Dressed for a winning role Jun 2, 2008
Directed by Helen Hunt, who also stars in the film, "Then She Found Me" opened in theaters at the end of April. Remarkably, a paperback edition of the novel released at the same time is now in its fourth printing. (Boston Globe)
Africa on film focus of SummerFilm schedule at Music Hall May 29, 2008
Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick in Helen Hunt's directorial debut. R, 100 min, US, 2007. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
When the Bachchan wife met a Desperate Housewife! May 24, 2008
Salman Rushdie has a new career: he acts in Helen Hunt s directorial debut And Then She Found Me. Rushdie, last seen on the silver screen playing himself in Bridget Jones Diary , has no plans to make a Bollywood debut. (Times Online)
A tummy star is born May 17, 2008
McGowan, who has been told she resembles Helen Hunt but not Theron, fit the bill ... McGowan, who has been told she resembles Helen Hunt but not Theron, fit the bill. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Fertile ground May 16, 2008
Helen Hunt and Matthew Broderick ... Then She Found Me - the directorial debut of Oscar-winning actor Helen Hunt - has much in common with Juno ... Stars Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick. (Sydney Morning Herald)
A happy ending nine years in the making May 15, 2008
Helen Hunt directs and stars ... IN THE movie Helen Hunt created, the one she stars in, wrote and directed, every character is partly a representation of her ... Helen Hunt … directs and stars. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
$30m colt: Sebring's owners hit jackpot as Widden Stud jumps onboard May 15, 2008
$30m colt: Sebring's owners hit jackpot as Widden Stud jumps on board. Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Paddlers rocked by 'soap opera' May 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Paddlers rocked by 'soap opera. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Mother's anguish at bed shortage inertia May 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Dianne Gaddin "It's a disgrace.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Banned minister urged to drop motoring role May 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Photo: Brendan Esposito. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Second poll likely to choose president May 15, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Jose Ramos-Horta, 57, is mobbed by the press as he arrives at a polling station to cast his vote. (Yahoo News -- East Timor)
'Iron Man' proves box office mettle May 12, 2008
Cume on the Helen Hunt starrer is $912,086. SPC nearly doubled the print count of docu Standard Operating Procedure to 21 but saw the gross actually decline slightly to $30,850. (Variety)
New releases May 10, 2008
"Then She Found Me" Helen Hunt directed, co-wrote, and stars in this movie about a schoolteacher trying to conceive a baby while getting awkwardly acquainted with the woman who gave her up for adoption 39 years ago. With Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick as the men in her life and a wonderful, if unexpected, Bette Midler as the birth mother. (Boston Globe)
We find Hunt's directing skill in 'Found Me' and little else May 9, 2008
Then She Found Me* * 1/2 (out of four)Stars: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew BroderickDirector: Helen Hunt Rating: R for language and some sexual contentRunning time: 1 hour, 40 minutesDistributor: ThinkFilmExpands Friday nationwide ... By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY More something to stumble on than intentionally seek out, Then She Found Me is perhaps most noteworthy for revealing Helen Hunt's promise as a director ... Moving on: After her husband leaves her, Helen Hunt finds a new... (USA Today)
'Then She Found Me' May 9, 2008
That it stars Helen Hunt does nothing to make you think differently ... Colin Firth and Helen Hunt star in "Then She Found Me," directed by Hunt ... Director: Helen Hunt. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Skip 'Speed,' see 'Iron Man' again May 9, 2008
Mildly watchable, but yet another example of why Helen Hunt went from Oscar winner to also-ran. Categories. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Reality rules in Hunt's 'Then She Found Me' May 9, 2008
It begins at the first scene when we see Helen Hunt, the 1990s TV and movie darling, with a face that's obviously untouched by Botox. Those laugh lines are real. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Simpson Slams 'Bad Luck Charm' Status May 8, 2008
Opening this week: Comic superhero "Iron Man" hits the screen; Patrick Dempsey is "Made of Honor"; Helen Hunt directs "Then She Found Me"; in. AP Entertainment News. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Celebrity moms speak out on the joys of motherhood May 8, 2008
Actress Helen Hunt, 44. Daughter Makena, 3. (USA Today -- Life)
Delicate Work May 3, 2008
Starring Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick and Salman Rushdie. Directed by Helen Hunt (R. 100 minutes ... Helen Hunt stars as April Epner, a 39-year-old kindergarten teacher in New York City who is desperate to reproduce and who has all these issues descend on her slender shoulders at once. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
