ICM scores Carol Goll as brand boss May 7, 2008
The division has brokered deals with American Express, Dior, Cadillac, DirecTV, Revlon and Virgin Media for clients including Beyonce, Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Brown, Kate Walsh, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Beau Garrett and Kathy Bates. Goll spent the past 13 years overseeing brand marketing at Mercedes-Benz USA.. (Variety)
Chick flick 'P.S.' is better in print May 4, 2008
Kathy Bates has a few gruff moments as Swank's mother and Harry Connick Jr. turns up as a potential suitor. But it's Kudrow who surprises with a performance that's fresh and interesting. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Susie Bright Apr 18, 2008
As revenge, when the series was about to end and Soloway had more leverage, she had Bright play herself in an episode, instructing the actresses in the scene, including Frances Conroy and Kathy Bates, to mention Bright's name as many times as they could. "You could hear 'Susie Bright, Susie Bright,' " Bright says, enunciating her own name. (Boston Globe)
Openings Galore Apr 12, 2008
Starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen and Tom Skerritt ... If all of this seems somewhere between "Thelma e" and a Lifetime network film, that's probably where it would belong, were it not for one of the best casts any director could hope for: Jessica Lange as Arvilla, Kathy Bates as Margene and Joan Allen as Carol. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Should Tyler Perry seek wider audience? Apr 3, 2008
The movie he s making now in Atlanta The Family That Preys has Oscar winner Kathy Bates in the cast and is an original screenplay ... g. the use of Kathy Bates in this latest film in production), his audience will grow with him. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Tyler Perry struggles to draw white moviegoers Apr 2, 2008
In Tyler Perrys The Family that Preys, Kathy Bates plays a wealthy socialite who is a friend of a working-class woman portrayed by Alfre Woodard (Beauty Shop), with the plot revolving around extramarital intrigue involving the characters adult children. Perrys movies like his previous stage plays, on which they are occasionally based tend to deal with moral questions and how family and religion can help steer a course through lifes challenges. (MSNBC -- News)
It's show time! Mar 31, 2008
Non-sports division: Actress Kathy Bates, plus three Miss America winners. Player to watch: Freshman guard Derrick Rose is averaging more than six points per game in the NCAA Tournament than he did the regular season. (AZCentral -- Sports)
'GWTW' fan gets romantic prize Mar 28, 2008
Misery actress Kathy Bates enjoying a leisurely dinner of Chef Joey Riley s jumbo lump crab cakes, a Caesar salad and lemon sorbet at the Buckhead Diner. We re told the Oscar winner happily posed with the staff for a photo. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Meet The Juggernaut Mar 23, 2008
His current production, "The Family That Preys," starring Alfre Woodard and Kathy Bates, shoots in New Orleans - but only for one day. "I'm not interested in pumping money into an economy that is completely ignoring all those people who are still struggling and still living in FEMA trailers," he says. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Bonneville' rides good cast Mar 21, 2008
Joan Allen (back seat), Jessica Lange (driving) and Kathy Bates make up the star-studded cast in "Bonneville." Bonneville ... That worries Arvilla's Mormon mom pal Carol (Joan Allen), a meek fussbudget, and it annoys the heck out of their brassier widowed friend, Margene (Kathy Bates). (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Pfeiffer, Friend to star in 'Cheri' Mar 18, 2008
17, 2008 09:32 AM Rupert Friend will romance Michelle Pfeiffer under the watchful eye of Kathy Bates in Stephen Frears' French period drama "Cheri.". Friend will play the title character, and Bates is in final negotiations to play his mother, Madame Peloux, a famed courtesan in 1920s France. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Magazine quiz: Quotable quips from celebrity lips Mar 3, 2008
Her next project, the dramedy Bonneville, co-starring Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange, is playing in limited release. B. Kate Beckinsale. (USA Today -- Life)
Hoffman tops worst nudes Mar 1, 2008
Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates rounds off the top five after shocking audiences by "covering her body with mud and running around the jungle" in 1991 drama 'At Play in the Fields of the Lord ... Kathy Bates - 'At Play in the Fields of the Lord. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Big month ahead for Tyler Perry Mar 1, 2008
