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Akiva Goldsman on 'Lobo,' 'Jonah Hex' and the new 'Swamp Thing'
The Hero ComplexThe Oscar-winning screenwriter tries to shake off the bad memories (especially "Batman & Robin") as he joins the "Fringe" team and guide four DC Comics properties to the screen.... -
Is 'This is It' Michael Jackson's last big hit?
The Big PictureHow's this for a shocker? The critics have finally gotten a look at Michael Jackson's "This Is It" and -- shazam! -- they're loving it. My colleague Ann Powers calls the film "a tribute to the power of Jackson's body...... -
'Avatar' pulled from 2-D screens by Chinese government
Company TownThe most successful movie of all time in China is being pulled from the majority of theaters there much sooner than expected. The communist nation’s state-run movie distributor China Film Group is unexpectedly yanking the James Cameron-directed... -
'Book of Eli'
In the future, according to "The Book of Eli," we'll all dress like we're in a Nine Inch Nails video. It is written. Most everyone wears goggles and leather in the post-apocalyptic wasteland of "The Book of Eli." A meteorite and a subsequent war 30 years...Tags: Denzel Washington, Cormac McCarthy, Movies, Mila Kunis, The Road (movie)
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2010 Cannes Film Festival lineup announced
Talking PicturesThe Cannes opener: "Robin Hood," starring Russell Crowe. It's playing out of competition. Each May, the dazzling, closely watched cinematic rail yard known as the Cannes Film Festival — the premier showcase for international cinema — helps determine... -
10 things you might now know about bestsellers
![The book business is in the midst of an online price war over best-sellers, with Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target trying to undercut each other and alarming the entire industry. Among the books they're fighting over is Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," which comes out Tuesday. Here are 10 chapters about top-selling books and authors:1. In "The Da Vinci Code" and other Dan Brown novels, characters are compelled to unravel mysteries at a frenetic pace. The same thing happened to Brown as a child. On Christmas and his birthdays, his parents hid his gifts, requiring him to solve puzzles and riddles to find the presents.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-07/54990328-16091943.jpg "The book business is in the midst of an online price war over best-sellers, with Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target trying to undercut each other and alarming the entire industry. Among the books they're fighting over is Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue,\" which comes out Tuesday. Here are 10 chapters about top-selling books and authors:1. In \"The Da Vinci Code\" and other Dan Brown novels, characters are compelled to unravel mysteries at a frenetic pace. The same thing happened to Brown as a child. On Christmas and his birthdays, his parents hid his gifts, requiring him to solve puzzles and riddles to find the presents.")
Tribune staff reporterThe book business is in the midst of an online price war over best-sellers, with Amazon, Wal-Mart and Target trying to undercut each other and alarming the entire industry. Among the books they're fighting over is Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," which...Tags: Advice Columns and Columnists, L. Frank Baum, Johns Hopkins University, Chicago Tribune, Dining and Drinking
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Meet the new action heroes: Lincoln, Da Vinci, Dickens and Queen Victoria
The Hero ComplexForget Indiana Jones. If you're making a period-piece adventure these days, you might want to consider putting the whip, wooden stake or pistol in the hand of a long-gone world leader or esteemed author. It may sound a bit strange,...... -
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner buy home in Pacific Palisades
Acting couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are the latest owners of a California ranch house in the Pacific Palisades that has been capturing the imagination of A-listers since Gregory Peck bought it in 1947. The pair recently purchased the nearly 8,...Tags: Jennifer Garner, Ron Howard, Homes, Bars and Clubs, State of Play (movie)
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10 best films to see Paris on the silver screen
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIf springtime in Paris isn't going to work for you this year, rent a movie and pretend -- until you can book a flight and go. Here are my Top 10 picks for films that best show off the French capital. For scenes from these memorable films, go to latimes....Tags: Brad Bird, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Paris (France), French Literature, Movies
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'The Da Vinci Code'
![At the heart of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" is the Priory of Sion, an organization set up to vigilantly protect "one of the most powerful secrets ever kept." Once Brown's thriller became one of the fastest-selling books of all time, a similar organization — call it the Priory of Hollywood — was set up to protect what's as valuable to the movie business as any secret: a property that had the potential for enormous box-office receipts.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2006-05/23472031.jpg "At the heart of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code\" is the Priory of Sion, an organization set up to vigilantly protect \"one of the most powerful secrets ever kept.\" Once Brown's thriller became one of the fastest-selling books of all time, a similar organization — call it the Priory of Hollywood — was set up to protect what's as valuable to the movie business as any secret: a property that had the potential for enormous box-office receipts.")
Times Staff WriterAt the heart of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" is the Priory of Sion, an organization set up to vigilantly protect "one of the most powerful secrets ever kept." Once Brown's thriller became one of the fastest-selling books of all time, a similar...Tags: Anglicanism, Movies, Christianity, Les Miserables (musical), Alfred Molina
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Ayn Rand's epic storytelling
By Richard Rayner
The new, 50th anniversary edition of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged" (Signet: 1,080 pp., $8.99 paper) -- appearing only three years after an edition commemorating the centennial of the author's birth -- comes with one of those weird...Tags: Colorado, Career and Workplace, Ayn Rand, Society, Los Angeles
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Angels and Demons
Entertainment ReporterFrom the opening sequence, ' Angels and Demons' is off to a fast paced start. Harvard professor Robert Langdon, played by Tom Hanks, discovers the Illuminati, an underground secret society banned by the Catholic Church, is still in existence and planning...Tags: Ron Howard, Religious Events, Clubs and Associations, Tom Hanks, The Pope
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