Building Holmes on Broadway?
Tom Cruise may call her "Kate," but Katie Holmes could still be a Broadway baby.
The actress' rep said "nothing is set" but confirmed to News that Holmes is "in discussions" to star in a revival of Arthur Miller's Tony Award-winning drama All My Sons, which would mark the former Dawson's Creek ingenue's professional theatrical debut.
According to Britain's Daily Mail, which reported the possible casting coup, Holmes would play Ann Deever, a young and vivacious woman whose pilot beau, Larry Keller, went missing in World War II. Having fallen in love with his brother, Chris, and knowing that it was the actions of Larry's father, Joe, that led to his death, Ann tries to convince the young men's mother that Larry is not going to be coming home.
The high-profile cast already reportedly includes John Lithgow and Oscar winner Dianne Wiest as Joe and Kate Keller.
If Holmes, 29, indeed ends up making a splash on the Great White Way, then it won't be just her marriage to Cruise and her participation in a Batman film that puts her in the same company as Nicole Kidman.
The second ex-Mrs. Cruise won a Theater World Award 10 years ago for her Broadway debut in The Blue Room, a story of love and lust that famously required its Aussie star and her leading man to disrobe.
Cruise doesn't have to worry this time around, though. Miller may have written some fiery female characters in his time, but Ann Deever keeps the goods buttoned up.
Halle Berry Visits Her Lawman
Halle Berry Visits Her Lawman
Sparking rumors of a possible prenuptial agreement, Halle Berry was spotted yesterday visiting her lawyer in Los Angeles, California.
And the “Monster’s Ball” babe was looking very business-minded, sporting a serious demeanor along with a fabulous black v-neck blouse with a matching black ankle-length skirt and some strappy sandals.
Berry has been outspoken about her lack of desire to get married again (after her ex-husband Eric Benet had multiple affairs), but perhaps baby Nahla has changed all of that.
Speaking of Nahla, Halle recently told press that her newfound motherhood will hopefully boost her chances of getting more serious, Oscar-worthy roles, now that her sex symbol status has been diminished.
She said, “I feel having a baby will open up a whole new world for me. I think I’ll actually find better roles, because I’ve gotten past being the ingenue and sex symbol.”
Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O Handling SDTRK to Spike Jonze’s Wild Things
Expectations for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are have cooled off a bit ever since the film was pushed back to 2009 due to purported issues with the titular creatures’ elaborate special effects. Audience reviews from surprisingly early test screenings described the $80 million film as unapologetically melancholic, beautifully strange, and very “adult.” But these reviews also stated polite shock at how much vital work on the film was left to be done. Did Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation) bite off more than he could chew, or is he perfecting a trippy masterpiece for the world’s coolest toddlers? Who knows, but any kids’ film with a soundtrack crafted by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is destined to be one of a kind.
It was rumored that the punk ingenue behind one of the more original and marvelous rock bands in recent years was contributing to a song or two. Not so, according to the director’s music producer brother, Squeak E. Clean né Sam Spiegel.
“Karen is doing most of the music. I’ve helped out a little with ideas, but she is pretty much doing the whole thing,” Spiegel writes to The Playlist.”
This information is supported by a note left on the MySpace belonging to composer Carter Burwell, an oft-collaborator with the Coen Brothers who worked on Jonze’s prior two films, that said Karen O was contributing both songs and “other pieces of music.” With the YYYs, Karen’s voice is famous for its manic episodes and banshee-like wail but on certain tracks it has an ephemeral, intimate quality. But as for vocal-less compositions, I have no idea what that would sound like, similar to the mystery surrounding Jonny Greenwood’s Wendy Carlos-like score for There Will Be Blood or Neil Young’s haunted power line guitar work for Dead Man. Add to the fact that Jonze and Karen O used to date and have collaborated several times in the past, and the imagination conjures something even wilder. More info on this film and soundtrack as we get it.
Rachel Blanchard Biography
A Canadian ingenue who has never had a formal acting lesson, Rachel Blanchard has nevertheless been working steadily since before her 10th birthday. The pert blonde made it to weekly primetime inheriting the role of Beverly Hills teen extraordinaire Cher Horowitz in the sitcom version of “Clueless” (ABC, 1996-97; UPN 1997-99). A native of Toronto, Blanchard broke into acting in a commercial for McDonald’s and went on to co-star in “Alex: The Life of a Child” (ABC, 1986), which was filmed in her Canada. Several Canadian-produced efforts followed. She was the daughter of a microbiologist as a regular on the syndicated series “War of the Worlds” (1988-1990) and appeared as a co-ed on the prep school comedy-drama “Criss Cross” in 1993 (seen in the USA on Showtime). Blanchard is frequently recognized by the younger set for her one season (1992-93) work on the Nickelodeon series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”. Her Canadian TV-movie “On My Own” (1992) received a US theatrical run. She also played a young flyer in “Iron Eagle IV” (HBO, 1996), and Rowena in the 1995 Canadian TV-movie “Young Ivanhoe”.
- Born:
on 03/19/76 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Job Titles:
Actor
Family
- Brother: born c. 1973
- Sister: born c. 1978
Education
- Havergal College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Milestones
- 1986 TV-movie debut in “Alex: The Life of a Child” (ABC)
- 1988 Was regular on syndicated series “War of the Worlds”
- 1992 Had regular role of Kristen on the Nickelodeon series “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”
- 1993 Appeared in multiple episodes of “Criss Cross” (Showtime)
- 1995 Co-starred in Canadian feature film “Young Ivanhoe”
- 1999 Had featured role in “The Rage: Carrie 2″
- 2000 Played the girlfriend of Breckin Meyer in the comedy “Road Trip”
- 2001 Cast as a cheerleader turned bank robber, in the dark comedy “Sugar & Spice”
- 2001 Cast in the comedy “Sugar & Spice” about heerleaders who turn into bank robbers
- 2002 Joined the cast of the WB’s family drama “7th Heaven”
- 2004 Cast in the comedy “Without a Paddle”
- 2005 Portrayed the ill-fated, Maureen opposite Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth in Atom Egoyan’s “Where the Truth Lies”
- Raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Starred as Cher in the sitcom “Clueless” (ABC, 1996-97; UPN, 1997-1999)