Inside the Actor's Studio: Kiss Like You're Eating a Hamburger

Director Steven Spielberg gave this advice to actress Amy Adams for an on-screen kiss with Leonardo DiCaprio: "Eat his face like a hamburger."

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Mar 17, 2009 in Film | Link |
 


Oscar Eats With An Indian Twist

Friend of The Food Section Monica Bhide shows fans of "Slumdog Millionaire" what to eat and drink on Oscar night.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Feb 17, 2009 in Film | Link |
 


French Women Don't Get Fat: The Movie

Hillary Swank has acquired the rights to adapt Mireille Guiliano's best-selling non-fiction book, French Women Don't Get Fat. According to Variety, "Swank may star in the adaptation that’s being envisioned as a romantic comedy about the manager of a champagne company who learns some tough life lessons." Earlier: The Food Section on "The French Paradox."

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Aug 14, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Coming Soon: The Robert Parker Movie

A film about wine critic Robert Parker, tentatively titled "The First Emporer," is in the works, with Oscar-winner Javier Bardem reported to be "very interested" in playing Parker. Paul Giamatti, Hugh Grant, and Dame Helen Mirren (playing wine critic Jancis Robinson) round out the cast.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Apr 1, 2008 in Film | Link
 


The Edible Oscar

The Chicago Tribune picks the best food films of 2007.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Feb 21, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Movie Menus

Dishes and cocktails inspired by the Oscar nominees for "Best Picture."

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Feb 11, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Thomas Jefferson, Wine, and the Silver Screen

A major Hollywood consortium and HBO Films have separately bought the rights to an upcoming book, The Billionaire's Vinegar, and New Yorker article about the controversy surrounding wine purportedly belonging to Thomas Jefferson.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Feb 5, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Be Like Juno

Like the hamburger phone in Oscar-nominee Juno? Now it can be yours. Via Murketing.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Jan 28, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Bottle Shock

Variety reviews the new film "Bottle Shock," starring Alan Rickman, about the early California wine industry and the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976: "Like a wine spread with more samples than any tongue can handle, 'Bottle Shock' contains too much to manage it all well, including some painfully corny sections, but has a charming aftertaste." Watch the trailer.

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Jan 21, 2008 in Film | Link
 


Tucci Joins Julie/Julia Movie

Stanley Tucci has been cast to play Julia Child's husband, Paul Child, in the upcoming film adaptation of Julie Powell's Julie & Julia. Powell calls the casting "just about as awesome as it gets."

 
Posted by Josh Friedland on Dec 11, 2007 in Film | Link
 


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