Oscar predictions improve, drama lessens Feb 26, 2008
Other than the Crash upset, 2006 went by the book, with wins for Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line) and George Clooney (Syriana). This time around, the major winners were predicted by most, including the awards for actor (Day-Lewis), director (Joel and Ethan Coen), supporting actor (Javier Bardem), original screenplay (Juno), adapted screenplay (No Country), animated feature (Ratatouille), art direction (Sweeney... (MSNBC -- News)
Best yet to come Feb 26, 2008
The five-disc Best Actress Collection has Anastasia, The Three Faces of Eve, Norma Rae, Boy's Don't Cry and Walk the Line, featuring winners from Ingrid Bergman to Reese Witherspoon. Next story. (Winnipeg Sun)
Oscar leavesCotillard speechless Feb 25, 2008
With song-and-dance films making a comeback, Cotillard was the latest in a string of performers winning for music-themed pictures, including Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls, Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line, Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago and Jamie Foxx for Ray. . (MSNBC -- News)
Witherspoon back in the producer’s chair Feb 24, 2008
Witherspoon commands 15 to 20 million per picture after winning a best-actress Oscar for her performance in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line. So what s it like to have that golden statue on the mantel. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Witherspoon back in the producer's chair with 'Penelope' Feb 23, 2008
Witherspoon commands 15 to 20 million per picture after winning a best-actress Oscar for her performance in the Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line." So what's it like to have that golden statue on the mantel. "It's a great feeling," beams Witherspoon, who's already on to her third production, "Four Christmases," in which she'll co-star alongside Vince Vaughn. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
No special treatment for my kids: Reese Feb 15, 2008
The Walk The Line star does not want 8-year-old Ava and 4-year-old Deacon to be protected from the realities of life, a fact that is prevalent in a trendy school that refuses to pick winners and losers. "That's one of the most formative experiences. I wouldn't want my children to miss out on any of that teasing and bullying, Contactmusic quoted her as saying. "It kind of makes you who you are - when you don't make it onto the soccer team. (Times of India)
Legally Blonde to woman of will Feb 4, 2008
Akin to her Oscar-winning role as June Carter in Walk The Line, Witherspoon's character in Rendition has strength but is also inherently vulnerable in what ultimately is a supporting role. Surely there was a danger of simply being the grieving wife on the sidelines. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The good, the bad and the petty Feb 1, 2008
Yet for Peter Fonda, the shoot-'em-up extravaganza by director James Mangold (Walk The Line) was a reminder that westerns can illuminate real-life political dramas. "The best way to discuss what's going on right now is through a western and in the past tense,'' Fonda says. "If you talk in the 'right now', you're going to force people to go one way or another in an ideology they may not like, but in a western that idiom gives you the chance of encompass all sides of the political spectrum. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Reese; motherhood tough Jan 15, 2008
The 'Walk The Line' star hopes she can be as inspirational to her children as her parents were when she was growing up, and dreaming of becoming an actress. Witherspoon explained, "I had parents who believed I could do anything, and I know how that made me feel. I think both my parents, having careers in the medical profession, feel they are helping people on a daily basis, and that was instilled in me as a value. I had to struggle with giving up the idea of becoming a doctor myself.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Witherspoon is most-liked female star Jan 7, 2008
The Walk The Line Oscar winner, 30, beat Jennifer Aniston to the top spot with 74 percent to the former Friends actress' 70 percent in the survey of more than 1,000 women aged 13 and over. Participants were asked to judge which celebrities, from a list of the 10 women who regularly graced magazine covers and gossip columns in 2007, they found the most appealing, confident, glamorous, interesting and over-exposed, among other qualities. (WOKR13 Rochester)
Top 10 most-liked celebs Jan 7, 2008
Witherspoon, 30, who has been in the spotlight since winning an Oscar for playing country singer June Carter in Walk the Line, topped the list with a personal appeal rating of 74 percent, followed by former Friends TV star Jennifer Aniston at 70 percent ... The Oscar winner has not had any major movie hits since Walk the Line, but has been the focus of numerous headlines and stories this year due to her divorce from actor Ryan Phillippe and subsequent involvement with Jake Gyllenhaal, her... (Xinhuanet, China)
Awards hopefuls set DVD bows Jan 4, 2008
