Daily entertainment news covering Joel Coen en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/30/review_seriously_funny_troubles_abound_i Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:53:40 EST Entertainment News 139335@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's hard to put a finger on exactly what a Coen brothers movie is. That's part of the great allure of them.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/02/slumdog_millionaire_s_danny_boyle_lands_ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:11:11 EST Entertainment News 109402@http://www.starpulse.com/news Danny Boyle has scooped the top accolade at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his hit film Slumdog Millionaire.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/25/slumdog_millionaire_director_urged_to_sh Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:45:00 EST Entertainment News 108819@http://www.starpulse.com/news A leading women's campaigner has launched an online protest demanding Slumdog Millionaire filmmaker Danny Boyle shares this year's Best Director nomination with his female co-director. Jan Lisa Huttner,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/15/kate_winslet_nominated_twice_for_best_ac Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:29:42 EST Entertainment News 108064@http://www.starpulse.com/news Two-time Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is set for more glory - she is nominated twice in the best actress category at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards (BAFTAs).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/05/burn_after_reading_out_on_dvd_aamp_blu_r_23 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 102800@http://www.starpulse.com/news Intelligence is relative in this hilarious new spy comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, the Academy Award® -winning directors of No Country for Old Men and The Big Lebowski. Academy Award® winners George Clooney

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/12/coen_brothers_spotlight_from_their_begin Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:37:54 EST Entertainment News 98042@http://www.starpulse.com/news Many things come to mind when thinking about the films of Joel and Ethan Coen. Dark witty humor, highly stylized production and costume designs, reoccurring actors, clever and

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/10/pitt_clooney_dumb_down_for_burn_after_re Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:52:23 EST Entertainment News 97731@http://www.starpulse.com/news TORONTO (AP) - Joel and Ethan Coen know their idiots. They've written every sort of bonehead, nitwit and lamebrain imaginable in both comic and tragic form

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/08/coen_brothers_to_begin_shooting_new_film Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:59:44 EST Entertainment News 97475@http://www.starpulse.com/news BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - The Oscar-winning Coen brothers are returning to their home state of Minnesota to shoot their next movie.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/27/coen_brothers_dark_comedy_premieres_at_v Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:06:55 EST Entertainment News 96634@http://www.starpulse.com/news VENICE, Italy (AP) - The Coen brothers wrote their dark comedy "Burn After Reading" with stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand all in mind.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/13/interview_brandon_t_jackson_of_tropic_th Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:57:16 EST Entertainment News 95506@http://www.starpulse.com/news (Hollywoodchicago) For Tropic Thunder star and Chris Tucker protégé Brandon T. Jackson, the fictional Booty Sweat literally is his Hollywood calling card.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/27/pitt_aamp_clooney_star_in_new_coen_broth Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:27:06 EST Entertainment News 91235@http://www.starpulse.com/news A dark spy-comedy from Academy Award winners Joel and Ethan Coen. An ousted CIA official's (Academy Award nominee John Malkovich) memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/07/ten_years_of_the_big_lebowski_the_dude_s Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:36:30 EST Entertainment News 80255@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ever had one of those days when nothing went your way? This was the Dude's life. At least during the now cult classic "The Big Lebowski." In Joel and Ethan Coen's unforgettable and oft-quoted tale of mistaken identity, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski (Jeff Bridges) is beaten by a pair of idiot thugs who have mistaken him for the other Jeffrey Lebowski: the "Big" Lebowski (David Huddleston), a local millionaire.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/26/josh_brolin_penned_no_country_journal_as Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 79177@http://www.starpulse.com/news Josh Brolin handed his No Country For Old Men co-stars copies of a handmade bound journal he wrote while shooting the movie when the film wrapped. The actor illustrated his diaries with a sketch of directors Joel and Ethan Coen, carrying rifles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/elton_john_is_the_belle_of_this_year_s_a Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:32:26 EST Entertainment News 79005@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - With Vanity Fair sitting out this year's celebrations, the belle of the Oscars parties was a piano playing Elton John.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/oscars_become_coen_country_as_brothers_n Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:49:21 EST Entertainment News 78968@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/minute_by_minute_account_of_the_80th_aca Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:35:01 EST Entertainment News 78964@http://www.starpulse.com/news Only about 3,000 lucky spectators get to experience the majesty of Oscar night from inside the Kodak Theater, while the rest of us follow the action from our couch.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/24/academy_awards_aim_to_cure_awards_fever_ Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:30:00 EST Entertainment News 78926@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - No matter who wins, one key prediction from Academy Awards overseers already has come true: The show will go on.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/21/who_will_win_an_academy_award_check_our_ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:00:42 EST Entertainment News 78626@http://www.starpulse.com/news It's going to happen after all. For months Hollywood was left to wonder whether or not its crown jewel, the Oscars, would even go on. But with the strike resolved and plenty of time left to plan, tinsletown is certain to be completely alight once again this Sunday for yet another four or five or maybe even six hours in heaven.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/coen_s_no_country_could_make_oscar_histo Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:22:06 EST Entertainment News 78580@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - You know it's a weird year at the Academy Awards when the Coen brothers are not only front-runners, but potential history-makers.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/11/atonement_triumphs_at_baftas_ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:06:40 EST Entertainment News 77563@http://www.starpulse.com/news Atonement has won the top prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTAs) on Sunday, landing the gong for Best Film at the London ceremony.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/28/coen_brothers_win_directors_guild_prize_ Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:58:28 EST Entertainment News 75878@http://www.starpulse.com/news Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen have been hotly tipped to win the Best Director Oscar at next months' Academy Awards - after their movie No Country For Old Men scooped the same prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/23/reaction_to_the_oscar_nominations Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:17:45 EST Entertainment News 75354@http://www.starpulse.com/news And then there were five. Oscar morning has come and gone, featuring the usual mix of surprises, sure things and people getting up way too early. Here's a rundown of who's in, who's out, and what to expect come Oscar night.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/22/the_complete_list_of_80th_annual_academy Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:35:37 EST Entertainment News 75183@http://www.starpulse.com/news 1. Best Picture: ''Atonement,'' ''Juno,'' ''Michael Clayton,'' ''No Country for Old Men,'' ''There Will Be Blood.'' 2. Actor: George Clooney, ''Michael Clayton''; Daniel Day-Lewis, ''There Will Be Blood'';

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/14/sweeney_todd_wins_two_golden_globe_award Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:53:48 EST Entertainment News 74192@http://www.starpulse.com/news Johnny Depp's dark musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street was a double winner at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/11/writers_guild_of_america_nominees_announ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:21:34 EST Entertainment News 74040@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - While the Writers Guild of America continues its strike, throwing much of awards season into question, it still has some awards of its own to hand out. Among the WGA nominees for best original screenplay are stripper-turned-scribe Diablo Cody for the teen pregnancy comedy ''Juno'' and Tony Gilroy, who wrote and directed ''Michael Clayton,'' about a fixer at an upscale New York law firm.

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