[Dixielandjazz] Peggy Lee biopic

[Harry Callaghan]

Makes me really curious as to whether Reese will be doing her own singing as
she did in her Oscar-winning role as June Carter Cash........or will they be
using Peggy's original recordings and going the lypsynch route?

But while I'm here, I couldn't resist telling you of the time an elderly
gentleman I met in my local Sally's Gift Shop said to me,

"Did you hear about that movie star who attempted suicide?"

"No, I hadn't.......what was her name"

He replied "It think it was Reese something"

"Witherspoon?" I asked.

"No, I believe it was with a knife"

It's only Tuesday.....Fer shur it can only get worse as the week moves on.

HC


On 8/10/10, Robert Ringwald <rsr at ringwald.com> wrote:
>
> Reese Witherspoon Sings with Peggy Lee
> Actress in talks to star in Fox biopic, which Nora Ephron will direct
> by Pamela McClintock
> Variety, August 9, 2010
>
> Reese Witherspoon and Fox 2000 are mounting an untitled biopic of singer
> Peggy Lee
> for Witherspoon to star in, with Nora Ephron writing and attached to
> direct.
> Witherspoon -- the driving force behind the project -- is producing with
> Marc Platt
> and Ephron. Fox and Witherspoon's reps are still hammering out the details
> of her
> deal to topline.
> Witherspoon herself secured the rights to Peggy Lee's story from the late
> singer's
> estate after meeting with Lee's granddaughter, Holly Foster-Wells.
> Actress/producer then went to Platt, whom she teamed with on the "Legally
> Blonde"
> franchise. In addition to film and television, Platt also has produced on
> Broadway,
> including the musical "Wicked."
> Witherspoon next approached Ephron, who turned out to be a longtime fan of
> Lee's.
> Elizabeth Gabler's Fox 2000 was a natural home for the Peggy Lee project,
> having
> produced "Walk the Line," the Johnny Cash biopic toplining Joaquin Phoenix
> and Witherspooon
> (she won the Oscar for best actress for her portrayal of June Carter).
> Fox 2000 and Witherspoon are currently working together on "Water for
> Elephants,"
> which is shooting and toplines Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Robert
> Pattinson.
> Like "Walk the Line," the Peggy Lee biopic will explore the professional
> and personal
> life of one of America's most iconic recording artists and performers. A
> singer,
> songwriter, composer and actress, Lee's career spanned nearly seven
> decades.
> Lee rose to prominence during the big band era, and had her first hit,
> "Somebody
> Else is Taking My Place," in 1941. She recorded a series of hit albums and
> songs
> over the next 30 years, and is widely regarded as one of the most
> influential jazz
> vocalists of all time.
> Peggy Lee also was a prolific songwriter. She penned a number of songs for
> Disney's
> "Lady and the Tramp" and, in the early 1990s, won a landmark case against
> the Mouse
> House for video tape royalties.
> Her career extended to television and the bigscreen, where her credits
> included "The
> Jazz Singer" and "Pete Kelly's Blues."
> Ephron last directed Sony's "Julie and Julia" from her adapted script.
> Witherspoon is next in theaters in December in comedy "How Do You Know?"
> opposite
> Paul Rudd and Owen Wilson. "Water for Elephants" is out in April.
> Witherspoon is repped by CAA and Management 360; Ephron, CAA.
>
>
> --Bob Ringwald
> www.ringwald.com
> Fulton Street Jazz Band
> 916/806-9551
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>
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