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Harry Potter to flatten Gibson Amphitheatre, Curious George playland
Universal Studios in Hollywood will raze the 41-year-old Gibson Amphitheatre to make way for its coming Harry Potter attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Like the Wizarding World in Orlando, the Hollywood Harry Potter will be a theme park...
Tags: Fiction, Louis C.K., Gerald Ford, Dalai Lama, Kathy Griffin
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'Red Tails,' Kerry Washington among NAACP Image Award winners
 "Red Tails," the World War II drama about the Tuskegee airmen, was named best picture at the 44th NAACP Image Awards on Friday evening at the Shrine Auditorium. But the evening's biggest winner was actress Kerry Washington. She won for actress in a...
Tags: Sidney Poitier, Viola Davis, Harry Belafonte, Scandal (tv program), Celebrities
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The 44th NAACP Image Award complete winners list
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The independent film breakout stars of 2012
Independent filmmaking often acts as a farm team of sorts for Hollywood, a showcase for performers and filmmakers who go on to bigger, if not always necessarily better, things. The following is a look at some of the people — and some of the...
Tags: Romance (genre), Safety Not Guaranteed (movie), Academy Awards, Rashida Jones, Noah Baumbach
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'Django Unchained's' word-use controversy rages on
If there's been one controversy that's dogged Quentin Tarantino for most of his career, it's been his frequent and pronounced use of the N-word in his scripts, dating all the way back to his debut film, "Reservoir Dogs." Perhaps the only time that...
Tags: Social Issues, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Cultural Development, Quentin Tarantino, Katt Williams
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'Django' an unsettling experience for many blacks
Tracey White's initial impression of "Django Unchained," Quentin Tarantino's new slave-era shoot-'em-up extravaganza, could be summed up in three words: smart, funny and ugly. Sitting through a recent screening in Beverly Hills, the L.A. costume...
Tags: Social Issues, Literature, Inglourious Basterds (movie), Cultural Development, Quentin Tarantino
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'Beasts of the Southern Wild,' 'Flight' among NAACP Image nominees
"Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Django Unchained," "Flight," "Red Tails" and "Tyler Perry's Good Deeds" Tuesday morning received nominations as outstanding motion picture for the NAACP Image Awards. The 44th awards, which celebrate the accomplishments...
Tags: Viola Davis, Happy Endings (tv program), Treme (tv program), NCIS (tv program), Anthony Anderson
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PASSINGS: Ron Palillo, Al Freeman Jr., James M. Naughton
Ron Palillo Actor played Arnold Horshack on 'Kotter' Ron Palillo, 63, an actor whose signature role was Arnold Horshack in the 1970s TV sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday of a heart attack in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., said his agent, Jackie...
Tags: James Baldwin, James Buchanan, Ann Hamilton, Colleges and Universities, Journalism
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Willis Edwards dies at 66; L.A. civil rights activist
Willis Edwards, a civil rights and political activist in Los Angeles' African American community and the former leader of the Beverly Hills-Hollywood branch of the NAACP who was a controversial force behind its entertainment industry Image Awards, has...Tags: Arsenio Hall, Crime, Law and Justice, Academy Awards, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Celebrities
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Leo Dillon dies at 79; award-winning book illustrator
Leo Dillon, an illustrator who collaborated with his wife, Diane, on dozens of books for children and adults and became the first black to receive the Caldecott Medal for children's books, has died. He was 79.
A longtime Brooklyn resident, Dillon died...Tags: Scholastic Inc., Fiction, Long Island, Western Africa, Science Fiction (genre)
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Oscars 2012: For red carpet perfection, it takes a team
In certain circles, the Oscars red carpet generates more buzz than the awards ceremony itself. That two-hour window when stars stroll, preen and gush often showcases the results of hours and hours of prepping by a team of experts tasked with readying...Tags: Academy Awards, Kate Hudson, Christina Aguilera, Sheryl Crow, Celebrities
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NBC to air NAACP Image Awards live in February
Show TrackerNBC announces that it will air the NAACP Image Awards live on Feb. 17...
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