Michael Shannon News

Artist: Shannon, Michael Kentucky's Michael Shannon was nominated for an Academy Award for his sterling work in Revolutionary Road, as the human truth serum who angrily tells Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet the facts of life.

Actor Michael Shannon is in talks to join the cast of the Joan Jett movie "The Runaways," The Hollywood Reporter said.

This week's new releases, available Tuesday, by Jay Bobbin of Zap2it, are rated on a scale of one to four, with * equivalent to a poor rating and **** meaning excellent.

The Theatre School at DePaul University is pleased to announce that Michael Shannon will join Angela Bassett and Theatre School alumnus DENNIS DUGAN as a recipient of the 2009 Award for Excellence in the Arts on Tuesday, April 28, 2009.

SHANNON STARS: Michael Shannon, the Chicago-bred actor who received an Oscar nomination this year as best supporting actor in 'Revolutionary Road,' will return to the stage here as part of A Red Orchid Theatre's 2009-2010 season.

The Hollywood trades are reporting today that comedic journeyman Will Arnet and Oscar nominated creepy guy Michael Shannon have signed on to join Jonah Hex , the Jimmy Hayward directed comic adaptation about a scarred bounty hunter tracking a voodoo practitioner across the wild, wild west.

The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Will Arnett and Michael Shannon have joined the cast of JONAH HEX.

Stars: Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan . Directed by Noah Buschel. Plot: Shannon plays a '40s-style hard-boiled gumshoe in the present day.

Michael Shannon's journey to the Academy Awards started at Tates Creek Junior High School in Lexington.

Warner Home Video presents Kangaroo Jack "I think I just sweated out a bottle of Yoo-hoo I drank in the eighth grade." - Charlie Review By: Kevin Clemons Published: August 06, 2003 Stars: Jerry O'Connell, ...

Michael Shannon with Jim True-Frost in The Pillowman at Steppenwolf in 2006. In the middle of a phone call last night with Chicago stage badass Michael Shannon, he stopped on a street in Red Hook and had a ...

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "When Shannon is onscreen, it's impossible to watch anyone else." -- Todd McCarthy, Variety "Memorable." -- 
 Awards attention: Oscar nomination for best supporting actor ...

For the Oscar-obsessed, there is a tendency to fix our gaze on the lustrous aspects of the event -- the frocks, the megastars wearing them, the dramatic walk to the dais -- but in doing so we often miss out on ...

February 12, 2009 By Sara Shereen Bakhshian As the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival took over the seaside city from Jan.

Oscar nominee Michael Shannon says his life is so strange right now. His portrayal of John Givings -- the surprising voice of reason in the dark suburban drama "Revolutionary Road" -- earned Shannon a ...

Michael Shannon understands the reason for the Oscars. He's just not sure they make a whole lot of sense.

Screen Daily has revealed the cast for Werner Herzoga s next directorial effort, the horror film MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE? The movie marks Herzoga s first collaboration with fellow screen maverick ...

WHO: Academy award nominee Michael Shannon will screen "Revolutionary Road" and answer audience questions at Brandeis University.

When I covered actor , supporting actress and actress , I combined all the competitors into one fictional composite character... but with this category , what's the point? The only thing you must know is that ...

Good things just keep happening to Michael Shannon, an ensemble member at Chicago's A Red Orchid Theater.