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Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life
"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...
Tags: Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Conner, Museum of Modern Art, Arts, Entertainment
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Iran vs. 'Argo': What other lawsuits could be in the wings?
People in Iran believe that “Argo,” which chronicled the storming of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979 and the later rescue of six Americans who escaped and hid with the Canadian ambassador, is "a propaganda attack against our nation and...
Tags: Iran, Ben Affleck, Trials, Entertainment, Celine Dion
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Critic's Notebook: Movie violence must not be stopped
I abhor violence. As a rookie police reporter years ago I saw the damage guns, knives, broken bottles, metal pipes, hands — humans — can inflict. From the terrifyingly premeditated to the unfortunately accidental, those images still have the...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Arthur Penn, Liam Neeson, Scarface (movie), Brian de Palma
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In hip-hop, violence is taking on a diminishing role
Among the most important rap albums released over the last year or so, one contains a song about Nas' complicated relationship with his teenage daughter. Another has a track in which Killer Mike outlines President Reagan's contribution to the prison-...
Tags: Gaming, Tipper Gore, Arts and Culture, Fine Artists, Savages (movie)
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Pacino's 'Any Given Sunday' speech gets new life in Jeep ad
Many actors are finding easy money in doing voice-over work for radio and television commercials. But it is very unlikely that anyone landed an easier gig than Al Pacino, who didn't lift a finger to get a plum voice-over spot with Chrysler Jeep. The...Tags: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Scarface (movie), Brian de Palma
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D.C. is an issue in Oscar campaigns
Hollywood director David O. Russell took a meeting this week to talk about a movie. But the man in the room with him wasn't a studio executive or an actor hoping for a role — he was Vice President Joe Biden. Russell met Biden and spoke on the...
Tags: Bipolar Disorder, Abraham Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Golden Globe Awards, Harry Reid
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Golden Globes 2013: Stunned Ben Affleck wins best director
In a surprise defeat for Steven Spielberg and "Lincoln," Ben Affleck won the Golden Globe for directing "Argo." A clearly stunned Affleck, who earlier this week was noticeably not shortlisted for the directing Oscar, said he didn't care what the award...
Tags: Martin Scorsese, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Human Interest, Golden Globe Awards, Ben Affleck
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Oscar nominations 2013: Digital film makes in-roads in cinematography nods
Of the five men nominated for best achievement in cinematography Thursday morning, three shot their movies the old fashioned way — on 35-millimeter film stock — while the others embraced the new industry standard — digital film. Three-...
Tags: Martin Scorsese, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Janusz Kaminski, Arts
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Kathryn Bigelow and Oliver Stone: What do they have in common?
The Academy Awards are still two months away, but the surge of critical support for Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” is raising a provocative question: How many filmmakers have won two best director Oscars within just a few years?...
Tags: Steven Spielberg, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood, Kathryn Bigelow
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'Lincoln' aims to enlighten as it entertains
In "Lincoln," director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner have pulled off the improbable: They have built this season's prestige hit around congressional proceedings that might seem more appropriate for C-SPAN than the big screen. Any...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, U.S. House of Representatives, Slavery, Values, Tommy Lee Jones
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'Zero Dark Thirty' hunts for Bin Laden -- and more
In 2008, the screenwriter Mark Boal sought an appointment with a retired special-forces operator. Boal was researching a movie about the fruitless search for Osama bin Laden in the caves of Tora Bora six years before, and he wanted insight into how U.S....
Tags: Stanley Kubrick, National Government, Brian de Palma, Entertainment, Jihad
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Wednesday's Talk Shows: Michael J. Fox; Valerie Bertinelli; Led Zeppelin
CBS This Morning (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Chris Pine and Kevin Costner; Guinness World Records of 2012; holiday cocktails; Valerie Bertinelli. (N) 7 a.m. KNBC KTLA Morning News (N) 7 a.m. KTLA Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC Good Day L.A. 7 a.m....
Tags: Kevin Costner, John Paul Jones, Naomi Watts, Led Zeppelin (music group), Talk Shows (genre)
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