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American Cinematheque honors Julia Roberts
Special to The TimesTom Hanks started off the night at the American Cinematheque's award dinner by welcoming everyone to " Julia Roberts' bat mitzvah." He then gave a comical description of what it's like to be one of the many who have worked with her, having just done so in...Tags: Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Lifestyle and Leisure, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
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'Rumor Has It ...'
Zap2It.comYou may have heard that "Rumor Has It ..." is a sequel of sorts to "The Graduate." It is not. It wants to be a kind of sister picture to it -- a companion piece that reflects the plotline of Mike Nichols' seminal 1967 film through a contemporary...Tags: DVDs and Movies, Kevin Costner, Nellie McKay, Rob Reiner, Jennifer Aniston
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Clay Aiken's Heading to Broadway
Zap2It.comSimon Cowell's most frequent complaint about Clay Aiken has turned into a prophesy: The "American Idol" loser is headed to Broadway. According to media reports, Aiken will premiere as Sir Robin in "Monty Python's Spamalot" starting on Jan. 18, 2008....Tags: David Hyde Pierce, Simon Cowell, Television, Monty Python's Spamalot (musical), Music Theater
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Don't mention the war
IN 2007, the early heavyweight contenders for Oscar are just that -- heavy.
"In the Valley of Elah" deals with the death of a soldier after a tour of duty in Iraq. "Rendition" examines the CIA practice of shuttling foreign nationals it deems suspicious...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Social Issues
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Actress Anne Bancroft dies at 73
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAnne Bancroft, the versatile, husky-voiced actress who won an Academy Award for portraying Helen Keller's teacher in "The Miracle Worker" but will forever be remembered as the coldly seductive Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate," has died. She was 73....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pauline Kael, Henry Fonda, Television, Arthur Penn
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George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio May Head 'North'
Zap2It.comWarner Bros. is hoping to pair up George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio for the political thriller "Farragut North." The slowly mobilizing film is based on the play by Beau Willimon, a play that won't actually open on Broadway until next fall....Tags: Body of Lies (movie), Sam Mendes, Ridley Scott, Michael Clayton (movie), George Clooney
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'Rumor Has It …'
Times Staff WriterWrong-footed from the get-go, "Rumor Has It …" stars Jennifer Aniston as a 33-year-old New York Times obit writer who returns home to her tennis-playing Pasadena family for the wedding of her younger sister. It's a high-concept movie that never transcends...Tags: Richard Jenkins, Kevin Costner, Family, The New York Times, New York
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The jet set will land at the Globes
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSay what you will about the Golden Globes -- They're a reliable predictor for the Oscars! They're an empty gesture in celebrity ego stroking! -- the fact remains: You can't swing a dead cat at the ceremony without hitting someone on Hollywood's A-list....Tags: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Drama (genre), Philip Seymour Hoffman, George Clooney
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Once You're in the Club, Mr. Dogg Is Simply Snoop
Jason Alexander is a star of stage and screens both large and small. He also oversees Angel Ark Entertainment.I am not a club guy. Never had a clubhouse. Wasn't in the glee club, chess club or math club. Never joined a frat, lodge or brotherhood. No country club, no Rotary club, no Kiwanis club. I've never held a golf club and, to my knowledge, I have never...Tags: Snoop Dogg, Tom Arnold, Meryl Streep, Dining and Drinking, Oprah Winfrey
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Adams Goes to 'War' With Hanks
Zap2It.comOscar-nominee Amy Adams is in talks for a supporting role in "Charlie Wilson's War," a fact-based drama set to star Tom Hanks. The Universal project was written by Aaron Sorkin and will be directed by Mike Nichols. It focuses on Texas congressman Charlie...Tags: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Texas, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julia Roberts
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STEPPENWOLF STEPPIN' OUT
Deanna Dunagan was Broadway-bound and she was not happy.
It was mid-October and she was due to leave in a week for New York, where she would reprise her acclaimed performance as Violet Weston, the pill-addicted, cancer-stricken monster of a mother at the...Tags: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (movie), Gary Sinise, Meryl Streep, Woody Allen, Television
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King of the world of adaptation
Special to The TimesScriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. Indiana Jones, meet Jack Sparrow. Jim Uhls, who successfully adapted the "unadaptable" Chuck Palahniuk novel "Fight Club," has been hired to turn "Rex Mundi," a...Tags: Tom Hanks, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Drama (genre), Television, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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