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Steven Spielberg commemorated a close encounter with some of his famous friends Thursday night with a star-studded selfie.

The Oscar winner, 70, put himself in front of the camera Thursday at The Post premiere in Washington D.C., directing a shot with his wife, Kate Capshaw, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Bob Odenkirk.

The group has earned over 40 Oscar nominations combined.

Wilson shared the pic on Instagram Friday, joking, “Looks like Steven has a future in selfies.”

Earlier this week, Hanks opened up about what is was like working with Streep on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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Even when Tom Hanks tries to throw a few jabs at Meryl Streep, he can’t keep up the charade for long.

During an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote their movie The Post, Hanks playfully joked about what it’s like to work with his costar.

When the host brought up Streep, the veteran actor rolled his eyes and said, “You mean, can I just say, ‘high maintenance Meryl Streep?’ ” Hanks replied.

Wanting more, Colbert asked, “Oh really? Diva?”

“Look, the shoes alone, man,” Hanks joked, quickly adding, “No, I am so joking.”

Turns out,...

When asked about the representation of the Holocaust in Schindler’s List, Stanley Kubrick responded: “Think that’s about the Holocaust? That was about success, wasn’t it? The Holocaust is about 6 million people who get killed. Schindler’s List is about 600 who don’t. Anything else?” Similarly, the story of the Pentagon Papers concerns the United States government lying, for decades, to the world about the Vietnam War, at the cost of millions of lives. The Post is about the brave journalists who brought these lies to public light.

That focus-shift is significant, though whether it will even bother a viewer depends heavily on how their worldview aligns with that of director Steven Spielberg. It’s a difficult hurdle for me to clear. I am not a patriot, and I find trying to wring inspiration from this part of history – to inspire hope because the government’s misdeeds were exposed,...

Donald Trump has spent $1.75 million in 9 months of living in the White House, NBC reported.

According to government records, some of the costs accrued include $17,000 for custom rugs, $7,000 for furniture pedestals, $5,000 for wallpaper, and $12,800 for a custom conference table made by the same company that once built a table for former President Richard Nixon — although the company’s website notes that “Nixon paid for the table himself.”

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While the records don’t detail specifically which rooms the funds were spent on,...

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The New York City of 1971, the New York City of The Deuce, is before my time. The days of fabled sleaze and seduction, vibrancy and violence, which piled onto the sidewalks like so many ripped garbage bags, have long passed… albeit, the garbage stacks remain. Even upon first visiting the Big Apple nearly 20 years ago, Giuliani Time was deep in the rearview, for better or worse. The crime rate is still way down, and you could walk through Times Square without being bombarded by trash, porno theaters, and rented...

Hey, you might not be aware of this – and honestly, no worries if not, we’ve all got a lot going on – but Hopscotch is the greatest movie ever. This is an irrefutable fact, and I’m glad I was able to save you from all kinds of hand-wringing. If your hands are already getting pretty wrung, though, feel free to pop in Hopscotch just to check. I’ll wait.

Okay, so we’re all set then? I can come clean – in the pure, cleansing light of day, Hopscotch may not literally be the greatest movie ever made. But it feels that way every second whenever I watch it. Walter Matthau as a CIA agent outwitting the CIA and every other national intelligence agency? You couldn’t ask for a more pleasurable premise. Anytime you can get a protagonist the audience likes but doesn’t fully understand, you’re on the right track.

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Sometimes, we figure, you come to a site like this just to find out about a film you didn’t know about. That you want recommendations of movies that you might not otherwise have uncovered. This list, then, has no theme, save that the films on it are really good, and didn’t get much of an audience first time around. That, or they seem to have been forgotten. It’s a real mix, but hopefully, there’s something on here that appeals..

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While it’s been months since a presidential debate dominated the headlines, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are squaring off once more, although not face-to-face.

“Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits Facebook & even Dems & DNC,” Trump tweeted on Wednesday in response to comments Clinton made at Recode’s 2017 Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself, refuses to say she was a terrible candidate. Hits Facebook & even Dems & DNC.

