Early Edition

Eclipse's 2009 Annual Benefit will feature the First Annual Eclipse Corona Award presentation to Jane Alderman The Corona award is given to members of the entertainment industry who have demonstrated excellence in their craft and have made a major contribution towards the Chicago Theatre Community. Ms. Alderman was instrumental in the early days of Eclipse, serving as a former board member. She has been a casting director for over 28 years with over 59 films, 68 televisions shows and 36 plays to her credit including Rudy, Turks, Early Edition, ER, Flags of our Fathers, Joan Cusak Show, and many more.

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It might not exactly be early -- unless you live in Hawaii, which people do -- but it is still the Early Edition here at Fsr. And since we know that you can't start your day until we give you some news, we'd like to get you going just in time to see the sun hit its highest point in the sky, and maybe in time to grab some lunch. That said, here are today's lead stories... Magnolia Gets Bobcat Goldthwait's World's Greatest Dad It is no secret that Bobcat Goldthwait's film World's Greatest Dad was one of my favorite films from this year's Sundance Film Fest -- see my review here -- and now it is great to see that The Wrap is reporting that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the film and is prepping it for a theatrical release in late August. But like most other Magnolia titles, it
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Wake up, RejectNation. It is time to get this whole thing started -- and we do that with the Early Edition, our ironically named homage to the CBS TV show of the mid-90s in which we take the day's biggest headlines and modify them slightly, making them interesting. So lets get it on... Steven Spielberg wets self over Transformers 2, say it's Bay's best Yesterday Michael Bay held a secret, invite-only screening of his first cut of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for himself and Executive Producer Steven Spielberg. As the lights came up, Spielberg commented (according to Bay's posting on his own website) that it was "awesome," which is the required response to a Bay movie (it is on the ticket, don't you people pay attention?) He also mentioned that it may just be Bay's best film. Which is actually saying something, as Bay has made some great ones as far as I'm concerned --
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