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Cannes 2013: For 'Blue Ruin' helmer, a new path to career-building
CANNES, France--Most of the attention at the Cannes Film Festival this week centers on the big names--Nicolas Refn, Alexander Payne, James Gray. But the springtime cinema gathering can sometimes makes room for someone a little different. Someone, say,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Kickstarter, Genres, Cannes Film Festival, Octavia Spencer
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‘The Mist’: Frank Darabont, Thomas Jane on film’s ensemble [video]
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesWith his 2007 horror film “The Mist,” writer-director Frank Darabont, adapting a 1980 Stephen King novella, charts what happens to […]... -
Frank Darabont talks ‘The Mist,’ ‘Walking Dead’ at HCFF [video]
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThomas Jane as Rick Grimes? It might have happened if “The Walking Dead” creator Frank Darabont had had his way. At […]... -
Guillermo del Toro talks ‘Justice League Dark’ at HCFF [Video]
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesGuillermo del Toro served as a guest of honor at the fourth annual Hero Complex Film Festival last weekend in […]... -
Spanish book festival LéaLA aims to further cultural communication
When Carmen Cervantes was growing up in the 1960s in East Los Angeles, it would've been nearly as surprising to find a Spanish-language bookstore in her neighborhood as it would be to unearth an Aztec pyramid in the middle of Beverly Hills. The...
Tags: Culture, Authors, Literature, Mexico, Entertainment
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Directors have enjoyed setting movies at the Cannes Film Festival
Not many of us will ever get to the fabulous Cannes Film Festival currently taking place in the glamorous French resort town. But there is a way to enjoy the Cannes experience vicariously via the films that have used the international festival as a...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Alec Baldwin, E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Johnny Depp, Entertainment
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Gunshot scare at Cannes involves 'Django' actor Christoph Waltz
CANNES -- An incident apparently involving a gun briefly interrupted a French television interview with actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday and sent nearby pedestrians scurrying for safety. According to...
Tags: The Weinstein Company, Shootings, Arts and Culture, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Christoph Waltz
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Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films
CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...
Tags: A Separation (movie), Iran, A Prophet (movie), Arts and Culture, France
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Cannes 2013: For Octavia Spencer, a new stop with 'Fruitvale Station'
CANNES, France -- You’d expect a savvy pro such as Octavia Spencer to have dropped in on the Cannes Film Festival once or twice over the years. But there she was on Thursday afternoon, taking it all in like a wide-eyed tourist. “First...
Tags: Dwayne Johnson, The Weinstein Company, Arts and Culture, France, Cannes Film Festival
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‘Pacific Rim’: Guillermo del Toro on Japanese pop culture influence
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesGuillermo del Toro served as a guest of honor at the fourth annual Hero Complex Film Festival this past weekend […]... -
Cannes 2013: Emma Watson says 'Bling Ring' 'wasn't about stealing'
CANNES -- Few people can call watching reality TV a professional obligation. But Emma Watson found herself in just that position researching the role of a celebrity-obsessed thief in the fact-based "The Bling Ring." “I had a lot of work to get into...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Paris Hilton, Arts and Culture, Theft, Emma Watson
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'Bling Ring' inspiration came from Kardashians, Emma Watson says
"The Bling Ring" had Emma Watson "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The "Harry Potter" alum plays a character based on convicted socialite Alexis Neiers in Sofia Coppola's film, which chronicles the shenanigans of those who looted the homes of...
Tags: Keeping Up with the Kardashians (tv program), Punishment, Theft, Emma Watson, Entertainment
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