Marcia Gay Harden receives Independent Spirit Award nomination
Date added: 2006-11-29
Marcia Gay Harden has received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award as Best
Supporting Actress for "American Gun"! Among the nominees in this category are
Melonie Diaz (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints), Mary Beth Hurt (The Dead Girl),
Frances McDormand (Friends With Money) and Amber Tamblyn (Stephanie Daley). "American
Gun" and "The Dead Girl" have also received nominations in the Best Feature category,
so congratulations to Marcia for the nomination and having two ambitious projects in
the running.
Marcia and Crest Whitestrips reunite most deserving family
Date added: 2006-11-01
This holiday season, Marcia Gay Harden and Crest Whitestrips Premium are on a quest
to reunite one deserving family, for a New York City trip they'll never forget. The
holidays are a time for family gatherings, delicious food, laughter, and travel and
this holiday season, one lucky family will get the New York City reunion of a
lifetime. To enter the contest, visit http://www.whitestrips.com/reunion from now
until November 26th, 2006 to submit a photo and short essay explaining why gathering
your family together would make you smile this holiday season.
Bacon, Harden reuinite for Eastwood's daughter
Date added: 2006-10-27
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden are in
negotiations to star in "Rails and Ties," a drama that will mark the feature
directorial debut of Alison Eastwood, the daughter of Clint Eastwood, whose Malpaso
Prods. is behind the Warner Independent Pictures project. Production is to begin in
early 2007 in Los Angeles. The script by Micky Levy tells of the physical, emotional
and psychological collision of two families after a suicidal mother parks her car,
with her 9-year old son inside, on a railroad crossing and awaits the arrival of a
speeding train. Bacon will play the train engineer, and Harden his wife. They
previously worked together in Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River."
"The Dead Girl" to world-premiere at AFI Fest
Date added: 2006-10-04
"The Dead Girl", the upcoming mystery thriller starring Toni Collette, Marcia Gay
Harden, Josh Brolin and Piper Laurie will have its world-premiere at the 2006 AFI
Fest. The film will be shown as a special presentation between November 01 - 12,
2006. An exact air date hasn't been released yet. Visit the AFI Fest's
Official Website for a complete line-up and news.
Marcia's second "Law & Order" appearance to air September 19
Date added: 2006-09-17
Marcia Gay Harden will star in the season premiere episode "Informed" on "Law & Order
Special Victims Unit" on September 19, 2006. Here's the synopsis: FBI agent Star
Morrison (guest star Marcia Gay Harden) reappears on the scene, where alleged rape
victim Haley (guest star Kristen Bush) refuses a rape kit. Benson learns that Haley
is an FBI informant whose ex-boyfriend is a radical environmental rights advocate.
In order to foil the group's terrorist activities, Benson goes undercover to further
investigate. Chris Meloni, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal, Ice-T, B.D. Wong,
and Tamara Tunie also star.
"Into the Wild" is shooting in Oregon
Date added: 2006-07-22
Astoria is buzzing as Sean Penn and the crew of the upcoming movie "Into The Wild" film along the Oregon Coast.
Penn is directing the film based on the book by Jon Krakauer, about a young man who abandons his lifestyle to live in the wilderness of Alaska, where he dies. The lead character's travels take him through Oregon.
The film also features Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt. Rumors abound that other celebrities - not appearing in the film - have also been spotted around town, according to The Daily Astorian newspaper.
Nearly 100 locals turned out at a casting call about a week ago.
Marcia Gay Harden to star in "Home"
Date added: 2006-06-26
Marcia Gay Harden will be filming a movie in Lancaster County this summer.
Harden is starring in Mary Haverstick’s “Home,” a story about a woman and her young daughter, which is set in the 1960s.
Shooting begins Saturday and runs through the end of July.
Harden’s 7-year-old daughter, Eulala Harden Scheel, will play her daughter in the film.
“It is a huge honor to be working with Marcia Gay Harden,” says Haverstick, who wrote the film and is directing it. “To have an actor of her caliber in this project is a dream come true for me. She is phenomenal.”
Harden plays Inga, who, before the film begins, had a mastectomy after being
diagnosed with breast cancer.
Hurt and Harden go "Into the Wild"
Date added: 2006-06-08
Oscar winners William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden have signed on to co-star writer-direct Sean Penn's Into the Wild, which will be distributed by Paramount Vantage, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener already have boarded the project.
Based on Jon Krakauer's non-fiction book, the story centers on Christopher McCandless (Hirsch), who graduated from college in 1992, abandoned his possessions and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness and return to nature. He died four months later in an abandoned bus at a remote campsite.
Hurt and Harden will play McCandless' parents.
Marcia Gay Harden to present at Tony Awards
Date added: 2006-06-06
Over 40 additional presenters have been announced for the 2006 Tony Awards ceremony,
which will be held June 11 at Radio City Music Hall. New presenters include James
Naughton, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Harvey Fierstein, Tom Skerritt, Ana Gasteyer, Audra
McDonald, Bebe Neuwirth, Bill Irwin, Christine Ebersole, Julianna Margulies, Julie
Andrews, Kristen Bell, Lauren Ambrose, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Louise Parker, S.
Epatha Merkerson, Sara Ramirez, Stanley Tucci, and Victoria Clark. The 2006 Tony
Awards will be broadcast live on CBS-TV June 11, 8-11 PM ET; check local listings.
The Tony Awards are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year. For more information
visit www.tonyawards.com.
