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  1. Burn After Reading Read the original story

    7 hrs ago | Mountain Home News

    The Coen Brothers have done it again, first Fargo, then No Country For Old Men, and now the brilliantly directed dark comedy Burn After Reading starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda ...

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  2. Filliam H. Muffman goes to the theatreRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | OhNoTheyDidnt

    ... made their way to the Music Box Theatre on October 5 to take in a performance of August: Osage County . While Macy ( Fargo, State and Main, Pleasantville ) and Huffman ( Desperate Housewives, Transamerica ) have both become quite famous for their ...

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  3. Acting couple Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy check out August See the Photo OpRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Broadway

    ... made their way to the Music Box Theatre on October 5 to take in a performance of August: Osage County . While Macy ( Fargo, State and Main, Pleasantville ) and Huffman ( Desperate Housewives, Transamerica ) have both become quite famous for their ...

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  4. Andy swoons for Palin's accentRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

    ... you want an example, Tina Fey does it well when she's mimicking Palin, and Frances McDormand nailed it in the movie "Fargo." Some of the pundits, I've noticed, have said Palin's accent is a plus because it gives her credibility in the blue collar ...

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  5. Sarah Palin Grilled by Fargo Marge

    Saturday Oct 4 | E! Gossip

    ... as Gwen Ifill . To tide us over, we found this mashup of Palin getting the passive-aggressive third degree from Fargo Police Chief Marge Gunderson ( Frances McDormand ) Ya sure, yew betcha, we're actin' like mashup Mavericks fer sure, so whatcha ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Thriller, Tina Fey, Queen Latifah, Black Entertainment, Rap

  6. Reel Critics:Amateur criminals complicate life in Coen Brothers' filmRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 4 | Daily Pilot - Newport Beach & Costa Mesa

    The Coen Brothers' offbeat formula was made famous in films like "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski." Last year, they took a turn to the dark side with their Academy Award-winning film "No Country for Old Men." This ...

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    Related Topix: Burn After Reading, Thriller, Crime Movies, Western, Drama, George Clooney, Righteous Kill, Comedy Movies, The Women, Entertainment

  7. Life imitating "Fargo"?Read the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | Hugh Hewitt

    Victor Davis Hanson and many others have suggested that Sarah Palin reminds us of the extremely pregnant heroine of the Coen Brothers' 1996 movie Fargo , Police Chief Marge Gunderson .

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    Related Topix: Thriller, Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Frances McDormand, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, US Politics, Joe Biden

  8. Just say 'No' to botox, JoeRead the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | SF Gate

    ... her lip liner, winking bizarrely and speaking as if she were trying to revive the role of Frances McDormand in Fargo. Or the style mavens just might have had you in their sights today. This, after I had just made peace with the hair plugs or hair ...

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  9. Review: 'Burn After Reading,' but please watch before burning

    Friday Oct 3 | Evening Sun

    ... best buds forever in the Ocean's series, but it's quite the opposite here. The thing about the Cohen brother's films ("Fargo," "The Big Lebowski," "No Country for Old Men," "Oh Brother Where Art Thou," etc.) is that their plots go in so many ...

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    Related Topix: Burn After Reading, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Ocean's Eleven, Action, George Clooney, Western, Drama, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand

  10. "Is That Your Friend There In the Chipper?"Read the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | 620AM WTMJ

    ... cropped into my head until I heard the Alaskan Governor's opening comments: she sounds just like Frances McDormand in "Fargo". It wasn't just the tone of her voice--it was the "you betcha's", "doggone's" and the volume of dropped g's from words ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Joe Biden

  11. You BetchaRead the original story

    Friday Oct 3 | RepMan

    ... the next administration. When I see Sarah Palin, I see Frances McDormand's "Sheriff Marge" character in the movie Fargo . I see this quirky, down-home, part-time wife and part-time small town sheriff trying to deal with a grisly murder. While ...

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama

  12. Thumbnail ReviewsRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 1 | Tolucan Times

    ... Reading (3 of 5 Swans): One thing about Joel and Ethan Coen is that they know how to make movies about dumb people, "Fargo," (1996) being the prime example. This movie is inundated with dumb people. Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances ...

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  13. Biden-Palin Debate RundownRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | Broward-Palm Beach - News

    ... be easy. Tell Frances McDormand to add a big splash of can-do, shallow, slogan-spouting chamber booster to her role in Fargo. Might be better than Tina Fey. -- Palin and Bush. They have a lot in common. They both think Iraq is a good war. They both ...

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  14. a Burn After Readinga weaves tangled webRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | CulpeperNews.com, Culpeper, VA

    ... only filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen can do. The award-winning brothers who brought us "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" "Fargo" and "Raising Arizona" are back with "Burn After Reading" and it's something worth watching. Damn entertaining. Plus, it's in ...

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  15. Once more, with feeling: Coen brothers' Burn After ReadingRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | Surrey Hants Star

    ... strikes at the very heart of their identity as film-makers: they have shown, time and again, from Raising Arizona to Fargo to The Big Lebowski, that they can make us laugh. But are they ever going to make us cry? These musings are occasioned by the ...

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    Related Topix: Burn After Reading, George Clooney, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Barton Fink, Drama, John Turturro, Michael Lerner, Crime Movies, Western

  16. Palin's accent resonates with MinnesotansRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | KARE 11 TV

    ... ends here and then there's this execution type deal," Gunderson plainly stated. Frances McDormand's 1996 role in Fargo earned her an Academy Award. Thanks to the Palin parody, Saturday Night Live has scored it's highest ratings in years. "And if ...

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    Related Topix: Minnesota, Minnesota Government, Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Thriller

  17. Students should benefit as film comes to ParkerRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 2 | Press & Argus

    ... to film 'High School,' a $9.5 million movie that producers are hoping will star A-list actor William H. Macy, star of 'Fargo' and 'Boogie Nights.' The $70 million-plus Parker school opened last year, but was closed this school year because of the ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Boogie Nights, Thriller, William H. Macy, Howell, MI

  18. Sarah Palina s accentRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 1 | Futurismic

    ... program in the 1930sa 'and features of the Minnesotan dialect are thus prominent in the Mat-Su Valley area. Hence the Fargo -like elements in Palin's speech, in particular the sound of her "O" vowel. (Despite its name, Fargo took place mostly in ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Thriller, Frances McDormand, Wasilla, AK

  19. John Carroll Lynch: From 'Fargo' to Guthrie

    Wednesday Oct 1 | KSTP-TV Minneapolis

    ... on? Ten years as a Guthrie Company actor, but more familiarly the duck stamp artist husband in the Coen Brothers film 'Fargo.' John Carroll Lynch is one of 5 PEOPLE MAKING NEWS.

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  20. Eye spy a Coen hitRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 1 | The New Zealand Herald

    ... Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and who won the best actress Oscar for Fargo ) and newcomers Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich and Brad Pitt. "When we started thinking what the story might be, it occurred to us ...

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    Related Topix: Burn After Reading, Crime Movies, Western, Drama, Action, Raising Arizona, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Blood Simple., The Man Who Wasn't There, Frances McDormand