... Not to Be

On my daily scan of the Public's website I see that they've finally posted the Cast & Crew for Measure for Measure.

Liev is NOT on it.

POUT. SOB. MOAN.

Measure for Measure

By WILLIAM SHAKESPEAREDirected by DAVID ESBJORNSON
Measure sweeps from the corridors of national power to the intimate confines of the bedroom and from the convent's chapel to the executioner's block. It is Shakespeare at his grittiest: a bracing and bawdy glimpse of what happens when those in power allow their basest human impulses to range unchecked.

With Bill Army, Kristen Connolly, John Cullum, Carson Elrod, Joe Forbrich, Danai Gurira, Michael Hayden, Andre Holland, Jordan Lund, David Manis, Dakin Matthews, Charlie Francis Murphy, Caitlin O'Connell, Annie Parisse, Carra Patterson, Tonya Pinkins, Lorenzo Pisoni, James Rees, Reg Rogers, Lucas Caleb Rooney, Benjamin Thys, Brendan Titley, Katie Tuminelly, Zachary Unger, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg, Roger Yeh

Artistic Staff for MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Scenic Design SCOTT PASK
Costume Design ELIZABETH HOPE CLANCY
Lighting Design PETER KACZOROWSKI
Original Music and Sound Score JOHN GROMADA
Sound Design ACME SOUND PARTNERS
Hair and Wig Design CHARLES LAPOINTE
Vocal Coach SHANE-ANN YOUNTS
Production Stage Manager W. WILLIAM SHINER
Stage Manager BUZZ COHEN
Stage Manager JAMES LATUS
Stage Manager SEAN M. THORNE

This is What Happens...

... when an artist of this calibre gets to be among like minded people, celebrating what it is they all love. I think this beaming photo of Liev is one of the most darling I've ever seen. You just can't help but smiling.

Liev at the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards - more in our Gallery.

Knickerbocker Premiere

Hey Guys,

Sorry for being so slow on the uptake this week - I'm in sunny San Francisco enjoying a romantic 5th anniversary weekend with my amazing husband.

So, better late than never:  Liev at the Premiere of Knickerbocker in NYC last night.
See our Gallery for more.

Village Voice Obie Awards

Awards abound as our favourite Young Shakespeareans get together to celebrate at this year's event! How CUTE are these two? More available in our Gallery - and check it out: (Someone obviously went shoe shopping!)

Favourite Photo Fridays:

Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.  Mark Twain

Loving this photo of Liev at the 20th anniversary of Indochine in 2004.  I have a look like this to convey disapproval. My husband calls it my "hairy eyeball." TeeHee

Liev Schreiber: Bayonne Bleeder Update

Here it is from Variety, the news we've all been waiting for!

   

Trio set for 'The Bleeder'

Watts, Schreiber, Hendricks add punch to fight pic

By Diana Lodderhose

Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber and Christina Hendricks are set to star in boxing drama "The Bleeder," helmed by Jeff Feuerzeig. The Pic, which Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Intl. is shopping to buyers in Cannes this week, is based on the true story of former New Jersey heavyweight boxer and womanizer Chuck Wepner who boxed 15 rounds with Muhammad Ali and inspired Sylvester Stallone to pen "Rocky."

Feuerzeig, who won the 2005 Sundance documentary directing award for "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," co-penned the script with Jerry Stahl.
 
Mike Tollin and Carl Hampe are producing, with Amritraj and Matty Beckerman serving as exec producers.
Pic is being financed by Linda Zander's Maxar Pictures which was advised in the deal by Philip Fier of Focus Advisory Services, who will also serve as exec producers.
 
Hyde Park's sales slate includes Sony's "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D," toplining Nicolas Cage; spy thriller "The Double," starring Richard Gere and Topher Grace; Jason Statham starrer "Echelon"; and Paul Rudd starrer "Our Idiot Brother."

Liev Schreiber Attends 2011 Robin Hood Gala in NYC

So far only a couple of photos in the Gallery but someone has promised me more images of this prestigious event are on the way!

Liev Schreiber "How Should I Know?"

 

Monday, May 9, 2011

Tim Boxer - Special to the Jewish Week

Before Liev Schreiber headed to the Paris Theater on May 5 to accept an award at the Israel Film Festival, he said he did “what every good Jewish boy would do — I called my mother.”

His mom, Heather, told him to say it’s wonderful to be a Jew. Of course Schreiber immediately responded, “But ma, is it not also wonderful to not be a Jew?” Mom replied, “How should I know?”

“It suddenly dawned on me,” Schreiber recounted, “that my mother managed to sum up the entirety of my film career: How should I know?”

Jonathan Safran Foer couldn’t make it to the opening night ceremonies to present Liev with an IFF Achievement in Film Award. He texted from the doctor’s office that his two young children, both under five, was being treated for food poisoning.

Naomi Watts, Liev’s partner, filled in for Foer. She has known Liev for six years and is the mother of his two sons, Alexander “Sasha” Pete, 3, and Samuel Kai, 2.

“Liev cares about a lot things,” Watts said. “Israel is one of them. We had the good fortune of going there a couple of years ago. To share that experience with him was a great pleasure.”

Watts read Foer’s remarks: “Liev has been a model of menchness — a full human being. He wants things to be better than they are. As Hillel said, ‘Where there are no men, strive to be one.’ That’s Liev.”

25th Annual Isreal Film Awards

Liev was honoured by the Isreal Film Awards yesterday! ♥
Until I can get more details I'll post the photos in our Gallery for you all to enjoy.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Movie 43 ~ Not Soon-ish Enough!

According to the fine folks at collider.com Movie 43 (as per IMDB) a.k.a. the Untitled Farrelly/Wessler Comedy is finally on the docket.

See the link here.

Or: 

Relativity Media continued to build its 2012 release slate today, announcing it will release the Untitled Raven Project, directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta) and starring John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) on March 9, 2012 and the Untitled Farrelly/Wessler Comedy on April 13, 2012. These two films join previously announced thriller, House at the End of the Street, which is set to hit theaters next Spring on February 3, 2012.

In April, comes the Untitled Farrelly/Wessler Comedy which boasts the greatest cast ever assembled in the most dangerous comedy ever made. The star-studded cast includes Johnny Knoxville, Gerard Butler, Anna Faris, Seann William Scott, Hugh Jackman, Richard Gere, Uma Thurman, Halle Berry, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Kate Bosworth, Kate Winslet, Terrence Howard, Liev Schreiber, Elizabeth Banks, Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Patrick Warburton, Josh Duhamel, Jason Sudeikis, Chloe Grace Moretz, Stephen Merchant, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jack McBrayer, Kieran Culkin and Chris Pratt in a series of interconnected stories, each one more outrageous than the last.

The film is being produced by Peter Farrelly (Something About Mary), Charles Wessler (Dumb & Dumber), GreeneStreet Films’ John Penotti (In the Bedroom) and Relativity Media’s Ryan Kavanaugh (Immortals). Executive producers are Tim Williams (Swimfan) of GreeneStreet Films and Tucker Tooley (Immortals) of Relativity Media. Co-producers are Tom Gormican and Marc Ambrose. Rocky Russo and Jeremy Sosenko also serve as associate producers.