•• Virginia Madsen was celebrity guest star on the new web series “Luke Reichle’s Style Secrets of the Red Carpet”, an ultimate Hollywood stylemaker’s guide to dressing with ease, power and maximum allure. Pictures have been added to the photo gallery, enjoy!

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•• Episode 4 and 5 of JAN are online! Watch it below and if you have not seen previous episodes, watch them on http://www.youtube.com/WIGS and http://www.youtube.com/WIGSespanol (dubbed into spanish). Watch behind the scenes with cast of JAN here and check the HD screencaptures from episodes here!

•• Today, award-winning filmmakers Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia launch JAN, the first WIGS series from a comprehensive slate of new, original programming.The digital channel’s premiere series JAN is written and directed by Jon Avnet. The series stars Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer, along with Alexandra Holden, Jaime Murray, Kyle Gallner, Iddo Goldberg, Laura Spencer, Dorothy Davis, Allison McAtee, Andrea De Oliveira, John Ales and Cass Castelow.

Jan (Caitlin Gerard) wins a national competition that allows her to assist acclaimed photographer, Mel Karpova (Virginia Madsen). It’s a dream first job, but a series of blunders make it feel more like a nightmare. An unlikely upside is the attention of a movie star, Gerald Noth (Stephen Moyer) at a photo shoot. However, his constant knight-in-shining-armor attempts to help Jan often cause even more trouble for her. Jan’s journey becomes increasingly chaotic when her deeply troubled ex-boyfriend Robbie (Kyle Gallner) enters her life again.

The first three episodes are currently available worldwide in English and Spanish on youtube.com/wigs, youtube.comwigsespanol and watchwigs.com. In total, the series is comprised of 15 episodes and will be distributed online over the next four weeks with new episodes premiering on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Watch the first three episodes below!

•• Earlier this month, filmmakers Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia announced the launch of WIGS, a YouTube channel featuring original series, short films and documentaries that explore the lives of women. The first WIGS series, “Jan,” starring Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen and Stephen Moyer, premieres today. The Daily caught up with Avnet, Garcia, Gerard, Madsen and Jennifer Beals (the star of the upcoming series “Lauren”) to get the scoop on what viewers can expect from this exciting new content.

•• WIGS are quality scripted dramas that are written, performed and directed by world class talents. We’re telling stories of women in 5-8 minute installments, chapters, short movies and little segments. With a plethora of of well known names flocking to the project including Virginia Madsen, Julia Stiles, Dakota Fanning, Allison Janney, America Ferrera to name a few, WIGS is a brilliant new Youtube channel dedicated to bringing the stories of women to the forefront of cultural consciousness.

Jan premieres May 14th. Watch how Jan (Caitlin Gerard) gets the first job of her dreams but the boss (Virginia Madsen) of her nightmares. What happens when your dream first job becomes a nightmare?

•• On June 3, The Blank Theatre will present a starry evening featuring scenes, songs and speeches from 20 years of The Blank’s Young Playwrights Festival. Jennifer Garner will host the 6 PM event at Avalon Hollywood.

Currently scheduled to take part in the celebration are Ed Asner, Barbara Bain, Nicholas Brendon, Brianna Brown, Gordon Clapp, Dale Dickey, Daisy Eagan, Thea Gill, Peri Gilpin, Gale Harold, Lenny Jacobson, Michael E. Knight, Tom Lenk, Scott Lowell, Allison Mack, Virginia Madsen, Angel Parker, Rex Smith, Jennifer Stone, DB Sweeney, Kirsten Vangsness, Gedde Watanabe, Virginia Williams and Noah Wyle.

Started in 1990 by founding artistic director Daniel Henning, The Blank Theatre is Hollywood’s regional theatre and is “committed to developing excellence in artistic talent, and providing the opportunity for artists to take bold risks.”

For tickets, priced $50-$125 (VIP packages available for $250-$350, includes post-performance reception with the cast), visit www.TheBlank.com or call (323) 661-9827. Avalon Hollywood is located at 1735 Vine Street, Hollywood.

•• Last night, Virginia Madsen was Honorary Committee Member of the truly memorable event Part the Cloud Benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association’s Research at the Rosewood Sand Hill, Menlo Park in California. Part the Cloud event was created to raise awareness and inspire others to join in tackling Alzheimer’s disease and which event raised over $1 million for Alzheimer’s disease. Pictures can be found at the photo gallery.

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•• Virginia Madsen sits down for an interview with Showbiz Tonight for the first time in many years. The star of Candyman and Sideways is now involved with a new online television show called ‘Jan,’ which follows the lives of various women and premieres on the YouTube channel WIGS on May 14th. Virginia discussed about a campaign launched by 14-year-old Julia Bluhm to stop excessive photo-shopping in magazines, and weighs in on body image for actresses in Hollywood. She also talked about why she chose to play her “tough cookie” character in the series, and also why real women will appreciate how Jan portrays female characters on screen.

••  YouTube unveiled its first channel of all-original, scripted content yesterday, called WIGS, which will feature scripted series, short films, documentaries, behind-the-scenes videos and other content about the lives of women.

Oscar-nominated actress and producer Virginia Madsen stars in the channel’s first series “Jan,” set to debut May 14th. On Starting Point this morning, Madsen discusses the concept behind the new medium and explains why she got involved with the project.

 •• Virginia Madsen among other talented actresses attended YouTube 2012 Upfronts Presentation  at the Beacon Theatre in New York on May 2nd to promote the new youtube channel called WIGS, a new web series of short films and documentaries about women stories that was announced previously on the site.

Filmakers of these new series Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia together with actressess Sarah Jones, Julia Stiles, Jennifer Beals, Caitlin Gerard and Youtube content boss Robert Kyncl were with Virginia at the presentation. The first of many WIGS shorts will debut May 14. It’s dubbed Jan and stars Gerard, who “humiliates herself in front of her prickly boss (Madsen), while photographing a handsome movie star (Stephen Moyer).” Don’t forget to suscribe to WIGS channel, JAN is premiering on May 14th – http://www.youtube.com/wigs.

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•• YouTube just announced that Hollywood filmmakers Jon Avnet and Rodrigo Garcia will be among the talent featured in the upcoming YouTube Brandcast.

WIGS, the new channel from Avnet (Black Swan, Fried Green Tomatoes, Risky Business) and Rodrigo Garcia (Albert Nobbs, In Treatment, Mother and Child), will feature scripted shows and short films with female leads—basically the Oxygen Network online. The new channel features name actors Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer, Caitlin Gerard, Jennifer Garner, Alfred Molina, Julia Stiles, Sarah Paulson, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Directors include Betty Thomas, Paul Brickman, Lesli Linka Glatter, Walter Salles, and Amy Lippman.

WIGS will also feature documentaries, behind-the-scenes videos, and cutting-edge unscripted content, all starring female leads. New content every single weekday, beginning May 14, 2012.

• Jan - written and directed by Jon Avnet, debuting May 14th. The cast includes: Caitlin Gerard, Virginia Madsen, Stephen Moyer, Kyle Gallner, Laura Spencer, Iddo Goldberg, and Jaime Murray.

More on Wigs and Press Release.

•• Magnolia has debuted the official trailer for Rob Reiner’s latest film “The Magic of Belle Isle”, which stars Morgan Freeman as a famous novelist burderned by alcoholism who moves to a small rural town called Belle Isle in an attempt to reignite his passion for writing. The cast also includes Virginia Madsen as Mrs. O’Neil, Kenan Thompson, Madeline Carroll and Fred Willard, who all have an effect on the man. The movie will be distributed by Magnolia Pictures and be released on Video On Demand starting June 1st and will be available in theaters on July 6th. You can watch the trailer below and in High Definition over on Apple.

•• Hornet’s Nest is set to air Saturday March 31st in US at 8 pm (ET/PT) on TNT. Sherry Stringfield and Virginia Madsen Track a Ruthless Serial Killer in TNT Original Movie Adaptation of Patricia Cornwell’s Hornet’s Nest.

- The chart-topping bestseller by America’s #1 crime novelist, Patricia Cornwell, comes to TNT with Sherry Stringfield and Virginia Madsen leading the cast. Robbie Amell, Michael Boatman and Michael Silver co-star in the first in this adaptation of the first novel in Cornwell’s series of mysteries featuring reporter Andy Brazil (Amell), Police Chief Judy Hammer (Madsen) and her top deputy, Virginia West (Stringfield). Boatman has been cast as Richard Panesa, and Silver will play Deputy Chief Adam Goode. Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased when Hammer pairs her up with Brazil, a cub reporter assigned to cover the police department. Hornet’s Nest is being adapted by screenwriter Dee Johnson and directed by Millicent Shelton. Jim Head serves as executive producer, along with Cornwell.

••  TNT has released some images from the film, including production and promotional stills, you can check them out below!

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•• New movie project for Virginia Madsen has been confirmed! She has joined the cast of “The Hot Flashes”, the already announced cast are Daryl Hannah, Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields and Wanda Sykes. The film is directed by Susan Seidelman and the synopsis reads as:

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.

The production has started filming in New Orleans and please check back for further information about this movie!

