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Today on Relationship Chatter, Professional Matchmaker, Samantha Daniels talks about how you can bond with your significant other’s family. Many people are very close with their family, and girls in particular are usually very close to their parents. As a guy, it can be particularly intimating to try to penetrate the close daughter-daddy relationship as many girls are “Daddy’s girls.” Take a look at that new movie, Mamma Mia. The star in the movie has a void in her life until she finds her real father to share her wedding celebration. Keep in mind that close family ties are a good thing and instead of trying to compete, you should want to join the fold in a positive way. Watch Relationship Chatter now and let Samantha Daniels give you some advice on how to ingratiate yourself with your gal’s family and intensify your own relationship in the process. Ranked 2.98 / 5 | 74 views | 0 comments Click here to watch the video Submitted By: samanthadaniels Tags: Mamma Mia Meryl Streep Abba Music Father Dad Divorce Girlfriend Famous Advice Woman Men Women Marriage Dating Relationship Love Matchmaker Samantha Daniels Categories: Entertainment People & Stories

Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Fandom If you pay attention, you can learn a lot from movies, even ones you haven't seen. For example: No one dragged me to see Sex and the City and I wasn't inclined to spend money on a dialogue-heavy show that played just fine on TV. Oh, boy, did I miss out! The movie sparked raging debates, both pro and con, and became a rallying cry for neglected female audiences. What I learned: It can be enlightening to expand the range of movies you watch. Determined not to avoid the next chick flick phenomenon, I hustled out to see Mamma Mia! The audience was overwhelmingly female and mostly as old or older than (middle-aged) me, and it was great to see almost everyone enjoying themselves. Too bad the movie itself was shrill and poorly-directed; even Meryl Streep floundered at times. What I learned: Abba's songs are incredibly catchy; it's OK to have sex with multiple partners within a few weeks time, as long as you can retreat to your own hotel on a gorgeous Greek island to raise your child on your own. The audience for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 was younger but more racially diverse, though I didn't understand the message of sisterhood that was supposed to be underlying everything. What I learned: You can neglect your friends' obvious emotional needs for weeks at a time as long as you have access to millions of frequent flyer miles and can retreat to a gorgeous Greek island to reconnect. What have you learned from the movies lately? Permalink | Email this | Comments

Filed under: Action, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting Here's some top casting news for Thursday, August 7: The office used to be the perfect prep work for a life of filofaxes, stale coffee, and covert games of freecell. Now it's the perfect training to become one of the Inglorious Bastards. The Hollywood Reporter posts that B.J. Novak is in talks to play one of the soldiers in Quentin Tarantino's long-in-coming film that suddenly got a jolt of caffeine. Should Novak's talks work out, he'll play PFC Utvich, "a soldier of slight build who comes from New York." Meryl Streep, meanwhile, is looking to get more romantic comedies under her belt. I guess she's really digging the lighter fare. Variety reports that she is in advanced negotiations to star in an untitled romcom that will place her in a romantic triangle with two men. This project comes from the pen of Nancy Meyers, who has brought us Private Benjamin, Irreconcilable Differences, Father of the Bride, Something's Got to Give, and The Holiday. But who will play the lucky leading men? Finally, Max Thieriot has scored the title role in a new sci-fi action film called Prodigy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Playing a kid named William Cooley, he gets to be "a rebellious student at an elite boarding school producing world leaders with the help of pharmaceuticals. Three days before graduation, several of its alumni are murdered, and William is implicated." The valedictorian begins to investigate the poor kid, and the two become reluctant allies in the fight against the bad guys. Dave Kalstein adapted the story from his own novel, and production is slated to begin in October. Permalink | Email this | Comments

MAMMA MIA hits the big screen this week; find out about how much fun the cast had and the joy of working with the legendary Meryl Streep.

Filed under: Fandom, Cinematical Seven, Nicole Kidman Occasionally Hollywood cobbles together random members of the A-list to play family members on film, even if their genes obviously come from opposite ends of the earth. If the actors are good enough or if the chemistry is there, sometimes the combo can work, such as Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman as brothers in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead or Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor in Cassandra's Dream. Other times, it stretches credibility, such as Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman in The Darjeeling Limited. My all-time favorite oddball casting is in Sidney Lumet's Family Business (1989), with Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman and Matthew Broderick playing grandfather, father and son. (Huh?) At the same time, there are actor combos out there who just scream to be paired up in a family capacity. Remember Julia Roberts and Kyra Sedgwick in Something to Talk About? Well, neither do I, but that pairing was perfect. Here are a few others that could work: 1. Helen Hunt & Leelee Sobieski They're so similar it's spooky, from their hair and foreheads, right down to the tonal quality of their voices. Anybody check the hospital records for mixed-up babies? (Helen is about 20 years older.) Not too long ago, both careers hit a peak: Helen won an Oscar while Leelee was working with Stanley Kubrick and playing Joan of Arc on TV. Now they're both in decline. For some reason, whenever Helen's name comes up, I hear "I HATE Helen Hunt!" And Leelee's last movie was for Uwe Boll. Now would be the perfect time for these two to team up in a mother-daughter drama. If they cooked up something along the lines of Terms of Endearment, with a good, solid writer and/or director, it could be interesting. Or better yet, how about something really strange and kooky with Spike Jonze or Harmony Korine? (Note: apparently the two once went head-to-head on "Celebrity Death Match.") Gallery: Actors who could play relatives Continue reading Cinematical Seven: Actors Who Could Play Siblings, etc. Permalink | Email this | Comments

