FilmNation Published: January 2014 DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT Anton Corbijn on Philip Seymour Hoffman: ‘He was a giant of a man’ The director of A Most Wanted Man, Hoffman’s last completed film, recalls working with an outstanding actor who liked to immerse himself in his character and give his all: I’m not sure where to start when …
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Canada Walk Of Fame Commemorative Magazine Published: 2014 Rachel McAdams discovered her passion for acting early – and it hasn’t left her since. While some discover their passion for the arts later in life, London, Ontario’s Rachel McAdams found her spark early. McAdams recalls: “I remember writing my parents a very long letter when I …
The Boston Globe Published: November 29, 2014 For months in late 2001, the Globe’s Spotlight Team chipped away in secret at a story that at first seemed unimaginable — that a succession of cardinals and bishops in the Boston Catholic Archdiocese had for decades covered up the sexual abuse of countless children by priests. In …
Entertainment Weekly Published: November 5, 2014 One sure sign of a film’s legacy: Does it inspire its own holiday? If you happened to be anywhere near the Internet on Oct. 3, you probably noticed an outpouring of nostalgia for 2004’s Mean Girls. The reason? A throwaway line uttered by Lindsay Lohan’s Cady: “It’s October 3rd.” …
RTE Published: September 11, 2014 Rachel McAdams stars in Anton Corbijn’s A Most Wanted Man, which hits cinemas on September 12, read a Q&A with the actress here. To find the perfect partner to play that, you needed a good actor to play Issa, so was there a lot of rehearsal with Grigoriy [Dobrygin]? It’s …
Metro Published: September 10, 2014 The Canadian-born, girl-next-door star of romcoms, Rachel McAdams, shows her darker side for John le Carré’s thriller A Most Wanted Man. YOU probably think you know what Rachel McAdams has to offer. The girl next door – as long as ‘next door’ is Ontario, Canada, where she hails from – …
Variety Published: July 23, 2014 The New York premiere of Lionsgate & Roadside Attractions’ “A Most Wanted Man” on Tuesday started on a somber note. Pic marks the last major performance from the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his New York apartment just after the film made its Sundance premiere …
Daily News Published: July 27, 2014 John le Carré’s “A Most Wanted Man,” Philip Seymour Hoffman’s latest film, premiered at MoMA. It stars Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Brühl. Rachel and Robin showed. The two guys didn’t. Rachel in borrowed multicolored gown to die for, borrowed Neil Lane jewelry. Robin, black pants, white …
Daily News Published: July 27, 2014 No Sequel, I ‘Mean’ It Hold on to your hats. Rachel McAdams tells us there will never, ever be a “Mean Girls 2” movie, saying she’s just a bit too old to play a high schooler. The 35-year-old actress, starring in “A Most Wanted Man,” says: “That’s probably not …
Allure Published: July, 2014 The crew shot by a creek at an estate in Harriman, New York. For someone who’s starred in two time-travel movies, the setting for McAdams’s second Allure cover shoot was fitting—a historic Sprawling estate in Harriman. New York. Carter Smith photographed McAdams on a chilly May day. Farm to Tablet: The …
Allure Published: July, 2014 McAdams has a secret weapon for beauty: her younger sister, Kayleen McAdams, a celebrity makeup artist. “[Kayleen] has a real sense of style,” says McAdams. “Even though I’m an older sister, I totally defer to her.” Her lessons learned: What skin-care product can you not live without? “I use a seaweed …
Allure Published: July, 2014 Rachel McAdams has starred in more quotable movies than any A-list actress – yet she remains a mystery. But the private actress is willing to reveal some of herself, her famous costars, and her thoughts on true love. Most actresses have one movie they would rather not talk about. They may …
New York Times Published: April 25, 2014 From Internet Chat to Related Projects, ‘Mean Girls’ Endures In the 2004 film “Mean Girls,” Regina George, iron-fisted ruler of the high school in-crowd, snaps at her sidekick, Gretchen Wieners, over some newfangled slang Gretchen is testing out. “Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen,” Regina snarls. “It’s not …
AP Published: January 23, 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman’s new movie is a psychological thriller about terrorism, but he says it also has something to do with hitting a midlife crisis — and that’s what really drew him to the role. “The story really moved me,” said Hoffman. “A Most Wanted Man,” based on John Le …
Reuters Published: January 20, 2014 Director Anton Corbijn explores the real-life fears and paranoia in the post-9/11 world in the intense new espionage thriller “A Most Wanted Man.” The film, based on John le Carre’s best-selling thriller novel of the same name, is a tale of spies and terrorism, set in Hamburg, Germany, a city …