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Movie secrets are there, in the script!
You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...
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Around Town: Marvel legend Stan Lee hosts 'Avengers' screening
24 FramesMarvel Comics' guru Stan Lee will be honored with the Ronald Reagan Foundation "Great Communicator" Award and will host a screening of "The Avengers," which is opening theatrically this weekend, at the Catalina Film Festival. The festival, which runs... -
Out on Home Video: 'Immortals' released
limiro@juno.comIMMORTALS (2011) * * (C) Directed by Tarsem Singh Starring Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Freida Pinto, Luke Evans, Stephen Dorff, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz Relativity Media//Rated R//Fantasy//110 minutes Available on: DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D...Tags: George Clooney, Arts and Culture, Diablo Cody, Kevin Pollak, Marilyn Monroe
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Around Town: Steve McQueen, the King of Cool, rides again
24 FramesA tribute to King of Cool action star Steve McQueen and a look inside the film projectionist's world sponsored by the Motion Picture Academy are among this week's highlights.... -
Kirk Douglas’ OTHER son wants to remake “Seven Days in May”
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelPeter Douglas has tied up the rights to a handful of superior thrillers from the 1960s, the works of John Frankenheimer, and plans to remake them through his production company, Deadline.com reports. Not sure how likely this is to ever come to fruition,... -
Award-winning director Sidney Lumet dies
![Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-04/60777846-09102045-180102.jpg "Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network,\" \"Serpico,\" \"Dog Day Afternoon\" and \"12 Angry Men,\" has died. He was 86.")
Associated PressSidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died. He was 86. Lumet's death was confirmed Saturday by Marc Kusnetz, who is the husband of Lumet's stepdaughter,...Tags: Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Culture, Murder, Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Hawaii Five-0 Actor James "Danno" MacArthur Dies
![HOLLYWOOD ( KTLA) -- The man who is best remembered for his role as "Danno" in CBS Television's original " Hawaii Five-0," died early Thursday. James MacArthur was 72 and the last of the police drama's original cast.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-10/57147476-28145355.jpg "HOLLYWOOD ( KTLA) -- The man who is best remembered for his role as "Danno\" in CBS Television's original \" Hawaii Five-0,\" died early Thursday. James MacArthur was 72 and the last of the police drama's original cast.")
KTLA NewsHOLLYWOOD ( KTLA) -- The man who is best remembered for his role as "Danno" in CBS Television's original " Hawaii Five-0," died early Thursday. James MacArthur was 72 and the last of the police drama's original cast. Longtime friend Jimmy Borges...Tags: Florida, KTLA, Elections, Local Elections, Social Issues
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Maurice Jarre dies at 84; composer for 'Lawrence of Arabia'
![Maurice Jarre, the French-born composer who won Oscars for his powerfully evocative scores for the David Lean epics "Lawrence of Arabia, "Doctor Zhivago and "A Passage to India," has died. He was 84.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-03/45874965-30113005.jpg "Maurice Jarre, the French-born composer who won Oscars for his powerfully evocative scores for the David Lean epics "Lawrence of Arabia, \"Doctor Zhivago and \"A Passage to India,\" has died. He was 84.")
Maurice Jarre, the French-born composer who won Oscars for his powerfully evocative scores for the David Lean epics "Lawrence of Arabia, "Doctor Zhivago and "A Passage to India," has died. He was 84.
Jarre died in his sleep Saturday at his home in Malibu...Tags: Franco Zeffirelli, Film Festivals, University of Paris, Ghost (movie), Electronics
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Jonathan Axelrod's Sunset Strip-area home for sale for $2,999,000
Prolific TV producer Jonathan Axelrod has listed his Sunset Strip-area home at $2,999,000. Axelrod has had a hand in countless TV shows and was executive vice president of ABC and Columbia Pictures Television. His producing credits include "Dave's World"...Tags: Television, California, ABC (tv network), Entertainment, Beverly Hills
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Oscar Winner Sydney Pollack Dies at 73
Sydney Pollack, the Academy Award-winning director of "Out of Africa" who achieved acclaim making popular, mainstream movies with A-list stars, including "The Way We Were" and "Tootsie," died Monday. He was 73. Pollack, who also was a producer and actor,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Tom Cruise, Los Angeles Times, Television, Ed Harris
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Passion Stilled
Courant Staff WriterThis week we continue our look at the pivotal year of 1968 and the profound cultural shift in America that resulted from events that year. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated 40 years ago this week. Whether it was the assassinations of MLK and RFK or...Tags: California, Malibu, Satellite Technology, Democratic National Conventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Technicolor thriller in academy screening lineup
![Most films produced in Technicolor during the late 1930s and early '40s were musicals, historical epics or period melodramas — but that all changed with 1945's juicy psychological thriller <strong>"Leave Her to Heaven." </strong> Leon Shamroy won a cinematography Oscar for the film, which screens Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in a new print restored by 20th Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive. Based on the book by Ben Ames Williams, "Heaven" features Gene Tierney in her only Oscar-nominated performance as a rich, spoiled woman who loves too much, especially her handsome writer husband (Cornel Wilde).](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2007-04/29151606.jpg "Most films produced in Technicolor during the late 1930s and early '40s were musicals, historical epics or period melodramas — but that all changed with 1945's juicy psychological thriller <strong>"Leave Her to Heaven.\" </strong> Leon Shamroy won a cinematography Oscar for the film, which screens Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Samuel Goldwyn Theater in a new print restored by 20th Century Fox and the Academy Film Archive. Based on the book by Ben Ames Williams, \"Heaven\" features Gene Tierney in her only Oscar-nominated performance as a rich, spoiled woman who loves too much, especially her handsome writer husband (Cornel Wilde).")
Times Staff WriterMost films produced in Technicolor during the late 1930s and early '40s were musicals, historical epics or period melodramas — but that all changed with 1945's juicy psychological thriller "Leave Her to Heaven." Leon Shamroy won a cinematography...Tags: Arts and Culture, Film Festivals, Gene Tierney, Culture, Murder
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