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Water For Elephants: Movie News

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:19:22 +0000

Check out the new photos from the set of our favorite adaptation! H2O4E: The Movie

Not on the band-wagon yet? There’s still time to read the novel!

Best Supporting Actor Supports Water For Elephants!

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:07:04 +0000

Ok, so there was a rumor that Sean Penn was going to play August in the film adaptation of Sara Gruen‘s Water For Elephants. This would have been great. But today I learned that it will, in fact, be Christoph Waltz starring in that role.

That’s right, Waltz, who just won an Oscar for his performance in Inglorious Basterds (which, is fantastic, if you haven’t seen it). I don’t know about you, but I’m really excited to see what he’ll do with this role.

Reese Witherspoon will be playing the part of Marlena in the film, and Robert Pattinson will play Jacob. Filming will begin in June. Read more here and here.

-Susannah

Love, Loss, Off-Broadway

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:04:22 +0000

Left to right: Carol Kane, Caroline Rhea, Lucy DeVito, Ilene Beckerman

“A remarkable and eloquent book, a handful of dresses that write a life.” – Newsday

On Monday, Barnes and Noble hosted an author event with Ilene Beckerman, talking about her book Love, Loss, and What I Wore and the stage adaptation. Some of the current cast from the off-broadway hit (Carol Kane, Caroline Rhea, Lucy DeVito) joined Ilene to promote the book–as well as the success of the play! Read up on the event, as well as Nora and Delia Ephron’s adaptation, here.

And if you happen to be in NYC, head over to The Westside Theater and see the play for yourself!

-Susannah