Preys, about two families, stars Oscar winner Kathy Bates, Oscar nominee Alfre Woodard, Sanaa Lathan, Taraji Henson and Rockmond Dunbar. Perry co-stars and directs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Alan Smithee's take on new movies Feb 29, 2008
Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen and the ashes of a dead husband on a road trip. Not my idea of fun. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
'Bonneville' premiere at Camelview Feb 27, 2008
To meet Francine's demands, Arvilla sets out from Idaho with friends Margene (Kathy Bates) and Carol (Joan Allen), on a road trip in a '66 Bonneville convertible, taking the 50-something gal pals on the ride of their lives. "I loved the idea of working with Kathy and Joan, women I really admire, and it was a road movie with a beautiful location," she said. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Continuereading Feb 27, 2008
A couple of years ago we found a choreographer working on Broadway and we gave him his first shot at directing a movie and that movie was Annie with Kathy Bates. That was Rob Marshall. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Check out other offerings from Oscar's top filmmakers Feb 25, 2008
Dolores Claiborne (1995, Warner, rated R, $10): Recalling the grade-A domestic potboilers from Joan Crawford's late period, this Maine-based mood piece has abused wife Kathy Bates struggling to bankroll opportunities for a daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) whose well-earned neuroses may negate all labors. Meanwhile, two deaths dog a nosy inspector in one of the screen's best (if relatively unheralded) Stephen King adaptations, which also casts David Strathairn atypically as a heavy. (USA Today -- Life)
Sedona film fest Feb 23, 2008
"I think there's a void right now in films that deal with women of this age," said 58-year-old Jessica Lange, who stars in the upcoming Bonneville with Kathy Bates, 59, and Joan Allen, 51. "There's certainly a lot of male-driven stories. There are a lot of teenage, post-adolescent stories, that kind of thing. "But certainly not films that deal with friendships of three women. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Rolling Out The Red Carpet Matt Smith in LA as tinsel-town decks itself out Feb 22, 2008
Academy President Sid Ganis and Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates revealed the chosen few who are up for an award on February 24. Pictures courtesy of AMPAS.. (Sky News)
Scottsdale hosts 'Bonneville' premiere Feb 21, 2008
The film stars Jessica Lange as a woman who must deliver her husband's ashes to his daughter (Christine Baranski), so she makes a road trip of it with her friends, played by Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. Lange, Allen, Baranski and Tom Skerritt, who also stars in the film, are scheduled to appear on the red carpet before the premiere. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
2/22: 'Bonneville' Feb 18, 2008
The film follows Arvilla (Lange) who takes a road trip across the country in a 1966 Bonneville with her two best friends Margene (Kathy Bates) and Carol (Allen). Food will be provided by several Valley restaurants, including the Vig, Mandala Tea Room, Olive and Ivy and Pure Sushi. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Cruise trends for 2008: new ships, more luxury, potential deals Feb 17, 2008
Princess ships recently hosted a film premiere: "Bonneville," starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen as three friends on a road trip. The movie is in theaters Feb. 29. (North County Times)
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)
Lifetime Television Celebrates the 80th Annual Academy Awards(R) With Feb 6, 2008
The "And the Winner Is ... " movie festival airs on Saturday, February 23, from 12PM-11PM (ET/PT), and on Sunday, February 24, from 10AM-9PM (ET/PT), featuring a cavalcade of films starring Oscar-winners such as Kim Basinger, Kathy Bates, Halle Berry, Sally Field, Holly Hunter, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank and Renee Zellweger, in addition to 2008 Best Actress nominee Julie Christie (nominated for "Away From Her"). Online, myLifetime. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cruise trends for 2008 Feb 2, 2008
Princess ships will host a film premiere the week of February 11: "Bonneville," starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen as three friends on a road trip. The movie is in theaters February 29. (CNN -- Travel)
Oscars back-up plan revealed Jan 31, 2008
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis with actress Kathy Bates at this year's Academy Award nominations ... Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis with actress Kathy Bates at this year's Academy Award nominations ... Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis with actress Kathy Bates at this year's Academy Award nominations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cleese Stands Still Jan 28, 2008
