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Motion Picture Academy unveils new drawings for film museum
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled new concept drawings for its film museum — including a giant, domed theater structure — to open in 2017 at the historic May Co. building on the LACMA campus at Fairfax Avenue and...
Tags: Architecture, Museums, Entertainment Events, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pritzker Architecture Prize
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Imax prepares to go big for own Hollywood premiere
Imax Corp., once a peripheral player in Hollywood, is putting its stamp on the industry's most famous movie theater with plans to open its largest venue at the former Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The deal, signed but subject to permit approvals from the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Gangster Squad (movie), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, AMC (tv network)
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Thatcher opponents push 'The Witch' up the charts
This post has been corrected. See note below.LONDON -- The British Broadcasting Corp. faced a dilemma Friday: Would it play "Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead" when everyone knows the song has become a biting reference to the late Margaret Thatcher? The network's solution: turn the song into a sound...Tags: Radio, Politics, BBC, Elizabeth II, Censorship
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Imax to go into former Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
Imax Corp., once a peripheral player in Hollywood, is putting its stamp on the industry’s most famous movie theater. The Canadian big screen theater company, which has offices in Santa Monica, plans to open one of its largest theaters at the former...
Tags: Gangster Squad (movie), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, AMC (tv network), Star Trek into Darkness (movie), IMAX
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Cowardly Lion's lair in Beverly Hills is listed at $25.5 million
A Beverly Hills home built for actor Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in "The Wizard of Oz," is back on the market, this time priced at $25.58 million. Designed by Paul R. Williams in 1941, the gated estate encompasses 1.38 park-like acres. The Connecticut/...
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Tracie Bennett becomes Judy Garland as a dynamo at rainbow's end
For movie musical lovers in general and gay men of a certain age in particular, Judy Garland represents the alpha and omega of stardom. So it was with some trepidation that I knocked on the apartment door of Tracie Bennett, the English actress who has...
Tags: Theater, England, Music Theater, Celebrities, Dance
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2012 National Recording Registry selections unveiled
This post has been updated. See note below for details. Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” is no longer just the rock album that has logged more weeks than any other on Billboard’s national album chart nor merely the one acid...
Tags: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mirrors (movie), Janis Joplin, Music, Michelle Shocked
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Review: 'Oz the Great and Powerful' a rough slog on the yellow brick road
Sometimes sweet, sometimes scary, sometimes sour, "Oz the Great and Powerful" is a film that doesn't know its own mind. A partially effective jumble whose elements clash rather than cohere, this solid but not spectacular effort stubbornly refuses to catch...
Tags: Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz, Spider-Man (movie), James Franco
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Participant Media's new strategy. Olbermann settles with Current.
After the coffee. Before getting my own smoke signal system. The Skinny: I like FX's "The Americans," but I'm not sure I like it enough to make the commitment to watch every episode. Tonight could be a deciding factor. Wednesday's headlines include a...
Tags: The Help (movie), Television Industry, Pepsi Center , Kelsey Grammer, The Walt Disney Co.
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’: Zach Braff recalls on-set experience
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times“Oz the Great and Powerful” handily won the weekend box office with an impressive $80.3 million take in the U.S. ...... -
Disney welcomes its 'Oz' as biggest 2013 debut
What a difference a year makes. On March 9, 2012, Walt Disney Pictures released "John Carter," the sci-fi adventure film that promptly bombed, taking in about $40 million en route to a $73-million domestic gross that precipitated the resignation of Walt...
Tags: Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, John Carter (movie), Theme Park Vacations, James Franco
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‘Oz the Great and Powerful’: Zach Braff on talking monkeys, bodysuits
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesIn “Oz the Great and Powerful,” James Franco might play the magician conman who's called upon to bring peace to ......
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