Daily entertainment news covering Jane Austen en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/18/elton_john_plans_alien_period_piece Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:38:23 EST Entertainment News 111085@http://www.starpulse.com/news Elton John and his partner David Furnish are planning to produce an unusual sci-fi movie which mixes aliens with Jane Austen characters. Bosses at the couple's Rocket Films

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/24/check_out_a_fine_frenzy_s_new_video_for_ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:30:00 EST Entertainment News 82064@http://www.starpulse.com/news Alison Sudol inhabits a vivid imaginary world populated by siren songs and sailors, sightless creatures and fragile fallen eagles, a place where almost lovers and hopeless dreams are bid a melancholy musical farewell.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/28/wenn_2007_movie_poll_the_naughty_list Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:58:50 EST Entertainment News 72675@http://www.starpulse.com/news As the year nears its close, have you really seen all the 2007 movies that count? The film buffs at WENN locked themselves away in a dark room with a week's supply of popcorn and warm soda and decided to review the last 12 month's hits and misses at the cinema.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/16/celebrity_birthdays_december_48 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 69144@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane Austen (1775; d. 1817), and German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770; d. 1827).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/27/monday_s_maxim_com_hot_100_girl_keira_kn Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:00:00 EST Entertainment News 57487@http://www.starpulse.com/news Keira Knightley is this week's 'Maxim Hot 100' girl! Head on over to Maxim's Keira Knightley page to check out their page of sexy pictures of the Pirates of the Caribbean beauty!

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/09/movie_review_becoming_jane_looks_beautif Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:20:44 EST Entertainment News 55267@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Becoming Jane,'' the imagined back story of Jane Austen, might have seemed like a solid corset-and-carriage flick if a couple of other movies hadn't come along in recent years and covered similar territory in superior fashion.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/04/hathaway_won_austen_role_thanks_to_sick_ Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54482@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Anne Hathaway has her dog to thank for landing the role of Jane Austen in movie Becoming Jane - if the pooch hadn't eaten a hotel slipper she doubts she would have won the part.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/farm_life_turns_anne_hathaway_off_meat Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:24:43 EST Entertainment News 52091@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Anne Hathaway became a strict vegetarian on the Irish set of period movie Becoming Jane because she couldn't bear to eat meat after watching the birth of lambs at a farm nearby. The Devil Wears Prada star, who plays beloved English writer Jane Austen in the film, rarely eats meat - but life on a farm in Ireland really turned her off.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/26/sean_connery_backs_bid_to_win_historic_s Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:14:35 EST Entertainment News 39698@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sean Connery has lent his support to win back a renowned literary archive for the National Library of Scotland. Connery joins crime writer Ian Rankin in the fight for the John Murray Archive, which contains manuscripts and letters from Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Lord Byron and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/07/anne_hathaway_has_jane_austen_nightmares Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:53:25 EST Entertainment News 32982@http://www.starpulse.com/news Anne Hathaway endured nightmares during the making of Becoming Jane, dreaming revered English author Jane Austen was trying to kill her. Hathaway was nervous taking up the role of the legendary writer and feared critics would mock her attempts at an English accent.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/06/anne_hathaway_prepares_for_jane_austen_r Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:31:56 EST Entertainment News 32793@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway read every one of Jane Austen's letters held at the British library to prepare for her role as the revered author. The 24-year-old thoroughly researched the 19th century writer in preparation for playing Austen in Becoming Jane.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/06/james_mcavoy_anne_hathaway_will_steal_gw Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:16:48 EST Entertainment News 32782@http://www.starpulse.com/news Scottish actor James McAvoy was so blown away by his Becoming Jane co-star Anne Hathaway's acting talent and English accent during the movie, he believes she will snap up any future English film roles away from Gwyneth Paltrow.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/16/celebrity_birthdays_december_16 Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23546@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane Austen (1775; d. 1817), and German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770; d. 1827).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/16/today_s_celebrity_birthdays_dec_16 Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:00:15 EST Entertainment News 915@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane Austen (1775; d. 1817), and German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770; d. 1827).

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