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    Too much Bolt  Aug 21, 2008
    He might have interpreted that in another way, but the way it was perceived was catch me if you can. You dont do that. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    Catch Me If You Can  Jul 31, 2008
    Calvin Ayre has gotten very rich by taking illegal bets over the Internet. On a warm, bright morning just outside San Jos. (Forbes)

    Case against fake officer upends town  Jun 25, 2008
    His story was portrayed in the 2002 movie "Catch Me if You Can.". "He was very adamant about not telling anyone anything," Schulte said. (MSNBC -- Crime)

    Oscar invites Diablo Cody, Jet Li into ranks  Jun 24, 2008
    Others include directors Doug Liman ("The Bourne Identity"), Kimberly Peirce ("Boys Don't Cry") and Gore Verbinski ("The Pirates of the Caribbean" movies); writers Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), Jeff Nathanson ("Catch Me If You Can") and Tamara Jenkins ("The Savages"); and animators Ash Brannon ("Surf's Up") and David Silverman ("The Simpsons Movie"). The academy has just under 6,000 voting members. (MSNBC -- News)

    Former con man regales assembly with life's tales  Jun 24, 2008
    TRUMBULL - The life of teenage con man Frank Abagnale as portrayed in Steven Spielberg's movie "Catch Me If You Can" may seem like a glamorous one. Abagnale posed as a Pan Am pilot and traveled more than 1 million miles on the airline's dime. (Valley News, CT)

    Early B.O. Tracking: 'Hancock' Seems Destined for Greatness  Jun 20, 2008
    2002: Catch Me If You Can; $30M opening; $164. 61M cume. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    To Lie or Not To Lie: That Is The CV  Jun 18, 2008
    If the producers of Catch Me If You Can, a Hollywood blockbuster, had auditioned some of us for the lead role, they would have found a more fantastic actor to play the Abegnale character than Leonardo Decaprio. The dodgy character conned victims as a lawyer, flew planes as a pilot and operated on patients as a doctor. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    DiCaprio goes gaming  Jun 11, 2008
    The 33-year-old 'Titanic' actor has a soft spot for telling real-life stories, previously having portrayed the likes of entrepreneur Howard Hughes ('The Aviator'), counterfeiter Frank Abagnale Jr. ('Catch Me If You Can') and poet Jim Carroll ('The Basketball Diaries'). He's also developing a film on Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond. (iAfrica.com)

    DiCaprio game for biopic of Atari founder  Jun 9, 2008
    The Oscar-nominated actor has inhabited author Tobias Wolff ("This Boy's Life"), poets Jim Carroll ("The Basketball Diaries") and Arthur Rimbaud ("Total Eclipse"), master counterfeiter Frank Abagnale Jr. ("Catch Me If You Can") and aviator-recluse Howard Hughes ("The Aviator"). He's also attached to films in development about flashy Wall Street felon Jordan Belfort and James Bond creator Ian Fleming. (Reuters)

    'Crystal Skull' sparkles overseas  Jun 1, 2008
    "Crystal Skull" easily bested the performance of Spielberg's top three German hits, "War of the Worlds," "Minority Report" and "Catch Me if You Can.". Whether overseas or in the U.S., the refrain was the same in terms of the appeal. (Variety)

    Portsmouth actor in 'Sex and the City: The Movie'  May 29, 2008
    In his 10 years of acting, he's also been a background extra in films like "Catch Me if You Can" and "Mona Lisa Smile." In New Hampshire he even did some theater at Portsmouth's Players' Ring and he still considers the Port City his home. But down in New York, Cummins said it took almost four hours to shoot the dinner scene in "Sex and the City: The Movie.". (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    A peek inside the 'Crystal Skull' closet  May 25, 2008
    Among her credits are The Terminal, Catch Me if You Can, Intolerable Cruelty, Fargo, Dumb and Dumber and No Country for Old Men. Zophres, 44, was born in Florida and studied fashion design. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  May 24, 2008
    The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne's leading newspaper. Tom Ryan, ReviewerMay 23, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Pop Tarts: Janet Jackson Says Man Behind 'Wardrobe Malfunction' a 'Creative Genius'  May 16, 2008
    The scandalous subject is in production to become a Universal Pictures feature film, to be written and directed by "Catch Me If You Can" creator Jeff Nathanson. Spotted or Snapped a Star. (Fox News)