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Hillary Clinton brings up Richard Nixon's impeachment and obstruction of justice during her commencement speech https://t.co/yBebDuRNjj

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Forty-eight years after she spoke at her own Wellesley College graduation, Hillary Clinton returned to her alma mater for an impassioned speech about the importance of education, facts, open debate, service, togetherness, and never giving up hope.

There were jabs at President Donald Trump, of course — though the 69-year-old former Secretary of State never mentioned her former presidential opponent by name. Instead, she compared the political climate she and her classmates were living in during their...

When Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential election, he found a new platform for his message in storytelling. One reason “An Inconvenient Truth” became a huge success for the environmental movement was Gore’s dramatic comeback made him a natural fit for the movies. He was a tireless advocate whose globe-spanning quest to save the planet excited audiences while bringing them closer to his cause. Now, it’s Joe Biden’s turn.

Judging by the powerful stories he told in a speech at the 2017 SXSW conference about his efforts to fight cancer, Biden would make a killer documentary subject. His appearance, part of SXSW’s Connect to End Cancer series, targeted the tech-savvy audience to play up his efforts to empower digital tools as a means to combat the disease. However, his speech had a distinctly cinematic arc that could easily transition to the big screen. Biden recently signed with CAA,...

Until February 1971, President Richard Nixon had meetings in the Oval Office unrecorded, unable to be called upon by him and his staff as well as those that came after him. One of those such meetings included the December 21, 1970 meeting he had with the king, Elvis Presley.

In a bizarre twist of actual historic events, Elvis Presley wanted a meeting with Richard Nixon in the hopes of becoming a “Federal Agent at Large” and carrying an official Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge. His wife Priscilla wrote that “the narc badge represented some kind of ultimate power to him . . . With the federal narcotics badge, he could legally enter any country both wearing guns and carrying any drugs he wished.” Well don’t we wish the same!

Liza Johnson directs this comedy, which stars Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon and Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley. Also in the film include Colin Hanks...

Chicago – “When two great saints meet, it’s a humbling experience,” said Paul McCartney of John and Yoko. Well that also applies to “Elvis & Nixon.” Their meeting, albeit brief, has layers of meaning for our times – and their time – and the movie with the “E&N” title exposes that meaning with humor and grace.

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Elvis Presley, nicknamed the “King of Rock ‘n Roll,” had prodigious fame and an appetite to match. Richard Milhous Nixon, President of the United States by default because all of his opponents were either killed or marginalized by the Vietnam War, was a tic-filled paranoid with little regard for his constituency beyond power. They met because Elvis wanted an honorary title, and Nixon – through his aides – wanted legitimacy in the “youth vote.” In the realm of the film, they gave each other something, but not exactly what they expected. All the ambiguities and underlying symbols...

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Likely you have seen the photo: Richard Nixon, President of the United States, shaking hands with Elvis Presley, the King of Rock N’ Roll in full Las Vegas costume. It looks like a joke, one staged with impersonators, but the photo is real and, as the film tells us, the most requested photo of the National Archives.

This absurd, unlikely meeting is the basis of Elvis & Nixon a hilarious satire starring Kevin Spacey as Nixon and Michael Shannon as Elvis. The film, directed by Liza Johnson with a script by Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes, is sly, clever and funny, with a little thoughtful reflection on the insular nature of great fame or power, and human relationships.

In 1970, Elvis Presley (Shannon) unexpectedly shows up at the White House gate, accompanied by friend Jerry Schilling (Alex Pettyfer), to request a meeting with...

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The most requested photo in the U.S. National Archives is one of Elvis Presley shaking the hand of President Richard Nixon in December of 1970. Presley and his longtime friend Jerry Schilling visited the White House for a meeting that would go down in history: The King of Rock 'n' Roll sat in the Oval Office and asked President Nixon if he could have a badge from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Priscilla Presley would later explain Elvis' request in her memoir Elvis & Me: "The narc badge represented some kind of ultimate power to him." Fast-forward nearly...

