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    Jul 5, 2012 |Column| RedEye
  1. 'Savages' review: Drugs good, people bad?

    <strong>**1/2 (out of four)</strong>
    **1/2 (out of four) In the first few minutes of “Savages,” Blake Lively’s character, O, says via superfluous voiceover, “Dope’s supposed to be bad, but in a bad, bad world, it’s good.” In reference to military...

    Tags: Emile Hirsch, Salma Hayek, Demian Bichir, Blake Lively, Movies

  2. Jul 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  3. 'Savages': The good, the bad, the boring ★★

    Taken from Don Winslow's novel, the Oliver Stone fulminator"Savages" proves that marijuana cultivation, sales and distribution are the right way to live large and menage a trois it through endless summer days and nights with your bromantic best pal and your special lady friend. Life is beautiful, and Laguna Beach, Calif., is full of beautiful people nearly as beautiful as you.
    Taken from Don Winslow's novel, the Oliver Stone fulminator"Savages" proves that marijuana cultivation, sales and distribution are the right way to live large and menage a trois it through endless summer days and nights with your bromantic best pal and...

    Tags: Salma Hayek, Iraq War (2003-2011), Demian Bichir, Blake Lively, Movies

  4. Jan 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  5. 'Albert Nobbs': 2 performers triumph in gender masquerade -- 2 1/2 stars

    "Such a kind little man," coos the bustling owner of a quaint 19th-century Dublin hotel, regarding her most sphinxlike waiter, the servant played by Glenn Close.
    "Such a kind little man," coos the bustling owner of a quaint 19th-century Dublin hotel, regarding her most sphinxlike waiter, the servant played by Glenn Close. This is Albert Nobbs, and he is actually a she. For reasons we learn gradually, emotional...

    Tags: Brendan Gleeson, Theater, Pauline Collins, George Moore, Entertainment

  6. Jan 10, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  7. Re-creating Fela Kuti's Nigerian club at the Troubadour

    Pop & Hiss
    Kuti's jazz-funk will get a workout at the Troubadour. “Fela!,” the unconventional Tony Award-winning musical now playing at the Ahmanson Theatre, does a remarkable job re-creating a night at the late Nigerian Afrobeat icon Fela Anikulapo...
  8. Jan 19, 2012 | Los Angeles Times
  9. 'Fela!' band: Great Afropop music -- and a few questions raised

    Pop & Hiss
    The onstage band for the 'Fela!' musical in Los Angeles includes no black musicians. The production about the life and music of Afropop star Fela Kuti uses a multicultural group of Anglo, Latino and Asian players....
  10. Jul 26, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  11. On Location: Local production up as TV networks gear up for fall

    Company Town
    Local production around the Los Angeles area in film, commercials and television increased 25% last week compared with the same period a year ago, according to the latest numbers from FilmL.A., Inc. Production was also up 15% last week from......
  12. Jun 6, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
  13. Don Winslow's 'Savages' gets film and prequel

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    Oliver Stone's coming film adaptation of "Savages" has led author Don Winslow to write a prequel....
  14. Oct 27, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel
  15. Movie Review: Nowhere Boy

    Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel
    “You're going nowhere,” his school headmaster tells him. “Is nowhere full of geniuses, sir?” the young John Lennon snaps back. “Because if it is, I do belong there.” The quick wit, sarcasm and self-confidence are...
  16. Jan 10, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel
  17. BAFTA’s ‘rising star’ race — Gemma, Garfield, Hardy, Mr. ‘Kick-Ass’ vs. Emma Stone

    Frankly My Dear - Orlando Sentinel
    I think you know who should get the British film academy (BAFTA) Oranage Rising Star award for best screen newcomer this year. Emma Stone broke out with “Easy A.” Gemma Arterton didn't quite with “Tamara Drew” or “Prince of...
  18. May 3, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  19. Saturday's TV Highlights: 'Orphan Black' on BBC

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    Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 5 - 11, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies     -------------------- SERIES Orphan Black A trip to the suburbs...

    Tags: Whoopi Goldberg, Dick Durbin, Jim DeMint, Bill Richardson, The Miami Herald

  20. Jan 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times
  21. 'Backbeat' creators go beyond the standard musical theater fare

    Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question."
    Searching for his way into the new musical "Backbeat," which examines the Beatles' early days (and nights) in Hamburg, Germany, David Leveaux asked himself what he called "the Jerome Robbins question." It's a tactic he picked up in 2004 while overseeing...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Nirvana (music group), The Who (music group), Iain Softley

  22. Oct 9, 2012 |Story| Zap2It
  23. 'Savages'

    Director Oliver Stone gets back to the grit that typified much of his early work with this version of Don Winslow's novel, sparked by a couple of young drug peddlers (Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson) who refuse to play with a cartel boss (Salma Hayek) who wants in on their business.
    Director Oliver Stone gets back to the grit that typified much of his early work with this version of Don Winslow's novel, sparked by a couple of young drug peddlers (Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson) who refuse to play with a cartel boss (Salma Hayek) who...

    Tags: Salma Hayek, Demian Bichir, A Better Life (movie), John Travolta, Benicio Del Toro

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