And the year before, Fox's pre-Oscar positioning for "Walk the Line" paid off in boffo disc sales; Johnny Cash biopic sold 5 million units in its first week on shelves, which included Oscar night, and sold another million discs the week after Reese Witherspoon won her statuette. This year, three hopefuls will bow on disc the week leading up the ceremony: "Michael Clayton" and "In the Valley of Elah," both from Warners, and "Lust, Caution.". (Variety)
'Walk Hard' pokes fun at biopics Dec 21, 2007
It's no stand-alone piece of work, either: If you haven't seen "Walk the Line," there's really no point in seeing this movie ... Jenna Fischer brings comedic precision and a sense of contained but ever-present mischief to Darlene, as Dewey's religious second wife, a send-up of Reese Witherspoon as June Carter in "Walk the Line.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Walk Hard': Judd Apatow, John C. Reilly Say Spoofing Music Biopics Is Serious Business Dec 21, 2007
It takes dramatic acting and good music to make fun of 'Walk the Line' and 'Ray ... Hey, we all are, joked the creative team behind "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," a on the recent spate of music biopics like "Ray," "Beyond the Sea" and "Walk the Line." You want to be a legend ... Indeed, watch "Ray" or "Walk the Line," and you'll begin to notice a lot of similarities in the lives of Ray Charles and Johnny Cash, and a lot of movie clich. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Walk Hard ultimately stumbles Dec 19, 2007
Walk the Line seems to be the main template for japery here, from the artists childhood tragedy (young Dewey accidentally chops his gifted, perfect brother in half with a machete) to his unfulfilling first marriage (Kristen Wiig, as Deweys first wife, ends every phone conversation with a reminder to her husband that hes going to fail) to his desire for his singing partner (Jenna Fischer from The Office, channeling Reese Witherspoon) to his drug-fueled decline and eventual... (MSNBC -- Movies)
Depp tops autograph hunter poll Dec 18, 2007
However there were no such plaudits for funnyman Will Ferrell, who topped the magazine's worst list, ahead of 'Spider-Man' star Tobey Maguire and 'Walk the Line' actor Joaquin Phoenix. "What's so frustrating about Will Ferrell being the worst autograph signer this past year is that he used to be so nice to fans and collectors and a great signer," Cyrkin said. (iAfrica.com)
Angelina, Reese are best-paid Dec 3, 2007
Reese Witherspoon (31), who won a Best Actress Oscar in 2006 for 'Walk the Line', last year was number two on the list behind Nicole Kidman, The Hollywood Reporter said. Jolie (32) had good luck this year as her 'Beowulf' marked her first box-office hit since 'Mr and Mrs Smith' in 2005, in which she costarred opposite real-life love Brad Pitt. (iAfrica.com)
Witherspoon 'best-paid' actress Dec 2, 2007
Witherspoon won an Oscar for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line ... The Walk the Line actress topped its annual list for commanding $15m-$20m (7m-10m) per movie. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Reese Witherspoon Highest Paid Actress, Report Says Dec 1, 2007
Walk The Line' Star Earns $15M To $20M Per Film ... When it comes to paying actresses, Hollywood is singing the highest praises of "Walk the Line" Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon. (Click2Houston, TX)
Biopic Blues: Actors Cram to Be Able to Jam Nov 25, 2007
Whether it's Katherine Hepburn's portrayal of the pianist Clara Schumann in "Song of Love," Tom Hulce in the title role of "Amadeus," Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott in "Shine," or Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny and June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line," audiences expect on-screen musicians to look, if not sound, realistic. Related Stories. (ABC News)
How actors go from zero to music virtuoso for film roles Nov 22, 2007
Whether it's Katherine Hepburn's portrayal of the pianist Clara Schumann in "Song of Love," Tom Hulce in the title role of "Amadeus," Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott in "Shine," or Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Johnny and June Carter Cash in "Walk the Line," audiences expect on-screen musicians to look, if not sound, realistic. At the same time, musician roles raise questions over what's real and what's fake, when and where hand doubles are used, and whether prior musical training was... (Christian Science Monitor)
Still Playing Nov 18, 2007
In a similar role, Reese Witherspoon achieved twice the effect with half the screen time in Walk the Line. (Playing exclusively at Blitz Megaplex Grand Indonesia. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Phillippe contemplated suicide Nov 15, 2007
The 'Crash' actor - whose divorce from the 'Walk the Line' actress was finalised last month - considered taking his own life because he couldn't stop crying and vomiting. He said: "After the divorce, I was a physical wreck. I wanted to die. I was ready to kill myself. I was not taking care of myself at all. I would wake up and cry and vomit.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Walk the Line 'best' music biopic Oct 29, 2007