For Serpent Solutions, Denial Is Just A River In Africa

In the immortal words of Inigo Montoya – no, the other immortal words of Inigo Montoya – “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

So, in Captain America: Sam Wilson #4, this happened: Serpent Solutions…

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Once upon a time there was a team of super villains called the Serpent Squad. As its name implies, it was a team whose costumes and powers emulated snakes. Then in Captain America v1 #311, the Serpent Squad turned into a more formal organization. No, they didn’t start wearing scaly tuxes, they unionized. The Serpent Society members still committed crimes, but they gave the proceeds of those crimes to the Society. The Society funded itself from those...

ABC is in the early stages of developing a Watergate-themed limited series about Richard Nixon's 1970s White House burglary and subsequent scandal.

Jon Maas ("The Last Debate") is penning the project which is said to have a thriller tone and unfolds the story through the eyes of John Dean, the then-White House counsel for President Nixon. Thinking he's nabbed the job of a lifetime, he soon discovers he's being set up to become the fall guy for the president.

Entertainment One and Storyscape Entertainment will produce with Maas, Bob Cooper, Dan Halsted, Eric Hamburg and Jeff Field serving as executive producers.

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ABC is looking to bring Watergate back to the small screen. The network is in the early stages of developing a limited series exploring Richard Nixon's 1970s White House burglary and subsequent scandal, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From Entertainment One and Bob Cooper, the drama will be penned by Jon Maas (The Last Debate) and told through the eyes of John Dean, the then-White House counsel for President Nixon. The potential series takes place during the sexual revolution and is described as a thriller about a man who thinks he's getting the job of a lifetime but discovers

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Check out the first trailer for director Liza Johnson’s film Elvis & Nixon.

On a December morning in 1970, the King of Rock ’n Roll showed up on the lawn of the White House to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Nixon.

Starring Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, comes the untold true story behind this revealing, yet humorous moment in the Oval Office forever immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives.

The film also stars Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Evan Peters, Sky Ferreira, Tracy Letts, Tate Donovan, Ashley Benson and Johnny Knoxville.

Elvis & Nixon will be released by Bleecker Street & Amazon Studios April 2016.

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Kevin Spacey must love playing troubled presidents. He's Frank Underwood on "House of Cards," and now he's Richard Nixon in "Elvis & Nixon," a comedy opening this April with Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley.

The first trailer was just released, and even though it's very tongue-in-cheek it purports to be "the untold true story" behind the December 21, 1970, meeting between the King of Rock 'n Roll and President Nixon. That meeting resulted in (seriously?) the most requested photograph in the National Archives.

Here's the trailer:

Never would've imagined Michael Shannon as Elvis, but that guy can do anything. This thing looks like it will either be a comedy classic or a major miss, but it attracted a lot of stars, so it has potential. The cast includes Evan Peters, Colin Hanks, Ashley Benson, Tate Donovan, and Alex Pettyfer. Amazon Studios and Bleecker Street have scheduled the movie for an April 2016 release.

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"Everybody loves Elvis. He could really help us with the youth vote." Bleecker Street and Amazon have debuted the first official trailer for Elvis & Nixon, a comedy about the time when Richard Nixon met Elvis Presley. Nixon is played by Kevin Spacey, and Presley is played by Michael Shannon, and they both look awesome despite plenty of obvious make-up. Everyone looks like they're having so much fun making this. The cast includes Evan Peters, Ashley Benson, Alex Pettyfer, Colin Hanks, Johnny Knoxville and Tate Donovan. This looks surprisingly good, with plenty of laughs and revelations. And Michael Shannon! Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Liza Johnson's Elvis & Nixon, found via The Film Stage: A recreation of the meeting at the White House between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon. On the morning of December 21, 1970, actor-singer Elvis Presley shows up to the White House and requests for an urgent meeting with President Richard Nixon,...

