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Clint Eastwood shines up his 'Gran Torino'
In the afternoons, there's a hush and warm amber glow in Clint Eastwood's office, which, unlike other bungalows at the Warner Bros. studio lot, has a rustic feel and furniture that manages to be just as practical as it is stylish. All of that suits the...Tags: Movies, Celebrity, Changeling (movie), Gang Activity, World War II
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1970s disaster films reflect angst of their times
The American Cinematheque's Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will be rocking and rolling Saturday evening when the 1974 disaster flick "Earthquake" rumbles in its original Sensurround sound system that mimics a real cataclysmic event.
The campy flick...Tags: Theater, Michael Douglas, Diseases, William Holden, Dolby Laboratories Incorporated
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Dustin Hoffman: 'I would have wound up writing jingles'
Failure, it turns out, is never far from Dustin Hoffman's mind, and it doesn't take much to get the 71-year-old actor reminiscing about the decade he spent in his 20s in New York when almost every audition ended in rejection and he had to reconcile his...Tags: Celebrity, Movies, Lee Strasberg, Emma Thompson, John Schlesinger
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'10,000 Hours' book a hit with Hollywood
Why is everyone in Hollywood talking about 10,000 hours?
That's the amount of time that author Malcolm Gladwell says it takes for a talented person to master a cognitively complex skill -- like becoming a world-class pianist or an Olympic athlete -- in...Tags: Theater, Movies, Celebrity, New York Times, Will Smith
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Steve McQueen was a pilot, not a celebrity, at Santa Paula Airport
One day in 1979, the King of Cool decided to fly.
Before anyone knew it, Steve McQueen was living with his girlfriend in a hangar at the Santa Paula Airport. During the day, he learned to pilot a World War II-era biplane. In the evening, the tough-guy...Tags: Diseases, Celebrity, Emergency Planning, Health and Safety at School, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Milton Katselas dies at 75; acting teacher and director
Milton Katselas, a prominent acting teacher and director whose students included George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Michelle Pfeiffer and hundreds of other actors, has died. He was 75.
Katselas, who founded the Beverly Hills Playhouse acting school in 1978,...Tags: Theater, Celebrity, Robert Urich, Lee Strasberg, Cults and Sects
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Man of steel on TV Land
Of all the Superman films to date, 1980's Superman II (10 p.m. on TV Land, repeats at 12:30 a.m.) stands out as the best. It's got a strong, charismatic performance from Christopher Reeve (who never got his due as an actor in this role). It's got...Tags: Christopher Reeve, Jim Garrison, Movies, Spider-Man, Gary Oldman
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'Changeling' falls flat
It's only appropriate that Changeling is being released on Halloween, for the real-life story on which it is based is as horrific as they come. Unfortunately, director Clint Eastwood can't move past his shock and incredulity over events that made a...Tags: Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Movies, Celebrity, Changeling (movie)
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Hail to the chiefs
Special to NewsdayIt's just days till the election, and there are still many undecided voters out there. Blame Hollywood. Filmmakers have spoiled us with fictional presidents who show guts and gravitas while a comet hurtles toward Earth . . . or aliens invade . . . or...Tags: Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Stanley Kubrick, National Government, Terrorism
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Hackman-Lenihan revisit the horrors of Andersonville prison
Chicago Tribune NewspapersBy Allen Barra For more than 140 years, the name of Andersonville, the infamous prisoner-of-war camp in western Georgia, has evoked all the horror of the Civil War. The postwar trial of the prison's Confederate officials, as dramatized in the 1971 PBS...Tags: Mississippi, Newt Gingrich, Georgia, Wars and Interventions, Prisons
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Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83
SPECIAL TO THE COURANTPaul Newman was a stage actor who became a movie star. A sex symbol who celebrated 50 years of marriage with his second wife. A grieving father who turned to philanthropy after the death of his only son. A citizen activist who campaigned for liberal...Tags: Sidney Lumet, August (movie), Barbra Streisand, Teen-agers, Sally Field
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Shows to watch
1. 'Runaway Jury' 7 p.m., WBBM-Ch. 2 If you liked John Grisham's novel, be warned: This 2003 movie adaptation is about guns instead of cigarettes -- the defendant was a tobacco company in the book. Try to pretend you didn't read the book, and give the...Tags: Alicia Keys, Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck, Dustin Hoffman, John Grisham
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