Actress Katie Holmes prepares to make her TV comeback Jul 18, 2008
Barbie firm wins Bratz court case. Gaddafi son arrested for assault. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
More All-Time Best Sports Movies Jun 16, 2008
Jerry Maguire (1996; Directed by Cameron Crowe): This part-comedy, part-drama features Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire, a high-profile sports agent who is fired from his firm after writing a mission statement about how the sports management business should be run. Dorothy Boyd (Renee Zellweger) is the only one who follows Jerry outside his firm and joins forces with him as he attempts to rebuild his damaged ego and career. (Suite101.com)
Sydney Pollack's films exhibit a versatile, collaborative hand May 29, 2008
"The Firm" (1993): After the disastrous 1990 romantic drama "Havana" -- his final collaboration with Redford -- Pollack returned to form in this solid legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel ... law firm after he is seduced by its wealth and perks ... But unknown to him, the firm has strong ties with organized crime, and the only way to leave is in a body bag. (Los Angeles Times)
Newsweek: David Ansen remembers Sydney Pollack May 29, 2008
Take a look at "The Firm," his solid 1993 John Grisham adaptation. It's not the best or the worst of Pollack's movies, but the depth of talent is extraordinary. (MSNBC -- News)
Stars pay tribute to late Pollack May 29, 2008
Pollack directed Tom Cruise in the 1993 film The Firm and co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's 1999 Eyes Wide Shut. Cruise said: "Throughout the years, unpretentious and never condescending, he shared with me what he loved about family, storytelling, food, flying and a great bottle of vino. "He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
CRUISE CONTROL: Tom Cruise's new website May 29, 2008
Additionally, fans of the actor Tom Cruise around the world will find many site exclusives including; A message from Tom, Tom Cruise News and updates, a definitive Tom Cruise biography, a comprehensive Tom Cruise filmography complete with movie trailer videos from 28 Tom Cruise films including; Taps, Outsiders, Risky Business, All The Right Moves, Legend, Top Gun, The Color of Money, Cocktail, Rain Man, Born on the 4th of July, Days of Thunder, Far and Away, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Interview... (USA Today -- Tech)
Pollack a class actor, director, producer May 28, 2008
with Jane Fonda, The Way We Were with his regular collaborator Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand, Absence Of Malice with Paul Newman, The Firm with Tom Cruise and The Interpreter with Nicole Kidman. Having started out as an actor and acting teacher, Pollack was also well-known for on-screen roles in Husbands And Wives, The Player, Eyes Wide Shut and, more recently, Michael Clayton and Made Of Honour. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Director and actor Sydney Pollack dies at 73 May 28, 2008
Last fall, Pollack played law firm boss Marty Bach opposite George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," which he also co-produced and received seven Oscar nominations ... Other A-listers Pollack directed include Sally Field and Paul Newman in "Absence of Malice," Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn in "The Interpreter," Robert Mitchum in "The Yakuza," Tom Cruise in "The Firm," and Redford in seven films: "This Property Is Condemned," "Jeremiah Johnson," "Three Days of the Condor," "The Way We Were" with Barbra... (NJ.com)
Sydney Pollack passes away at 73 May 28, 2008
During a varied career spanning almost half a century, Pollack directed such stars as Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in The Way We Were, Tom Cruise in The Firm and Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie. Redford starred in seven of his films, including Out of Africa, alongside Meryl Streep. (India Times)
In picturesLife and work of double Oscar winner Sydney Pollack May 28, 2008
Cat puts Japan rail firm on track. Statins for all diabetics urged. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Sydney Pollack dies at 73 May 28, 2008
" -- Advertisement -- As director and producer, he won Academy Awards for the 1986 romantic epic "Out of Africa," starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, which captured seven Oscars in all.Last fall, Pollack played law firm boss Marty Bach opposite George Clooney in "Michael Clayton," which he also co-produced. It received seven Oscar nominations. "Sydney made the world a little better, movies a little better and even dinner a little better ... "Other A-listers Pollack directed include Sally... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Posh 'not using' TomKat May 28, 2008
But Beckham, who is also firm friends with actress Kate Beckinsale, claims she has no interest in launching a Hollywood career, because of her limited performance skills. "I'm happy doing what I'm doing right now. I'm a terrible actress," she said, adding that she was focused on working in fashion and had rejected several acting parts. (iAfrica.com)