How do you make an entire movie about a one-day visit to the White House by an aging rock n' roll icon where he meets the Commander-In-Chief of the U.S.? Well, that's what filmmaker Liza Johnson tries to pull off in "Elvis & Nixon," the true story of the morning of December 21, 1970, when The King, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon), turned up at the White House and demanded to be sworn in as a Federal Agent to join in the fight against drugs and communism by then Potus Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). Read More: First Look At Michael Shannon And Kevin Spacey In 'Elvis & Nixon' Here's the official synopsis: On the morning of December 21st 1970 the world’s biggest star, Elvis Presley (Michael Shannon) arrived on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). Elvis & Nixon tells the...

In House of Cards, Kevin Spacey plays fictional president of the United States, Frank Underwood, but soon we'll see him on the big screen as one of the most famous presidents in U.S. history – Richard Nixon. The film, titled Elvis & Nixon, co-stars Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley, and re-creates an intimate meeting in the Oval Office between two men at the height of their powers. The first photo of Spacey and Shannon has been released. Check it out.

Directed by Liza Johnson, Elvis & Nixon comically recounts the morning of December 21st 1970, when the King of Rock’ n Roll showed up on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Richard Nixon. He had a very urgent request: to be sworn in as an undercover Federal Agent at large. This intimate moment in the Oval office between two men at the...

One of the stranger true-life tales coming to the big screen this year is the fateful meeting between a standing U.S. president and a rock icon both in the twilight of their lives. Courtesy of Bloom and Autumn Pictures, we have the first image from Elvis & Nixon, which finds Michael Shannon taking on the King of Rock while Kevin Spacey plays a disgraced leader quite unlike the Potus he portrays on House of Cards.

This first-look image of Spacey as Richard Nixon and Shannon as Elvis Presley, from Liza Johnson's comedy, finds the two famous figureheads meeting in the Oval Office. Currently in production, the never been told story re-creates an intimate encounter between two men at the height of their powers. Cassian Elwes and Holly Wiersma are producing with Autumn Pictures' David Hansen and Johnny Mac financing and executive producing alongside Byron Wetzel, Robert Ogden Barnum and Jerry Schilling.

Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon (Man Of Steel, Revolutionary Road) will star as Elvis Presley alongside two-time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, The Usual Suspects) who will star as Richard Nixon in the extraordinary true story Elvis & Nixon.

To be directed by Liza Johnson (Hateship Loveship, Return), Elvis & Nixon is based off a screenplay by Cary Elwes and Hanala and Joey Sagal.

Two men at the height of their powers, conscious they could not stay on top forever, both ripped with fear of the inevitable, sharing one famous private moment in the Oval office. Elvis & Nixon recounts the morning of December 21st 1970, when the King of Rock’ n Roll (Michael Shannon) showed up on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the most powerful man in the world, President Richard Nixon (Kevin Spacey). He had a very urgent request: to be sworn in as an undercover Federal Agent at large.

Over three years ago, we learned that actor Cary Elwes, best known for his roles in films like The Princess Bride and Robin Hood: Men in Tights, would make his feature directorial debut with Elvis & Nixon, a film following the interesting visit that iconic musician Elvis Presley paid to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House on December 21st, 1970. At the time, Eric Bana was slated to play "The King" and Danny Huston was going to play "Tricky Dick," but now the production banner Bloom has set Michael Shannon to play Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey to play Richard Nixon. That's quite an awesome new duo. Read on! Here's how the project is described in the press release: Two men at the height of their powers, conscious they could not stay on top forever, both ripped with fear of the inevitable, sharing one famous private moment in the Oval office.

Academy Award Nominee Michael Shannon&#160will star as Elvis Presley alongside&#160two-time Academy Award Winner Kevin Spacey&#160who will star as Richard Nixon in the extraordinary true story Elvis & Nixon.

