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Egyptian Theatre to host best-films festival
You now have no excuse not to have seen some of the greatest classics of film. No more mumbling vague generalities in conversations with your cinéaste friends, then scrambling to catch up with the DVDs, because this weekend the American Cinematheque is...Tags: Humphrey Bogart, Christmas, Ingrid Bergman, Theater, Sherman Oaks
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Heroes and holidays
The Associated Press*Kung Fu Panda: The furry hero with Jack Black's voice proves that chubbiness is no impediment to heroic deeds. The animated action comedy features the voices of Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and Dustin Hoffman among the gang of good...Tags: Star Wars (movie), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Television, Buster Keaton, Hellboy II: The Golden Army (movie)
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U.S. lit gets dissed
Chicago Tribune criticBy Julia Keller In the bitter, blackhearted film "Sunset Boulevard" (1950), the guy blurts to the washed-up, delusional movie star played by Gloria Swanson: "You used to be big." Her reply: "I am big. It's the pictures that got small." These days,...Tags: United States of America, John Updike, Literature, Toni Morrison
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Essanay Studios
Tribune staff reporterPlenty of movies have been made about Chicago. Plenty of movies have been shot on Chicago's streets. But the city itself has never been a center of international studio filmmaking, except for one brief golden age that lasted only a decade. That single 10-...Tags: Jean Renoir, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Charlie Chaplin, California, Movies
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Raquel Welch Spoofs Herself for CBS
Zap2It.comRaquel Welch is far too smart not to be in on the joke. The legendary movie bombshell goes subtly campy as -- well, a legendary movie bombshell in the comedy "Welcome to the Captain," which CBS debuts Monday, Feb. 4. Set in and around the fabled...Tags: Chris Klein, Celebrity, Film Festivals, Movies, Raquel Welch
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Richard Chamberlain: Nervous in paradise
Richard Chamberlain, a trim and youthful 74, cherry picks his acting assignments these days.
"Working is lovely and not working is lovely," he says.
Chamberlain has called Hawaii home for more than two decades -- he currently lives in Maui -- and when...Tags: NBC, Gena Rowlands, Glenda Jackson, Television, Lauren Bacall
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'The Mighty B!': new Nickelodeon cartoon
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWatching the pilot of Nickelodeon's "The Mighty B!" I couldn't help but think, strangely enough, of "Sunset Boulevard." Or at least the famous quote: "We didn't need dialogue. We had faces." "The Mighty B!" follows the exploits of young Bessie...Tags: Cartoons, Hillary Clinton, Tina Fey
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A Million Dollar dream
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPASSERSBY were greeted to a most unusual sight this week on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. Unusual in recent memory, that is. The iron gate at the entrance of the historic Million Dollar Theater was wide open. Nobody was manning the box office, but the...Tags: Los Angeles, Celebrity Mothers, Buster Keaton, Whittier, Broadway
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A flurry of projects
Special to NewsdayMark Fergus grew up in the shadows of Astoria's Kaufman-Astoria studios, the onetime incubator of an infant film industry, the place where Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson vamped silently, and Groucho Marx later made jokes about shooting an elephant...Tags: John Anderson, Astoria, Rudolph Valentino, Jon Favreau, Groucho Marx
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Raising the bar in Los Angeles
Times Staff WriterWhere the action is (and will be) Currently open Bar Nineteen 12 at the Beverly Hills Hotel 9641 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 273-1912. http://www.barnineteen12.com The stylish, post-Deco companion bar to the famed Polo Lounge looks to remain...Tags: Film Festivals, Popular Music, Will Rogers, Personal Service, Tourism and Leisure
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The mark of a pro
The EnvelopeWhen protagonists grow up, they become antagonists. This is the Hollywood cycle of life. Early generations saw Gloria Swanson and Buster Keaton transformed into bridge-playing ghouls, Bette Davis transformed into Baby Jane, Joan Crawford transformed into...Tags: Film Festivals, Buster Keaton, Lauren Weisberger, Mia Farrow, Joan Crawford
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Medal-worthy Turin: The Winter Olympics focus the world's attention on a vibrant city passionate about cars and chocolate - but don't bank on seeing the shroud
LOS ANGELES TIMESAh, bella Italia. Rome, Venice, Florence, Turin. Turin? This city of 900,000 in the northwest corner of Italy, known mostly - if at all - as home of the Fiat and a certain controversial shroud, has been busy reinventing itself as it prepares for the 1....Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Fiat, Tourism and Leisure, Awards and Prizes, Judaism
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