Amy Adams joins Forbes' Hollywood Top Ten earners

Amy Adams has joined the highest-paid Hollywood actors this year, 14.5 million dollars (£7.25 million). Here is a list of the top 10 best-paid actors, actresses and youngsters, so-called "tweens", compiled by US business magazine Forbes.

Top 10 actresses
1. Cameron Diaz - 50 million dollars (£25 million)
2. Keira Knightley - 32 million dollars (£16 million)
3. Jennifer Aniston - 27 million dollars (£13.5 million)
4= Reese Witherspoon - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
4= Gwyneth Paltrow - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
6. Jodie Foster - 23 million dollars (£11.5million)
7. Sarah Jessica Parker - 18 million dollars (£9 million)
8. Meryl Streep - 16 million dollars (£8 million)
9. Amy Adams - 14.5 million dollars (£7.25 million)
10. Angelina Jolie - 14 million dollars (£7 million)

Top 10 actors
1. Will Smith - 80 million dollars (£40 million)
2. Johnny Depp - 72 million dollars (£36 million)
3= Eddie Murphy - 55 million dollars (£27.5 million)
3= Mike Myers - 55 million dollars (£27.5 million)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio - 45 million dollars (£22.5 million)
6. Bruce Willis - 41 million dollars (£20.5 million)
7. Ben Stiller - 40 million dollars (£20 million)
8. Nicolas Cage - 38 million dollars (£19 million)
9. Will Ferrell - 31 million dollars (£15.5 million)
10. Adam Sandler - 30 million dollars (£15 million)

Top 10 "tweens"
1= Daniel Radcliffe, 19 - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
1= Miley Cyrus, 15 - 25 million dollars (£12.5 million)
3. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, 22 - 15 million dollars (£7.5 million)
4. Jonas Brothers, aged 15 to 20 - 12 million dollars (£6 million)
5. Zac Efron, 20 - 5.8 million dollars (£2.9 million)
6= Ashley Tisdale, 23 - 5.5 million dollars (£2.75 million)
6= Emma Watson, 18 - 5.5 million dollars (£2.75 million)
8= Hilary Duff, 20 - 5 million dollars (£2.5 million)
8= Rupert Grint, 19 - 5 million dollars (£2.5 million)
10. Vanessa Anne Hudgens - 3.2 million dollars (£1.6 million)

Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo will marry in 2009

Wonderful news for Amy & Darren :)

USA Today has confirmed that the couple plans to marry sometime next year. Le Gallo supposedly proposed to Adams with a diamond by French jewelry designer Jean Dousset of Beverly Hills.

Most of us are obviously not surprised because we spotted the ring a couple of months ago but it's wonderful to hear the confirmation, isn't it? They both met in acting class six years ago.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Yesterday evening, Amy attended a Vanity Fair Party hosted by Louis Vuitton in Beverly Hills and she was litterarily glowing. More pictures to come.

Thank you very much to everyone who emailed me the news about Amy's engagement.

"Doubt" release date moved forward to October?

Don't get too excited before it's officially confirmed but according to the usually reliable ComingSoon.Net, Miramax Films has moved forward the release date of "Doubt" from December 5 to October 10, 2008.

It would make perfect sense if the studios really wanted to set their goals higher for the award season and obtain a positive buzz for a couple of months rather than just a few weeks. Fingers crossed!

Amy Adams joins Mark Ruffalo in "Greenburg"

Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams are attached to star in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s next feature, “Greenburg,” for producer Scott Rudin.

Plot details are under wraps for the film, which is said to be a relationship comedy-drama. UTA is shopping the project in Cannes and financing is currently being assembled. While no timetable is set for principal photography, Rudin is aiming to shoot later this year.

Rudin produced “Margot at the Wedding,” Baumbach’s 2007 follow-up to his breakthrough drama “The Squid and the Whale.”

Adams is now shooting another Rudin project, Columbia’s “Julie and Julia,” and is set to wrap “Night at the Museum 2: Escape from the Smithsonian” by this fall. Ruffalo is filming Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” for Paramount.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Amy Adams NOT in "The Office" season finale

OK guys -- sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks as though all the press releases have now been amended. It was in fact Amy RYAN and not Amy Adams.

I'm so, so disappointed and even more sorry that I spread the news when it happened to be untrue. AintItCoolNews have also posted their apologizes. So gutted. *cries*

Amy Adams or Amy Ryan in "The Office"?

OK, things are getting a little bit confusing. NBC reported yesterday that Amy Ryan would also play in the season finale of "The Office" and people are starting to wonder if they didn't confuse both Amys -- after all, it happened very frequently in the past! AintItCoolNews reported that it was Amy Adams and that's also what I read earlier this morning on several websites, but now I'm not so sure. Please let us know if you have more information about this. Thanks!

Amy Adams played the recurring guest role of Katy, a handbag seller, on "The Office" so I guess it would make more sense if it was her instead of Ryan. We shall see. In the meantime, here are a few clips from episodes "The Fire" and "Booze Cruise".

