Forbes Lists ‘The Hardest Working Actors in Show Business’

Forbes Magazine always likes to put together all kinds of “most successful” lists.  Of course, Forbes’ latest list, which is supposed to list the Hardest Working Actors in Show Business, has interesting criteria.  “To come up with our list we looked at all movies that earned more than $20 million since 2007″ and picked the actors who have appeared in the most $20 million+ grossing films since (not counting animated films). 

Some of the choices are the usual suspects, but there are also some surprises.

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Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and Amy Adams answer questions about ‘The Muppets’

You’re going to see The Muppets this weekend, right?

The movie had me smiling from start to finish. That’s not to say that I didn’t have some problems with it, mainly: Not Enough Miss Piggy! Other than that one complaint, it’s great to have the fuzzy, felt gang back. They sing, they dance and Fozzie wears fart shoes. What more could you ask for?

Courtesy of Moviefone, we have the stars of the new movie, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Jason Segel and Amy Adams answering questions from fans and themselves. Some of the questions and answers take on an odd sexual undertone and while funny, I can’t vision my beloved Piggy that way. Just can’t do it.

In the videos, Miss Piggy does her dead-on impressions of Fozzie and Animal, Jason and Kermit talk about a wild night in Mexico and Amy and Piggy talk who their favorite movie star is.

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8 Clips from ‘The Muppets’ featuring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear and the rest of the gang

I’ve loved all of the parody trailers that The Muppets have put out for their upcoming film and can’t wait for it to come out.

I’ve watched all of the films and old TV shows and am so looking forward to this. I hope the film does well because we all need a healthy does of brightly colored felt in our lives, don’t we?

Below are 8 clips for the upcoming film that stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy Bear and the rest of the gang. 

Look for it on November 23rd.

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Before The Oscars: Amy Adams

How did this year’s Academy Award nominees begin their acting careers? Find out in The Daily Actor’s “Before The Oscars” special feature.

Amy Adams

Nominated for “Best Actress In A Supporting Role”

Film: The Fighter

Role: Charlene Fleming, the determined girlfriend of a boxer whose controlling family is harming his career.

How she got started: Amy Adams started her acting career doing dinner theater and waiting tables in Boulder, Colorado. Her first film was the 1999 comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous. A few years later, she landed a role in Catch Me If You Can, starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio. In 2005, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her breakthrough role in the indie film Junebug. Adams also received a Golden Globe nomination for starring in the Disney movie Enchanted and another Oscar nomination for playing Sister James in the film version of Doubt.

Other notable films: Catch Me If You Can, Junebug (Academy Award Nomination), Enchanted, Doubt (Academy Award Nomination), Sunshine Cleaning and Julie and Julia

The 83rd Academy Awards airs on February 27 at 8pm. For a list of nominees, click here.

Screenplay: ‘The Fighter’

Want the screenplay to The Fighter?

Sure you do!

Click here for the script

Director: David O. Russell

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

Fact vs. Fiction: Side by Side Comparison of the title fight in ‘The Fighter’

I loved The Fighter, let me get that out of the way. Christian Bale, Melissa Leo and Amy Adams and were phenomenal in the film and the people who are short-changing Mark Wahlberg‘s performance are just being to hyper-critical.

Here’s a video that someone made comparing the actual real-life HBO Boxing footage of the championship bout between Micky Ward and Shea Neary to what was filmed for the movie.

Does it match up or take Hollywood liberties? If you loved the movie, this is a definite must watch!

Thanks to Pete for sending this!

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Actress Roundtable: The Leading Ladies

What do you get when you get Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman, Amy Adams, Annette Bening, Helena Bonham Carter and Hilary Swank together in a room?

Some great stories, a little dish and great insight into the business.

The Hollywood Reporter gathered them all together for your viewing enjoyment.

There are 3 clips and at the end of the post is the whole conversation (1 hour long).

In this 1st clip, they’re asked how they balance work and family.

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Trailer: The Fighter

The Fighter is a drama about boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO’d by drugs and crime.

Director: David O. Russell

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo

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Matthew Goode on ‘Leap Year’, accents and ‘A Single Man’

From movieline:

Had you met Amy Adams before shooting?
Before shooting, yes, because I had to get the job. She had a part in the casting so I went in and read. I wasn’t the only chap; she’s quite a big actress these days.

You’ve done several accents in your films. Was it tricky getting this one?
I have to say it really was because Anand wasn’t quite sure where he wanted me to come from for a while then he made the decision that it would be Dingle and the County Kerry accent would be a good one. Luckily I had one of the best vocal coaches in the world, Gerry Grennell — he worked with Johnny Depp and other people — he’s fabulous and he lives in Dublin so it was perfect. The first day Anand said, “Well, everyone in the crew seems to think you sound alright, it’s just that I can’t understand a bloody word.” It was a bit thick, which is good in the west of Ireland, very, very strong accents in certain parts. You can barely understand a bloody word yourself. So it was definitely blood, sweat and tears [sighs] but it worked out.

Is there any sort of character you’d really like to play?
I’ve always wanted to play a detective in a thriller with another guy, I think. Two guys trying to find out something, that would be fun, private detectives or something. I’d really enjoy that … or not, as the case may be.

But you’d like to try.
Absolutely, as long as the script isn’t a floating turd. “I’m going to do my dream! A dream of playing a detective! But the script is f***ing shit!” That would be hell.

Is there any actor whose career you’d like to emulate?
Yeah, sure, there’s so many really. People like Billy Crudup and Sam Rockwell; they have very tremendous range, doing theater and cinema. There are heroes of mine, like Michael Caine … I loved Peter O’Toole. Maybe O’Toole and [Richard] Burton and those boys, but without the alcoholism.

So how was it working with Colin Firth and Tom Ford on ‘A Single Man?’
I loved it; bearing in mind that the film was shot in 21 days, I wasn’t there for terribly long. Colin was one of the reasons I wanted to do it; I knew he was going to smash his part out of the park, and Julianne [Moore] was involved. Great cast. And Tom’s Tom. It was a bit intimidating to meet him at first, but after a couple of drinks in Claridges, we went through what his vision was, he’s very, very passionate, and it was kind of a love poem to his own partner Richard. Why wouldn’t I want to be involved with that? It’s a great book and quite important story.

It’s great that it’s getting so much recognition.
Yes, and Colin’s become a chum; I’m terribly fond of him.

He seems like a really solid guy.
He’s so solid. He’s fab, really, really fab. Give him a good vodka martini with a twist and sparks can fly.

Trailer: "Julie and Julia"

Meryl Streep is Julia Child and Amy Adams is Julie Powell in writer-director Nora Ephron’s adaptation of two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with Alex Prud’homme. Based on two true stories, Julie & Julia intertwines the lives of two women who, though separated by time and space, are both at loose ends…until they discover that with the right combination of passion, fearlessness and butter, anything is possible.

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