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BEING “BAD” WITH JEFF BRIDGES
Jeff Bridges turned sixty on December 4th, and he is still as gorgeous as ever. The veteran actor strides into the photo shoot looking fit and youthful; he exudes warmth and a laid back energy, and genuinely makes you feel that he is happy to be there. Most actors don’t love doing press, even if they love the movie they’ve made as much as Bridges does. Currently, Bridges is starring in the indie drama Crazy Heart from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bridges portrays Bad Blake, a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who travels the Southwest playing dive after dive. Bad is a hard-living guy who’s had a few too many marriages, far too many years on the road, and one too many drinks way too many times. His performance has already earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead and his name has been consistently tossed about in the Best Actor race for an Oscar nomination.
It’s a daunting task to interview Bridges if only because the number of his IMDB credits is an astounding 74. He began acting as a child and in 1957 appeared on “Sea Hunt,” a popular undersea adventure series starring his father, Lloyd Bridges. In fact, Jeff Bridges’s body of work is so extensive that to recite it would take up more pages than the interview itself. Suffice to say he’s worked steadily for the last four decades in diverse roles that have won critical raves as well as four Oscar nominations to date — for Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show, Michael Cimino’s Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, John Carpenter’s Starman, and Rod Lurie’s The Contender. The odds are good that there will be a fifth one this year.
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LEE DANIELS Crusader of Truth
Lee Daniels is a man of many talents. He directs. He produces. He pushes the envelope, hard, and often.
Anna Kendrick Takes Off with Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick has always excelled at playing the smartest person in the room, and one who you definitely want to watch your back around.
JAMES MCAVOY GETS IT RIGHT
Actor James McAvoy is in high demand these days. After his breakout role in The Last King of Scotland, followed by lauded roles in Atonement and the action-packed Wanted, the affable Scottish actor is now a bona fide movie star.
ABBIE CORNISH A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy Forever
To say actress Abbie Cornish has been moved by the roles she’s played is an understatement. Among other parts, the Australian actress has played a ladyin- waiting to a Queen (Elizabeth: The Golden Age), the love interest of one of England’s most famous poets (Bright Star), and a heroin addict (Candy).
Filmmaker Greg Barker Pays Homage to Humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello
A former war correspondent, journalist and filmmaker Greg Barker has been in some harrowing locations across the globe to get to the truth of the matter.
Pain, Sorrow, and Drunken Lunacy Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates
Being raised by four drunken louts has its ups and downs, and Felix van Groeningen’s The Misfortunates explores them both with equal precision.
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Ashley Brown has never actually met a real chimney sweep, but she has fed the birds and flown kites on the beach in her hometown of Gulf Breeze, Florida, and for audiences of the Ahmanson Theatre, Brown transforms eight times a week into one of the most magical literary characters ever to grace the stage and screen, Mary Poppins.
Louie Psihoyos Guardian of The Cove
Documentary filmmakers, especially first-time directors, often have lofty ambitions that their film will expose and bring about change.
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THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, about an experimental U.S. military unit with psychic powers so strong they can kill a goat simply by staring at it, is too bizarre to be credible. But it’s grounded in reality or, as the intertitle claims: “More of this is true than you would believe.” Headed for big-name status,
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