nytimes.com - 7/27/2008
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After a career of secondary parts in indie films, Melissa Leo gets a star turn in “Frozen River.” >
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Melissa Leo’s Time Has Come
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The NY Times profiles the great Melissa Leo, who is going to be among those left standing by year’s end if anyone with half a brain is paying attention. Her work in Frozen River WILL stand out among the performances this year, male or female:
But the biggest thrill for many fans will be ...
Links for the Day (July 30th, 2008)
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1. Two from the Times: Karen Durbin's profile of Melissa Leo (my girl!) and Dave Kehr's latest DVD column. Related: Andrew O'Hehir interviews Courtney Hunt, director of Frozen River (which stars Melissa Leo). ["Her independence has deep roots. When she was 9, she and her mother moved from the Lower East Side to Putney, Vt., and eventually to London, where, at 15, she remained on her own to study acting for two years before coming back to get her high school equivalency diploma and enroll ...
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Despite a recent arrest following a bar brawl on location in Louisiana, Josh Brolin was out on the town and posed for pictures with actress Melissa Leo at a party following the premiere of "Frozen River."
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NY Post: Page Six 7/28/2008
"HE'S a [bleep]ing idiot. He's a big hip-hop head. He's actually funny. I tell him all the time that he needs to do a comedy" - Q-Tip on his friend Leonardo DiCaprio in Spin . . . "EVERY time he walked, you could see his breasts bouncing all over...
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