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Director Ang Lee preserves Chinese tradition on film sets
Before production began on 20th Century Fox's "Life of Pi," director Ang Lee led his cast and crew through a Chinese ritual that has become a tradition marking the first day of each of his film shoots. Arrayed on a table near a soundstage in Taichung,...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Life of Pi (movie), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Around Town: Return to 'Brokeback Mountain'
24 FramesOscar-winning director Ang Lee and producer James Schamus will be on hand at the Film Independent at LACMA screening Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater of their seminal 2005 drama "Brokeback Mountain."... -
'Fifty Shades of Grey' aims for the movies
24 FramesThe principals behind “Fifty Shades of Grey,” the erotic ebook that has become a literary sensation, have sold film rights to the novel and its two sequels to Universal Pictures and its Focus Features division. The sale means that one of the... -
Universal in talks to sell Focus Features to Gores brothers
Company TownUniversal Pictures is in talks to sell its specialty film label Focus Features to investor brothers Alec and Tom Gores, according to people familiar with the matter. The discussions, which are still in early stages, calls into question whether the...... -
Kevin Spacey To Present Christopher Plummer With Monte Cristo Award
Hartford CourantOscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will present the Monte Cristo Award to Oscar and Tony Award winning actor Christopher Plummer at the annual gala fundraiser in New York for Waterford’s Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. The presentation will...Tags: Christopher Plummer, Alec Baldwin, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Tony Awards
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Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land'
Associated PressALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The new movie "Promised Land" digs into the fierce national debate over fracking, the technique that's generated a boom in U.S. natural gas production while also stoking controversy over its possible impact on the environment...Tags: Frank Capra Jr., Fiction, Energy Resources, Gasland (movie), John Krasinski
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A perilous journey for 'Life of Pi' director Ang Lee
The critics and reporters assembled to watch the new “Life of Pi” a few weeks ago weren't expecting a filmmaker introduction, but in stepped the ever-soft-spoken Ang Lee to inform them that this had been his hardest film to make and that...
Tags: Tobey Maguire, Entertainment Events, Film Festivals, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Life of Pi (movie)
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Publishers have fifty ways to track e-readers: Several major producers last week were making their pitches to shoot a movie based on the erotic bestseller, "Fifty Shades of Grey," even as "Fifty Shades" products ranging from lingerie to sleepwear are poised to hit retailers.
VarietySeveral major producers last week were making their pitches to shoot a movie based on the erotic bestseller, "Fifty Shades of Grey," even as "Fifty Shades" products ranging from lingerie to sleepwear are poised to hit retailers. It's intriging to see...Tags: Michael De Luca, Kristen Wiig, Science Fiction (genre), Book, Amazon Kindle
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