According to New Issue of Entertainment Weekly, Blue Valentine Expands Release January 14, 2011

This week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (#1136, January 7, 2011) features not only a rave review of Blue Valentine (pps. 50-51) but also takes the #1 spot on this week's "The Must List"--which also states that the film (partly shot in Scranton, with a pivotal scene filmed at Albright Memorial Library on May 13, 2009) will expand to a wider release on Friday, January 14th. So if you can't get to NYC (now playing at Lincoln Plaza Cinema) or LA to see Blue Valentine in its limited release, it will more than likely be playing at Cinemark in Moosic in about 2 weeks.

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Blue Valentine Article in This Week's Entertainment Weekly (#1129, November 19, 2010)

Check out this week's issue (The Holiday Movie Preview) of Entertainment Weekly. Pages 62-66 feature an excellent article on the upcoming Blue Valentine, which was partly filmed at Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, PA. The article, written by Sara Vilkomerson and titled Michelle and Ryan's Blue Valentine, includes interviews with stars Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling, who discuss making the film and its NC-17 rating presently being appealed to the MPAA.

Pages 64-65 of the article states:

"The film wound up shooting in Brooklyn and Scranton, PA."

Blue Valentine opens in limited release December 31st and will expand to movie theaters nationwide at the beginning of 2011.

The full article is presently unavailable online, but the issue is available to borrow from Albright Memorial Library.

Entertainment Weekly (April 17, 2009, Issue #1043)

Scranton has a brief reference in this week's Entertainment Weekly in the Top Ten Funniest Actresses section which scrolls across the top of the cover.

The Office's Mindy Kaling (who was in Scranton last July to launch The Office's Official Board Game) is cited in the magazine (page 41) and online as one of the 10 funniest actresses today. It reads:

"Shtick Chirpy Valley-girl inflections; deep superficiality; injecting the often airless Scranton environs of The Office with random pop cultural references."

To see Mindy Kaling's entry on the EW website (changed from the Top 10 to the Top 25 Funniest Actresses for the online version), click here.

Entertainment Weekly (April 10, 2009, Issue #1042)

There was a brief reference to Scranton in last week's Entertainment Weekly, the issue with Jennifer Hudson on the cover.

Check out the article Poehler Express by Tim Stack (pages 33-35) about actress and comedian Amy Poehler and her new sitcom Parks & Recreation a new sitcom from the creators of The Office.

In discussion of the creation of the show, the article states:

"With that, Scranton was out, Indiana was in, and Poehler was set to play a striving deputy director of Pawnee's Parks and Recreation Department."

To read the full article (retitled Amy Poehler on Her New Sitcom on EW's website), click here.

Entertainment Weekly (November 28, 2008, Issue #1023)

Even when it's only yet-another-one-of-the-numerous-references-to-The Office references, I must admit I still get giddy when I see Scranton mentioned in my favorite magazine, Entertainment Weekly.

This time, Scranton was mentioned on page 9 of EW in the popular section called The Bullseye, which rates the pop culture news stories of the week ala a game of Darts (humorously, several events nobody cares about--usually those involving Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt--often miss the bullseye and the arrow lands two pages ahead).

A near-miss on The Bullseye this week is the following item on The Office:

"Jim and Pam are finally in

the same city together.

Now, for the love of

Scranton, give these two a

decent storyline."

For the love of Scranton? I smell a future catchphrase...

Entertainment Weekly (August 22/29, 2008, Issue #1007/1008)

Check out this week's double issue of Entertainment Weekly, the one with Harry Potter and the Fall Movie Preview on the cover.

On page 110 is The Ausiello Files, a column by EW writer Michael Ausiello that contains questions from readers requesting spoilers and such for their favorite television shows. One in particular caught my eye this week:

"Office news. You have it. I want it. Give it up! - Pamela

"Given all the tomfoolery that transpires at Dunder-Mifflin, it's kind of shocking to think that we've yet to meet this guy, but this season The Office will finally be introducing the paper company's head of HR. However, since he'll be heard before he's actually seen in Scranton, there's still time for Michael to remove that hidden camera in the ladies' room."

Entertainment Weekly, (July 25, 2008, Issue #1003)

On page two of this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly (the Letters Page), is a brief box detailing this past weekend's The Office Games, which were held in Scranton, PA, hosted by cast member Mindy Kaling. It begins, "Beijing's got nothing on Scranton, PA." Readers were also invited to log on to EW's PopWatch Blog to put in their suggestions for The Office Games. To read the EW blog entry (some of the comments are quite funny), click here.

Entertainment Weekly (April 11, 2008, Issue #986)

If you happen to catch a glimpse at this week's Entertainment Weekly (the one with Ellen DeGeneres on the cover) check out the cover story, The Ultimate TV Trivia Quiz. Jump to question number 12:

12. Kevin from The Office's Police tribute band is called...

a. King of Penn(sylvania)

b. Scrantonicity

c. Pennyatta Mondatta

d. Roxanne Roll

To take the full EW quiz online, click here; to jump right to the Scrantonicity question, click here.

Don't forget The Office returns with brand new, post-strike episodes THIS THURSDAY, April 10th at 9 PM.

Entertainment Weekly (November 30, 2007, Issue 966/967)

If you happen to catch a look at this week's Entertainment Weekly, be sure to check out pages 54-55. On a US map detailing the Most Entertaining Places of the Year, spot number 14 is:

14. Welcome to Scranton, Penn.