    Honest, Spielberg is making Lincoln  May 13, 2008
    The Jaws director first expressed interest in bringing Lincoln's life to the big screen seven years ago, but other projects, such as Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can, filled his schedule. Three years ago, it was thought that the movie would finally come to fruition but it was again delayed, with Spielberg focusing instead on War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Jr. NTR's masala entertainer  May 11, 2008
    Kantri is said to be inspired by the Hollywood film Catch Me If You Can. To play the role of the jet-setting con-man, which was made memorable by Leonardo Di Caprio in the original, Junior NTR has tried his best to have the same look. (Times of India)

    Producers Board Lifeboat 13  Apr 22, 2008
    According to Variety, the prolific pair, who have previously worked on I, Robot and Catch Me If You Can and currently have 11 films in development, recently acquired the rights to the screenplay by Michael Justiz and Steven Sikes. Script is inspired by the true story of a rabbi, a priest, two Protestant ministers and an African-American Coast Guardsman who were on board the Dorchester when it was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in February 1943. (IGN FilmForce)

    Con Artist Redemption  Apr 15, 2008
    Frank Abagnale's story in the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can ... Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Catch Me If You Can (2002), a compelling semi-biographical movie about one of the greatest contemporary con men of all time, Frank Abagnale ... Check out Catch Me If You Can. (Suite101.com)

    Loaded gun: Cage's performance puts a bang in 'Lord of War' (39)  Apr 15, 2008
    "Lord of War" feels at times like a mix between "Catch Me if You Can" and "Blow." There is a constant cat-and-mouse game between Yuri and Valentine as Yuri sees his wealth and lifestyle change drastically due to the bump in business in the aftermath of the Cold War. Like most stories of those who make their living profiting from illegal means, Yuri's story does not have a happy ending. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

    I'm non-sticking with you!  Apr 12, 2008
    This is a group whose reigning czar is Christopher Walken, a beloved actor who almost never appears in a good movie any more (his last was 2002's Catch Me If You Can). Initially revered for his dreamy, macabre performance in The Deer Hunter, Walken is better known today for his turns in such camp classics as Suicide Kings, that hilarious Fatboy Slim video, and for the unforgettable scene in True Romance where he and Dennis Hopper trade insults. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    Movie studios 'lining up' for incentives  Apr 11, 2008
    Also participating in the interview was film producer Michel Shane, who has produced such films as "I, Robot" and "Catch Me If You Can.". Shane said he is prepared to shift production of a current project from Chicago to Detroit, given the new legislation. (Dowagiac News, MI)

    Excerpt: Celebs' Moms Dish on Life Lessons  Apr 11, 2008
    He went on to make Amistad, Saving Private Ryan, the WWII mini-series Band of Brothers, Artificial Intelligence, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, and Munich, which received five Academy Award nominations and was Spielberg's sixth Best Director nomination. Steven is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute and the Irving G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. (ABC News)

    Jessica book sales fall short  Apr 8, 2008
    If Frank Abagnale is often called the greatest con man of all time, Abagnale - author of "Catch Me if You Can" and "Stealing Your Life" -would be a great identity thief, if he were so inclined. By making Bear Stearns a sacrificial lamb, the Fed averted a financial panic. (Yahoo News -- Jessica Lynch)

    Books: Pyco Iyer's 'The Open Road': The Dalai Lama and life of paradoxes  Apr 5, 2008
    " Confused? Me too. A bit. But that's O.K., because when you have a formidable writer who says I'm curious, catch me if you can, and a subject as rich as the Dalai Lama, it's best to just hang on for the ride. Iyer's connection to his subject is also deeply personal. His father, a Bombay-raised Indian teaching political philosophy at Oxford, went to Dharamsala, India, to meet Gyatso in 1960, when both men were in their 20s, only a year after the Tibetan leader had fled to India ahead of his... (International Herald Tribune)

    7 days 7 questionsTeenagers - what do they love to read as much as they loathe?  Mar 28, 2008
    4 - 5 : Catch Me If You Can. 6 - 7 : King of New York. (BBC News -- UK)

    Stone Casts More Bush  Mar 27, 2008
    Banks has appeared in Seabiscuit, Slither and Catch Me If You Can, and recently wrapped Kevin Smith comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno. No Country for Old Men star Josh Brolin has already been cast as George junior in the film, which will cover Bush's battles with his various demons, his conversion to Christianity and the reasons behind the invasion of Iraq. (IGN FilmForce)