Walk the Line, the film about the life of singer Johnny Cash, has been voted the greatest music biopic in a poll ... Walk the Line starred Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and his wife June Carter as the country stars and won the actress an Oscar in 2006. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon get cosy in Rome Oct 26, 2007
The actress who won an Oscar for her performance in Walk the Line has always been quick to deny the allegation her and Brokeback Mountain star Gyllenhaal were more than friends. The duo began their secret romance in March this year, and were always careful not to be caught on camera together, the Daily Mail reports. (Ninemsn)
Witherspoon falls for Blunt Oct 23, 2007
Reese Witherspoon falls for James Blunt. SEARCH MOVIE LISTINGS: lect. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
All about getting outside his comfort zone Oct 22, 2007
At 32, the former Leaf Phoenix is one of Hollywood's best actors, young, old, black, white, whatever, and no one's going to begrudge the fella, who was the pill-poppin' Johnny Cash in Walk the Line and the gore-feasting Commodus in Gladiator, a little weirdness in the Great Weirdness that is TIFF. Phoenix was in town to promote one of the two films he's starring in this fall, Reservation Road, which came to theatres on Friday. Based on John Burnham Schwartz's best-selling novel of almost a... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Reese at peace Oct 18, 2007
Rendition is her first major release since 2005's Walk The Line. Witherspoon says she has deliberately kept a slower pace to spend quality time with her kids. (Globe and Mail)
Witherspoon takes dramatic step in Rendition Oct 17, 2007
Rendition marks the first release for Witherspoon, 31, since 2005s Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash film biography in which she played the country-music legends wife, June Carter Cash. Though Witherspoon won the best-actress Academy Award for Walk the Line, the dramatic turn she takes in Rendition may surprise fans of the performer best known for breezy comedies such as the Legally Blonde flicks and Sweet Home Alabama ... Besides bringing Witherspoon an Oscar,... (MSNBC -- News)
Phoenix rises: Ascending the A-list Oct 16, 2007
Hes been nominated twice for Academy Awards, in 2001 for his supporting role in Gladiator and again last year for his lead role in the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk The Line ... Walk the LineThis is the role Phoenix is best known for, although with his ascending career that could change at any moment. (MSNBC -- News)
Witherspoon shows serious, socially aware focus in 'Rendition' Oct 14, 2007
Not to be pigeonholed, however, she followed those with her widely lauded turn as June Carter in the drama about Johnny Cash, "Walk the Line." Defying social expectations of women has been a theme of the Nashville native's life and career. "Listen, there's sort of an interesting influence of pretending, as a woman, that you're not very smart," says Witherspoon. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Why Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix Waited Eight Years To 'Own The Night' Oct 13, 2007
Once films like "Walk the Line" and "The Italian Job" raised the stars' visibility several notches above where they'd been when "Yards" earned under $1 million, "Night" time became the right time. "Basically, my role as a producer was just to try to get the movie made," Wahlberg said of the producing credit given to both him and Phoenix for the first time in their careers. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Reese, Ryan Cleared to Remarry Oct 11, 2007
The duo announced their uncoupling in October of last year; the 31-year-old Walk the Line star formally filed for divorce just one week later. Send to a Friend Check your e-mail, your friend's e-mail and message text are filled correctly. (E! Online)
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe are officially divorced Oct 11, 2007
Witherspoon won the best-actress Academy Award in 2006 for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line. She can next be seen in Rendition, due out later this month. (USA Today -- Life)
James Mangold signs with CAA Oct 11, 2007
Mangold and Konrad had been repped by WMA. Aside from films like "3:10 to Yuma" and "Walk the Line," Mangold and Konrad are exec producers of the ABC drama "Men in Trees.". Attempts to reach Styne were unsuccessful. (Variety)
Ryan, Reese backto being single Oct 11, 2007
Witherspoon won the best-actress Academy Award for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in 2005's "Walk the Line." She can next be seen in "Rendition," co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which is due out later this month. Phillippe's screen credits include "Crash," "Flags of Our Fathers" and "Breach.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
20 Questions With Merle Haggard Oct 9, 2007
Did you ever see the film, Walk the Line, and what did you think of it. When you imagine the great life of Johnny Cash, I don't know. (VHI.com -- CMT.com Music News)
A testing time for Reese Witherspoon Oct 7, 2007