Legendary director Sydney Pollack dies May 28, 2008
He co-starred with Tom Cruise in "Eyes Wide Shut"; he had previously directed the actor in "The Firm.". "I first met him while he was in the midst of editing 'Tootsie,' " Cruise said in a statement, according to the AP. "I'd seen every one of his pictures and he generously took the meeting. ... He spent over six hours, with the patience of Job, answering all my questions. ... He was a Renaissance man and a great friend. I will miss him dearly.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Remembering Sydney Pollack May 28, 2008
But even a picture like "The Firm" (1993), the kind of popular entertainment that doesn't necessarily hold up well for the ages, is worth reviewing just for the way Pollack allows the movie's range of astonishing performances -- from the likes of Holly Hunter, Gene Hackman, David Straitharn and Gary Busey -- to shine through. Even Tom Cruise, possibly the most impermeable, self-involved actor of the modern age, manages a reasonable approximation of believability. (Salon)
Sydney Pollack dies in Los Angeles May 27, 2008
During a varied career spanning almost half a century, Pollack directed such stars as Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford in "The Way We Were," Tom Cruise in "The Firm" and Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie." Redford starred in seven of his films, including "Out of Africa," alongside Meryl Streep. Pollack died at his home in the coastal Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades at about 5 p.m. local time. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack dead at 73 May 27, 2008
"Havana" (1990), another venture with Redford, was a commercial failure, but Pollack soon returned with the box office smash "The Firm," an adaptation of John Grisham's thriller starring Cruise. Last summer, Pollack pulled out of directing a film about the disputed 2000 US presidential election for cable channel HBO, after falling ill. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
In Memory: Sydney Pollack May 27, 2008
He most recently was seen as the powerful, authoritative head of the law firm in "Michael Clayton," and had top billing in Woody Allen's "Husbands and Wives." ... To mention the titles of some of his films is to stir smiles, affection, nostalgia, respect: The Depression-era drama "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" (1969); the epic Western "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972); the Redford-Streisand love story "The Way We Were" (1973); the CIA thriller "Three Days of the Condor" (1975); Robert Mitchum against... (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Appeal by John Grisham May 25, 2008
His breakthrough novel was The Firm, which became a movie with Tom Cruise. Grisham is married with two children and divides his time between homes in Mississippi and Virginia. (Suite101.com)
'Grand Theft Auto 4' star and his less-than-stellar pay May 22, 2008
His face still is not famous, but Hollick's voice and gait have moved into the pop culture firmament recently as those of Niko Bellic, the sardonic, textured Balkan criminal at the heart of "Grand Theft Auto 4," the acclaimed gangster fantasy that has become the fastest-selling game to date ... "What drives video games is not Tracy and Hepburn; what drives it is the conception of the creative director," said Ezra Doner, a former Hollywood executive who represents entertainment companies as a... (International Herald Tribune)
'Iron Man' Laps 'Speed Racer' In Debut May 12, 2008
Revenue for Marvel Studios' "Iron Man" slipped just 49 percent in its second week in theaters, a respectable showing considering its massive opening, said Paul Dergarabedian, president of tracking firm Media By Numbers LLC.. "'Iron Man' is basically pulling everybody's audience. It's really dominating the marketplace," he said. (KSBW 8, CA)
Infotainment May 4, 2008
The Chongqing city-based firm says the portrait of a mums smiling face will be bigger than a football pitch at 9,000 sq metres. The project is costing more than 70,000 - and it took. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Sexing it up May 4, 2008
"Tweens heavily influence buying way out of proportion to their numbers," says Ken Hertz, an entertainment lawyer and branding expert whose firm represents Will Smith, Beyonc; Knowles and Gwen Stefani. "By the time someone has reached their late teens, they're much more difficult to influence." Tween consumers can get happily sucked in for life. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Cruise not sure hed take back couch-jumping May 3, 2008
The lesson was that sometimes your personal beliefs can get in the way of the projects, said Howard Bragman, founder of Los Angeles PR firm Fifteen Minutes. And you dont want people to be turned off to you so that theyre turned off to your projects. (MSNBC -- News)
QVC recalls space heaters May 3, 2008
