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Five More Actors Martin Scorsese Should Consider for His Frank Sinatra Biopic

It’s hard to keep up with the seemingly endless films Martin Scorsese has brewing (a George Harrison documentary, a Mafia flick dubbed The Irishman and a 3D kids movie, The Invention of Hugo Cabret), but, for more than a year now, our favorite living director has also been piecing together a biopic on romanticized singer/actor Frank Sinatra....  read more

Taking Woodstock

In the middle of this true story about rundown motel employee Elliot Tiber...  read more

Where Will Emile Hirsch's Hamlet Fall Within the Canon of Modern-Day Shakespeare Films?

When we heard Emile Hirsch would play Hamlet in a modern-times Shakespeare remake directed by Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke, flashbacks of teen flicks (most of which involved Julia Stiles) adapting 16th-and-17th-century masterpieces flooded our collective memory. It's always been interesting to watch what develops in these modernizations, as directors and writers throw purist interpretation to the wind with the belief that Shakespeare's storylines transcend all time periods. Heartthrobby leads try to give Kenneth Branagh and Laurence Olivier a run for their money, jeans-and-tees replace frilly frocks, and major turns of plot transpire in gas stations, high-school stadiums and Blockbuster video stores. Although some past adaptations have recontexualized...  read more

Emile Hirsch, Giant Bear and Cave Singers?

embedStationLite ("http://www.pastemagazine.com/cultureclub/podcasts/mp3/PMCC-10.26.07.mp3", "Paste Magazine Culture Club - October 26, 2007") We kicked off our podcast with a live recording from Giant Bear, a November Four to Watch band. A few months ago, Giant Bear pulled up to Paste's offices in their trusty yellow van, which had a past life as a Stanley Steamer van, and played a few songs for us. In addition to "Clementine", which is on the podcast this week, you can find Giant Bear on the October and November Sampler CDs. Emile Hirsch has been riding high since the release of his new movie, Into the...  read more