•• As previously posted, the gorgeous Virginia Madsen attended the 2012 Oscar ceremony past sunday (February 26th) and two videos getting interviewed on the red carpet and other posing for the photographers have been to the video archive. Plus, +350 high definition screencaptures from both videos can be seen in the gallery. Enjoy!

•• Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen attended the Academy Awards ceremony last night, looking  absolutely amazing in a purple asymmetrical one-shoulder gown by Kevan Hall, accessorized with large emerald and diamond earrings, diamond bracelets and a diamond ring by Loree Rodkin and carried a minaudiere by Judith Leiber. About 390 pictures from the red carpet with actor Nick Holmes have been added to the photo gallery. Video files will be added tomorrow! Enjoy the new additions!

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•• TV movie “Hornet’s Nest” will air at 8 p.m. March 31, according to TNT officials. Sherry Stringfield (“ER”) and Virginia Madsen (“Sideways”) star in the movie, an adaptation of the Charlotte-based novel of the same name by Patricia Cornwell.

“Hornet’s Nest” filmed last December at the StarNews Media newsroom on 17th Street and other Port City locations, such as the New Hanover County courthouse.

The movie features reporter Andy Brazil (Robbie Amell), Police Chief Judy Hammer (Madsen) and her top deputy, Virginia West (Stringfield). The story begins with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer targeting out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority.

“Hornet’s Nest” will premiere as part of the TNT Mystery Movie Night, the network’s new film series adapted from contemporary crime novels.

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✿ Rosmarie (Olympia Dukakis) and Abigail (Virginia Madsen) are the last survivors of an ancient line of mystics. When Abigail’s teenage daughter Rhea (Zosia Mamet) falls in love with a poetically inclined boy (Sam Underwood), she begins to develop magical powers that lead her to discover the truth about the mysterious women in her family and the prophecy they have awaited for generations. But when her magical secret is revealed, Rhea is torn between her desire to live a normal life and the responsibility she has to embrace her gifts and help a world teetering on the edge of disaster.

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•• Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to “The Magic of Belle Isle” once titled “Summer at Dog Dave’s, starring Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, Madeline Carroll, Kenan Thompson and Fred Willard. Greenwood Lake served as Belle Isle during the summer shoot, with residents serving as extras in the film. Rob Reiner directed the drama, which will receive a summer 2012 release in theaters and through Ultra VOD.

In an effort to tap into his original talent, Monte Wildhorn (Morgan Freeman), a wheelchair-bound authormoves to a rural town – a Belle Isle cabin, where he befriends a single mother (Virginia Madsen) and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

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•• Three HQ photos of Virginia Madsen leaving a VIP party in Zuma Beach on January 6th have been to the photo gallery and enjoy!

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•• Star gazing was the order of the evening last nite as scores of celebs checked into the Banff Springs Hotel for the Fairmont Banff Springs Sports Invitational hosted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and friends. The two-day, three-night event benefited Waterkeeper Alliance, the fastest growing environmental movement in the world.

For many, the event’s highlight was Saturday evening’s Awards and Gala Dinner, which raised an impressive $885,000 through live and silent auction items. A fave event was the Saturday evening performance by Grammy Award-winner Michael McDonald of Doobie Brothers fame who was joined on stage by fellow Grammy winner Kenny Loggins. Talk about rocking the house!

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•• It was on hiatus in 2011, but this new year welcomed back the Celebrity Sports Invitational to Banff National Park. Virginia Madsen and other celebrities were at Sunshine Village in Baff, Alberta, Canada competing in a variety of activities to help raise money for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr’s Waterkeeper Alliance, an organization that is dedicated to protecting waterways.

In 2010, the event raised more than $1 million for the Waterkeeper Alliance, which is an environmental movement uniting Waterkeepers who patrol and protect rivers, bays, lakes and streams on six continents.

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•• Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment, embark on a week long road trip through California’s wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle.

Be sure to click on the previews below to see all the screen captures from the film including deleted scenes, behind the scenes featurette and more.

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••  Here’s an exclusive message from Virginia Madsen wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy!!

•• The cast of the locally filmed TNT movie “Hornet’s Nest” arrived late last month, and the stars will be popping up around the Port City at various shoot locations and area haunts through Dec. 24. The following are some of the actors you’ll see on the screen next spring and possibly around town through the end of the week.

•• Virginia Madsen: Perhaps best known for her role as Maya in the 2004 movie “Sideways,” Virginia Madsen is no stranger to Wilmington. This is the third TV movie she has done in this area. The others were “Linda” in 1993 and “Ambushed” in 1997. She also appeared on the 2003 season finale of “Dawson’s Creek.”

Madsen plays Police Chief Judy Hammer in “Hornet’s Nest.” Clad in a knee-length black dress and sheer wrap and sporting bright-white sneakers between takes during a ballroom scene at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside last week, she gushed about the Port City.

“It’s just a beautiful place,” Madsen said with a sense of sincerity and warmth. “I’m very happy that they haven’t built it up too much. This town is such a wonderful combination of small-town feeling but with show business.”

In fact, she loves it here so much she asked to stay in the heart of downtown rather than being in a more remote location away from the city’s center. You’re likely to find Madsen sitting at the bar at Caffe Phoenix, an eatery she confessed she’d visited almost every day during her stay thus far. She recalls it fondly from her previous visits.

“I like the staff, and the food is wonderful,” Madsen said. “I’ve never had a bad meal there.”

She’s also a fan of Tower 7 in Wrightsville Beach. Madsen’s sentiment for the local film community matches her love for the area. She beamed when talking about the “Hornet’s Nest” crew.

“They just know how to do it here,” Madsen said. “The crews have an ease with one another and so they work faster. They really are professional, and they know what they’re doing.”

•• Tuesday night, Shawn and Larry King hosted the 4th Annual Children’s Action Network (CAN) Holiday Party. Charitable celebrities, designers, artists, and activists joined forces to raise awareness and find homes for more than 107,000 youth in the foster care system in need of adoptive families. The night centered around beautiful and ornate handcrafted wreaths made by Todd Williamson, Kelly Wearstler, Virginia Madsen, Teri Hatcher and Antwone Fisher, to name a few, which were auctioned with proceeds benefiting CAN.

The Children’s Action Network (CAN) and The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption are spreading more holiday cheer with “A Home For The Holidays” which premieres on CBS December 23 and 8PM ET/PT. No Doubt, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, MYA, Enrique Iglesias, and Train are just some of the special guest performances expected.

For more information on the Children’s Action Network (CAN) please reference the website. If you’d like to help, donations are excepted online. An alternative is giving someone on your personal Christmas list this year a charitable holiday gift. Proceeds from Rachel Miriam’s black pave diamond necklace ($350) benefit the Children’s Action Network as well.

•• TNT has greenlit an original movie adaptation of the chart-topping bestseller Hornet’s Nest, a novel by America’s #1 crime novelist, Patricia Cornwell, whose works have sold more than 100 million copies worldwide. Virginia Madsen and  Sherry Stringfield have been cast to star in Hornet’s Nest, which will premiere next spring as part of the TNT Mystery Movie Night, the network’s new showcase of movies adapted from contemporary crime novels.

“Hornet’s Nest” was a No. 1 New York Times best-seller. It is the first in Cornwell’s series of mysteries featuring reporter Andy Brazil, as well as Police Chief Judy Hammer and her top deputy, Virginia West.

“Set in Charlotte, N.C., the story opens with everyone desperate to solve the latest crisis: a serial killer is specializing in out-of-town businessmen. Hammer and West make the murder investigation their top priority. But West is less than pleased when Hammer pairs her up with Brazil, a cub reporter assigned to cover the police department”.

•• Happy Thanksgiving y’all!! Be thankful everyday but today especially remember and appreciate everything and everyone in your life!!!

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✿ Here at official Virginia Madsen’s site, we wanted to wish you all a Happy and Safe Halloween. Keep coming back here for more great Virginia Madsen news, videos and more information.

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Hollywood glitz and glamour was showcased in Temecula on Sunday night as the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival capped off its festivities with a star-studded awards gala at the Pechanga Resort and Casino.

Several big names in film and music were honored as an audience of more than 200 people, including many of the filmmakers and musicians who debuted their work during the five-day event, looked on.

Among the honorees was film star Virginia Madsen, who praised film festivals as venues for creativity and good moviemaking. Madsen, who has starred in numerous films and received an Oscar nomination for “Sideways,” was honored Sunday with the founder’s award for outstanding career achievement.

“Film festivals are the lifeblood of independent filmmaking nowadays,” Madsen said in an interview. “It’s very hard now to get your film made and distributed and seen… The more interesting, artistic films are just not getting out there.”

That’s where film festivals such as Temecula’s come in, she said. “It’s a great gathering place for creative thinking, for creative minds,” Madsen said. “It’s also a wonderful place to meet the newcomers.”

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Kevin Spacey (The Men Who Stare at Goats), Camilla Belle (10,000 B.C.) and Heather Graham (Son of Morning) star in Father of Invention, a 2011 comedy that is on DVD and Blu-ray less than two weeks after the movie’s premiere as a limited release in theaters on Oct. 14.

Spacey stars as eccentric inventor turned ego-driven infomercial guru Robert Axl. After one of his inventions, the “Ab-Clicker,” maims thousands of customers, a class-action lawsuit lands him in jail for the next 10 years. Newly released, Axle is ready to redeem his name and hopefully rebuild his billion-dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged 22-year-old daughter (Belle) to let him live with her and her roommates, as well as find that one “fabrication” that will redeem him.

