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'The Great Gatsby' casts Aussie actor Jack Thompson
Digital Spy
By Rebecca Davies, Entertainment Reporter The Australian actor, who is best known for his parts in Australia and December Boys, has been added to the cast list for Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation of the F Scott Fitzgerald novel alongside Leonardo ...
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Virgin America Debuts New Red™ In-Flight Entertainment Line-Up with More Live TV
Sacramento Bee
With over 700 hours of media content and award-winning interactive features, the Red system offers every guest a personal touch-screen entertainment center right at their seatback – with 24television channels, more than 35 on-demand films, ...
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Paul Rudd embraces 'Idiot' side
Post-Tribune
By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer August 22, 2011 6:38AM In this Aug. 16, 2011 photo, actor Paul Rudd poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Rudd stars in the new comedy "Our Idiot Brother." (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more ...
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Cutting ties and loyalty change
Manila Standard Today
There are separate agencies that supply actors to television stations. Best examples are YGEntertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment. These independent agencies also produce music record album, build up artists for movies and television, ...
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The New Conan Movie Splash or Flop?
TheCelebrityCafe.com
Actor Jason Momoa of the TV shows Stargate Atlantis and Game of Thrones was hoping the film would make him a household name. Last week Yahoo Movies posed the question, “Can he do the role proud, or will people be missing that Austrian charm? ...
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'The Tree of Life' needed clearer narrative, says Sean Penn
Digital Spy
By Mayer Nissim, Senior Entertainment Reporter The actor, who stars briefly in the film as Brad Pitt's son, told Le Figaro that he is not sure what his role added to Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winner. Penn said: "On screen, I didn't see the emotion ...
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Buy 'The Beaver'
Beaver County Times
"Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension" (Disney; $26.99, DVD + digital copy; Aug. 23) with the animated brothers Phineas Flynn and Ferb Fletcher from the popular Disney ChannelTV-G animated series in a movie-length adventure that blasts ...
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Scott to Reinvent Blade Runner—Without Ford
About - News & Issues
Disney took the visual appeal of Tron (and a couple of its actors) and made a whole new film that was both a sequel and something entirely new. But the ultimate refurbishment is for a director to go back and make the movie over again from scratch, ...
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It opens at the close
The Rice Thresher
Particularly striking was each actor's growth, especially since Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The students who remained at Hogwarts, notably Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) and Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), ...
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'Project Fame' Hosts In Hot Romance
Peace FM Online
Widespread reports in Nollywood indicate that actor and TV host Joseph Benjamin is romancing sultry actress Adora Oleh, his co-host on popular TV programme Project Fame. However, the young man has denied it all, saying that the rumuors were baseless ...
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Peace FM Online
Anton Yelchin: I almost shot Dave Franco shooting 'Fright Night'
OnTheRedCarpet.com
Yelchin is best known for his role as Chekhov in the 2009 "Star Trek" movie and in films like "Charlie Bartlett" and "Terminator Salvation." The 22-year-old actorwill next appear alongside Milla Jovovitch in "The Winter Queen" and opposite Willem ...
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Carol Saunders: BRIFT students making it big in entertainment world
TCPalm
The proof in the success of this school is how these actors are taking the entertainment world by storm. Hot on the heels of BRIFT alumna Andrea Conte's double exposure in the hit USA Networktelevision series "Burn Notice" and "Necessary Roughness" ...
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Jessica Alba: 'My kids won't be child actors'
Digital Spy UK
By Tom Ayres, Entertainment Reporter Jessica Alba has insisted that she won't let her kids become child actors, despite starting out in the industry herself at the age of 12. Alba, who has two young daughters called Honor and Haven, said that she ...
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Is there a shortage of local TV content?
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Early on in the doco, three Maori men were discussing how great it was for them to grow up, watching Billy T James on television. One of them was comedian/actor Pio and he said something to the effect of: "When you see a Maori person on TV, ...
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Stuff.co.nz (blog)
You have to excite your audience: Salman Khan
Times of India
Asked if Bodyguard is the staple Sallu masala movie with the typical on-screen antics that he is now associated with, the actor says, "Bodyguard is special, because apart from all the action, the comedy and the music; the love story is beautiful. ...
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Movie Review: A Guy Thing (Blu-ray)
Flix 66
And Stiles just looked bored. I guess I just expected more from the actors. This moviewas well before “My Name is Earl” and I'm assuming Jason Lee probably took the job in order to make ends meet for the month. Nothing significant had happened to ...
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10 Best Podcasts Right Now
Paste Magazine (blog)
Actor/Comedian Michael Ian Black and actor Tom Cavanaugh became great friends on the set of the underrated NBC comedy “Ed” and looked for a project to work together again on for years. So the idea of them creating a podcast based on eating and rating...
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Paste Magazine (blog)
Behind the curtain, Obama going places around the Vineyard
Boston Globe
This week, Tunstull told us, he's working on a piece with former TV journalist Carole Simpson. Last night, with the president out of sight, the action was in Vineyard Haven, where actor Morgan Freeman was honored for his work with the disaster ...
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Boston Globe
“Awkward Black Girl” Creator Talks Hollywood, Race and Creative Control
ColorLines magazine
I don't really see black cinema because there's no African American financing that's equal to the talent among writers, directors and actors. There's no circle that can be drawn to define African American cinema. We're probably one of the few cultures ...
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Local Brothers Shoot Independent Film in Stamford
Patch.com
By Jamal Powell Mike Basone, director of "Life in Parallel" chose to cast most of his actors from New York and LA, but he also chose to shoot the film in Connecticut to maintain the film's themes of triumph, defeat, friends, family, and home. ...
