“The Ward” official synopsis

Posted October 23, 2009 by Frederik

“The Ward” is an intense psychological thriller set in a mental institution where a young woman, Kristen, is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined. Kristen, who is in her early 20′s, wakes to find herself bruised, cut, drugged and held against her will in a remote ward of Chamberlain Psychiatric Hospital. She is completely disoriented with no idea why she was brought to this place and no memory of her life. The other patients in the ward, four equally troubled girls, offer no answers, and Kristen quickly realizes things are not as they seem. The air is heavy with secrets, and at night, when the hospital is dark and foreboding, she hears strange and disturbing sounds. It appears they are not alone. One by one the girls disappear, and Kristen must find a way out of this hellish place before the ghost comes for her, too. As she struggles to escape, she will uncover a truth far more dangerous and horrifying than anyone could have imagined.

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Mamie Gummer is engaged

Posted October 20, 2009 by Frederik

According to People Magazine, Mamie Gummer is engaged to stage actor Ben Walker. She told the magazine at the annual Whitney Gala Monday night, sponsored by Versace. And he did on the old-fashioned way – on one knee. “Yeah, he sure did,” Gummer, 25, said, adding that her family is ecstatic. “They’re all very happy … we’re very, very smiley.” Walker, 27, who proposed on Sunday, admitted he was scared, but Gummer said the proposal “was great.” Wearing a modest engagement ring with an old-fashioned setting that was slightly oversized, Gummer (who’s gone by the nickname Mamie instead of her given name of Mary Willa since she was a baby) said where her fiancé got it from before popping the question is a secret he won’t even share with her. “He had it made somewhere,” she said. “He won’t tell me where, so I doubt he will tell you.” The two met while performing in Dangerous Liaisons on Broadway in April 2008,and began dating a year and a half ago. “He was the Keanu to my Uma,” she said. “We were kind of pals first. It was a drawn-out thing.” So why did she fall for the towering hunk? “We’ll, look how tall he is,” she said. “He’s very nice. He puts up with me. And he’s very patient.” And he’s good a relieving her stress, she added. “He’s really good at rubbing my jaw,” she said. “I carry a lot of tension in my jaw.”

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Hola scans from April 2007

Posted October 3, 2009 by Frederik

Many thanks to Alvaro for finding what’s probably the first ever published article on Mamie. Here are scans from the April 2007 issue of the Spanish Hola Magazine, three months prior to the US release of her big screen debut with “Evening”. Thanks! And speaking of “Evening”, Mamie’s friends and co-stars from this film, Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, have tied the knot a few weeks ago.