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  Sam Trammell joins ‘Long Time Gone’

  September 27, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Sam Trammell of “True Blood” has joined the cast of indie drama “Long Time Gone” opposite Virginia Madsen and Anthony LaPaglia. Smokewood Entertainment is producing “Long Time Gone,” with co-founder and producer Sarah Siegel-Magness (“Precious”) making her directorial debut. Production began Sept. 12 in Los Angeles. Trammell began work Monday. “Long Time Gone” also stars Zach Gilford, Amanda Crew and newcomer Graham Rogers. Karen McCullah (“The Ugly Truth”) wrote the screenplay based upon April Stevens’ novel “Angel, Angel.” [...]

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  Virginia Madsen joins “Long Time Gone”

  September 26, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Virginia Madsen’s Blog: New upcoming project for Virginia Madsen has been confirmed! She has joined the cast of of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone”. Virginia will star in Sarah Siegel-Magness’ drama film, joining the already announced cast of Amanda Crew, Aly Michalka, Madeline Zima and Zach Gilford. “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Virginia Madsen as Augusta, a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford [...]

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  AMC’s ‘Hell on Wheels’ Leads TV’s Wild For Western Trend

  September 24, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: Long considered a dormant TV format, the Western series could be making a big return to the small screen. In addition to AMC’s Hell on Wheels, which bows in November and is set amid the building of the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1860s, the genre has become one of the most in-demand in TV development circles during the current cycle. TNT recently ordered to pilot Gateway, an action-adventure set in 1880s Colorado, from executive producer [...]

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  Reunited by Hilary Graham – Book Cover Reveal

  September 22, 2011 / Articles, News

  Coming from Simon & Schuster – June 12, 2012 1 Concert 2,000 Miles 3 Ex-Best Friends Alice, Summer, and Tiernan are ex-best friends. Back in middle school, the three girls were inseparable. They were also the number one fans of the rock band Level3. But when the band broke up, so did their friendship. Summer ran with the popular crowd, Tiernan was a rebellious wild-child, and Alice spent high school with her nose buried in books. Now, just as the [...]

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  Photos from the set of Long Time Gone

  September 22, 2011 / Articles, Videos

  Via Sierra Madre Patch: Production crews transformed the Taylor’s parking lot into a Maryland grocery store Tuesday morning as they began production on an independent film called Long Time Gone. The film stars Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Golden Globe winner Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace), and Zach Gilford of Friday Night Lights fame. Echoing sentiments expressed by the producers of the NBC web series In Gale We Trust, which also films in town, unit publicist Cid Swank said [...]

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  SurfAid International Charity Event

  September 14, 2011 / Articles, Videos

  Last Friday Seth and Matt attended SurfAid’s annual Malibu fundraiser event. Patron was a sponsor of the event and had a totally rad HD photo booth where everyone struck impromptu poses. It basically made everyone look cool. (Not that we needed it.) It was a cool event for a great cause in a beautiful setting. SurfAid is a non-profit humanitarian organization whose aim is to improve the health, well-being and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us [...]

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  Content Engine’s Good Omen — A Bird of Prey

  September 14, 2011 / Articles, Videos

  A hawk perched just outside the Content Engine office this morning. For about twenty minutes, the magnificent bird preened its feathers, balanced on one talon and craned its neck 180 degrees to survey the coast. Enjoy this rare, up close and personal glimpse you might only find on the Nature channel. Click to expand the pictures below.

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  Thesps sign up for ‘Long Time Gone’

  August 30, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: “Hellcats” star Aly Michalka, model-turned-actor Travis Fimmel and “Californication” thesp Madeline Zima have joined the cast of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone.” “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Meg Ryan as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford and Graham Rogers co-star as her two sons who, along with the latter’s live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew), attempt to comfort Ryan in her time of [...]

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  Graham Rogers plans for ‘Long Time Gone’

  August 25, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness has tapped Graham Rogers for her directorial debut “Long Time Gone.” Ryan toplines the Smokewood Entertainment production as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Rogers will play Ryan’s 18-year-old son Henry, a good-hearted stoner who has flunked out of high school and is determined to comfort her with the help of his estranged older brother (Zach Gilford, “Friday Night Lights”) and live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew, “Sex Drive”). [...]

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  20 Minutes of Oxygen [Music Video]

  August 17, 2011 / Videos, Virals/Shorts/Music Videos

  The latest music video from “The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets”, from the album “Spaceship Zero”. A punk rock tale of disaster in space! Directed and edited by Mike Jackson. Starring Toren Atkinson, Jordan Pratt, Merrick Atkinson and Warren Banks. Director of Photography was Naim Sutherland, production design by Chris MacDonald, costumes by Chris and AJ Andrien, spaceship set made possible by Casey Snowdon. copyright 2010 Steam Powered Films and The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets www.steampoweredfilms.ca www.thickets.net

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  Kim Fields Added to ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ Cast

  August 8, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: Kim Fields has joined the cast of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Lionsgate’s ensemble feature based on the bestselling pregnancy-book series. Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock and Anna Kendrick are among the film’s stars. Fields will play a social worker who helps out a couple with an adoption. This is the actress’s first studio feature. Fields has directed dozens of episodes of the Tyler Perry-created series Meet the Browns and House [...]

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  Expect to see Lennon, Talai in ‘Expecting’

  August 4, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Thomas Lennon and Amir Talai are set to round out the cast of Lionsgate’s motherhood comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Duo will play new dads who join Chris Rock’s “dude group” and are counseled in the ways of fatherhood along with Rob Huebel. Kirk Jones is directing the Shauna Cross-scripted pic, which is skedded for release on May 11, 2012. Lennon, who recently appeared in both “Cedar Rapids” and “Bad Teacher,” recently wrapped Lionsgate’s “Rapturepalooza” and [...]

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