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Feast for the senses; THE DUCHESS 7/10
DIRECTOR Saul Dibb Bullet Boy ventures confidently into the realms of lavish costume drama with this adaptation of Amanda Foreman's best-selling biography Georgiana, Duchess Of Devonshire. The Duchess is impeccably tailored, dazzling the eyes with Michael Carlin's meticulous production design, Michael O'Connor's resplendent costumes and Jan Archibald's voluminous, cascading...
Tags: adaptation, Cooper, director, drama, Leadership, sacrifice, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-09-08
Spielberg planning Abraham Lincoln biopic: reports
LOS ANGELES AFP — Legendary director Steven Spielberg is planning a biopic of former US president Abraham Lincoln to tie in with the 200th anniversary of his birth, reports said Monday. Spielberg would tackle the Lincoln film in 2009 after completing his next project, a big-screen adaptation of comic-strip...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, president
Research articles 2008-05-12
'Liaisons' revival is dangerously good, seductive
NEW YORK -- Love is a many splendored thing -- except when it isn't. In the Roundabout Theatre Company's new production of Christopher Hampton's Les Liaisons Dangereuses (*** out of four), the characters played by Laura Linney and Ben Daniels at first seem resolutely unromantic. Anti-romantic,...
Tags: adaptation, American Airlines
Research articles 2008-05-02
Climate Change Will Not Be the Century's Most Urgent Environmental Problem
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Jacob Grier, manager of media relations of Cato Institute, +1-202-789-5200, jgrier@cato.org Cato scholar counsels adaptation, not mitigation WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Climate change is expected to exacerbate a variety of environmental and human health problems. Does this mean we should make sacrifices now to...
Tags: adaptation, Benefits, Cato Institute, HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-02-05
Marion Cotillard, Johnny Depp in 'Public Enemies'
LOS ANGELES AFP — French star Marion Cotillard is in talks to star alongside Hollywood icon Johnny Depp in a Depression-era crime drama made by veteran director Michael Mann, it was reported Monday. Cotillard, who is up for an Oscar at next month's Academy Awards for her portrayal of...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, girlfriend, Government
Research articles 2008-01-28
She'll be back: Sarah Connor returns in TV 'Terminator'
FANS OF "THE TERMINATOR" will immediately pick up on a couple of glaring differences in the explosive new Fox drama based on the iconic film series. First, Arnold Schwarzenegger is nowhere to be found. Something about a demanding gig in Sacramento. Second, British actress Lena Headey isn't...
Tags: adaptation, PBS, Robots, Sarah, TVs
Research articles 2008-01-10
"No Country for Old Men" Writers Take USC Libraries Scripter, New Prize Honors Steven Zaillian
LOS ANGELES -- Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Cormac McCarthy and Oscar-winning screenwriters Ethan and Joel Coen have won the 20th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award for "No Country for Old Men." Scripter recognizes the writers' contribution to the critically-lauded "No Country for Old Men" as the year's greatest achievement in cinematic...
Tags: adaptation, CAREER, novel, University of Southern California, USC
Research articles 2008-01-09
Play time
Play Time: Actress Tichina Arnold greets her best friend Tisha Campbell-Martin backstage at the UCLA Freud Playhouse before Arnold's recent performance as Miss Pippy in Debbie Allen's Alex In Wonderland, an adaptation of the story Alice In Wonderland. The play was created, choreographed and directed by Allen and is this...
Tags: adaptation, Allen, University of California at Los Angeles
Research articles 2008-01-07
Character at the heart of costume drama
IT wouldn't be the holiday season without a good costume drama and this year the BBC are plumping for a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense And Sensibility. The three-part series, penned by award-winning writer Andrew Davies, is different from versions we've seen previously, according to cast member Dominic...
Tags: adaptation, British Broadcasting Corp., drama, Strategy
Research articles 2007-12-19
Billie's back in the past
BILLIE Piper has been all over our telly screens recently as the alluring Belle De Jour, but this Christmas she is swapping lingerie for corsets to revisit the role of Sally Lockhart in the second adaptation from a Philip Pullman's series of novels, The Shadow In The North. "Costumes...
