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Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose fro...
Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose from a number of showtimes. Films, featuring "movie stars," are distributed by movie studios, which are large production companies. Movie reviews, written by film critics, appear regularly via numerous media outlets and can have a major effect on the success of a film and how much money is made.
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Jewelers seek out red carpet exposure
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticIt comes by Brink's truck and is hand-delivered by security guards. It is served up on silver platters and in lighted glass vitrines at chi-chi cocktail parties. The finest jewelry in the world is in Hollywood during the weeks leading up to the Golden...Tags: Bérénice Bejo , Sofia Vergara, Awards and Prizes, Halle Berry, Mae West
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Visiting Miami
THE BEST WAY TO MIAMI From LAX, American and Delta fly nonstop to Miami. American, Continental, Delta, US Airways and United offer connecting flights (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $258. WHERE TO STAY Rates noted are for...Tags: Restaurants, Los Angeles International Airport, Festive Events, Arts, Art Basel Miami Beach
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'Frankenweenie' is an ode to monster movies
A lot can change when you're in the reincarnation business, and with Tim Burton's upcoming "Frankenweenie," which opens Oct. 5, that means resurrecting a beloved live-action 1984 short film about a boy named Victor and his live-then-dead-then-live-again...Tags: Catherine O'Hara, Animation (genre), Tim Burton, Entertainment, Movies
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'Looper:' Playing a younger Willis
In "Looper," Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hitman in the near future whose targets have been sent back in time; one day, the man who turns up turns out to be an older version of the assassin. To bring the premise to life, Gordon-Levitt had to look (and...Tags: Genres, The Brothers Bloom (movie), Entertainment, Travel, Music
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Smaller legs of world cruises can be a deal
The British couple — she in a long black dress, he in a traditional tux — leaned against the elevator's polished wood paneling as they headed back to their cabin after an evening performance in the main showroom. Embarrassed at my casual...Tags: Restaurants, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Barbados, Bob Graham, United Nations
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Patt Morrison Asks: Diane Keaton
If you're lazily inclined to define Diane Keaton by the crossword-puzzle-sized word "actor," you need to get out more. Add to that her work as director and producer, photographer, restorer of venerable houses, board member of the Los Angeles Conservancy...Tags: Libraries, Fiction, Crosswords, Doris Day, Alfred Hitchcock
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Patt Morrison Asks: Doris Day
Add it all up, and Doris Day's singular singing voice has spent more than 11 years on the Billboard charts. Her three dozen-plus films made millions of fans and dollars. And now, after nearly two decades of living below the radar in Carmel, Doris Day is...Tags: Dog (animal), Doris Day, Cherries, Alfred Hitchcock, Cat (animal)
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Universal Studios Hollywood already planning Horror Nights 2012
Los Angeles Times staff writerWhile most of us have Christmas on our minds, Universal Studios Hollywood is already planning for next Halloween. > Halloween Horror Nights 2011: Review | Photos | Celebrities Universal has been conducting an online survey to gauge fan interest in 50...Tags: The Shining (movie), Rob Zombie, Holidays, Wes Craven, Elections
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Daniel Radcliffe: Five things you didn't want to know
Ministry of GossipDaniel Radcliffe has a new movie coming out and it isn't about Harry Potter, the boy wizard. "The Woman in Black" star Daniel Radcliffe has revealed some more grown-up aspects of himself that may shock those who fell in love with the cute little 11-year-... -
Paramount theme park set to debut in Spain in 2015
Los Angeles Times staff writerThe $1.5 billion Paramount Park in Spain hopes to rival Disneyland Paris as a European tourist destination when the movie theme park debuts in spring 2015. > Photos: Paramount Park Murcia theme park in Spain Located on the Mediterranean coast about...Tags: Europe, Harry Potter (fictional character), Organized Crime, Transportation Accidents, Charlize Theron
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USC basketball: Trojans receive commitment from 2012 PG Dewayne Russell
The Fabulous ForumDewayne Russell, a senior point guard at Peoria (Ariz.) High, verbally committed to USC on Thursday while the 5-foot-10 guard was on campus for a visit, he said in a phone interview. "It just feel like it's a good fit......
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