It's official: Amy Adams returns to "The Office"

UPDATE! The press release has been amended - it was Amy RYAN and not Adams. NBC has just reported that Amy Adams will return to "The Office" in the series' hour-long 4th season finale. Mike Ausiello at TV Guide says the May 15 finale *SPOILERS ALERT* will feature two “Office” characters getting engaged - not hard to guess which two officers! *END OF SPOILERS* Amy played Katy, the purse-seller title character in “The Hot Girl" episode (see clips below).

Amy Adams has always been very keen to go back to the show: "That was the best work experience. I loved that show and that cast so much", she says. "I don't know if they believe me, but every time I see them I'm like, "Oh, my gosh, I'll do anything to come back. Maybe she's selling something else now!". It looks as though NBC heard her call :-)

"Enchanted" sequel with Amy Adams to go ahead?

A foxy little birdie cheeped in the ear of Clint Morris from Moviehole.net that Disney is developing a sequel to “Enchanted” – and the production has inched forward significantly in the past month or two, as a direct result of those smashing DVD sales.

Director Kevin Lima has apparently already spoken to Disney about the sequel even though he's currently busy working on "The Spook's Apprentice". It’s not yet known whether the sequel will reunite Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey – though, if the price is right, it probably will.

"That's what the guts of the discussions are about at the moment", Morris is been told. "More soon. Promise".

Something should emerge in the trades soonish, by the sounds…

"Standing Still" out on DVD on May 12th in the UK

Featuring an all-star cast, "Standing Still" is finally out in the UK on rental DVD on 28th April 2008 and retail DVD on 12th May 2008.

It's very likely that Momentum Pictures would never have released this DVD without Amy 's increasing popularity. Amy Adams is their top argument to sell the movie in the UK which has never been released there.

Special features on the UK edition include a trailer and an interview with Amy Adams and Adam Garcia (Fiyero in the West End's London production of "Wicked").

"Standing Still" tells the story of a group of college friends who re-unite four years after graduating for the wedding of Elise (Amy Adams) and Michael (Adam Garcia), a seemingly perfect couple who have been dating forever.

Unlike most young couples, they have everything one can wish for – a beautiful house, an upcoming wedding and of course a crew of close friends, all coming into Los Angeles for the weekend nuptials. As the friends arrive at the house, however, joyous reunions quickly turn into a roller coaster of emotions as they learn new things about each other.

On an off-topic note, I'm leaving soon for a few days in Wales so I just wanted to let you know that I won't update this blog during a couple of days. I'll post video clips of Amy in "Standing Still" when I come back. In the meantime, here's the trailer!

Amy Adams attends Film Society Gala

The multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep was honored by The Film Society of Lincoln Center Monday night at a star-studded gala -- and, along with celebs like Uma Thurman, Glenn Close, Stanley Tucci and of course Amy Adams. The Insider was there and posted a video of all the stars who attended - check it out, Amy appears toward the end and apparently kept her gorgeous long hair! Click on the picture to watch the clip. Many thanks to Mac for the video link! :)

Amy Adams goes to gala to honour Meryl Streep

Amy Adams is scheduled to attend the Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala at the Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on Monday April 14th. The Gala is honoring Meryl Streep.

In addition to Amy and Streep, the gala aud will also hear from Jonathan Demme, Robert De Niro, Garrison Keillor, Mike Nichols, Robert Redford, Uma Thurma, Stanley Tucci and Christopher Walken.

"It sold out faster than ever before -- two weeks earlier than usual," gala director Wendy Keyes says. "Streep has broken records for us."

The tribute to Streep has raised in excess of $1 million.

Amy Adams filming on Spring St today and tomorrow?

Red alert for our New Yorkers! We've got some news for "Julie and Julia". Filming is taking place today and tomorrow near Soho (some on 586 Broadway as well as on Spring St). There are posters everywhere on Crosby street between Broome and Spring, and down Spring street right after Broadway. We don't know if Amy Adams will be present but there's only one way to find out - just go!!

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Source: On Location Vacations

Yay or nay to Amy's failed projects?

"The Peter Principle" (2000): Amy Adams and Paul F. Tompkins ("Mr. Show with Bob & David") were cast as the leads in NBC's workplace comedy pilot "The Peter Principle," produced by Hattrick Prods. in association with Warner Bros. TV. Caroline Aaron ("Judging Amy") was also part of the cast.

What happened? The pilot was not picked up for a full series. NBC didn't even bother to air the first episode because executives judged that it was not worth it.

"Barry Munday" (2005): In late 2005, Amy Adams and Luke Wilson were in final talks to star in "Barry Munday". It's a comedy about a womanizer who wakes up sans his family jewels after an irate father attacks him with a trumpet. Things go from bad to worse for the title character when he learns that he's being sued for paternity by a woman he can't even remember having sex with.

What happened? Prospect Pictures eventually offered the leading female role to Amy but she declined the part in what she now calls "a strictly commercial project" to star in Disney's "Enchanted" instead. Luke Wilson was replaced by Patrick Wilson (Raoul in "The Phantom of the Opera") and Amy's part was given to Judy Greer. Filming starts next month in Los Angeles.

