Doncaster girl masterminded Arab takeover of Manchester City (New Kerala)
London, Sept.3 : A 35-year-old modern languages graduate, and financier, Amanda Staveley, reportedly masterminded the daring takeover of Manchester City by an Arab consortium.
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Fall movie preview (Chicago Tribune)
Scan this year's fall flicks month-by-month.
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Writer/director Alan Ball's passion is bringing good stories to the screen (Seattle Times)
Alan Ball, creator of "Six Feet Under" and "American Beauty," is the force behind two more controversy-courting projects this month. His vampire miniseries, "True Blood," makes its debut Sept. 7 on HBO, while his feature-film directing debut, "Towelhead," moves into theaters in mid-September.
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The girl from Doncaster who became the toast of Abu Dhabi (Independent)
When as an ambitious 22-year-old modern languages graduate, Amanda Staveley rose at 4am every day to cook and strip the meat from dozens of chickens, she had little idea that her pre-dawn catering activities would open the door to the glittering world of high finance and the billions of dollars at the disposal of the Arabian Gulf's ruling sheikhs.
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Alan Ball Re-Emerges With Vampires, 'Towelhead' (NPR)
It's a big week for the creator of the death-obsessed series Six Feet Under. After several years out of the spotlight, his two major projects are emerging within a few days of each other. He discusses why both are focused on sex.
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Aaron Eckhart tackles provocative role in ‘Towelhead’ (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
LOS ANGELES—Cementing his reputation as one of the best actors around, Aaron Eckhart does justice to another complex role in “Towelhead,” the feature directorial debut of Alan Ball, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his “American Beauty” screenplay and created HBO’s acclaimed “Six Feet Under.”
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Sequels are hot ticket this fall (Akron Beacon Journal)
Hollywood's heavy hitter, Harry Potter, has been sidelined for fall, with the sixth adventure about the boy wizard transported from its original November release into next summer's schedule.
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Movies you can fall for (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Fall is a season of transition, between the heat of summer and the chill of winter, with sunshine and falling leaves mingling along the way.
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Fall Film Forward | The Associated Press (Loveland Reporter-Herald)
LOS ANGELES – Highlights of the fall film slate (release dates are subject to change, and some films will play in limited release):
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Batman director tells Two-Face actor, ‘You’re dead’ (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada—He is definitely dead. By now, millions of people all over the world have watched “The Dark Knight” and seen Aaron Eckhart’s Harvey Dent/Two-Face die. But in Hollywood, you never know, especially since “The Dark Knight” is coming close to “Titanic” as the biggest hit of all time.
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