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    Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Allan Graf's latest sport? Stunts in movies

    It may seem surprising that Allan Graf — the baseball coordinator, stunt coordinator and second-unit director for Warner Bros.' Jackie Robinson biographical drama "42" — first made his name on the gridiron. But that's precisely why Graf was the perfect person for the job.
    It may seem surprising that Allan Graf — the baseball coordinator, stunt coordinator and second-unit director for Warner Bros.' Jackie Robinson biographical drama "42" — first made his name on the gridiron. But that's precisely why Graf was...

    Tags: Entertainment, Movies, Major League Baseball, Pete Smith, Celebrities

    2. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Watching '42' with children: Is the language too much for them?

    The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film "42" suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it, and at what age.
    The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film "42" suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises questions about whether children should see it,...

    Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Cultural Development, Movies, Entertainment, Judaism

    3. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: Pleasing '42' has Jackie Robinson's number

    "God built me to last," Jackie Robinson says at one point in "42," and, thankfully, his remarkable story is built the same way. It would have to be to survive the full-dress Hollywood biopic treatment it gets in this film, which is unabashedly subtitled "The True Story of an American Legend." And survive it does.
    "God built me to last," Jackie Robinson says at one point in "42," and, thankfully, his remarkable story is built the same way. It would have to be to survive the full-dress Hollywood biopic treatment it gets in this film, which is unabashedly subtitled...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Major League Baseball, Alan Tudyk, American Violet (movie)

    4. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. '42' director: I didn't soft pedal racially charged language

    Brian Helgeland, writer and director of the Jackie Robinson biographical film "42," expected his new movie would get an R rating from the Motion Picture Assn. of America.
    Brian Helgeland, writer and director of the Jackie Robinson biographical film "42," expected his new movie would get an R rating from the Motion Picture Assn. of America. After all, the film, which was produced by Legendary Pictures and is being...

    Tags: Django Unchained (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Movies, Alan Tudyk

    5. Apr 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Jackie Robinson's widow says '42' hits home

    NEW YORK — Above all else, Rachel Robinson remembers the kissing.
    NEW YORK — Above all else, Rachel Robinson remembers the kissing. When the taunts at the ballpark grew too fierce and the naysayers too loud, her husband, Jackie, would come home to their Brooklyn apartment and the couple would try to block out...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Entertainment, Movies, Major League Baseball, Hamish Linklater

    6. Feb 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Oscars 2013: Hairstyles, the long and the short of it

    Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards style was, as Times fashion critic Booth Moore <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-oscars-fashion-20130225,0,7171158.story" target="_blank">pointed out</a>, all about extremes.
    Sunday night's 85th Academy Awards style was, as Times fashion critic Booth Moore pointed out, all about extremes. While Moore was referring to the complete red carpet looks -- the gowns, the jewels and the like -- one might have come to the same...

    Tags: Entertainment, E! Entertainment Television, Inc., Awards and Prizes, Zoe Saldana, Catherine Zeta-Jones

    7. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

    When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson.
    When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson. "The first thing she said...

    Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Major League Baseball, Celebrities, Sports

    8. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Bigelow and Affleck snubs roil critics! Big win for Warner Bros.

    <span style="font-size: small;"><strong>After the coffee. Before getting my Golden Globes outfit together. </strong></span>
    After the coffee. Before getting my Golden Globes outfit together. The Skinny: Normally I welcome the weekend, but since I'll spend much of this weekend at the TV Press Tour in Pasadena it won't feel like a break. Oh, well, there are worse things in...

    Tags: Chelsea Clinton, Josh Gad, Movies, Organized Crime, Ben Affleck

    9. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 'Gangster Squad' a stylish but shallow noir tale, critics say

    Taking its name and inspiration from a real LAPD operation that battled organized crime during the 1940s and '50s, the new film "Gangster Squad" dramatizes the story of&nbsp;Sgt. John O'Mara (played by Josh Brolin) and his squad's crusade against the interloping East Coast mobster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn).
    Taking its name and inspiration from a real LAPD operation that battled organized crime during the 1940s and '50s, the new film "Gangster Squad" dramatizes the story of Sgt. John O'Mara (played by Josh Brolin) and his squad's crusade against the...

    Tags: Sean Penn, Chinatown (movie), Los Angeles Police Department, Movies, Entertainment

    10. Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Review: 'Gangster Squad' runs through its ammo to no avail

    The new crime thriller "Gangster Squad," with its swell cast led by Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn and Emma Stone, tries to capture mob-infested Los Angeles circa 1949, when Hollywood glam ruled the Strip, wiseguys took aim with tommy guns and fedoras were all the rage.
    The new crime thriller "Gangster Squad," with its swell cast led by Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn and Emma Stone, tries to capture mob-infested Los Angeles circa 1949, when Hollywood glam ruled the Strip, wiseguys took aim with tommy guns and...

    Tags: Sean Penn, Movies, Entertainment, Organized Crime, Anthony Mackie

    11. Sep 14, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. San Francisco literary festival Litquake just keeps growing

    You can't throw a New Yorker magazine in San Francisco without hitting a writer. This fog-bound city might be more famous for steep hills and sourdough, but step inside one of its many independent bookstores and coffeehouses and you'll find more novelists, nonfiction writers, poets and bloggers than in even the most literary Brooklyn neighborhood.
    You can't throw a New Yorker magazine in San Francisco without hitting a writer. This fog-bound city might be more famous for steep hills and sourdough, but step inside one of its many independent bookstores and coffeehouses and you'll find more...

    Tags: Republic of Ireland, Entertainment, Fiction, Fine Arts, Poetry

    12. Sep 3, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Brad Pitt puts Malibu beach house on the market

    <b>Brad Pitt</b> has listed his gated Malibu beach house for $13.75 million.
    Brad Pitt has listed his gated Malibu beach house for $13.75 million. The view home he shares with actress Angelina Jolie sits on 1.26 blufftop acres with a tennis court, a lap pool and access to the beach. Features include walls of glass doors, a walk-...

    Tags: Angelina Jolie, Movies, Neal Brennan, Rentals, Sydney Pollack

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