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U.K.'s Anna Calvi on her widescreen approach to music
Pop & HissThe artistic reference points in the largely glowing reviews out of the U.K. of the debut album from English guitarist, singer and songwriter Anna Calvi, which came out this week in the U.S., are more often cinematic than musical. Her...... -
James Franco had to uncool it
When they first met, Danny Boyle thought James Franco was stoned. When they next saw each other and Boyle had Franco memorize and read a scene from the "127 Hours" script, Boyle realized that Franco's half-baked demeanor had been a ruse, a combination...Tags: Health, Television, Spider-Man (movie), Annapolis, Saturday Night Live (tv program)
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First-time filmmaker gets a leg up from competition
Company TownUntil this summer Philip Flores of Hemet was working as a lowly production assistant in Hollywood. Now, the aspiring filmmaker is shooting his first movie in L.A., "Touchback," an indie drama about a high school freshman who reluctantly engages in...... -
Tuesday's TV Highlights: The History Channel imagines 'Life After People'
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Jan 3 - 9, in PDF format This week's TV Movies UNHOLY MESS: Computer imagery is used to envision the post-apocalyptic decline of such religiously significant structures as St. Peterâs...... -
First Act
The big surprise in Milk, the new film about murdered gay activist Harvey Milk that opens in December, isnt that Sean Penn is totally credible as a homosexualwhen is Sean Penn ever not remarkable?but that Howard Rosenman appears in several scenes....Tags: Politics, Harvey Milk, Judaism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Happiness (state of mind)
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'Four Christmases' adds up to No. 1 at the box office
Consumers opened their wallets this weekend not only for Black Friday retail sales but also for the movie industry, which recorded its second-highest Thanksgiving weekend box office ever.
Ticket sales for the five-day period totaled $236 million, spurred...Tags: Robert Pattinson, Harvey Milk, Four Christmases (movie), Quantum of Solace (movie), Kristen Stewart
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What are 'Hollywood values'?
Today, Andrew Breitbart and David Ehrenstein attempt to define Hollywood values. Yesterday, they discussed the role filmmakers should and do play in the domestic political debate, and Monday they pondered the fall season of antiwar flicks. Later in the...Tags: Politics, Osama bin Laden, Unrest, Conflicts and War, ABC (tv network), Cinema Industry
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'My Blueberry Nights' to open Cannes Film Festival
Special to The TimesPARIS — A road movie set in the U.S., directed by a Chinese auteur, financed by a French company and starring a mix of British and American actors, Wong Kar Wai's "My Blueberry Nights" will open this year's Cannes Film Festival in competition....Tags: Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Emir Kusturica, Jane Campion, Roman Polanski
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The Hedi Chronicles, Part Two
Times Staff WriterIn what may have been the first resignation statement posted online by a fashion designer, Hedi Slimane spoke out on his web site and My Space page over the weekend about his departure from Dior Homme. He said he was unwilling to "compromise his...Tags: Fashion Shows, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, New Products, Entertainment
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Obama the 'Magic Negro'
L.A.-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics.AS EVERY CARBON-BASED life form on this planet surely knows, Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, is running for president. Since making his announcement, there has been no end of commentary about him in all quarters — musing...Tags: Politics, Don Cheadle, Snoop Dogg, Al Sharpton, Death
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Seeing more of Josh Brolin
Who knows how these things happen? Josh Brolin made his film debut in "The Goonies" and subsequently appeared in films for such directors as Woody Allen, David O. Russell, Paul Verhoeven and Guillermo del Toro, well on his way to a respectable but low-key...Tags: Politics, Death, Disasters and Accidents, Harvey Milk, No Country for Old Men (movie)
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Salinger, Pynchon & Co.: When writers are recluses
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThey wait like pilgrims, queuing silently, bearing volumes for inscription and awaiting a chance to touch the hem of his garment. They're not Franciscans approaching Assisi but earnest readers rushing bookstores and cultural temples for word -- wisdom,...Tags: Television, Don DeLillo, Greta Garbo, Mystery (genre), Sean Connery
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