was shooting a supporting role in the musical Nine alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Judi Dench. By now they were deep into the groove, laying down vocals to go with the high-gloss beats Will had been perfecting. (MSNBC -- Music)
Penelope Cruz lights up Cannes' 'Broken Embraces' May 24, 2009
"Cruz said the cast of "Nine" _ which includes fellow Oscar winners Loren, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Judi Dench _ spent months practicing singing and dancing for the film.Cruz's jitters reached epic proportions when she had to record a song at London's Abbey Road studios, where The Beatles once made music."You feel very vulnerable, because you can't hide anything," she said of singing. "But it was so much fun. After you are there and you start singing and everything... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
VARIETY Review... May 22, 2009
Laurent is appealingly thoughtful and observant as the young lady awaiting her chance, Fassbender cuts a dashing figure, speaks with a wonderfully clipped accent and rather resembles Daniel Day-Lewis here, and Kruger is far more engaging and animated than she's heretofore been in her big international pictures. Pitt clearly enjoys rolling his former moonshine runner's accent around in his mouth, although his performance is overly defined by constantly jutting jaw and furrowed brow. (The Drudge Report)
Best supporting actress showdown May 21, 2009
If youre a best actor nominee who played a character with a physical or mental affliction (Daniel Day-Lewis in My Left Foot, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man), your odds are good. If youre a best actress nominee who played a character with the physical affliction of being less attractive than you are (Charlize Theron in Monster, Hilary Swank in Boys Dont Cry), you should consider writing an acceptance speech. (MSNBC -- Academy Awards)
Food poisoning sidelines Penelope Cruz May 19, 2009
Nine is directed by Rob Marshall and also stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard and Nicole Kidman. Bookmark/Share. (KHOU.com, TX)
Rob Marshall brings Broadway's 'Nine' to screen May 19, 2009
The cast includes Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren Oscar winners all. "It was my dream to be in an American musical, and especially with a genius like Rob Marshall," Cotillard who won a best-actress Oscar for playing chanteuse Edith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose" said Monday at the Cannes Film Festival. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
GLASS SLIPPER HALF-FULL May 8, 2009
As an actor he is unlikely to give Daniel Day-Lewis any sleepless nights, but his expressive eyes flash all the way to the top of the vast Met auditorium. Among the low-voiced singers who make up this opera's villains and sidekicks, most impressive was bass John Relyea as the benefactor Alidoro. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Today in History - April 29 Apr 30, 2009
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 52. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer is 51. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Freedom honour for Oscar winner Apr 28, 2009
Daniel Day-Lewis signs the book with county manager Eddie Sheehy. Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis has become the first person to receive the Freedom of County Wicklow. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
A Hollywood princess brings new life to squalid Grey Gardens Apr 18, 2009
And yet for Grey Gardens, the period film that premieres tonight on HBO Canada, Barrymore pulled a Daniel Day-Lewis: not just staying in character on-set through the course of the 7-week shoot, but also cutting herself off from the usual barrage of communications she typically endures every day ("no cellphones, no television, no music, no driving, no newspapers, no magazines, anything") in order to get in touch with her character's isolation. Barrymore's challenge was formidable: to play not... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Paul Dano's Role Of "Gigantic" Porportions Apr 6, 2009
(CBS) After portraying a character who suffers vicious beatings at the hands of Daniel Day-Lewis' antagonistic Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood," the young, and rather reserved, Paul Dano once again stars as a character who faces brutal physical attacks in the newly 00004000 released feature, "Gigantic.". The independent film focuses on a 28-year-old New York mattress salesman who, aside from relentlessly pursuing the adoption of an infant from China, endures periodic assaults from a... (CBS News)
Sacha Baron Cohen and the Censors: Will Brüno Be NC-17? Apr 2, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen and the Censors: Will 'Bruno' Be for Adults Only. " And I can almost guarantee that Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Br?no in the same-titled movie, would love to have watched them watching it. Related Stories As Ali G, as Borat and now as a gay Austrian fashion guru, Baron Cohen has fashioned a comedy career from a series of deadpan assaults on the propriety of unsuspecting citizens. He basically makes fun of naive people and exploits the weakness of their decency for our... (Time.com)
Bill Hader: No Longer a 'Nutless Monkey' Mar 26, 2009
He has famously imitated Daniel Day-Lewis' "There Will Be Blood" character, Daniel Plainview and the improbable catchphrase, "I drink your milkshake.". 1. (ABC News)
Interview with Robert Patterson Mar 24, 2009
Twilight: What's Next for Rob Pattinson. - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety. (Variety)
Duplicity review: Too clever by a hair Mar 21, 2009
Gina Carbone has replaced Daniel Day-Lewis with Tom Wilkinson on her favorite actor list. She can be reached at gcarbone@seacoastonline. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Monsters vs. Watchmen Mar 7, 2009
Alice (Jovovich) joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.; Director: Sean Penn Starring: Emile Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Vince Vaughn; THERE WILL BE BLOOD chronicles one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a silver miner into a self-made oil tycoon. There Will Be Blood; Here's an exclusive look at Joel and Ethan Coen's trailer for their Cannes hit "No Country for Old Men," starring Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and uber villain Javier Bardem. (Variety)
Henry Selick on 2-D 'Coraline' Mar 2, 2009
Coraline's Selick on the Fantastic Garden - Thompson On Hollywood on Variety. Remarkably, on its fourth weekend, the is still hanging in there--it grossed more than $5 million and placed eighth on its way to some $70-million in total domestic gross--even though. (Variety)
