A Judas and the Black Messiah bill to Congress, inspired by the Shaka King film, is being introduced to strip J. Edgar Hoover's name from the FBI building.
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The FBI once called It's a Wonderful Life communist, investigating Frank Capra's Christmas film for Communist ties and for animosity against bankers.
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Leonardo DiCaprio isn't married, but he's about to be unfaithful to his frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese. The pair met up via satellite in Hollywood this weekend to discuss several of their collaborations and each got to talking about their upcoming projects. Scorsese offered up some thoughts on Hugo Cabret ("It's going," he said) and DiCaprio…
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Back in March, a bunch of news came out about a biopic of founding FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Milk's Dustin Lance Black wrote the script, and it was at Universal before the studio passed. The film ended up at Warner Bros. and Malpaso Productions, with Clint Eastwood set to direct. There was a rumor…
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Leonardo DiCaprio is eyeing the lead role in the proposed biopic of original FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. The project is being written by Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black with Clint Eastwood attached to direct, and Brian Grazer on board to produce. This would be DiCaprio's first collaboration with Eastwood. According to Deadline, DiCaprio is…
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Just days ago we told you about a proposed biopic of original FBI director J. Edgar Hoover that is being written by Milk scribe Dustin Lance Black. Now the film has a director attached, and it isn't who I expected to hear signing on. Clint Eastwood is now attached as the film looks for a…
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Before Gus Van Sant's film Milk was released, many people who didn't watch Big Love wondered "who the hell is Dustin Lance Black?" That's the young writer who made his name on Big Love, and whose name was credited large in trailers for his collaboration with Van Sant. After seeing Milk, the question was more…
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