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Back in the '80s, Glenn Close became the original “bunny boiler.” As Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction, she may have cooked up a child's pet, but for Close, that character was a lot more complex than the crazy woman scorned that audiences often perceived. However, a generation of gleeful misogynists seized so hard upon…

Glenn Close, who is enjoying her seventh nomination this morning for portraying the woman behind a world-renown writer in The Wife told Deadline that the role “was different than anything I had ever done before.” Close has been nominated for four Best Actress and three Best Supporting Actress awards in such roles as Al…

The Wife star Glenn Close will be honored at the 14th annual Oscar Wilde Awards, put on by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance. Previous winner Melissa McCarthy will present the award during a ceremony February 21 at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. The alliance will also honor Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones, Bohemian Rhapsody) at the…

Sony Pictures Classics is boosting the screen count of its Glenn Close-starrer The Wife beginning Friday, a week after Close’s best actress in a drama win at the Golden Globes that featured a stirring speech from the six-time Oscar nominee. The victory put her in a front-runner position to get a seventh Oscar nom…

When Glenn Close picked up a Golden Globe for her performance in The Wife last week, her acceptance speech reduced some of the biggest players in Hollywood to tears. And for good reason. Close talked about not allowing yourself to be be subjugated by others, and how it's not too late to acknowledge a long-held…

In a typically crowded field of contenders for Best Actress, Lady Gaga has been a favorite throughout the season, for her turn in A Star is Born. But tonight at the Golden Globes—one of many Oscar precursors—Glenn Close stole the show. A six-time Oscar nominee, Close was recognized as Best Actress in a Motion Picture…

Before Glenn Close could portray the title character in The Wife, the actress had to win over a true skeptic — herself. “The biggest challenge was for me to understand why she never left him,” Close said of Joan Castleman, the long-suffering partner of a vain novelist. “In answering that question, I really got to an…

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Classics is expanding the theater count of its Glenn Close-starring drama The Wife this weekend, boosting it by more than 400 screens nationally to ramp up its profile with awards season in full swing. Close has already been nominated for Best Actress awards from the Gothams and the Spirit…

Glenn Close has been nominated for an Oscar six times but has never won. Many pundits think this egregious oversight just might be rectified this year with her performance in The Wife, the story of a woman largely responsible for the literary works that actually won her husband (played brilliantly by Jonathan Pryce)…

Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker believes “there’s more at stake than ever before” when it comes to releasing independent and art house movies. In a wide-ranging keynote session at Film London’s Production Finance Market in East London, Barker appraised the current distribution landscape before…

ReFrame, the coalition formed by Women in Film and the Sundance Institute, and IMDbPro have added 22 more titles to the list of movies earning the ReFrame Stamp, which recognize standout, gender-balanced films. The program launched June 8 with 12 films on the list from a group comprising the top 100 domestic-grossing…

Sony Pictures Classics expects summer blockbuster fatigue to help its weekend newcomer The Wife starring Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce, opening New York and Los Angeles Friday. The film is one of a fairly busy slate of limited release newcomers, perhaps hinting at another busy fall as awards season looms. Roadside…