"Winter of Frozen Dreams" (2005): Filmmaker Mike Graf was going to make a movie out of the Barbara Hoffman double murder case. It was one of the most sensational crimes of the past century in Madison, and Karl Harter wrote a book about it called "Winter of Frozen Dreams." Graf wanted to cast Amy Adams for the part of Hoffman.

What happened? The casting of Adams began at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, which Graf attended with his wife, Linda. Twenty minutes before the Sundance awards ceremony, Linda was in the women's restroom and ran into Adams, who starred in the Sundance entry "Junebug." Linda told Adams how much they'd loved her performance and then started touting "Winter of Frozen Dreams," telling Adams it would be a nice change of pace in that the Hoffman role is dark and creepy.

"I love dark and creepy," Amy Adams said. "Send me a script."

Twenty minutes later, Adams won the Special Jury Award for Best Acting. Despite her Sundance success, she didn't forget that bathroom conversation. Graf sent her the script, and she read for him in Santa Monica a month or so later.

Shooting was scheduled to start in November 2005 but production on "Winter of Frozen Dreams" was heavily delayed and Amy was unable to perform in the film due to other filming commitments. She was replaced by actress Thora Birch. The film will be released in 2008.

"Julie & Julia" filming dates

UPDATE: Dave Annable of the TV show "Brothers & Sisters" has joined the cast of "Julie & Julia".

Just a quick post to let you know that filming on "Julie & Julia" is going to last until June 3rd, 2008. However, that doesn't mean that Amy's last scene will be shot in June, especially as she is scheduled to rally Vancouver and/or Washington DC in May to start working on "Night at the Museum 2".

Columbia Pictures & Scott Rudin Productions launched pre-production on "Julie & Julia" on January 17th 2008.

Filming officially started on March 6th, 2008 but Amy Adams only joined the cast & crew of "Julie & Julia" in New York on March 17th. She followed cooking classes beforehand.

Amy Adams returns to the Kodak Theatre

The Emmy Award-winning IDOL GIVES BACK returns with an illustrious group of celebrity participants to help raise awareness and funds to benefit various U.S. and international charities Wednesday, April 9 (7:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Robin Williams, Celine Dion, Forest Whitaker, Billy Crystal, Dane Cook, Kiefer Sutherland, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Jennifer Connolly, Elliott Yamin, Fantasia and Amy Adams join previously announced international talent and sports figures Bono, Brad Pitt, Reese Witherspoon, Miley Cyrus, Mariah Carey, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Fergie, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Annie Lennox, John Legend, Snoop Dogg, Maroon 5, Heart and Gloria Estefan.

Tickets for the star-studded event are currently on sale to the general public. The event will tape at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday, April 6.

For more information, visit AmericanIdol.com.

Amy heads to Washington DC this summer?

After months of bad news (bloated salaries, dubious spending, damaged exhibits), the Smithsonian is poised for a possible PR bonanza: a starring role in the sequel to Ben Stiller's blockbuster "Night at the Museum."

The kid-friendly original was set in N.Y.C.'s American Museum of Natural History; now producers are eyeing the Air and Space Museum for Night at the Museum 2 ("Escape From the Smithsonian"). A D.C. shoot (possibly in May) would bring Stiller and Amy Adams to town.

Twentieth Century Fox is now negotiating to film inside -- a rare move for the Smithsonian, but one officials seem open to. "This movie reaches an important demographic, young kids, and it's very positive" about museums, said Air and Space rep Claire Brown.

Source: The Washington Post

'Charlie Wilson's War' arrives on DVD April 22, 2008

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams star in 'Charlie Wilson's War', coming to DVD April 22, 2008 in the US.

DVD BONUS FEATURES:

-- THE MAKING OF "CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR": An inside look at the making of the film featuring interviews with Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

-- WHO IS CHARLIE WILSON?: A profile of the real Charlie Wilson, featuring interviews with Charlie Wilson, Joanne Herring, Tom Hanks, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Mike Nichols.

. Universal Studios Home Entertainment

What's on deck for tonight's SNL?

Amy is hosting "Saturday Night Live" tonight at 11:30PM (EST) on NBC. Here’s what was still a possibility before dress rehearsal, per “The Phantom of 8H”:

* Kristen Wiig one-upping “Penelope.”
* A take on the “Project Runway” finale.
* Post-Texas Clinton-Obama.
* Adams (inevitably) singing.
* A digital short.

Source: Aint It Cool

Join us at the "Enchanting Amy Adams Forum"

To all Amy's fans - I feel priviledged to announce you the official opening of "Enchanting Amy Adams Forum", a place to chat about all things Amy with fans from all over the world.

This forum is brought to you by the wonderful Riikka and Mycah, owners of the coming fansite "Amy Adams Fan". Please feel free to join us as I'm sure it will grow quickly and become a very friendly community. I have the great honour to be a moderator so I hope to see you there! Thanks.

Stephany

First box-office results for "Miss Pettigrew"

Focus Features rolled out Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day at 535 locations and scored an estimated $645,000 on Friday, a $1,200 per theatre average.

The Amy Adams-Frances McDormand comedy is headed for a $2.35M weekend haul, just missing the week's Top 10.

Source: SlashFilm