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I think The Office is going to send NBC into an even deeper tailspin. Recent news revealed that Rainn Wilson will be headlining a “Dwight Schrute Spin-Off”, while exec-producer and scene stealer Mindy Kaling (Customer Service Representative Kelly Kapoor) will be headlining and running a comedy pilot at FOX.
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No big surprises here…
Film
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The Help
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Viola Davis, The Help
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Look, Nicolas Cage is known for some really great movie performances (Adaptation, Raising Arizona) and some not so good (National Treasure, Face/Off). What I will give him is props for making terrible ideas look great on paper and in their trailers. His latest idea, becoming a ghost in a Wicker Man sequel, set in Japan no less.
In an interview with Empire Online, Cage was asked which character he would like to revisit and gave one of the most perplexing and hypnotic answers:
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UPDATE: Jan.30,2012 — Looks like Rooney Mara is in, Lively out.
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Jan. 23:
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It seems like every other day there’s some singer/musician making their transition to acting. Today, that pedestal belongs to Billie Joe Armstrong, and he’s heading to Showtime’s Nurse Jackie. Acting opposite of the ridiculously talented Edie Falco, Armstrong is coming off a run on American Idiot.
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Liam Neeson is everywhere nowadays. He’s headlining this week’s release The Grey, from director Joe Carnahan who has previously worked with on The A-Team. They are now looking to work together again for Nemesis, based on a comic book Mark Millar (Kick-Ass), who’s been planning a big screen adaptation and gained the interest of Carnahan.
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Once again the Oscar nominations were a mixed bag, this time handing the most (11) to HUGO. Missing are Kirsten Dunst in the Best Actress Category for her work in Melancholia, although that did feature the unexpected (yet deserving) inclusion of Rooney Mara for Tattoo. Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender, were both absent with a nom in the Best Actor Category, although considering that each gave fantastic performances in several features last year, the vote was diluted. Shame, Drive, the list goes on and on. Which nominations were you happy to see, upset to see missing?
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Hard to believe that its already been 4 years since actor Heath Ledger passed away during a production break on Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. To this day, and for the foreseeable future, what is painful to acknowledge is the amazing performances Ledger has left us with in such a short career and what could’ve been. Today I celebrate his legacy with these choice performances.
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The wonderfully chameleon-like Steve Buscemi is spreading his directors wings on 30 Rock, according to creator/star/comedienne extraordinaire Tina Fey. Currently headlining HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Buscemi will appears in the February 16 episode on the NBC comedy.
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Director James Wan has recently surprised many with Insidious, and I may add that it’s a more than solid effort in the horror genre, considering it’s now a vast field of found footage films. Not messing with the winning possession film formula, Wan wants to reteam with Patrick Wilson (having just worked together on Insidious) and with Vera Farmiga for the supernatural thriller The Conjuring.
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This week in missed casting news…
Jan. 16:
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This is the first in a series of pieces taking a critical approach in comparing actors who have played the same iconic film characters. Today, we’ll be looking at the socially reclusive computer hacker Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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Judd Apatow was nice enough to answer our question, “Who would play Judd in a movie about Judd Apatow?”. His answer; “Bull From Night Court”. We kind of see the resemblance (see above) but the age difference clearly wouldn’t make this believable. The Offices’ Mindy Kaling had some choice words, “Don’t be weird. Obviously, Ben Stiller”. Obviously better.
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Seeing that Joss Whedon has neared the end of The Avengers (which comes out this May), he’s lined up a slew of new projects which Much Ado About Nothing and now In Your Eyes, which has also cast Abigail Spencer. I have to admit this outright, I’m a devoted fan of Joss Whedon. Whether it’s Buffy, the Vampire Slayer or even Dollhouse, I love it all. This strange cult-ish devotion makes me worried and highly preachy of his oeuvre.
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Mario’s LIVE Tweeting of the 69th Annual Golden Globes tonight at 7pm! Join in by tweeting #dmcgg.
