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Joel Torre on NY Times review: Like I hit gold
Inquirer.net
In an SMS, Torre, who is in the United States for the film's promo tour, told InquirerEntertainment: “You know how insecure actors are about their performances. Good reviews validate the hard work we put into 'Amigo.'” Torre, who top-bills and ...
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Brad Pitt distraught as World War Z movie set turns into crowd stampede
stv.tv
They also enjoyed dinner at a local Ayr bar earlier this week, stunning the staff after turning up unexpectedly. Have you seen Brad in Scotland? Do you have any photographs? If so we'd love to hear from you. Email us at entertainment@stv.tv. ...
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Video: St. Vincent: "Cruel"
Pitchfork Media
The clip was directed by Terri Timely, a team that also lensed the previous St. Vincentvideos for "Marrow" and "Actor out of Work". Watch it below, and read Annie Clark's behind-the-scenes take at Huffington Post: On September 6, Charlotte Gainsbourg ...
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Music no lesser role than acting for Kevin Bacon
Chicago Sun-Times
When I became an actor, I loved being part of the stage an ensemble because in theater you really do feel a sense of community. But it's not often that I feel that way in the entertainment business.Movies are in their own way kind of isolating. ...
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Ramadan TV Shows Come Under Fire For Less-Than-Holy Programming
Jakarta Globe
But it's Indonesian TV which is, in my opinion the MOST MINDLESS TV programming in the world - on top of it with ever repeating advertisements blocks every ten minutes or so - with "blockbuster"movies (ehemm!) it increases to every 5 minutes or so. ...
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REVEALED; REAL REASONS STAR ACTOR JIM IYKE AND KATE HENSHAW LOST OUT OF GLO DEAL
Modern Ghana
These stars were picked by Globacom to broaden its reach in the Yoruba and Hausa language movies industries. The three new stars were picked after a meticulous assessment by the company which reinforced their pivotal position in theentertainment ...
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The STV Trailer Park: with A Lonely Place to Die, We Need to Talk About Kevin ...
stv.tv
(Release date: January 27) You can find all the delightful trailers for the latest movies, including these and more, in our film trailers section. http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/film-trailers/ * I'm sorry Daniel Radcliffe, I'm so, so sorry.
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Al Pacino thanks rappers for 'Scarface' resurgence
Digital Spy
By Jennifer Still, Entertainment Reporter Speaking to MTV News, the actor said that rappers "understood" the underlying message of Scarface and have been instrumental in spreading support for the 1983 cult classic and its lead character Tony Montana. ...
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Short but not slight
Uptown
It was also for entertainment's sake that Loewen and Sawatzky pegged local actor Michael Bell — who stars in Devil on Commission — to host. "We wanted someone who had some knowledge of working in local short film," says Loewen of the seasoned Bell. ...
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Ben Affleck aims to direct film with first-person-shooter flair
msnbc.com
Whether games are being adapted into movies or movies are being adapted into games, the result is often far from ideal ... if not a downright tragic mess. But it seems actor/director/all-around-famous Hollywood guy Ben Affleck might be making a film ...
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Derrick Simmons Film Works Presents The Double Screening Movie World Premiere
BlackNews.com (press release)
But, as the movie WOMEN DO IT BETTER (released July 26, 2011 by Vanguard Cinema) points out women are more masterful at deception than men will ever be. Simmons has over 100 Hollywood movie and television credits as an actor and stuntman. ...
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BlackNews.com (press release)
Entertainment opportunities on the Island | Arts Briefs
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Stephen Tobolowsky, a famously funny character actor who has appeared in more than 200 moviesand television shows, will be the star of a fundraiser for Vashon High School's theater program. Theactor, who is also revered for his radio show “The ...
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Zeiterion season bursts with entertainment, from Cosby to cosmic
South Coast Today
On April 1, Indian-born actor Sorab Wadia will showcase his one-man adaptation of 2003's "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini's powerful novel about two boys' friendship and one tragic betrayal in Afghanistan, which Edward Hower of The New York Times ...
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weekly star scene
Arirang News
The American TV movie "Wonder Girls at the Apollo" is set to air on the Teen Nick network early next year. Nick Cannon, who is co-producing the movie, is an actor and singer, as well as husband to Mariah Carey. Meanwhile, Wonder Girls' entertainment ...
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Tony Curtis memorabilia to go under the hammer
Times of Malta
The Hollywood star whose off-screen character was often more sensational than his on-screen one, lived a life that could be its own movie or TV series as his career spanned six decades with popularity during the 1950s and 1960s enabling him to ...
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One to Represent All? How <i>The Help</i> Is Being Punished for a Lack of ...
Huffington Post (blog)
First of all, Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman already did just that, so I'll merely link to his piece. Second of all, much of the outcry over The Help comes not from what is in the movie itself, but rather what isn't in the film, ...
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Former Michael Jackson manager Frank Dileo dies
The Associated Press
The short, portly Dileo was a colorful figure in the entertainment industry and hadmovie roles as an actor, notably portraying a gangster in Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas." A native of Pittsburgh, Dileo began his career in the music industry working ...
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Martin Escudero's gay role in 'Zombadings' is 'dream come true'
Manila Bulletin
“Kasi hindi naman siya bakla throughout the movie. You have to watch the film in order to understand what I mean,” he said, smiling. Destiny seemed to have intervened for Martin. Apparently, the young actor wouldn't have learned about the auditions for ...
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Will Russell Crowe Lock Horns with Hugh Jackman in Les Miserables?
Broadway.com
Today's rumor (via the entertainment web site itsonthegrid.com) is a juicy one: Jackman's fellow Aussie, Oscar-winning movie icon Russell Crowe, is supposedly in negotiations to play Valjean's lifelong nemesis, Inspector Javert. ...
