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Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening
24 FramesMarvel Comics' guru Stan Lee will be honored with the Ronald Reagan Foundation "Great Communicator" Award and will host a screening of "The Avengers," which is opening theatrically this weekend, at the Catalina Film Festival. The festival, which runs... -
Perspective: In defense of movies
The week-after-week format of television admittedly builds a depth of character study richer and deeper than most movies are capable of. But would you watch a 13- or 22-hour movie? Huge swathes of recent episodes of "Mad Men" would hit the cutting-room...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Bridesmaids (movie), Literature, HBO (tv network), Judd Apatow
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Around Town: Steve McQueen, the King of Cool, rides again
24 FramesA tribute to King of Cool action star Steve McQueen and a look inside the film projectionist's world sponsored by the Motion Picture Academy are among this week's highlights.... -
Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Maurice Jarre, the French-born composer who won Oscars for his powerfully evocative scores for the David Lean epics "Lawrence of Arabia, "Doctor Zhivago and "A Passage to India," has died. He was 84.
Jarre died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Malibu...Tags: John Huston, Ghost (movie), Science and Technology, Film Festivals, Movies
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Jonathan Axelrod's Sunset Strip-area home for sale for $2,999,000
Prolific TV producer Jonathan Axelrod has listed his Sunset Strip-area home at $2,999,000. Axelrod has had a hand in countless TV shows and was executive vice president of ABC and Columbia Pictures Television. His producing credits include "Dave's World"...Tags: Personal Service, Entertainment, Homes, Television, Property
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Friday's TV Highlights: Werewolf?
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 4 - 10 in PDF format This week's TV Movies BAD MOON RISING: A man (Joshua Malina) claims to be a werewolf and seeks help from Shawn and Gus,...... -
Sydney Pollack, 73; Oscar-winning director and producer
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73. Pollack, who also was a producer and actor,...Tags: Twilight (book), Woody Allen, South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), Barbra Streisand, Literature
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A zest to text lets the rude intrude: Hollywood seems to be in a rude mood.
VarietyHollywood seems to be in a rude mood. While the town has never been renowned for good manners, there's a growing consensus that the rudiments of civility are all but disappearing. "People simply aren't very nice to one another," observes Ron Meyer,...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Movies, Scott Rudin, Frank Langella, Entertainment
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'Playhouse 90': Now that's quality TV
Fun with television history: In honor of the recent succession of wonderful cable TV shows ("Mad Men," "True Blood," "Nurse Jackie,""Justified,""Homeland,""Dexter,""The Walking Dead,""Breaking Bad," "Magic City" and so on), we're going to time-travel to...
Tags: Rod Serling, Groceries, Errol Flynn, Anne Bancroft, Mad Men (tv program)
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Out on Home Video: 'Immortals' released
limiro@juno.comIMMORTALS (2011) * * (C) Directed by Tarsem Singh Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz Relativity Media//Rated R//Fantasy//110 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D...Tags: PG-13 Rated Movies, Paul W.S. Anderson, Judi Dench, Andy Serkis, Blu-ray Discs
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Beverly McDermott dies at 83
VarietyBeverly McDermott, a casting director for movies and television for more than four decades and a producer of musicvideos and documentaries, died Jan. 19 in Hollywood, Fla. She was 83. McDermott cast films including Bob Fosse's "Lenny," "Airport '77"...Tags: Connie Francis, Obituaries, Burt Reynolds, Documentary (genre), Judy Garland
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Writer Robert Dozier dies at 81: Penned 'The Cardinal,' worked on 'Harry O'
VarietyBy VARIETY STAFF Screenwriter Robert Dozier, who worked both in film and television, penning Otto Preminger's "The Cardinal" and working as a writer and producer on David Janssen TV series "Harry O," died Jan. 6 at his home on Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)...Tags: U.S. Army, Documentary (genre), Burt Reynolds, Judy Garland, Prostate Cancer
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