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    Dec 15, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' plays close to the vest – 4 stars

    Actors so rarely get paid to sit still. This week at the movies, as Tom Cruise is on Imax screens playing a frantic, hamsterlike intelligence gatherer in the new "Mission: Impossible" movie, we have also a superb adaptation of the John le Carre spy novel "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." Its central character, George Smiley of the British Secret Intelligence Service, does not smile much, or give anything away. He sits. And watches. And waits for his adversaries, one of whom is a double agent working for the Soviets as well as the British, to make a fatal mistake.
    Actors so rarely get paid to sit still. This week at the movies, as Tom Cruise is on Imax screens playing a frantic, hamsterlike intelligence gatherer in the new "Mission: Impossible" movie, we have also a superb adaptation of the John le Carre spy...

    Tags: Simon McBurney, Tom Cruise, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (movie), Let the Right One In (movie), Gary Oldman

    2. Apr 26, 2013 |Story| Wrap

  2. Cannes Adds Jim Jarmusch, Claude Lanzmann Films

    Reuters
    Apr 26 (TheWrap.com) - Jim Jarmusch's "Only Lovers Left Alive" has been added to the main competition lineup at the Cannes Film Festival, Cannes organizers announced on Friday. The Jarmusch film, a vampire romance starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton,...

    Tags: The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Steven Spielberg, Film Festivals, Festive Events, Entertainment

    3. Mar 30, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  3. ‘Doctor Who’: David Tennant, Billie Piper return for anniversary

    Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles Times
    Matt Smith's Doctor will cross paths with David Tennant's Doctor in an upcoming 50th anniversary special of “Doctor Who.” Tennant, ......
    4. Mar 30, 2013 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Coming attractions: 'Dancing With the Stars,' 'Doctor Who'

    As we end another week, let's look forward. Time for coming attractions:
    Staff writer
    As we end another week, let's look forward. Time for coming attractions: 1. "Dancing With the Stars" will have contestants perform either the Viennese waltz or the paso doble for a prom-themed show at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC. Viewers can vote via Twitter...

    Tags: Peter Sarsgaard, Television Industry, Entertainment, David Tennant, AMC (tv network)

    5. Mar 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle announces winners for 2012

    The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle named the winners of its annual awards on Monday for stage productions that opened last year. Sharing the honors for best production were the national tour of "The Book of Mormon" at the Pantages Theatre; "Cyrano" at the Fountain Theatre; "Justin Love" at the Celebration Theatre; and the national tour of "War Horse" at the Ahmanson Theatre.
    The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle named the winners of its annual awards on Monday for stage productions that opened last year. Sharing the honors for best production were the national tour of "The Book of Mormon" at the Pantages Theatre; "Cyrano" at...

    Tags: The Book of Mormon (musical), Christine Lakin, Music, Kirk Douglas, Entertainment

    6. Mar 16, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  6. Selection Sunday is exciting but will never top the NFL Draft

    "Selection Sunday."
    "Selection Sunday." It's got a nice ring, but don't get too cocky, basketball fans. Granted, you have one of the two best non-sporting sporting events (in which no scoring happens), but you will never touch the first day of the NFL Draft. But you...

    Tags: Scottie Pippen, J.J. Redick, Television Industry, Methadone (drug), Photography Supplies and Services

    7. Dec 15, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 2012 in review: Teamwork enlivens the theater world

    Could the theater artist of 2012 really be … Samuel Beckett?
    Could the theater artist of 2012 really be … Samuel Beckett? Well, the 1969 Nobel Prize winner had stiff competition this year from Anton Chekhov, dead for more than a hundred years but more alive than ever onstage. Chekhov's early play "Ivanov"...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Nobel Prize Awards, Samuel Beckett, Bruce Norris, New York City

    8. Dec 15, 2002 |Story| Hartford Courant

  8. Digital Character Gollum Propels `Rings' To Head Of Class

    The Hartford Courant
    Richard Taylor, one of the special-effects masterminds behind "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," has a fistful of Oscars and the admiration of any computer user who has painted a pixel. He also has a heck of an encore in "The Lord of the...

    Tags: Richard Taylor, Andy Serkis, Peter Jackson, Entertainment, Celebrities

    9. Nov 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Marathon plays stand the test of time

    Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot."
    Call it "Long Day's Journey Into Intermission." Or maybe "Waiting ... and Waiting ... and Waiting for Godot." It is the marathon play or performance piece, the theatrical equivalent of the Tour de France or the nine-course prix fixe menu at the French...

    Tags: Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett

    10. Nov 25, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Taking note of a wave of shorter plays

    As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages.
    As artistic director of L.A.'s Center Theatre Group, Michael Ritchie reads more than a play a day on average — perhaps 500 a year — in quest of the 15 or 16 he'll pick each season for his company's three stages. But lately he's noticed...

    Tags: Lobbying, Samuel Beckett, Goodman Theatre, Nathan Lane, Politics

    11. Nov 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Ben McKenzie, Fred Willard among guest stars for 'Carol' comedy

    The upcoming Second City production of "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre will feature a changing roster of guest stars. Among the names confirmed to make guest appearances in the comedy production are "Southland" star Ben McKenzie, actor Fred Willard, rocker Henry Rollins, singer Lance Bass and comedian Bruce Vilanch.
    The upcoming Second City production of "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens!" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre will feature a changing roster of guest stars. Among the names confirmed to make guest appearances in the comedy production are "Southland" star...

    Tags: Ed Begley Jr., Homer Simpson (fictional character), The Colbert Report (tv program), Entertainment, Jason Alexander

    12. Oct 20, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Dan Castellaneta, a.k.a. Homer Simpson, joins 'Christmas Carol'

    Dan Castellaneta, who voices America's favorite schlub hubby Homer Simpson on Fox's "The Simpsons," has joined the cast of Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens"  at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The comedic stage production is set to begin performances on Nov. 24.
    Dan Castellaneta, who voices America's favorite schlub hubby Homer Simpson on Fox's "The Simpsons," has joined the cast of Second City's "A Christmas Carol: Twist Your Dickens"  at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. The comedic stage production is set to begin...

    Tags: Homer Simpson (fictional character), Comedy (genre), Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), The Simpsons (tv program), Kirk Douglas

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