Fall films 2009: From sci-fi to horror to family-friendly, Hollywood promises something for everyone this autumn Oct 9, 2009
Why I want to see it: Besides the fact that this film, which centers on a young girl who watches over her family in the afterlife after she is murdered, appears to be a visual stunner, it stars a solid cast (Mark Wahlberg and Oscar winners Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan and Susan Sarandon) and has a one-of-a-kind director in Peter Jackson. 3. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Bay State’s No. 1 bachelor Oct 7, 2009
Cool local action Variety reports that local guy Mark Wahlberg will star in an American remake of Reykjavik-Rotterdam, a critically acclaimed Icelandic thriller released last year. We assume the movie will be renamed for US audiences, but you never know. (Boston Globe)
Mark Wahlberg ices Working Title remake Oct 6, 2009
Working Title Films has put in motion a remake of the Icelandic thriller Reykjavic-Rotterdam as a star vehicle for Mark Wahlberg. Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) will write the script. (Variety)
A smashing wrap to film shoot Oct 5, 2009
"The Other Guys" stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, among others. The action-comedy is slated for release next August. (Albany Times Union)
Spreading the truth about fitness Sep 25, 2009
Feet first Sans shoes, Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell started shooting The Other Guys in New York this week. The cop comedy, directed by Adam McKay and written by McKay and Chris Henchy, is about a forensic accountant (Ferrell) who s more interested in paperwork than police work. (Boston Globe)
'The Other Guys' Begins Production in New York Sep 24, 2009
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Principal photography begins today on Columbia Pictures' action-comedy The Other Guys, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg ... McKay said, "Though Will and I no longer speak, I still love making movies with him. Will it be tense on set? Absolutely. But fortunately Mark Wahlberg and I have formed a friendship based on our mutual problems with Will. So that's good.". (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Another shot of Hollywood Sep 24, 2009
The movie, starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, is expected to be ... According to Variety magazine, "The Other Guys" is a comedy in which Johnson and Jackson play an elite cop duo that is the envy of the rest of the police force, including partner-cops played by Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg. (Albany Times Union)
The Other Guys begins filming Wednesday Sep 22, 2009
The stars of the movie, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Eva Mendes, won t be in town for the shoot. The film is an action comedy about two New York City Police detectives who try to fill the shoes of their super-cop predecessors. (Albany Business Review, NY)
East meets Western Mass. Sep 19, 2009
In recent weeks, he s mugged with Mark Wahlberg, Adam Sandler, Amy Smart, Rob Schneider, and Drew Barrymore. Cast and crew of The Town, including director and star Ben Affleck, were shooting yesterday outside the Cask n Flagon on Lansdowne Street. (Boston Globe)
Fall 2009 movie preview Sep 18, 2009
Saoirse Ronan, Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlberg, Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz star. Dec. 18. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Meyers Movie Blog #7 - Back To School Sep 17, 2009
" Vince Vaughn is in "The Dipper" Joe Pesci is "Short Stack" Dennis Quaid is in "Live Free or Die" Fred Savage is in "Plan B" Kevin Spacey is in "Awesomeness" Paul Walker is in "Hidden Secrets" Nick Cannon is Sean Saunders in "The Rocket" Mark Wahlberg is in " Shooter 2 " is in "" Will Smith is in "Two Pads Stacked. Leonardo DiCaprio is in "The Man In The Iron Cast". (Umassathletics.com)
Party is music to her ears Sep 17, 2009
Just a few weeks after wrapping The Fighter, it s back to work for Mark Wahlberg. The former Dorchester juvie is on his way to Albany, N.Y., to shoot a law enforcement spoof with Will Ferrell. (Boston Globe)
From Boston to Braodway Sep 14, 2009
Auction action Local actor Sean Malone, who had a small role in Gone Baby Gone and just finished filming The Fighter with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, was in West Roxbury over the weekend to help auction off two pairs of boxing gloves signed by Wahlberg and Lowell boxer Micky Ward for the John Connolly Foundation. Malone, who plays a friend of Ward s brother Dickie Eklund in The Fighter, said he spent more than 40 hours on set with Bale, who portrays Eklund in the film. (Boston Globe)