Juliette Binoche to take center stage in Shanghai Mar 2, 2009
Binoche first attracted attention when she appeared alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" (1988) at the age of 23. She is known worldwide for her roles in films such as "Three Colors: Blue" (1993), "Chocolate" (2000) and "Hidden" (2005). (Xinhuanet, China)
NY's tax credit program revamped Feb 28, 2009
THERE WILL BE BLOOD chronicles one Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), who transforms himself from a silver miner into a self-made oil tycoon. There Will Be Blood; Movie Trailers. (Multichannel News)
Big questions Feb 24, 2009
Best actor Daniel Day-Lewis just wrapped the movie musical Nine and is back home in Ireland after being gone four months. "He was exhausted and been away already from his family," says his representative, Leslee Dart. (USA Today -- Life)
Are the Oscars recession-proof? (95) Feb 24, 2009
His second Oscar for best actor puts him in the same company with Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Daniel Day-Lewis. -- Jerry Elsea [] Monday, February 23, 2009 04:24 AM PST. (Salon)
Goold's "Lear" shines with rare clarity and emotion Feb 24, 2009
The sunken-cheeked Postlethwaite is probably best-known for his sterling, sad-eyed turn alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in the 1993 film "In the Name of the Father," for which both men were nominated for Academy Awards, and his Shakespearean r. sum. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
SHOW HIT BY ABSENCE OF HOLLYWOOD'S BIG STARS... Feb 23, 2009
This thing is FULL of inaccuracies and all it takes is ACTUALLY WATCHING the show to see there were plenty of stars there (including Nicole Kidman) to present, and some who were not (Daniel Day-Lewis). Something this bad should be noted and this guy should never be allowed to write seriously ever again. (The Drudge Report)
Oscars: Hollywood Insider news Feb 23, 2009
In the lead-acting races, Blood's Daniel Day-Lewis scooped up three Best Actor awards (from New York, L.A., and New York Online), while Away From Her's Julie Christie added three more Best Actress prizes to her arsenal ... There's Irishman Daniel Day-Lewis for Best Actor, France's Marion Cotillard or Brit Julie Christie for Best Actress, Bardem (a Spaniard) or Englishman Tom Wilkinson for Best Supporting Actor, and Aussie Cate Blanchett or Scot Tilda Swinton for Best Actress. (CNN -- Showbiz)
SHOWTIME: Compare past Oscar shows Feb 23, 2009
Marion Cotillard's win (La Vie en Rose) comes much sooner than most lead performances, though Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) is just before director and picture. There are seven lead-in awards before Alan Arkin's Little Miss Sunshine supporting win, then another long stretch before Jennifer Hudson's (Dreamgirls). (USA Today -- Life)
Crasher finessed way into top award shows Feb 22, 2009
There, Weiss snapped grab shots with Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Daniel Day-Lewis and that year's master of ceremonies, Jon Stewart. Last week, the filmmakers provided a free consultation about perceived security problems at the Kodak to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' officials. (AZCentral -- News)
Party crasher Feb 20, 2009
There, Weiss snapped grab shots with Oscar winners Javier Bardem and Daniel Day-Lewis and that year's master of ceremonies, Jon Stewart. With that, he had accomplished what he calls the "grand slam of crashing" -- he had infiltrated some of the most glamorous events in town and capped it off by besting the tightest security in all of Hollywood. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Experience the Oscars minus the bling Feb 18, 2009
Various movie productions have left their mark on the estate, from ornate black gates with looping Rs from 1994's "Richie Rich" to the house's bowling alley, renovated by Paramount over six weeks for Daniel Day-Lewis' pivotal bloody scene in "There Will Be Blood." All that blood won him last year's best actor Oscar. 1. (MSNBC -- Movies)
THE GREAT UNKNOWNS Feb 17, 2009
While last year's crop of acting nominations gave us George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Daniel Day-Lewis, this year's roster includes - well, hang on a second while we look them up again. Oh, right. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cheap Fun in Los Angeles During Oscar Season Feb 17, 2009
Various movie productions have left their mark on the estate, from ornate black gates with looping Rs from 1994's "Richie Rich" to the house's bowling alley, renovated by Paramount over six weeks for Daniel Day-Lewis' pivotal bloody scene in "There Will Be Blood." All that blood won him last year's best actor Oscar. DEAD CELEBS: Those not opposed to traversing cemeteries (attention fans of TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") will be sweetly rewarded by a free treasure trove of dead-and-gone... (Fox News)
Top 10 Surefire Ways to Win an Oscar Feb 17, 2009
Daniel Day-Lewis in "My Left Foot." Tom Hanks in "Philadelphia." in "Shakespeare in Love." All are Academy Award winners; all fit into a set of unwritten criteria believed to be the Oscar "type.". "Rachel Getting Married," "Milk" and "Slumdog Millionaire" all abide by tried and true tactics of Academy-wooing. (ABC News)
Peru film wins Berlin Golden Bear Feb 15, 2009
Its star Daniel Day-Lewis went on to win an Oscar for best actor. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Europe)
LINK BY LINK: Millions of books, but no card catalogue Feb 8, 2009
Unlike Daniel Plainview, the antihero of "There Will Be Blood," played by Daniel Day-Lewis, who cackles when describing how his rigs can suck the oil underneath other peoples' property drink their milkshakes, if you will when Google copies a book the original remains. Today in Technology & Media. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Oscars flop in TV ratings | Media Feb 8, 2009
The Coen brothers won best picture with No Country For Old Men, while Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award for his performance in There Will Be Blood. Other winners included British actress Tilda Swinton, who won best supporting actress for her role in Michael Clayton, and Spaniard Javier Bardem, named best actor in a supporting role for No Country For Old Men. (Yahoo News -- Academy Awards)
Doubt tops SAG Awards pack with 5 nods Feb 7, 2009
Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor at SAG and the Oscars for There Will Be Blood and Javier Bardem received both supporting-actor prizes for No Country for Old Men. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
