Deadline reports that Patricia Arquette has joined the cast of HBO’s series “Boardwalk Empire” in a major recurring role opposite star Steve Buscemi. Arquette will appear in season 4 of the series, which is currently in production.

According to Deadline,

“ She will play Sally Wheet, a tough-as-nails Tampa speakeasy owner with connections to local gangsters. Season 4 is currently in production for a debut later this year.”

http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/patricia-arquette-joins-boardwalk-empire/

Finally we get our first peek at Patricia Arquette’s upcoming movie, A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III, in which she co-stars alongside Charlie Sheen, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, and Aubrey Plaza. From the mind of Roman Coppola, it looks wacky and interesting, to say the least.

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Theatrical release is set for Feb. 8, 2013.

Patricia Arquette has booked a guest role on the long-running “Law & Order: SVU”, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The episode, titled “Dreams Deferred”, airs later in November.

Anne Meara and Patricia Arquette are heading to NBC’s Law & Order: SVU.

The actress/comedian and the former Medium star have been tapped to guest star in an upcoming episode, playing mother and daughter, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The episode, titled “Dreams Deferred,” will revolve around an armed and dangerous man who goes on a killing spree with Arquette’s Jeannie — a prostitute with whom he has a long-standing relationship with — representing the last person he calls. When Jeannie goes missing, the SVU is tasked with convincing their NYPD cohorts that her life is worth saving.  Meara will play Jeannie’s mother, Irene, who worries for her daughter’s health and safety.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/law-order-svu-patricia-arquette-386938

On Friday, Sept, 28th, Give Love founders Patricia Arquette and Rosetta Getty joined artist Sterling Ruby and other members of Los Angeles’ art community at an art auction to benefit Give Love and its efforts in Haiti.

    ”GiveLove’s programs are needed now more than ever to prevent cholera and provide Haitians with the training and tools to treat and compost waste, improve public health, and protect water resources,” says Arquette.

http://newsblaze.com/story/20121006153933nurg.nb/topstory.html

Advocating for the arts at the Democratic National Convention, members of the Creative Coalition, including Patricia Arquette, John Leguizamo, and Coalition CEO Robin Bronk, appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the economic benefits of the arts and the importance of arts in public schools.

War On Arts Ignores Economic Benefits

Patricia Arquette recently joined other members of the Creative Coalition at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC to advocate for arts in public schools.

“(Kids) are two-thirds less likely to drop out of school if they have a strong arts curriculum. And those are kids that we would be paying for to be in jail or to be on welfare, so we might as well pay for them to be in arts classes.

“People forget how much the arts are integral to every aspect of manufacturing. Nobody buys the ugly T-shirts. No small business hires the person who makes the ugliest website. There’s millions of different businesses that kids can go into through the arts.”

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2012/09/04/2675523/stars-push-agendas-for-arts-immigration.html

Here’s a short little interview with Patricia about her new movie, Girl In Progress, talking about the movie and about her character.

“Girl In Progress” interview with Patricia Arquette

Today is the beautiful Patricia Arquette’s birthday and all of us here at patricia-arquette.com wish her the very happiest of birthdays and many more to come.

Just in case you weren’t excited enough about Patricia Arquette’s new movie, Girl In Progress,  here’s a site with some teaser clips from the movie to whet your appetite. Be sure to check out all the clips.

Girl In Progress- “Cry For Help”

Recently, Urban Zen had a fantastic opportunity to connect and collaborate with Patti Hansen and Patricia Arquette to distribute survival bags to women living in tent camps in Haiti. The project was borne out of an inspired conversation that our founder, Donna Karan, had with her long-time friend Patti Hansen. Patti and Molly Madden recently launched a new collection of bags called, “Hung on U,” and Donna immediately thought of Haiti. A few conversations later, the idea of the Survival Bags came into being. Patti provided the bags and Patricia Arquette distributed them to the women she works with through her GiveLove Foundation in Haiti.

The beautiful bags were filled with the essential items needed most by the women living under the difficult circumstance of tent life including: underwear, plumpy nut nutrition bars, a poncho, a pair of flip flops, a whistle, a flashlight and purified water tablets.

We had the opportunity to catch up with Patricia Arquette who distributed the bags. We chatted with her about all things Haiti and the experience of giving love by giving out the survival bags.

Here, we share our conversation to you:

Urban Zen: Can you tell us a little bit about the work you’re doing in Haiti?

Patricia Arquette: GiveLove started working in Haiti right after the earthquake in one of the largest tent camps in Citi Soleil. We realized right away that the lack of sanitation was a public health disaster. After learning more about Haiti, it became obvious to us that the lack of sanitation was a systemic problem even before the earthquake and 80% of the rural people had no clean water or toilets. Only the wealthiest people in Port-au-Prince have access to adequate sanitation. We couldn’t turn away from the fact that poor sanitation causes more deaths than HIV and malaria combined, and sadly diseases like cholera kill children and the elderly who are most vulnerable to infection. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d be consumed with finding affordable sanitation solutions for the poorest people or have to understand pathogen death rates. The system that we’ve chosen to implement in Haiti is called thermophilic composting, and it’s a very simple and easy way to completely sanitize waste and convert it into compost that can be used for agriculture and reforest Haiti.

Urban Zen: A Conversation with Patricia Arquette