Johansson to make Broadway debut Oct 28, 2009
Johansson, 24, has appeared in films including Lost In Translation, Girl with a Pearl Earring and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Schreiber, 42, has performed on Broadway a number of times and won a Tony Award in 2005 for his role in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'New Moon' Soundtrack: A Quick Guide To Its Lesser-Known Artists Sep 22, 2009
" Alexandre Desplat ("New Moon (The Meadow)"): The French composer has scored more than 100 films and TV shows since 1985. He's best known for his Golden Globe-nominated score to "Girl with a Pearl Earring," as well as contemplative soundtracks to "Hostage," "Syriana," "The Painted Veil" and "The Queen," which earned his first Oscar nomination. The "New Moon" soundtrack is available on October 20 on Atlantic Records, exactly one month before "New Moon" opens in theaters on November 20. This... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Cinematic Style Aug 30, 2009
John Saladino selected "Girl With a Pearl Earring," the Scarlett Johansson film about the Vermeer painting. Saladino dined the other night at Bar olo in SoHo with Lewis Burke Frumkes and wife Alana, the Hearst consultant in charge of "De signer Visions Cinema Style.". (New York Post -- Gossip)
Everyone wants to talk sex with Scarlett Johansson Aug 27, 2009
It's remarkable that this is the same young woman who played Vermeer's muse in Girl with a Pearl Earring, which earned her a BAFTA nomination. She was equally credible as a young married woman left to her own devices in Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, which won her a BAFTA. And if Woody Allen who she's collaborated with three times now had his way, he'd make movies only with the woman he declared had been "touched by God". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Scarlett woman Aug 26, 2009
So that was the challenge, getting into that suit and believing in the suit," she laughs. It's her second comic-book adaptation (she played the provocatively named 00004000 Silken Floss in The Spirit last year). She's surprisingly convincing. Surprising because just when you think you have Johansson pegged, she goes and does something unexpected. Like when she released her debut album last year Anywhere I Lay My Head her re-imagining of 10 Tom Waits songs. Johansson is savvy enough to know the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Jul 6, 2009
Also nominated: Natalie Press - My Summer of LoveEva Birthistle - Ae Fond KissAnne Reid - The MotherScarlett Johansson - Girl With A Pearl Earring ... Also nominated: Peter Webber - Girl With A Pearl EarringMatthew Vaughn - Layer CakeSaul Dibb - Bullet BoyEmily Young - Kiss Of Life ... Also nominated: Dead Man's ShoesGirl With a Pearl EarringCode 46Bride and Prejudice. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
* OTHER RELEASES Jul 3, 2009
Still, theres good stuff here: Claude Lelouchs Chances or Coincidences, Eric Rohmers Le Rayon Vert, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Goyas Ghosts, Salsa, The Whore and the Whale, Sex and Lucia, Summer Palace ([M) and a cut version of Michael Winterbottoms 9 Songs. Screening at the Majestic theater in Ximending until July 17. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Garnerville Goes GAGA for New York State Quadricentennial Celebrations Jun 1, 2009
Vangeline Theatre will present a Butoh performance inspired by Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. Visit Artists' Open Studios, walk GAGA Creekside: Nature Walk & Sculpture Trail and enjoy organic/free trade coffee, sponsored by Fresh Coffee Now, at the GAGA Coffee Bar. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Global art star May 14, 2009
Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003). Colin Firth as 17th-century Dutch painter Vermeer, Scarlett Johansson as the girl in his painting. (USA Today)