✿  Release Date: Oct. 25, 2011
✿  Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.99
✿  Studio: Anchor Bay

Directed and co-written by Trent Cooper (Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector), the movie co-stars Johnny Knoxville (TV’s Jackass), John Stamos (TV’s ER), Craig Robinson (Hot Tub Time Machine) and Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Red Riding Hood).

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✿ Virginia Madsen celebrates her 50th birthday today and we at her official website would like to wish her a very Happy Birthday!! Please stop by and leave your birthday wishes by commenting here or write them at her official facebook page!

New upcoming project for Virginia Madsen has been confirmed! She has joined the cast of Smokewood Entertainment’s  “Long Time Gone”. Virginia will star in Sarah Siegel-Magness’ drama film, joining the already announced cast of Amanda Crew, Aly Michalka, Madeline Zima and Zach Gilford.

✿ “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Virginia Madsen as Augusta,  a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford and Graham Rogers co-star as her two sons who, along with the latter’s live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew), attempt to comfort Ryan in her time of need.

Production will start filming this month in Los Angeles. Please check back for further information!

✿ The 17th Annual Temecula Film Fest will honor Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated actress Virginia Madsen at the fest’s Black Tie Gala. She  started her career in 1984 in David Lynch’s adaption of “Dune,” but had her break-through with the 1986 film “Fire with Fire.” Madsen is best known for her character Maya in 2004′ Sideways, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award, and won an Independent Spirit Award.

✿ Festival Director Jo Moulton said “Virginia Madsen has developed into one of this generation’s finest actresses. She brings unique versatility to each of her roles and she continues to raise the bar in both film and television. We are delighted to honor the 2011 Founder’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award to Virginia Madsen.”

✿Virginia Madsen will be honored with the Founder’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award on Sunday, September 18, at the annual Black-Tie Gala held at the Pechanga Resort & Casino. The festival runs from Sept. 14 – 18. For more information, click here.

Members of the Hollywood community, including Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen and Noah Wyle, will gather to commemorate the events of Sept. 11 with a reading of Windows On The World, under the wingof the Blank Theatre.

The Blank will present Colette Keen’s drama Sept. 12 at 8 PM at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood, CA. Kirsten Sanderson will direct. Windows On The World is being presented as part of the Blank’s new play development program, the Living Room Series.

✿  According to playwright Keen, “This verbatim play focuses on the previously unheard perspectives of individuals who were in New York on 9/11. Windows On The Worldwas inspired by two of my friends: Alicia Titus, a flight attendant, who died on the second plane that flew into the towers, and Judy Kaplan, who brought perspective, humor and wisdom to the day’s events with her tales of walking home from downtown to Queens and how her life has changed since. Poets, lawyers, administrators, artists, and fire fighters have shared their experiences and describe how their lives have changed as a result of this day of de-enlightenment. Also, for the first time, you will get to hear the first call to 911 dispatch made by FDNY firefighter (Ret.) John Jermyn, who shares his story of surviving the collapse of the towers.”

For tickets, priced $50-$75, phone (323) 661-9827 or visit TheBlank. The Stella Adler Theatre is located at 6773 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

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Check it out in the player below, alongside a new posters, movie trailer captures and production stills.

✿ Father of Invention is directed by American filmmaker Trent Cooper, of only Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector previously, but also a few shorts including Coaching the Minors. The script was written by Trent Cooper & producer Jonathan D. Krane. This film premiered at various film festival markets in 2010, and was picked up by Anchor Bay Films, but they’ve been holding onto it for a while. Father of Invention will finally be released in limited theaters on October 14th this fall. For more info, visit the official website.

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Directed by Trent Cooper (“Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”), the film co-stars Camilla Belle, Heather Graham, Virginia Madsen, Craig Robinson and Johnny Knoxville.

The official synopsis: “Kevin Spacey is Robert Axle, an eccentric inventor turned egomaniacal infomercial guru, who loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After eight years in a maximum security prison, Axle is ready to redeem his name and rebuild his billion dollar empire. But first, he must convince his estranged 22-year old daughter (Belle) to let him live with her and her quirky, over-protective roommates.”

After premiering at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2010, the film ran into trouble finding a domestic distributor, although it did land a TV and DVD deal in Italy.

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Earlier than reported here, filming for “Summer at Dog Dave’s” began Thursday in Greenwood Lake. At center, pointing, is director Rob Reiner (“When Harry Met Sally,” “The Bucket List”). The film stars Morgan Freeman and Virginia Madsen.

Jim Moore, husband of Greenwood Lake Mayor Barbara Moore, is pulling an antique boat through the scene Reiner is directing in this photo. The film is taking place in the fictional Belle Isle Village, reason for the sign on the sidewalk.

“Summer at Dog Dave’s” will be filming in Greenwood Lake until Aug. 10.

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A new movie starring Morgan Freeman, Virginia Madsen, and Kenan Thompson, entitled Summer At Dog Dave’s, is set to begin shooting in Greenwood Lake, NY this summer.

The movie follows a disabled author (Freeman) whose drinking is preventing him from being able to write until a new neighbor (Madsen) befriends him and inspires him to start writing again.

Greenwood Lake is located about 50 miles north of New York City on the Appalachian Trail and is a popular destination for weddings, water recreation and hiking.

Rob Reiner will direct the movie which will be shot in Greenwood Lake from July 11 to August 15.

As if the new amazing layout wasn’t enough at Virginia Madsen’s official website, over 500  blu-ray quality screencaptures from Red Riding Hood have been uploaded to the photo gallery. This movie is a really great production, so if you haven’t seen it yet, buy it or rent it today! Be sure to check out all the screen captures in High Definition by clicking on the preview below, as per usual and hope everyone enjoys them.

With all the recent additions, the gallery now has over 34,000 photos, and a lot more to come!!



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Virginia Madsen graced the cover of “New York  Moves” Magazine on December 2009 (Issue #42), outtakes have been already uploaded previously in the photo gallery. Links and previews are below for the scans and stay tuned for more scans additions!

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Several new scans from magazines published earlier have been to the photo gallery. Among them are Malibu Times, Healthy Living, LIFE, Entertaiment Weekly, Chicago and more. All them autographed by Virginia Madsen, so please be sure to check them out right away!

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Virginia Madsen attended the red carpet at the AFI Life Achievement Awards Honoring Morgan Freeman, held at Sony Pictures Studios on Thursday (June 9th) in Culver City, California. Pictures can now be viewed in the photo gallery!

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Virginia Madsen is in talks to join Morgan Freeman in the cast of Summer At Dog Dave’s.

Virginia, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Sideways, and Saturday Night Live regular Kenan Thompson are in negotiations to join the Rob Reiner film, Variety reports. Morgan Freeman has already signed up to play a disabled author whose drinking is hampering his ability to write.

Virginia is in line to play Morgan’s character’s new neighbour who inspires him to give up drinking, while Kenan might play the writer’s nephew. would make a turn as Freeman’s new neighbor, a single-mother of three who befriends the author and inspires him to, well you can probably guess the outcome (hint: he starts writing again).

Virginia Madsen recently co-starred in Catherine Hardwicke’s “Red Riding Hood” and signed on to produce Hardwicke’s adaptation of “The Bitch Posse” through her shingle Title IX, which optioned Martha O’Connor’s book.

Production is scheduled to start this July in Greenwood Lake, NY and to be released in 2012.

On May 25th, Virginia Madsen attended the launch party for Virgin America’s first flight from Los Angeles to Chicago. There’s also other pictures of Virginia with Sir Richard Branson after the first flight from Los Angeles to Chicago inaugural flight on Virgin America at Chicago O’Hare Airport  in Los Angeles, California. For your viewing pleasure all pictures can be found in the photo gallery as usual so please enjoy!

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Virginia Madsen is featured in a video for “Funny or Die” titled “Marriage Drama with Virginia Madsen”. You can now find 174 HQ captures at the gallery from this video and you can also watch it below! On the video, you can see Steve and Linda’s marriage is falling apart. But Virginia Madsen has a bigger issue to deal with. Enjoy!

Virginia Madsen’s official gallery has been updated with over 1,800 screencaptures with the first episodes of Smith, a drama series about the lives of a crew of professional criminals!! As always… enjoy!

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Warner Home Video has announced that the supernatural horror-esque film Red Riding Hood, starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez and Virginia Madsen, will be released in an Extended Edition Blu-ray on June 14, 2011. The film was directed by Catherine Hardwicke, of Twilight fame, and follows the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

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Doin’ It With Ethan stopped by Virginia Madsen’s bachelor pad on April 15th to make some egg rolls. Host Ethan Mechare talked to Virginia about the Oscars, her amazing performance in Sideways, her documentary I Know A Woman Like That and her famous egg roll recipe. You can watch the full interview below.

✿ Episode 1×16: The Sleepers mourn their losses after negotiations are derailed; Sterling tries to test Simon’s loyalties; President Martinez asks Sen. Lewis (Virginia Madsen) to find any remaining moles in the White House.

