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The Manny Ramirez Story

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My wife and I recently screened Cinderella Man, an inspiring biopic about boxing champ, James J. Braddock. Braddock struggled during the Great Depression to keep heat in the apartment and food on the table. At one point, his sick kids were shuttled off to stay with relatives, so they wouldn't shiver to death or starve. [...]

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Sarah Jessica Parker admits replacing Demi Moore in 'Lovelace' was "daunting"

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The 'Sex and the City' actress was drafted in to play feminist Gloria Steinem in the forthcoming biopic following Demi's decision to check into rehab after suffering a seizure on January 27. 14 February 2012 But Sarah, 46, believes she might not have had the courage to join the movie – which is based on [...]

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Dolly Parton Looking to Tell Her Story on Broadway

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Dimitrios Kambouris, Getty Images Dolly Parton has the perfect topic for her next try at a Broadway musical: herself. The singer, songwriter and star of the upcoming 'Joyful Noise' movie says she'd love to make her personal story of determination and success into a musical, and has even begun to work on it. "I'm writing [...]

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J. Edgar, Leonardo DiCaprio: Film Review

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Is there anything sadder at this time of year than an Oscar orphan? This kind of plodding prestige picture only exists to score a seat at the top awards table but when all those For Your Consideration ads go unanswered, studios still have to shuffle into the overcrowded January slate, overlooked and unrewarded. Leonardo DiCaprio [...]

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Madonna – Madonna: 'W.E. Was Not Fun To Make'

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Madonna did not find working on her directorial debut 'W.E.' to be fun because it became "all-encompassing". Madonna admits working on 'W.E.' "wasn't fun". The 52-year-old singer wrote, produced, cast and directed the movie and found it to be incredibly difficult, though she learned a lot from the experience. She said: "I researched and co-wrote [...]

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Why Madonna isn't feeling the love

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Wednesday Jan 11 2012 The original Madonna, mother of Jesus, has been worshipped and adored by millions for 2,000 years. Unfortunately her namesake, the biggest-selling female musician of all time, isn't feeling the love quite as much. While promoting her second movie as director, the biopic WE, Madonna confessed to doubts that she would never [...]

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Justin Timberlake 'Seriously' Considering Elton John Role

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We may not be 100 percent sure of his current relationship status, but we can confirm that Justin Timberlake is getting very serious with Elton John. We think. In response to John's claims that Timberlake is "#1 on my wish list" to portray the singer in an upcoming biopic — he told the Los Angeles [...]

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Madonna interview: on directing W.E.

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What Madonna wants Madonna usually gets. So it came as something of a shock for the diva to be told she couldn’t do exactly what she wanted as she embarked on directing the film of a story that had fascinated her for years. “I had to learn to deal with disappointment gracefully,” she recalls. “Every [...]

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Harrison Ford & Unknown Cast in Jackie Robinson Biopic '42' – Movie News Blog – Get The Big Picture – Movie News

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Hollywood is just now getting around to telling the story of baseball great Jackie Robinson, and its first key performers have been cast for the Robinson biopic 42. The Legendary Pictures production announced yesterday that TV actor Chadwick Boseman (Persons Unknown, The Express) will play the first African American Major League Baseball player in the [...]

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Marion Barry biopic in development with Eddie Murphy as star

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Marion Barry in 1995, and the man who might play him on TV: Eddie Murphy. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post; Theo Wargo/Getty Images) After years of talk, the unbelievable-but-true story of Marion Barry may be coming soon to a flat-screen TV near you — starring Eddie Murphy as D.C.’s former mayor-for-life. We’re told that a still-untitled [...]

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Whatever Happened to Baby Edgar?

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CLINT EASTWOOD starred in two movies with an orangutan called Clyde. J. Edgar Hoover apparently spent the bulk of his life in love with a man named Clyde, who also happened to be an associate director at the FBI. I don't have a punchline for this. I just think it's a funny coincidence. Okay, maybe [...]