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'Ghostbusters' sequel?
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Sigourney Weaver is usually so busy being peppered with questions about another "Alien" sequel (her answer: it might happen) that she rarely has to address the other lucrative franchise with which she has been associated. So,...Tags: Dan Aykroyd, Seth Rogen, Ernie Hudson, Judd Apatow, Sigourney Weaver
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Montecito is verdant -- and wealthy
John and Jacqueline Kennedy honeymooned there. Oprah Winfrey, Jeff Bridges, John Cleese, Rob Lowe and Ivan Reitman live there. Ellen DeGeneres used to, before she sold her estate earlier this year for about $20 million to Eric Schmidt, Google's chief...Tags: Rob Lowe, Bodies of Water, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John Cleese, Ellen DeGeneres
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Oprah: Empathy for neighbors in 'tea fire' in Montecito
Chicago TribuneOffering a window into the world of celebrities dealing with tragedy, Oprah Winfrey -- broadcasting her show live from Chicago -- spoke this morning about the wildfires tearing through her tony California neighborhood. She said her first concern, had she...Tags: Melissa Etheridge, Rob Lowe, California, Wildfires, Forestry and Timber
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'Office' Writers Ain't Afraid of No 'Ghostbusters'
Zap2It.comSony has recruited Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to take a stab at rebooting the "Ghostbusters" franchise. The two veteran scribes on NBC's "The Office" will not be rewriting the 1984 comedy-action-ghost classic, but rather extending the series. The...Tags: Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Spider-Man, Beverly Hills, NBC
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Oscar nominees are eating lunch in this town again
THE Oscar nominees' luncheon -- a long-held tradition at the Beverly Hilton Hotel that usually kicks off the giddy weeks before the televised ceremony -- couldn't quite shake the long shadow cast by the 13-week writers strike, despite news that a...Tags: Movies, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Awards and Prizes, Film Festivals, George Clooney
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Peek into Oscars crystal ball
"Oh my God, this is a disaster. Now what are we going to do?" lamented one studio publicist handling a bunch of nominees and potential winners.
No, he wasn't talking about the WGA strike or the Super Tuesday primary results.
It was the just-announced...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Christian Bale, Movies, Lauren Bacall, Unions
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The next generation
Although the majority of the Academy Award nominees in the major categories are 40 and older -- in fact, supporting actress nominee Ruby Dee is 83 and supporting actor nominee Hal Holbrook is 82 -- several haven't hit their fourth decade. Of those,...Tags: Edith Piaf, Movies, Cinema Industry, Peter Jackson, Culture
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'Pest Control' can't be exterminated
Special to The TimesYou can't throw a skim latte in L.A. without hitting a writer who has a screenplay that's been stuck in the system since grunge was breaking. But there are very few who can say that in the intervening years they've turned the same story into a well-...Tags: National Lampoon Incorporated, Movies, Bodies of Water, Theater, Demonstration
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Camp Hollywood
Many people will enjoy "Camp Camp," a book of photos and essays about summer camp, as a hilarious, touching study of awkward adolescence. Those people are idiots. "Camp Camp" should be studied as the greatest guide ever to how Jews get jobs in Hollywood....Tags: Movies, Milton Berle, Civil Unrest, Popular Music, Schools
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Selling 'Be Kind Rewind' with a slapdash of humor
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Gondry's upcoming comedy "Be Kind Rewind," Jack Black and Mos Def play accidental auteurs -- a couple of knock-around film novices who end up making movie magic with a minimum of resources: tin foil and cardboard, a...Tags: Movies, Weather Reports, Danny Glover, Utah, Easter
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From G-string to A-list
As Hollywood success stories go, Diablo Cody's is a doozy. It goes like this: Midwestern misfit decides -- on a what-the-hell impulse -- to try stripping. Blogs about it. Hollywood talent manager reads her witty, provocative postings, encourages a tell-...Tags: Jim Morrison, Movies, Washington Post Co., Jennifer Garner, Chicago Jobs
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'Office' Drone Wilson Seeks 'Girlfriend'
Zap2It.com"The Office" co-star Rainn Wilson will topline the comedy "Girlfriend Experience" for DreamWorks. The film will be produced by Ivan Reitman and Tom Pollock's Montecito banner with cousins Mark and Brian Gunn ("Mighty Mouse") penning the script....Tags: DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, NBC
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