To be directed by Liza Johnson (Hateship Loveship), Elvis & Nixon is based off a screenplay by Cary Elwes and Hanala and Joey Sagal. Cassian Elwes, and Holly Wiersma are producing while Byron Wetzel and Prescience's Tim Smith and Paul Brett are executive producing.&#160 Prescience is financing the film which Bloom is introducing to foreign buyers at Afm.

Two men at the height of their powers, conscious they could not stay on top forever, both ripped with fear of the inevitable, sharing one famous private moment in the Oval office. &#160Elvis & Nixon recounts the morning of December 21st 1970, when the King of Rock' n Roll (Michael Shannon) showed up on the White House lawn to request a meeting with the...

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Jim Parsons picked up Emmy nominations for both Big Bang Theory and The Normal Heart, and in the latter he fell in love with the character. “I always say, I’m better off trying not making judgmental statements about a character I’m playing while I’m playing it, but now that this one’s finished with, I will say, I loved him. I just loved his look on life, I loved the way he deals with people. He was such a good bridge between warring factions within his own community, he just knew how to diffuse the tension in a room. Just some traits that I really admire and it was such a joy to pretend to walk in those shoes for a while.”

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John S. D. Eisenhower, President Dwight D. Eisenhower's son and renowned military historian, died at his Maryland home on Saturday. He was 91.

John Eisenhower Dies

Eisenhower’s death was announced by his family, reported The New York Times. He had been the oldest surviving child of a former president of the United States.

“He grew up the son of an American hero, but emerged a great American in his own right — a brave soldier who served in World War II, the Korean War, and ultimately retired with the rank of Brigadier General, an accomplished writer and historian, a talented diplomat,” wrote President Barack Obama in a statement. “His was a big and quintessentially American life —one of patriotism and character, learning and teaching, and a deep and abiding sense of service to his country."

Eisenhower had followed in his father’s military footsteps, serving as an officer in the...

One of next summer's most highly-anticipated movies is the superhero sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, a follow-up to 2011's X-Men: First Class. Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage is one of the many new additions to the cast, portraying Bolivar Trask, the head of Trask Industries which creates the Sentinel robots that hunt down every mutant in director Bryan Singer's adventure.

The actor recently spoke about his character, revealing that he didn't want to play him as a traditional villain.

"I didn't want to play the villain. He's a man of science. He's a man of invention. He actually sees what he's doing as a good thing - [his ambition is] definitely blind and he's quite arrogant. He's strove all his life for a certain respect and attention."

Back in June, we showed you a photo from the Montreal set that revealed President Richard Nixon is a part of this story,...

Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74. Frost died of a suspected heart attack on Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was due to give a speech, the family said. The cruise company Cunard said its vessel left the English port of Southampton on Saturday for a 10-day cruise in the Mediterranean. Known both for an amiable personality and incisive interviews with leading public figures, Frost's career in television news and entertainment spanned almost half a century.

Ron Howard has paid tribute to Sir David Frost, calling him a television pioneer, whose "audacity and courage" paved the way for a new generation of Us television.

Michael Sheen as David Frost in the 2008 film 'Frost/Nixon'

The Oscar-winning director got to know Sir David, who died suddenly last night, when he made the 2008 film 'Frost/Nixon', about the broadcaster's history-making series of interviews with shamed Us president Richard Nixon.

Ron Howard told HuffPostUK:

“I can’t say that I got to know him but I enjoyed my meetings with him. One of the highlights that I finally qualified as an appropriate interview subject, and ended up being interviewed by him, so that meant a lot to me.

Ron Howard with Michael Sheen at the UK premiere of the film, which earned five Oscar nominations

“I had so much respect for his audacity, courage in the way he approached his career.

So sad! The veteran broadcaster passed away on Aug. 31 from a suspected heart attack while aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship. He was 74 years old.

David Frost, who is best known for the series of interviews he did with disgraced U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1977, died on Aug. 31.

