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A Polish film director. Polanski's career highlights include Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Chinatown (1974). In 1977 he was arrested in Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor." Fleeing to Europe following his U.S. conviction Polanski has been a fugitive in the U.S. for decades.
A Polish film director. Polanski's career highlights include Rosemary's Baby (1968) and Chinatown (1974). In 1977 he was arrested in Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor." Fleeing to Europe following his U.S. conviction Polanski has been a fugitive in the U.S. for decades.
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New Directors: Isaiah Washington's 'Blue Caprice' bore a heavy burden
When it comes to creating compelling drama, fact-based films often have an advantage over the invented kind. But don't tell that to R.F.I. Porto, the writer of Washington sniper movie "Blue Caprice." The notion of adapting a real-life tale was something...
Tags: Sundance Film Festival, Interior Policy, Celebrities, Film Festivals, Lee Boyd Malvo
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'Beyond the Hills' tells a different kind of exorcism tale
In 2005, Romania's equivalent of the sensational O.J. Simpson trial rocked Eastern Europe when a priest and four nuns from a convent in the country's remote Moldavia region went to prison for accidentally killing a young woman during an exorcism. The case...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Celebrities, Christianity, Film Festivals
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Steve Schapiro's photos in 'Then and Now' offer a mix of emotions
When photographer Steve Schapiro first arrived on the Lower East Side set of "The Godfather" in 1971, there were rumors floating around that Marlon Brando was not well. Moving closer to the action, he noticed an old man in an overcoat and hat talking to...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Sports Illustrated, Photography, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman
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Polanski's 'Rosemary's Baby,' Lugosi's 'White Zombie': scary stuff
Los Angeles Times Film CriticHorror films do not thrill me, but more elegant efforts sometimes offer an irresistible chill. Such is the case with two films decades apart in time but similarly atmospheric. The older of the two is 1932's "White Zombie," an early stab at zombie-themed...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), John Cassavetes, Carole Lombard, Movies, Charley Chase
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Screening Room: The Cinematheque boogies this weekend
The American Cinemathque's Egyptian Theatre gets its boogie on with a triple bill Saturday night of campy skating disco flicks. The first entering the rink is the 1980 cult fave "Xanadu," which was turned into a Broadway musical more than 20 years...
Tags: Linda Blair, Patrick Swayze, Music, Broadway Theater, Billy Wilder
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Laura Dern's 'Enlightened' approach
Season 2 of HBO's "Enlightened" finds Laura Dern as fortysomething executive Amy Jellicoe conspiring with an egotistical Los Angeles Times muckraker (Dermot Mulroney) to bring down her corporate overlords. Well-meaning but hopelessly naive — "I'm...
Tags: Genetic Engineering, Diane Ladd, Celebrities, Lena Dunham, Alexander Payne
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Spielberg, Affleck and Bigelow among DGA award nominees
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Four former winners and one newcomer were nominated for the 65th annual Directors Guild of America Award for directorial achievement in feature film for 2012. Steven Spielberg, 66, earned his 11th DGA nomination for "Lincoln," the acclaimed epic about...Tags: Music, The Master (movie), Django Unchained (movie), Schindler's List (movie), Argo (movie)
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The Cinematheque celebrates the beauty of film
The American Cinematheque welcomes 2013 with "Motion Picturesque: Cinema at Its Most Beautiful" festival, which shines the spotlight on the visual splendor of motion pictures. The series opens Thursday at the Egyptian with Fritz Lang's influential...
Tags: Deanna Durbin, Carole Lombard, Entertainment Events, Goodfellas (movie), Ordinary People (movie)
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Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Elementary' on CBS
Click here to download TV listings for the week Dec. 30, 2012 - Jan. 5, 2012 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES The Big Bang Theory: "Southland's" Regina King guest stars as the university's director of employee...
Tags: ESPN2 (tv network), Tina Fey, Shirley Temple, Celine Dion, Elementary (tv program)
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Manson follower's tape recordings off limits to LAPD for now
L.A. NOWA federal judge in Texas has blocked a request by the Los Angeles Police Department to review recordings of a key Charles Manson follower and an attorney made decades ago. The tapes are of Manson follower Charles "Tex" Watson, who...... -
LAPD probing Manson family link to 12 unsolved homicides
L.A. NOWThe Los Angeles Police Department disclosed Thursday that it has open investigations on a dozen unsolved homicides that occurred near places where the Manson family operated during its slew of murders four decades ago. The Police Department made the... -
Roman Polanski sex assault victim writing memoir
L.A. NOWThe woman who Roman Polanski was convicted of sexually assaulting in L.A. when she was a teenager will pen a memoir she says promises new insight into the scandal....
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