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William Friedkin: Technology is creating more opportunities than ever
William Friedkin has been directing films for roughly 45 years. You wouldn't know it to look at him. You'd likelier guess that he was born around the time his first feature — the 1967 Sonny and Cher vehicle “Good Times” — was made....
Tags: Entertainment, Cher, William Friedkin, Peter Bogdanovich, Steven Spielberg
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Film review: 'Dark Knight Rises' is a promise fulfilled
And so the Christopher Nolan rendition of Batman — started in “Batman Begins” (2005) and continued in “The Dark Knight” (2008) — comes to an end, in “The Dark Knight Rises.” It stands proudly alongside...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Superman (fictional character), Television, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Jane Austen
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On Location: Oscar contender 'The Artist' gives shout-out to L.A.
As a front-runner to win top honors in the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony, “The Artist” is a rarity. Not only is it in black and white, almost entirely silent and a French director's take on old Hollywood, it is the only movie among the nine...Tags: Entertainment, Michel Hazanavicius , Human Interest, Academy Awards, Ceremonies
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'Whitey Bulger' digs deep into a gangster's tale
When Whitey Bulger was arrested in Santa Monica late on the afternoon of June 22, 2011, it brought to an end one of the longest, and strangest, manhunts in U.S. history. Nearly 82, Bulger had spent 15 years hiding in plain sight in an apartment complex...Tags: FBI, The Boston Globe, Criminals, Justice System, Organized Crime
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Remembering Roger Ebert through his books
After surviving a disfiguring bout of cancer, Roger Ebert was felled by the disease Wednesday at age 70. He had announced just days before that a new cancer had been found and that he was going to write, and tweet, a little less. The Pulitzer Prize-...
Tags: Entertainment, Social Media, Roger Ebert, Russ Meyer, Chicago Sun-Times
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'G.I. Joe' will command box office. Barbara Walters readies exit.
After the coffee. Before auditioning for a spot on ABC's "The View." The Skinny: How good a Friday can this be if I'm working? Well, at least there is some great college basketball this weekend and baseball's back on Sunday. Friday's headlines...
Tags: The Wall Street Journal, Game of Thrones (tv program), Television Industry, The Tonight Show (tv program), Joy Behar
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Comedy meets game show in Expert of Nothing
Here's an all-too common scenario at a bar: A random topic — be it essential new-wave albums or Martin Scorsese's best films — comes up and an expert suddenly emerges. The know-it-all rapidly cites a dizzying array of research and anecdotes,...
Tags: Station North, Entertainment
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ and the art of the opening title sequence
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesDisney has released the opening title sequence for Sam Raimi's $200-million fantasy “Oz the Great and Powerful” online, and before ...... -
'Gimme the Loot' director says film 'hit the jackpot'
This post has been corrected. See below for details.With its loose, freewheeling style, the unassuming "Gimme the Loot" has already led something of a charmed life. The film picked up the grand jury prize when it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival last year, going on to play the...Tags: Independent (Movie Genre), Entertainment, Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival
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'City of Fear': A nuclear-age noir to savor ★★★ 1/2
There's an antidote for this bizarre March cold spell we're having: an equally bizarre warm front known as Cobalt 60 — the radioactive time bomb in a canister coveted by the killer played by Vince Edwards in the 1959 Columbia Pictures noir "City...Tags: Entertainment, Vince Edwards, Sam Peckinpah, Heroin, The Wild Bunch (movie)
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Passover and Easter on video
In home video's 1980s and '90s heyday, Easter emerged as a prime selling holiday. Religious epics, holiday-related classics and children and family holiday specials were marketed as "basket stuffers." As with Christmas and Thanksgiving, Easter (as...
Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Easter, Ben-Hur (movie), Holidays, Bunny (music group)
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Ang Lee to direct FX pilot “Tyrant” — and other big-time directors who have gone to TV
Channel Guide MagazineNot many people expected Ang Lee to take home the Best Director trophy at the Academy Awards last month for Life of Pi. He's defying expectations yet again with his follow-up project, a pilot for FX called Tyrant, scheduled to shoot this summer. Tyrant...
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