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Movie review: 'Traitor'
Chicago Tribune" Traitor" asks a question that can be answered only by that cruel mistress, the marketplace: How much moral ambiguity and narrative intricacy will an audience handle in the realm of a terrorism-themed contemporary thriller? Enough, I hope, to respond...Tags: Traitor, Steve Martin, Spencer Tracy, Don Cheadle, Jeff Daniels
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'Traitor': Cheadle anchors twisty tale
Tribune critic" Traitor" asks a question that can only be answered by that cruel mistress, the marketplace: How much moral ambiguity and narrative intricacy will an audience handle in the realm of a terrorism-themed contemporary thriller? Enough, I hope, to respond...Tags: Traitor, Steve Martin, Spencer Tracy, Don Cheadle, Jeff Daniels
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SCREEN SCENE: North Lawndale student film debuts at Peace on Earth Festival
"Gun violence affects me so much that I believe I will be the next person to die," says a teen girl in the short film "Will I Be Next?" The short, created by a class at North Lawndale College Prep High School, will be part of the first Peace on Earth...Tags: Festive Event, Malcolm X, Dalai Lama, Ceremonies, Film Festivals
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Movie Review: 'Traitor'
"Traitor" asks a question that can only be answered by that cruel mistress, the marketplace: How much moral ambiguity and narrative intricacy will an audience handle in the realm of a terrorism-themed contemporary thriller? Enough, I hope, to respond to...Tags: Traitor, Steve Martin, Spencer Tracy, Don Cheadle, Jeff Daniels
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Tragedy: Bernie Mac Dies
The TV ZoneTalk about the wind getting sucked out of you: Bernie Mac has died. This news comes just about a day after the public relations firm PMK notified the press that he was responding well to treatment and would probably......Tags: The Bernie Mac Show, Death and Dying, Andy Griffith, Los Angeles, Celebrity
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'Tropic Thunder' brings issues about cinema and race back to the fore
Special to The TimesWHAT IS going on in the zeitgeist when an African American is poised to become president and Robert Downey Jr. is in blackface? In the new comedy " Tropic Thunder," Downey plays actor Kirk Lazarus, a Russell Crowe-ish Aussie who is cast as a black soldier...Tags: Sean Penn, Jim Brown, Star Wars, Will Smith, Culture
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Films That Exude Class
Memorable films that deal with life in American public urban high schools include: "The Blackboard Jungle" 1955 Director: Richard Brooks. Brooks did the screenplay based on the Evan Hunter novel. Cast: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Richard...Tags: Meryl Streep, Antonio Banderas, Edward James Olmos, Cloris Leachman, Alfre Woodard
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Bernie Mac, 50; Comedian starred in 'Ocean's Eleven,' 'The Bernie Mac Show'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBernie Mac, an actor and comedian who starred in the "Ocean's Eleven" film franchise and "The Bernie Mac Show," a rare network comedy to feature an African American in a leading role, died Saturday. He was 50. Mac died from complications related to...Tags: The Bernie Mac Show, Death and Dying, Celebrity, Crimes, Martin Lawrence
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SCREEN SCENE: 'Blue Men' on to big screen
Though the Illinois-filmed movie "Troubadours" seems to have much in common with Dennis Hopper's "The Trip" and elements of "Easy Rider," co-director and star Tom Galassi says "Troubadours" has more esoteric influences. "A lot of the films we loved...Tags: RCN of PA, Inc., Cinema Industry, Oak Park, Blue Man Group, Grant Park
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Last "Twilight" book released at 12:01 a.m. Saturday
Chicago Tribune reporterIt's the yearning. In an American culture drenched in sexually charged ads, movies, music and books, the " Twilight" series of romance novels by Stephenie Meyer are surprise hits, subverting expectations and hearkening to a more innocent time. Yes, the...Tags: Oak Park, Twilight, Gossip Girl, People, Books and Magazines
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Career focused on beauty
Chicago Tribune reporterRoxanne Gilbert Davis went from a small Downstate town to the bright lights of New York City for a modeling career that had her pitching beer and gracing magazine covers. Mrs. Davis later was a representative for Fashion Fair cosmetics, owned by Chicago'...Tags: Marshall Field, Armed Forces, John Gilbert, Macy's, Defense
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Don't put away those fancy wedding duds just yet
Wedding season is in full swing, and it would be a shame to let those fancy threads you've been sporting lay lifeless outside of nuptial-related bashes. Here are a few parties that warrant breaking out your dress or those snazzy cufflinks again. 44th...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Dancing, Celebrity, Film Festivals, Auction Service
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