Bates, Fonda, Harden to read "Nescessary Targets"
Date added: 2006-06-06
Kathy Bates, Jane Fonda, Marcia Gay Harden, Shiva Rose, Marian Seldes and Kerry
Washington will be among the stars in an upcoming benefit reading of Eve Ensler's
Necessary Targets in New York City. Tickets for the benefit performance at Studio 54,
254 West 54th Street, are $15-$500 and can be purchased by calling (212) 279-4200.
For more information on the festival, visit www.vday.org.
Collette and Harden line-up for "The Dead Girl"
Date added: 2006-03-25
According to
Dark Horizons, Josh Brolin, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, James Franco, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Beth Hurt, Brittany Murphy, Giovanni Ribisi, Mary Steenburgen and Kerry Washington have all been lined up for "The Dead Girl", the follow-up project from acclaimed writer-director Karen Moncrieff ("Blue Car") reports Variety.
The story centers on the dark mystery surrounding a young woman's death, which is gradually revealed when the lives of seemingly uninvolved people intersect. Moncrieff will direct from her own script, and Lakeshore Entertainment is financing and producing.
Piper Laurie is also negotiating to join the cast of the pic, which starts lensing April 17th in Los Angeles.
Thanks to Rebecca for the news!
CBS airs "In from the Night" April 23, 2006
Date added: 2006-03-24
Marcia Gay Harden leads a stellar cast in In From the Night, from the Hall-mark Hall
of Fame. Harden plays Vicki Miller, a writer whose carefully-ordered life is turned
upside down when her 16-year-old nephew, Bobby, unexpectedly arrives on her doorstep.
Bobby desperately needs help. Vicki suspects he is the victim of an abusive past.
Marcia Gay Harden to "Drift"
Date added: 2006-03-23
Marcia Gay Harden will star in the ABC pilot Drift, reports Variety.
She'll play a therapist who treats a New York detective suffering from a major emotional trauma that leaves him with insomnia and little long-term memory. While continuing to do his job, he hallucinates that his deceased daughter is with him at the crime scenes he's investigating.
Harden stars in the project opposite Chazz Palminteri. Should it wind up on air, Drift would represent Harden's first regular series role since The Education of Max Bickford.
Harden's film credits include Pollock, Mystic River and the upcoming American Gun.
She can be seen next month in the CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame telepic In From the
Night.
Harden and Schreiber to be part of Shakespeare Marathon
Date added: 2006-03-22
The Shakespeare Society will present a four-hour Shakespeare marathon on April
23 at Symphony Space. Celebrating Shakespeare's 442nd birthday, the event will kick
off at 3:30 PM. The celebration, according to press notes, will feature "stage and
screen actors reading the Bard's plays and poetry, and singers and musicians
performing music inspired by and based on Shakespeare's work." Those scheduled to
take part in the afternoon include Liev Schreiber, John Turturro, F. Murray Abraham,
Marcia Gay Harden, Philip Bosco, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Maria Tucci, Marian Seldes
and Fritz Weaver. Hosts for the marathon will include Symphony Space Artistic
Director Isaiah Sheffer and scholars Krisin Linklater and Marjorie Garber.
For more information visit shakespearesociety.org.
Marcia volunteers to support the American Red Cross
Date added: 2006-03-20
This year’s cabinet represents an extraordinary
combination of well-respected actors, television personalities, musicians and
athletes. Among the 25 new members are Pierce Brosnan, Marcia Gay Harden, Sandra Oh,
Jamie Lee Curtis, Marcia Cross, Eli Manning, Aisha Tyler, Amy Grant, and Tommy
Hilfiger. They join returning members including Cuba Gooding, Jr., Julianne Moore,
Heidi Klum, Patti LaBelle, Tim McGraw and Dakota Fanning.
Marcia Gay Harden to honor brother
Date added: 2005-02-14
Jim O'Neill, Executive Director of Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation (SASF), will preside
over the closing bell. Joining him will be Academy Award Winning Actress Marcia Gay Harden who
will be presenting her brother, Thaddeus Harden, New York City Photographer, with a City Hero
Award at the Sports & Arts in Schools Foundation Annual City Hero Award Benefit on February 16,
2006.
Official release date for "American Gun"
Date added: 2005-02-04
"American Gun" will release in New York theatres on March 22, 2006. From there it will be
platformed throughout the US and into the rest of the world's territories. The
Official Website will be updated around February 15, 2006, with more information
on the film.
Marcia narrated "Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones"
Date added: 2006-01-31
"Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater," a new documentary on a theatre pioneer,
will premiere nationally on public television stations in March. The documentary stars Judith
Ivey as the dynamic and idealistic director from Texas, and Richard Thomas as Tennessee
Williams, whose early career she championed. The one-hour documentary, produced in
high-definition format, is narrated by Marcia Gay Harden and will premiere nationally in March
2006 during Women’s History Month.
Marcia featured in Kushner documentary
Date added: 2006-01-08
Marcia is featured in a documentary on Tony Kushner, directed by Freida Lee Mock, which is
having its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2006. Full synopsis
and airdates can be found
here:
Perhaps the greatest compliment to Freida Lee Mock's film is that she does justice to her
brilliant subject, entwining interviews with leading theatre artists and personal moments from
Kushner's life with scenes from his plays. Watching Marcia Gay Harden as Laura Bush in a scene
from one of Kushner's lesser-known plays is worth the price of admission itself.