Starring Mark, Will and a few of them Sep 14, 2009
The movie, "The Other Guys," stars Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in a police spoof, though there is no guarantee the stars will come to Albany for scenes being shot here from Sept. 23 to Oct. 6. The casting call ran from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the downtown Crowne Plaza. (Albany Times Union)
For Albany: Take Four! Sep 10, 2009
A movie starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg will begin filming in the city at the end of the month. Crews will soon begin setting up downtown to film action and stunt scenes for a law enforcement spoof called "The Other Guys.". (Albany Times Union)
Daily television guide Sep 4, 2009
Max Payne 8 p.m. (HBO) A cop (Mark Wahlberg) seeks to avenge the murder of his family. Rapper Ludacris costars. (Boston Globe)
Halle expecting Sep 3, 2009
Mark Wahlberg is believed to be becoming a father again after his wife Rhea Durham with who he already has three kids was spotted with an apparent baby bump. Mark has previously admitted he would like a large family, saying: When the kids are good, we want eight or nine. (The Palm Beach Post)
HBO Takes Walk With 'Boardwalk Empire' Series Sep 2, 2009
Sopranos alum Terence Winter created the series and will executive produce along with Scorsese, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg and Tim Van Patten. Production is slated to begin this fall where the pilot was filmed, Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, NY.. (Multichannel News)
Highlights Of Hollywood's Fall, Holiday Schedule Sep 1, 2009
With Rachel Weisz and Mark Wahlberg. A PROPHET: An illiterate Arab youth becomes a player in drug and smuggling circles at a French prison in this Cannes prize winner. (KIRO TV, WA)
Suzette Martinez Standring: A boxers comeback, based on faith Sep 1, 2009
Actor Mark Wahlberg portrays him in The Fighter, a Paramount movie being filmed in Lowell, Mass. Christian Bale plays his brother, Dickie Eklund. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes Aug 31, 2009
We've got Brad Pitt, Eddie Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Ben Affleck and Mark Wahlberg. Eddie Murphy takes it. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
Vampires, Toys Take To The Screen This Fall Aug 31, 2009
" ___ CLASS ACTS: Hollywood's prestige season includes entries from Academy Award winners Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank as real-life role models. Swank stars as Amelia Earhart in director Mira Nair's "Amelia," co-starring Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor in the life story of the aviation pioneer who vanished on her around-the-world flight in 1937. "Invictus" reunites Freeman with "Million Dollar Baby" and "Unforgiven" director Clint Eastwood for the story of Nelson Mandela's partnership with a... (Click2Houston, TX)
Tidbits: Anna Paquin defends her decision to bare all Aug 25, 2009
Christian Bales transformation has Wahlberg worried Hes known for bulking up or wasting away as each role demands, but Christian Bales latest transformation for The Fighter has co-star Mark Wahlberg worried. Slideshow. (MSNBC -- Gossip)
Final rounds Aug 24, 2009
Focaccia owners Peter and Robert DePesa flanked Micky Ward and Mark Wahlberg at "The Fighter" wrap party ... Mark Wahlberg and the crew of The Fighter had a wrap party at Focaccia in Wilmington on Saturday night. (Boston Globe)
'Lovely Bones' explores life after death Aug 21, 2009
An all-star cast of Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci and young Academy Award nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement), it looks to be one of the winters most anticipated releases. In fact, according to a recent Entertainment Weekly article, Paramount pushed back its original release date by nine months after recognizing its award-winning potential. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
The action begins on the Vineyard Aug 21, 2009
Mark Wahlberg, who plays Ward in the film, and Amy Adams, who costars as his wife, were at the Massachusetts Avenue cinema into the evening to film in front of the Flick building and inside one of its screening rooms. The Fighter, which costars Christian Bale, is set to wrap soon. (Boston Globe)
