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'The Butler' puts a new spin on LBJ, says Liev Schreiber
The new trailer for Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” shows an up-from-his-bootstraps man moving, Zelig-like, through U.S. presidential history, demonstrating how “one man overcame his past.” But for at least one of the actors...
Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Lyndon B. Johnson, Immigration, Lee Daniels, The Weinstein Company
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Millennium Entertainment is for sale, says CEO Bill Lee
After enjoying what it says were record revenue and earnings in 2012, Millennium Entertainment, the distribution arm of Avi Lerner’s Nu Image, is on the auction block. Millennium Chief Executive Bill Lee said in a news release Monday that Los...
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'Gimme the Loot' director says film 'hit the jackpot'
This post has been corrected. See below for details.With its loose, freewheeling style, the unassuming "Gimme the Loot" has already led something of a charmed life. The film picked up the grand jury prize when it premiered at the South by Southwest film festival last year, going on to play the...Tags: Independent (Movie Genre), Greenwich Village, Film Festivals, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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New Releases: 'Searching for Sugar Man' and more
Searching for Sugar Man Sony, $30.99; Blu-ray, $35.99 Available on VOD beginning Tuesday Detroit-based singer-songwriter Sixto Diaz Rodríguez couldn't get any airplay in the U.S. in the '70s with his soulful, political folk-rock, but his 1970 album,...
Tags: Entertainment, The Wire (tv program), New York City Police Department, The Imposter (movie), Jake Gyllenhaal
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Daniel Day-Lewis, documentary 'Bully' to be honored
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis and the acclaimed documentary "Bully" will be receiving special awards in January. Day-Lewis, who is currently starring as the 16th president in Steven Spielberg's epic "Lincoln," is the recipient of...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Film Festivals, Entertainment, Judgment at Nuremberg (movie), Human Interest
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Director Daniels serves up a heap of Southern-fried scandal in 'Paperboy' ★★
Talk about your beasts of the Southern wild! In director Lee Daniels' jacked-up bayou melodrama "The Paperboy," taken from the comparatively sane 1995 potboiler by Pete Dexter, a screen full of charismatic actors do their damnedest not to turn into a...
Tags: Fiction, Film Festivals, Entertainment, Zac Efron, The Paperboy (movie)
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Mariah Carey joins 'American Idol' as judge
RedEye"American Idol" has found one of its new judges. Five-time Grammy Award-winner Mariah Carey will join the singing competition when it returns in January on Fox, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in L.A....Tags: Steven Tyler, American Music Awards, Human Accomplishments, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company
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Tribeca 2012: 'Precious' screenwriter on board for short film contest
24 FramesOscar-winning screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher ("Precious") is helping to give filmmakers a rare opportunity to turn his words into a short movie through a contest announced Friday at the Tribeca Film Festival. Participants must submit their... -
Subway singer catches a ride to the world stage
Daily American Sunday EditorAlice Tan Ridley is a living, singing testament to following your dreams. The singer, who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown campus in Richland Township, didn't make it...Tags: Entertainment, America's Got Talent (tv program), New York City Transit, Arts and Culture, Travel
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Viola Davis worked hard to get 'The Help' right
Viola Davis has long considered herself a cynic.
It's a reflection of the 16 years she has spent in an industry that does little to support the career of black women. It's being a part of a Hollywood that continually asks her to play the "urban single...Tags: Concerts, The Help (movie), Entertainment, Octavia Spencer, Denzel Washington
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'O's Best Advice Ever!: Make Over Your Life with Oprah & Friends' by the editors of O, The Oprah Magazine
Tribune NewspapersI can count on two hands the number of times I've watched full episodes of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," but I've read two of her other "O, The Oprah Magazine" books — 2010's "Love Your Life!" and 2009's "Dream Big!" — and enjoyed them so much...Tags: Entertainment, Ike Turner, Celebrities, Jerry Seinfeld, Mo'Nique
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Cine: Sofía Vergara dice "El Óscar es imposible para mí"
EFELos Ángeles — Sofía Vergara, la reina latina de la televisión en EEUU gracias a la serie "Modern Family", que le ha deparado candidaturas a los Globos de Oro y a los Emmy, estrena este viernes "The Smurfs" en el cine, una industria en la que ve...Tags: Neil Patrick Harris, The Smurfs (movie), Hank Azaria, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming
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