cutprintreview.com - 3/4/2009
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As the lights dim, I wonder about just what it is that I have gotten myself into. The crowd hushes, and the opening scenes begin. A man taps at a typewriter as he narrates in first person what he was doing on the day the twin towers of the World Trade Centre came down. A TV sits in the corner ...
Variety Axes Vet Anne Thompson, Fest Editor Mike Jones in Layoff
edendale.typepad.com 1/27/2009 — Monday, Variety announced that it was laying off 30 employees, with editor Peter Bart claiming, "The modest staff cuts will in no way compromise the editorial integrity of Variety or Daily Variety."By late afternoon, however, it was clear that the...
A Shock to the System
carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com 1/28/2009 — On a day when news of more than 75,000 layoffs came down in all sectors of the economy, it is silly to point to a single one that suggests Armageddon is nigh, but the Bagger can tell you seeing Anne Thompson's name on the cut-down list at Variety sent ...
Layoffs at Variety Include Anne Thompson
blog.spout.com 1/27/2009 — Last week in Park City, we joked more than once about being thankful for both the recession and global warming, for making Sundance 2009 the most pleasant installment of the festival I’ve ever attended - diminished crowds and screenings and ...
Johnny Depp To Return To Hunter S. Thompson 's Crazy Brilliant World
flicksnews.net 1/13/2009 — TheBadandUgly.com has received a casting announcement that suggests the Hunter S. Thompson The Rum Diary adaptation will be Depp's next, as it lists a March 2009 start date. Depp will play Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist writing for a rundown newspaper in 1950s Puerto Rico and surrounded by a ...
Trailer: ‘Last Chance Harvey’
fataculture.wordpress.com 10/24/2008 — Joel Hopkin’s “Last Chance Harvey,” starring the affable pairing of Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, landed itself a wonderful trailer today. It tells the story of a man (Hoffman) who is down on his luck, just about to lose his job and possibly his ...