National League All-Star Jimmy Rollins Joins Denzel Washington and Other Prominent Alumni in Boys & Girls Clubs of America's Youth Advocacy Campaign Aug 21, 2009
Other Club alumni joining Rollins in the BE GREAT advocacy campaign include: Academy Award-winning actor and national spokesperson for BGCA - Denzel Washington, Muhammad Ali, Ashanti, Swin Cash, Gen. Wesley Clark, Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Michael Jordan, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Queen Latifah, Mario Lopez, John Mellencamp, Edward James Olmos, Shaquille O'Neal, Smokey Robinson, Martin Sheen, John Singleton, Ruben Studdard, Usher, Courtney Vance, Mark Wahlberg, and Kerry... (PR Newswire)
Enjoy hot pastrami with sports fan films Aug 21, 2009
"Invincible," starring Mark Wahlberg, is the true story of a bartender who attends an open tryout for the Philadelphia Eagles and makes the team. "Tin Cup" has Kevin Costner as a floundering driving range pro who gets his act together and tries to qualify for the U.S. Open. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Christian Bale 'missing' on set Aug 20, 2009
The actor has bemused co-stars on his new movie The Fighter which he is filming in Massachusetts with Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams with his insistence on getting into character and refusing to be seen when he isn't filming. A source told 'E. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Chelsea Clinton wedding rumor nixed Aug 20, 2009
Mark Wahlberg, who plays brawler Irish Micky Ward in the film, gave the gang a behind-the-scenes tour, and dished a little about Entourage, the HBO series he executive produces. Twilight convention Summit Entertainment, the movie company responsible for Twilight and its sequels, reports that it will run Twilight fan conventions in a number of cities - including Boston - over the next three years. (Boston Globe)
Wahlberg rushed to hospital Aug 18, 2009
Mark Wahlberg was rushed to hospital recently after inhaling fake smoke. The Hollywood actor was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital after breathing in too much of the foggy gas, which was being pumped from a smoke machine to add atmosphere on the set of his new movie 'The Fighter' recently. (iAfrica.com)
'Idol' champ is far from idle Aug 17, 2009
Wahlberg's close call We re told Mark Wahlberg is feeling better after being treated for smoke inhalation. The actor, in Lowell filming The Fighter, apparently inhaled a lot of smoke while shooting a scene last Thursday. (Boston Globe)
Lexington at Large: The Center's 'newest' attraction Aug 14, 2009
It stars Boston-born Mark Wahlberg, who starred with Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon in The Departed ... The result is that on Thursday, Aug. 20, from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m., they will be shooting scenes of Mark Wahlberg s and Amy Adams s characters on their date inside and outside the Flick on Massachusetts Avenue. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
G.I. Joe scriptwriter calls Plano home Aug 13, 2009
By the end of 2004, Elliot had written Four Brothers (starring Mark Wahlberg) with Lovett. Like most people in Hollywood, it took me 10 years to become an overnight success, Elliot said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Brady ready to get back in NFL game Aug 13, 2009
Brady appeared as himself this week on the HBO show "Entourage," in which Mark Wahlberg sandbagged for extra strokes on the golf course by saying, "This guy's had 12 surgeries in six months." But Brady didn't want the extra strokes, and he doesn't expect any sympathy on the football field, either. "No one wants to play more than he does," center Dan Koppen said. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Brady hangs with the boys Aug 12, 2009
It s a bunch of New York guys, and it s based on Mark Wahlberg, but they re all New Yorkers, and it was fun to be around those guys ... Giannattasio said he got the shot by waiting outside of the hotel with his brother until Sandler returned to the Mandarin after having dinner at Abe & Louie s. Giannattasio s collection includes images of him posing with Mark Wahlberg, Eliza Dushku, Amy Smart, Rob Schneider, and Kevin James. (Boston Globe)
Daily guide to television and radio Aug 8, 2009
Actioner about an ex-Marine sniper (Mark Wahlberg) set up for a political assassination. R (2007). (Boston Globe)
'Funny People' wins weekend Aug 4, 2009
