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Trailer: Leap Year

12 November 2009 5:44 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »

This is for all of you rom-comaniacs out there.  A new trailer is now available for your viewing pleasure.  The trailer is for the new Amy Adams’ film, Leap Year.  It’s your basic story.  Girl loves Boy.  Girl thinks Boy is going to propose but he doesn’t.  Girl decides to take matters into her hands and travels abroad to propose to him.  Chaos and hilarity ensue!

It looks a bit formulaic to me, but I like Amy Adams and let’s face it, I’ll most likely be seeing this.  It looks like a mix of several other romantic comedies mashed together with new actors.  Some of the comments I’ve seen compare this to Six Days Seven Nights and The Proposal.  I have to agree but I also think there’s a little bit of a Romancing the Stone vibe as well.  Check out the trailer and »

- Tracy Ladd

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Slideshow: Oscar-Winning Chicago Director Robert Zemeckis For ‘A Christmas Carol’

24 October 2009 6:51 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – This three-image slideshow contains our ribbon-cutting photography for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour at Chicago’s Union Station with Oscar-winning Chicago director Robert Zemeckis.

Robert Zemeckis has directed “Romancing the Stone,” “Back to the Future,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “Back to the Future Part III,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Forrest Gump,” “Contact,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Cast Away,” “The Polar Express,” “Beowulf” and “A Christmas Carol”.

“A Christmas Carol” opens everywhere on Nov. 6, 2009. You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos are credited to Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto and HollywoodChicago.com. All rights reserved.

robertzemeckis1: Chicago’s own Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis smiles for the HollywoodChicago.com lens at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour at Chicago’s Union Station »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009

24 September 2009 6:03 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Patrick Swayze: 1952-2009

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Alex Simon

All films buffs have guilty pleasures. You know, those movies that high-minded cineastes love to turn their noses up at, especially critics for The New York Times, people with MFAs in some sort of film-related field, or just plain snobs who refuse to acknowledge anything released on celluloid that doesn’t have English subtitles and at least one reference to death, either as a character or a metaphor (and oftentimes both). Patrick Swayze was the undisputed King of the Guilty Pleasure. From his screen debut in Skatetown, USA in 1979, to his final appearance on television’s "The Beast" as a take-no-prisoners cop, Swayze was an unapologetic good ol’ boy who happened to be a classically-trained dancer, student of martial arts and Eastern philosophy, and possessor of an Iq that was nothing to sneeze at. In fact, he closely resembled Dalton, his character in »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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Before There Were Websites... (Pt 2)

10 September 2009 7:10 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

...there were scrapbooks (prev. pt 1)

Let's continue that silly reveal of my "Movies of the Eighties" scrapbook. I'm still hoping to locate the "Movie Stars of the Eighties" companion volume in which I ranked all the actors and actresses of the decade. Wouldn't that be a Rotfl experience? If I can find it I will share, despite the loss of dignity it will surely occasion.

Behold! To your left is the tv guide cover that started it all. I guess it wasn't an actual TV Guide as my personal mythology has always relayed but whatever television magazine thingie was inserted into the Detroit Free Press back in the day. That cover right there started my whole Oscar obsession -- look how worn, damaged and fingered it is. I thumbed through it so many times. What is this naked gold man they call Oscar??? This cover unlocked my latent awards mania. »

- NATHANIEL R

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Turner Kept Arthritis A Secret

3 August 2009 12:11 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Kathleen Turner hid her rheumatoid arthritis from Hollywood film-makers over fears it could cost her movie roles.

The Romancing the Stone star's feet swelled up and she struggled to walk for a year until doctors finally diagnosed her with the illness.

Turner still refused to go public with her health secret because she was terrified it would keep studio bosses from casting her.

She says, "I got rheumatoid arthritis very badly 17 years ago. Back then, they didn't have the medicines that they have now to treat it - but it didn't help that they took so long to recognise it.

"It got so bad I couldn't move my head and I was always feeling ill. I was eventually prescribed steroids which helped a little, but they made me look so puffy and bloated that rumours began to circulate that I was an alcoholic or a drug addict. I thought it might be safer to let people believe whatever they wanted. And I wasn't the only one - Michael J. Fox kept his Parkinson's disease secret for years.

"Hollywood hires addicts and drunks - they are familiar with those - but if you have an unfamiliar disease you definitely don't want people to know about it, because it can kill your career."

Now the actress credits the disease with helping her conquer her insecurities about her looks.

She adds, "Dealing with the pain over the years altered my outlook. When I was 20 I was a lot more insecure and looked for approval from everyone, but my illness made all that seem insignificant. Now, at the age of 55, I no longer feel I need approval from anyone." »

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Turner: 'Cage And I Are Friends Again'

23 February 2009 4:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Kathleen Turner is adamant there is no bad blood between her and Nicolas Cage - despite their messy lawsuit last year.

Turner accused her Peggy Sue Got Married co-star of drink-driving and theft in her autobiography Send Yourself Roses.

She also alleged that Cage deliberately disobeyed his director uncle Francis Ford Coppola on the set of the 1986 movie.

Cage began libel proceedings against Turner at London's High Court last February, insisting the memoir was full of false claims about him.

He subsequently won the case, and Romancing The Stone star Turner was forced to apologise - but the veteran actress now considers Cage a friend.

Turner tells CYInterview.com, “I certainly consider him a friend, and I believe he feels the same”, adding that the suit “really was more in terms of a legal system than me.” »

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