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Exclusive: Actress Liv Tyler, who’s coming off a hit in “Robot and Frank,” is heading into outer space. I’m told she’s just closing a deal to star in “Space Station 76,” an indie project. Her co-stars are set to be Matt Bomer and Patrick Wilson. (This is will be a good looking film, at least.) The first time director is Jack Plotnick, a highly regarded acting coach who teaches lots of stars. Here’s his acting reel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgvLPV-Fpgc&lr=1 Among Plotnick’s students are Allyson Hannigan and Stiller and Meara, as well tons of character actors all working away in Hollywood. More to come…

Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.