Also cast in the film are Oscar winner Kathy Bates (Misery) and Jon Hamm (Mad Men). The pic is currently filming in Vancouver for a December 12, 2008 release. (IGN FilmForce)
Size Matters In 2008 Jan 27, 2008
"Bonneville," a film about three friends (Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen) on a road trip across the West in a 1966 Bonneville, will play on the entire Princess fleet starting Feb. 11. "Bonneville" will be released on land Feb. 29. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Specialty units rule noms Jan 24, 2008
Kathy Bates and Acad prexy Sid Ganis announce the nominees. More News Akin, Kechiche honored for efforts1/23/2008 Scheduled presenters include Wilkinson, Page1/22/2008 Chances for picket-free show increasing1/22/2008 Bumps, reissues come with spotlight1/22/2008 1/22/2008. (Variety)
At the 80th Annual Oscar Nominations: The Show Must Go On Jan 24, 2008
Sid Ganis, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts ces, was joined onstage by Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates for the annual, highly anticipated nominations announcements at the Academy's Beverly Hills headquarters at 5:38 a.m., and despite delivering good news to a number of diverse films--Ratatouille and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly also fared well in total nominations with five and four, respectively--the morning was tinged with some uncertainty over how the three-month old... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Canadian filmmaker in disbelief over Oscar nod Jan 24, 2008
Kathy Bates and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announce the nominees for best picture on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008. (AP / Chris Pizzello). (CTV.ca)
Dark films get the nominations as clouds loom over Oscar telecast Jan 23, 2008
Before a foxy Kathy Bates and a tired-looking Sid Ganis made the televised announcements yesterday, "Atonement" was considered a front-runner. But with no directing nomination for the film, the best-picture race is slightly more open. (Boston Globe)
Oscar keeps one surprise up his sleeve Jan 23, 2008
The absence of nominations for, respectively, A Mighty Heart, Hairspray and Zodiac were among the few surprises to be had Tuesday morning when Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Sid Ganis and Oscar winner Kathy Bates faced the press at 5:30 a.m. Pacific time with the list of this years anointed ... 22: Actress Kathy Bates and Academy president Sid Ganis reveal the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards. (MSNBC -- News)
Old Men, Blood top Oscar nominations Jan 23, 2008
22: Actress Kathy Bates and Academy president Sid Ganis reveal the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards. . (MSNBC -- News)
Coen film leads Oscar nominations Jan 23, 2008
Kathy Bates joined Academy president Sid Ganis ... The nominations were announced by Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates at a dawn cermony. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Specialty units rule Oscar noms Jan 23, 2008
Kathy Bates and Acad prexy Sid Ganis announce the nominees. More News 'No Country,' 'Blood' nab eight nods each1/22/2008 Chances for picket-free show increasing1/22/2008 Bumps, reissues come with spotlight1/22/2008 1/22/2008 Par Vantage, Miramax have strong showing1/22/2008. (Variety)
'No Country' and 'There will Be Blood' lead Oscars Jan 23, 2008
The actress Kathy Bates, left, and Sid Ganis, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, announce the nominees for best picture. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello). (International Herald Tribune)
Oscars Love 'Blood,' 'Old Men' Jan 23, 2008
A.M.P.A.S.Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates and Motion Picture Academy President Sid Ganis announce the Best Picture nominees for the 80th Annual Academy Awards in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The surprise nominee in the category was Tommy Lee Jones for "In the Valley of Elah," since another one of Jones' performances, a supporting turn in "No Country For Old Men," has attracted much more attention, including a Screen Actors Guild nomination. (Click2Houston, TX)
Atonement up for best film but stars shunned Jan 23, 2008
Nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced at a press conference by Academy president Sid Ganis and the actor Kathy Bates, with the ceremony set for Sunday, February 24. However the fate of this year's Oscars remain in the balance, with the ongoing writers' strike threatening to derail the event entirely. (Guardian Unlimited)
'No Country,' 'Blood' lead Oscar noms Jan 22, 2008
