In the Loop
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Maggie Smith to Star in TriStar Adaptation of Hit Play ‘The Lady in the Van’
Alan Bennett’s memoir and West End hit will be directed by Nicholas Hytner
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HBO Greenlights ‘Veep’; Louis-Dreyfus May Star
Armando Ianucci will co-write and direct political comedy
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Saying Hello to ‘In the Loop’
The star and director of the year’s funniest film find that everybody loves them … for now
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Lampooning Bush, His Lap Dog Blair
A British mockumentary that takes satirical measure of the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Great Britain uncovers something culturally more striking than the movie itself: The Brits are still stuck on L’Affaire Lap Dog. By that I mean Prime Minister Tony Blair’s lockstep support of George W. Bush before and throughout the war in…