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Sam Milby is perfect endorser
Manila Standard Today
At 25, JC looks forward to even bigger and better roles on television and in the movies.As always, he will work long and hard to give his best in those roles. Yes, JC is “beautiful and hot”—and even better a fine actor. Side A, the number one band of ...
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Jon Favreau: 'The more ridiculous the premise, the more seriously you have to ...
This Is Fake DIY
It's an event to go the movies for young people, they do it communally. There's still a rich product coming out of the entertainment industry but it's being spread out across the internet. The independent film world, I think, is being slowly replaced ...
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This Is Fake DIY
'Christmas Story' Bully Sues Over Action Figures
Critics Choice
The actor who played the red-haired bully Scott Farkus in the 1983 holiday movie classic “A Christmas Story” is suing Warner Bros. for profits from action figures and merchandise that he claims bare his likeness. Reuters reported that Zack Ward filed a ...
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Billy T: Te Movie number one at the Box Office
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Billy T: Te Movie celebrates the life of the legendary Billy T James, New Zealand's best-loved entertainer. The film explores Billy's extraordinary talent as musician, singer, comedian, actor, writer and artist . . . it even attempts to uncover the ...
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[Special Feature] small Budget Gone BIG
Bloody Disgusting
He did what many before him had failed to do- actually make an audience feel as if there was ghostly activity inside a fictional house and that it could really happen, using only a couple of actors and a few cameras. The movie introduces us to Katie ...
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Bloody Disgusting
Kitsch talks 'John Carter'
OnTheRedCarpet.com
And about a month in I clicked." Check out the trailer for "John Carter" below. Reporting by Tony Cabrera, correspondent for KABC Television's entertainmentshow "On The Red Carpet" (check for local TV listings).
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OnTheRedCarpet.com
Lessons we can learn from the Jewish People
FinalCall.com News
The Jewish domination of the movie and television industry is equal to their domination of the music and newspaper industries. America's entertainment network is comprised, in part, of ABC, NBC, CBS, the Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) CNN, MTV, ...
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FinalCall.com News
Tom Hiddleston: 'Loki confronts every Avenger'
Digital Spy
By Tara Fowler, Entertainment Reporter Tom Hiddleston has revealed that the villainous Loki will come face-to-face with every member of the Avengers team in the forthcoming superhero ensemblemovie. Hiddleston, who also played Loki in this year's Thor, ...
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Megan Fox: 'Jason Segel, Chris O'Dowd are very funny men'
Digital Spy
By Tara Fowler, Entertainment Reporter Earlier today, the Transformers actress took to Facebook to post a picture of herself alongside the two actors on the set of the tentatively-titled This is 40. "On set of THIS IS 40 with Jason and Chris. ...
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Movie News Cheat Sheet: D23 Delivers Big News, Soderbergh Amasses A Big Cast ...
Shockya.com
Tom Hanks Refunds Fans Unhappy with Larry Crowne: If only more actors were this noble … the majority would probably be broke. As reported by The Guardian, Tom Hanks appeased frustrated moviegoers by refunding them for their Larry Crowne tickets. ...
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Celebs with Money Problems: They Do Exist!
SoJones
His movies have grossed more than $4 billion, but now he's forced to take everything thrown at him to pay off his mistakes. Back in 2009, the IRS filed a lien on some of Cage's property in Louisiana, saying the actor owed it roughly $6 million for ...
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Strike: Remastered Edition
DVD Talk
Eisenstein gives each of the covert infiltrators an animal code name and then proceeds to not only have the actors embody their monikers, but also cross-cuts their activity with images of the actual animals, layering their faces using double exposure ...
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Westford Film Maker Wins Award In California
Patch.com
“I was stunned on hearing I won an award for this movie,” he said. “Because of its experimental nature, audiences who have seen it are divided between those who really love it and those who really hate it.” The movie stars several local actors such as ...
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Weekend Box Office: Audiences Stay Home In Droves As 'The Help' Defeats Weak ...
Indie Wire (blog)
Perhaps October was the best time to launch a horror title like this, but while the marketing showcased a movie with no ideal demographic, a lot of this has to fall on the shoulders of star Colin Farrell. The hard-working actor has done some great work...
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Indie Wire (blog)
Grungy Ryan Gosling on the set of 'The Place Beyond The Pines'
Examiner.com
Fans of Ryan Gosling are constantly buzzing about the actor on social media. One fan said the following on Twitter recently: The Place Beyond The Pines will be seen in Scottsdale in 2013. For the latest in entertainment and celebrity news, ...
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Philanthropist Edie Wasserman dies
Belleville News Democrat
With her husband, Wasserman helped raise millions for the fund, which cares for aging actors and others in the industry. The fund publicly thanked the couple by naming its 40-acre campus in the San Fernando Valley after them in 1998. ...
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Thrill Me! 25 Years of 'Night of the Creeps'
Brutal As Hell
Both young actors (Lively was only 18), and neither exactly boasting teen idol good looks, they're the loser underdogs that so many of us feel we are. But what they lack in alpha male virility they more than make up in wit, Chris ever ready with some ...
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Brutal As Hell
Sika's 100 Greatest Movies of All Time! 54. Waiting for Guffman ...
By Sika
Director Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest), former off-off-off-off Broadway actor assembles the best talent Blaine has to offer; a dentist (Eugene Levy), two travel agents (Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara), a waitress (Parker Posey), ...
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