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Edward Norton, Forest Whitaker, Sarah Jessica Parker, More Sign on to President Obama's Arts Committee

The Obama presidency has formed a rather eclectic all-star cast, which includes both Fight Club and Sex and the City ringleaders....  read more

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HBO nabs Ed Norton-produced Barack Obama doc

With a sensational ending now in tow, Edward Norton’s Class 5 Films has sold television rights for its unfinished Obama documentary to HBO for “low seven figures,” according to Variety....  read more

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The Incredible Hulk

It’s a common misconception that Marvel Studios’ The Incredible Hulk is...  read more

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Edward Norton seeks distributor for Obama doc

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Actor/producer Edward Norton is seeking a distributor for a documentary about Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, according to Variety. The as-yet-untitled documentary is being produced by Norton’s Class 5 Films and is scheduled for release in 2009. Directors Amy Rice and Alicia Sams started shooting in 2006—long before Sen. Obama announced his intention to vie for this year's Democratic presidential nomination—when they accompanied him on a trip to Africa. The filmmakers will continue shooting for the duration of the senator’s campaign. Although Norton and Endeavor agent Ari Emanuel (yes, he's the namesake of that Ari), who's helping the film find...  read more

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Ed Norton plays two leading men in Grass

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Tim Blake Nelson's next feature, Leaves of Grass, will star Edward Norton and...Edward Norton. This is because Norton is set to play identical twins in the film, "one an Ivy League classics professor and the other a hedonistic pot-smoking career criminal," according to Variety. Which means, despite the title of the film, we won't be seeing Norton sing of the body electric, though perhaps that's not too much of a let down. Norton and Nelson will co-star in The Incredible Hulk, and apparently they've been getting along together quite well since Nelson wrote Grass with Norton in mind. "[He] would...  read more

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