✿ Episode 1×17: Vice President Jarvis agrees to meet with an adversary; Sen. Lewis reports the results of the staff’s blood tests; Sophia continues her search for the superweapon; Leila questions her place; Sean and Vicky find the person they’ve been seeking.

Virginia Madsen wrote a blog entry for The Daily Love: “Sometimes we find ourselves depressed, stressed or discouraged – stuck in a dark place that seems impossible to escape, almost reflecting the last grey of winter before the seasonal changes that signal the dawn of springtime. It may be the simple everyday problems that build up over time or it can be something much larger and more serious that buries us in spirit. I believe negative energy is like stagnant air that needs but a window opened to shake it all out. Changing the energy within ourselves can affect the outward energy around us.

Try something new to excite, or wake up your inner self. Try yoga, cycling or raising your heart rate with a simple walk around the block. With simple “baby steps” we can transform our own energy. By doing so we create momentum that can affect ourselves, and those around us. I think of this as a kind of “spring cleaning” of the body mind and spirit. Think of a summer vacation house, locked up and closed for the winter, being opened and cleaned out. How transformed the summer house becomes with the windows open and the cobwebs swept out. We too can spring clean ourselves and prepare for the seasonal changes that will renew our lives.

Open your doors and windows, dust things off and shed your winter blues. The time is now. Spring has sprung. Prepare to embrace the sun and start anew.

You may be surprised at what blooms within you.”
Love,
Virginia

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East Coast Independent Film has started a new program at UConn that helps independent filmmakers find an audience. This is the second screening of a Connecticut made film for this new “Screening & Talk Back Program” started by “East Coast Independent Film” director Alexander J. Andriulli.

On Monday, March 28, from 6-9 p.m., there will be a screening of the Connecticut-made independent film “Being Michael Madsen” which features the actors Michael Madsen, Virginia Madsen, and Daryl Hannah at the UConn Student Union Theater. This event will be open to the public.

The program is hosted by the UConn student union body of government film committee. Purpose for this program: To help generate tangible growth for the film industry on the East Coast. This program is similar to what a major film studio would do to help promote its upcoming films. It connects the filmmakers to college students who can help spread the word about their film, which gives the filmmakers access to a larger audience. The more revenue the company makes the more likely they are to make more projects here on the East Coast.

Episode 1×11: President Martinez and his longtime Chief of Staff charge the intelligence community with decrypting Thomas’s satellite message, but more importantly determining to whom it was sent. While they are distracted, Thomas unveils a surprise attack, but he does not anticipate a heroic stand-off with Blake Sterling, who learns an important lesson about Sleepers from Maya. 

Episode 1×12: Meanwhile, newly appointed Alaskan Senator Catherine Lewis threatens to divulge information about the Mt. Inostranka detention facility on an episode of “HARDBALL with Chris Matthews.” Elsewhere, Sean and Leila get a fresh lead on the whereabouts of Samantha, but it leads them to a dramatic turn in their lives. James Dempsey foresees that he and Sean will once again cross paths.

Hi Vmad fans! Yesterday, Virginia Madsen made an appearance at The Talk to promote her latest movie Red Riding Hood so I just uploaded over 300 captures being interviewed by Sharon Osbourne and Julie Chen into the photo gallery. Virginia discussed several topics such as her character in Red Riding Hood which opens March 11th, her family and more . I am also excited to announce that we now feature +28, 000 photosin the gallery and there is always being more added constantly! For now, you can watch the interview below. Hope you enjoy!!

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The Event will return for the remainder of its first season this Monday at 8 p.m. for a two-hour premiere on NBC. Make sure to watch these two duke it out in the Oval Office. If you’re taking bets, I’m not putting money down anywhere. One’s the president and all, but from the sounds of it, that senator’s got something up her sleeve. Stay tuned to find out what. The Event airs Mondays on NBC.

Keshaunta Moton for Poptimal.com: You two star on NBC’s The Event. So Blair, how is it being President?
Virginia Madsen: (laughs) Yeah, I saw that. There’s a whole protocol around you. You’re very presidential. I think you could be president, for real. I’ll campaign for it.

Poptimal: I’ll vote for you. And Virginia you play Senator Catherine Lewis. Can you tell me how it felt for you to join an already established series?
Virginia Madsen: I was a fan of the show. I’ve watched every episode since the pilot. So I felt, the first day, very nervous being around everybody. But I was so excited to be a part of it. Walking into the Oval Office, it was so realistic. But being a senator and having my hair all tucked up and everything it took a little bit for me to step into her shoes.Poptimal: And do you find that you take your roles off-screen as well? Do you walk around off-set like you’re president?
Virginia Madsen: I don’t know, but I’m a method actor.

Poptimal: What does Catherine bring to the show that wasn’t there before?
Virginia Madsen: I think I cause a lot of trouble for you. That part’s really fun.

Poptimal: And what’s coming up for the remaining episodes of this season?
Virginia Madsen: I kind of hold all the secrets of the aliens; who they are, where they are. And this two hour [episode] coming up is just so exciting. It’s full of action and suspense and great drama. It’s wonderful storytelling. Even if you didn’t watch the other episodes earlier on it holds you off.

Poptimal: Any secrets from the season?
Virginia Madsen: The aliens, they’re originally from here.

Poptimal: Are there any of your mannerisms that you find pop into your characters?
Virginia Madsen: I had to be less fidgety as a senator of Alaska. I had to be more conservative, somehow. So my physicality is a little different for this character.

Poptimal: What do you love about The Event?
Virginia Madsen: Particularly I like Blair. I like the scenes I do with Blair. And there’s just a wonderful atmosphere. As he said, it’s very fast-paced which took some getting used to. But it’s really fun to go to work everyday.

Poptimal: You both have long and distinguished careers, is there anything that still manages to surprise you about acting, or even your characters?
Virginia Madsen: I love going to work. I think the first thing to start a new job -  it’s still hard for me to sleep the night before. There’s always something new that happens; always something new to learn.

Poptimal: I want to thank you both for taking the time to speak with us.
Virginia Madsen: Thank you.

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For decades, the people of the village of Daggerhorn have maintained an uneasy truce with the werewolf, who prowls at every full moon, by offering the beast a monthly animal sacrifice to quench its appetite.  But under a blood red moon, the wolf changes the stakes by taking the life of one of their own.

The victim is the older sister of Valerie (Seyfried), a beautiful, young woman, who has just found out that her parents (Burke and Madsen) have arranged for her to marry Henry (Irons), the scion of the town’s wealthiest family.  But Valerie wants only Peter (Fernandez), the poor woodcutter she has loved all her life.  Unwilling to be parted, the couple was planning to run away together, but, in a horrifying instant, the wolf changes everything.

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Virginia Madsen, who was a 2004 Oscar nominee for Sideways for her role as Maya, said she chose her Romona Keveza gown for the 2011 Oscars because, “It really reminded me of the classic glamour of old Hollywood, and I always love the opportunity to dress up.” “There’s always somebody standing on the train.”

Over 350 photos of Virginia from the arrivals and audience have been added into the photo gallery! You can see all the images by clicking on the preview links below as usual. Enjoy!

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In the film, Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast–one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect and bait.

Wishing you Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2011 to all of the VMad Fans!!

As previously announced here, Virginia Madsen is joining NBC’s freshman drama The Event as a recurring. Virginia — who’s coming off of ABC’s summer series Scoundrels — will play Catherine Lewis, the widow of a U.S. senator from Alaska who has assumed her husband’s post. A former powerhouse attorney, the Harvard grad is determined to carry out her husband’s legacy at any cost. The Event is currently on hiatus and is slated to return to the schedule on Feb. 28.

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Foster care advocate and Sideways actress Virginia Madsen was also there to lend her support to the organization, and spoke openly about how she considered adopting a child through the foster care system. Though she ended up deciding not to go that route in the end, Madsen’s certification as a foster care parent made her a strong advocate for the “fost-adopt” process. She described attending an adoption ceremony for 130 children in Los Angeles with her friend Nia Vardalos (who underwent the fost-adopt process last year): “It was so heart-wrenching. It was so moving. I couldn’t stop crying the whole day… As cynical as people can get about this world and where we’re going, when you see people really putting themselves out there, to get so deeply involved in a child that they would adopt them and bring them into their family–I don’t know how to describe it. It was extraordinary.”

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Virginia has been cast for four episodes of the American science fiction political thriller television series created by Nick Wauters called The Event. The show’s plot centers on the presence of extraterrestrial people who have been detained by the United States Government for sixty-six years and who may now become exposed to the general populace. More information will be posted when it becomes available!

Virginia Madsen had plenty to celebrate this Thanksgiving. Last month, she was an official honoree of Hollywood’s LA Femme International Film Festival, an annual celebration of films written, directed or produced by women, for her achievements during 27 years in TV and film, and also for her recently formed production company’s maiden offering: I Know a Woman Like That, an acclaimed documentary about the lives of women 64 and older whose youthful vigor remains defiantly undiminished.

In March, she will be seen starring opposite Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried in Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke’s live-action adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood. Later next year she’ll be playing Aidan Quinn’s goddess-worshipping wife in the romantic drama The Art of Love. Yet on this evening, the Chicago-born Madsen, 49, has not come to the city’s Sundance Kabuki Cinemas simply to discuss the future, but to revisit her Oscar-nominated turn in Alexander Payne’s 2004 comedy Sideways.

