Spotlight on Christoph Waltz You’ve seen him in Inglourious Basterds–for which he won an Academy Award–and he is soon to appear on the big screen again in The Green Hornet. Right now, though,  Christoph Waltz is filming Water For Elephants, starring as August Rosenbluth. He recently spoke at Comic-Con to promote The Green Hornet. FromContinue reading

News from the set! What’s 42 years old, 8 feet 8 inches tall, weighs in at 9,000 pounds, and gets to touch Robert Pattinson? Tai, the adorable Asian elephant, plays Rosie in the film. It’s quite a big job; after all, it is Water for ELEPHANTS. She hails from Have Trunk Will Travel Ranch, anContinue reading

News from the set! They’re wrapping the circus set in Piru, CA! Director Francis Lawrence is keeping fans up to date via his Twitter account, @hibbits. On taking down the Big Top: “Okay… Collapsing our tents was probably one of the coolest things we’ve done.” Never fear, this is just one location, not the endContinue reading

What a year it’s been for Algonquin! Allow us to pat ourselves on the back when we say we had FIVE New York Times bestsellers in 2009. If you haven’t checked ’em out, what are you waiting for? Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen Mudbound by Hillary Jordan A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick WickedContinue reading