" Wahlberg, Durham finally get married Mark Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, have married in Beverly Hills. The 38-year-old "Boogie Nights" actor tied the knot Saturday in front of about a dozen friends and family at Good Shepherd Catholic Church. Wahlberg walked the aisle in a dark suit and the 31-year-old bride wore a white strapless dress with silver embroidery. The couple have been together since 2001 and have three children. Wahlberg, executive producer of HBO's... (Erie Times-News, PA)
Mark Wahlberg marries Aug 3, 2009
Mark Wahlberg has gotten married. The 38-year-old actor tied the knot with his long-term girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, in an intimate ceremony on Saturday. (iAfrica.com)
Mark Wahlberg finally says "I do" to model Rhea Durham Aug 3, 2009
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Mark Wahlberg has finally married longtime girlfriend, tying the knot in LA, according to media reports Monday. The ceremony took place at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills Saturday, which has been a gathering place for the glitterati's life-changing moments for the weddings of such stars as Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton, Loretta Young and Tom Lewis and Rachel Hunter as well as for the final farewells of Rudolph Valentino and Frank Sinatra, reports... (Xinhuanet, China)
Actor Wahlberg 'weds girlfriend' Aug 3, 2009
Actor Mark Wahlberg married long-term girlfriend Rhea Durham in Los Angeles on Saturday, according to reports. The 38-year-old star of The Perfect Storm reportedly tied the knot at an intimate ceremony at the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Wahlberg and his girlfriend tie the knot Aug 3, 2009
Rhea Durham wore a Marchesa dress and Mark Wahlberg donned a dark suit at their Beverly Hills nuptials ... Mark Wahlberg has finally married longtime girlfriend, model Rhea Durham, tying the knot Saturday in LA. The ceremony, described as intimate and romantic by , took place at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. (Boston Globe)
Mark Wahlberg weds longtime girlfriend Aug 2, 2009
Actor has three children with model Rhea Durham. Latest News from PEOPLE.com. (MSNBC -- News)
U.N.: Can halt violence against women Aug 2, 2009
Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Actor Mark Wahlberg married model Rhea Durham, the mother of their three children, Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif. a witness said. (Yahoo News -- Women's Issues)
A bunch of kidders Jul 29, 2009
Adams - who attended Monday s Los Angeles premiere of Julie & Julia - tells us she has had to learn to fake a Boston accent for The Fighter, which she s been filming in Lowell with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Adams admits that learning the Bay State dialect has been daunting. (Boston Globe)
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson shoot films close to Seacoast Jul 26, 2009
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo. Directed by: David O. Russell. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Seabrook boy playing Christian Bale's son in 'The Fighter' Jul 25, 2009
com/mikeandaprilJackson and Christian BaleCongratulations to Jackson Nicoll, 5, of Seabrook, who is getting a lot closer to Christian Bale (and Mark Wahlberg) than the rest of us. Jackson was cast as Christian Bale's son in "The Fighter," which is currently filming in Lowell, Mass. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Keep an eye out for Mark Wahlberg in the area Jul 23, 2009
com Mark Wahlberg, a Dorchester, Mass. native, may be wandering around these parts in between shooting "The Fighter" with Christian Bale. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Poker faces at casino Jul 20, 2009
Local guy Mike Giannattasio did not punch Mark Wahlberg in the face. He was simply an extra in Wahlberg s Lowell-based film, The Fighter. (Boston Globe)
‘Invincible' ~ The Everyman winner (1) Jul 19, 2009
Mark Wahlberg plays Papale like he has been eating Philly Cheese steak all his life. With bulked up arms and a vacant, deadened expression, Wahlberg is brilliant as the 30-year-old, never-was who carries the hopes of an entire town. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Dancy makes Hub pub stop Jul 16, 2009
Wahlberg ripped for the ring Finally, Mark Wahlberg can put those impressive pipes to work. The Dorchester actor appears ripped as ever on the set of his new film, The Fighter, which started shooting this week in LA and Lowell. (Boston Globe)
The fall of a warrior prince Jul 16, 2009
