hollywoodnorthreport.com - 10/8/2009
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Andy Serkis Plays With Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll the story of punk band Ian Dury and the Blockheads... May 28th 2009 04:01am | Posted by: Michael Stevens, HNR Senior Editor According to reports from the UK's Pinewood Studios, part of the new Ian Dury biopic, Sex & Drugs & ...
rottentomatoes.com - 10/9/2009
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Synopsis: In the movie SCHOOL DAZE, Spike Lee
staged a dance number in which two bands of...
African-American college students debated the merits of "Straight and Nappy" hair in song, and now comedian Chris... In the movie SCHOOL DAZE, Spike Lee staged a ...
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Good Hair (2009)
mcnblogs.com - 10/12/2009
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(HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 6, 2009) - - Yesterday filmmaker
Regina Kimbell filed a $5 million copyright infringement lawsuit...
in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles against Chris Rock, HBO, the domestic and foreign distributor theatrical distributors for soon to ...
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Can A Doc Idea Be Stolen?
filmschoolrejects.com - 10/6/2009
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Devin Friedman is just a guy trying to
make some black friends on Craigslist. Chris Rock is...
just an extremely funny comedian, probably past his prime, who’s trying to become relevant again. Together with Oprah, these two men just might end ...
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Chris Rock Will Be Your Black Friend
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He's Mad, Y'Know
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He's Mad, Y'Know As a lifelong fan of Ian Dury and the Blockheads' " Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick ", which came out in '79 or '80, I'm naturally keen on seeing Sex & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll , a British-made biopic with Andy Serkis as Dury . Directed by Mat Whitecross from a screenplay by Paul Viragh , it'll probably turn up in Cannes next May...although one can always hope for Sundance '10. If you've never heard "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", please give it a listen ">give it a listen . I'm actually going to ...
First Look: Andy Serkis As Ian Dury In 'Sex & Drugs & Rock N' Roll'
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... Andy Serkis, erstwhile CGI-facialist for Peter Jackson (Golem in the "LOTR"series, "King Kong") is playing Dury and the supporting cast — Ray Winstone, Olivia Williams, Naomie Harris, Noel Clarke, Toby Jones, MacKenzie Crook and Bill Milner — is rather excellent. Well, Hollywood North Report (via Jeff Wells) has our first look as Serkis onstage as Dury. ...
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