    The week's best films  Mar 22, 2008
    Catch Me If You Can (Steven Spielberg, 2002) 8. 30pm, BBC1. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Amy Adams isn't afraid anymore  Mar 9, 2008
    It didn't take Adams long to snag the female lead opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can." It was a juicy part that was supposed to be her big break but, afterward, Adams found herself back in the margins of TV shows and movies. And then came her turn as the perennially chipper Ashley Johnsten in "Junebug." Few saw the indie film but Adams managed to snare an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress. (Cherry Hill Courier Post)

    Rising star Amy Adams' career seems enchanted  Mar 5, 2008
    " Adams prides herself on being a working actress who paid her dues for years with turns in Cruel Intentions 2 (2000), Catch Me If You Can (2002) and Serving Sara (2002). She once hit a year-long dry spell and started to have doubts. "I thought maybe I should move to New York, maybe I should do something else. It wasn't that I was quitting or making a dramatic statement. (USA Today -- Life)

    Amy Adams is surprised shes an It Girl  Mar 4, 2008
    Amys kind of all-around coolSince then Adams, who once dreamed of becoming a ballerina or appearing in Broadway musicals, has been working steadily in films and TV. Her first big feature film was Catch Me If You Can, followed by her Oscar-nominated turn in Junebug. She also played Will Ferrells mousy assistant in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, an engaging princess in Enchanted, Tom Hanks congressional assistant in Charlie Wilsons War and an... (MSNBC -- News)

    McNally: 'I'm not interested in sloganeering'  Feb 29, 2008
    Tonight in New York there's a workshop performance of "Catch Me If You Can," the Steven Spielberg film that McNally, Marc Shaiman, and Scott Wittman are turning into a musical. Nathan Lane is in the Tom Hanks role, and McNally has to be ready for notes. (Boston Globe)

    HBO and Comcast in Partnership With the Virginia Film Office to Host Star- Studded Virginia Premiere of HBO Films Epic Miniseries Event JOHN ADAMS at Historic Byrd Theatre on Sunday, March 9  Feb 28, 2008
    He has produced such films as "Cast Away," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "The Polar Express," "The Ant Bully" and HBO Films' "Starter for Ten." His TV producing credits include the award-winning HBO miniseries "From the Earth To The Moon" and "Band of Brothers," and the current HBO series "Big Love." As an actor, Hanks has been Oscar-nominated five times and won twice, for "Philadelphia" and "Forrest Gump." His feature film acting credits also include "The Da Vinci Code," "The Polar Express,"... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    MAC welcomes Bergeron for Jazz Fest, March 15  Feb 24, 2008
    A partial list of film credits include Superman Returns, Mission Impossible 3, The Guardian, Ice Age 2, (the Meltdown), X-Men 3,The Incredibles, Spiderman 2, Fantastic Four, Pink Panther, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Team America, National Treasure, The Life Aquatic, Friday Night Lights, Anchorman, White Chicks, The Notebook, The Day After Tomorrow, 3 Musketeers, Starsky and Hutch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Paycheck, Hollywood Homicide, Legally Blonde 2, Drumline, Catch Me if You Can, South Park, Flubber... (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)

    Donning copper-colored bra and wig, Walken receives Hasty Pudding award  Feb 19, 2008
    The 64-year-old actor won a best supporting actor Oscar as a troubled Vietnam veteran in 1978's "The Deer Hunter." He was nominated again for 2002's "Catch Me If You Can.". Last year, he was featured in the film "Balls of Fury.". (Madison Daily Leader, SD)

    Walken dresses in drag to receive award  Feb 17, 2008
    The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. February 17, 2008 - 4:13PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Donning copper-colored bra and wig, Christopher Walken receives Harvard's Hasty Pudding award  Feb 17, 2008
    He was nominated again for 2002's Catch Me If You Can. Last year, he was featured in the film Balls of Fury. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Walken in to claim his pudding pot  Feb 16, 2008
    "Otherwise I don't know." His Hasty hosts, the tuxedo-clad Joshua Lachter and William Teslik, then handed Walken a recipe for hasty pudding, which he proceeded to read, dramatizing it down to the final bit about it curing "the horrors of dyspepsia." Walken, who performed at Harvard's New College Theatre twenty years ago, said he was aware of "this award and who got it . . . yes, it's a very cool award, honestly." He won an Academy Award for his role in 1978's "The Deer Hunter" and was nominated... (Boston Globe)

