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Hello, 'WallE!'
Special to the TribuneWho would have dreamed that an animated film about a lonely robot who collects show tunes and falls in love with another android would be one of the year's most critically lauded and popular movies—and also contain the year's best film score?...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Rachel Getting Married (movie), Burt Bacharach, Beyonce, Jonathan Demme
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Life in the fast lane, heading toward the Eagles concert
Special to the SentinelIt's Christmas Day, and I'm on I-4 heading to DeLand. I glance at the speedometer. I'm doing 80 -- and people are passing me really fast, like 100 mph. Hope they arrive safely. Later on Christmas night after I return home, I turn on the TV and find an...Tags: Government, Holidays, True Blood (tv program), Big Love (tv program), Movies
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'Milk': More about the man than the martyr
Tribune criticThe story of Harvey Milk is a tragedy, but not since Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" has Sean Penn played such a serenely happy individual. It does an actor good to play a joyous character. In "Milk," Penn is superb as the martyred San...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Gus van Sant, Movies, California, Sean Penn
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'Milk,' 'Benjamin Button' lead Broadcast Film Critic noms
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"Milk" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" dominated the nominations this morning for the Broadcast Film Critics Assn.'s 14th annual Critics' Choice Awards, receiving eight nods each. "Milk," Gus Van Sant's drama about Harvey Milk, the openly gay...Tags: F Scott Fitzgerald, Rachel Getting Married (movie), Wall-E (movie), Angelina Jolie, Movies
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Their music for video games depends on play
Music composer Garry Schyman sits in his Culver City studio, at a desk topped with Gustav Mahler biographies and Krzysztof Penderecki recordings, and ponders the hero's predicament. He pivots to his keyboard and plays a handful of chords conveying utter...Tags: Television, Sales, Krzysztof Penderecki, Game Playing, Batman
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Review: Miami City Ballet performs Twyla Tharp and Elvis Costello's 'Nightspot'
Here's a suggestion: Let's ditch the nightclub as a setting for ballet. No more predictable tales about the trials of courtship or the ballroom as a metaphor for life.
Miami City Ballet, Edward Villella's smart and spirited South Florida company,...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Edward Villella, Twyla Tharp, Music Industry, Miami City Ballet
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Movie review: The Nightmare Before Christmas -- 5 out of 5 stars
Orlando Sentinel Movie CriticTim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas -- Tim Burton's vision, Henry Selick's 1993 movie -- is a masterpiece. A work of grand visual wit, clever songs, funny gags and genuine pathos, it is perhaps the greatest stop-motion animated film ever, a...Tags: Holidays, Tim Burton, Movies, Religious Festivals, Chris Sarandon
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Mamma mia! Movie lovers can fill MP3s with the hits
Special to the Chicago TribuneBlockbuster season may be winding down, but the soundtrack for one of this summer's movies has scaled the top spot on the Billboard 200 chart as it ends. The never-going-to-let-you-go " Mamma Mia!" is the first soundtrack to claim the top spot since...Tags: Michael Cera, Coldplay, Angelina Jolie, Movies, Ben Stiller
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Clint Eastwood tapped for helmer honor
The 12th Annual Hollywood Awards will honor Clint Eastwood with the Hollywood Director of the Year Award.
The Oscar-winning director and producer will receive the award at the festival's Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony in Beverly Hills on Oct. 27....Tags: Film Festivals, Iron Man (movie), Sam Mendes, Wall-E (movie), Martin Scorsese
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Composer Danny Elfman on music, books and 'The Daily Show'
COMPOSER Danny Elfman has slipped his way into our collective subconscious by creating the scores to numerous films, including the blockbusters " Spider-Man," "Mission: Impossible" and "Men in Black," as well as the themes to " The Simpsons" and "...Tags: Steve Reich, Spider-Man, Movies, Twyla Tharp, Desperate Housewives (tv program)
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Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger's 'End. > vacuum' to premiere at UCLA's Royce Hall
Special to The TimesAs the guitarist for hard-edged pop-rock band Incubus, Mike Einziger has headlined arenas and festivals around the world. But standing in a rehearsal room at Los Angeles Valley College in front of an assembly of trained musicians gearing up to perform his...Tags: Music, Brian Cox, Classical Music, Frank Zappa, John Adams
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In defense of 'Planet of the Apes'
ICAN'T claim to have gone ape over the "Planet of the Apes," but I liked it when I first saw it in the late '60s. The music by Jerry Goldsmith was quirky and strikingly modern. I have a soft spot for Charlton Heston. The screenplay, in part by Rod...Tags: Tim Burton, Movies, Music Industry, Charlton Heston, Jerry Goldsmith
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