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Tuesday, Jul 10, 2007 at 12:13pm

Warner Premiere is hosting an online casting call in an attempt to find the perfect Massie and Claire for the upcoming straight-to-DVD Clique movie, based on the best-selling teen series.

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Ryan Gosling to star in film adaptation of The Lovely Bones

Friday, Jun 29, 2007 at 12:21pm

Canuck actor joins Rachel Weisz in Peter Jackson production

Ryan Gosling, star of the '90s cable television series Breaker High (also known for his perhaps more well-respected, Oscar-nominated performance in 2006's Half Nelson) is set to star alongside Rachel Weisz in the film adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-selling novel The Lovely Bones. The film, which is being spearheaded by Mr. Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson, will feature Gosling and Weisz as the parents of the story's (deceased) 14-year-old female protagonist. Here's hoping that the movie turns out to be at least 88% as good as the novel. I trust Mr. Gosling, though. I do. I've loved him since he went to high school on a boat.

Read more at Variety.com

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Dieter Flies Again in New Herzog Film

Sunday, Jul 01, 2007 at 1:20pm

Legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog has a new film coming out in July 2007. Rescue Dawn stars Christian Bale in the role of Dieter Dangler, a pilot whose plane was shot down over Laos by the Vietcong in 1966. The film explores, in typical Herzog fashion, the struggle of man against nature--in this case, an impassable jungle (see also his Aguirre, Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo).

Before turning Dangler's story into a screenplay, however, Herzog filmed Dangler's return to the jungle in the 1990s. The result was an award-winnining documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. According to Herzog, "In a way Rescue Dawn, the feature film idea, was always first. When I met Dieter, I had the feeling this was a very big epic story with a character larger than life. But since it took quite a while to get the money together for the feature, we did the documentary first."

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Young Venezuelan conductor Dudamel lands top job in L.A.

Thursday, Jun 14, 2007 at 9:28am

The Los Angeles Philharmonic has announced it's new musical director, Gustavo Dudamel, will take up the baton for the orchestra beginning in September 2009. The young Venezuelan conductor has been getting rave reviews for his performances and critical acclaim for his CD with the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.

Read more at Gramaphone UK.

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Harry Potter Successor Found

Tuesday, Jun 12, 2007 at 1:25pm

Barry Cunningham, the Bloomsbury editor who first saw the potential in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, claims to have struck gold a second time with Tunnels, a young adult novel about a boy archaeologist who finds himself drawn into a world of adventure after digging a hole.

"I knew from page one that Harry Potter was magic," says Cunningham. "Reading Tunnels gave me the same thrill, discovering a world of imagination just beyond our ordinary lives."

Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, the author of the book, originally self-published an edition of the novel that apparently sold out within hours of hitting the bookshelves. No word yet on when it will be released in North America.

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