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    Jun 12, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Tim Roth gives clinics on how to be the villain

    WITH HIS 1982 film debut as a window-smashing skinhead teen in "Made in Britain" and his Oscar-nominated sadist fop in the Highlands period drama " Rob Roy," Tim Roth has routinely been considered one of film's most exciting performers. The actor, though, has at times gotten bored with it all and considered quitting. To keep fresh, he's taken less-than-desirable jobs so he can then do the smaller, more stimulating gigs that don't pay anything -- only to have lingering bad feelings over the money gig.
    Special to The Times
    WITH HIS 1982 film debut as a window-smashing skinhead teen in "Made in Britain" and his Oscar-nominated sadist fop in the Highlands period drama " Rob Roy," Tim Roth has routinely been considered one of film's most exciting performers. The actor, though,...

    Tags: Tim Roth, Mike Leigh, Teen-agers, Literature, Celebrity

    2. Jan 3, 2008 |Story| Associated Press

  2. Sean Penn to lead Cannes festival jury

    American actor and director Sean Penn will head the awards jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, organizers announced Thursday.
    American actor and director Sean Penn will head the awards jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, organizers announced Thursday. The festival's 61st edition is scheduled for May 14-25. Penn said in a statement "that a new generation of filmmaking...

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Justice System, Sean Penn, Celebrity, Film Festivals

    3. Dec 9, 2007 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. THE RELUCTANT CELEBRITY

    Caro is a Tribune entertainment reporter
    Joyce Piven remembers John Cusack as a high-schooler playing a charismatic anti-hero in the Piven Theatre Workshop's adaptation of J.D. Salinger's short story "Just Before the War with the Eskimos." Piven, artistic director emeritus of the 35-year-old...

    Tags: Sony Corp., Music Theater, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Diseases

    4. Jan 23, 2007 |Story| Newsday

  4. Oscar nominations: The complete list

    Complete list of the 79th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif.: 1. Best Picture: "Babel," "The Departed," "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The...

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Alan Arkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Philip Glass, Mark Wahlberg

    5. Jan 23, 2007 |Story| Newsday

  5. 'Dreamgirls' leads with 8 Oscar nominations

    Broadway-style glitz and gritty social drama were the big magnets among the Oscar nominees this year, as "Dreamgirls" and "Babel" tallied 8 and 7 nominations each. But quantity was not an indicator of overall quality in the case of "Dreamgirls," which failed to pick up a Best Picture nomination.
    Newsday Staff Writer
    Broadway-style glitz and gritty social drama were the big magnets among the Oscar nominees this year, as "Dreamgirls" and "Babel" tallied 8 and 7 nominations each. But quantity was not an indicator of overall quality in the case of "Dreamgirls," which...

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Alan Arkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Greengrass

    6. Dec 3, 2007 |Story| Zap2It

  6. Helen Mirren Crowned at European Film Awards

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    Just because the year is coming to a close doesn't mean that Helen Mirren is done winning accolades for "The Queen." The actress snagged another award on Saturday, Dec. 1 for her performance as Elizabeth II in the Stephen Frears drama at the 2007...

    Tags: Elizabeth II, Diana, Princess of Wales, Film Festivals, Movies

    7. May 18, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. CANNES DAILY: Reality Intrudes on La Croisette

    Has the reality craze hit Cannes? Despite the requisite pomp, circumstance, celebration and silliness, one of the most marked characteristics of the festival thus far is how reality keeps creeping in amongst the art and artifice. For example, the face of...

    Tags: Maggie Cheung, Jessica Simpson, Celebrity, Government, Movies

    8. May 28, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. '4 Months' a small but popular winner

    CANNES, France — "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," a small Romanian film that was one of the first shown at the Festival de Cannes, outlasted its better-financed, better-known rivals and won the Palme d'Or at a ceremony Sunday night at the Palais des Festivals.
    Times Staff Writer
    CANNES, France — "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," a small Romanian film that was one of the first shown at the Festival de Cannes, outlasted its better-financed, better-known rivals and won the Palme d'Or at a ceremony Sunday night at the Palais...

    Tags: Medicaid, Cinema Industry, Michael Moore, Government Health Care, Gus van Sant

    9. May 28, 2007 |Story| Zap2It

  9. Romanian Abortion Film Wins Cannes

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    Cristian Mungiu's "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" won Cannes Film Festival's prestigious Palme d'Or, announced on Sunday (May 27). Mungiu's feature, one of the first unveiled at this year's Festival, was a critics' favorite, telling an abortion-driven...

    Tags: Justice System, David Fincher, Ethan Coen, Celebrity, Gus van Sant

    10. Jul 12, 2007 |Story| Metromix

  10. Movie review: 'Talk to Me'

    <b>3&#189; stars (out of four)</b>
    Tribune movie critic
    3½ stars (out of four) Blessedly free of the usual biopic freight and sanctimony, the exuberant new film "Talk to Me" has a great subject and a great actor working in tandem, reminding audiences that once upon a time media personalities used to fight The...

    Tags: Johnny Carson, Don Cheadle, Terence Blanchard, Rick Famuyiwa, Prisons

    11. Feb 12, 2007 |Story| Zap2It

  11. BAFTAs Honor 'Queen' for a Day

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    Largely an afterthought in the Oscar best picture discussion, Stephen Frears' "The Queen" was named best film at Sunday's (Feb. 11) British Academy Film Awards. The film's star, Helen Mirren, won the best actress BAFTA, paired as she has been all award...

    Tags: Alan Arkin, Martin Scorsese, Paul Greengrass, Film Festivals, Jennifer Hudson

    12. Feb 18, 2007 |Story| Envelope

  12. 'Queen' bears his crowning touch

    When he rolls up for lunch at Campanile, Stephen Frears, the 65-year-old director of the &quot;The Queen," doesn't look as if he'd be reticent.
    The Envelope
    When he rolls up for lunch at Campanile, Stephen Frears, the 65-year-old director of the "The Queen," doesn't look as if he'd be reticent. He's rumpled, personable, vaguely brash, but just try asking him how he guided the seemingly unprepossessing film...

    Tags: Cinema Industry, Awards and Prizes, Roddy Doyle, Diana, Princess of Wales, Government

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