News - Jonathan Demme
LOS ANGELES, May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- For his third Tavis Smiley Reports primetime special, Tavis Smiley will travel to New Orleans to capture the mood and spirit of the city's courageous residents five years after the levees failed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Spokesperson, CARE Advocate for Maternal Health and Contributing Editor at Marie Claire Magazine Christy Turlington Burns; and Director Jonathan Demme Headline Program NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) and the United Nations Department of Public Information (UN DPI) jointly announced today the creation of a new annual forum, entitled "Envision," which will bring together dozens of leaders from the international filmmaking community with prominent representatives from the UN, as well as civil society organizations, entrepreneurs, activists, journalists, economists, public policy makers, and NGOs to address global issues through the international shared language of filmed documentaries.
Anne Hathaway said she was amazed to hear U.S. director Jonathan Demme wanted her to play an acid-tongued, recovering drug addict in his new movie.
By Claudia Puig Rachel Getting Married is a bit of a misnomer. Though the story is structured around the marriage of Rachel, the movie is all about Kym, a neurotic recovering addict and prodigal daughter, played powerfully by Anne Hathaway.