David Frost: Legendary Broadcaster Passes Away

The iconic broadcaster passed away from suspected heart attack while aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was expected to give a speech, according to BBC. The vessel left Southampton, England for a 10-day Mediterranean cruise.

David became known internationally after securing a series of television interviews with Nixon, who had resigned three years earlier. David’s interview skills, charisma, and ability to improvise made history during those interviews, as he was able to get Nixon to open up more than ever and say, “I’m saying when the president does it, it’s not illegal,...

Sir David Frost died yesterday (August 31) after suffering a suspected heart attack on board the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship.

Frost was born in Kent in 1939, the son of a minister. A keen footballer, he was offered a contract with Nottingham Forest Fc while at school, but chose to study English at Cambridge University instead.

It was here that he started out in journalism, editing the student newspaper Varsity and literary magazine Granta. He also became secretary of the Footlights club, where he met future comedy stars such as Peter Cook, Graham Chapman and John Bird.

Upon graduating, Frost became a trainee at ITV and was soon asked to host satirical show That Was The Week That Was in 1962. He went on to front a Us version of the programme for NBC, before presenting The Frost Report from 1966 to 1967, helping to launch the careers of John Cleese, Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett.

One of the more interesting aspects of X-Men: First Class was its innovative handling of fictional superhero characters interacting with real-life historical events – bringing a deeper, more meaningful gravitas to the comic book movie genre. I don’t know about you but the way the Cuban Missile Crisis was handled in “First Class” with Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants trying to start World War 3 actually makes more sense to me than how close humans really came to destroying life as we know it.

One early disappointment for me with the planned follow-up X-Men: Days Of Future Past is the ten-year switch in time from the 60s to the 70s since the last movie. That decade later jump has robbed us of an escalation of how “First Class” ended with Magneto going after JFK for lying about the mutants involvement in stopping the crisis. When we spoke to “First Class...

Tonight in Denver, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will engage in the first of their three scheduled presidential debates. Obama leads in most national polls, defying some gloomy economic indicators in part because of Romney’s self-inflicted wounds. But tonight, everything can change with a quip or a gaffe, as approximately 60 million voters will tune in to compare the two candidates who want to be our next president. Ideally, their conversation will dig deep in to the substantial issues and formidable challenges that confront our country. But if televised debate history has taught us anything, it’s that even...

Leap Day magic is all around! Unfortunately, due to the Obama worldwide recession, there will be no Leap Day bonuses this year. Wait, what? Just kidding! There’s plenty of Leap Day love to spread around. But for all of you who didn’t grow up in a town that celebrated Leap Day, here’s a little history lesson: Celebrated every four years on Feb. 29th, Leap Day is a magical extra day for you to take chances. And if you’re lucky, Leap Day William visits. He’s from the Mariana Trench, and every four years he emerges to...

K5 International announced last week that it had taken international rights to Benaroya Pictures' upcoming project, Elvis & Nixon . The comedy will mark Cary Elwes' directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has word that Luke Wilson and Kevin Connolly have joined the cast as well. The film will tell the story of Elvis Presley visiting President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a 'Federal Agent-at-Large' in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President. Wilson...

Cary Elwes is set to make his directorial debut with Elvis & Nixon. K5 International has picked up the international rights to the comedy from Benaroya Pictures. The film will star Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. 

Elvis & Nixon tells the story of Elvis Presley visiting President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a 'Federal Agent-at-Large' in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President.

Elwes co-wrote the screenplay with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal. Principle photography is scheduled to begin in Shreveport and Los Angeles. I think that Huston and Bana will do well in the roles. What are your thoughts on this news?...

K5 International, a division of K5 Media Group has picked up international rights to Benaroya Pictures' Elvis & Nixon. The comedy will mark Cary Elwes' directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. Elvis & Nixon is produced by Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures and Holly Wiersma. Bana's Pick Up Truck Productions is executive producing, marking the company's first U.S. production.

