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Brett Ratner was born on March 28, 1969. He is a director best known for the Rush Hour trilogy starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Ratner also directed X-Men: The Last Stand. Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marsha Presman Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite. Ratner's maternal grandparents, Dr. Mario and Fanita Presman were Eastern European Jews who immigrated to Cuba and then the United States. Ratner's paternal grandfather was developer Lee Ratner. Ratner directed music videos before reaching commercial success with the action-comedy Rush Hour in 1998. He attended Miami Beach Senior High, and was accepted at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts at 16. Ratner got his start directin...
Brett Ratner was born on March 28, 1969. He is a director best known for the Rush Hour trilogy starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Ratner also directed X-Men: The Last Stand. Ratner was born in Miami Beach to Marsha Presman Ratner, a Cuban-born socialite. Ratner's maternal grandparents, Dr. Mario and Fanita Presman were Eastern European Jews who immigrated to Cuba and then the United States. Ratner's paternal grandfather was developer Lee Ratner. Ratner directed music videos before reaching commercial success with the action-comedy Rush Hour in 1998. He attended Miami Beach Senior High, and was accepted at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts at 16. Ratner got his start directing music videos, working with Jay-Z, Russell Simmons, Mariah Carey, Madonna and others. He got his big break when he was selected to direct Money Talks in 1997 with Chris Tucker and Charlie Sheen. Ratner's first five feature films have grossed nearly $1 billion. He lives in Beverly Hills.
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Review: 'Dostana'
In the Indian feature "Dostana," two straight men pretend to be a gay couple to live in a luxurious Miami apartment. When they realize their new roommate will be a gorgeous (straight) woman, the charade immediately becomes more complicated. The film...Tags: Music, Movies, Gays and Lesbians, John Abraham, Minority Groups
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real LI: Real Estate and Real Lives in the Communities of Long Island
Purple passion at Russell Simmons' annual fundraiser for arts education For the ninth year in a row, Russell Simmons will open his East Hampton estate to benefit the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation's arts education programs for inner-city kids. The...Tags: Justice System, Movies, Barack Obama, California, Long Island
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Hollywood's endangered entrepreneurs
THE BIG PICTUREIT'S hard to imagine New Line Cinema without Bob Shaye, its prickly paterfamilias. The company is being absorbed into Time Warner's Warner Bros. film division, with Shaye and most of the employees being cast adrift. Long after he'd sold his company in...Tags: 50 Cent, Schools, Cinema Industry, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Consumer Electronics Industry
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New Director Transforms into 'Wolfman'
Zap2It.comLess than a week after Mark Romanek ditched the film, Universal's remake of "The Wolfman" has found a new director. According to Variety, Joe Johnston has come on board to salvage the $100 million-budgeted film, which remakes on track to begin production...Tags: Benicio Del Toro, Movies, Anthony Hopkins, Joe Johnston
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SHOWBIZ 7s: The End-of-the-Year List on Why I Hate End-of-the-Year Lists
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWe've been swimming in a sea of end-of-the-year lists for the last month -- writing them, reading them, and passing them along to our co-workers and friends. At first blush they are sweet, giddy fun -- Sanjaya! Iggy! Michelle Pfeiffer returns!-- but...Tags: Britney Spears, Tommy Lee Jones, Movies, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Selling 'Be Kind Rewind' with a slapdash of humor
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Gondry's upcoming comedy "Be Kind Rewind," Jack Black and Mos Def play accidental auteurs -- a couple of knock-around film novices who end up making movie magic with a minimum of resources: tin foil and cardboard, a...Tags: Mos Def, Jack Black, Robert Zemeckis, Google Inc., Easter
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Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' Moving Forward
Zap2It.comCue up your recording of "Axel F" -- Crazy Frog or otherwise -- and resurrected Judge Reinhold, because Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley is ready to return to the beat. According to Variety, Murphy and Paramount Pictures are anxious to have "Beverly Hills Cop...Tags: Eddie Murphy, Movies, Beverly Hills, Indiana Jones
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Brett Ratner May Start 'Shrinking'
Zap2It.comBrett Ratner is negotiating to direct "The Incredible Shrinking Man" for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment. Eddie Murphy has long been attached to the updated take on the 1957 sci-fi favorite. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ratner is...Tags: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Hugh Hefner, Eddie Murphy, NBC, New York
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Solid cast, improv nearly give 'Grand' a winning hand
Sun Movie Critic(B-) The year's big dramatic gambling hit, 21, is all plot, no personality; The Grand, a comedy that follows six contenders into the finals of a poker tournament, is all personality, no plot. I'll take personality. The director and co-writer, Zak Penn,...Tags: Werner Herzog, Ray Romano, Casino and Gambling Industry, Woody Harrelson, Paul Giamatti
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'Women's Murder Club' Reopens
Zap2It.comThe "Women's Murder Club" is returning to ABC, but that will necessitate the movement of a couple of shows currently on the network's schedule. The show, based on James Patterson's novels, will return to the ABC schedule with three new episodes at 10 p....Tags: Crimes, Murder, Dancing, Television
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