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Emily Blunt Reportedly Dating John Krasinski

20 November 2008 11:56 PM, PST | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news

Emily Blunt is reportedly dating "Leatherheads" star John Krasinski. "The Devil Wears Prada" actress - who split from Canadian singer Michael Buble earlier this year after a three-year relationship - is said to have spent a romantic weekend with 29-year-old John in Santa Barbara, California, earlier this month.

A source told America's Star magazine: "They ordered room service, took long walks and spent every second together. John really cares for Emily - he totally fawns over her. And she is loving the attention. She's a down-to-earth girl, but it's nice to be treated so well."

British actress Emily, 25, recently revealed she feels like she doesn't fit in with the Hollywood lifestyle, because she dresses so scruffily.

She revealed: "I like fashion, I'm very partial to Marc Jacobs and Prada, but I don't want clothes to wear me. Ordinarily, I dress like a teenage boy in layered T-shirts and Converse gear.

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'The Dark Knight' Brings Heath Ledger 2008 AFI Awards' Nomination

30 October 2008 2:03 AM, PDT | From Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news

Heath Ledger's thrilling performance as Batman's psychotic villain, Joker, in "The Dark Knight" has brought him recognition from Australian Film Institute. On Wednesday, October 29 as the Australian Film Institute announced the nominees for L'Oreal Paris 2008 AFI Awards in Sydney, it was revealed that the late actor has been listed among the nominees for the international AFI award.

With the nod, Ledger is on the run for the title of AFI International Award for Best Actor. In the category, he will be contending with Eric Bana for "The Other Boleyn Girl", Russell Crowe for "American Gangster" and Jack Thompson for "Leatherheads". The actor who passed away late January 2008 has won the title in 2006 for his performance as homosexual cowboy in "Brokeback Mountain".

Beside the Best Actor category, AFI International Award also saw Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, Judy Davis and Rachel Griffiths as the contenders of Best Actress category. Blanchett and

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Win 'Leatherheads' on DVD from The Big Picture

27 September 2008 2:17 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Leatherheads is new to DVD. The sports comedy directed by George Clooney is a big tip of the hat to Preston Sturgess and some of the other directors from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

It takes place at the dawn of the NFL, when college football was the real draw, and when professionals had to clear livestock off the playing surface, if their games didn't get cancelled for some other reason. Clooney stars with Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski, and we've got copies of Leatherheads on DVD for you, courtesy of Universal Home Entertainment.

For your chance to win, you just need to answer our Ridiculously Easy Movie Trivia question. Shoot us an e-mail and you'll be in our random drawing (we don't have an unlimited supply, you know).

Here's the question: What Super Bowl-winning quarterback appeared in The Cannonball Run?

Believe me, that's a question you don't hear often.

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DVD Review: Leatherheads (2008)

26 September 2008 9:20 PM, PDT | From The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news

Apparently George Clooney thought he could attract an audience to a romantic comedy set in the world of early professional football. Apparently George Clooney was wrong. Even with himself and Renee Zellweger as the stars, 2008.s Leatherheads tanked. The flick grabbed $31 million and failed to impact with the public.

Set in 1925, Leatherheads shows the sport.s difficult early days. Though college football attracts big crowds, many fewer care about the pro game. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, the aging leader of the Duluth Bulldogs. When the league sinks, Dodge recruits college star/war hero Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) to play for the Bulldogs and resuscitate the ailing pro game.

One problem: newspaper reporter Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) gets an assignment to do an exposé on Carter. It turns out he may not have executed too many heroics during World War I, so Lexie.s supposed to reveal the truth behind Carter.s much-heralded reputation.

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New On DVD This Week: "Sex And The City: The Movie," "Leatherheads" & "The Godfather" Collection

23 September 2008 3:03 PM, PDT | From icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news

Women all over can rejoice, as "Sex and the City: The Movie" hits stores this week on DVD on Tuesday. The film stars the four fabulous women of the city: Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.

Fans can also buy the extended version that includes additional scenes, commentary by director Michael Patrick King and a conversation with Sarah Jessica Parker and King.