The firm has received nine reports of flames inside or coming out of the heaters, and 70 additional reports of smoking, overheating, sparking, melting, and/or emitting burning odors. No injuries have been reported. (FOX23.com, OK)
GlaxoSmithKline begins tender offer for Sirtris May 3, 2008
The 3-year-old firm went public last May. 2008 Associated Press. (FOX23.com, OK)
Plymouth Rock Studios, the Series Apr 21, 2008
Forest Gump, Terms of Endearment, The Firm, Ordinary People, Hunt for Red October, Dead Poet s Society, Reds, and An Officer and a Gentlemen are just a few of Kirkpatrick s whacky ideas. As president of Paramount Pictures, this low-key, rather humble guy has overseen 200 movies, including a myriad of blockbusters and Academy Award winners like these. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Portuguese police chief's fury over 'crying Madeleine' leak Apr 13, 2008
Even Kate Moss suffers the odd unfashionable wardrobe malfunction. Do you have a complaint against this newspaper. (Daily Mail)
Kate attends RAF ceremony after William has a change of heart Apr 13, 2008
Clarence House confirmed: "There was a change of plan." ... A year after losing her Agent Provocateur contract amid rumours of a strained relationship with co-owner Serena Rees, Kate Moss has been invited in from the cold to front a new campaign for the lingerie firm. (Daily Mail)
Acrimony clouds succession in Redstone empire Apr 8, 2008
In mid-March, the media mogul Sumner Redstone was in Palm Beach, Florida, for the annual media conference of a Wall Street firm when he was asked about his legacy. "I guess I'd like to be known as a loving and supportive father and grandfather," Redstone said. (International Herald Tribune)
A mixed blessing? Apr 4, 2008
The first firm to recognize MMA's potential appeals was Ultimate Fighting Championship, a well-funded organization based in Las Vegas ... I firmly believe that the best thing to happen in boxing in the past year was the veiled threat with everybody saying that mixed martial arts was going to take boxing's place. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Helping the computer to work in new ways Mar 10, 2008
More recently, the idea of a multi - touch display, where images could be moved or scaled by direct touch, was brought to life both by Jeff Han, a computer science researcher at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and by W. Daniel Hillis and Bran Ferren, researchers at the consulting firm Applied Minds, who developed a "touch table" world map. The transition to more immersive displays is happening in part because of more powerful computer hardware, but also... (International Herald Tribune)
Profile: Anthony Pellicano Mar 7, 2008
The current indictment focuses on a number of apparently unauthorised background checks on people who were embroiled in litigation with clients of Fields or his law firm. A recording of conversations between Nicole Kidman discussing her divorce arrangements with Tom Cruise, a client of Fields, was found on Pellicano's seized computers. (Guardian Unlimited)
One woman's quest for 'likability' Feb 21, 2008
I consulted the man whose firm measures entertainers' and athletes' popularity, or Q Scores. I conferred with an expert on Wal-Mart greeters. (Boston Globe)
Tom Cruise's Lawyers Among 244 Names on Pellicano List Feb 20, 2008
So are several other members of Fields firm, Greenberg Glusker: David Moriarty, Jill Cossman and Chuck Shepard among them. I told you in a column back on Oct. 21, 2006, that they d all been interviewed by U.S. Attorney Saunders. (Fox News)
Read more about security issues Feb 13, 2008
Security - Technology Live - USATODAY.com. Other USA TODAY blogs. (USA Today -- Tech)
More news on video games Feb 12, 2008
After an impressive holiday showing for Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft has confirmed a version of the Crusades-era adventure will appear on the Nintendo DS. ... Nintendo sold 981,000 Wiis in the U.S. during November, says market tracking firm NPD Group, bringing total U.S. sales to more than 6 million over just more than a year since its release ... 3 million copies, but it also lifted Xbox 360 console sales over the red-hot Nintendo Wii, according to the market tracking firm the NPD Group. (USA Today -- Tech)
Strike: Tentative deal reached Feb 11, 2008
The Hollywood Insider has confirmed that troubled singer Amy Winehouse (pictured, left) plans to appear at the on Feb. 10 ... confirmed Wednesday that it won't be able to get the George Miller-directed Justice League of America off the ground in time for a spring start ... Despite reports and speculation that the Directors Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers would begin negotiations today, a DGA rep confirms that talks have not begun, nor has a date been... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Whose line is it? Test your movie quote knowledge Feb 10, 2008
This 8 dish will cost you a thousand dollars in phone calls to the legal firm of That s Mine, This Is Yours. A. Judd Nelson as Alec Newbary in St. Elmo s Fire (1985). (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Hollywood Still Seduces the World Feb 5, 2008