Author: cinetorium Added: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:55:05 -0800 Duration: 68Meryl Streep Walks the Red Carpet at the Premiere of the Hit Movie Mamma Mia! we see in a clip that she can Sing

Filed under: Comedy, Music & Musicals, Romance, Universal, Theatrical Reviews I'm slightly mistrustful of titles that include exclamation points. They always remind me of the musical version of The Elephant Man, Elephant!, in The Tall Guy ("... there's an angel with big eeears..."). But in the case of Mamma Mia!, I'm actually surprised the title only included one exclamation point -- you can imagine the filmmakers or the creators of the stage version embracing even more emphatic punctuation, just to let you know that This! Is a Musical! And also Wacky!! As if chorus lines of men in flippers, Meryl Streep waving a feather boa, and enough ABBA music to sate the leads of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert wouldn't have clued you in. The movie, like the stage musical it's adapted from, is essentially and unabashedly an extended gimmick -- an excuse to sing and perform songs that originated from the Swedish musical group ABBA. Characters spontaneously burst into song not because they're aspiring performers (Chicago), or because their singing is meant as a melodious soliloquy (Sweeney Todd), but because the situation or their emotional state reminds them of an ABBA song (sometimes more tangentially than others), and they decide to share it with everyone. I've had friends like this in real life, although that seems to have been a college-age thing.Continue reading Review: Mamma Mia! Permalink | Email this | Comments

Today on Relationship Chatter, Professional Matchmaker, Samantha Daniels talks about how you can bond with your significant other s family. Many people are very close with their family, and girls in particular are usually very close to their parents. As a guy, it can be particularly intimating to try to penetrate the close daughter-daddy relationship as many girls are Daddy s girls. Take a look at that new movie, Mamma Mia. The star in the movie has a void in her life until she finds her real father to share her wedding celebration. Keep in mind that close family ties are a good thing and instead of trying to compete, you should want to join the fold in a positive way. Watch Relationship Chatter now and let Samantha Daniels give you some advice on how to ingratiate yourself with your gal s family and intensify your own relationship in the process.

Author: condensedmov Added: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:39:22 -0800 Duration: 158An inside look at ABBA, their music, and the new movie based on the musical 'Mama Mia', which is based on the music of the band called ABBA.

Author: condensedmov Added: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:39:22 -0800 Duration: 158An inside look at ABBA, their music, and the new movie based on the musical 'Mama Mia', which is based on the music of the band called ABBA.

Author: condensedmov Added: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:41:21 -0800 Duration: 57In a moment, destined for celluloid history, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan sing ABBA's "SOS," from the film "Mama Mia." Please keep your snickering to a minimum, as these film stars pause to consider what led them down this rocky relationship path.

Author: condensedmov Added: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:41:21 -0800 Duration: 57In a moment, destined for celluloid history, Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan sing ABBA's "SOS," from the film "Mama Mia." Please keep your snickering to a minimum, as these film stars pause to consider what led them down this rocky relationship path.

Filed under: Music & Musicals, Awards, RumorMonger, Newsstand Even when I started following the industry obsessively, I always wondered how it came to be that by October or November of each year, there would always be a fairly clear picture of who the Oscar "frontrunners" were, which films were falling out of the race, and sometimes even which movies are "locks" in certain categories I figured the buzz had to start somewhere -- and that to some extent, the tail had to be wagging the dog. Maybe it starts with glowing advance Hollywood Reporter reviews. Consider Ray Bennett on Meryl Streep in the ABBA musical Mamma Mia!, due July 18th: "Streep is sensationally good in rendering the whole yarn credible and in making dramatically moving songs such as 'Slipping Through My Fingers,' sung to her departing daughter, and 'The Winner Takes It All' to a lost love. It's no stretch to think of her performance in Oscar terms, ranking with previous musical winners such as Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and Catherine Zeta-Jones." So: is this that fabled "Oscar buzz" we keep hearing about, or just one dude sounding off about a movie he liked? Is this the first step toward Streep being a "Best Actress lock" come December? I wouldn't have put Mamma Mia! (or, for that matter, The Dark Knight) on my Oscar shortlist a few months ago -- looks too silly! The release date's all wrong! But I guess now that I've read The Hollywood Reporter, I'm supposed to think it's a contender. Right? Or did you know that all along? Permalink | Email this | Comments