George Clooney pulls double duty in "Leatherheads," acting as director and star of the sports-themed romantic comedy also starring John Krasinski and Renee Zellweger. The film is set in 1920s, showing the formation of professional football teams.

Clooney stars as Dodge Connelly, a brash but handsome leader who must convince college football star and decorated war hero, Carter Rutherford, played by Krasinski, to join the team and help prevent the collapse of the entire league. Comedy ensues

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New DVD Releases: Sex and the City, Leatherheads, and More

23 September 2008 5:18 AM, PDT | From Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news

Fix yourself a cosmo and slip into a pair of Manolo Blahniks, because the Sex and the City movie leads off this week's crop of new DVD releases. Also arriving on DVD today: Leatherheads, George Clooney's comic look at the early days of professional football; Deception, the blink-and-you-missed-it thriller starring Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, and Michelle Williams; Friends alum David Schwimmer's directorial debut Run, Fat Boy, Run, starring Simon Pegg; and the horror flick Pathology, featuring the lovely Alyssa Milano.

Our DVD pick of the week is a no-brainer: Francis Ford Coppola's newly-restored Godfather trilogy, available for the first time on sparkling Blu-ray. Buy it today and remember fondly the days when Pacino and De Niro were more than just tired self-caricatures.

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Link | Posted 9/23/2008 by Thomas

Sex and the City | Leatherheads | Pathology | Run, Fat Boy, Run | The Godfather | Deception

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DVD Review: Leatherheads

23 September 2008 1:00 AM, PDT | From Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news

If there's one thing we've learned over the years, it's that actors should usually stay in front of the camera and leave directing to those focused enough to control the magic. While the Academy has undoubtedly given unfair reward to the likes of Robert Redford, Ron Howard, Kevin Costner, and even Clint Eastwood over the years, the truth is that most actor-helmed movies are sh!t. George Clooney, of all people, has proven to be an incredible exception to the rule with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck. With Leatherheads, his attempt at a screwball comedy centered on the rough, early days of pro football, he's fallen into the trap. Clooney stars as the aging bad-boy player Dodge Connelly and John Krasinski as fresh-faced rising star Carter Rutherford, Leatherheads attempts to chronicle the origins of the league in a "kooky" manner meant to reflect just how crazy the times were.

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Rant: Renee Zellweger Ruins History

19 September 2008 12:36 PM, PDT | From cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news

First, let's give Renee Zellweger credit where it is due. She's turned in some great comedic performances in the Bridget Jones movies-- even when the movies were no good--and actually made us believe it when Tom Cruise told her that she completed him in Jerry Maguire. But her roles this decade have mostly been set in the past, and whether the movie took place in the Old West or the screwball 1930s, Zellweger has been the worst part of it. Filmmakers, take note: Renee Zellweger will ruin your period piece, and only you can prevent this from happening. Ed Harris is the latest to fall victim to her curse, completely miscasting her as a seductress of the Wild West in Appaloosa. But George Clooney made the exact same mistake six months ago, casting Zellweger in Leatherheads as a sassy 30s spitfire, like Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday? George ...

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Zellweger, Whitaker take road trip in ‘Song’

4 September 2008 6:15 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Olivier Dahan’s drama “My Very Own Love Song” will head into principal photography next month, and Forest Whitaker and Renee Zellweger are on board to star in the lead roles, according to Variety.

The plot centers on a disabled ex-singer who embarks on a road trip to Memphis with a close friend. They’ve both had their share of tragedies over the years, and they both give each other the necessary support to make the best out of life.

Dahan is best known for last year’s Oscar-winning Edith Piaf biopic “La Vie En Rose” (La Môme ).

Whitaker last starred in “Street Kings” and has several projects awaiting release, including “Powder Blue” and “Repossession Mambo.”

Zellweger was last seen alongside George Clooney in “Leatherheads.” She will next star in Ed Harris’ western “Appaloosa,” followed by Christian Alvart’s horror thriller “Case 39.”