Elvis & Nixon tells the story about Elvis Presley visiting President Richard Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a 'Federal Agent-at-Large' in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President.

K5 co-founders Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur said "We're thrilled to be...

Here's one more film to watch crawl towards the screen in the coming months, thanks to the American Film Market. Elvis & Nixon is an indie based on the real-life meeting between the crooner and the President, and will mark the feature directing debut of actor Cary Elwes, who co-wrote with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal. (And who is probably still best known for his role in The Princess Bride.) To play Elvis, Elwes and his producers have landed Eric Bana -- strike that, Bana is one of the producers. Meanwhile, Danny Huston (The Proposition, Clash of the Titans, John Adams) will play Richard M. Nixon. And if this week's release of J. Edgar proves anything, it is that you don't need someone who is a dead ringer for a famous figure. Actually, I'm not sure that J. Edgar really proves that, but regardless, Huston will probably make a better...

Cary Elwes. Directorial Debut Starring Eric Bana and Danny Huston

Los Angeles, CA (November 8, 2011) . K5 International, a division of K5 Media Group has picked up international rights to Benaroya Pictures. Elvis & Nixon. The comedy will mark Cary Elwes. directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. Elvis & Nixon is produced by Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures and Holly Wiersma. Bana.s Pick Up Truck Productions is executive producing, marking the company.s first U.S. production.

Elvis & Nixon tells the story about Elvis Presley visiting President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a .Federal Agent-at-Large. in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President.

Eric Bana Plays Elvis Presley, Danny Huston Is Richard Nixon In Indie Feature Los Angeles, CA (November 8, 2011) – K5 International, a division of K5 Media Group has picked up international rights to Benaroya Pictures’ Elvis & Nixon. The comedy will mark Cary Elwes’ directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. Elvis & Nixon is produced by Michael Benaroya of Benaroya Pictures and Holly Wiersma. Bana’s Pick Up Truck Productions is executive producing, marking the company’s first U.S. production. Elvis & Nixon tells the story about Elvis Presley visiting President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a ‘Federal Agent-at-Large’ in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as...

K5 International has announced that it has taken international rights to Benaroya Pictures' upcoming project Elvis & Nixon . The comedy will mark Cary Elwes' directorial debut and stars Eric Bana as Elvis Presley and Danny Huston as Richard Nixon. The film will tell the story of Elvis Presley visiting President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in December of 1970. The meeting was initiated by Presley, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a 'Federal Agent-at-Large' in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the President. Elwes himself wrote the screenplay with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal and the plan is begin principal photography...

Australian actor Eric Bana has signed on to play Rock 'n' Roll King Elvis Presley in Elvis & Nixon, directed by Cary Elwes, which marks the actor's directorial debut.

Danny Huston is in final negotiations to play President Richard Nixon in the movie, which centers on a Dec. 21, 1970, visit that Elvis Presley paid to Richard Nixon at the White House.

The meeting was initiated by Elvis Presley, who wrote Richard Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Elvis Presley brought with him family photos and a Colt 45 pistol as a personal gift to the president.

Cary Elwes wrote the screenplay along with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal.

The movie will film in Shreveport, La., and Los Angeles.

By Lee Pfeiffer

David Frye, who soared to fame in the late 1960s with his devastating mimicry of Richard M. Nixon, has died in Las Vegas at age 77. Frye was an omnipresent fixture on TV variety shows especially in the lead-up to the presidential election in 1968 which saw Nixon rise from being a political has-been to being the leader of the free world after his narrow defeat of Democratic candidate Hubert Humphrey. Although Frye was an equal opportunity satirist, spoofing both liberals and conservatives, he was so closely associated with Richard Nixon that few remembered his other targets. Arguably, his career declined as some the figures he spoofed ended up with less-than-comical legacies. President Lyndon Johnson refused to run for re-election and emerged from the White House as a battered and embittered man, a victim of his Vietnam policy that overshadowed his often remarkable advances in social programs. Senator Robert F. Kennedy,...