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An Oscar Prequel?
The EnvelopeThe melancholy western "Brokeback Mountain" continued its domination of the awards season Saturday, receiving two Independent Spirit Awards: best picture and best director, for Ang Lee. "Brokeback" is the clear front-runner leading into Sunday's...Tags: Literature, Kevin Smith, Career and Workplace, Networking, Paul Haggis
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King of the world of adaptation
Special to The TimesScriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. Indiana Jones, meet Jack Sparrow. Jim Uhls, who successfully adapted the "unadaptable" Chuck Palahniuk novel "Fight Club," has been hired to turn "Rex Mundi," a...Tags: Charlize Theron, Gemma Ward, Mike Nichols, Liv Tyler, Family
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Former 'Friend' David Schwimmer tries deeper waters
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAFTER the insane fame and wealth of "Friends," David Schwimmer is back to what he considers to be his essence -- trying to make it as a working actor-writer-director, albeit one who never again has to worry about making it. It's a nice life, if also an...Tags: Rod Stewart, Family, David Schwimmer, Marathon, Entertainment
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New on DVD: 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'
Doubt
Miramax, $29.99; Blu-ray, $34.99
John Patrick Shanley's Tony-winning stage play "Doubt" tells the story of a brittle nun and the likable priest she accuses of child sexual abuse, and on stage at least, "Doubt's" measured, troubling inquiry into...Tags: Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves, Gaming, Zooey Deschanel, Matthew Broderick
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'Marley & Me' and a big Christmas audience
"Marley & Me," the tale of a boisterous dog, led a strong pack of movies at the box office over the weekend, but together, they still couldn't pull this year's movie attendance out of the doghouse.
"Marley" made the most money ever for a Christmas Day...Tags: Meryl Streep, Family, Valkyrie (movie), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), Tom Cruise
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Unlikely front-runners face a still-formidable Clint Eastwood
This year's lead actor and supporting actor categories offer no end of irony.
Although certifiable leading men like Brad Pitt in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Leonardo DiCaprio in "Revolutionary Road," Clint Eastwood in "Gran Torino" and...Tags: The Visitor (movie), Michael Sheen, Ralph Fiennes, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie), Culture
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10 things you may not know about 'Get Smart's' Masi Oka
Special to The TimesAttention "Heroes" fans: Production on Season 3 is well underway, and four episodes are in the can. You may start snooping for spoilers .now! Just don't ask for any from Masi Oka, the 33-year-old who plays time-traveler Hiro Nakamura and stars opposite...Tags: Romance (genre), Japan, Ben Stiller, Rowan Atkinson, Apple iPod
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Savoring Manhattan a cup at a time
Special to The TimesIt's tough to shake any value from that expensive hotel room when Lower Manhattan so alluringly insists that you stay up all night. Here, a midnight dinner in an adventurous bistro like the Spotted Pig is not only possible but ordinary. Music lovers...Tags: Rem Koolhaas, Italy, Transportation, New York University, U.S. Airways
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'X-Men's' Caleb Landry Jones Joins John Slattery's 'God's Pocket' (EXCLUSIVE)
VarietyAfter launching a career with commercial hits like "Contraband" and "X-Men: First Class," Caleb Landry Jones is back to more arthouse driven projects, as the actor has attached himself to John Slattery's directorial debut, "God's Pocket" and "Low Down,"...Tags: Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks
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Philip Seymour Hoffman In 'God's Pocket,' John Slattery Directing
VarietyPhilip Seymour Hoffman will star in John Slattery's indie drama "Godâs Pocket" with Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks and John Turturro co-starring. Slattery, in his feature directing debut, adapted the screenplay with Alex Metcalf from Pete Dexter'...Tags: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Jamie Foxx, John Slattery, John Turturro, Channing Tatum
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Legit Review: âA Family for All Occasionsâ
VarietyThere are two things you can pretty much count on in a LAByrinth production: fine ensemble acting and innovative shows. True to company form, a terrific LAB cast helmed by Philip Seymour Hoffman applies the house's top-notch performance treatment to...Tags: Television Industry, Charlie Saxton
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On Demand/DVD New Releases for Feb. 25-March 3
Channel Guide MagazineBeginning this week, Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master has its On Demand/DVD release. The film's subject matter was felt by some to be a thinly disguised representation of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology, though the director denies this —...
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