http://www.ellenpagefan.com Your #1 Source for Ellen Page Pictures, News, Videos, and More Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:50:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Drew Barrymore kept an eye on things from behind the scenes on the set of her directorial debut Whip It in Austin in Monday as Ellen Page got a piggyback ride from a costar. Their project is carrying on despite Justin Long dropping out earlier this Summer when he was ... http://www.ellenpagefan.com/2008/10/06/drew-and-ellen-are-getting-whipped-into-shape/ Variety has issued its annual Women's Impact Report, highlighting women who have made an impression at all levels of entertainment. Just like last year, the list includes executive powerhouses, household-name performers, and lesser-known talents. Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be spotlighting some of the women whom I find ... http://www.ellenpagefan.com/2008/10/06/varietys-womens-impact-report-diablo-cody-and-ellen-page/ Get your mind out of the gutter! I'm talking about Whip It!, the film adaptation of Shauna Cross's novel Derby Girl, which just added Alia Shawkat (a.k.a. Maeby Fünke) to the cast. I knew that Drew Barrymore had signed on as the director of the film (and she'll be playing ... http://www.ellenpagefan.com/2008/10/06/man-i-cant-wait-to-whip-it/ All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. Smart People I had high hopes for Smart People, mainly due to ... http://www.ellenpagefan.com/2008/10/06/what-to-netflix-new-dvd-tuesday/ Smart People is a blackly comic drama set in Pittsburgh, which focuses on widowed professor Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), his study-mad daughter Vanessa (Ellen Page) and his student poet son James (Ashton Holmes). Lawrence struggles to communicate with his family and his colleagues at the university where he teaches literature, even ... http://www.ellenpagefan.com/2008/10/06/pop-a-dvd-in-smart-people/