In 'Then She Found Me,' Hunt conceives a stress test May 2, 2008
Helen Hunt plays a woman trying to have a baby, Salman Rushdie (left) plays her doctor, and Colin Firth and Matthew Broderick (far right) are the men in her life ... Helen Hunt deserves a lot of credit for agreeing to look like hell in "Then She Found Me," though it's hard to see how she had any other choice ... But her energy - and the resentful way April reacts to it - also really made me think: What is up with Helen Hunt. (Boston Globe)
NW review: Then She Found Me could have been better May 2, 2008
Helen Hunt's 'Then She Found Me' isn't so sure-footedbut it could have been the better movie. By | Newsweek Web Exclusive Apr24, 2008|Updated: 5:59 p.m. ET Apr24, 2008. (MSNBC -- Movies)
PUNCTUAL POMP & RESONANCE Apr 23, 2008
THE Cinema Society pre miered THINKFilm's "Then She Found Me." The Helen Hunt-Matthew Broderick-Colin Firth-Bette Midler movie is sort of a mom-and-pop operation, only it's all mom because Helen Hunt is also the director. Also a writer. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Infotainment Apr 23, 2008
Then She Found MeNEW YORK: From (L-R), actors Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler and Ben Shenkman attend a Cinema Society screening of Then She Found Me. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
A labour of love Apr 23, 2008
Then She Found Me is Helen Hunt's baby ... It's a late Saturday afternoon and Helen Hunt is looking tired ... Weariness begets wariness when it comes to a Helen Hunt interview. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Rockers help kids kick the habit Apr 19, 2008
Directed by Helen Hunt, who also stars in the film, "Then She Found Me" is based on Lipman's book of the same name. (And to think it only took 19 years to make it to the big screen. (Boston Globe)
AFI Dallas wraps with 60% box office hike Apr 19, 2008
Starlets Charlize Theron and Helen Hunt also made appearances, giving the festival -- and its namesake city -- more credibility. "They can't write AFI Dallas without Dallas," Cain said, who started the Deep Ellum Film Festival in 1999. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)
Boston Muslim Film Festival opens Monday Apr 13, 2008
"Then She Found Me," starring Helen Hunt as a teacher getting over a separation from her husband (Matthew Broderick) by dating a student's parent (Colin Firth), gets a pre-release screening by the Boston Jewish Film Festival at the West Newton Cinema on Thursday at 7 p.m. Northampton-based Elinor Lipman, who wrote the book on which the movie is based, will be at the show (617-244-9899 and ). Leslie Brokaw can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
Hollywood invades Sonoma Apr 11, 2008
"Then She Found Me" brings together screen legends Bette Midler and Helen Hunt. Hunt plays April, a woman whose life is falling apart after her husband leaves her and her adoptive mother dies. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Forget fantasy, here are film's football stars Apr 4, 2008
What about "Quarterback Princess" Helen Hunt. With "Leatherheads" coming out Friday, George Clooney and John Krasinski add their names to the best player discussion in their respective positions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kids' Choice in Westwood Apr 1, 2008
Helen Hunt and AFI Dallas Film Festival topper Michael Cain at the fest's opening night gala Thursday at the Majestic Theater. . (Variety)
Fest Traveler: AFI Dallas Mar 26, 2008
MORE FESTIVAL ARTICLES Festival builds on auspicious bow3/25/08 5:10pm Celebs honored at festival3/25/08 5:04pm Temerlin, Cain work well together3/25/08 4:49pm 3/25/08 4:41pm What to do at the AFI Dallas Film Festival3/25/08 4:28pm What: AFI Dallas Int'l Film FestivalWhen: March 27-April 6Where: Victory Park (fest epicenter), AMC NorthPark 15, Angelika Film Center, Landmark Inwood Theater, Majestic Theatre, Landmark Magnolia Theatre, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Nasher Sculpture... (Variety)
Can Kutcher and Diaz save the rom-com? Mar 26, 2008
(April 11) Helen Hunt makes her directorial debut with the dramedy, The She Found Me, about a woman who finds love and her biological mother right after losing her adoptive mom and getting divorced. (April 25). (MSNBC -- Movies)
Angela Bassett is not too picky for Tyler Perry Mar 18, 2008
Helen Hunt gets comfy in the directors chair. Add Movie interviews headlines to your news reader. (MSNBC -- News)
The hottest prospects from ShoWest are real sizzlers Mar 17, 2008
"A lot of time you come here and just pray it works out, especially if you're small," says Helen Hunt, director of the April 25 drama Then She Found Me. "I think the key is to just make the movie that's true to yourself, because you can't control anything else.". (USA Today -- Life)
Seen and heard at ShoWest this week Mar 15, 2008
At least that was Helen Hunt's approach before filming her directorial debut, Then She Found Me ... Ask and receive: Helen Hunt begged her film crew on her directorial debut, Then She Found Me, to "make it as personal a project as I did.". (USA Today -- Life)
SXSW Film & Music Festival Mar 15, 2008
