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Gabourey Sidibe Joins ‘American Horror Story’, Alex Saxon Added To ‘The Fosters’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday April 29, 2013 @ 10:54am PDTTags: Alex Saxon, American Horror Story, Gabourey Sidibe, The Fosters
Nellie Andreeva

The Big C co-star Gabourey Sidibe is joining the cast of American Horror Story: Coven. Ryan Murphy announced the casting on Twitter this morning. In his typical fashion, he didn’t disclose any details about the character Sidibe will be playing. The Oscar-nominated actress joins another heralded new AHS addition, Oscar winner Kathy Bates, in addition to returning cast members Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson and Taissa Farmiga. The final installment of The Big C premieres tonight. READ MORE »

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Matthew Broderick Joins ‘Tower Heist’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 26, 2010 @ 11:04am PDTTags: Alan Alda, Ben Stiller, Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Gabourey Sidibe, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Movie Deals, Movies, Tea Leoni, Tower Heist, Tower Heist Casting
Mike Fleming

One of the benefits of shooting a movie in Manhattan is getting access to the town’s stage talent. Matthew Broderick has been set by director Brett Ratner to join the cast of Tower Heist. He joins Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, … Read More »

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Tea Leoni Joins ‘Tower Heist’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 21, 2010 @ 5:56pm PDTTags: Alan Alda, Ben Stiller, Brett Ratner, Eddie Murphy, Gabourey Sidibe, Michael Pena, Movie Casting, Movies, Tea Leoni, Tower Heist, Tower Heist Casting, Universal Pictures Tower Heist
Mike Fleming

Brett Ratner, who considers The Family Man one of his best films, has reunited with its star, Tea Leoni. She’ll join him for Tower Heist, the Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment action comedy. Leoni, a gifted comedienne, plays an FBI agent who … Read More »

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Gabourey Sidibe, Michael Pena Join Brett Ratner’s ‘Tower Heist’ Crew

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday October 19, 2010 @ 1:44pm PDTTags: Alan Alda, Ben Stiller, Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy, Gabourey Sidibe, Michael Pena, Movie Deals, Movies, Tower Heist, Tower Heist Casting
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Ratner has set Oscar-nominated Precious star Gabourey Sidibe and Michael Pena to join Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda in Tower Heist, the action-comedy that Universal Pictures is gearing up to start production in New York next month. Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer is producing. Sidibe and Pena will play employees who work in a luxury high-rise and discover their pension funds have been drained by a Bernie Madoff-like Wall Street crook who is living under house arrest in the opulent penthouse apartment. Led by the building’s manager (Stiller), the employees figure out a way to use their knowledge of the building to rip him off. Read More »

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TCA: ‘Big C’ Producers Talk Cancer, Gabourey Responds To Howard Stern

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 29, 2010 @ 11:01am PDTTags: Cable TV, Gabourey Sidibe, Howard Stern, Jenny Bicks, Laura Linney, Oliver Platt, TCA, The Big C, TV
Nellie Andreeva

The Big C executive producer and cancer survivor Jenny Bicks bought a Porsche when she was diagnosed with cancer. “Don’t wait to get cancer to make yourself happy,” she said at the TCA panel for the upcoming Showtime dark comedy series starring Laura Linney as a woman diagnosed with cancer.

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Cynthia Nixon Joins Showtime’s ‘Big C’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 23, 2010 @ 7:00am PDTTags: Actors, Cable TV, Cynthia Nixon, Gabourey Sidibe, Idris Elba, Laura Linney, Showtime, Sony/Original Film, The Big C
Nellie Andreeva

20030916_sim_h16_217.jpgEXCLUSIVE: Laura Linney’s Cathy is getting Miranda as a friend. Cynthia Nixon, who played Miranda on the hit HBO comedy series Sex and the City and in the 2 features the show spawned, is joining the cast of Linney’s upcoming Showtime … Read More »

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