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Composer Danny Elfman's year: 6 film scores, 6 different styles
Composer Danny Elfman was deep into completing his work on David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" when the director called an audible. Perhaps, the musician remembers Russell telling him, there should be no original music. Elfman said he tried...
Tags: Men in Black III (movie), Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Entertainment, The Beach Boys, Music
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Directors Roundtable: Six filmmakers discuss first shooting days [Video]
In Sacha Gervasi's "Hitchcock," director Alfred Hitchcock begins the production of "Psycho" by having his cast and crew swear an oath not to divulge any of the film's secrets. The first day of filming of "Hitchcock" itself followed a different route,...Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Kathryn Bigelow, Ang Lee, Entertainment, Ben Affleck
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In 'Hitchcock' and 'Lincoln,' two icons, divergently portrayed
One man liberated America from the scourge of slavery. The other freed the country of its preconceptions about cinema and entertainment. OK, so there's no comparing the moral achievements of Abraham Lincoln and Alfred Hitchcock. But both men followed...
Tags: Entertainment, Abraham Lincoln, Celebrities, Rust and Bone (movie), There Will Be Blood (movie)
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'Hitchcock' a lifeless portrait, critics say
For all his fame and cinematic brilliance, Alfred Hitchcock remained an enigmatic figure — prolific on the screen, private off it. The new biopic "Hitchcock," starring Anthony Hopkins as the eponymous director and Helen Mirren as wife Alma Reville,...
Tags: Roger Ebert, Entertainment, The Wall Street Journal, Lew Wasserman, Janet Leigh
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Review: Hordes invade Universal's Halloween Horror Nights
After a growth spurt over the past few years, Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood has hit its stride as the leader in blood, guts and gore in Southern California. Photos: Halloween Horror Nights 2012 at Universal Studios Hollywood...
Tags: War of the Worlds (movie, 1953), Entertainment, Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Nursing
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Man About Town: Fear and priority passes in zombie land
One of the first things you have to realize about zombies is that they drool blood, which must be hell on the dry cleaning. Never date a zombie, not even over a cup of coffee, unless you're one of those women with a bad boy/blood complex, in which case...
Tags: Halloween Horror Nights, Theme Park Vacations, Haunted Houses (attractions), Amusement and Theme Parks, Bart Simpson
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Chad Everett dies at 75; TV and movie actor
Chad Everett, a ruggedly handsome actor who played young Dr. Joe Gannon on the TV drama "Medical Center," has died. He was 75. Everett died Tuesday at his home in the Los Angeles area after battling lung cancer, his daughter Katherine Thorp told the...
Tags: Ann-Margret, The Washington Post, Hospitals and Clinics, Entertainment, Debbie Reynolds
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: Roger Ebert, Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Columbia College Chicago, Martin Scorsese
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Southern California Close-Ups: San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFirst published on April 24, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. The San Fernando Valley is 260 square miles of suburbia. Actually, make that suburbia on nutritional supplements. And antidepressants. With perhaps a little cosmetic surgery south...Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Amusement and Theme Parks, Garry Marshall, Celebrities, Sausages
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Universal Studios Hollywood already planning Horror Nights 2012
Los Angeles Times staff writerWhile most of us have Christmas on our minds, Universal Studios Hollywood is already planning for next Halloween. > Halloween Horror Nights 2011: Review | Photos | Celebrities Universal has been conducting an online survey to gauge fan interest in 50...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Entertainment, Amusement and Theme Parks, Marilyn Manson, Holidays
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Universal Orlando nighttime water show celebrates movie history
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterUniversal Orlando's salute to 100 years of filmmaking history replays more than 200 clips from the movie studio's vault on a watery canvas in the theme park's lagoon. PHOTOS: New attractions coming to Universal Orlando Creative Director Michael Aiello...Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Entertainment, Jurassic Park (movie), Amusement and Theme Parks, Jaws (movie)
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Israel Baker, renowned violinist, dies at 92
As concertmaster for the orchestra that recorded the soundtrack for the movie "Psycho," classical violinist Israel Baker helped create a piece of pop culture that is regarded as one of Hollywood's most terrifying. He led the piercing attack of the violins...Tags: Alban Berg, Entertainment, Movies, Music, Arnold Schoenberg
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