November 13, 2008 - 2009 People’s Choice Awards Nominees

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The nominees for the 2009 People’s Choice Awards were announced on Monday. In addition to the traditional categories, this year’s ceremony will include several new categories including “Favorite TV Drama Diva” and “Favorite Scene Stealing Guest Star.” They will also partner with People Magazine to present an award for “Favorite Star Under 35.”

The ceremony will air on CBS on Wednesday, January 7 and will be hosted by Queen Latifah.

If you’d like to vote for your favorites, visit www.pcaVOTE.com.

The nominees for the television categories are as follows:

FAVORITE TV DRAMA
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”
“Grey’s Anatomy”
“House”

Filed Under: Appearances, Awards, Television

November 7, 2008 - Deluxe CD/DVD “Mamma Mia!” Package Due in Stores Nov. 25

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A deluxe version of the CD of the international hit film “Mamma Mia!,” along with a behind-the-music DVD, will be released Nov. 25 by Decca.

The “Mamma Mia!” collector’s package will feature the soundtrack to the hit film, which boasts 17 classic ABBA songs performed by Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skasgârd, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper.

Also included is a DVD that “provides an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions in London with the cast, as well as commentary by ABBA’s musical masterminds Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus,” according to press notes.

The CD/DVD package, which has a retail price of $24.98, will also boast a photo booklet and bonus music video for “Gimme, Gimme, Gimme,” starring Seyfried and Cooper.

Following a record-breaking opening in the U.K., “Mamma Mia!” opened in cinemas nationwide July 18. The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd, who is making her feature-film debut. Lloyd helmed both the London and Broadway mountings of Mamma Mia!

Using the catalogue of ’70s pop group ABBA, the plot tells the story of bride-to-be Sophie Sheridan, who hopes to discover her father’s identity on the eve of her wedding. She brings three men from her mother Donna’s past back to the Greek island they last visited 20 years previously.

The show and film feature music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Since the original London production opened in 1999, the musical has grossed over $2 billion worldwide.

The film, according to the Universal Pictures website, is described as such: “An independent, single mother who owns a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, Donna (Streep) is about to let go of Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), the spirited daughter she’s raised alone. For Sophie’s wedding, Donna has invited her two lifelong best girlfriends-practical and no-nonsense Rosie (Julie Walters) and wealthy, multi-divorcee Tanya (Christine Baranski)-from her one-time backing band, Donna and the Dynamos. But Sophie has secretly invited three guests of her own.

“On a quest to find the identity of her father to walk her down the aisle, she brings back three men from Donna’s past to the Mediterranean paradise they visited 20 years earlier. Over 24 chaotic, magical hours, new love will bloom and old romances will be rekindled on this lush island full of possibilities.”

source: playbill.com

Filed Under: Films, Mamma Mia!

November 1, 2008 - Mamma Mia! Breaks Records in the UK

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Universal Pictures’ Mamma Mia! The Movie is about to become the most successful British film of all time at Britain’s box office taking over Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

The Broadway musical’s British adaptation recently reached 66,995,244, making it the second highest-grossing film of all time in Britain after James Cameroon’s Titanic (which grossed more than 69 million), reports contactmusic.com.

“For Mamma Mia! to become the top grossing British film at the UK box office is fantastic. The quality of the filmmaking and resonance of this feel-good story have made Mamma Mia! , like the stage play, truly a global phenomenon, said David Kosse, president of Universal Pictures International.

He added: “Since its release in July we’ve seen people around the world coming back to see the film again and again. We’re absolutely delighted with this box office record.”

Directed by Phillip Jameson, the film stars Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard and has also become the number one film of the year in 13 other countries, namely Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Greece, Hungary, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Cyprus and Sweden.

Based on the songs of Swedish pop music group Abba, the musical - written by Catherine Johnson with music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus - tells of a young girl’s (Amanda Seyfried) wedding on a Greek island, to which she invites the three men who could be her father (Brosnan, Firth and Skarsgard).

source: ndtvmovies.com

Filed Under: Films, Mamma Mia!, Movies

October 25, 2008 - Henry Thomas Cast in “Dear John”

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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 (UPI) — Former child actor Henry Thomas has agreed to star in “Dear John,” the big-screen adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’s novel, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Thomas is best known for his roles in “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “Cloak & Dagger,” “All the Pretty Horses,” “Suicide Kings” and “Gangs of New York.”

Lasse Hallstrom is to direct him in the love story “Dear John,” which co-stars Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried, the entertainment industry trade newspaper said.

Hallstrom previously helmed “Casanova,” “The Cider House Rules” and “Chocolat.”

Sparks also penned the romances “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle” and “A Walk To Remember,” all of which have been made into popular movies.

source: upi.com