Nashville NewsNews on Nashville continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Oscar-nominee Christie Aims to Raise Alzheimers Awareness- February 24, 2008 "So I've become very familiar with (Alzheimers). "When you're my age, it could happen to all your contemporaries, I don't mean Alzheimers in them, but rather in their parents." Academy Award-winning Actress Julie Christie, who has a half century of fond movie-making memories, says she prefers playing a character who remembers as op-posed to one who forgets. via The Signalhttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/oscar-nominee-christie-aims-to-raise-alzheim... Tuesday Tribute: Shelley Duvall in 3 Women- February 20, 2008 Despite her memorable work with filmmakers of such high caliber as Robert Altman, Stanley Kubrick, and, briefly, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall seems to get little respect. via Reverse Shothttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/tuesday-tribute-shelley-duvall-in-3-women?fr... Bob Byington Gets Annenberg Grant- February 13, 2008 "We are thrilled that we are able to provide key financial and creative support to Bob at this crucial juncture in the development of his new project" Big kudos and congrats to Austin-based filmmaker Bob Byington , who has been awarded the Annenberg Film Fellowship Grant by the Sundance Institute. via Matt Dentler's Bloghttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/bob-byington-gets-annenberg-grant?fromrss=1 31 Days of Oscar- February 12, 2008 Time for another week of Turner Classic Movie's "31 Days of Oscar." This time, rather than post the entire week , I am just including the movies I recommend. via Monkey Barnhttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/31-days-of-oscar?fromrss=1 Shorts, 22.- February 3, 2008 "I would argue careful attention is requisite in watching an Eric Byler film, whose cadences are exploratory, circumabulating around the doubts and fears of the lovelorn with wary curiosity." " Claire Danes has joined the cast of Richard Linklater 's Me and Orson Welles , an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow ," reports Stuart Kemp for Reuters. via GreenCine Dailyhttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/shorts-2-2?fromrss=1 Actress Julie Christie weds journalist- February 1, 2008 Oscar-winning actress Julie Christie reportedly has married British journalist Duncan Campbell in India. via Daily Indiahttp://www.topix.net/movies/nashville/2008/02/actress-julie-christie-weds-journalist?fromr... |