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SSN Awards Spotlights: Reese Witherspoon, Eddie Redmayne, and Jake Gyllenhaal, TV Development For 11/25/14, Spirit Award Noms Announced

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at arrivals for Variety's 2014 Power of Women Event in LA, Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA October 10, 2014. Photo By: Dee Cercone/Everett Collection

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Awards 2015 Spotlight: Reese Witherspoon Goes ‘Wild’ — “We Shot On the Precipice Of Crumbling Rock”

The producer and star of Wild, which opens next week, plays Cheryl Strayed in the drama about a woman lost in grief, substance abuse, and soulless sex, who does something completely out of character when she decides to hike the thousand-mile Pacific Crest Trail. (SSN)

Awards 2015 Spotlight: ‘The Theory Of Everything’s Eddie Redmayne On the Pressure Of Portraying Stephen Hawking

The 32-year-old actor pushed his body beyond its limits to play Hawking, first as a young, healthy student, who, due to motor neuron disease, gradually becomes a wheel chair-bound man who uses a speech synthesizer to communicate. (SSN)

Awards 2015 Spotlight: Jake Gyllenhaal On His Role In ‘Nightcrawler’ — “If a Character Feels Primal, It’s Got Me”

The actor has been on an impressive run of late, with critically acclaimed performances in films like End Of Watch and Prisoners, and has now given what might be his best yet in Dan Gilroy’s noir thriller. (SSN)

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TV Development For 11/25/14: Martin Scorsese and Benicio Del Toro Bring ‘Cortes’ To Life For HBO, Jimmy Fallon Spinning Off ‘Lip Synch Battle’ For Spike

Among other projects that get at least an initial “go” order are the Billy Eichner-Julia Krausner sitcom for Hulu and a new comedy project for Rob Riggle at Fox. (SSN)

The Independent Spirit Award Nominations Have Been Announced. Did Your Film Make the List?

Birdman leads the nominees with six nods, while Boyhood, Nightcrawler and Selma are right behind it with five nominations apiece. The awards will be handed out in February. (THR)

Kidman! Witherspoon! On TV! Yes, the Two Oscar Winners Will Team Up For a New David E. Kelley Limited Series Event

The pair will star in Big Little Lies,  based on the book of the same name by Australian author author Liane Moriarty. It is described as a subversive comedy which tells the tale of three mothers of kindergartners whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. (DH)

Little Known Indie Comic ‘Drafted’ Will Be Making Its Way To the Big Screen, Thanks To Benderspink

The original series, written by Mark Powers and drawn by Chris Lie and Rebekah Isaacs, ran in 2007, depicted Earth's first contact with extraterrestrials in advance of a forthcoming hostile invasion and sees the human race drafted into an intergalactic war, and ran for 12 issues. (CBR)

Trailer Buzz, Part One: ‘Jurassic World’

The hot first trailer from one of next summer’s most highly anticipated films, the fourth in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park franchise. This one is directed by Colin Trevorrow, stars Chris Pratt, and hits theaters June 12th. (NSA)

Trailer Buzz, Part Two: ‘Justified — Season 6’

The action-packed trailer for the final season of the Emmy-winning series from FX, based on the Elmore Leonard stories and starring Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, and Joelle Carter. (COL)

Hollywood Journal: Of Mike and Me — Wesley Strick Remembers Mike Nichols

The successful screenwriter recalls the time, over two decades ago, when he worked with the legendary late director while rewriting Wolf, starring Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. (HJ)

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