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Producer Scott Rudin negotiating to leave Disney
Company TownWith the recent demise of Miramax Films and its possible sale, the specialty label’s biggest movie producer, Scott Rudin, is negotiating to end his lucrative production deal with corporate parent Walt Disney Co. A prolific producer who supplied Miramax.... -
UCLA Archive unearths gems in 'Unburied Treasures'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe UCLA Film & Television Archive is no small place. The Library of Congress aside, it's the biggest collection in the country, with film holdings alone numbering a staggering 85,000 titles. Wouldn't you like to take a peek at the rarities hidden in...Tags: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein, Edith Head, Theodore Dreiser, DVDs and Movies
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Marfa, Texas: Unlikely art mecca
Tribune reporterMARFA, Texas—This town has one bank, one pizza place, one coffee shop, one laundry, one radio station, one bookshop—basically one of everything, except for the things of which it has none: billboards, pet stores, chain stores, clothing stores,...Tags: NPR, New York, Wilco (music group), Wallace Shawn, No Country for Old Men (movie)
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Oscar nominees are eating lunch in this town again
THE Oscar nominees' luncheon -- a long-held tradition at the Beverly Hilton Hotel that usually kicks off the giddy weeks before the televised ceremony -- couldn't quite shake the long shadow cast by the 13-week writers strike, despite news that a...Tags: Academy Awards, Tilda Swinton, Hotels and Accommodations, Michael Clayton (movie), Julie Christie
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The popcorn path to redemption
A paper presented by researchers ... to the annual meeting of the American Economic Assn. concludes that violent films prevent violent crime by attracting would-be assailants and keeping them cloistered in darkened, alcohol-free environs." -- New York...Tags: Javier Bardem, Movies, Crimes, Will Ferrell, Michael Clayton (movie)
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Oscar country: Chris Reynolds asks 'Where am I?'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWhat do the films "There Will Be Blood," "No Country for Old Men" and "Giant" have in common? Parts of all three films were shot in and around this dusty Western railroad town. Back in the 1930s, cattlemen gathered to cut deals in this hotel lobby on...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Movies, No Country for Old Men (movie), James Dean, Entertainment
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Oscars: Critic's first reactions
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBest picture: "No Country for Old Men" Ultimately, it came down to a selection between "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood," a choice that in recent weeks seemed to take on an almost Red State-Blue State, science versus evolution, Beatles...Tags: Javier Bardem, Academy Awards, Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton (movie), Awards and Prizes
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Heath Ledger and his 'gentle way'
The late Heath Ledger's stunning, almost unrecognizable turn as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" shouldn't have come as a surprise.
It was far from the first time he had transformed himself for a role, whether drastically, as the scruffy skateboarding...Tags: Twilight (movie), Todd Haynes, Relentless7 (music group), Entertainment, Drugs and Medicines
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Critics make much ado about Oscar
HOLLYWOOD has never been so full of nasty denunciations, agonized hand-wringing and self-important rhetoric.
But if you thought I was talking about the writers strike, you're wrong.
The loudest fussing and feuding is coming from the world of critics and...Tags: Elections, Academy Awards, Iraq War (2003-2011), DVDs and Movies, Michael Clayton (movie)
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Oscar's no populist
Quick trivia No. 1: What are the only three films since 1980 to win both the box-office crown and the Academy Award for best picture? Read on while you ponder.
As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences prepares its perennial pageant, one might...Tags: Documentary (genre), Education, Spider-Man (fictional character), Culture, Paul Thomas Anderson
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First-Timers Lead DGA Nominations
Zap2It.comFive of the six nominees for the Directors Guild of America's 2007 honors are earning their first recognition from the DGA. The only exception to this year's neophyte nomination list is a bit of a technicality. "No Country For Old Men" co-helmer Ethan...Tags: Culture, Academy Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Penn, Michael Apted
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Globes' Music Noms Are All About Glamour
"You must make the wood cry," says Armin Mueller-Stahl in "Eastern Promises," giving an impromptu violin lesson to two adoring little girls. With a flourish of bow upon strings, he charms his young proteges, along with visitor Naomi Watts and the...Tags: Ryan Gosling, Music Industry, Academy Awards, Naomi Watts, Awards and Prizes
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