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'Silver Linings Playbook' wins best feature at Indie Spirit Awards
David O. Russell's dramatic comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" took home the best feature prize at the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon at a raucous ceremony hosted by Andy Samberg on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a big afternoon for...
Tags: Robert Altman, Jennifer Lawrence, Magic Mike (movie), Bernie (movie), Matthew McConaughey
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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: Roman Polanski, Movies, Bela Lugosi, White Zombie (movie), Carole Lombard
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Sundance darlings eye alternative distribution platforms
Not that long ago, premiering a star-driven Sundance Film Festival movie on a video-on-demand channel was an admission of failure. But last year's festival produced two huge on-demand hits, Richard Gere's crime drama "Arbitrage" and Kirsten Dunst's...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Apple iTunes, Festive Events, Anne Fontaine, Media Industry
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An improbably happy ending for Rodriguez
A lovely film about a Detroit singer-songwriter robbed of musical fame but rewarded with a second chance decades later, at age 70, "Searching for Sugar Man" tells a story of serendipity and just deserts. If it were fiction, it'd be improbable fiction. But...
Tags: South Africa, Festive Events, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Music, Arts and Culture
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PASSINGS: John Finnegan, Nan Merriman, Sidney Reznick
John Finnegan Character actor appeared regularly on 'Columbo' John Finnegan, 85, a character actor who portrayed a scout in the 1984 baseball film "The Natural" and regularly appeared on television's "Columbo," died Sunday at his Palm Desert home from...
Tags: New York City, World War II (1939-1945), Arturo Toscanini, Johnny Carson, Celebrities
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Ernest Borgnine: TCM, Antenna TV to salute him
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe late, great Ernest Borgnine will receive a 24-hour marathon salute from TCM on July 26. Borgnine died Sunday at age 95. He may be best remembered for the sitcom “McHale's Navy.” Starting at 7 a.m. ET Sunday, Antenna TV will offer the &#... -
Friday’s Highlights: 'Goat Rodeo Live' on KOCE
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Actor Ben Gazzara dies at age of 81
![Ben Gazzara, who died Friday in New York at the age of 81, was an actor with a gruff voice and intense demeanor. His acting legacy, which included the films of John Cassavetes and originating the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway, was a catalog of masculinity in free-fall, self-doubt and sometimes willful self-glorification.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/23481865091460-03201910.jpg "Ben Gazzara, who died Friday in New York at the age of 81, was an actor with a gruff voice and intense demeanor. His acting legacy, which included the films of John Cassavetes and originating the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\" on Broadway, was a catalog of masculinity in free-fall, self-doubt and sometimes willful self-glorification.")
Los Angeles TimesBen Gazzara, who died Friday in New York at the age of 81, was an actor with a gruff voice and intense demeanor. His acting legacy, which included the films of John Cassavetes and originating the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway, was a...Tags: Tennessee Williams, Lars von Trier, Injuries and Wounds, Arts and Culture, AIDS
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Actor Ben Gazzara Dead At 81
Chicago Tribune ReporterLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81....Tags: Chicago Tribune, Manhattan (New York City), Otto Preminger, Tennessee Williams, Elia Kazan
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It's still music to Dan Wallin's ears
![Just before noon on a clear fall day, the Newman stage on the 20th Century Fox lot is alive with bright lights, hovering microphones and a full 105-piece orchestra. It's one of the final scoring sessions for "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol," and director Brad Bird and composer Michael Giacchino are listening closely to the music when a man with a snow-white ponytail and baseball cap leans over to whisper in Giacchino's ear. The composer nods and asks the conductor, Tim Simonec, to take it from the top, with a shade less emphasis on the piano.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/67036547-30134928.jpg "Just before noon on a clear fall day, the Newman stage on the 20th Century Fox lot is alive with bright lights, hovering microphones and a full 105-piece orchestra. It's one of the final scoring sessions for "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,\" and director Brad Bird and composer Michael Giacchino are listening closely to the music when a man with a snow-white ponytail and baseball cap leans over to whisper in Giacchino's ear. The composer nods and asks the conductor, Tim Simonec, to take it from the top, with a shade less emphasis on the piano.")
Just before noon on a clear fall day, the Newman stage on the 20th Century Fox lot is alive with bright lights, hovering microphones and a full 105-piece orchestra. It's one of the final scoring sessions for "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,"...Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Francis Ford Coppola, Radio, The Wild Bunch (movie), Arts and Culture
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Ben Gazzara dies at 81; veteran actor of stage and screen
![A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as "saloon-cured" and another said could strip paint at 50 paces.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/67846147-03215359-187105.jpg "A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as "saloon-cured\" and another said could strip paint at 50 paces.")
A New York native of Sicilian heritage, Ben Gazzara was a strongly masculine, subtly menacing screen presence with a gravelly voice that one writer described as "saloon-cured" and another said could strip paint at 50 paces.
The veteran actor, who died...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), New York City, Peter Bogdanovich, Otto Preminger, Tennessee Williams
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