Jackman, Rogan invited to join 'Oscars' club
Published Thursday July 2nd, 2009
Vancouver-born comic actor Seth Rogen, Hugh Jackman, Oscar nominee Anne Hathaway and Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle have been invited into the exclusive Hollywood club that votes on the Academy Awards.
Others among the 134 people asked to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences include recent acting nominees Amy Ryan, Melissa Leo, Casey Affleck and Viola Davis.
Michelle Williams, former girlfriend of 2008 supporting-actor winner Heath Ledger, also has been invited into the academy. Williams co-starred with Ledger in Brokeback Mountain, earning a supporting-actress nomination for the film.
Other actors extended an academy invitation include James Franco, Paul Rudd, Emily Blunt, Jeffrey Wright and Michael Cera.
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Jude Law will play Shakespeare's melancholy Dane on Broadway this fall.
The 36-year-old British actor will star in Hamlet, opening Oct. 6 at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York for a 12-week engagement. Previews begin Sept. 12.
The critically acclaimed production comes from London's Donmar Warehouse. Law will be joined by the rest of the British cast under the direction of Michael Grandage.
It will be Law's first Broadway appearance since 1995, when he appeared in Indiscretions with Kathleen Turner, Cynthia Nixon, Roger Rees and Eileen Atkins.
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