Baby on Board - New Movie

Jerry O'Connell, Heather Graham, John Corbett, Katie Finneran, Ian Ziering and Lara Flynn Boyle will join forces for the indie romantic comedy Baby on Board.

Brian Herzlinger's indie feature follows a happily married couple (O'Connell, Graham) whose lives and high-powered careers are thrown into chaos thanks to an unplanned pregnancy. Corbett and Finneran play their best friends, a bitter couple whose misguided advice on parenting and marriage only makes things worse.

Flynn Boyle plays Graham's overdemanding ad agency boss. Ziering plays a gay obstetrician and Graham's confidante.

A Plus Prods. and Big Shoot Prods. are backing the project, with A Plus' Emilio Ferrari (I Know What You Did Last Winter) producing and Big Shoot's Russell Scalise executive producing. Scalise penned the screenplay with Michael Wright.

The five-week shoot is set to begin Tuesday in Chicago. Ferrari's Entertainment Seven has worldwide distribution rights.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Chicago Academy for the Arts

That's our lovely Lara when she was attending the Chicago Academy for the Arts in 1988. Please read the short subject published on Chicagomag.com. "Teen Drama: With a TV miniseries (Amerika) already under her belt by age 17, Lara Flynn Boyle was too busy with professional gigs to participate in high-school productions. Then again, the Chicago Academy for the Arts is no regular high school; with a curriculum more Fame than formal, most students sign on in pursuit of careers in the arts. In such a competitive environment, was working actress Boyle popular with her peers? "She was such a good time, people just liked being around her," says her old acting teacher Matt DeCaro. "Of course, people get incredibly jealous, but that was their problem."

Sculptor and fellow Class of '88 alum Merrilee Cleveland agrees. "She was working on one of the Poltergeist movies [in her senior] year, so she wasn’t always in school, but I don’t think anyone minded too much."

Practice for The Practice: DeCaro says it was Boyle's sense of humor that won over her classmates and teachers. "For one assignment, I was trying to help the kids be a little more disciplined in their approach, and I demanded each come to class with a three-minute monologue memorized. If they didn't do it, I was going to give them a failing grade," he recalls. "Lara did this amazing monologue about a witness on the witness stand. It was funny, it was moving, it was poignant; it triggered tears. This was an extraordinary piece of work for a 15- or 16-year-old. But I couldn't place the play or movie it was from. I questioned Lara about it, and she did a little prevaricating, and then she said: 'I just made it up! On the spot! I got ya!' But, you know, I was always such a softie, I gave her an A anyway."

True Hollywood Story: The day after graduation, Boyle and her mother quit Chicago for L.A., where, just four months later, Boyle scored her breakthrough role as Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks. –J. W."

Eye of the Storm - Lobby Cards

Three lobby cards from the german release of Lara's movie Eye of the Storm. A little film noir in which the actress plays the wife of Dennis Hopper. IMDB.com provides - as always - more information about this movie. And if you want to watch a small clip of Boyle's appearance, just click over to You Tube.

Provoking Analogies

"Ken Wentworth is a contemporary Australian visual artist based in Melbourne, he uses existing media images and repositions them into a new framework, enabling an alternative cultural dialogue. Visual puns and suggestive titles combine to create amusingly thought provoking analogies. Imagery from popular culture becomes a sign post that alludes to characteristics of contemporary society and personal reality, enabling us to be in on the joke, and to question and critique aspects of both our culture, and ourselves." Well said. Source: Ken Wentworth.

At Home with Lara

"Her décor is refreshingly delicate and girlish. She has a pink-and-white wedding cake of a bedroom, and a dainty crystal chandelier hangs in the dining room. All it would take is one good puff from the Big Bad Wolf and he could blow it all down." These are the words written by Jamie Diamond for the New York Times way back in 2002. The journalist visited Lara's house and by following this link you can read all of her observations.

Lindsay versus Lara

I found a speculative opinion on this blog. Here it goes:

"Okay, I think Lara Flynn Boyle is Lindsay Lohan’s mother. I do. I mean look at the evidence. First, lets look at the freckle factor. Both of them have a ridiculous amount of freckles all over there body. They wear freckles the way drag queens wear glitter. Second, Lara was on Twin Peaks and Lindsay has twin peaks. Third, need I mention the weight issue? All Lindsay needs now is lip injections." Just kidding!

Carter Smith Photoshooting

Insatiable

Sneak a peek of Lara's appearance in the unfortunately not so long-running tv serie Insatiable.