In person, Madsen is friendly, forthright and refreshingly candid about a career that’s had its share of highs – including award-winning performances in Candyman (1992) and the heist drama Artworks (2003) – and lows. Tonight, as part of a Chase Sapphire rewards program that entitles cardholders to participate in unique meet-and-greets with stars of stage, screen and sport, she seems eager to talk about the movie that landed her back in the spotlight, and which has made her a magnet for autograph seekers.

On Sideways, and its effect on her personal life and career:
“It’s a wonderful film, but the fact that the movie was successful, too – what are the odds? These days, it seems like one in a million. Was it the most memorable experience of my career? It was one of them, but it certainly stands out the most in terms of how it changed my life. It brought me opportunities, and I was at a place in my life where I knew what to do with them. I made the right choices. And as an actor, to be given opportunities is so rare.“I was aware how fortunate I was – not lucky, because luck had nothing to do with it. It also gave me something on a personal level. It allowed me to travel a lot, but to travel in a meaningful way, not just supporting some bad movie. It gave me the chance to meet new people and to talk to them, to do press, just like I’m doing tonight. And it allowed my son and I to move out of L.A. to a cool new place.

“Most of all, it gave me confidence. Getting that kind of recognition, if you’re prepared for it, can bring confidence. With other people, it makes them self-conscious and breaks them down, but I wasn’t 22 when I had this experience. Having a lot of people praise you when you’ve been unsuccessful for a long time, it didn’t make me bitter or indignant or conceited. It made me feel confident, and I’m still so grateful for that. It made me stronger.”

On the challenges women of a certain age face in Hollywood:
“Nobody was going to discard me because I wasn’t going anywhere. You can’t be discarded if you refuse to go – they might shut the door on me, but if you want to get somewhere, you have to be willing to kick that door down. I have no control over what anyone thinks of me or who casts me, but once I get in that room, I bring a lot to the table. The one thing I do have control over is my product and myself, what I can bring to a meeting and a movie.

“It doesn’t matter if they – the collective they – don’t want me right now. I don’t care. I’m going to create myself. I got stronger and better, and I did a lot of work to get back through those doors that were closed. So I don’t buy into that idea of being discarded. It’s up to me, not anyone else.”

On running her Title IX production company:
“Our first mission was to get I Know a Woman Like That made, and secondly there were movies I wanted to make, movies that deserved to be made, that didn’t necessarily involve me as the star. You have to be extremely patient, and you have to have balls to produce – I can see why most actors don’t want to do it. But it’s a process that I really came to enjoy, and I’ll keep doing it as long as it makes sense because it’s a major financial commitment. If I can afford it, I’ll do it.

“I know what I do best, and besides being a mom, it’s acting. I’m not kidding myself that I’m the kind of producer who’s going to make that the primary focus of my career. I’m always an actress first. I have to surround myself with true business people – suits – because I’m a creative producer, and I’m very much hands on and very, very involved. I’m not just wearing a producer’s hat. But I’ve never lost sight of what I do best.”

On the upcoming Red Riding Hood:
“It’s a dark thriller and it’s absolutely beautiful. It was sometimes difficult being on the set because the movie is all about technical shots – the camera is the real star, not the actors. But I play Amanda’s mother, and Gary plays a wolf hunter. Everyone realizes that the wolf is someone in the village, and I’m a suspect, but I’m bound by contract not to tell you the wolf’s secret identity.”

On the aquamarine ink stains on her index finger:
“That’s so typical Virginia – I got this signing an autograph, which I always appreciate doing. That’s another thing Sideways brought me. Nobody ever asked for my autograph before that, except for the sci-fi fans. [Madsen previously starred in David Lynch's Dune (1984) and Russell Mulcahy's 1991 sequel to Highlander.] Any kind of acknowledgment of your work is wonderful.

“When you do theater, you receive applause, and it’s a direct relationship between the actor and audience. When you do film, you don’t have that. The best you can do is sneak into the theater and feel the reaction. So when someone asks for an autograph or wants to talk about a movie like Sideways, I bow to them. That’s my applause, that’s the connection and how I feel it. Sure, there’s an occasional weirdo, but I know how to freeze them out. I can be pretty mean, without saying much. Otherwise, I can’t really articulate, though I’ve tried, how deeply I appreciate it.”

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Red Riding Hood hits theaters March 11th, 2011.

Synopsis: In “Red Riding Hood,” Seyfried plays Valerie, a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Shiloh Fernandez), but her parents (Virginia Madsen as her mother) have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Max Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon’s arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast–one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect and bait.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award to producer-director Francis Ford Coppola and Honorary Awards to historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and actor Eli Wallach. The Thalberg Award, a bust of the motion picture executive, is given to “a creative producer whose body of work reflects a consistently high quality of motion picture production.” The Honorary Award, an Oscar statuette, is given to an individual for “extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement, exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, or for outstanding service to the Academy.”

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LA Femme Film Festival’s Founder Leslie LaPage announced today that the 6th Annual LA Femme Film Festival 2010, October 14-17, 2010 will be honoring Angela Bassett (What’s Love Got to do with it, Green Lantern), Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Scoundrels), Angela Kinsey (The Office), Loretta Devine and Maggie Wheeler (Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond) at the festival’s Awards Ceremony on October 17, 2010.

LA Femme’s full program of films screening is available on line. Some selected films screening at the festival include: “Truth About Kerry”, Stana Katic (Castle); “ I Know a Woman Like That” Rita Moreno (Westside Story), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Eartha Kitt (Batman), Lauren Hutton (American Gigolo); “Mountains that Take Wing” Angela Davis (Political Activist) & Yuri Kochiyama (Japanese American Human Rights Activist); “ Assisting Venus”, Michael Steger (90210), Jordan Bridges (Rizzoli & Isles), Julian Sands (24), Kirsten Gronfield (10 Items or Less); “Nothing Special” , Karen Black (Five Easy Pieces); “B-Girl” Jonathan Wesley (Roll Bounce), Jules “Lady Jules” Urich (America’s Best Dance Crew, Beat Freaks), Ivan “Flipz” Velez (Step Up 3D), Rynan “Rainen” Paguio (America’s Best Dance Crew, Jabbawockeez (Winner), Jonathan “Legacy” Perez (So You Think You Can Dance).

For more information, please visit the website at www.lafemme.org

The Savannah Film Festival is currently scheduled to host Academy Award-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, who will present the documentary “I Know a Woman Like That,” directed by her mother Elaine Madsen, who will also be in attendance.

Liam Neeson, Sir Ian McKellen and Isabella Rossellini will be honored as part of the 13th Annual Savannah Film Festival, which will take place Oct. 30 to Nov. 6.

Virginia will star in Maggie Greenwald’s next film, joining the already announced cast of Aidan Quinn, Olympia Dukakis and Zosia Mamet.

“The Las Keepers” is produced by Jonathan Burkhart and Brice Dal Farra. The film is currently in pre-production (starts filming in October) set for release in 2011 and the synopsis reads as:

The story centers a 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.

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Virginia celebrates her 49th birthday today, and we at her official website would like to wish her a very Happy Birthday!! Please stop by and leave your birthday wishes by commenting in the fanbook!!

Once again, Virginia is giving up her birthday (September 11th) to charity: water and she is asking your donation as her birthday gift from all you. This year her campaign goal is $15,000 so please join and make your donation here! 100% of your donation directly funds clean water projects in developing nations.

In Virginia’s words:

Dear Friends! Last year was the best birthday because of the well all your donations helped to build. It was better than a present wrapped in pretty paper, better than a box of candy or a picture frame and any other ‘stuff’ I don’t need in my beautiful home. The only thing I really truly need is for my son to be happy, healthy and well cared for…ok so, that means I do need a job! But the point is, what if my child could not have a simple glass of clean water? What if my son had no way to take a shower or brush his teeth? Just the simple act of washing his hands could mean he might get sick, and in some places in our world, not only does lack of water mean illness, it means death. We don’t have that danger here. We are fortunate.
So I am giving up my birthday and asking you to give JUST WHAT YOU CAN to help build a well. Simple right? Let’s do it! 100% of the money raised goes to building the well! A village gets clean water and we all get to be a part of something that changes lives.
Thank you.

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Poet Sylvia Plath’s only novel (which she wrote under a pen name) is a tragic descent into depression that stands as a parallel to the author’s own life. It would be an excruciating subject matter to explore. In fact, Plath committed suicide just after the first print run.

However, Julia Stiles is staring that psychological pressure down by signing on to produce and star in The Bell Jar.

By starring, she’ll take on the role of Esther Greenwood, and she’ll be joined by Virginia Madsen who will play Dr. Nolan – the female therapist Greenwood sees after unsuccessful sessions with a male psychiatrist. Nicole Kassell (who directed The Woodsman and is directing a movie where Whoopi Goldberg plays God) will be directing.

Virginia Madsen, 48, plays married-to-the-mini-mob mom Cheryl West who tries to make her family go straight in “Scoundrels,” ABC’s new summer dramedy in ” Desperate Housewives’” Sunday evening slot. The veteran film actress talks about why network television has been a great place to land at this point in her career — much to her own surprise.

