The hottest 'fat' man on film Dec 31, 2007
Monday December 31, 2007 TODAY'S WEATHER: CLOUDY 35. Philip Seymour Hoffman works his retro outfit while stealing "Charlie Wilson's War" from Tom and Julia. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
2007s movie MVP: Philip Seymour Hoffman Nov 29, 2007
Whether its his nervous, self-destructive energy as a compulsive gambler in Owning Mahowny or his catastrophic breakdown at the climax of Capote, Hoffman takes us to the uncomfortable, unattractive corners of the human psyche that many actors would just as soon spare us or themselves. This year appears to be another in a series of banner years for Hoffman, which is all the more extraordinary due to his universal acclaim in 2005 for Capote. (MSNBC -- News)
H2O Motion Pictures Acquires Feature Film Rights to Books by Murdered Russian Journalist Anna Politkovskaya May 13, 2007
Hamori also produced The 51st State starring Samuel L. Jackson, Owning Mahowny starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Max starring John Cusack, as well as David Cronenberg's ExistenZ and Crash. "It is difficult to overstate the importance of a film based on Anna Politkovskaya's life," said Andras Hamori, who optioned the rights from her literary executor Toby Eady with Karolina Sutton at ICM. "Her writings deal with universal themes of freedom of the press and the newly westernized states'... (PR Newswire)