Helen Hunt attends a screening of her directorial debut, 'Then She Found Me,' in Austin - March 9th, 2008 Advertisement. ADDITIONAL GALLERIES. (Variety)
Hollywood high rollers at ShoWest Mar 15, 2008
Robert Redford, Helen Hunt honored ... Next up was a luncheon honoring Robert Redford, Helen Hunt, James Schamus, Ang Lee, Alan Ball and David Mamet. (Variety)
Helen Hunt gets comfy in the directors chair Mar 15, 2008
Helen Hunt gets comfy in the directors chair - Movie interviews- msnbc ... Helen Hunt gets comfy in the directors chair ... Jack Plunkett / APHelen Hunt participates in a panel at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas March 9. (MSNBC -- Movies)
SXSW is more than just music Mar 8, 2008
Helen Hunt makes her directorial debut, and a doc to touch your heart ... Helen Hunts directorial debut does have a distributor (the film comes out April 25), but it needs buzz to compete with bigger films this spring, and so it makes its debut as part of the spotlight premieres series. (MSNBC -- News)
South by Southwest film festival bets on '21' for opening night Mar 7, 2008
Also on the schedule are discussions with Helen Hunt, who will be at the festival with her directorial debut Then She Found Me ; Harold & Kumar stars John Cho and Kal Penn; Billy Bob Thornton; and former Disney chief Michael Eisner, who will be interviewed by Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in what could be a riveting clash of the titans. At the same time, a lot of the other programming that's not Hollywood stuff is further establishing us as a place where unique, innovative independent... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Drew Barrymore Mar 5, 2008
Other celebs descended on South Florida for the event, including actresses Kate Hudson (Fool's Gold), Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) and Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets). Got a news tip. (The Palm Beach Post)
Jack reflects on winning, losing and entertaining at the Oscars Feb 22, 2008
In 1998: It was as good as it gets for co-stars Helen Hunt and Nicholson. They picked up trophies for best actor and actress for the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets, a best-picture nominee. (USA Today -- Life)
SXSW unveils full slate of panels Feb 13, 2008
These panels join already announced highlights such as "A Conversation With Harlan Ellison," "Stanley Nelson: History in the Making" and "A Conversation With Helen Hunt." SXSW will close with "A Conversation With Moby," in which BMI's Doreen Ringer-Ross will interview the musician-film composer. SXSW also will debut Global Doc Days, an event built around programming by various international film organizations that will showcase documentaries from Mexico, Canada, Norway and China. (Variety)
SAG in the hot seat Feb 13, 2008
Besides Affleck, Field, Hatcher and Sheen, signers so far include Jason Alexander, Kevin Bacon, Kathy Bates, Maria Bello, Amy Brenneman, Helen Hunt, Diane Lane, Debra Messing, Kyra Sedgwick, David Strathairn and Rainn Wilson. Brenneman told Daily Variety that the key concern behind the move is for SAG to come into negotiations with the strongest possible bargaining position. (Variety)
The heart of the matter Feb 9, 2008
Or Jack Nicholson's "You make me want to be a better man," to Helen Hunt in As Good As It Gets. And don't forget Harry Burns' lengthy romantic confessional to Sally Albright in the final minutes of When Harry Met Sally. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Scorsese, Stones open Berlin festival Feb 8, 2008
It will open with "Then She Found Me," a romantic comedy based on the Elinor Lipman novel and directed by Helen Hunt. Tickets for the opening night gala are $125 per person ($100 if you belong to the Cleveland Film Society). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Screen couples with no sizzle to sell Feb 5, 2008
Woody Allen and Helen Hunt, Curse of the Jade ScorpionWhile Woody Allen, even in his prime, was no ones idea of a heartthrob, he nonetheless made a quirky comic foil and prickly romantic in his films, particularly opposite his real-life paramours Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow ... Coming off worst was Helen Hunt, then 37, who was supposed to have a love-hate relationship with Allens character but came off instead as someone trying to get her grandpa to eat his soup and go to bed. (MSNBC -- News)
'I do this because I love it' Feb 3, 2008
At one point, modifying one of his own memorable lines, uttered to Helen Hunt in As Good as it Gets, I wonder who in his life has most 'made him want to be a better man. Was it Anjelica Huston, his lover of 17 years. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Joel and Ethan Coen Win DGA Feature Film Award Jan 27, 2008
Presenters included: Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men), DGA Secretary-Treasurer Gil Cates, Kristin Chenoweth and Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies), Marion Cotillard* (La Vie En Rose), Daniel Day-Lewis* (There Will Be Blood), Adrian Grenier (Entourage), Emile Hirsch and Hal Holbrook* (Into the Wild), Helen Hunt (Then She Found Me), Kathleen Kennedy and Jon Kilik (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), John Larroquette (Boston Legal), Debra Messing (The Starter Wife), Ellen Page* (Juno), Anna Paquin... (Primezone Releases)
