Amy Adams will star opposite Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter, which David O. Russell is directing for Relativity Media and Paramount.

The drama revolves around the life of boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward (Wahlberg) and trainer-brother Dick Eklund (Bale), chronicling their early days on the rough streets of Lowell, Mass., through Eklund’s battle with drugs and Ward’s eventual world championship in London.

Adams will play Charlene, a tough, gritty bartender and former college high-jumper from Massachusetts who ends up dating Mickey.

Melissa Leo also has been cast as Wahlberg and Bale’s mother.

The movie begins shooting next month in Lowell.

Source: ComingSoon.net

According to Amazon.com the R1 standard edition and BluRay version of Sunshine Cleaning will be released on August 25, 2009.

Amy Adams is featured on the Summer Must List in the June 16th issue of Entertainment Weekly as ‘Must Sizzling Star’.

They mentioned her two summer films Night at the Museum 2 and Julie & Julia.

Finally! – A female-driven-comedy free of the tired old gotta-find-a-man trope! “It’s about self-discovery. It was the best-smelling set I’ve ever been on. Roast chicken, French onion soup, you name it. We ate a lot.” – Amy Adams

GALLERY LINKS:
• Magazine Scans: Entertainment Weekly (US) – June 26, 2009

Amy has been nominated for a 2009 Teen Choice Award. Go here to vote for her! All it takes is a short registration.

Your votes pick the winners of the Teen Choice 2009 so be sure to tune in Monday, Aug. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX and see how your favorites did.

Movie Actress: Comedy
Anne Hathaway – Bride Wars
Isla Fisher – Confessions Of A Shopaholic
Jennifer Aniston – Marley & Me, He’s Just Not That Into You
Kate Hudson – Bride Wars
Amy Adams – Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Thanks to Mikaela for sending us three additional outtakes from Amy Adams’ photoshoot with Telegraph magazine back in 2007. Positively gorgeous, aren’t they?

GALLERY LINKS:
• Photoshoots: Telegraph (2007)

Things have settled down temporarily with Amy and news is a little low, so to bring us a nice update, today I have added scans of several old magazine features with Amy (ranging from 2002-2008). Enjoy them!

GALLERY LINKS:
• Magazine Scans: Elle (US) – December 2002
• Magazine Scans: Interview (US) – April 2005
• Magazine Scans: InStyle (US) – Unknown 2005
• Magazine Scans: Clippings from 2007
• Magazine Scans: Clippings from 2008

Ben Stiller beat Christian Bale in the North American weekend box office duel between their respective Night at the Museum and Terminator sequels, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.

The 20th Century Fox comedy Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian sold $53.5 million worth of tickets during the three days beginning Friday, far exceeding the $30.4 million debut of its 2006 predecessor.