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Will Hollywood ever top its Cinema Class of 1982?
24 FramesIf I heard that someone was assembling a screening series of fondly remembered films that included the likes of “Road Warrior,” “Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Blade Runner,” John Carpenter’s “The Thing,&#... -
Around Town: Indiana Jones rides back into town
24 FramesArclight Cinemas, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, asked filmgoers to choose classic movies for this month's ArcLight Presents. And they came up with some popular choices, including "Raiders of the Lost Ark."... -
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Meghan Daum: Breaking comedy's raunch barrier
The results are in: "Bridesmaids," the much-hyped girl-raunch comedy touted as the long-awaited antidote to Judd Apatow's "bromance" phenomenon, opened way bigger than expected at the box office, thereby proving that women can be just as funny —...Tags: Wilson Phillips (music group), Lisa Cholodenko, The Hangover (movie), Judd Apatow, Kristen Wiig
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The 'Bridesmaids' Effect: Isn't it time a woman got to direct a raunchy comedy?
The Big PictureIn corporate America, it's no longer a surprise to see a woman running a giant company like EBay or Hewlett-Packard. But in Hollywood, where actresses have far shorter careers than actors do, and it's accepted practice to pay male stars...... -
Nina Foch, actress and influential acting teacher, dies at 84
Nina Foch, a veteran actress from Hollywood's film noir era of the 1940s who became a widely respected acting coach and teacher of directors, died Friday at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 84. She died of complications from long-term...Tags: Crimes, Obituaries, Basketball, Celebrities, Film Festivals
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'Remember the Daze'
Special to The TimesIf you swiped the most insipid dialogue of the teenage-angst movies of John Hughes and Kevin Smith and Amy Heckerling, you would still have a script -- and a movie -- far superior to the newest of the genre, "Remember the Daze." The feature film debut of...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Drugs and Medicines, Health
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Michelle Pfeiffer: Remember her?
Michelle Pfeiffer had no intention of spending nearly five years away from the silver screen.
"You know," the 49-year-old actress says matter-of-factly, "it just happened."
A few years ago, Pfeiffer, her über-TV-producer husband David E. Kelley and...Tags: Michelle Pfeiffer, Movies, Claire Danes, Comedy (genre), Romance (genre)
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Coming attractions directed by women
Gray Matters Director: Sue Kramer, making her feature debut. The UCLA film school graduate also wrote the screenplay. Synopsis: Romantic comedy about a tightknit brother (Thomas Cavanagh) and sister (Heather Graham) who fall for the same woman. Release...Tags: Education, Documentary (genre), Mira Nair, Kal Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Omarr's daily astrological forecast
Omarr's Astrological ForecastBIRTHDAY GAL: Director Amy Heckerling was born in New York City on this day in 1954. This birthday gal has directed such hit films as "Clueless," "National Lampoon's European Vacation" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." More recently, she's directed...Tags: National Lampoon Incorporated, Sigourney Weaver, Alicia Silverstone
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Move Over, Kristen Stewart! Alicia Silverstone's Also a Vampire
Is Alicia Silverstone moving in on Kristen Stewart's Twilight territory? The 35-year-old actress has reunited with her Clueless director Amy Heckerling for the upcoming vampire-themed romantic comedy Vamps costarring Krysten Ritter. While Silverstone...
Tags: Movies, Stephenie Meyer, Romance (genre), Entertainment, Kristen Stewart
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Anchor Bay nabs Heckerling's 'Vamps': Vampire comedy set for release near Halloween
VarietyAnchor Bay Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Amy Heckerling's vampire comedy "Vamps," starring Alicia Silverstone, Krysten Ritter, Wallace Shawn and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set for a theatrical release near Halloween....Tags: Halloween, Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Alicia Silverstone, Marilu Henner
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