    Walken to receive Hastys Pudding award  Feb 16, 2008
    He was nominated again for 2002s Catch Me If You Can. . (MSNBC -- News)

    Whose line is it? Test your movie quote knowledge  Feb 10, 2008
    C. Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can (2002). D. Breckin Meyer as Josh Parker in Road Trip (2000). (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Theron, Walken win Hasty Pudding awards  Jan 26, 2008
    He was nominated again for 2002s Catch Me If You Can and was featured in the 2007 films Hairspray and Balls of Fury. . (MSNBC -- Movies)

    Blog: We've been here before  Jan 25, 2008
    He did his jail time, got released early by helping the FBI catch other fraudsters and now runs a financial fraud consultancy company, even riding to superstar status when Leonardo DiCaprio played him in a movie called "Catch me if you Can.". It's doubtful the yet-to-be-identified rogue trader at will face a similar rebirth. (CNN -- Money / Companies)

    Nathan Lane is looking presidential in 'November'  Jan 14, 2008
    It's an adaptation of Catch Me if You Can, the 2002 Steven Spielberg film based on the book about a young con artist and the FBI agent pursuing him. Lane inherits the latter role, played on screen by Tom Hanks. (USA Today -- Life)

    Directors on directors  Jan 4, 2008
    "Wait a minute! Is Sidney Lumet 33? Or 41? Or still in his 20s? Maybe the thing I love the most about 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' is that a man in his eighth or ninth decade can whip his story, his camera, his crew, his actors around with the alacrity of a daredevil, flip the story back and forth in time and never lose a beat. But beyond that: A director who understands actors, how they work, how they think, what they can do when the right buttons get pushed is something so rare in the... (Variety)

    The sweet life  Dec 23, 2007
    Adams then moved to LA and her breakthrough came as a hospital volunteer in braces who falls hook, line and sinker for con artist Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. But the part didn't exactly catapult her to the top of call sheets: that happened after Junebug, which gave more heft to the dapple-cheeked innocence and endearing credulity she displayed in the Spielberg movie. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Jack O'Brien leaving Old Globe  Dec 7, 2007
    He's attached to the developing tuner version of "Catch Me If You Can," with songs by "Hairspray" duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and book by Terrence McNally. A Gotham reading of the musical is planned for early next year. (Variety)

    Comeback Kid of '07  Nov 30, 2007
    Hanks hasn t played a leading role in a while, and as in his best work, such as "Saving Private Ryan" or "Catch Me if You Can" he s deceptively good here. The few people who ve seen "Charlie Wilson" think the movie belongs to Hoffman. (Fox News)

    Call me crazy...but at least call  Nov 30, 2007
    The way I feel, catch me if you can ... Staceye Any dude that can say this: The way I feel, catch me if you can. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    Beauty talk with Amy Adams  Nov 30, 2007
    () -- She may have charmed audiences in "Catch Me If You Can" and "Junebug," but Amy Adams's sweet demeanor belies a criminal history ... I had some skin problems when I was starting to film "Catch Me If You Can." I had really dry skin. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    Disney Enchants with new comedy  Nov 27, 2007
    The film stars Amy Adams (Junebug, Catch Me if You Can) as Giselle, a princess living in the land of Andalasia. She is awaiting her true loves kiss from Prince Edward (James Marsden), but the jealous queen (Susan Sarandon) wants to keep Giselle from taking over her throne and pushes her down a magic well, which transports her into modern day New York City. (Daily Cardinal)

    Amy Adams' 'Enchanted' Role Might Be Her Ticket To Happily Ever After  Nov 27, 2007
    After making the move to L.A. in the late '90s, Adams began her career with the Kirsten Dunst flick "Drop Dead Gorgeous," then made her way through TV programs such as "That '70s Show," "Charmed" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." By all accounts, however, her big Hollywood breakthrough came as perky candy striper Brenda Strong in that Spielberg flick, "Catch Me if You Can." Months after Leonardo DiCaprio teased her for appearing in "Cruel Intentions 2," the actress was on the map enough to earn... (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Easily enchanted by Amy Adams' openness  Nov 25, 2007
    But for a half-dozen years, Adams had been breaking hearts and igniting laughs simultaneously, whenever filmmakers gave her the chance, whether in that underrated beauty-pageant parody, Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) - Adams played the gal who told a competitor "They're never going to let you perform naked. I asked!" - or in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002), as Brenda Strong, the candy-striper who wins the heart of Leonardo DiCaprio's hustler-hero, Frank Abagnale Jr. When he tries to... (Sunspot.net -- Sports)

