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The Notable Films of 2010: Part Six
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The Last Airbender
Opens: July 2nd 2010
Cast: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Dev Patel
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Summary: A live-action film based on the Nickelodeon animated TV series. In a fantastic world where civilisation exists as four great empires, a reluctant young child sets out on a perilous journey to restore balance to a world torn apart by war.
Analysis: Its been quite the decade for M. Night Shyamalan who started it as a household name with labels of a moodern-day Hitchcock thanks to the likes of "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs". Today he's considered more of a one-trick pony and in some cases a punchline due to rampant stories of egomania run wild and a series of much derided onscreen flops like "Lady in the Water" and "The Happening".
Thus 'Airbender' marks a potential return to form for the helmer. An adaptation of his hit cartoon series
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'The Lovely Bones' Star Stanley Tucci Praises Christina Aguilera's Acting Debut In 'Burlesque'
11 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST
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When Eminem decided that his status as a superstar musician gave him the credentials to become an actor, the result was “8 Mile,” an Oscar-nominated instant classic; Mariah Carey’s 2001 bomb “Glitter” might just be the worst movie ever made. Somewhere in between, we’ve had Britney’s “Crossroads,” Whitney Houston’s “The Bodyguard,” 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” and dozens of other boundary-defying debuts. Now, it’s time for Christina Aguilera to finally make the move – and one of her famous co-stars thinks Xtina has what it takes.
“I hear she’s wonderful,” explained Stanley Tucci, the accomplished veteran actor/writer/director of more than 80 movies and TV shows, who has been cast alongside Aguilera in “Burlesque,” also starring Cher, Kristen Bell and Cam Gigandet. “I’ve been talking to some of the people at the studio, and everyone is thrilled with her.”
Written and directed by Hollywood vet Steve Antin,
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Silversun Pickups: From a Brush with Idol to Jeopardy
10 December 2009 9:05 AM, PST
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Are members of Silversun Pickups really secret Claymates?
Don't hit the panic switch - they never went that far. But the indie L.A. band does have a secret connection to a decidedly less hip American Idol. "I had a really weird experience working on a Clay Aiken music video once," singer/guitarist Brian Aubert tells People of his time doing day-rate work in the entertainment industry, long before his band's best new artist Grammy nomination on Dec. 2.
"It was the worst," he said, explaining that he and bassist Nikki Monninger wrangled extras for Aiken's video being shot in Hollywood.
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- Marisa Laudadio
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Hugh Grant: What Up With That?
8 December 2009 12:01 PM, PST
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Remember cute-as-a-button, stammering, stuttering, British boy-wonder, Hugh Grant? Hugh Grant from Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill? A man so impeccably charming and adorable that he bagged a supermodel wife in Elizabeth Hurley.
Then, along came Father Time (with a quick detour through Sunset Boulevard service provider, Divine Brown) and we're now facing the brutal reality that the formerly puppy-faced Hugh may now be he cringe-inducing, Mr. Grant, the creepy older neighbor from the apartment down the hall.
So what up with that? At this point, Hugh can go in one of two directions: the Sean Connery and Peter O'Toole
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Interview: Tony Curtis is the Original Fantastic Mr. Fox
5 December 2009 7:22 AM, PST
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Chicago – Tony Curtis, who rolled into town to introduce his classic “Some Like it Hot” – December 5th and 6th at the Hollywood Palms in Naperville, Il – has a sharp and voracious intelligence, plus the adventurous life story to share.
In his new book, “The Making of Some Like it Hot,” Curtis relates the incredible Hollywood tale about how two big stars, he and Jack Lemmon, dressed up as women and collided with the incomparable Marilyn Monroe and director Billy Wilder to create a true American cinema masterpiece.
HollywoodChicago’s Patrick McDonald and photog Joe Arce encountered Tony Curtis in the lobby of the new Trump Hotel. While under the Christmas tree, Curtis regaled us with the account of his first ever trip to Chicago, appearing in a play at the Yiddish Theater on Ogden and Kedzie.
Known as Bernie Schwartz in those days, Curtis told us that he had to
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In Loving Memory of Moviedrome
30 November 2009 8:39 AM, PST
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It will be no great shock to hear that living in London has both advantages and disadvantages. It is true that the cost of a 200 yd train journey may be the equivalent of a small flat in Hull, and rather like rats in New York it is said that you are never more than 100 metres away from a Premiership footballer or someone "in media", but the capital does have one thing in its favour: a vast range of unique cultural opportunities, among them some of the best independent cinemas in the country. It is true that many other cities, too, offer a wonderful alternative to the looming multiplex (Brighton, Oxford, Manchester, Bristol, to name just four that I have experienced myself) but merely by virtue of geographical and population size, London is unrivalled. At anything up to £15 they can be expensive, but for the chance to see a treasured classic on the big screen,
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'Santa's Hollywood Christmas Party' Free Three-day Event Held At The Chruch Of The Blessed Sacrament
29 November 2009 2:30 AM, PST
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It's the party of the year, and you won't want to miss it! Hollywood's Santa Parade LLC, producers of The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade, will produce "Santa's Hollywood Christmas Party," a Free three-day fun-filled event for the entire family, to be held at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament; 6657 Sunset Boulevard (between Cherokee Street and Cassil Street); Hollywood, CA 90028 on Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, 2009 from 12 Noon - 12 Midnight and Sunday, November 29, 2009 from 12 Noon - 11:00 p.m.
