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Wednesday May
17 4:55 AM ET
Showbiz people briefs
NEW YORK (Variety) - ``Hurricane'' director Norman Jewison will be
honored at the 18th annual Upton Sinclair Dinner June 13 in Los Angeles.
He will receive the Liberty Hill Foundation's Upton Sinclair Award,
which recognizes work that calls attention to social and economic abuses
in American life.
Nation magazine editor Katerina vanden Heuvel and comedy troupe Culture
Clash will also be among honorees at the ceremony.
The Liberty Hill Foundation has given more than $9 million to groups
working to alleviate socioeconomic problems.
Past Sinclair Award
recipients include Harry
Shearer, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Alfre
Woodard, John Singleton, Jane Fonda,
Oliver Stone, Harry
Belafonte, Martin Ritt, Ed Asner and Mike
Farrell.
HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Adrien
Brody (''Liberty
Heights'') is set to play Hilary
Swank's estranged husband in the WB/Alcon Entertainment period drama
``The Affair of the Necklace.'' Brody recently wrapped helmer Ken Loach's
``Bread and Roses.''
... Joey Slotnick (''Pirates
of Silicon Valley'') has been added to the cast of the Fox series ``The
Faculty'' Slotnick will be seen with Kevin Bacon
this August in helmer Paul Verhoeven's ``The
Hollow Man''
... Alexondra Lee (''Party of Five'') is set to co-star with Camryn
Manheim (who also produces) in the ABC telepic ``The
Last Laugh'' a gender-reversed take on ``Cyrano de Bergerac.'' Lee
also appears in the upcoming Paramount release ``What Women Want.''
... There are two new additions to the cast of the indie feature ``Wet
Hot American Summer'': Michael Ian Black, best known as the voice of the
litigious Pets.com sock-puppet, and Ken
Marino (''Men Behaving Badly''). The pair will join Janeane
Garofalo, David
Hyde Pierce, Chris Meloni and Paul Rudd in
the 1980s summer camp comedy.
... Actress-turned-sports journo Lisa Guerrero (''Sunset Beach'') has
inked a deal with Fox Sports Network to report on regional sports in the
West and do ringside for FX's ``Tough Man'' while continuing to co-host
``Sports Geniuses.''
Another ``Sunset Beach'' alum, Ali Landry,
has been tapped for a recurring role on the WB's ``Felicity.'' She'll also
be seen in Destination Films' upcoming release ``Beautiful,'' with Minnie
Driver.
... Patrick Malone (''Twilight'') has nabbed one of the leads in the
indie comedy ``Face
the Music.''
... Joanne Baron (''Allie & Me'') will join Omar Epps and
Rita
Wilson in Michael Rymer's improvisational feature ``Perfume,'' set in
Manhattan's fashion world.
Reuters/Variety
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