Actress Kathy Bates, left, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Sid Ganis announce the nominees for best supporting actress as they announce the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Tuesday morning, Jan. 22, 2008. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
In brief: Wahlberg to play drug kingpin Jan 18, 2008
Kathy Bates and Alfie Woodward are already confirmed for the cast and filming is set to begin in Atlanta on March 2. Perry's series of African-American dramas are a big hit Stateside and have sold more than $110m (55. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Double-dippers and other trivia Jan 12, 2008
1990: Kathy Bates, Misery. 1991: Jodie Foster, The Silence of the Lambs. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Write at home Blakely native John Kilker produces first movie, developing second work to be filmed in region Jan 6, 2008
Bonneville stars a trio of acting powerhouses Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates as friends who embark on a road trip to deliver the ashes of Ms. Lange s character s dead husband to his resentful daughter in Santa Barbara, Calif ... Mr. Kilker s feature film, Bonneville, a drama starring Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates, will be released in February. (Scranton Times, PA)
MOVIES: 'P.S. I Love You': An old-fashioned weepie, for better and for worse Jan 5, 2008
He puts her in the middle of the frame and in a succession of mostly flattering outfits, and smartly surrounds her with well-ripened second bananas, notably Kathy Bates, as Holly's protective mother, and Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon, as her best friends. Harry Connick Jr. swings in and out as a possible love interest, as does the temperature-raiser Jeffrey Dean Morgan, a television actor who bears a striking physical resemblance to Javier Bardem. (International Herald Tribune)
Lacking excitement, 'P.S. I Love You' should return to sender Jan 4, 2008
Also supporting is Kathy Bates as Holly's rather grim mother, still nursing the resentment at being abandoned by Holly's father more than a decade ago. Harry Connick Jr. plays a very unconvincing and unappealing potential love interest. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Jess Cagle's Best And Worst Of 2007 Jan 1, 2008
"I'm sure there was some schlocky horror movie I didn't see that was worse than this, but it couldn't get much worse. There were great expectations, but it was a flop. Instead of being a funny Christmas movie, there was a lot of family psychobabble, Fred went to a support group where there was a Baldwin brother and Sly Stalone's brother. It wasn't lighthearted or funny. And there was a great cast - Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates. It looked great on paper but just didn't... (CBS News)
Capsule reviews of feature films Dec 30, 2007
Sunday December 30, 2007 TODAY'S WEATHER: M/CLOUDY 29. By Carrie Rickey and Steven Rea The Philadelphia Inquirer December 30, 2007 6:00 AM. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
P.S. I Love You Dec 29, 2007
Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gershon, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick Jr, Dean Winters, Mike Doyle, Marcus Collins ... The supporting cast includes Lisa Kudrow (in a dumb part) and Gina Gershon (in an underwritten part) as Holly's best friends, Kathy Bates as her mother, and Harry Connick jnr as an outspoken guy with a crush on Holly ... Comedy M 2 stars 2007 Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, James Marsters, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lisa Kudrow, Gina... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Glasgow kisser Dec 28, 2007
Initially Butler was attracted to this romantic comedy not only because he got to play opposite Swank, Kathy Bates (her mother) and Lisa Kudrow and Gina Gershon (her best friends) but because of the credentials of screenwriter Richard LaGravenese. "Richard wrote and directed Freedom Writers [starring Swank]. Here he wrote this phenomenally hilarious and heartbreaking script adapted from a novel by Cecelia Ahern, the daughter of the Irish Prime Minister [Bertie Ahern], and I couldn't wait to do... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Debate on McGwire Dec 28, 2007
But to completely dismiss his 583 home runs like that is akin to saying that, without her looks, Angelina Jolie is basically Kathy Bates. It kind of misses the whole point. (ESPN -- Baseball)
DEATH WISHES Dec 23, 2007
Avoid seeing Kathy Bates naked. Morgan Freeman. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Swank slumming in sappy stinker Dec 23, 2007
Starring Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler and Kathy Bates ... Her mother Patricia (Kathy Bates) and her two friends Denise (Lisa Kudrow) and Sharon (Gina Gershon) do their best to cheer her up. (Toronto Star)
