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ReutersJames Franco disses 'Amazing Spider-Man' (Again), says It's all about the Benjamins By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Multi-hyphenate James Franco has more jobs (and hobbies) then one can count, but it's his latest piece of work that's buzzing...Tags: Julianne Moore, Pancreatic Cancer, The Dark Knight Rises (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Celebrities
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Chris Columbus Buys Spec About Brothers Who Try to Prove Santa Claus is Real
ReutersNEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures and Ocean Blue Entertainment have acquired "12/24," Matt Lieberman's spec script about two brothers who try to prove Santa Claus is real using a home video camera. The two brothers end up joining St....Tags: Safe House (movie), Entertainment
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Chris Columbus in Talks to Direct 'Pixels' for Sandler and Sony
ReutersMay 30 (TheWrap.com) - Chris Columbus, whose last movie was 2010's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief," is in early talks to direct "Pixels" for Sony Pictures and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison banner, an individual familiar with the...Tags: The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., New York City, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (movie)
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'Pain & Gain': Why is it so hard for directors to shed their skin?
If you follow directors' careers, you’ve often heard how hard it is for a so-called small filmmaker to go big. A few, like Christopher Nolan, have done it, evolving from intimate indies to studio tent poles. But it’s a trick infrequently...
Tags: Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Jurassic Park (movie), Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Paul Weitz
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Chris Columbus and Ned Vizzini open up about 'House of Secrets'
Film director Chris Columbus’ arms are full. He’s carrying a 496-page book, “House of Secrets,” which he co-wrote with Ned Vizzini, bestselling young adult author of “It’s Kind of a Funny Story.” Columbus, known...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Authors, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Fiction
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Monday's TV Highlights: 'Top of the Lake' Sundance
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 14 -20, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Voice The battle rounds begin....Tags: Jennifer Hudson, Cheryl Hines, Mia Kirshner, Sundance Film Festival, Alex O'Loughlin
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Edward Burns returns to his roots
About halfway through writing the script for "The Fitzgerald Family Christmas" (which opens at the Wilmette Theatre next week), Edward Burns says he found himself at a crossroad. "Do I want to make the big, crazy, funny, holly-jolly Christmas Irish family...
Tags: Saving Private Ryan (movie), Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Comedy (genre), Blue Bloods (tv program)
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'The Hunger Games' adaptation hits the target ✭✭✭
The hypocrisy at the heart of "The Hunger Games" is irresistible. Novelist Suzanne Collins, whose trilogy has been decreed "awesome" by, among others, my 5th grade son, indicts violence and organized brutality as tools of mass-audience manipulation. Yet...Tags: Celebrities, Toby Jones, The Hunger Games (movie), Arts and Culture, Metropolis (movie)
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April 13: Midday Fix - Adam Green
WGN NewsAdam Green Grew up in Holliston, Massachusetts and graduated from Hofstra University in New York. First job out of college was producing and directing local cable commercials in the Boston area. His first feature film was the comedy Coffee & Donuts,...Tags: Dee Snider, Comedy (genre), Culture, Arts and Culture, FEARnet (tv network)
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84th annual Academy Award nominees
WGN NewsThe nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were finally announced. The nine nominated movies for the best picture of the year are:"The Artist","The Descendants","Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close","The Help", "HUGO", "Midnight in Paris","...Tags: Alexander Payne, Midnight in Paris (movie), Celebrities, Jim Taylor, War Horse (movie)
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Director Chris Columbus teams with Ned Vizzini to pen teen books
Jacket CopyYoung adult author Ned Vizzini will co-write "House of Secrets," a three-book fantasy series, with "Harry Potter" director Chris Columbus....
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