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Review: 'Spellbound by Beauty,' by Donald Spoto
daniel.bubbeo@newsday.comSPELLBOUND BY BEAUTY: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies, by Donald Spoto. Harmony Books, 352 pp., $25.95 Alfred Hitchcock always denied that he said "actors are cattle." According to him, the actual quote was "actors should be treated like...Tags: Celebrity, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, Tippi Hedren, Eva Marie Saint
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'Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice' by David J. Skal with Jessica Rains
Claude Rains was luckier than most of his character-acting peers in Hollywood's so-called classic age: He played a pivotal role in one of the few movies of that era that almost everyone has seen -- and goes on seeing. His insouciantly cynical but...Tags: Celebrity, Bette Davis, Adolf Hitler, Ingrid Bergman, Movies
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Book listings
Words & Ideas TODAY 12th Anniversary Celebration The local bookseller marks its 12th year with discounts, refreshments and more all weekend. Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., L.A. 3 p.m. (323) 660-1175. MONDAY Deanne Stillman The author of...Tags: Celebrity, Minority Groups, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Book, Schools
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'Women' the latest movie in emotive chick flick lineup
Special to NewsdayChick flick: A film geared to female audiences, often filled with emotion, high drama and romance. Some people say the term with a sneer, as if the chick flick were a debased genre, down there with slasher movies and porn. Men would rather have bamboo...Tags: Shirley MacLaine, Meg Ryan, Bette Davis, Debra Winger, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (movie)
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TV best bets
7 p.m., Bravo In this episode, titled "Rock 'n' Runway," the designers compete in a musical genre challenge. 7 p.m., TCM Tatum O'Neal won an Academy Award as best supporting actress for her precocious performance as Addie Pray, a worldly 9-year-old...Tags: Tatum O'Neal, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Bogdanovich, Madeline Kahn, Movies
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TODAY'S PICKS
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (5 p.m., FNC; 6p.m., CNN, CSPAN; 7 p.m., MSNBC; 8 p.m., WNET/13; 10p.m., CBS/2, NBC/4, ABC/7) - The party gathers in Denver to nominate its candidate for president, Sen. Barack Obama. Michelle Obama is scheduled to speak....Tags: Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, Weaponry, Ingrid Bergman, Barack Obama
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A good character actor stands and delivers truth
SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNEThe greats of my generation, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, were character actors. That is, they were, by standards of a previous day, suitable to play in support of a star, but as they were ethnic, or not traditional matinee-...Tags: William Demarest, Celebrity, Goodman Theatre, Al Pacino, Theater
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No bitter endings when the readers chime in
In the Dec. 28 Movies section, we talked about how some recent movies had less than enjoyable endings, then shared some of our favorite movie conclusions and asked to hear yours. And did we ever hear from you! Here are some of the responses (out of...Tags: Holly Hunter, Wisconsin, Bette Davis, Dana Andrews, Religious Festivals
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Tinseltown's last hurrah
Today, Breitbart and Ehrenstein wonder whether Hollywood is relevant in American politics. Previously they debated whether Tinseltown conservatives are in the closet, attempted to define Hollywood values, discussed the role filmmakers should play in the...Tags: Internet, Celebrity, Minority Groups, Sid Caesar, Adolf Hitler
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For spies, 'Lust' isn't everything
Sun Movie Critic(C+) Not just to embody but to act the throes of passion, with every inch of flesh exposed - that's what first-time movie actress Tang Wei does to the hilt, and way beyond the hilt, in Lust, Caution, Ang Lee's otherwise ponderous tale of intrigue in...Tags: Ang Lee, David Cronenberg, Ingrid Bergman, Movies, Cary Grant
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Movie review: 'The Illusionist'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) Crisply acted by a cast murmuring, in low tones, about truth and illusion, "The Illusionist" overcomes the major obstacle in films (and there haven't been many) about the world of stage magicians. The weak point tends to be the...Tags: Texas, Celebrity, Imperial and Royal Matters, Rufus Sewell, Movies
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Studio-Era Director Sherman Dies at 99
Vincent Sherman, who directed Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis and Errol Flynn during their 1940s heyday at Warner Bros. and was one of the last surviving studio-era contract directors, has died. He was 99. Sherman died Sunday night of natural causes at...Tags: Celebrity, Bette Davis, Carroll O'Connor, Theater, Diseases
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