As W. is released on DVD and Bush is in Crawford, Texas, still regularly excoriated in the press for his role in the financial meltdown, Stone spoke to me about the film, and his empathy for its subject.
Huffington Post | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment
Richard Dreyfuss appeared on "The View" to publicize "W.," in which he plays Dick Cheney, but ended up criticizing the film and director Oliver Stone ...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Movie-goers elected a "W," but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush. Wahlberg's action flick "Max Payne" debuted with $18 mil...
Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment
W. is structurally anchored by a straightforward depiction of the buildup to the Iraq War punctuated by a series of quick, erratic flashbacks chronicling the rise of the improbable Shrub.
Twisted Sisters | Posted 11.15.2008 | Entertainment
Oliver Stone is on Bill Maher right now. Maher opened by asking whether he ever knew Bush back at Yale when they started together as freshman. Stone s...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2008 | Entertainment
Oliver Stone's much-awaited "W." premiered in New York at the Ziegfeld Tuesday night. Joining Stone on the red carpet were the film's stars, including...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 11.14.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Once Josh Brolin found a fresh source of income outside Hollywood, his acting career took off. Brolin spent nearly two decades to...
New York Times | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment
"It was wacky stuff that at the end of the day took us out of the movie," Mr. Stone said in a recent interview in a back corner of the restaurant at ...
Maxim | Posted 11.09.2008 | Entertainment
In the November issue of Maxim (on sale nationwide on Tuesday, October 21), Oliver Stone, the maker of such incendiary dramas as Platoon, Born on the ...
Variety | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment
Oliver Stone's unusual and inescapably interesting �W.� feels like a rough draft of a film it might behoove him to remake in 10 or 15 years. The d...
Reuters | Posted 11.06.2008 | Entertainment
Hollywood is coming out this fall with a slew of political movies that hit all the hot-button topics as the tight U.S. presidential campaign nears its...
People | Posted 10.18.2008 | Entertainment
The news in July out of Louisiana, where Josh Brolin was playing President George W. Bush for filmmaker Oliver Stone's sure-to-be controversial biopic...
The Times | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment
Gorgeous British actress Thandie Newton (you know her from "Crash" and "Mission Impossible") sat with UK paper "The Times" over the weekend. One subje...
LA Times | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment
SHREVEPORT, LA. -- IT'S A conversation any father and son might have -- a quick chat about baseball, families and world affairs. But when the speakers...
NY Post | Cindy Adams | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
Here's Karl Rove making W. memorize answers, telling him, "Before you speak, come to me first. I'll tell you what to say." W. chiding late-arriving "...
Entertainment Weekly | Benjamin Svetkey | Posted 05.16.2008 | Entertainment
''Where is George Bush's bedroom?'' Oliver Stone is flinging open French doors inside an enormous brick man¬sion in Shreveport, La., inspecting loca...
236.com | Posted 04.18.2008 | Politics
As Oliver Stone readies production for "W," a biopic about President Bush, the script was recently circulated amongst Bush biographers to get a read o...
ABC News | MARCUS BARAM | Posted 04.09.2008 | Entertainment
It's a classic American story: In the prime of his life, a man who parties too much and lives in the shadow of his esteemed father turns his life arou...
Entertainment Weekly | Nicole Sperling | Posted 04.08.2008 | Entertainment
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How do you research the sitting First Lady? ELIZABETH BANKS: I'm reading -- I have about six books. I have the A&E biography tha...
Variety | Posted 04.04.2008 | Entertainment
Oliver Stone has cast the parents for his Bush film, which will begin filming next month. In January Stone cast "No Country for Old Men" star Josh Bro...
Hollywood Reporter | Posted 04.03.2008 | Entertainment
From The Hollywood Reporter: Elizabeth Banks is going from the world of adult films to the White House. The actress, who recently wrapped shooting K...
Variety | Michael Fleming | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
Oliver Stone has set his sights on his next directing project, "Bush," a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and attached Josh...
Katherine Ryder | Posted 03.20.2009 | Entertainment