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Meryl & Julia Kick Off Oscar Season With 'August: Osage County'

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Meryl Streep, Video, Ewan McGregor, August: Osage County, Movie Trailers, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Academy Awards 2014, August Osage County Trailer, Oscars 2014, John Wells, Benedict Cumberbatch, Entertainment News

Proof it's never too early for Oscar season: This week, trailers for "Captain Phillips," "Gravity" and, now, "August: Osage County" were released, tru...

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The Irony Lady: In Defense of Margaret Thatcher...

Martin Lewis | Posted 04.08.2013 | World
Read More: Belgrano, John Wells, Tramp the Dirt Down, Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher Dead, UK Conservative Party, David Cameron, Falklands War, The Iron Lady, Elvis Costello, Martin Lewis, Video, World News
Martin Lewis

The world's heart is heavy as we have learned of the death of the most brilliant leader the world has even known - the blessed Margaret. It was the saintly Margaret who rescued Britain from its dire position at the end of the 1970s and restored it to its former glory.

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Party Like Its 2010! Meryl Streep And Julia Roberts Team For 'August: Osage County'

Posted 04.17.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Video, John Wells, Meryl Streep August: Osage County, August: Osage County, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Tracy Letts, Movie News, August: Osage County Meryl Streep, Entertainment News

Back in October of 2010, the Internet was abuzz with news that Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts would join forces to bring "August: Osage County" to the...

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Who's The Busiest Executive Producer On Television?

The Huffington Post | Sharon Knolle | Posted 04.08.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Ron Howard, Video, John Wells, Jerry Bruckheimer, Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Joel Silver, Slidewide, Movie News, TV News

With the musical "Smash" and horror drama "The River" premiering back to back, it seems like Steven Spielberg is executive producing just about everyt...

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Showtime Adapting Sundance-Winning Movie Into TV Series

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 12.18.2011 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Showtime, Shameless, John Wells, Sundance Film Festival, Animal Kingdom, TV News

Showtime is looking to add another crime family to its lineup. The premium cable network has picked up a script based on the Sundance Film Festival Gr...

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Army Slow To Act As Crime-Lab Worker Falsified, Botched Tests

McClatchy | Marisa Taylor & Michael Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Roger House Innocent, Roger House, John Wells, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory, Phillip Mills, Roger House Lab Test, U.S. Army, Roger House Exoneration, U.S. Military, Politics News

For nearly three years, the military held the key to Roger House's exoneration and didn't tell him: A forensics examiner had botched a crucial lab tes...

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William H. Macy Goes for Broke (and Drunk) in Showtime's Shameless

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Camel, Chicago, Jurassic Park, The Office, St Nicholas Company, House of Games, The Oscars, Desperate Housewives, Shameless, Magnolia, Fargo, David Mamet, The Cooler, Archie Bunker, Joan Cusack, Wag the Dog, William H. Macy, Seabiscuit, John Wells, Er, Showtime, Boogie Nights, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, 2011, Stuart Gordon, Atlantic Theatre Company, Paul Abbott, Goddard College, Cynthia Ellis, Marlon Brando, Felicity Huffman, The Spanish Prisoner, Leslie Hassler, John Levy, Entertainment News
Cynthia Ellis

William H. Macy has a voice that could sell needles to a porcupine. He can say the word "Golly" and have it be rife with unspoken meaning and depth.

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When There's No Clock to Punch: Writer-Director John Wells on The Company Men

Dan Lybarger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Roger Deakins, Shameless, John Wells, Er, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, TNT Southland, Tommy Lee Jones, Unemployment, The West Wing, 2008, Kevin Costner, Great Recession, The Company Men, Sundance, Television, John Wells the Company Men, Sundance Film Festival 2011, John Wells Director, Entertainment News
Dan Lybarger

For a film that deals with misfortune and a cast that includes four Oscar-winners -- Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner -- John Wells has a surprising amount of luck.

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Emmy Rossum Revels in Being Shameless

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Joan Cusack, William H. Macy, Shameless, John Wells, Laura Linney, Julianna Margulies, Patrick Wilson, Er, Showtime, Mystic River, Ed TV, Dirty Harry, Mark Mylod, Kyra Sedgwick, Phantom of the Opera, Leslie Hassler, Edie Falco, Cynthia Ellis, Hd, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Academy Award, Golden Globes, Sean Penn, The Day After Tomorrow, Entertainment News
Cynthia Ellis

Emmy Rossum is beautiful and sexy enough to rest on her laurels, but her talent and drive are having none of that.

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"Off the Map" Is Off the Mark

MP Nunan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: George Clooney, Media, Noah Wyle, International Journalism, Abc, International Development, Er, Angelina Jolie, 'Off the Map" Shonda Rhimes, Humanitarian Aid, Haiti, Foreign Policy, Television, Grey's Anatomy, Haiti Earthquake, Foreign Correspondence, Television News, Aid-Workers, John Wells, International Assistance Mission, Egypt Protests, Media News
MP Nunan

I've got a litmus test for whether a film or television show focusing on aid-workers, journalists or policy wonks is going to be a worthy representati...

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Animal Torture as Entertainment? Shame on Showtime's Shameless!

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Shameless, Showtime, Animal Abuse, Cats, John Wells, Animal Rights, Torture, Entertainment News
Ed Martin

As Carl ignites the blow torch a cat's cry is heard. It is one of the most sickening moments of scripted television entertainment in recent memory.

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HuffPost Review: The Company Men

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Craig T. Nelson, John Wells, Trickle-Down Economics, Ben Affleck, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Rosemarie DeWitt, Chris Cooper, Movies, Tommy Lee Jones, Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Maria Bello, The Company Men Movie Review, The West Wing, E.R., Kevin Costner, The Company Men, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

John Wells' The Company Men is a solid if predictable story of the lives of the suddenly unemployed. If you've invested your time and identity into your job, who are you when that job is taken away from you?

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Talked to Death

David Latt | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Nbc, John Wells, Media, Jay Leno Primetime, Southland-Canceled, Television, Cop-Shows, Lapd, Media News
David Latt

Jay Leno killed Southland but whether NBC is the better for that remains to be seen.

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The "ER" Cast Reflects On 15 Years

nytimes.com | BILL CARTER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: John Wells, Maura Tierney, John Stamos, Television, Er, George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, Home News

This oral history includes many performers who became closely identified with "ER," but starts with Mr. Wells, the show's driving force from its outse...

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"Show Runners" Forced To Pick Sides In WGA Strike

New York Times | Brooks Barnes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, John Wells, Tina Fey, Pencils Down, Hollywood Reporters, Variety, Writers' Strike News, Writers' Strike, Media News

Which top television writers are the least supportive of a strike? Some people in Hollywood are wondering if an unusual advertisement holds the answer...

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