Queering Contemporary French Popular Cinema: Images and Their Reception (Framing Film: the History and Art of Cinema)
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LOS ANGELES – The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. "I'm speechless," said director Lee Daniels at an event hosted by the American Film Institute on Sunday.
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LOS ANGELES – Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination. Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old Hollywood never could have dreamed. Animated adaptations have captured some of Dickens' flights of fancy and fantastic imagery, while the best live-action
Power Line (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Our friend Monical Showalter writes regarding the victimization of the heroic Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez (of Generación Y ) by one of the dictators with whom Barack Obama takes no issue: Yoani Sanchez, the adorable and vividly good Cuban blogger who blogs about Castro's island hellhole from inside Cuba, using her own name, has been beaten up by Castro's thugs for the first time. Yoani described...
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Billboard) –The soundtrack to the upcoming "Twilight" movie sequel grabbed the No. 1 spot on the U.S. pop chart Wednesday, while Tim McGraw followed at No. 2 with his lowest debut sales week for a studio set. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold 153,000 copies during the week ended October 25, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The disc debuted at No. 2 on
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LOS ANGELES (Billboard) –Just in case you've been in a sight-, sound- and Twitter-deprivation tank for the past two years, here's the lowdown on the "Twilight" franchise: It's a series of four books written by Stephenie Meyer about Bella, a human girl who hearts Edward, a vampire boy. This is awkward, due to Edward's predilection for snacking on platelets, but also because high school
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Ricky Gervais is not a tolerant man--everything annoys him. He posits he'll end up like Howard Hughes, shutting the world out to avoid its germs. Gervais told David Letterman last night that he hates restaurants, whistling, and lateness--the latter because he can't believe people aren't rushing with excitement to see him. WATCH: Get HuffPost Comedy On Facebook and Twitter! More on Ricky Gervais
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Actors might make a lot of money, but at least they work for it with long hours on set, paparazzi insanity, exhausting PR tours, and the pressures of handling the same questions over and over and over again with grace and charm. But even more impressive is when they can be graceful in the face of utter ignorance or idiocy. We've watched John Cusack get interviewed by a clueless film student , and...
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The Twilight Saga's star Taylor Lautner—who is the male lead of New Moon over Robert Pattinson—recently stated he was through with being shirtless, though he did use the caveat "if I have a choice." Hopefully, future jobs will hinge on...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
We're told at the beginning of The Men Who Stare at Goats that "more of this is true than you would believe." But the story of the U.S. Army's attempts to harness psychic powers to create super-soldiers is so bizarre it almost HAS to be true, in accordance with the "how could anyone make this up?" principle. In fact, I believe more of this admittedly fictionalized story than I...
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PARIS – A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount. Swiss authorities rejected an offer Friday, considering the 76-year-old filmmaker awaiting a decision on extradition to the United States a high flight risk. They noted it was not a cash offer. Herve Temime
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Justin Timberlake could be moving into Jellystone Park. The singer is in talks with Warner Bro's (and crossing his fingers) to act as Yogi's sidekick boo boo in the live-action/CG animated feature Yogi Bear . The Hanna-Barbera class cartoon is also talking with Anna Farris to play a nature documentarian and Dan Akroyd as the voice of Yogi. The film is reportedly slated to start shooting in New Zealand....
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Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart attend The Twilight Saga: New Moon cast tour at Hollywood & Highland on November 6, 2009 in Hollywood, California. ...read full story
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –Troy Duffy, director of the Quentin Tarantino-tinted "Boondock Saints" -- and the rise-and-fall subject of the arguably more entertaining 2003 documentary "Overnight" -- returns to the scene of his 1999 debut with "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." If Duffy's decade away has proved to be a humbling experience, you wouldn't
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26 minutes ago | | » British talent show sensation is to perform on U.S. TV hit next week (beg09Nov09) - just days after contestant 's mum Sharon called her "a hairy a**hole".Osbourne was far from complimentary about the runner-up when she took to the airwaves for raucous U.S. radio programme The Opie & Anthony Show earlier this week (beg02Nov09). She told the hosts, "There’s...
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27 minutes ago | | » Spanish movie star was so paranoid about protecting her voice before her musical debut in she became a recluse.The actress felt the pressure of recording her vocals at London's famed and decided to lock herself away in her hotel room and speak to no one as she prepared to hit the high notes. She tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "I thought it would be more responsible...
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TimeStream Software today announces the release of the powerful new Walt Disney World Notescast 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. With over 230 pages of information, over 400 colorful photos and rich in-depth content, the new Walt Disney World Notescast is a comprehensive vacation planner and in-park resource covering nearly every aspect of the entire resort and all four theme parks, including the...
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TimeStream Software announces the release of the fun new Walt Disney World Secrets: Main Street, U.S.A. Windows Notescast App for the iPhone and iPod touch. This exciting new Notescast, complete with photos, reveals the entertaining stories behind the names on the colorful windows which adorn the Magic Kingdoms Main Street, U.S.A. TimeStream Software has researched and compiled the entertaining background...
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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –Troy Duffy, director of the Quentin Tarantino-tinted "Boondock Saints" -- and the rise-and-fall subject of the arguably more entertaining 2003 documentary "Overnight" -- returns to the scene of his 1999 debut with "The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day." If Duffy's decade away has proved to be a humbling experience, you wouldn't know it from this bloated follow-up,...
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