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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Sam Peckinpah, Juliette Lewis, Michael Douglas, Francis Ford Coppola, Liam Neeson
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Pacino's 'Any Given Sunday' speech gets new life in Jeep ad
Many actors are finding easy money in doing voice-over work for radio and television commercials. But it is very unlikely that anyone landed an easier gig than Al Pacino, who didn't lift a finger to get a plum voice-over spot with Chrysler Jeep. The...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Scarface (movie), Oliver Stone
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Al Pacino to play Joe Paterno in biopic on Penn State coach
Al Pacino will star as Joe Paterno in the movie "Happy Valley", a film about the life of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Brian De Palma will direct the film, which is expected to come out in 2014, The movie will be based on the...
Tags: Al Pacino, Auction Service, Joe Paterno, Curt Schilling, Entertainment
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'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more
In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-forces operator. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S....
Tags: Paul Greengrass, Politics, Kathryn Bigelow, Abbottabad (Pakistan), Celebrities
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Our favorite Martians: The red planet, a pop culture history
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comAfter traveling 352 million miles, NASA‘s Curiosity rover is rolling into history amid the rust-colored ridges of Mars. But pop culture and the arts ...... -
‘Carrie’ trailer: Chloe Grace Moretz ready for bloody revenge
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comIt was one of the early roles that launched Sissy Spacek's Hollywood career — now Chloe Grace Moretz appears ready ...... -
'Dragon Tattoo' girl is at heart of Ridley Scott's ‘Prometheus’
24 FramesNoomi Rapace, the 32-year-old Swedish actress who played Lisbeth Salander in the three original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” films, is the star of the new Ridley Scott film "Prometheus." Casting her as the lead character Elizabeth Shaw... -
Sue Mengers dies at 79; top talent agent
Sue Mengers, an unapologetically brash talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79.
For two decades, Mengers was one of...Tags: Sidney Lumet, Candice Bergen, Politics, Celebrities, Sidney Poitier
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Around Town: Legendary films and Herb Ritts photos
24 FramesIn conjunction with its currrent photography exhibition, "Herb Ritts: L.A. Style," the Getty presents a new film series, "What Becomes a Legend," which opens Saturday afternoon with the famed 1921 romance "The Sheik," starring the silent screen heartthrob... -
George Kuchar dies at 69; influential underground filmmaker
George Kuchar was perhaps the most prolific and influential filmmaker most moviegoers have never heard of.
With his twin brother, Mike — and later, alone — Kuchar made some of the earliest films in the 1960s explosion of underground movies....Tags: Andy Warhol, John Waters, Roger Ebert, Celebrities, Television Industry
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The Morning Fix: RIP Sue Mengers. McDonald's TV! What now for Hulu?
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Sue Mengers, powerhouse Hollywood agent, dies at 79
Company TownSue Mengers, a veteran talent agent who blazed a path for women in Hollywood and represented some of its biggest stars, died Saturday night at her Beverly Hills home after a long illness. She was 79. At the time of......
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