•• Young Playwrights Festival Week One is starting tomorrow!! Join host Virginia Madsen as we kick off our 21st year! Get your tickets at www.youngplaywrights.com.
•• In addition to the nearly 200 feature films, shorts and music videos we’ll be screening, it wouldn’t be the LA Film Fest without our signature programs such as our annual Coffee Talks for Directors, Actors, Composers and Screenwriters. This year’s panelists feature Iron Man 3 director Shane Black and screenwriter Drew Pearce, actors Virginia Madsen, Joe Manganiello and Josh Henderson and composer Atticus Ross.
The Festival will also feature a host of other panels and events, including KCRW’s The Treatment at the Los Angeles Film Festival with Host/Film Independent at LACMA Curator Elvis Mitchell and filmmaker Justin Lin, a celebration of the Project Involve 20th anniversary which will include the world premiere of Life of a King, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., a series of Diversity Speaks Panels an array of topics to further promote inclusivity in the industry and more. For the most up-to-date schedule of films and programming.
Coffee Talks for festival-goers interested in the creative process behind filmmaking, the LA Film Fest’s annual “Coffee Talks” are a must-attend. The four sessions held over the course of Sunday, June 16 feature Directors, Actors, Composers and Screenwriters engaging in uncensored and unexpected conversations about their craft.
*Actors: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Sponsored by SAGindie Panelists include: Josh Henderson (Desperate Housewives), Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Hell on Wheels) and Joe Manganiello (True Blood, Magic Mike), other panelists TBA.
The 2013 LA Film Fest runs from Thursday, June 13 to Sunday, June 23. For the complete lineup and more information on ticketing, check out LAFilmFest.com.
•• Last night, Virginia Madsen was in attendance with actor Nick Holmes for the “Peeples” Los Angeles Premiere held at ArcLight Hollywood. Pictures can be found at the photo gallery, enjoy!
•• Virginia Madsen has attended yesterday’s the one year anniversary celebration for the WIGS digital channel at Akasha Restaurant in Culver City. Pictures from the event have been added to the photo gallery.
•• Virginia Madsen talks about her character Mel on WIGS series Jan and teases another WIGS story Mel will be appearing on. She also shares why she thinks it’s important to have programming for women and comments on the online video era of experimentation we’re living in.
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An unlikely basketball team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas
women, all former high school champs, challenge the current arrogant
high school girls' state champs to a series of games to raise money
for breast cancer prevention. Sparks fly as these marginalized women
go to comic extremes to prove themselves on and off the court, and
become a national media sensation.
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When the teenage daughter of a reclusive
family of artists falls in love with an unusual boy at school, she
awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that will
change her life forever.
Virginia
Madsen as Abigail Carver
Director: Maggie Greenwald
Genre: Teen Fantasy ∞ Romance
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Jake Squared (2013)
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A surreal comedy about a filmmaker who decides to make a
movie to help figure out out how he's managed to screw up every
relationship he's ever had.
Virginia
Madsen as Beth
Director: Howard Goldberg
Genre: Comedy IMDb ∞
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Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
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A broken family finds their relationships
to one another changed by a new arrival in the household.
Virginia
Madsen as Augusta
Director: Sarah Siegel-Magness
Genre: Drama
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Road To Capri (2013)
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A full detailed plot synopsis to be
released
Virginia
Madsen as Katherine
Director: Boris Damast
Genre: Comedy
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Official Site
The Wilderness of
James (2013)
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A young boy in Portland comes to terms with living without his dad.
Virginia
Madsen as Abigail Charm
Director: Michael James Johnson
Genre: Drama
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The
Anna Nicole Story (2013)
∞Biopic about Vickie Lynn Hogan,
a pretty but plain small town Texan girl who transformed herself into
the voluptuous, Marilyn Monroe-esque Anna Nicole Smith.
Virginia
Madsen as Virgie
Director: Mary Harron
Genre: Drama IMDb ∞ Photos ∞ Trailer ∞ Official Site
Virginia Madsen
∞A cool, classic beauty,
with a vibrant blonde mane and an exuberant flair for the dramatic,
Virginia Madsenis one of Hollywood's most versatile and unique
actresses. Not only did she receive amazing reviews for her Academy
Award and Golden Globe nominated performance in Alexander Payne's hit
film, Sideways, but this Independent Spirit Award-winning actress has an
illustrious resume of roles alongside the most notable and respected
actors in the business.
Virginia
Madsen's Agent
United Talent Agency
9560 Wilshire Blvd # 500
Beverly Hills, CA
www.unitedtalent.com
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