for instance, recently penned a $2 billion deal with Abu Dhabi's largest real-estate firm, Aldar, to build a studio and produce films and videogames thus targeting the Arab world, 60 percent of which is under 25 and regarded as entertainment hungry. Lower labor costs and fewer regulations also inspire moves abroad. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
Tom Cruise and the Video Row Jan 26, 2008
He also says that Scientologists are "the authorities of the mind, adding ...we are the authorities on getting people off drugs, we are the authorities on improving conditions, we can rehabilitate criminals...we can bring peace and unite cultures... He talks continuously of having a responsibility to put things right, but it is the arrogant manner in which he comes across, to the theme tune of Mission Impossible, which is likely to turn even more people away from both Scientology and Cruise as... (Suite101.com)
No hint of glamor or brilliance in former trader's life Jan 26, 2008
PricewaterhouseCoopers chief says his firm's World Economic Forum survey shows the depth of the concern about ... Fed Chief Bernanke throws support behind fiscal stimulus, but says timing is key Wall Street firm Merrill Lynch posted the biggest quarterly loss in its history after a $14. (International Herald Tribune)
The Scientology Argument Jan 22, 2008
Notable actor is a firm subscriber to the Church of Scientology, but what is this mysterious organization. Is Scientology a religion, a cult;or is it pure science fiction. (Suite101.com)
Katie Holmes Marathon Mystery Solved Jan 18, 2008
(Information about the firm, which is owned by Scientologists, can be found on Wikipedia and other sites. . (Fox News)
Our man in Fallujah Jan 17, 2008
Stationed in Fallujah, Iraq with a Provincial Reconstruction Team for the past nine months, he says he is committed to his mission to help rebuild that devastated city and help its people carve a small but firm foothold on its path to democracy. Capt. Bob McLaughlin of Southwest Harbor has been helping to rebuild the town of Fallujah in Iraq for the past nine months. (Courier Publications, ME)
Cruise video clip hits Internet Jan 17, 2008
Rogers , the publicity firm that represents Cruise, issued a statement criticizing Morton for not interviewing "one person who has known or worked with Tom" in the past 25 years. The statement also derides Morton for writing "outlandish and malicious lies to sell books.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Mission Impossible? Bid To Ban Cruise Scientology Vid Jan 17, 2008
Mark Stephens, a media specialist at London law firm Finers Stephens Innocent, said: "It really is futile to try and remove the Tom Cruise copyright infringement from the internet."The Scientologists, by taking action to enforce their copyrights, have made it a news story. "The mistake was not to foresee that a news story has special protection in copyright law in reporting news and current events."Consequently, every news organisation on the planet has put the controversial video on their... (Sky News)
Cruise Scientology video pops up on Web Jan 16, 2008
Rogers & Cowan, the publicity firm that represents Cruise, issued a statement criticizing Morton for not interviewing one person who has known or worked with Tom in the past 25 years. The statement also derides Morton for writing outlandish and malicious lies to sell books. (MSNBC -- News)
Hand-waving computer control brings Minority Report to life Jan 14, 2008
The company received $15m in funding from venture capital, including Silicon Valley firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. 3DV is not alone in offering motion sense technology. (Guardian Unlimited)
Why show me the money doesn't always make cents Jan 12, 2008
As the droves of people who saw the movie will remember, Jerry Maguire tells the story of a sports agent of the same name, played by Cruise, who works for a big sports management firm in the US and who suddenly becomes disillusioned with the ethics of his profession and advocates a different, more considerate approach ("less money, fewer clients, caring about them, caring about ourselves and the games, too"). The result: he gets fired. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Monica's a mom; Soulja: I'm no dad Jan 10, 2008
I see this blog is filled with ignorant, uneducated (and I don t mean scholastically) folks with that ghetto mentality that we can just sit up and spit out as many children as we want without ever having sense enough to try and give them a firm foundation. Everyone keeps saying who cares what you think , but guess what, that includes YOU. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nicole Kidman's pregnancy confirmed Jan 8, 2008
Nicole Kidman's pregnancy confirmed. Article:Nicole Kidman's pregnancy confirmed:/n/a/2008/01/07/entertainment/e160529S49 ... DTL Article:Nicole Kidman's pregnancy confirmed:/n/a/2008/01/07/entertainment/e160529S49. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Strikebound, the Golden Globes scale back Jan 8, 2008