    A Disney princess, not winking but floating  Nov 24, 2007
    About a third of the way through "Catch Me if You Can," a 2002 film with a turbo-powered Hollywood pedigree Steven Spielberg as director, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks as stars a perky, red-haired candy striper named Brenda Strong is introduced, played by an actress, then unknown, named Amy Adams. Recently Adams revealed that the way she held her own opposite her more famous colleagues was born of a strategy. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Amy Adams: new Doris Day?;  Nov 22, 2007
    Her first big breakthrough role came as a candy striper in braces who falls hook, line and sinker for con artist Frank Abagnale (Leonardo DiCaprio) in Steven Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can." But the part didn't exactly catapult her up call sheets; that happened after "Junebug," which gave more heft to the dapple-cheeked innocence and endearing credulity she displayed in the Spielberg movie. Directed by Phil Morrison, "Junebug" is about an art dealer (Embeth Davidtz) journeying to rural North... (Los Angeles Times)

    Amy Adams Finds Princess Role Enchanting  Nov 21, 2007
    That's not to say that Adams -- who has also starred opposite Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio in "Catch Me if You Can" (and again opposite Hanks in the upcoming "Charlie Wilson's War") -- has always been typecast. "It's funny, because when I first moved to LA I played quite opposite characters," Adams said, laughing. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Boston jail transformed into luxury hotel  Nov 20, 2007
    The old clientele included Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, who served time for fraud in 1904 after he took a civil service exam for a friend; Frank Abagnale Jr., a 1960s con artist played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "Catch Me If You Can;" a group of thieves who pulled off the Great Brinks Robbery in Boston in 1950; and a German U-boat captain who was captured in 1945 and killed himself with shards from his sunglasses. Don't Miss. (CNN -- Travel)

    Tander homes in on V8 title  Nov 18, 2007
    Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. V8 Supercar leader Garth Tander on his way to victory yesterday in race one of the three-race series at Symmons Plains in Launceston. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Amy's fairytale of New York  Nov 18, 2007
    She was sweet and bashful as Leonardo DiCaprio's love interest in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can. Then Junebug came along and critics started using words such as 'captivating' and 'incandescent. (The Observer)

    'The Kite Runner Club' Becomes National Phenomena in Final Weeks  Nov 9, 2007
    The film is produced by William Horberg (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley), Walter F. Parkes (Gladiator, Catch Me If You Can), Rebecca Yeldham (The Motorcycle Diaries) and E. Bennett Walsh (KILL BILL). The executive producers are Sidney Kimmel, Laurie MacDonald, Sam Mendes and Jeff Skoll. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Infamous Boston jail now a luxury hotel  Nov 8, 2007
    The old clientele included Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, who served time for fraud in 1904 after he took a civil service exam for a friend; Frank Abagnale Jr., a 1960s con artist played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "Catch Me If You Can;" a group of thieves who pulled off the Great Brinks Robbery in Boston in 1950; and a German U-boat captain who was captured in 1945 and killed himself with shards from his sunglasses. Another hotel with a pastBoston also has a luxury hotel called Jurys... (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Bouillabaisse? Its mere Childs play for Oscar-winner Meryl  Nov 4, 2007
    Amy Adams of Catch Me If You Can fame will portray Powell, a government drone who made it her mission to prepare all 524 recipes in Child s 1961 food bible in the span of one year, in a broken-down, ill-equipped Big Apple apartment kitchen. Powell s blog - and subsequent bestseller about her culinary quest - drew a slew of admirers. (Boston Herald)

    JIM DODSON: Just Faking It, Ma'am  Nov 4, 2007
    A few years ago, actor Leonardo DeCaprio acted in a movie called "Catch Me if You Can," celebrating the remarkable life and times of Frank Abagnale, the impostor who forged his own Harvard diploma, worked for a year as a pediatrician in a Georgia hospital, passed $2. 5 million in worthless checks, and flew free for five years while posing as a Pan Am pilot. (The Pilot Newspaper)

