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Books on the big screen -- 'Great Gatsby' to launch Cannes film festival
Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" will kick off the 66th Festival de Cannes, organizers announced today. "It is a great honor for all those who have worked on 'The Great Gatsby' to open the Cannes Film Festival," Luhrmann said in a...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Movies, Entertainment, Mia Farrow, Life of Pi (movie)
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'The Great Gatsby' to open Cannes 2013
For its premiere 2013 showcase in the south of France, the Cannes Film Festival is going back to 1920s America. Organizers at the prestigious film gathering said Monday night that Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" will open this year's festival on May...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Ridley Scott, Moonrise Kingdom (movie)
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Why Anne Hathaway wore Prada, not Valentino, to the Oscars
Anne Hathaway surprised the fashion world by wearing Prada -- not Valentino -- to the Academy Awards on Sunday. It was a surprise because the actress is personally close to Valentino Garavani, who even designed her wedding gown. What happened? Hathaway'...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Jennifer Lawrence, Prada, Entertainment, Movies
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“Parade’s End”: HBO miniseries showcases World War I’s effect on British society
Channel Guide MagazineParade's End airs over three nights on HBO, Feb. 26-28. Parade's End HBO Part 1: Feb. 26, 9pm Part 2: Feb. 26, 10:05pm Part 3: Feb. 27, 9pm Part 4: Feb. 28, 10:05pm Part 5: Feb. 28, 9pm What is it that’s so fascinating about pre-World War I Britain?... -
Nicole Kidman -- going where no beauty has gone before!
Liz Smith"NICOLE GOES out of her way to walk on the razor's edge as an artist. I think she'd find it unnatural to be anything but exploratory, dangerous and challenging." That's director Baz Luhrmann, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about Nicole Kidman, the...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Megan Fox, Homeland (tv program), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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From 'World War Z' to 'Star Trek,' six story lines to watch in 2013
Predicting the biggest film stories months ahead of time is a fool's errand – last year at this time few were talking about Aurora or “Zero Dark Thirty.” Yet we here at Movies Now, along with many of our counterparts, make these kinds of...
Tags: Frank Darabont, Entertainment, Killing Them Softly (movie), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Superman (fictional character)
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Jay-Z said to be contributing music to 'The Great Gatsby'
Director Baz Luhrmann already tipped his hand in the trailer for his upcoming adaptation of "The Great Gatbsy." Among the songs heard was the Jay-Z-led track "No Church in the Wild," his 2011 collaboration with Kanye West. The use married an examination...
Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Lucy Liu, Craig Armstrong
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Fashion teams up with pop culture
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticBody by Beckham Women weren't the only ones baring skin in ads this year. Fast fashion giant H&M debuted its first Super Bowl ad for the David Beckham Bodywear collection, starring the soccer star in his skivvies. During the London Summer Olympics,...Tags: Sex and the City (movie), Movies, Mad Men (tv program), Anna Wintour, Blu-ray Discs
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Taking inspiration from the 1920s, almost a century later
Simple StyleI recently received an email from a reader who had thought of my column while watching "Wait Until Dark" with Audrey Hepburn. Well, first may I say this is the best thing that's ever happened to me. Old movie stars are my favorite style icons, and...Tags: Ann Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn
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Projector: 'Les Miz' and 'Django' enter the Christmas mix
Moviegoers will choose between catchy show tunes and operatic violence on Christmas Day as new releases “Les Miserables” and “Django Unchained” square off at the box office. The films will face competition from “The Hobbit:...
Tags: Movies, Billy Crystal, Hugh Jackman, Judd Apatow, Quentin Tarantino
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Shedding light on the man behind the books
Step back, Scrooge. There's another Dickens hit in town — but only for a few days. Step lively if you want to snag a ducat before it departs. "Dickens' Women," first performed by star and co-creator Miriam Margolyes in 1989, closes out a...
Tags: Miriam Margolyes, Harry Potter (fictional character), Navy Pier, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), David Copperfield
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Bestseller 'Maid' for TV: FremantleMedia, Pukeko to produce Joan of Arc series
VarietyLONDON FremantleMedia has inked with Baz Luhrmann's regular writer Craig Pearce to develop Kimberley Cutter's bestseller about Joan of Arc, "The Maid," into a TV drama series for international auds. The as-yet-untitled skein is the first project from...Tags: Television, French Literature, Entertainment, Literature, TBS (tv network)
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