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Michelle Williams – Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations
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Michelle Williams – Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations

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Michelle Williams Emotionally Exposed Actress Awarded a Blue Valentine and Various Nominations by Brad Balfour When we journalists came into the roundtable room at The Regency Hotel last month to interview the principals behind Blue Valentine, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Directed by Derek Cianfrance, it is the story of a two ordinary people, Dean and … Continue reading →

Elias Koteas – Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique
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Elias Koteas – Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique

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Elias Koteas Lets Us In … On His Acting Technique by Brad Balfour What makes Canadian-born actor Elias Koteas so fascinating is that he doesn’t like to play it safe. In his latest film, the vampiric Let Me In, he plays the policeman who discovers the true nature of the mysterious 12-year-old killer Abby (Chloë Grace … Continue reading →

Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom
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Anders Østergaard – Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom

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Doc Director’s Powerful Burma VJ Gets an Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour When Danish documentarian Anders Østergaard took on the challenge to make Burma VJ, he had no idea how much he would advance the cause of citizen journalism. A collective of 30 anonymous and underground video journalists (VJs), The Democratic Voice of Burma, recorded the 100,000+ protestors … Continue reading →

Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms
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Carey Mulligan – An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms

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Carey Mulligan An English Actress Gets An Education and Award Noms by Brad Balfour With An Education, the 24-year-old British actress Carey Mulligan has come out of nowhere to garner the kind of critical acclaim and award notice that few receive so quickly – she’s up for a Golden Globe tomorrow for example. But her performance as 16-year-old … Continue reading →

Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci
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Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci

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Bon Appetit with Oscar-nominees Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci by Brad Balfour Looking very Julia Child-like, actor Meryl Streep, the latter half of Julie and Julia, stepped up to the press conference table in a long grey dress cut to mid-calf, wearing a string of pearls. Her screen husband, Stanley Tucci, wore a sport coat … Continue reading →

Wes Studi – Native American Actor A Valued Player in Avatar and The Only Good Indian
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Wes Studi – Native American Actor A Valued Player in Avatar and The Only Good Indian

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Wes Studi Native American Actor A Valued Player in Avatar and The Only Good Indian by Brad Balfour It was no coincidence that actor Wes Studi was cast an the tribal chief Eytukan in director James Cameron’s Golden Globe-winning 3D film Avatar or as bounty hunter Sam, the lead character in Kevin Willmott’s The Only Good Indian. From the days he was in Dances … Continue reading →

Robert De Niro – Oscar-Winning Actor Makes Sure Everybody’s Fine
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Robert De Niro – Oscar-Winning Actor Makes Sure Everybody’s Fine

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Robert De Niro Oscar-Winning Actor Makes Sure Everybody’s Fine by Brad Balfour On the heels of the broadcast of his Kennedy Center Honors (along with Bruce Springsteen, Dave Brubeck, Mel Brooks, and Grace Bumbry), legendary actor Robert De Niro can be seen on the silver screen again. While he’s being lauded for past laurels, he’s … Continue reading →

Michael Shannon Acts To Find Himself and His Role in The Missing Person
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Michael Shannon Acts To Find Himself and His Role in The Missing Person

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Michael Shannon Acts To Find Himself and His Role in The Missing Person by Brad Balfour At 6′ 3″ the tall, lumbering Michael Shannon doesn’t look like a leading man with his rumpled character-actor looks. Sometimes, Shannon’s so quiet and reserved in person you wonder how he made the leap to stage acting. Yet when … Continue reading →

Woody Harrelson Delivers The Messenger
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Woody Harrelson Delivers The Messenger

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Woody Harrelson Delivers The Messenger by Brad Balfour While actor Woody Harrelson has been characterized as a stoner, he’s been no slacker lately, having worked hard on three movies coming out virtually back-to-back – films that might help get him beyond his past. From starring in the hit television show Cheers to a film like White Men Can’t Jump, Harrelson … Continue reading →