THE OSCARS: NOMINEES AND SNUBS!
You can't win them, all but last year we got pretty close with 12 out of 14. Here we go again. By JIMMY WILLDEN Awards-season fervor is at its peak since the 2014 Academy Awards nominations were announced on Thursday, Jan. 16. For the most part, the nominees were direct shoe-ins; movies that have been highly publicized as critical and awards-season darlings since their … [Read more...]
‘THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES’ – DIRECTOR DEREK CIANFRANCE ON FATHERHOOD AND RYAN GOSLING
This interview is a joint media production between AMFM Magazine and Paul Salfen of The Drew Pearson Show THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES Mar. 29, 2013 (select cities) Story: The highly anticipated new drama from director Derek Cianfrance (“Blue Valentine”) powerfully explores the consequences of motorcycle rider Luke’s (Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling) fateful … [Read more...]
SILVER LININGS: PLAYBOOK ‘INTERVIEW’
WITH AUTHOR MATTHEW QUICK For three years, Matthew Quick lived off his nest egg, pounding away at a typewriter in his in-laws basement like a man possessed. Everyone thought he was nuts, until the Weinstein Company bought the movie rights. Now When Matthew Quick was thinking of quitting his job as a high-school English teacher to write his first novel, almost everyone he … [Read more...]