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George Clooney is 'superhuman,' Shailene Woodley says [Video]
Ministry of GossipShailene Woodley stars opposite George Clooney in "The Descendants." Shailene Woodley called George Clooney "superhuman" and said, "I just kind of stood there and like a sponge and soaked up all of his greatness because he has so much to offer."... -
High school doc a hot property
PARK CITY, Utah -- So far, the buyer's market at Sundance has proved to be as frigid as the temperatures in Park City. There's been some buzz here and there but no direct heat surrounding any one film.
All that changed when a documentary called "American...Tags: Indiana, Ted Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Teen-agers
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'American Teen' documents lipstick and locker years at Warsaw High School
![THE documentary "American Teen" illustrates that no matter how drastically the world changes, high school remains steadfastly the same.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-05/38360050-02211746.jpg "THE documentary "American Teen\" illustrates that no matter how drastically the world changes, high school remains steadfastly the same.")
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE documentary "American Teen" illustrates that no matter how drastically the world changes, high school remains steadfastly the same. Filmmaker Nanette Burstein (" The Kid Stays in the Picture") spent 10 months following five teenagers at Warsaw High...Tags: Paramount Pictures, Ted Williams, Cinema Industry, Education, Teen-agers
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At Sundance Film Festival, it's a buyer's market
It's Hollywood's version of the saddest orphanage imaginable: More than a hundred precious newborns looking for a loving home. Only a dozen and a half will be lucky enough to find one, with fewer adoptive parents now showing up.
The Sundance Film...Tags: Literature, News Corp., Screen Actors Guild, Pierce Brosnan, Entertainment
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Movie Review: 'American Teen'
"American Teen" is as close to fraudulent as a documentary can get and still be worth seeing. No doubt director Nanette Burstein went at this project with an open mind and an open heart, along with an open lens and an open mike. Burstein spent the 2005-...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Indiana, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Tribune, Documentary (genre)
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'American Teen'
![<a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/summer-sneaks-2008/american-teen">"American Teen" </a>follows five Indiana high schoolers through their senior year, shining hopes, pimples and all. Documentarian Nanette Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture") diligently selects representative types -- "jock," "princess," "geek," "heartthrob," "rebel" -- in a small town that, if not exactly reflective of American demographics, does resemble some classic vision of Americana, albeit updated with text messaging and camera phones.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-07/41211684-24151148.jpg "<a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/summer-sneaks-2008/american-teen\">\"American Teen\" </a>follows five Indiana high schoolers through their senior year, shining hopes, pimples and all. Documentarian Nanette Burstein (\"The Kid Stays in the Picture\") diligently selects representative types -- \"jock,\" \"princess,\" \"geek,\" \"heartthrob,\" \"rebel\" -- in a small town that, if not exactly reflective of American demographics, does resemble some classic vision of Americana, albeit updated with text messaging and camera phones.")
Special to The Times"American Teen" follows five Indiana high schoolers through their senior year, shining hopes, pimples and all. Documentarian Nanette Burstein ("The Kid Stays in the Picture") diligently selects representative types -- "jock," "princess," "geek,"...Tags: Indiana, MTV (tv network), Ted Williams, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Sherman Oaks
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Lots of drama over 'American Teen'
![On the surface it seems harmless enough -- camera crews follow a group of small-town students during their senior year of high school for a film project designed to capture the transitional moments between childhood and adulthood. But Nanette Burstein's <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-word17-2008jul17%2C0%2C7634535.story?track=rss">new documentary, “American Teen,”</a> has managed to generate almost as much controversy as it has critical praise.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-07/41164848-22173631.jpg "On the surface it seems harmless enough -- camera crews follow a group of small-town students during their senior year of high school for a film project designed to capture the transitional moments between childhood and adulthood. But Nanette Burstein's <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-word17-2008jul17%2C0%2C7634535.story?track=rss\">new documentary, “American Teen,”</a> has managed to generate almost as much controversy as it has critical praise.")