Have Dreams, Will Travel

Please find enclosed the original artwork for Lara's new movie Have Dreams, Will Travel. It celebrated its premiere at Cannes Film Festival on May 21st 2007. Hopefully the movie gets an us-release later this year.

Objection! Lara on Law & Order

Law & Order fans who’ve been wondering where that long-running drama has been can rest easy: It returns to NBC’s schedule Jan. 2.

When the new season begins, Sam Waterston’s character, Jack McCoy, will be New York’s district attorney (filling the role vacated by presidential candidate Fred Thompson). Jeremy Sisto (Kidnapped) will join the show as Det. Cyrus Lupo and Linus Roache will play assistant district attorney Michael Cutter.

NBC noted in its press release that Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump will guest on the flagship Law & Order as will Chicago native Lara Flynn Boyle and January Jones (Mad Men).

Please read the complete official NBC press release.

Snapshot - Lara Flynn Boyle & Husband

Lara has been married for a few months and we finally get a peek of the South Texas businessman, Donald Ray Thomas, she married last December. Photo taken at Mr. Chow restaurant in L.A. Thanks to the original uploader.

Las Vegas, Season 3, Episode 1, Viva Las Vegas

For 8 episodes Lara Flynn Boyle played Monica Mancuso, the owner of the new Montecito casino in the hit serie Las Vegas starring James Caan and Nikki Cox. Please find enclosed some screencaps of the first episode in which Lara appears (first episode of the third season).

Die Again aka Susan's Plan

A few weeks ago the german company Kinowelt published Lara Flynn Boyle's comedy Die Again aka Dying to get Rich aka Susan's Plan on DVD. The content of this edition is similar to the british one from Cinema Club in 2003. Among the bonus features you can find: Photo Gallery, Behind the Scenes-Featurette, Interviews and Trailer. Please find enclosed some screencaps of the menus and a variety of pictures from the gallery showing - of course - our lovely Lara.

Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition (R1) in October

Paramount Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition on 30th October 2007 priced at $108.99 SRP. The highly-anticipated Definitive Gold Box Edition of the series that became one of television’s most acclaimed events finally arrives – with all 29 episodes plus both the original and European versions of the pilot – on October 30, 2007 from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Considered both technically and artistically revolutionary when it debuted, Twin Peaks garnered 18 Emmy nominations over the course of its two-season run with its cast of memorable characters, stunning cinematography and intriguing plot. Co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost and a large number of the cast and crew have returned to participate in this extraordinary new collection.

"Finally the pilot is together with the series. The picture looks clean with good color correction. The sound is really good," said David Lynch. "I think this is a great definitive Twin Peaks Gold Set – the Gold represents the highest quality. A lot of work has gone in to this, and in my opinion it has really paid off."

"Working closely with David Lynch, I believe we've put together the ultimate Twin Peaks DVD box set with the most unique, interesting and comprehensive collection of content possible that will more than excite the ardent fan and engage new ones," commented Ken Ross, Executive Vice President and General Manager, CBS Home Entertainment. "And we drank some damn good cups of coffee along the way.'"

This 10-disc set includes "Greetings from Twin Peaks" collectable postcards and a plethora of special features, including hours of newly-minted bonus content, featuring exclusive cast and crew interviews and rare footage never before released on DVD, produced by award-winning DVD producer Charles de Lauzirika (Alien Quadrilogy, Spider-Man 2: Special Edition, Blade Runner: The Final Cut.)

"Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks" is a collection of four new documentaries exploring the origins, production and impact of the show. The cast and crew, including co-creator Mark Frost, composer Angelo Badalamenti, singer Julee Cruise, actors Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee, Kenneth Welsh, Mädchen Amick, Miguel Ferrer and many others share their memories of creating the show in this in-depth piece covering the sensational and tumultuous evolution of Twin Peaks in four parts: "Northwest Passage: Creating the Pilot," "Freshly Squeezed: Creating Season One," "Where We’re From: Creating the Music" and "Into the Night: Creating Season Two."

Co-creator and four-time Academy Award nominee David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan and Mädchen Amick take an amusing look back at the series in "A Slice of Lynch," an all-new get-together of friends over piping hot coffee and sweet cherry pie.

"Return to Twin Peaks" follows a group of devoted fans to the 2006 Twin Peaks Festival, where the show’s faithful have been regularly gathering for costume contests, celebrity sightings, trivia games and other wildness in the woods outside of Seattle. And an Interactive Map allows viewers to revisit the show’s unforgettable locations as they appear today…and how to find them in real life.