Review: 'P.S. I Love You' a sappy stinker with star power Dec 22, 2007
There's a moment late in "P.S. I Love You" when Hilary Swank has a belated emotional meltdown in front of her mom, and there's a look on Kathy Bates' face approaching pure horror. If someone attached a thought bubble over Bates' head, it might read, "Did you really win two Oscars?". (San Francisco Chronicle)
PS I Love You Dec 21, 2007
Her mom (Kathy Bates) and gal-pals (Gina Gershon, ) are concerned, but only Gerry can help our Holly out. Fortunately, he wrote her lots of letters, which she receives over subsequent months, and even planned her vacation to Ireland all while battling terminal cancer. (E! Online)
P.S.: This movie is really not good Dec 21, 2007
Kathy Bates, as the mother who never approved of Gerry, is wasted in a few scenes, and Gina Gershon and Lisa Kudrow have barely more to do as the obligatory smart-alecky best friends. Harry Connick Jr. fares far worse as the bartender with no internal censor who clumsily hits on Holly over and over. (MSNBC -- News)
P.S. There's little to love in Swank's new film Dec 21, 2007
P.S. I Love You* * out of fourStars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Kathy Bates, Lisa KudrowDirector: Richard LaGraveneseDistributor: Warner Bros. Rating: PG-13 for sexual references and brief nudityRunning time: 2 hours, 6 minutesOpens Friday nationwide. (USA Today -- Life)
HE'S DEAD, NOW BABY GOT FLASHBACK Dec 21, 2007
The other female characters are stereotypes: the widow's pals - a too-choosy spinster (Lisa Kudrow) and a pregnant earth mother (Gina Gershon) - and the widow's mother, an embittered divorcee played by Kathy Bates. Director Richard LaGravenese ("Freedom Writers") has more clichs in store when the two-hour-plus running time takes us to Ireland, where the late husband has arranged for his widow to meet another Irish musician (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Swank Smitten By Words That Spark 'P.S. I Love You' Dec 18, 2007
Also starring Lisa Kudrow, Gina Gerson, Harry Connick Jr. and Kathy Bates, the film opens in theaters Friday. Based on the best-selling novel by Cecelia Ahern, "P.S. I Love You" was adapted for the screen and directed by Richard LaGravenese, who previously worked with Swank on "Freedom Writers." The actress gushed over the filmmaker, who masterfully makes you believe that Gerry's spirit is bonded to Holly throughout the film. (WNBC.com, NY)
Dustin Hoffman talks death and Kierkegaard Dec 16, 2007
Also starring Harry Dean Stanton, Theresa Russell and Kathy Bates, it s an excellent film, and definitely up there with his best work. You saw it. (Times Online)
Morse's man joins the boat people in Battle of Jericho Dec 16, 2007
Pullman drew inspiration from the boatyard for his world-famous trilogy, His Dark Materials, with the first book, Northern Lights, being made into the recently released film The Golden Compass, starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and the voices of Ian McKellen, Kathy Bates and Kristin Scott Thomas. In Northern Lights, the boatyard is home to the Gyptians, a group of boat people who befriend heroine Lyra Belacqua. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Golden Compass' leads to a film that falls short Dec 16, 2007
Additionally, the smorgasbord of A-list actors featured in the film (Kidman, McKellan, Daniel Craig, Freddie Highmore, Kathy Bates and Sam Elliott) make it enjoyable as well. On the whole, "The Golden Compass," with its overly fast pacing and muddiness of plot, could and should have been much better. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Donkey Kong duellers at heart of King of Kong Dec 16, 2007
It's a dysfunctional-family comedy starring Reese Witherspoon, Vince Vaughn, Glenn Close, Kathy Bates, and Robert Duvall. So it looks as if somebody's getting that brass ring. (Georgia Straight)
Win 'P.S. I Love You' Movie Prizes Dec 15, 2007
Holly's mother (Kathy Bates) and best friends, Denise (Lisa Kudrow) and Sharon (Gina Gershon), begin to worry that Gerry's letters are keeping Holly tied to the past, but, in fact, each letter is pushing her further into a new future. With Gerry's words as her guide, Holly embarks on a touching, exciting and often hilarious journey of rediscovery in a story about marriage, friendship and how a love so strong can turn the finality of death into a new beginning for life. (Click2Houston, TX)
A Bee Movie star Dec 13, 2007
In the movie, which also features the voices of Matthew Broderick, Kathy Bates and Chris Rock, Renee plays Vanessa, a spirited Manhattan florist who befriends disillusioned bumble bee Barry B Benson (Seinfeld), giving him a crash course in how the human race works and setting him on the path to liberation. Bridget Jones. (Manchester Evening News)