    Conservative claim a 'con'  Nov 1, 2007
    THE story of Frank Abagnale jnr, immortalised in the movie Catch Me If You Can is an incredible tale of a con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, lawyer and history professor, cashing phoney cheques all along the way. It was quite the swindle and not dissimilar to that being perpetrated by Labor leader Kevin Rudd, who has suddenly begun pretending to champion the economic conservative cause. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    American Gangster will give you dj vu  Oct 30, 2007
    The Godfather, The French Connection, Goodfellas, Supercop and even Catch Me If You Can and Trading Places get shout-outs, perhaps unintentionally, by director Ridley Scott. Scott also manages the seemingly impossible feat of keeping the proceedings simultaneously flashy and dull, although there are a few scenes that definitely click particularly ones where Washington faces off with his underworld rivals in a very matter-of-fact, businesslike way. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    O'Brien joins the ranks at Theater Hall of Fame  Oct 29, 2007
    The director is just back in New York after staging the London production of Hairspray, now in previews at the Shaftesbury Theatre on the West End; O'Brien's next project is the Broadway musical version of Catch Me If You Can, which will have a full workshop performance for producers in February. ANNE MARIE WELSH. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Handpicked secures funding for films  Oct 22, 2007
    Handpicked has been involved in financing "I Robot," "Catch Me If You Can" and "Northfork." The company is currently working on "Buddha," penned by David Ward and produced by B.K. Modi's M-Global Films. Date in print: Mon. (Variety)

    Security Looms Large at SNW  Oct 20, 2007
    Keynote speaker Frank Abagnale, known to many in attendance from the movie "Catch Me If You Can," set the stage for security considerations with his humorous yet sobering story of how a teenager could assume the role of an airline pilot and pediatrician in lax security environments. Abagnale maintained that fraud and identity theft continue to be major issues that should not be dismissed by organizations. (EnterpriseStorageForum)

    Enron colleagues: Ethics icon's whistle-blowing claims untrue  Oct 13, 2007
    "It reminds me of that movie with Leo DiCaprio with Pan Am," she adds, referring to Catch Me If You Can, a story about a high school dropout who passes himself off as an airline pilot. "EddieLynn is a good nurse who is trying to claim she was a brain surgeon," says Tony Mends, a former vice president at Enron who was her boss for much of her tenure at the company. (USA Today -- Money)

    ‘Music man’ mixes with Hollywood’s finest  Sep 25, 2007
    Titles on the list range from animated hits such as Monsters Inc., Ice Age and The Emperor s New Groove to more grown-up films like Chicago, Catch Me If You Can and Pearl Harbor. Additionally, Foster was, and still is, involved in a number of television series such as Family Guy, American Dad, King of the Hill and The Simpsons. (Leavenworth Times, KS)

    Film about fraudster turns real  Sep 16, 2007
    "But also I think she is genuine about honour crimes and want to get that back on the map."And, thirdly, there's a kind of 'catch me if you can' thing there. "I get the feeling she is so smart she's bored by normal life and so, hey here's this film, what a great game.". (Ninemsn)

    Charlize Theron returning for third film project here  Sep 9, 2007
    Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, who produced "Minority Report," "Catch Me if You Can," and "The Island," will produce. Executive producers are Todd Wagner, Mark Cuban, Charlize Theron, Alisa Tager, Ray Angelic and Marc Butan. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)

    Leonardo DiCaprio's Eco Movie Bombs  Sep 6, 2007
    Luckily, DiCaprio is rich, rich, rich thanks to "Titanic" and a slew of other hits like "The Aviator," "The Departed" and "Catch Me If You Can." He won't feel a thing. My guess is that this was his last foray into the documentary world. (Fox News)