Back in 1986, I was chief editor on all the interstitials, (that is, everything that wasn't a movie) on the UK's main cable film channel, Premiere. Up until that time, promotions were usually cut-downs of existing theatrical trailers sandwiched between themed station idents. I had the idea (based on some experiments I'd made in downtime) of playing the clips against a music track, and possibly using some of the dialogue from the films. This was the very first occasion (in the UK) a promo of this nature was created; for want of a better name, we referred to them as 'zappy's'. Subsequent promos extended and refined the techniques, and experimented with interruptions of the music or promo itself. On occasion we were able to use commercial tracks rather than library music (notably Yello's 'Oh Yeah') although the promo had to achieve at least a 2 minute running time. You will notice the change from 2D effects to 3D mid way (around the 6th zappy) when the facility I was cutting these at upgraded. This was very much an editor's promo - although a team member from Premiere sat in, they knew better than to interfere. The fastest method (this was in a linear tape suite) was to select the shot and find the best place for it against the music. Then onto the next shot, ignoring the black holes in between each shot - a proto-cut and paste if you wil, until the whole music track had been covered. Only two days were allowed for the cut.Day 1 was mostly spent copying all the likely film material from the 1" master tapes onto a Betacam copy and selecting the music track.Day 2 was the edit itself, usually finishing around 6pm, then straight into the pub for a well-deserved pint!

Meryl Streep - Oprah 3 Author: ritokas3 Keywords: meryl streep Added: June 3, 2008

Meryl Streep - Oprah 1 Author: ritokas3 Keywords: meryl streep Added: June 3, 2008

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When you come to NYC you want to see movie stars so I went to Lincoln Center where there was an event honoring Meryl Streep and waited for the stars to arrive. In between I danced. Anyone know who the redhead is Amy somebody?

Chen Shi-Zheng is the director of Dark Matter. Liu Ye is the star. The film is now out in theaters. Condition of the Show: Adopting a theoretical construct. Guests: Chen Shi-Zheng and Liu Ye Subjects Discussed: The visual emphasis on stairwells, metallic college environments, the relationship between character and environment, string theory, researching cosmology, comparisons between Joanna Silver and Jo Ann Beard, basing a film on Gang Lu, the Virginia Tech massacre, Amazing Grace being sung in Chinese, Chen s operatic background, performing an intimate scene with Meryl Streep, behavioral mannerisms, tables and windows, glass architecture, the origins of the Laurence Fang character, the corrupting influence of America, chemistry between Liu Ye and Aidan Quinn, television motifs, reflective surfaces, shallow information, Britney Spears, and the five elements of the Chinese horoscope. EXCERPT FROM SHOW: Correspondent: The Meryl Streep character, Joanna Silver, bears a striking resemblance to Jo Ann Beard, who wrote, of course, The Fourth State of Matter. And I m wondering, in terms of secondary materials, if this was intentioned. The Joanna Silver character seems to have more money than Jo Ann Beard did, and I wanted Chen: First off, I don t know Jo Ann Beard. I know a lot of Joannas in New York. And there s a lot of people. Rich ladies interested in Chinese culture studying tai-chi, trying to speak a few words of Chinese to me in my world. So that s where the Joanna character comes from. Correspondent: Oh, okay. Chen: Just people who saw China as an exotic country, an exotic culture, that were fascinated by what was Chinese. Correspondent: Because there was a very famous essay written in The New Yorker based off of the Iowa State massacre that was also reprinted in The Best American Essays that was written by Jo Ann Beard. And here you had a Joanna Silver character. So I didn t know if there was any overlapping in terms of the Gang Lu scenario. In terms of there being overlapping characteristics upon this film. Or is this really not meant to be something that is rooted in a real ? Chen: It s not rooted in the real events. The real events were the starting point in making a movie. I think most of the characters you see most are friends of mine who came to this country, who have experienced a different life, and it isn t meant to tell the stories I know. Not the story of Lu Gang.

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On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: Writers Guild strike scheduling, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, "Julie & Julia", Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam, "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus", and Jennifer Lopez.

On today's Dave's Hollywood Minute: "CSI: Miami", Kyra Sedgwick, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, "The Game Plan", Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, "Evening", Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline, Dustin Long, and "The Tale of Despereaux".

Judge David Johnson pulls together the team of Judge Brett Cullum and Public Defender Carey Johnson for a detailed look at films created primarily for a female audience -- Steel Magnolias, Thelma and Louise, Love Actually, Girlfight, and many more. The myths, the inside secrets, and the validation of a genre which has long been maligned. Also... Judge Cynthia Boris previews the first season release of Supernatural, The CW's cross-promotional efforts with MSN and MySpace, the strange fifth season release Silk Stalkings, and her top five picks for Chick TV. And Brett talks Hollywood's narcissistic obsession with plastic surgery. Contact Us: podcast@circumstantialevidence.net (206) 600-5879

Cast: Sarah Reel Monkey Bonilla and Ray Macabre Stalker Bonilla E-Mail: podcast@pictureshowpundits.com Movie Reviews: Clerks 2, The Devil Wears Prada