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Review: 'Upside Down' leaps with love, imagery
It's best not to overthink the sci-fi love story "Upside Down" and just enjoy its dazzling visuals, dream-like inventiveness and lush romanticism. Writer-director Juan Solanas' dystopian concoction is set in twinned worlds with opposite gravity pulls:...
Tags: Kirsten Dunst, Timothy Spall, Jim Sturgess, Movies, Upside Down (movie)
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Album sales are down, but Adele sales are still hot
Taylor Swift's "Red" has been an undisputed blockbuster since it was released in October. The album hasn't left the top 10 and it has been in the No. 1 spot for much of its run. There's only one reason why Swift's "Red" isn't the biggest pop album of...
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50+ Main Titles: 1970–89
LA Times MagazineThe show before the show, part two. Play classic prime-time TV opening sequences, then vote for number one.... -
50+ Main Titles
LA Times MagazinePlay the opening sequences of classic prime-time TV series, then vote: Part one, 1950–69.... -
Card counters versus the casinos
Special to The TimesDave Stann doesn't deny that he's a card counter. He's a Mensa member who has used his brains to determine when the odds are in his favor, not the casino's. Stann says his rare skills have earned him hundreds of thousands of dollars at blackjack tables....Tags: Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment, Casino and Gambling
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Where the film '21' was shot
The casino scenes in "21" were filmed on location at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (3667 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; [866] 919-7472, www.planethollywood.com). Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, also served as the base for the cast and crew during three...Tags: Laurence Fishburne, Casino and Gambling, Hotels and Accommodations, Lotteries, Kate Bosworth
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'Money for Nothing' from the novel by Edward Ugel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 8, 2008 The deal Warner Independent Pictures options Edward Ugel's "Money for Nothing," the true story of a hustler who preys on cash-starved lottery winners. He pockets the balance of their future winnings in return for lump-sum checks -- and then...Tags: Marriage, Weddings, Brothers (movie), Book, Tourism and Leisure
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Odds in 'Leatherheads' favor weekend victory
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUniversal Pictures' "Leatherheads," the George Clooney-Renee Zellweger movie about the nascent days of professional football, tries to re-create the madcap flair of 1930s-era screwball comedies. Walden Media and 20th Century Fox's "Nim's Island,"...Tags: Sony Corp., Leatherheads (movie), Nim's Island (movie), John Krasinski, Entertainment
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Showbiz Seven: Most realistic gambling movies
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the movie "21," opening in theaters Friday, Jim Sturgess plays an MIT student and math whiz who learns the ways of card-counting and joins an elite gambling club so that he can pay his tuition. The movie is based on a book called "Bringing Down the...Tags: Topher Grace, Kate Bosworth, Chevy Chase, Tourism and Leisure, Entertainment
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Former gambler now in the chips
Special to The TimesScriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. * There are few bets with longer odds than making a living as a screenwriter. And then there's Allan Loeb. A compulsive gambler since age 10, he's currently riding...Tags: Sony Corp., Pulitzer Prize Awards, Academy Awards, Health, Entertainment
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