Coen brothers, Sean Penn vie for top filmmaking honor Jan 27, 2008
Presenters slated for the black-tie affair included Helen Hunt; Debra Messing; Anna Paquin; current Oscar nominees Hal Holbrook, Tilda Swinton and Daniel Day-Lewis; and Martin Scorsese, who won the DGA prize and best-directing Oscar a year ago for The Departed. Unlike other major honors, such as Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards, the DGA ceremony has always been untelevised, making it a more laid-back gathering of Hollywood's elite and shielding it from some of the attention the... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Thompson on Hollywood Jan 18, 2008
Also added to the SXSW Film Conference are a series of Conversations including actress Helen Hunt (who will screen her directorial debut, Then She Found Me), sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison (subject of the SXSW doc, Dreams With Sharp Teeth), and ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner. An interesting choice. (Variety)
Harold and Kumar to play South by Southwest Jan 16, 2008
Also on the schedule are discussions with Helen Hunt, who makes her directing debut with Then She Found Me, and former Disney executive Michael Eisner. 2008 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- News)
ThinkFilm promotes Stambler Jan 16, 2008
Stambler was key in picking up Alex Gibney's torture doc "Taxi to the Dark Side" and the Helen Hunt pic "Then She Found Me," skedded to bow in May. ThinkFilm released 25 films in 2007, including helmer Sidney Lumet's "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.". (Variety)
Elvis sure tore up the track Jan 14, 2008
Like Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt in the movies, this is as good as it gets for a Rebels Mountain West home game. The Cougars are a legit NCAA tournament team. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Jewish Film Fest Jan 12, 2008
Wednesday's opening film at 7:30 p.m. at Atlantic Station will be "Then She Found Me," featuring actress-director Helen Hunt in a story of a teacher in midlife crisis. Among her co-stars: Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler and Colin Firth. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Double-dippers and other trivia Jan 12, 2008
1997: Helen Hunt, As Good As It Gets. 1998: Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cruise Rubs 'Salt' in MGM Wound Dec 28, 2007
I remember when Helen Hunt wouldn t talk to the press at a "Godzilla" premiere, and stationed security to protect her. (Helen who. (Fox News)
senior column: Humans have small history but cool lives Dec 14, 2007
In a large, white ball at the Hayden Planetarium, Tom Hanks (or maybe it was Helen Hunt or Jodie Foster) narrates a movie about the Big Bang. Once it's over, you and a bunch of kids on a field trip exit onto a multi-story, spiraling ramp that documents the history of the universe. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Somewhere along line, she became an actress Dec 14, 2007
If only people would stop asking her if she's Helen Hunt's sister ... Since her career started, Sobieski has been noted for her resemblance to Helen Hunt; the show Celebrity Deathmatch even put claymation figures of the two into battle. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Walk All Over Me Dec 7, 2007
Although this young Helen Hunt look-alike already shook her child-star image in Eyes Wide Shut, she's just not a distinctive enough presence to keep audiences engaged with such a vaguely drawn protagonist. And Helfer drops out of things for so long that it's easy to forget who her character is. (Georgia Straight)
What Women Want Nov 19, 2007
It has an impressive and largely charming cast: Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Bette Midler and so on. an error occurred while processing this directive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
How Denzel Washington became an American Gangster Nov 4, 2007
His co-stars included Helen Hunt, Christopher Guest and Ray Liotta. GLORY (1989). (Times Online)
* The way we were, way back in June of 1968 Oct 26, 2007
But at least as much attention is paid to the vague discontent experienced by a middle-aged couple (Martin Sheen and Helen Hunt), to the mutterings of the hotel's retired doorman (Anthony Hopkins), and to the adventures of a pair of young campaign workers (Brian Geraghty and Shia LaBeouf), who skip out on their canvassing duties to drop acid for the first time ... STARRING: Harry Belafonte (Nelson), Joy Bryant (Patricia), Nick Cannon (Dwayne), Emilio Estevez (Tim Fallon), Laurence Fishburne... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Storm-chase vehicles showcased at festival Oct 22, 2007
The movie, which starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as storm chasing researchers, included a take-off of TOTO, named Dorothy, that Paxton's character was trying to deploy. TOTO, Dorothy and another prop from the film all are housed at the National Weather Center in Norman, a newly constructed building on the south edge of the University of Oklahoma's campus that houses about a dozen federal and university-related weather researching entities. (USA Today -- Weather)
