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Jacki Weaver Joins CBS Comedy Pilot ‘The McCarthys’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 7, 2013 @ 10:30am PSTTags: CBS, Jackie Weaver, The McCarthys
Nellie Andreeva

Jacki Weaver, an Oscar nominee for Silver Linings Playbook, is set to co-star in the CBS/Sony TV single-camera comedy pilot The McCarthys. Written by Brian Gallivan, directed by Fred Savage and executive produced by Will Gluck, it revolves around an Irish-Catholic, sports-crazed Boston clan and the gay son whose greatest sin is not his sexuality but his desire to spend less time with his family. Weaver, repped by ICM Partners and Elevate Entertainment, will play the clan’s loving mother Marjorie McCarthy, who has no filter and loves having her gay son keep her company when her husband (Jack McGee) and other kids are off coaching basketball games. This marks the first U.S. series gig for Australian-born Weaver, who has landed two Oscar nominations in three years. She was also nominated in 2011 for Animal Kingdom.

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1ST AWARDS: ‘The Social Network’ Sweeps 2010 National Board Of Review Kudos

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday December 2, 2010 @ 12:15pm PSTTags: 2010 National Board of Review Awards, Aaron Sorkin, Awards, Christian Bale, David Fincher, Jackie Weaver, Jesse Eisenberg, Lesley Manville, Sony Pictures, The Social Network

2ND UPDATE 11:45 AM and 12:30 PM: The National Board Of Review kicked off the critics’ awards with their winners today. As I scooped earlier today, Sony Pictures’ The Social Network won Best Film Of 2010, Best Director for David Fincher, … Read More »

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OSCAR: First Academy Screeners Arrived

By PETE HAMMOND | Thursday September 30, 2010 @ 8:57pm PDTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Animal Kingdom, Annette Bening, Jackie Weaver, Movies, Oscars, Rodrigo Garcia, The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Tron:Legacy
Pete Hammond

And we’re off…  I received emails and calls from a couple of recently inducted Academy Award voters who reported that the first two screeners of the season arrived in their mailboxes Wednesday from Sony Pictures Classics. The studio beat the competition by … Read More »

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