How did your role in “Scoundrels” come about?

I did a series with Ray Liotta called “Smith.” That was three or four years ago, and that was canceled right away. It was another show of criminals, but it was real bad guys — larceny, murder and explosions and all this stuff. It just wasn’t, for either one of us, creatively satisfying. So it was like, OK, I tried that, I’m not interested in that anymore.

So when this show came along I was like, I don’t know about network TV. I have friends who work on shows like that, and they were like, ‘Oh, my God, you don’t want to do this job.’ The hours are insane. And network TV is very corporate — you’re very much a hired hand. I just put all the negatives on the table.

So it was a leap of faith. And man, it paid off. Because I had so much fun making this show. I found my hours weren’t crazy. My favorite way to work is in an ensemble. When I was doing lead roles, when I was an ingénue, that wasn’t a comfortable place for me to be. I don’t necessarily need to be the star. And when you work in an ensemble, it’s exciting and it’s fun and it’s creative, and I work really well as a team. I like the family feeling.I noticed that you did a few episodes of “Monk.”

“Monk” was like that. There wasn’t any mean competition. There were no divas on the set. It was a real feeling of family. That was another thing we talked about at the beginning: I said we’ve got really young people on this show, and I want you guys to support me in making a family, so I want to do stuff together and I want to bond, and they were like, “Cool.”

So you’re setting the tone for this?

Yeah. And when everyone arrived, another great thing that happened was that, the kids — well, they’re not little. I call them the kids — they all allowed me in, and we became very close and they came over to my house Sunday nights for dinner. And they allowed me to mother them, and not every young person wants that.

Moms are of course a staple of television, but Cheryl is a pretty contemporary take on a mom. Not only is it a family of criminals, which isn’t the first time this has happened, but there’s the dark comedy aspect. And you’re hot.

Thank you. I’m not having hot flashes yet, but I feel hot.

The first scene is the parents having sex.

Well, it’s a key part of Cheryl and Wolf’s [ David James Elliott] relationship. They’re very sexual, and they’re still very much in love. He’s my strongest weakness — she can’t say no. He’s been such a powerful presence in her life, and when he’s removed from the home, she learns to stand on her own. And they are very much equals. I love that about them. Cheryl is by no means a fragile flower trying to stand on her own. She’ll shout it from the mountaintops, and don’t cross her. She might knock you out. Cheryl can do things I can’t do.

Yeah, but you have people, so you don’t need to do all those things.

We do, though. As women, we all have battles we have to fight and things we have to overcome, and many of those things are labels, what we’re labeled as women, being the fairer sex instead of the equal partner. And we’ve demanded this position for so long that it’s kind of astounding when you’re expected to be something else.

It’s what’s happened to our presence in feature films. We’re becoming invisible in feature films, and I mean females of all ages.

And I certainly found better roles when I was older, because younger girls may have the abundance of work, but we have the stronger characters to play. It’s really hard for young girls, because not only are they judged and shamed and objectified and put into these ingénue roles which are not at all what real girls are like — and God forbid they should open their mouth and have an opinion about anything — but now they’re even more so. I feel we’re becoming so Victorian in our society and we’re all out of balance in that way, so we have this bizarre juxtaposition where you can get famous from making a private sex tape and it accidentally coming out, yet you’re labeled a certain way if you show your breasts on screen.

The films are so male right now that it’s becoming misogynistic, and [most of] the stories aren’t about us. So many actresses like myself are flocking to television because they’re still telling our stories.

Source: Los Angeles Times

I am so pleased to announce that Virginia has signed on to the ensemble of Red Riding Hood. Director Catherine Hardwicke’s Gothic variation on the classic fairy tale is set for Warner Bros. release March 11, 2011.

Set in a medieval village that is haunted by a werewolf, a young girl falls for an orphaned woodcutter, much to her family’s displeasure.

Virginia will play the mother of Amanda Seyfried’s heroine in the werewolfilm, which was scripted by Orphan’s David Leslie Johnson. The cast also includes Lukas Haas, Shiloh Fernandez, Gary Oldman and Julie Christie.

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“There’s two rules this family has always lived by. One, we do not invade people’s homes. At least, not when they’re in them. And two, we never, everuse violence.” - Cheryl West

I hope you all watched the premiere of “Scoundrels” last sunday. Over 900 screen captures from the first episode titled “And Jill Came Tumbling After” can be found at the gallery. Simply click on the previews below to see all the screen captures in HQ quality. Enjoy!

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Just a reminder to all the VMad fans. Scoundrels premieres tonight at 9|8c on ABC followed by the series premiere of The Gates. Come meet Cheryl West (Virginia) and her family!!

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Virginia’s been a busy bee lately filming Scoundrels in New Mexico.  Here’s a list of V’s upcoming TV Appearances. Please remember to check your local TV listings for times.

- June 17, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on CBS
- June 23, Good Morning America on ABC
- June 23, The View on ABC
- June 23, The Joy Behar Show on HLN

Join Virginia Madsen with a party of four for a fun-filled wine tasting at Mel & Rose! For more information, please visit www.melandrose.com. The proceeds for this item benefit Waterkeeper Alliance. Place your bid here!

Canadian broadcaster CTV has picked up the ABC summer dramedy “Scoundrels” for its primetime schedule.

The new hour-long series SCOUNDRELS premieres Sunday, June 20 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV. A humorous look at a family of small-time criminals who try to turn their lives around after their father is sent to prison, SCOUNDRELS stars Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways, The Astronaut Farmer) as matriarch Cheryl West and Toronto-native David James Elliott (CLOSE TO HOME) as Wolfgang “Wolf” West. Following broadcasts on CTV, SCOUNDRELS will also be available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca.

Based on the New Zealand hit series OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE, SCOUNDRELS also stars Patrick Flueger (THE 4400) as Logan West and twin brother Calvin “Cal” West; Leven Rambin (GREY’S ANATOMY) as Heather West; Vanessa Marano (GILMORE GIRLS) as Hope West; and Carlos Bernard (24) as Sergeant Mack.

“Scoundrels” is a one-hour comedy/drama series produced by ABC Studios that focuses on a family of small-time criminals who try to go straight after the father is sent to prison. Virginia plays Cheryl West, the mother who must take charge and try to keep her kids on the straight and narrow.”

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Great News!!! ABC has launched the official website for “Scoundrels” with some features. They released a character section photo, a discuss forum, videos and more!!Pay a visit to the site at http://abc.go.com/shows/scoundrels

Scoundrels will be premiering next June 20 at 9|8c!

Scoundrels will be premiering next June 20 at 9|8c on ABC!

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Virginia has teamed up with Botox and drug maker Allergan, Inc. to deliver up to $250,000 to three deserving charities in a campaign called “BOTOX Cosmetic My Expressions of Kindness.”

Fill out a profile at ExpressKindnessCampaign.com, and $25 will be sent to your choice of three charities: Make It Right, Dress for Success or Children’s Action Network.

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The week started off on a sad note as news surfaced of actress Lynn Redgrave’s death after a seven-year battle with breast cancer. The talented Brit, 67, was the sister of actress Vanessa Redgrave and the aunt of actress Natasha Richardson who passed away last year from a skiing accident.

Virginia has publicly expressed her condolences to the family of british actress Lynn Redgrave on her Twitter account.

@madlyv Brava Lynn Redgrave. U shall be as celebrated as u r missed!

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“Scoundrels” is a one-hour comedy/drama series produced by ABC Studios that focuses on a family of small-time criminals who try to go straight after the father is sent to prison. Virginia  will play Cheryl West, the mother who must take charge and try to keep her kids on the straight and narrow.”

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On April 3rd Virginia taped an interview for Growing Bolder Radio Show to promote the documentary I Know a Woman Like That. Click here to stream!

Virginia Madsen is one of our most beloved, and stunning, actresses, but she’s much more beautiful on the inside. With her dynamic and Emmy Award-winning mother at her side, she’s produced a documentary that celebrates extraordinary women over the age of 65. Virginia says the film has not only erased any fears she may have once had about aging, it’s made her excited for the next, liberating chapters in her life.

Virginia Madsen is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated actress known for her work in Sideways, The Astronaut Farmer, and The Number 23. Her mother, writer-director Elaine Madsen, has a wide range of creative projects on her list of achievements, including a new book of poetry and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary. In their new collaboration, I Know a Woman Like That, the mother-daughter duo join forces to take a close look at grace, age, vitality, and what it means to be a woman. ABILITY Magazine’s Chet Cooper and Nancy Villere caught up with the Madsens to discuss this ambitious and personal project.

Chet Cooper: Your film does a nice job of making a viewer more aware of a relationship between women as they age and their degree of invisibility in society. And, in many ways, I see that parallel how we tend to address social understanding and awareness about disability.

Elaine Madsen: Oh, yeah, I think there’s an attitude towards age that treats it as a disability. But in reality, aging involves recognition of abilities you didn’t know that you had, abilities that you have to find within yourself in order to deal with society. Bookshelves are filled with titles about how to stay young, and telling us all that there’s something wrong with not being young. But the purpose of this film, I think, is to show that the experience of aging can be wonderful, if you don’t get sucked into that mentality.