Another record-breaking year for the world's largest securities firm. The former Federal Reserve chairman's book has provoked both high praise and harsh criticism. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Pop Tarts: Thrusting Over Tabletops: Avril Lavigne Pulls a Paris Jan 4, 2008
And despite running rumors that Leonardo DiCaprio has moved on from his model girlfriend Bar Refaeli, Pop Tarts can confirm they are very much together ... The power-punchers from the firm Trope & Trope filed resignation papers on Wednesday, with insiders at TMZ suggesting it is because Spears just didn t listen. (Fox News)
Summer '08 box office; Dec 27, 2007
The box office tracking firm also is projecting that 2007's total take will be close to $9. 6 billion, up just 2% from 2006, with actual admissions down slightly from a year ago (higher average ticket prices accounted for the increase in annual gross). (Los Angeles Times)
Writers face faceless enemy Dec 23, 2007
By contrast, the young Murdoch has spent his time at BSkyB, the British satellite TV firm. And as the Economist reminded us last week, some important shareholders are uneasy about the prospect of someone so light on experience taking the reins of a major international conglom. (Variety)
Weinstein ties knot Dec 17, 2007
They were then listed according to their "awareness data" and their parents' consumer-appeal rankings through a polling firm. (AP and ). (Boston Globe)
Are 'Serious' movies sinking? Dec 14, 2007
The answer is a firm "no." But arguably some significant mistakes are being made in the way serious films are being made and marketed. The lessons can be categorized as follows. (Variety)
Dickie Scruggs 'drama' would be great fiction, but it's real Dec 13, 2007
Now federal prosecutors have indicted Scruggs, two other attorneys in his firm, his son, Zach, and Sidney Backstrom and accused him of spending money where it is absolutely not supposed to be spent - to buy a ruling from a state Circuit Court judge. Judge Henry Lackey was to decide how to allocate a $26. (The Clarion-Ledger)
No Country winsboards top film prize Dec 6, 2007
George Clooney was named best actor for Michael Clayton, in which he plays a disillusioned fixer at an upscale New York law firm, with Julie Christie winning best actress for her portrayal of a woman succumbing to Alzheimers disease in Away From Her. . (MSNBC -- News)
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham Nov 22, 2007
became a household name with legal thrillers, such as "The Firm" and "The Client," most of which have been made into movies ... John Grisham is the author of twenty novels, beginning with the 1989 thriller, "A Time to Kill." His breakthrough novel was "The Firm," which became a movie with Tom Cruise. (Suite101.com)
The week's best films Nov 19, 2007
There he meets fortune teller's daughter Misa Shimizu, who, he soon discovers, gushes gallons of water during orgasm: a tide that contains magical qualities, in a comedy that's sweetly life-affirming rather than erotic ... This contrived but entertaining comedy has the late Jack Lemmon on firm comic ground as a cartoonist and committed bachelor who kills off a wife character in his comic strip, and is then suspected of murder when his own new wife (Virna Lisi) disappears ... So it errs towards... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Cruise's Lions proves to be a turkey Nov 12, 2007
"Let Tom Cruise star in another blockbuster film, and then we'll see if his star has lost its lustre," said Jeff Block of the box office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. It was not just Cruise who was left smarting from the weekend takings. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Audiences swarm to 'Gangster,' 'Bee' Nov 6, 2007
Overall box-office receipts rose from the same period in 2006 for the first time in seven weekends, according to research firm Media by Numbers, reversing a trend brought on by a parade of downbeat political dramas. Rocco said moviegoers were intrigued by the pairing of Washington and Crowe, as well as director Ridley Scott's gritty filmmaking style and a true-life story that few had known about. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
MySpace, others, showcase targeted Web advertising Nov 5, 2007
And BuzzLogic, a privately-held marketing technology firm, is opening up its system for linking advertising to blog discussions and chat forums to public testing ... But the discussion of who can best reach audiences online bears greater weight this year following more than $10 billion spent on the largest Web advertising firms by the likes of software maker Microsoft Corp and, pending regulatory approval, Web search leader Google Inc. (ABC News -- Wire)
Fall's films fizzled. Can 'prestige' movies save the holidays? Nov 3, 2007
This year, 53 films opened at 10 or more theaters in September and October, according to Media By Numbers LLC, a box-office tracking firm in Encino, Calif. compared with 43 in that period five years ago. (The Drudge Report)
