A Moment of Silence on the Prairie

October 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Sad news today: Tom Keith, longtime sound-effects wizard on A Prairie Home Companion, passed away suddenly on Sunday. In addition to his many years on PHC, Keith was co-host of The Morning Show on Minnesota Public Radio until his retirement from the show in 2008. A little of his work can be heard on this clip from [...]

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Tea at Five—O’Clock Shadow?

October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

Matthew Lombardo’s play, Tea at Five, is going to have a benefit performance November 28. The staged reading of the single-actor play will star actor and playwright Charles Busch as Katharine Hepburn, and it’s a benefit for the Ali Forney Center. Judging by the photos on the website, Busch is a natural for the role. I’d [...]

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‘Eating with the Enemy’ scriptwriter named

October 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Patrick M. Healy will write the screenplay for HBO’s adaptation of Eating with the Enemy, by Robert Egan and Kurt Pitzer. The book tells Egan’s true story of acting as a freelance diplomat with North Korea from his BBQ restaurant in Hackensack, NJ. James Gandolfini is set to star as Egan.

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Barry Prize for Thirteen Hours

September 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First, Publishing News

Deon Meyer’s book Thirteen Hours has won the Barry Prize for Best Thriller at this year’s Bouchercon mystery convention. Congratulations!

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Another dispatch from Middle-Earth

August 4th, 2011 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

Director Peter Jackson has issued a third video blog about filming the two films of Tolkien’s The Hobbit. This one is primarily about the dwarves. Thirteen of them with different looks and costumes, and only one cast member can remember all their names! Check it out.

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The Hedgehog comes to U.S. theaters

August 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Hear It Here First, HighBridge at the Movies

Better late than never: the French film The Hedgehog, “freely adapted from” Muriel Barbery’s bestselling book The Elegance of the Hedgehog will be released in theaters across the country beginning on August 19 in New York and Los Angeles and rolling out through September and October. Find the full list of release dates and theaters [...]

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New video from “The Hobbit” set

July 14th, 2011 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

The first block of filming for the two Hobbit films has wrapped in New Zealand, and director Peter Jackson has released another production video. Fun facts from the video: Andy Serkis, who performed the voice and movement for Gollum in the Lord of the Rings films, is the second-unit director for The Hobbit. And it [...]

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The Elusiveness of The Hedgehog

June 16th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Author/Narrator News, HighBridge at the Movies

We’ve come across reference again to the French film version of Muriel Barbery’s novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog, this time in the form of a movie trailer (Le Hérisson or The Hedgehog). The original movie was released in France in 2009, and an English subtitled version came out in 2010. It doesn’t seem to [...]

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Hobbit release date shifts Pi

June 6th, 2011 · No Comments · HighBridge at the Movies

Last week, titles and release dates were announced for the two Hobbit movies being filmed by Peter Jackson in New Zealand. The first film is called The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and will open on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again is scheduled to open on December 13, 2013. [...]

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Garrison Keillor talks retirement

May 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Author/Narrator News, Hear It Here First

The New York Times this weekend ran a new interview with A Prairie Home Companion‘s Garrison Keillor. He confirms that he’s planning to step down as host of the show in 2013 and is looking for a replacement.

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