Virginia Madsen: My mother’s level of activity, of productivity, was exactly why I thought a project like this would work. Originally, when we put the idea together, she had said, “I’m far too busy. I’m going to Holland, and then I’m going here and there and I’m writing my book.” But that’s really what it’s about.

Elaine: One of the most important things at any age is finding how to stay engaged. It seems like some people get to a certain age and sort of sink into a kind of psychic rocking chair. Suddenly they are made to feel that their time is done and that it’s time to get off the stage. Our movie has 17 women in it who are all between the ages of 65 and 95, and every one of them is engaged in life in a particular way. Age is not inhibiting them.

Cooper: Most of the people you interviewed seemed to like the fact that they were at the age that they were, and seemed happy with the wisdom they had acquired.

Elaine: You know, I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy as I am now. At my age, there are all kinds of things you don’t have to battle anymore.

That being said, we’re not glossing over the fact that there are changes in these people. One of the people we spoke with uses a walker, and we do feature people who have overcome cancer as well as some of the other things that come along with age. So we’re not glossing over the fact that these issues are a part of aging. But hopefully, we are advancing an attitude.

Virginia: It’s universal. Inevitably, every single person we talked to about this project had said, “I know a woman like that. My mom’s like that, my grandma, my aunt, my wife, the lady down the block who’s out in the garden every day.” That’s what led us to our title: I Know a Woman Like That. We began to realize how far-reaching this story is. It’s not just about my mother, but about women.

What’s also interesting to me is that, in trying to find a throughline among the interviews, I realized that we never actually fully answer the question of what makes a woman “like that”: an active and happy and independent woman. But I think a commonality that exists among all of the women we spoke with is curiosity: a capability of remaining curious and adventurous at every age. Dorothy, one of the women we spoke with, has physical disabilities now. It’s harder for her to get around, yes, but her life remains adventurous and she continues to work and she continues to be curious about life.

Cooper: One of the things that struck me was how many times the women in the film were talking about how sex is great. You just dove right into that subject matter, showing that there’s still life, no matter what the age might be.

Elaine: Well, the usual sense, particularly among younger people, is that if you’re not perfect, if your body isn’t perfect and you’re not getting whistled at on the street, sex disappears. But it doesn’t, and I think intimacy is a thing you learn to value and to engage with over time. Intimacy is one of the richest things you can have in your life.

Virginia: I think it would be really interesting to show the film at an elementary school or at a high school. Not a junior high, because we are all screwed up in junior high. (laughs) In junior high they’d probably just be like, “Eeew, old people!” But in elementary school and in high school, I think students would really be interested in these people we take a look at.

Cooper: It would be great to do a poll of these kids and see what they think after seeing the film. The media push so many expectations about youthfulness and beauty, especially on the young, so one is left to wonder how much of that sort of thing really influences the psyche.

Virginia: Yeah, it’s pretty interesting, actually. There were five or six guys at the screening who were all late twenties and early thirties, and they loved the movie. My friend called me and said that the whole group of them was into it. She was like, “They won’t shut up about the movie.” And I guess these guys were never talking about the age of these women. They were talking about how smart these women were and how interesting and how passionate they were.

Elaine: One girl, a teenager, came up to me at a screening and said, “I can’t wait to get old!” I don’t know how long she’ll feel that way, though, but I hope she takes away that there is plenty of life to live.

Cooper: Plus, it’s worth mentioning that once you get to a certain age, you get all of those senior discounts.

Elaine: (laughs) You know what? I’ll tell you, when I first moved to California, I was 55, and I was absolutely astounded that somebody considered me a senior citizen. But if people want to give me discounts, I don’t care…

Cortesy: Ability Magazine

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Scoundrels” will start production on March 16 for the first eight episodes, which will premier on ABC TV this summer. The production will continue through June and will hire about 75 New Mexico crew members and about 1,500 extras.

The comedy/drama stars Virginia Madsen and focuses on a family of small-time criminals who attempt to go straight after their father is sent to prison. It’s based on the New Zealand series “Outrageous Fortune and the show is being written by Lyn Greene and Richard Levine, the team behind Nip/Tuck.

Most of the core cast of Scoundrels is confirmed, and the show is due to screen on the ABC in the northern summer.

Robyn Malcolm, who stars as tough-as-nails matriach Cheryl West, is predicting the US version will use the essence of the story – “a working-class criminal family trying to cope with their dad being put away and going straight”.Her ex, career criminal Wolf, will be played by Neal McDonough, who starred as Desperate Housewives’ baddie Dave Williams. The couple’s chalk-and-cheese teenage daughters Pascalle and Loretta – whose names will be changed to Vanessa and Hope – will be played by Leven Rambin, who has appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, and Vanessa Marano, who has been on the Young and the Restless and Gilmore Girls.

Twins Van and Jethro, played by Antony Starr on Outrageous, will be given the all-American names of Cal and Logan and be brought to life by Patrick Flueger, who has a Kiwi connection through his appearance in The World’s Fastest Indian.

Carlos Bernard will play cop Wayne Judd, who will be renamed Detective Sergeant Mack. Madsen aside, Malcolm is unfamiliar with the cast but reckons Bernard is “seriously sexy”.

She’d like to see veteran actor Robert Duvall playing the only main role yet to be cast – the hilarious Grandpa.

It’s ABC’s second attempt at adapting the Kiwi favourite. A pilot of the first version, Good Behavior, was filmed but no series was commissioned.

Malcolm can’t predict whether Scoundrels will be more successful than its short-lived predecessor, which she never saw, but she believes with two very experienced writers and a great cast, there’s no reason it shouldn’t be a hit.

Source: Nzherald.co.nz

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Virginia is in Berlin to promote her new movie “Father of Invention” which co-stars an impressive cast including Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham and Camilla Belle.

Here’s the Programme for “Father of Invention” Screenings at  Berlin International Film Festival.

Mon Feb 15 17:00 International
Thu Feb 18 21:30 Zoo Palast 1
Fri Feb 19 13:00 CinemaxX 7
Sat Feb 20 14:30 Cubix 9

A synopsis of the movie according to IMDB tells: “Robert Axle, an eccentric inventor turned ego maniacal infomercial guru, loses it all when one of his inventions maims thousands of customers. After 8 years in maximum security prison, Axle is ready to redeem his name and rebuild his billion dollar empire. But first he must convince his estranged 22 year old daughter to let him live with her and her quirky, over protective roommates. ”

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The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has announced its intention to protect the view of the famous Hollywood Sign by purchasing 138 acres on Cahuenga Peak in Los Angeles. TPL must raise $12.5 million by April 14 in order to prevent the land from being developed for luxury homes.

She is joined by other Hollywood stars including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Katherine Morris, Aisha Tyler, John Slattery, Julian McMahon, Tippi Hedren, James Kyson Lee, and Beau Garrett.

“With the support of donors such as The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, TPL and its partners are in a campaign to raise a total of $12.5 million by April 14,” said Sam Hodder, California State Director for TPL. “The Hollywood Sign is one of America’s iconic views and that view would be ruined forever if estates are built behind it.”

Once the TPL is able to purchase the acreage, the land will be added to Griffith Park which, at 6.52 sq mi of land, is one of the largest urban parks in North America.

Check out the official site here for more information!

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Virginia has landed the lead in Scoundrels, an ABC dramedy about a family of small-town criminals who attempt to go straight after the patriarch is sent to prison.

Virginia would play the mom. The show which has been picked up for eight episodes (all of them slated to air this summer) is based on the New Zealand series “Outrageous Fortune”.

Richard Levine and Lyn Greene (“Nip/Tuck“) wrote “Scoundrels” and will serve as executive producers/showrunners on the ABC Studios-produced series.

More information will be posted as soon it’s available!

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Here at Virginia-Madsen.org would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays and all the best wishes for the New Year 2010! Hope everyone has a great time with family and loved ones. Virginia tweeted about the Holiday’s, so head over to her twitter account to see what she said about this lovely season.

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With 35 releases since Fire with Fire in 1986 thus far, Virginia is a busy actress and has played a variety of roles which further enhance her reputation as a fantastic actress who can adapt to any kind of role. Virginia belongs to an acting family with her brother Michael Madsen, also an actor, and her mother, Elaine Madsen, an Emmy-winning writer and producer. She is still one of the Hollywood’s most beautiful and captivating actresses today.

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The project (undertaken in partnership with entertainment networking group HOMOtracker and its annual fundraiser ‘FallOut’) will go up for auction on November 10 on the website Charity Buzz and will benefit the grassroots marriage equality group FAIR. The group is also holding an event in West Hollywood on November 12 at which the prints will be on display.

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On November 4th, 2008, Proposition 8 passed, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

In the wake of the defeat, there has been a groundswell of initiative from within the community at a grassroots level. Seizing this opportunity, new political and protest organizations are forming almost daily. The NO H8 Campaign is a photo project and silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8.

The campaign started with portraits of everyday Californians who support Marriage Equality and soon rose to celebrities, military personnel, brothers and sisters, law enforcement, lesbian mothers, directors, politicians, newlyweds, and more. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths symbolizing their voices not being heard and “NO H8″ painted on one cheek in protest.