The film -- titled "Fighter" for the moment -- stars Mark Wahlberg as Ward and Christian Bale as his brother, and is directed by the estimable David O. Russell. I was excited about the movie because I assumed it would cover Wards relationship with Gatti. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The boy band is back in town Jul 15, 2009
The skinny on Bale A too-lean and mean Christian Bale was in Lowell filming the Mark Wahlberg movie The Fighter, which has Wahlberg playing local boxer Micky Ward and Bale portraying Micky s troubled half-brother Dickie Eklund. This isn t the first time Bale has gone gaunt for a part. (Boston Globe)
Storybook wedding for actress Rowell Jul 14, 2009
The actress is in town to shoot The Fighter with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Paradiso Girls ready to spice things up I m the French one, with the blond short hair, says Aria Paradiso of Paradiso Girls, a new girl group that has ambitions of becoming the next big thing. (Boston Globe)
Guide to today's TV movies Jul 12, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Cosby says 'hey, hey, hey' at Fenway Jul 11, 2009
Pary on, 'Entourage' Entourage executive producer Mark Wahlberg skipped the show s sixth season premiere party in Los Angeles the other night, but as you can see, his stars got on just fine without him. Wahlberg was a no-show because he s here in Boston working on The Fighter, his biopic about Lowell boxer Micky Ward. (Boston Globe)
Will success spoil Doug Ellin's 'Entourage'? Not likely Jul 11, 2009
Doug Ellin, left, and Mark Wahlberg based their hit television series Entourage on Wahlberg's Hollywood experiences ... "The show got more complicated and nuanced," says Ellin, who developed the show with Mark Wahlberg loosely based on the actor's experiences. (USA Today)
Dreamgirls Wins Big at the Golden Globes Jul 11, 2009
We've got Brad Pitt, Eddie Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Ben Affleck and Mark Wahlberg. Eddie Murphy takes it. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
COMEDY CENTRAL Orders Groundbreaking New Jon Heder Sitcom From Debmar-Mercury Jul 11, 2009
Gary Sanchez Productions, a Paramount Pictures-based film production company formed by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, produces the critically acclaimed HBO comedy series "East Bound & Down," returning next spring for a second season on HBO; the mercenary car salesman comedy "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard," directed by Neal Brennan, starring Jeremy Piven and Ving Rhames, which is set for release in August; the cult classic "The Foot Fist Way," starring Danny McBride; and will next... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
The dong show: Top 10 moments in male full-frontal Jul 10, 2009
Mark Wahlberg, "Boogie Nights" ... And casting Mark Wahlberg -- an actor who was, at the time, better known for voguing in his Calvin Klein tightie whities -- was a sly bit of meta-casting. (Salon)
'Beth Cooper' Jul 10, 2009
See how Mark Wahlberg stacks against his 'Entourage' counterpart. . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Tee time for 'Entourage' Jul 8, 2009
From left: Tom Brady, Mark Wahlberg, and Adrian Grenier on the set ... As we told you yesterday, Tom Brady will appear on the Aug. 9 episode of Entourage, the hit HBO show produced by hometowner Mark Wahlberg. (Boston Globe)
Nashoba tech students get in the ring with Irish Mickey Ward Jul 8, 2009
Ward, 44, is the subject of the movie, The Fighter, which is filming this summer in Lowell with stars Mark Wahlberg as Ward and Christian Bale as his brother, Dicky Eklund. Ward spent about a half-hour with six students at Gold s Gym in Chelmsford. (Littleton Independent, MA)
Book details alleged affair between RFK, Jackie Jul 7, 2009
He and Entourage producer Mark Wahlberg play themselves in the fifth episode of the season, which will feature the two Boston celebs mingling at a celebrity golf tournament with Entourage boys Vince (Adrian Grenier), Drama (Kevin Dillon), and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) ... Bout time for Wahlberg The Fighter isn t just another job for Mark Wahlberg. (Boston Globe)
From Fenway to the fairway Jul 6, 2009
Mark Wahlberg: likes baseball, loves golf. The hometown star, who is in town to film the Micky Ward biopic The Fighter, stopped by Fenway Park yesterday to throw out a ceremonial first pitch, but ditched the ballpark before the game even started to spend the day golfing at Andover Country Club. (Boston Globe)