Note: IMDb lists the film as “My Very Own Love Song,

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Clooney's Future is 'Up in the Air' with Jason Reitman

28 August 2008 9:38 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

There's no question that Jason Reitman has fashioned a career for himself the right way. He's chosen smart, offbeat projects that have exceeded critical and commercial expectation with Thank You for Smoking and Juno. Smoking made back about four times its budget in the U.S. (nearly seven times what it cost worldwide), and snagged Aaron Eckhart a much-deserved Golden Globe nomination.

Juno, as we're well aware, is one of the biggest independent movies ever made. How many other $7.5 million flicks have produced over $200 million at the box office? I'm going to say not many. And it won a Best Screenplay Oscar while receiving nominations for Best Actress, Picture, and Director for Reitman.

For his next trick, Reitman will fly the less-than-friendly skies with an adaptation of the Walter Kirn novel Up in the Air. According to Variety, Reitman has been infatuated with the novel for some time, working on

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Director Blasts Fox and "Terrible" 'Babylon A.D.' Experience

26 August 2008 1:39 AM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

Some actors will tow the line forever, not once admitting they've done a bad movie or worked with assholes. Others will begrudgingly open up about flawed films a few years down the line. Very few go the George Clooney route of badmouthing a big film they're in (Batman & Robin) or a director they've worked with (David O. Russell) nearly as soon as the movie's out of theaters. He can get away with it, though, even with Leatherheads.

Mathieu Kassovitz, however, may be another story. He's an actor (Amelie's boyfriend) and director (Gothika), but he may not get the call from a major studio for a while. Talking to Amctv, Kassovitz blasted his new film, Babylon A.D., before it opens. Now that takes balls. There is plenty of skepticism about the movie anyway. For starters, it's coming out on August 29th, one of the two or three worst weekends in every year.

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Win LeatherHeads on DVD

13 August 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

Universal has given us free copies of LeatherHeads to give away to you readers. So with that said this is your chance to enter and win! Oscar® winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in Leatherheads, a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascentpro-football league in 1925.  Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums.  But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college foo...

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Clooney ready for ‘The Challenge’

13 August 2008 7:22 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

George Clooney has acquired the rights to develop a big-screen version of Jonathan Mahler’s thriller “The Challenge,” according to Variety.

The book focuses on the struggle by U.S. Navy lawyer Charles Swift and law professor Neal Katyal to guarantee a fair trial for Salim Hamdan, the bodyguard and driver of Osama bin Laden.

At this stage, it’s not clear what role Clooney will play in the project, but he has the options to write, direct and topline the drama.

Considering Clooney’s excellent performance in Tony Gilroy’s recent legal thriller “Michael Clayton,” I would really like to see the actor take on one of the lead roles.

As far as helming goes, why not go for it? Apart from “Leatherheads,” Clooney proved he’s a dab hand at directing himself and others.

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George Clooney packs for ‘The Tourist’

12 June 2008 8:17 AM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

The film doesn’t have a script or director yet, but the lead actor is already on board. Variety today reported George Clooney has signed on to star in “The Tourist,” the adaptation of Olen Steinhauser’s novel of the same title.

Warner Bros. recruited Anthony Peckham to write the screenplay for the film, which focuses on a spy who risks his life to uncover a conspiracy after he’s wrongfully accused of murder.

Peckham, whose writing credits include 2001’s thriller “Don’t Say A Word,” also recently adapted John Carlin’s book for Clint Eastwood’s upcoming film “The Human Factor,” a look at the life and career of Nelson Mandela.

Clooney was last seen in “Leatherheads” and will next star in the Coen brothers’ comedy “Burn After Reading.”

