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Susan receives Emmy nomination for You Don’t Know Jack

Posted on July 8th, 2010 | Posted in Awards & Nominations, You Don't Know Jack | 1 Comment »

Admiring Susan Sarandon would like to wish Susan a big CONGRATULATIONS for her Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role as Janet Good in You Don’t Know Jack!

Susan is nominated in the category alongside Julia Ormond (Temple Grandin), Catherine O’Hara (Temple Grandin), Kathy Bates (Alice), and co-star Brenda Vaccaro (You Don’t Know Jack). As expected, Al Pacino also won an Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie nomination for his lead role in the TV mini-series, and nominations were also received in other categories, including Outstanding made For Television Movie, Writing, Directing. Find a full list of Emmy nominations here.

Congratulations again to Susan and the cast and crew of You Don’t Know Jack! The Emmy’s take place on August 29th, so let’s cross our fingers that Susan will be in attendance ad will pick up her award

Susan’s reaction:
Susan Sarandon admitted she forgot what day it was. “I honestly didn’t know nominations were coming out today. I was helping my son pack and my assistant stopped by to tell me,” said Sarandon from New York of her Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a made for TV movie for “You Don’t Know Jack.” “I’m either losing track of this stuff, or just losing my mind. Either way, I’m really excited for our cast, and that HBO is able to do these edgier films.” Sarandon said she is kind of “removed from Hollywood these days,” but looks forward to Emmy night when she can “bob in and see everybody” in L.A. Though, there might be a slight conflict timing-wise. “I’m supposed to take my son to college that same weekend,” she said. “We’ll figure something out!” – thr.com

Susan Sarandon and ‘The Magnus Effect’

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Career | No Comments »

The Magnus Effect: according to Wikipedia, “In many ball sports, [it's] responsible for the curved motion of a spinning ball.” Eschewing for now the obvious lines one could draw between “the curved motion of a spinning ball” and ping pong social club SPiN co-owners — and reputed lovers — Susan Sarandon and Jonathan Bricklin, it’s also the tentative title of a new reality show being produced by BBC America.
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The Magnus Effect will have a two-stranded narrative, “one that follows the top junior players who compete at on a regular basis (including 15-year-old Michael Landers, the reigning U.S. men’s singles champion), and another that tracks SPiN chef Will Horowitz and his staff at Ducks Eatery as they send out dishes from a basement kitchen without any ventilation.”

The delightful Sarandon will narrate in that Mrs. Robinson way of hers, discussing, one would assume, the velocity of flying ping pong balls, the fast-paced delivery of food at Ducks, and the speed with which a bullet pierces straight through Tim Robbins’s heart, which is where many assume it’s been lodged since rumors of Sarandon’s dalliance with the much-younger Bricklin surfaced.

– blackbookmag.com

Susan Sarandon Reality Show?

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Career | No Comments »

Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon and a reality show? The Observer reports the owners of SPiN New York, the Ping-Pong social club on East 23rd Street, are shopping a reality show.

The show is narrated by club member Susan Sarandon and has been offered and shown to networks for the past couple of months.

Grub Street New York reveals the show began filming last week with BBC America as the production company.

Susan to be inducted into N.J. Hall of Fame

Posted on March 30th, 2010 | Posted in Career, Other | No Comments »

Architect Michael Graves of Princeton, N.J., is being inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF).

Graves was among 15 elected to the Class of 2010 by the East Rutherford, N.J.-based NJHOF, with the others including legends and luminaries ranging from jazz great Count Basie to President Woodrow Wilson.

The Class of 2010 was announced by then Governor-elect Chris Christie in December. The impressive list also includes music legends Les Paul and Frankie Valli, feminist Alice Paul and baseball pioneer Larry Doby, as well as movie stars Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon and Danny DeVito and novelists Judy Blume and Phillip Roth. Rounding out the list are track and field superstar Carl Lewis, Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and Wally Schirra, one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts.

The Class of 2010 will be inducted at a gala red carpet ceremony on Sunday, May 2, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, N. J.