Her status was cemented when she won a best-actress Oscar in March2006 for her spirited performance as June Carter Cash, singer and long-suffering wife of the country legend Johnny, in Walk the Line. Related Links. (Times Online)
* Western movies go global Oct 5, 2007
Mangold, whose previous films include Girl, Interrupted and Walk the Line, is not the kind of director who indulges in stylistic showboating. The action sequences in 3:10 to Yuma are effective and coherent, but it is the actors who carry the movie. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
3:10 to Yuma Sep 22, 2007
To his credit, director James Mangold, whose other endeavors include Walk the Line and Girl, Interrupted, manages to navigate the scripts various moral twists and turns without descending too much into the clichd concept of honor among thieves. . (Yale Herald, CT)
Keira Knightley, Joaquin Phoenix, Coen Brothers Hoping To Ambush The Oscars Sep 19, 2007
Awards-Season Pedigree: Joaquin Phoenix ("Walk the Line"), Mark Wahlberg ("The Departed"), Robert Duvall (six Oscar nominations, one win) ... Awards-Season Pedigree: Joaquin Phoenix ("Walk the Line"), Mark Ruffalo ("You Can Count on Me"), Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), writer/director Terry George ("Hotel Rwanda," "In the Name of the Father") and gasp. (VHI.com -- Music News)
What a way to run a railway Sep 17, 2007
The fourth came this year with the Coen Brothers going West, Brad Pitt as the latest actor to impersonate Jesse James and James Mangold using the clout gained from the success of Walk the Line to fulfil a cherished project of remaking 3:10 to Yuma. On the face of it, Mangold follows the 1957 picture fairly closely and the exhilarating result far exceeds my limited expectations. (The Observer)
Cowboys With A Conscience Sep 17, 2007
His last picture, Walk the Line, won plenty of plaudits, but I think those were for the subject matter, not necessarily the film. Far too episodic. (National Post)
Interview: James Mangold Sep 16, 2007
For Mangold, who also helmed Walk the Line and Identity, character trumps six-guns and scenery when it comes to Westerns. "The great original Westerns -- Shane, My Darling Clementine, Rio Lobo, Josey Wales, Unforgiven -- these are movies about characters. They're not tribute shots or little buried easter eggs to other movies in them. There's a point at which your geeky love of movies becomes to me an impediment. I have a geeky love of movies but there's a point where you have to put the DVDs... (IGN FilmForce)
3.10 to Yuma - the Sunday Times review Sep 16, 2007
His Walk the Line gave us a great performance from Joaquin Phoenix, and the same was true of Sylvester Stallone in Cop Land. Here, Mangold has two of the best talents around and what do we get. (Times Online)
Oscar nods freed Phoenix Sep 16, 2007
If an actor doesn't want to talk about acting which the twice Oscar-nominated (for Gladiator and Walk the Line) actor is clearly reluctant to do and neither of us really cares to talk about his private life, what is one going to talk about. Fortunately, Phoenix is willing to talk at length about why he doesn't like to talk about acting. (Toronto Star)
Batman and Cinderella Man the new dynamic duo? Sep 14, 2007
From the start, director James Mangold (Walk the Line) sets the scene superbly. Straying from the traditional long view camera shot for more modern close-ups, Mangold recreates the ambiance of the West. (The Cavalier Daily, VA)
Reese is pickin up the pieces Sep 14, 2007
Theres this moment in Walk the Line where June Carter says, I was never aware of how much I was seen. I was very aware of how much I was seen. (MSNBC -- News)
More of this story Sep 14, 2007
RESERVATION ROAD: Opening opposite Witherspoon is her Walk the Line costar, Joaquin Phoenix, who headlines this drama about a grieving father bent on hunting down the hit-and-run driver (Mark Ruffalo) who killed his son. Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino costar. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
Russell Crowe Revitalizes Remake of Cowboy Classic '3:10 To Yuma' Sep 13, 2007
" "It wasn't so much about re-doing it as much as I wanted the experience of telling the story and in doing so I thought I'd bring a modern point of view to the story (and) investigate things that were too violent or too delicate to look into in 1957," he says. But Mangold, whose films include Walk The Line and Girl, Interrupted, also believes that, though set in 1883, this western is full of relevance for today's world. 3:10 To Yuma " hspace=2 src="/english/images/310__To_Yuma_scene.jpg"... (Voice of America)
Russell Crowe, Christian Bale turn in stellar performances in "3:10 to Yuma" Sep 13, 2007
One reason to see this "Yuma," directed by James Mangold ("Walk the Line"), is to see two of the best actors going giving great performances. Crowe is perfectly cast as the charming villain. (Conroe Courier, TX)
Iraq and terrorism figure on screen - but so do bees, Beatles, and multiple Bob Dylans Sep 12, 2007