Thought to have been lost forever, a selection of deleted scenes has been unearthed for this collection and approved by David Lynch, offering viewers additional clues and background on some of their favorite characters and locations in the series.

The collection showcases the phenomenon that was Twin Peaks with such archival nuggets as the Saturday Night Live opening monologue and Twin Peaks sketch featuring Kyle MacLachlan, the "Falling" music video featuring Julee Cruise, the Richard Beymer behind-the-scenes photo gallery, original network promo spots and many more rare gems!

Newly remastered from the original negative and personally approved by David Lynch, the episodes have never looked better. Moreover, viewers will have the option of enjoying the episodes in either new 5.1 Surround Sound or the original 2.0 network television audio.

Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition is a 10-disc collection presented in full screen with English 5.1 Stereo Surround and English 2.0 Stereo. A content break-down follows…

Disc 1: Pilot
Log Lady Intro For Pilot
International Version With Alternate Ending

Disc 2: Episodes 1-4
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 3: Episodes 5-7
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 4: Episodes 8-10
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 5: Episodes 11-14
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 6: Episodes 15-18
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 7: Episodes 19-22
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 8: Episodes 23-26
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode

Disc 9: Episodes 27-29
Log Lady Intros For Each Episode
Deleted Scenes (4 scenes)
Production Documentary

Disc 10: Special Features
A Slice of Lynch
Northwest Passage: Creating The Pilot
Freshly Squeezed: Creating Season 1
Where We’re From: Creating The Music
Into The Night: Creating Season 2
Saturday Night Live Featuring Kyle MacLachlan (Monologue and Twin Peaks Sketch)
Return To Twin Peaks
Interactive Map (8 Pods)
"Falling" Music Video
Georgia Coffee Commercials (5 Spots)
Image Galleries
The Richard Beymer Gallery
Unit Photography
Twin Peaks Trading Cards
TV spots
Premiere Spots (8 Spots)
There’s No Place Like Home Spot
1-900 Promo Ad
T-Shirt Ad
Holiday Greeting
Patriot Greeting

Source: DVDTimes

Happiness

"Todd Solondz's Happiness is a film that perplexes its viewers, even those who admire it, because it challenges the ways we attempt to respond to it" wrote critic Roger Ebert in his Chicago Sun-Times review on october 23d in 1998 and he adds "Is it a portrait of desperate human sadness? Then why are we laughing? Is it an ironic comedy? Then why its tenderness with these lonely people? Is it about depravity? Yes, but why does it make us suspect, uneasily, that the depraved are only seeking what we all seek, but with a lack of ordinary moral vision?

In a film that looks into the abyss of human despair, there is the horrifying suggestion that these characters may not be grotesque exceptions, but may in fact be part of the mainstream of humanity. Whenever a serial killer or a sex predator is arrested, we turn to the paper to find his neighbors saying that the monster 'seemed just like anyone else.' Happiness is a movie about closed doors--apartment doors, bedroom doors and the doors of the unconscious. It moves back and forth between several stories, which often link up. It shows us people who want to be loved and who never will be - because of their emotional incompetence and arrested development. There are lots of people who do find love and fulfillment, but they are not in this movie."

"Joy (Jane Adams) is the classic Solondz misfit - think Dawn Weiner in Dollhouse all grown up. Turning 30 and directionless, she has a perpetual deer-in-headlights look, a frustrated songwriter toiling away at telephone sales. But she's not a total loser; she has the power to dump her fat, melancholy suitor (Jon Lovitz in a great cameo) as the film opens.

Helen (Lara Flynn Boyle) is a beautiful, famous writer whose problem is that everyone loves her ("You don't know how exhausting it is to be wanted all the time," she says). Then there's Trish (Cynthia Stevenson), a housewife who tells everyone she "has it all" - two kids and, joyously, no sex with her psychologist husband."

I'm still waiting for the perfect dvd edition of this perfect but politically incorrect movie. Happiness celebrated its dvd premiere way back in 1999 from Trimark Pictures (Review). New Line re-issued it as part of their Signature Series in 2003 but with no remarkable extras, picture and sound quality. If you take a look at the dvd being published down under by Good Machine or in the Netherlands there's nothing worth writing about them. Finally, the german edition of Todd Solondz' movie has been out of print for several years. But at least you can catch the UK version from Entertainment Video which provides an artificial menu style.