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Vanessa Redgrave To Play Lesbian Supreme Court Justice On USA’s ‘Political Animals’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 1, 2012 @ 2:37pm PDTTags: Political Animals, USA Network, Vanessa Redgrave
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: USA Network’s upcoming political/family drama series Political Animals has tapped Vanessa Redgrave for a provocative guest stint. The Oscar-winning actress will play Diane Nash, a lesbian Supreme Court Justice, the first openly gay member of the Court who is friend and mentor to Elaine Barrish (Sigourney Weaver). Greg Berlanti and Laurence Mark’s six-episode series centers on divorced former First Lady and newly appointed Secretary of State Elaine Barrish who throws herself into the job after recovering from the dissolution of her marriage to ex-President Bud Hammond (Ciaran Hinds) and losing the presidential nomination. The character, who is certain to draw comparisons to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, tries to keep her family together, while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State Department and a hungry DC journalist (Carla Gugino) bent on destroying her career. In addition to Weaver, Redgrave joins fellow Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn on Political Animals for a tour de force acting trio that has 15 Academy Award nominations among them. The series, from Warner Horizon, is slated to debut July 15 and air in the Sunday 10 PM slot. This marks Redgrave’s first series gig since her arc on Nip/Tuck.

Related: TV Teaser: USA’s ‘Political Animals’

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Hammond: Supporting Actress Hopefuls Might Wish For Oscar Absence Of ‘The Help’

By PETE HAMMOND | Tuesday December 13, 2011 @ 4:46pm PSTTags: Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Sandra Bullock, Shailene Woodley, The Help, Vanessa Redgrave
Pete Hammond

Could one movie dominate this year’s best supporting actress Oscar lineup? Certainly an argument could be made for any number of actresses in the ensemble hit, The Help and in fact two of them were nominated for Critics Choice … Read More »

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British Indie Awards Bite Into ‘Tyrannosaur’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Sunday December 4, 2011 @ 4:28pm PSTTags: Michael Fassbender, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave

Awards underdog Paddy Considine saw his Tyrannosaur pick up three prizes at the 14th British Independent Film Awards this evening in London. Tyrannosaur won for best Best British Independent Film, Best Debut Director and Best Actress for Olivia Colman. … Read More »

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R.I.P. Ken Russell

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday November 28, 2011 @ 6:15am PSTTags: Vanessa Redgrave
Mike Fleming

Maverick British director Ken Russell died in his sleep Sunday at age 84. Russell’s controversial films included the Oliver Reed-Vanessa Redgrave starrer The Devils; Women In Love; and Tommy, the screen version of The Who’s rock opera. In the U.S., he directed the psychedelic Altered States, but his collaboration with equally strong-willed screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky haunted that film, and the failure of his next film, Crimes Of Passion, sent him back to the UK. There, he continued making films, the last of which was The Fall Of The Louse Of Usher.

Russell was a polarizing filmmaker, with critics often split on his films. His movies rarely achieved commercial success thanks to his unique takes on provocative themes that often included sex, drugs and violence. His 1971 film Women In Love, an adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel, was his only work to receive Academy Award consideration: it was nominated for four Oscars in 1971, including for best director, and won Best Actress for Glenda Jackson.

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Sex Trafficking Feature ‘The Whistleblower’ Gets UN Screening Tomorrow

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 11:39am PDTTags: Larysa Kondracki, Rachel Weisz, Samuel Goldwyn Films, The Whistleblower, United Nations, Vanessa Redgrave
Mike Fleming

Samuel Goldwyn Films and director Larysa Kondracki have finally been given a date for a United Nations screening and panel discussion on The Whistleblower, the drama about sex trafficking in post-war Bosnia that occurred under the watch of UN peacekeepers. The screening will take place tomorrow at 3:30 PM. Kondracki will take part in the panel discussion along with Madeleine Rees, former UN rights lawyer and secretary of the Women’s International League For Peace And Freedom (played in the film by Vanessa Redgrave); Susana Malcorra, Under Secretary General, Department of Field Support; and Anne-Marie Orler, Police Adviser, Department of Peacekeeping Operations. The screening and discussion is being hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. The screening will be attended by member states and UN staff. Read More »

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Weinstein Co In Talks To Buy ‘Coriolanus’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday February 3, 2011 @ 2:34pm PSTTags: Brian Cox, Coriolanus, Gerard Butler, Harvey Weinstein, Jessica Chastain, John Logan, Paul Rudd, Ralph Fiennes, Tobey Maguire, Vanessa Redgrave
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Weinstein Company is negotiating with Icon to acquire U.S. distribution rights to Coriolanus, the Ralph Fiennes-directed John Logan-scripted contemporized adaptation of the Shakespeare play. Gerard Butler, Fiennes, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain lead the cast. The … Read More »

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Berlinale Adds ‘Coriolanus’ To Competition

By TIM ADLER in London | Wednesday December 15, 2010 @ 6:10am PSTTags: 61st Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Coriolanus, Gerard Butler, Movies, True Grit, Vanessa Redgrave

The 61st Berlin International Film Festival has announced the rest of the Competition line-up in addition to opening film True Grit (which is screening out of competition). They include Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut Coriolanus, co-starring Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave, and Wim Wenders’ 3D dance film Pina. Read More »

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Thriller ‘The Whistleblower’ Finds A Home

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday November 4, 2010 @ 2:40pm PDTTags: David Strathairn, Larysa Kondracki, Monica Bellucci, Movie Deals, Movies, Rachel Weisz, Samuel Goldwyn Films, The Whistleblower, The Whistleblower Video, Vanessa Redgrave
Mike Fleming

Samuel Goldwyn Films closed U.S. rights to The Whistleblower, the Rachel Weisz-starrer that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Larysa Kondracki directed the drama, which also stars Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci and David Strathairn. Weisz plays a cop who takes a peacekeeper job in post-war Bosnia and uncovers a … Read More »

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Hot Toronto Footage: ‘The Whistleblower’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday September 12, 2010 @ 11:06am PDTTags: David Strathairn, Larysa Kondracki, Monica Bellucci, Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower, The Whistleblower Video, Vanessa Redgrave, Video
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE FROM TORONTO: The Whistleblower makes its Toronto premiere tomorrow. Deadline is providing a sneak peek at some of the footage. The film stars Rachel Weisz as Nebraska police officer who takes a job as a United Nations peackeeper assigned to post-war Bosnia. She uncovers a massive scandal and cover-up. … Read More »

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