Tags: adaptation, British Broadcasting Corp., Manufacturing, North, novel
Research articles 2007-12-19
Cruz and Bardem lined up for film of musical 'Nine'
LOS ANGELES AFP — Spanish stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are being lined up to star in a movie version of hit musical "Nine," entertainment industry press reported on Tuesday. A report in Variety said Cruz and Bardem were among a bevy of stars who had been approached...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, MARKETING
Research articles 2007-08-21
Jennifer Aniston prepares for parenting role in 'Marley and Me'
LOS ANGELES AFP — Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson are to star in an adaptation of "Marley and Me," writer John Grogan's best-selling memoir about a mischievous labrador retriever, it was reported Monday. "Friends" and "Rumor Has It" star Aniston has signed to star alongside funnyman Wilson ("Wedding Crashers,"...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, memoir
Research articles 2007-08-20
Hermione all set for BBC role
HARRY Potter's pal Hermione Granger is to star in a BBC adaptation of classic children's tale Ballet Shoes. Emma Watson, 17, will play an orphan in the feature-length film of Noel Streatfield's 1936 book. The 90-minute drama, also featuring comedian Victoria Wood and Hustle...
Tags: adaptation, British Broadcasting Corp., TVs
Research articles 2007-08-05
Johnny Depp to toast writer Hunter Thompson in 'Rum Diary'
LOS ANGELES AFP — Hollywood idol Johnny Depp, a great fan of "gonzo-journalist" Hunter S. Thompson, will star in an adaptation of the writer's autobiographical novel "Rum Diary," it was reported Monday. Thompson wrote the work at 22, and Depp's film will be set in the decadent Puerto Rico...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, novel
Research articles 2007-07-30
Jim Carrey to be 'Yes Man' in new comedy
LOS ANGELES AFP — Jim Carrey is to star in a movie about a man who decides to answer "yes" to every question he is asked, entertainment industry press reported on Wednesday. The veteran Canadian funnyman will play the lead role in "Yes Man", a film adaptation of British...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, MARKETING
Research articles 2007-07-25
CLIMATE CHANGE : ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS A VITAL NECESSITY, SAYS COMMISSION.
Adapting to climate change does not stop us from fighting climate change' is the principle underlying the Green Paper on adapting to climate change in Europe, adopted by the European Commission on 29 June. With the effects of climate change already perceptible, the European...
Tags: adaptation, commission, European Commission, SALES
Research articles 2007-07-06
Europe Makes Early Climate Adaptation High Priority
BRUSSELS, Belgium ENS — --> Rising temperatures are already changing Europe, so Europeans must make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and adapt now to climate change to lessen adverse impacts on people, the economy and the environment, the EU said in a discussion paper published across the...
Tags: adaptation, Europe, European Commission
Research articles 2007-07-02
Russell Crowe to join Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Body of Lies'
LOS ANGELES AFP — Oscar-winner Russell Crowe is to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a new thriller about a hunt for an Al-Qaeda bomber, entertainment press reported on Thursday. New Zealand-born Crowe will play a manipulative CIA spymaster who teams up with an agent played by DiCaprio in the...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, CIA, MARKETING, novel, team
Research articles 2007-06-28
Cage in talks to star in 'Untouchables' prequel: report
LOS ANGELES AFP — Nicolas Cage is in talks to star in veteran director Brian De Palma's prequel to his 1987 gangster drama "The Untouchables," it was reported on Monday. Cage, the Oscar-winning star of "Leaving Las Vegas" and most recently seen in hit comic-book adaptation "Ghost Rider" and...
Tags: adaptation, Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, MARKETING
Research articles 2007-05-14
Portrait of a lady; Jane Austen.(Is this Britain's most-loved author?)
No plain Jane she Is this Britain's most-loved author? FEW writers are as revered as Jane Austen. According to a poll in March, "Pride and Prejudice"--a romance without a single kiss--is the book Britons love most. Austen adaptations abound: the...
Tags: adaptation, Britain, British Broadcasting Corp., iTV, Miss, novel, portrait, Pride, TVs
Research articles 2007-04-21
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