Special to The TimesOn the surface it seems harmless enough -- camera crews follow a group of small-town students during their senior year of high school for a film project designed to capture the transitional moments between childhood and adulthood. But Nanette Burstein's...Tags: Ted Williams, Television Industry, Sundance Film Festival, Documentary (genre), Teen-agers
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You can't handle the nonfiction, say 'American Teen' marketers
![WHAT DO "Juno," "Napoleon Dynamite" and "The Breakfast Club" all have in common? In addition to being about high school kids, they are all being used to sell Paramount Vantage's new documentary, <a href="http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/summer-sneaks-2008/american-teen">"American Teen,"</a> one of the summer's trickiest marketing challenges.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-07/41052732-16171046.jpg "WHAT DO "Juno,\" \"Napoleon Dynamite\" and \"The Breakfast Club\" all have in common? In addition to being about high school kids, they are all being used to sell Paramount Vantage's new documentary, <a href=\"http://topics.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/summer-sneaks-2008/american-teen\">\"American Teen,\"</a> one of the summer's trickiest marketing challenges.")
Special to The TimesWHAT DO "Juno," "Napoleon Dynamite" and "The Breakfast Club" all have in common? In addition to being about high school kids, they are all being used to sell Paramount Vantage's new documentary, "American Teen," one of the summer's trickiest marketing...Tags: Will Ferrell, Paramount Pictures, Laguna Beach, Ted Williams, Step Brothers (movie)
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Los Angeles Film Festival: Art-house fare shares a forum with blockbusters.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterRODENT lovers and rat rights activists, consider yourselves warned. In the surrealistically violent action blockbuster "Wanted" -- which premieres at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Thursday and arrives in theaters June 27 -- several thousand rats are...Tags: Montana, Brian de Palma, Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie, 2008), Death, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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It's nervous-making time at Sundance
![<a href="http://www.olympuspics.com/">Veteran Los Angeles film producer Leslie Urdang</a> stands among the most fortunate independent filmmakers. One of 1,026 submissions, Urdang's low-budget "Adam," an uplifting love story featuring a man with Asperger's syndrome, was announced Wednesday as part of the lineup of titles competing in January's <a href="http://festival.sundance.org/2009/">Sundance Film Festival,</a> which programmers say could be more upbeat and accessible than recent gatherings.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2008-12/43709396-03150456.jpg "<a href="http://www.olympuspics.com/\">Veteran Los Angeles film producer Leslie Urdang</a> stands among the most fortunate independent filmmakers. One of 1,026 submissions, Urdang's low-budget \"Adam,\" an uplifting love story featuring a man with Asperger's syndrome, was announced Wednesday as part of the lineup of titles competing in January's <a href=\"http://festival.sundance.org/2009/\">Sundance Film Festival,</a> which programmers say could be more upbeat and accessible than recent gatherings.")
Veteran Los Angeles film producer Leslie Urdang stands among the most fortunate independent filmmakers. One of 1,026 submissions, Urdang's low-budget "Adam," an uplifting love story featuring a man with Asperger's syndrome, was announced Wednesday as part...Tags: Minority Groups, Juno (movie), Sunshine Cleaning (movie), The Cove (movie), Sin Nombre (movie)
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Professor Kumar: Kal Penn to Teach at Penn
Zap2It.comIt sounds a bit like a premature April Fool's joke, but Kal Penn will teach a pair of classes at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008. The Philadelphia-based Ivy League basketball powerhouse announced on Monday (March 26) that Penn -- best known as the...Tags: Ivy League, Minority Groups, ABC (tv network), Education, Chris Cornell
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Screen teens resonate with local variety
Chicago Tribune reporterThe old folks don't get it. And by old, of course, that means anyone who has been legally buying adult beverages for at least 10 years. See, the folks who are making movies or writing books about high school life are so far removed from high school...Tags: Society, Students, Chicago Tribune, Education, Teen-agers
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