“This will be a proud moment for AIA-NJ,” said Jason Kliwinski, AIA, LEED AP, president of AIA-NJ. “Michael Graves’ election to the New Jersey Hall of Fame is an acknowledgement not only of his own extraordinary achievements, but also of the importance to the public of the profession of architecture. We encourage everyone with an interest in architecture and design to join us in celebrating this event.”

“The previous two ceremonies were terrific shows that were covered by all the major networks,” said Don Jay Smith, executive director of the NJHOF. “The living inductees accepted in person, plus there were many surprise guest presenters and great music, including a surprise performance by Bruce Springsteen. We look forward to another terrific celebration in 2010.”

Ridgefield Playhouse’s Film Society presents “PoliWood”

Posted on January 12th, 2010 | Posted in Career, Charity | No Comments »

The Ridgefield Playhouse Film Society, as part of its Documentary Film Series, will present “PoliWood,” a film about the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, directed by Academy Award winner Barry Levinson, on Friday, January 29, 7:30 p.m. Levinson will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening. Hosts are Morton Dean, Ira Joe Fisher and Faith Daniels. Sponsors are The Ridgefield Press, HBGroup, Sony XDCAM HD and Cohen and Wolf, P.C.

“PoliWood” follows a group of politically active actors to the 2008 Democratic and Republican conventions as they set out to explore the collision and collusion between politics and Hollywood. The film gives the viewer a front-row seat and backroom access to the most significant presidential campaign of the 21st century. The journey leads to President Obama’s inauguration.

“PoliWood” features cinema-verite interviews with powerful political figures as well as high-profile celebrity actors including Susan Sarandon, Anne Hathaway and Giancarlo Esposito. “PoliWood” gives insider access to the influence Hollywood has over today’s political process as we discover the thin line between politician and actor, news and entertainment, policy and tabloid. Trailing a number of politically active actors, directors, writers and musicians, “PoliWood” is sure to spark debate about the role media and celebrities should have in modern-day politics.

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Susan’s New Years resolution

Posted on January 12th, 2010 | Posted in Career, Personal | No Comments »

“I don’t want to be in a film where one of my kids die or I die. That’s my New Year’s resolution.” – okmagazine.com

Patricia Clarkson on SNL digital short

Posted on January 12th, 2010 | Posted in Career, Other | No Comments »

Cinematical: You and Susan Sarandon starred in a SNL Digital Short entitled “Motherlover” with Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg. How did that come about?

Patricia Clarkson: [Laughs] That was simple. I just got a call. I guess Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake had me and Susan Sarandon in mind as their mothers. I was a little shocked at first; I didn’t really understand. I was like, what are we doing in the video? Remember, I’m a nice Southern girl. Then when I found out what it was, I was like, Oh my gosh. They [Timberlake, Samberg, and Lonely Island cohorts Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone] were lovely, lovely. We shot it in one day – I just showed up in the morning, we shot all these videos, we shot that night, and boom! The next night it was on “Saturday Night Live!” It was wild. It’s crazy how they do this, they work so long and such long hours, and they’re brilliantly talented. They’re all just geniuses, the Lonely Island guys.

- entertainmentandshowbiz.com

Lazy Actress Susan Sarandon

Posted on January 12th, 2010 | Posted in Career | No Comments »

Susan Sarandon credits acting with stopping her from being lazy.

The 63-year-old actress, who recently split from her partner Tim Robbins after 23 years together, says playing other people “helped her overcome” a feeling of “personal inertia”.

She added: “I was forced to find out about things I wouldn’t necessarily have left my little apartment to find out about.

“I’ve worked on projects where actors have had to be antagonistic in order to get to a creative place. But, if I get myself into a state and try to hold on to it, I feel numb.”

Susan also said she prefers doing smaller roles to big, blockbuster movies.

She told The Scotsman newspaper: “It’s still not easy to find roles that offer more complex images of women.

“I do a lot of smaller parts that I find interesting, as opposed to the big, splashy movies that you get paid more money for. But that’s fine with me.”