A lot of celebrities joined fans for a tribute to the band, which featured an outdoor screening of Ramones concert movie It’s Alive and horror classic Night of The Living Dead. Johnny Ramone’s widow, Linda Ramone has been staging the annual tribute at the cemetery since her husband lost his battle with cancer in 2004.

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Click here to access our special birthday page with the messages from fans around the world and if you’re not there you can post your message in comments here.

Send your message with your photo or fanarts to LaLa@virginia-madsen.org or you can also submit your entry via web form on this link:
http://virginia-madsen.org/specials/bday2009/submit/

The deadline for submissions is September 9, 2009.

Make your donation here! 100% of your donation directly funds clean water projects in developing nations.  Thank You!

She will play  T.K. Jensen, a love interest for Capt. Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine).

You can also donate to Charity Water through Virginia’s profile. Here’s the link: http://mycharitywater.org/virginia@mycharitywater.org

This birthday project is for all her fans from all around the world to gather together, make a collective and creative effort to wish Virginia a very happy birthday. We are going to put together an online Birthday Project that consists of your videos, letters, poetry, fanarts and photographs inspired by Virginia Madsen, with the only purpose to to give something in return for all entertainment that she has provided us throughout the years, so let’s show Virginia how much we love her!!  Remember the most important is being creative and speak from the heart. ♥♥

If you would like to know further details, please click here if you would like to submit your birthday message.

Deadline is September 09,2009.

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For this week’s Top 10 Blu-ray rental chart, click here.

Bonus Materials includes:
* Commentary by Director Peter Cornwell, co-writer Adam Simon, producer Andrew Trapani and editor Tom Elkins
* Director Peter Cornwell and actors Virginia Madsen and Kyle Gallner
* Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
* Two Dead Boys: Making of The Haunting in Connecticut
* The Fear is Real: Re-Investigating the Haunting
* Memento Mori: The History of Post Mortem Photography
* Anatomy of a Haunting
* Digital Copy

The movie will be produced by Trigger Street Prods.’ Spacey and Dana Brunetti plus Jonathan Krane and Ken Barbet. Trent Cooper directs from a script he wrote with Krane and Nichole Beatty. Scott Lumpkin exec produces. Lensing is under way.

“Father of Invention” centers on a humble inventor-turned-egomaniacal billionaire who loses it all when one of his inventions goes horribly awry. After eight years in federal prison, he returns to discover his ex-wife (Virginia’s role) has spent his fortune and remarried.

Camilla Belle, Heather Graham, Craig Robison and Johnny Knoxville also star.

In other news but same topic about roles, Virginia no longer appearing in the movie ‘Amelia’ as Dorothy Binney Putnam. She says her character was left on the cutting room floor plus she really enjoyed filming scenes for the movie and she is ready for her next flick!!

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]]> http://virginia-madsen.org/309/feed 0 http://virginia-madsen.org/289 http://virginia-madsen.org/289#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:27:23 +0000 LaLa http://virginia-madsen.org/archives/289 Continue reading →]]> Hi!! We have a new section on the site, it’s the fanbook where all of you can leave your messages to Virginia. If you want to post your message, follow these rules:

- Messages that’ll be deleted and not posted: Hate messages, messages with your msn/aim/etc.
- The messages will be posted on sending order.
- You can sign or read the fanbook below.

Sign the FanBook & View the FanBook

Thanks for coming!  Im very excitied about this ‘official’ v.m. fansite. Ive never had one before and I have to admit, it makes me feel like a star.

I will be posting now and again re; upcoming work and stories etc. As always, look foward to the future and learn from the past.

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I have added beautiful photos of Virginia, her son Jack Antonio and Mina Bree at The 20th Anniversary A Time For Heroes Celebrity Carnival Sponsored By Disney To Benefit The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation held at Wadsworth Theatre, West Los Angeles on June 7th.

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The company has previously developed first into the production of a documentary, “I Know a Woman Like That“, directed by Virginia’s talented mother Elaine, a writer, and spotlighting a series of remarkable women between the ages of 64 and 94, a testament to age increasing wisdom. Featuring women including Rita Moreno and Lauren Hutton.

The production will start to film on July in upstate New York. Virginia is gonna play a small role but I will post more as soon as I get more infomation.

Plus, the gallery is sporting a new light and blue layout, the color was chosen by Virginia. I thought it was time to give it another color with a new different style. Hope you link the new theme!!

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]]> http://virginia-madsen.org/221/feed 1 http://virginia-madsen.org/205 http://virginia-madsen.org/205#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:45:59 +0000 LaLa http://virginia-madsen.org/?p=205 Continue reading →]]> On July 14, 2009, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release The Haunting in Connecticut on DVD, Two-Disc DVD and Blu-ray.

The movie stars Virginia Madsen and revolves around the tale of a family’s move to Connecticut for the sake of their young boy with cancer. When malicious supernatural acts begin occurring within their new confinements, they call on the Catholic Church to check out the haunting that has partaken in their new domicile, a former mortuary.

It will contain bonus materials and extra features, and the DVD will be available for the MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of $29.95, while the Two-Disc Special Edition will run at the MSRP of $34.98. The Blu-ray will cost $39.99.

The Haunting in Connecticut releases will feature the following bonus materials:

* Commentary by Director Peter Cornwell, co-writer Adam Simon, producer Andrew Trapani and editor Tom Elkins
* Director Peter Cornwell and actors Virginia Madsen and Kyle Gallner
* Deleted scenes with optional director commentary
* Two Dead Boys: Making of The Haunting in Connecticut
* The Fear is Real: Re-Investigating the Haunting
* Memento Mori: The History of Post Mortem Photography
* Anatomy of a Haunting
* Digital Copy

Check out the box art here or view the entire category at the gallery.

Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor and I lived next door to each other in Silver lake (East Hollywood near Griffith Park). I had a small part in Alexander’s graduate (UCLA) student film, I also catered one day of the shoot. I and my best friend Joe Marenelli were the two actors in Jim Taylor’s graduate film that got him into the film school at NYU. We have all known each other for nearly 25 years. In Silver Lake – I still have that apt – we would have these Friday night dinners nearly every Friday night (lots of stuff from Trader Joe’s). Jim and Alexander were frequent guests. Alexander loves to cook.

Here are the details on the weekend’s festivities: 620 Sideways: Sideways screening and discussion Fri. May 29, 7 p.m., Renaissance Vinoy, 501 Fifth Ave. N.E., St. Petersburg. $50, includes food and wine. Sideways panel discussion only, Sat., May 30, 1:30 p.m., Studio@620, 620 First Ave. S., St. Petersburg, free admission. 727-895-6620.

Virginia, who has starred in such films as “Sideways” and “The Astronaut Farmer,” will attend a 7:30 p.m. Saturday screening of “I Know a Woman Like That,” a documentary directed by her mother about women over the age of 65.

Phoenix Film Festival
When: Thursday through April 9
Where: Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre, 7000 E. Mayo Blvd.
Cost: Opening night $40, individual screenings $10, flex pass (four screenings) $30, festival pass $150, VIP pass $425
Information: (602) 955-6444 or www.phoenixfilmfestival.com

Check your local listings or visit www.bonniehunt.com for more information.

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“Wonder Woman” is now available as a Single Disc DVD (SRP $19.98), 2-Disc DVD Special Edition ($29.98) and in high-definition on Blu-ray Disc ($34.99). Both the 2-Disc DVD and Blu-ray Special Editions include collectible packaging, a Digital Copy of the film, and a whopping 185 minutes of bonus features!

Produced by the multiple Emmy® Award winning animation legend Bruce Timm, Wonder Woman is an original story and features a stellar celebrity voice cast including Keri Russell (Waitress, Felicity), Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Rosario Dawson (Sin City, Clerks II), Oliver Platt (TV’s The West Wing) and David McCallum (TV’s NCIS).

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Public Events 2009: The 81st Annual Academy Awards – Arrivals

The 6:00 p.m. screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring filmmakers and voice cast, including animation legend Bruce Timm and Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen. Filmmakers will also screen the world premiere of the first footage of Green Lantern: First Flight, an upcoming DC Universe animated original movie.

Presented by Warner Premiere, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics, the all-new Wonder Woman animated original movie will be distributed by Warner Home Video on March 3, 2009. Wonder Woman will be available as a Single Disc DVD, 2-Disc Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The animated original movie will also be available OnDemand and Pay-Per-View, as well as available for download day and date, March 3, 2009.

Madsen, making her first-ever Con appearance, provides the regal voice of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons and mother to Diana/Wonder Woman. The actress, who received an Oscar nod for her performance in the 2003 hit film Sideways, is joined in the stellar voice cast by Keri Russell (Waitress, Felicity), Nathan Fillion (Firefly/Serenity & the upcoming ABC series Castle), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Rosario Dawson (Sin City), Oliver Platt (The West Wing) and David McCallum (NCIS).

Wonder Woman is an origin story produced by multiple Emmy Award winning animation legend Bruce Timm, directed by Lauren Montgomery (Superman Doomsday) and written by Michael Jelenic (Batman: Brave & the Bold). All three will participate in the post-screening panel and Saturday’s autograph session. DC Comics Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck will moderate the post-screening panel.

An autograph session for all panelists is being scheduled for Saturday, February 28.

Source: TransworldNews

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