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Washington's Who's who's coming to din
The Swampby Mark Silva Here we go. In the social-register's equivalent of water torture (enhanced technique), we've been dribbling out the names of some of the celeb-media guests expected at the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday night -- Sarah and Todd.....Tags: Kristi Yamaguchi, Meghan McCain, Television Industry, Entertainment, Brooke Shields
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A Mess In Texas
Forget your idyllic images of the Old West. In 1850s Texas, you're more likely to get scalpings, rattlesnakes and tuberculosis than deer and antelope playing. An all-star cast of Val Kilmer, Steve Zahn, Rachel Griffiths, Karl Urban, Linda Cardellini,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rachel Griffiths, Steve Zahn, Film Festivals, Theft
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Long Path to Overnight Success
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESSEE CORRECTION APPENDED Screenwriter Tony Gayton is sitting alone in a corner of the Beverly Hills restaurant Maple Drive in a kind of veiled panic, looking as if he's just about to take his SATs and forgot to bring two No. 2 pencils. He's giving the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Social Issues, Entertainment, Television
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Movie review, Bob Dylan's 'Masked and Anonymous' at Sundance Film Festival
Tribune movie reporterNonePARK CITY, Utah Bob Dylan had just baffled an audience for the zillionth time in his career in this case Sundance Film Festival-goers at a sold-out premiere screening of his new film, "Masked and Anonymous" and now he was mingling quietly with...Tags: Jeff Bridges, Bob Dylan, Penelope Cruz, Entertainment, Seinfeld (tv program)
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5 films with top performances by Al Pacino
1. The Godfather Trilogy (Francis Ford Coppola; 1972, '74, '90) 4 stars One of the great achievements in American movies. The first film, based on Mario Puzo's novel and starring Marlon Brando, began the saga of Don Corleone and his family, romanticizing...Tags: Ashley Judd, Crime, Law and Justice, The Godfather (movie), Real Estate Agents, Real Estate Sellers
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Movie review: 'Mindhunters'
Tribune staff reporter½ star (out of 4) Mark my words: "Mindhunters" will do for psycho-thrillers what "Showgirls" did for stripper movies. Near the beginning of Renny Harlin's unintentionally hilarious film, a table of young, attractive FBI trainees, out for a post-drill...Tags: Death, Renny Harlin, Kathryn Morris, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J
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Movie review: 'Spartan'
Chicago Tribune Movie Writer3 stars (out of 4) David Mamet's newest political thriller takes its name from an allegory involving ancient Greece, but the title also is an apt description of the writer-director's style here: It is (to use the Webster's New World College Dictionary...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Derek Luke, Ed O'Neill, Kidnapping, Theft
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5 films that are pre 'Austin Powers' spy comedies or spoofs
1. THE LADY VANISHES (Alfred Hitchcock; 1938) 4 stars Trains are perfect settings for murder-mysteries and thrillers, as Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes" proves -- with Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood as lover-sleuths, Paul Lukas as a suave...Tags: Jeremy Kemp, Crime, Law and Justice, Paul Lukas, Espionage and Intelligence, Alec Guinness
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'Spartan'
Times Staff WriterWhen Leonidas, King of Sparta, was asked for military aid, or so David Mamet says the story goes, his regard for his own troops was such that he was prone to sending just one man. A man, no doubt, very much like Robert Scott, the protagonist of the...Tags: Derek Luke, Crime, Law and Justice, Ed O'Neill, William H. Macy, Entertainment
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'Everyone ends up here'
Times Staff WriterBy midnight Sunday it was clear that, war or no war, some Oscar traditions cannot be compromised. And so the golden-statuette set headed to the Vanity Fair party at Morton's for their final victory lap. There was a beaming Nicole Kidman shaking everyone's...Tags: Adrien Brody, Dining and Drinking, Kirsten Dunst, Sheryl Crow, Jake Gyllenhaal
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Fall back into your seats
Tribune Staff ReportersNow that the summer of sequels finally has ended, Hollywood has a message for adults: It's safe to get back in the theaters again. The fall always looks great from a Labor Day perspective as the studios and indie distributors prepare to unveil their...Tags: Heath Ledger, Tim Burton, George Clooney, Britney Spears, Ben Kingsley
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Movie review: 'Stateside'
Tribune staff reporter1-1/2 stars (out of 4) Right away, Reverge Anselmo's "Stateside" appears to be a movie at war with itself. Envelopes and postal marks dance in flashy, animated opening credits over sugary pop music that might open a teenage road movie. In a serious-...Tags: Penny Marshall, Health, Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics, Drama (genre)
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