Daily entertainment news covering Charlie Wilson's War en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/29/julia_roberts_honors_tom_hanks_with_foul Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:55:12 EST Entertainment News 120429@http://www.starpulse.com/news Julia Roberts paid a bizarre X-rated tribute to acting pal Tom Hanks at a New York gala in his honor on Monday night. Hanks was the guest of honor at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute,

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/22/the_best_of_philip_seymour_hoffman Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:57:00 EST Entertainment News 101450@http://www.starpulse.com/news Synecdoche, New York, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, opens in select theaters Oct. 24. Hoffman plays a wild-eyed theater director who attempts to build a life-sized replica of New York City

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/18/the_three_best_aamp_worst_films_starring_1 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:29:03 EST Entertainment News 84840@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Hanks is a rare movie star in that he is a top leading man without topping anyone's most beautiful list. Rather he established, and maintained, his stardom by fusing a "boy next door" image with undeniable talent.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/13/amy_adams_characters_use_feminine_grace_ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:01:05 EST Entertainment News 81001@http://www.starpulse.com/news For years, Hollywood has celebrated a certain type of empowered women - a strong nosed, uber self-confident, in-your-face fighter who is going to take on the establishment using whatever means necessary to get what she wants. The archetype of this character is Erin Brockovich who famously said "They're called boobs, Ed", and screamed her way from a legal secretary to the chief factor in toppling a billion dollar company that was poisoning its customers.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/25/oscar_s_intimate_and_unscripted_moments_ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:41:06 EST Entertainment News 78966@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Most of the action on the Oscar stage is choreographed and rehearsed. Backstage is another story.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/18/oscar_favorites_chosen_in_survey_from_bl Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:02:37 EST Entertainment News 78300@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Academy may hand out the Oscars, but it's the people whose hearts are ultimately won by Academy Award-winning performances. And the people have spoken.

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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.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/18/emily_blunt_was_uncomfortable_with_sex_s Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:36 EST Entertainment News 74916@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Emily Blunt was embarrassed to bare all in front of Tom Hanks for intimate scenes in their new film Charlie Wilson's War - because he's old enough to be her father.

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/2008/01/08/golden_globes_ceremony_may_be_cancelled_ Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:17:09 EST Entertainment News 73623@http://www.starpulse.com/news The writers' strike has officially infiltrated awards season. The Golden Globes have been reduced to a lackluster news conference. That means no best and worst dressed list. No boozy celebrities making a fool of themselves. All that remains is an hour-long meeting at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with angry WGA picketers surrounding the premises.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/03/notable_quotables_236 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:30:24 EST Entertainment News 73093@http://www.starpulse.com/news "Yes, I went into this career specifically so I'd end up naked in a Jacuzzi with a bunch of naked strippers." Tom Hanks on the perks of his latest role as Texas congressman Charlie Wilson in Charlie Wilson's War.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/03/tom_hanks_desires_another_oscar Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:23:39 EST Entertainment News 73116@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Hanks is hoping to hear his name when the Oscar nominations are announced later this month - because he is desperate for another Academy Award.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/03/johnny_depp_was_2007_s_top_money_making_ Thu, 03 Jan 2008 12:18:44 EST Entertainment News 73109@http://www.starpulse.com/news Johnny Depp has been voted the "Top Money-Making Star of 2007" in Quigley Publishing Company's 76th Annual Poll. Depp, who starred in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" in 2007, also placed first in 2006. He first appeared as #6 in 2003 and was second to Tom Cruise in 2005.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/02/national_treasure_ended_2007_on_a_high_ Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:46:50 EST Entertainment News 72890@http://www.starpulse.com/news National Treasure: Book Of Secrets will start 2008 at the top of the box office with takings of $124 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/27/afi_2007_moments_of_significance_include Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:26:01 EST Entertainment News 72571@http://www.starpulse.com/news The American Film Institute (AFI) just announced the year's AFI "Moments of Significance." These seven noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2007.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/21/charlie_wilson_s_war_momentous_but_momen Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:11:13 EST Entertainment News 72168@http://www.starpulse.com/news Charlie Wilson was a man who took risks with seemingly no regard to the danger he was placing himself in. He would rather make a joke than admit defeat. Ultimately, when he's resolved to take action, he lowers his head and rams into adversity - crashing down hallways and flying in jet airplanes, unflappable and resolute.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/19/tom_hanks_borrows_faith_hill_aamp_tim_mc Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 71909@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Hanks called on country couple Faith Hill and Tim McGraw to help him celebrate his 50th birthday - he asked them to lend him their tour bus for a road trip across America.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/19/opening_december_21_charlie_wilson_s_war Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:28:02 EST Entertainment News 71821@http://www.starpulse.com/news In the early 1980s, a hastily assembled army of Afghan "freedom fighters" achieved the remarkable feat of fending off Soviet invaders despite the fact that the odds were overwhelmingly stacked against them. At the time, firebrand Texas congressman Charlie Wilson (Hanks) was a key member of the hugely powerful House Appropriations Committee. Illuminated to the specifics of this remarkable war... Continue Summary Pictures / Trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/18/julia_roberts_refuses_to_disrobe_for_fil Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:57:41 EST Entertainment News 71661@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Julia Roberts has vowed never to strip for a film role again - because it's not 'real' acting. The 40-year-old Oscar winner - who won legions of male fans after her role as a scantily-clad prostitute in Pretty Woman - believes actresses who shed their clothes for films are not staying true to their craft.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/18/fashion_review_some_stars_pop_on_the_red Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:40:53 EST Entertainment News 71634@http://www.starpulse.com/news We love reviewing celebrity fashion here at Starpulse and, of course, the best place to catch celebrities at their best and worst is on the red carpet.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/17/notable_quotables_226 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:00:45 EST Entertainment News 71523@http://www.starpulse.com/news "During re-shoots she would show up and she was as fat as a horse." Tom Hanks on his pregnant Charlie Wilson's War co-star Julia Roberts.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/14/julia_roberts_felt_stupid_by_interviews_ Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:22:08 EST Entertainment News 71262@http://www.starpulse.com/news Julia Roberts felt "stupid" during a recent press junket for new movie Charlie Wilson's War because she was giving interviews in the same hotel where she famously frolicked with Richard Gere in Pretty Woman.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/12/charlie_wilson_s_war_subjects_win_battle Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:42:37 EST Entertainment News 71069@http://www.starpulse.com/news The real life subjects of Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts' new movie Charlie Wilson's War won a last ditch battle for the script to be changed, after claiming it blamed them for the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/10/no_country_for_old_men_dominates_dc_film Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:30:50 EST Entertainment News 70698@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) just announced its selection of the gritty thriller No Country for Old Men as Best Film of 2007.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/22/oscar_winners_tom_hanks_and_julia_robert_25 Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST Entertainment News 68714@http://www.starpulse.com/news Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history.

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