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Woody Harrelson to Advise John McCain in Game Change

Another day, another casting announcement for HBO’ s Game Change , the movie about the 2008 presidential campaign. Woody Harrelson has been added to the apparent Oscar-nominee-only cast as Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s senior campaign strategist and adviser. Harrelson joins Ed Harris as McCain and Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in the Jay Roach film. Expect Sarah Palin to continue to belittle this project on Fox News. [ EW ]

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The Mechanic’s Ben Foster on Gun Porn, Producing and Pedophile-Baiting

One look at the gun-crazy poster for The Mechanic and you know what you’re in for with this week’s hit-man thriller: Lots and lots of gun porn. Pairing Jason Statham as a calculating, composed assassin and Ben Foster as his boss’s loose cannon of a son, director Simon West remakes the original 1972 Charles Bronson flick of the same name with a greater focus on his characters. But the initial appeal, as Foster tells Movieline, was the prospect of getting to “blow sh*t up” with Jason Statham.

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On DVD: Criterion Attempts to Get to the Bottom of Terrence Malick’s Thin Red Line

Terrence Malick’s epic war-film daydream The Thin Red Line (1998) is already out on DVD, but it is being reissued this week from The Criterion Collection, and when Criterion steps up to the line, you salute and say yes, sir. Malick’s film remains an underseen masterpiece, the ignored eccentric twin to Saving Private Ryan (the B.O. ratio in 1998 between them was six to one), and a confounding experience for mainstream audiences used to having their hands held.

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Reconciling Arctic Expectations with Modern Realities

Image courtesy of Bob Davies/Cape Farewell. This guest post was written by Bob Davies, principal at Montgomery Sisam Architects in Canada, as part of the Cape Farewell project . I left Canada a few days ago to come to this remarkably remote place at 78 degrees north to join Cape Farewell’s global Climate/Culture Expedition . A group of 20 scientists, writers, visual artists and musicians; a delightfully odd collection of souls from around the world, will be boarding a 135 foot sailing schooner, the … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Woody and Willie Go All In for Biodiesel, Stella McCartney Designs for Kids, and More

Photo via Ecorazzi Environmental A-listers Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson are famous for their individual efforts — Harrelson has spoken out for veganism and against mountaintop removal mining while Nelson has supported biodiesel and Farm Aid– and now they’re joining forces for a celebrity-studde… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Hollywood Ink: Has The Hunger Games Found Its Director?

Also in this morning’s Hollywood Ink: William H. Macy gets Freaky … Warner Bros. goes back in time for Al Capone… Sam Riley is a Dead Man … and more ahead.

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Woody Harrelson: Natural Born Kicker

With the historic USA vs. England World Cup match just days away, the Americans are already beating the Brits in the most beautiful game. Thanks to…Woody Harrelson. Yes,…

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Pap Suit No Longer Shutterbugging Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson’s legal problems have gone up in smoke. And that’s a good thing. For the second time in four years, a paparazzo’s lawsuit against the actor has been…

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90 Second Oscar Picks: Actor in a Supporting Role

The Rotten Tomatoes Show brings you our 90 Second Oscar Picks when it comes to the Best Supporting Actor nominees: -Matt Damon in “Invictus” – Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger” – Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station” – Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones” – Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds” The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema. For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.com For more about movies from Current: http://current.com/movies added by: Brett_Erlich

Woody Boyd vs. Sam Malone: Who’d You Rather?

Filed under: Who’d You Rather? “Cheers” stars Woody Harrelson, 48, and Ted Danson, 61, reunited at the same event in L.A.

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