With Clooney already on board, they should ask Tony Gilroy to direct. Both did a nice job working together on “Michael Clayton,

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George Clooney Pays Tribute to Sydney Pollack

27 May 2008 4:05 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

George Clooney is speaking out on the death of film legend Sydney Pollack, who succumbed to cancer Monday at age 73. "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better," the actor – who worked with Pollack in 2007's Michael Clayton – said in a statement. Pollack, most famous for directing Out of Africa, Tootsie and They Way We Were, co-produced and starred in Clayton. (He also served as executive producer for Clooney's Leatherheads.) "A tip of the hat to a class act," Clooney's tribute continued. "He'll be missed terribly." At the time of his death,

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George Clooney Reveals Roseanne Barr's Pickup Line

8 May 2008 12:00 AM, PDT | From PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news

Hand it to George Clooney: He's sexy, he's funny, and he's not afraid to share embarrassing stories about how Roseanne Bar hit on him. The actor, who sat down with Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers Wednesday night at the Picturehouse Theater in Pelham, N.Y., following a screening of his latest movie Leatherheads, revealed secrets about his early days working for Barr on her sitcom Roseanne – as well as his thoughts on Paris Hilton and bombing at the box office (which, he readily acknowledges, Leatherheads did). Choice quotes below:Roseanne on ClooneyTravers: "I have this quote (from Time

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Zellweger Dislikes Cold Canada

23 April 2008 12:17 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood actress Renee Zellweger is in no rush to return to Canada - she thinks the country is too cold.

Zellweger travelled to the country with George Clooney to film scenes for their new movie Leatherheads.

But the 38-year-old found the nation "a little chilly."

She says, "You are talking to somebody and suddenly their eyes stop moving because the lashes have frozen together.

"My personal favourite, especially when filming close-ups, were the nostricles."

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Ten Things You Never Knew About George Clooney

16 April 2008 12:57 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Suave, sophisticated and exuding laid-back charm, George Clooney is a Hollywood star in the old-fashioned mould. After a decade in the no-man's land of pilots and sitcoms, he set hearts a-flutter as Dr Doug Ross in Er at the age 33. He has since scooped an Oscar, turned to directing and become a Un Messenger of Peace, all the while retaining his status as one of the sexiest men alive. But what do we really know about him aside from his penchant for Geri Halliwell and pot-bellied pigs? As he tours the length of breadth of the UK promoting new film Leatherheads, we dish up ten fascinating facts about the man known as "gorgeous George".

1. George Timothy Clooney was born in Kentucky to dad Nick, a local talkshow host and news anchor, and mum Nina, a beauty queen. His dad's sister was singer Rosemary ClooneyRosemary Clooney

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'21' wins top spot at UK box office

15 April 2008 2:06 AM, PDT | From Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news

Real-life drama 21 has debuted at the top of the UK box office chart.

The story of six Mit students who won millions at Vegas casinos pushes romantic comedy 27 Dresses into third place.

George Clooney's American football movie Leatherheads is a new entry at six, while Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary Shine A Light lands at nine.

Thriller Pathology, which stars Heroes actor Milo Ventimiglia, is the final . . .

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Theaters Celebrate Prom Night

14 April 2008 10:33 AM, PDT | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

After months of frightful box-office performances by horror flicks, Sony/Screen Gems's Prom Night debuted with $22.7 million over the weekend at the high end of analysts' predictions. It was the best debut for a horror film this year. In second place was Fox Searchlight's R-rated Street Kings, starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker, which brought in an estimated $12 million. In its third week, 21 was still showing a strong hand as it took in $11 million. Everything else on the theater marquees looked weak, however, as the box office wound up with less revenue than it did a year ago for the fourth straight weekend. The top 12 films earned $82.6 million, more than 19 percent below what it took in during the comparable weekend last year. The fourth-ranked film, Fox's Nim's Island, brought in $9 million, while the George Clooney drama Leatherheads rounded out the top five with $6.2 million. The only other film to open wide this weekend, Miramax's Smart People, wound up with $4.2 million, to place seventh. The top ten films for the weekend, according to studio estimates compiled by Media by Numbers:1. Prom Night, $22.7 million; 2. Street Kings, $12 million; 3. 21, $11 million; 4. Nim's Island, $9 million; 5. Leatherheads, $6.2 million; 6. Horton Hears a Who!, $6 million; 7. Smart People, $4.2 million; 8. The Ruins, $3.3 million; 9. Superhero Movie, $3.1 million; 10. Drillbit Taylor, $2.1 million.

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