    Rob Zombie's 'Halloween' Could Slash Competition — But Christopher Walken Has 'Balls,' In Projection Booth  Sep 1, 2007
    This six-degrees scenario is pretty easy: Christopher Walken was in "Catch Me If You Can" with Leonardo DiCaprio (1), who was in "The Departed" with Matt Damon (2), who starred in "Syriana" alongside George Clooney (3), who was in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" with John Goodman (4), who's in "Death Sentence". with Kevin Bacon (5). (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Built to go down mountains, fast  Aug 30, 2007
    Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Jacquelin MagnayAugust 30, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Lile Entertainment Group Acquires Movie Rights to Ames Holbrook's 'The Deporter'  Aug 29, 2007
    The Deporter is the real life, "Catch Me If You Can" story of Ames Holbrook, a veteran of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, otherwise known as ICE. Says, Ensequence Co-Founder and PBS Producer Stephen Lile, "Holbrook is a supremely talented writer & ICE expert, who shares his real life saga, in what could be best described as an entertaining cry for help. Within one week of finalizing our rights acquisition, I got a handful of studio offers for this story. We definitely have something... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Robert Symonds, 80, actor  Aug 28, 2007
    Symonds had recurring roles in "Dynasty" and "MASH" and appeared onscreen in "Catch Me If You Can," "Primary Colors," "The Exorcist," "Micki and Maude," "Rumpelstiltskin," "And Justice for All," and "The Ice Pirates." He appeared on dozens of TV shows including "Quincy M.E.," "The Rockford Files" and "E.R." and won acclaim for his appearances as Benjamin Franklin in "The Adams Chronicles," as Robert E. Lee in "The Blue and The Grey," and in the PBS presentation of Ibsen's "Enemy of the People.".... (Variety)

    Quebec City: 400 candles, and a yearlong blowout  Aug 28, 2007
    When the makers of the 2002 movie "Catch Me If You Can" were looking for a stand-in for France for a pivotal scene, they looked to Quebec City. With its fortified stone walls, narrow streets, venerable churches, beckoning cafes, and French-speaking populace, Quebec oozes Old World Gallic charm. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)

    The 11th Hour  Aug 25, 2007
    IGN FilmForce discusses Catch Me If You Can with the man in the captain's uniform. Plus, Gangs of New York. (IGN FilmForce)

    FILM REVIEW: Third helping of 'Rush Hour' hurts the brain  Aug 22, 2007
    The two oscillate between being loyal friends and adversaries at the whim of the awful script by Jeff Nathanson, previously known as the decent writer responsible for "Catch Me If You Can" and "The Terminal.". A curiously belated finale to the "Rush Hour" trilogy -- six years after the second installment -- "Rush Hour 3" doesn't try to do anything different. (U-Wire.com)

    Leonardo DiCaprio backs 'Cut the Carbon' march  Aug 15, 2007
    On hearing about Christian Aid's epic 1,000 mile protest march, DiCaprio, star of The Departed, Blood Diamond and Catch Me If You Can, said: 'I'm very proud to support Christian Aid and Stop Climate Chaos in this effort. These rallies are a critical step in bringing much-needed attention to the damage global warming is doing now to the world's poorest countries. (AlertNet)

    Leonardo DiCaprio  Aug 13, 2007
    Catch Me If You Can (2003). Gangs of New York (2003). (Suite101.com)

    Nas Previews Upcoming Greatest Hits Album by Releasing New Music in the Feature Film Rush Hour 3  Aug 12, 2007
    Chris Tucker returns to the big screen after a six-year absence as he reunites with the all-star team of Jackie Chan, director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon) and screenwriter, Jeff Nathanson (Rush Hour 2, Catch Me If You Can) to deliver the third installment of the blockbuster Rush Hour franchise. Arriving in theatres on August 10, 2007, Rush Hour 3 sees the beloved action comedy duo of Tucker and Chan reprising their roles as LAPD Detective James Carter... (PR Newswire)

    Catch Me If You Can  Aug 4, 2007
    Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Craig Mathieson, ReviewerAugust 3, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Movie Review: Hairspray  Jul 19, 2007
    He has served as choreographer on such films as Boogie Nights, The Wedding Planner, Catch Me If You Can and Scream 2. If you are a fan of the Addams Family movies, Shankman choreographed all the "Camp Chippewa" numbers in the second film. (Pegasus News)

    Shaiman has a light touch, versatility  Jul 10, 2007
    While he tinkers with the mix of the bigscreen adaptation of his smash Broadway musical "Hairspray" (opening July 20), he's also composing the score for the upcoming Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman movie "The Bucket List" and preparing for a workshop of his next musical, based on the Steven Spielberg film "Catch Me if You Can.". To quote fellow tunesmith Jerry Herman, "the best of times is now" for the 47-year-old musician whose awards shelf showcases a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy along with five... (Variety)

    Billion-Dollar Composer: Marc Shaiman  Jul 10, 2007
    Composer in demand for stage, film music It seems like Marc Shaiman never stops. Variety: Digital Editions. (Variety)

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