A loving parody of rock biopics, specifically the 2005 Johnny Cash story "Walk the Line." That's serious narrowcasting, but everything co-writer/producer Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up," "Superbad") has touched lately has turned to gold. John C. Reilly plays fictional country music legend Dewey Cox, staggering through decades of bad behavior and basso profundo hits. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Reese Dishes On Divorce Sep 12, 2007
And in true actress stylee she likens the moment to a scene from one of her films: "There's this moment in Walk The Line where June Carter says, 'I was never aware of how much I was seen.'"I was very aware of how much I was seen. "It was this moment of self discovery and loss of identity and who was stepping out of the car, you know? Who is that person?". (Sky News)
'3:10 to Yuma': Western remake outshines original Sep 9, 2007
Mangold (Walk the Line) ups the ante by fleshing out secondary characters, notably Ben Foster as Wade's scene-stealing psychopathic sidekick Charlie, who is determined to save his boss from jail, and Peter Fonda as a loyal coach guard with the constitution of Rasputin. Mangold's also changed the ending to much more dramatic effect. (Toronto Star)
Repaint these wagons Sep 8, 2007
But James Mangold, who directed the by-the-numbers Walk The Line instead asked to make. a western. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Remake of 'Yuma' hits the mark Sep 7, 2007
The direction by James Mangold ( Walk the Line ) is similarly unfussy, devoted to narrative momentum and deepening character without making a big deal about it. Mangold is consciously fashioning an old-school Hollywood western here, and he steers clear of Deadwood revisionism. (Boston Globe)
Movie review Remake seeks (and snags) that old retro magic Sep 7, 2007
In addition to the well-written script and tight direction by James Mangold ("Walk the Line"), what drives the movie are the charismatic performances by Crowe and Bale. Crowe makes Wade a complicated outlaw. (Indianapolis Star)
Review: Get on board the '3:10 to Yuma' with Crowe, Bale Sep 7, 2007
Screenwriter/director James Mangold (Walk the Line) added the character of the son and made modifications from Halsted Welles' original script. It's a dusty saga that also is a journey of subtle self-discovery for the main characters. (USA Today -- Life)
The talents behind 3:10 to Yuma hope the Western will ride again Sep 6, 2007
"There is no way you can do a good job playing it like you're evil," says Mangold, who previously directed the Johnny Cash-June Carter Cash biopic Walk the Line (for which Reese Witherspoon won a best actress Oscar), as well as Girl, Interrupted and Heavy. "The real lesson I don't think we ever seem to learn in our lives is that despicable acts are committed by people who think they're doing the right thing. Russell Crowe wouldn't have been interested in playing a cat that was some kind of Dick... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Comeback for Westerns? Sep 6, 2007
Director James Mangold (Walk the Line) fills the new film with action sequences, adds more complex character psychology and gets some terrific performances from his cast, particularly Bale. I expect 3:10 to Yuma to do fairly big box office, whetting audience tastes for more westerns. (The Palm Beach Post)
The hard '3:10 to Yuma' shoot Sep 6, 2007
By Susan King, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 6, 2007 BRINGING the western "3:10 to Yuma" to the big screen was more than a labor of love for director James Mangold ("Walk the Line") and his producer wife, Cathy Konrad -- it was a magnificent obsession ... Konrad and Mangold had also developed "Walk the Line" at Sony, only to have the studio unable to do the film. (Los Angeles Times)
3:10 To Yuma Producers Interview Sep 6, 2007
In 2005, Konrad and her partner, writer/director James Mangold, completed "Walk the Line, a biopic about the turbulent life of music legend Johnny Cash and his lifelong romance with singer/songwriter June Carter. Mangold co-wrote and directed, and Konrad produced under their production banner Tree Line Film. The film received five Academy Award nominations and its star, Reese Witherspoon, won for Best Performance by an Actress. With six feature films to date, including the award winning "Walk... (MoviesOnline)
'Halloween' Scares Off Box-Office Competition, 'Superbad' Bounces 'Balls Of Fury' Sep 5, 2007
Christian Bale and Russell Crowe team up for "3:10 to Yuma," a Western remake from "Walk the Line" director James Mangold that some are already hailing as a masterpiece. One film we're calling a masterpiece (with tongues only slightly in cheek) is "Shoot 'Em Up," Michael Davis' kinetic roller coaster, starring Clive Owen as the hero, "Mr. Smith." But long after Clive Owen is forgotten, centuries past when anybody can name Christian Bale, in a time when Russell Crowe is nothing more than a... (VHI.com -- Music News)
John Cash visits father’s boyhood home Aug 31, 2007
Jack was memorialized in the 2006 movie Walk the line ... He was executive producer of Walk the line, with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Whitherspoon portraying John and June Carter Cash. (Tri-City Tribune, AR)
Cash's son visits area, reminisces about famous dad Aug 31, 2007
Clay County Democrat Online : News. Thursday, August 30, 2007. (Clay County Democrat, AR)
