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Director Kenny Ortega Bails on 'Footloose' Remake

26 October 2009 8:32 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

The biggest enemy of the Footloose remake isn't a music-hating preacher, but its own Creative Differences. After it finally recovered from the loss of Zac Efron by recruiting Chace Crawford and Julianne Hough, Variety reports that Footloose has now lost its captain. Director Kenny Oretega has left the project due to "differences over tone and budget."

Reportedly, Ortega's vision included elaborate dance sequences and a budget of $30 million or more. But Paramount's Adam Goodwin had something different in mind. He saw Footloose with a little less dancing, a little less music, and a lot more edge. He was also hoping the budget would come in around $25 million. Who is right? I don't know. If you want something closer to the original, I'd say Goodwin is spot on. Kevin Bacon did his lithe dance moves in barns and car washes. It was on the cheap. It was also pretty edgy (relatively »

- Elisabeth Rappe

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June. It's a Wrap

1 July 2009 7:05 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

In case you missed anything, here's the highlights from the month that was. Meryl Streep was all over but we've still got two more weeks of "Streep at 60" with lots more to cover.

Meryl Streep all over. We've got two more weeks in Streepland.

"Was that hard for you?" Yes, I talked with Michelle Pfeiffer this month. I can't believe it either. I'll share some more about the interview shortly.

First and Last the new screen capture quiz is a hit. How've you been doing?

Signatures: Julie Delpy Adam spends time with cinema's most wonderful tour guide

"The Immoral Psychotic Promiscuous One" Meryl Streep as Liberated Lady in 1979. This career thread / topical embodiment extends through The French Lieutenant's Woman in 1981

My Sister's Keeper It sounds like a sick science fiction horror flick. Unfortunately it's not that cool

Vf's Hollywood #12 Remembering Keira and Scarlett in their birthday suits

60 Appropriate Ways to »

- NATHANIEL R

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Streep at 60: Chamaeleonidae Erotica

30 June 2009 6:29 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60, a retrospective (June 11th - July 14th)

I wear body armor as I type this, for fear of your collective outrage but the time got away from me. We're jumping forward. You see, Streep's second act, those legend making years from 1981-1988, in which she morphed through one of cinema's all time hot streaks like some genetically enhanced superfreak chameleon, is too large a topic. I need more time with The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Sophie's Choice (1982) and Silkwood (1983), in particular. Perhaps I should write a book. For disparate reasons all three are deserving of chapter length essays.

For now, some general observations about this time period and the first of Streep's collaborations with director Fred Schepisi (Plenty).

Chameleonidae Erotica

Streep's penchant for shape shifting, particularly in the vocal arena, is well known. Though many actors collect several character voices and accents in their life's work, the vocals became »

- NATHANIEL R

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Streep Nom #3, 1981

20 June 2009 5:40 AM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Streep at 60: Let's talk each Streep nomination and its competition.

Meryl Streep won the BAFTA, Golden Globe and the Lafca prize for her two part role in The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) but she lost the Oscar anyway. The nominees were:

Katharine Hepburn, On Golden PondDiane Keaton, RedsMarsha Mason, Only When I Laugh

Susan Sarandon, Atlantic City

Meryl Streep, The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman opened.

On Golden Pond made Katharine Hepburn a four-time Oscar winner. She's still far out in front of everyone in the acting Oscar derby save Jack Nicholson who has three and could conceivably join her. He is 72 and still works far more often than Hepburn was working in her 70s when she won this.

The snubbed in '81? Sissy Spacek in Raggedy Man and Sally Field in Absence of Malice were Globe Drama nominees and Bernadette Peters was the Musical/Comedy Globe winner for Pennies From Heaven. »

- NATHANIEL R

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BAFTA Awards promise preview of how the Oscars may play out

7 February 2009 8:51 AM, PST | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »

The Oscars' five best picture nominees line up exactly with the contenders for the top prize at Sunday's BAFTAs. "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" lead the pack at the BAFTA Awards with 11 nominations each while "Frost/Nixon" and "Milk" have six and three bids,  respectively. Surprise nominee "The Reader" — which many believe bumped "The Dark Knight" from the top race on both sides of the Atlantic — got five nods in total. (And, as is the case with the Oscars, "The Dark Knight" has eight nominations here.)

Since the BAFTAs were moved up in 2000 to take place while academy members are still voting for the Oscars, these laurels have foreseen only two best picture  winners — "Gladiator" (2000) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003). However, the BAFTAs do far better at predicting the acting Oscar winners. Both last year and in 2006, all four BAFTA »

- tomoneil

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