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Saturday, January 28, 2012

Check Out " 28 Hotel Rooms"

Sneak Peek a new poster supporting writer/director Matt Ross' first feature "28 Hotel Rooms", starring Marin Ireland and Chris Messina :

"...while traveling to work in a city far from their homes, a novelist and a corporate accountant find themselves in bed together. Although she's married, and he's seeing someone, their intense attraction turns a one-night stand into an unexpected relationship and a respite from the obligations of daily life. Through a series of moments--some profound, some silly, some intensely intimate--we see a portrait of an evolving relationship that could become the most significant one of their lives..."

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Amanda Seyfried Swallows Her Pride As "Lovelace"

Sneak Peek new images of actors Amanda Seyfried as 'Linda Lovelace' and James Franco as 'Hugh Hefner', on the Los Angeles set of the currently shooting bio-pic "Lovelace".

Although her fans may find it hard to swallow, Seyfried ("Mama Mia !"), stars as adult film actress 'Linda Lovelace'.

The real Linda Lovelace starred in the 1972 X-rated feature "Deep Thoat", before becoming an anti-pornography advocate.

In the film, Peter Sarsgaard plays Lovelace's husband, 'Chuck Traynor'.

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ("The Celluloid Closet") direct a screenplay by W. Merritt Johnson and Andy Bellin, adapting the biography "The Complete Linda Lovelace," by author Eric Danville.

Producers are Avi Lerner, Heidi Jo Markel and Laura Rister.

Production started January 2012.

In other "Linda Lovelace" news, writer/director Matthew Wilder continues developing his "Ordeal" feature project, based on Lovelace's autobiography, with Malin Akerman ("Watchmen") attached to star.

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Monday, January 23, 2012

2012: Enter The "Dragon Lady"

In celebration of the Chinese 'Year Of The Dragon', Sneak Peek creator Milton Caniff's 'Dragon Lady' character from the classic action adventure newspaper comic strip "Terry and the Pirates".

The character was based on a real woman pirate from the South China Sea named 'Lai Choi San'.

Inspired by movie characters played by actress Anna May Wong, the 'Dragon Lady' term has since been applied to powerful Asian women.

Caniff's 'Dragon Lady', aka 'Madam Deal', debuted in in the first "Terry and The Pirates" Sunday strip story (1934), as a beautiful, yet cold seductress, who unexpectedly fell in love with 'Pat Ryan'. In the years leading up to World War II, she organized the resistance against the Japanese invasion of China.

During the 1940's, actress Agnes Moorehead played the character on radio and in the "Terry and the Pirates" film serial (1940), the part was played by Sheila Darcy.

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Saturday, January 7, 2012

'Catwoman' Hathaway Purrs For "Tod's"

Sneak Peek actress Anne Hathaway, soon to be seen as 'Catwoman' in "The Dark Knight Rises", fronting the 2012 Tod’s 'Signature Collection' campaign, lensed in London, UK by photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

"I have been a longtime fan of Tod’s and was very excited to be a part of exploring a new side of their identity with the launch of their 'Signature Collection'," said Hathaway.

"These are bags that age with you and never let you down. The designs are classic and the materials are of the highest quality. As a result, they don’t grow older...they only grow better, just like a woman."

"The Dark Knight Rises" opens July 20, 2012.

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