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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Scenic & Costume Designer Tobin Ost
28 November 2009 9:17 AM, PST
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This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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'Santa's Hollywood Christmas Party' Free Three-day Event Held At The Chruch Of The Blessed Sacrament
28 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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It's the party of the year, and you won't want to miss it! Hollywood's Santa Parade LLC, producers of The 2009 Hollywood Christmas Parade, will produce "Santa's Hollywood Christmas Party," a Free three-day fun-filled event for the entire family, to be held at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament; 6657 Sunset Boulevard (between Cherokee Street and Cassil Street); Hollywood, CA 90028 on Friday and Saturday, November 27 and 28, 2009 from 12 Noon - 12 Midnight and Sunday, November 29, 2009 from 12 Noon - 11:00 p.m.
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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Playhouse Artistic Director Christopher Ashley
27 November 2009 11:06 AM, PST
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This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Director Jeff Calhoun and Book Writer Ivan Menchell
26 November 2009 9:08 AM, PST
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This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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Staying Sober with Viggo
25 November 2009 5:52 PM, PST
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By Steve Pond
The last time I interviewed Viggo Mortensen, we got thrown out of a bar.
That was more than a decade ago, when he was promoting a mediocre movie and I was writing for a mediocre magazine. Viggo got on the wrong side of an aging bartender (the only other person in the Sunset Boulevard joint) by asking if he could turn down the volume on the soap opera blaring from a TV in the corner.
The guy flipped out, told us to leave, and threatened to call the cops. Since I lived a block away from the bar, we got a couple of beers from my refrigerator and finished the interview on my front
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- Steve Pond
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Viggo Mortensen: Grilled
25 November 2009 3:12 PM, PST
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By Steve Pond
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The last time I interviewed Viggo Mortensen, we got thrown out of a bar. That was more than a decade ago, when he was promoting a mediocre movie and I was writing for a mediocre magazine. Viggo got on the wrong side of an aging bartender (the only other person in the Sunset Boulevard joint) by asking if he could turn down the volume on the soap opera blaring from a TV in the corner. The guy flipped out, told us to leave, and threatened to call the cops
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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Interview with Stark Sands and Laura Osnes
25 November 2009 2:14 PM, PST
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This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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Stage Tube: Bonnie & Clyde at La Jolla Playhouse Video Montage
24 November 2009 8:02 PM, PST
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This production features music by Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel), lyrics by Tony Award-winner Don Black (Sunset Boulevard, Song and Dance), book by Ivan Menchell(The Cemetery Club, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), and direction by Jeff Calhoun (Deaf West's Big River and Pippin, Grease!). Bonnie & Clyde began its run on November 10 and will run through December 20, 2009 in The Playhouse's Mandell Weiss Theatre.
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Eric Dane cast in 'Burlesque'
17 November 2009 10:19 PM, PST
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"Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane is now part of the "Burlesque" cast. Screen Gems distributes the musical drama which stars Christina Aguilera, Kristen Bell, Cher, Stanley Tucci and Alan Cumming.
Christina Aguilera plays an ambitious girl from a small town with a big voice who gains success in a neo-burlesque club reminiscent of the club in "Cabaret."
Kristen Bell stars as Aguilera's rival called Nikki, a loose-cannon lead dancer and main attraction at the club. Her life spirals out of control when Aguilera's character gets the spotlight.
Stanley Tucci will have the part of the manager of the Sunset Boulevard club who is also the best friend and confidante of former dancer Tess (played by Cher), who takes the young girl under her wing.
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Michael Winner: 'The only purpose of life is to avoid boredom'
16 November 2009 1:37 AM, PST
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The notorious film director on cheating death, the awfulness of restaurants – and how he can't stand boring people
It is with a mixture of fear and exhilaration that I approach Michael Winner's large house – he likes to describe it as a mansion – in London's fashionable Holland Park. God knows how much it's worth – £25m maybe. Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin lives next door, in an even bigger house. An attractive, slightly forbidding young woman answers the door – I later discover she is a resting actress called Ruby – and she shows me into Winner's private cinema, filled with memorabilia from half a lifetime of movie-making and an entire lifetime of trouble-making.
There are seats for 30 people, a bar, a director's chair with Winner's name on it, the Winner puppet from Spitting Image, a signed photograph of Marilyn Monroe, pictures of some scantily clad starlets, and hundreds of photographs of stars
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Brotherly Love Inspires Oscar Campaign
12 November 2009 9:35 AM, PST
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By Steve Pond
Do we have another surprise late contender ready to join “Crazy Heart” in some major Oscar races? The next couple of weeks will tell the tale, but at the moment director Jim Sheridan’s “Brothers” is starting to look as if it may become a legitimate player.
On Sunday night, the military-themed film, which is based on Danish director Susanne Bier’s award-winning 2004 movie “Brodre,” screened for members of the Directors Guild at the DGA Theater on Sunset Boulevard. The next day, the Envelope’s Pete Hammond (who moderated the post-
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Logo's Legacy Campaign is "Mad" about Bryan Batt
4 November 2009 2:29 PM, PST
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Joining Patrik-Ian Polk and Cheyenne Jackson as one of Logo's Legacy Campaign honorees is the very deserving Bryan Batt. The Mad Men star is another out actor who has made his mark as an actor, but also as a gay activist who has helped advance gay causes.
In addition to his television credits, Batt has a long strong of Broadway shows to his name including La Cage Aux Folles, Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard. And did we mention this New Orleans native is also an accomplished interior designer?
So congrats to Bryan on the very worthy honor!
Read more about the Logo Legacy Campaign.
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AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes
4 November 2009 4:45 AM, PST
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"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list!
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie QuotesGone with the Wind (1939)
“Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara.
The Godfather (1972)
“I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.” —Marlon Brando as Don Corleone.
On the Waterfront (1954)
“You don’t understand!
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