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Keith Coogan of "The Fox and the Hound" recalls his days at Disney Studios
Jim Hill Media.com (blog)
Which was basically the Studios' short-lived attempt at producing a TV series which was based on "The Apple Dumpling Gang" movies. "On that show, I wound up working with Barry Van Dyke. Who played Mr. Donovan, the gambler that Bill Bixby originally ...
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Summer offers blockbuster blowouts
The Student Printz
"It made me want to go watch all the other X-Men movies." Next in line for the summer box-office was Super 8, a sci-fi thriller released June 10. An obscure film void of well-known actors, it pleasantly surprised critics and movie-goers alike, ...
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Ascot takes 'Shelter' in Germany
Variety
Take Shelter' shows a powerful story with mesmerizing actors helmed fantastically by Jeff Nichols like no other movie I have seen this year," said Ascot Elite topper Ralph Dietrich. The film "fits perfectly well into the palette of movies that are ...
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From The Gulf Coast To Hollywood
PR Newswire (press release)
Since that time, she has appeared in television commercials, music videos, recorded voice overs and has done photo shoots for national ad campaigns. DeFraites is a Disney Movie Surfer, she has guest-starred on the Disney Channel series "Hannah Montana ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Shira Lazar and Damon Berger Talk What's Trending
MovieWeb
With our show, we take the things and people that others follow online and we give them their voice in a new platform and surround them with actors who you go and watch on the movies and TV. We provide them a whole new platform to interact with their ...
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Jeremy Renner 'yet to work with Robert Downey Jr on Avengers'
Digital Spy
However, due to the amount of characters in the project, the pair have yet to share a scene together, with the actor explaining that most of his scenes are with Scarlett Johansson, who will reprise her role of Black Widow. "I think I've maybe seen him ...
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At the Movies: Something for everyone, 7 top movies reviewed
Bahama Islands Info
What I do have to say about this movie is that it really has some truly talented actors in it from the live action ones to the ones who are the voices behind the cgi characters. Of course the talent is wasted on a movie that seems to be the product of ...
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An Honor To Be Nominated: Nashville
The Morton Report
Country stars complained that the movie completely misrepresented them and their city. Not only that, they hated the music, almost all of which was written for the film, often by the actorsthemselves. In an interview on the DVD, Altman quips that ...
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Conan The Barbarian – Flops, Gets Sued, Screenwriter Feels Sad
Movie-Moron
You can read what he wrote in full here, but these are some edited highlights: When you work “above the line” on a movie (writer, director, actor, producer, etc.) watching it flop at the box office is devastating. I had such an experience during the ...
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L.A.'s Sunset Junction Street Festival canceled
OCRegister
Actor/singer/multimedia producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt and favorites from his hitRECord site will stage a Fall Formal at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown LA on Oct. 10. "Part rock-show, partmovie premier, part film shoot," boasts the event's press ...
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Arts & Entertainment : Film Review
Washington City Paper
Not that the actors don't try. Rudd, of course, simply goes around “whoa”-ing as Ned, a biodynamic farmer who gets thrown in prison for selling weed to a cop and then needs a place to stay when he gets out, his girlfriend (Kathryn Hahn) having left him ...
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Washington City Paper
Salman Khan interview: 'Bodyguard is a kick-ass film'
Digital Spy UK
After the IPL cricket matches also is a good time, because nobody releases their film during the matches, so movie wise, there is a hunger for entertainment after the IPL." After having massive hits recently with Dabangg and Ready, do you feel pressure ...
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'Help' revives creativity, originality in Hollywood
Camp Lejeune Globe
Director Will Gluck ("Easy A," "Fired Up!") also collaborated in writing the screenplay for this raunchy and silly movie that is sprinkled with extensive sex scenes. Kunis and Timberlake have great chemistry and definitely are bringing sexy back. ...
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The Help is being punished for a lack of minority-driven films
Hollywoodnews.com
If the picture were one of a dozen films being released by a major studio that centered around African-America actors, its flaws would be less of an issue, merely reasons for calling the film good rather than great. ...
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Hollywoodnews.com
Pay the Little League World Series players
Yahoo! Sports
Disney has entire television networks and movie divisions filled with preteen actors, actresses, singers and dancers. It wouldn't dare think of not paying them. Yes, the core of Little League springs from the humble neighborhood sandlot, ...
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Pier One Theatre presents 'Moon over Buffalo'
Homer Tribune
With Joe Lawton directing, the farce is sure to leave the audience smiling if not laughing out loud and would be actors will especially identify with the stage players aspirations to secure movie roles. Actually three plays intertwined, the slapstick ...
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Homer Tribune
Vegas Cine Fest escapes from 'net
Las Vegas Review-Journal
(Both filmmakers are in the family business; Hutton is the son of actors Timothy Hutton and Debra Winger, and you might also have heard of Redford's actor-director dad, Robert.) But Hutton won't only be participating in panel discussions and a ...
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Mexican actor Ernesto Laguardia moves on to spotting stars as host ...
Mexican actor Ernesto Laguardia says he can pick stars out when they walk ...EntertainmentTelevisionMexican actor Ernesto Laguardia moves on to ... DAILY NEWS TVEDITOR ... Laguardia, who was born in Mexico and got his start in modeling, has worked in radio and has acted in telenovelas and big-screen films. ...
www.nydailynews.com/.../2011-08-19_mexican_actor_ernest...
Entertainment News - Fandango.com
Entertainment News: Popular Indian actor Shammi Kapoor dies at 79. Back to main Movie Entertainment News page. Share; RSS ...
www.fandango.com/popular+indian...dies.../14262?...

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