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Rags to riches has always been a popular story device (didn’t that lady Jane Austin write something about that?!), but we like a little flavor in our movie tale. That’s why we’re taking a look at ...
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Elton John and his partner David Furnish are planning to produce an unusual sci-fi movie which mixes aliens with Jane Austen characters. Bosses at the couple's Rocket Films production company have ...
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Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane A...
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Alison Sudol inhabits a vivid imaginary world populated by siren songs and sailors, sightless creatures and fragile fallen eagles, a place where almost lovers and hopeless dreams are bid a melanc...
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As the year nears its close, have you really seen all the 2007 movies that count? The film buffs at WENN locked themselves away in a dark room with a week's supply of popcorn and warm soda and deci...
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Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane A...
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Keira Knightley is this week's 'Maxim Hot 100' girl! Head on over to Maxim's Keira Knightley page to check out their page of sexy pictures of the Pirates of the Caribbean beauty! Keira burst o...
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Actress Anne Hathaway has her dog to thank for landing the role of Jane Austen in movie Becoming Jane - if the pooch hadn't eaten a hotel slipper she doubts she would have won the part. The 2...
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Actress Anne Hathaway became a strict vegetarian on the Irish set of period movie Becoming Jane because she couldn't bear to eat meat after watching the birth of lambs at a farm nearby. The Devil ...
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As five women and one enigmatic man meet to discuss the works of Jane Austen, they find their love lives playing out in a 21st century version of her novels. Sylvia (Amy Brenneman), is shock...
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Sean Connery has lent his support to win back a renowned literary archive for the National Library of Scotland. Connery joins crime writer Ian Rankin in the fight for the John Murray Archive, which...
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Anne Hathaway endured nightmares during the making of Becoming Jane, dreaming revered English author Jane Austen was trying to kill her. Hathaway was nervous taking up the role of the legendary wri...
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Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway read every one of Jane Austen's letters held at the British library to prepare for her role as the revered author. The 24-year-old thoroughly researched the 19th cen...
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Scottish actor James McAvoy was so blown away by his Becoming Jane co-star Anne Hathaway's acting talent and English accent during the movie, he believes she will snap up any future English film ro...
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Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane A...
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Happy Birthday to actor Benjamin Bratt (1963), ZZ Top singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons (1949), Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann (1939), sci-fi author Arthur C. Clarke (1917), English drama author Jane A...
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