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The culture of scarcity
We shopped. Then we dropped. Then we started making culture again -- dancing on the rubble of our own excesses, stitching together art from the ragbag of our desires.
Every generation or so, throughout modern American history, the culture of hardship has...Tags: Johnny Depp, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., University of Texas, Slumdog Millionaire (movie), Culture
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From 'Star Trek' to 'Avatar,' 2009's big movies
rafer.guzman@newsday.comMaking up stories isn't easy, which is why Hollywood likes to find ones that already exist. That means 2009 is so far shaping up to be another year of adaptations, remakes, "reimaginings" and plain old sequels. Some are obvious, such as "New Moon," the...Tags: Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, The Wolf Man (movie, 2009), Alec Baldwin
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Good questions for 2009—and beyond
1Forget about what the island on "Lost" is, where did it go? In the closing moments of "Lost's" rejuvenated (and strike-shortened) fourth season, island mastermind Benjamin Linus descended into the bowels of his magical tropical paradise and turned a...Tags: Eminem, Righteous Kill (movie), Barry Levinson, Robert DeNiro, The Godfather (movie)
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How to make foreign actors sound American
Tribune reporterWhat does it take for British and Australian actors to sound like Americans? That's where someone such as Tanera Marshall, assistant professor in the University of Illinois at Chicago's performing arts department, comes in. She has been a dialect coach...Tags: Rachel McAdams, University of Illinois at Chicago, John Dillinger, Marion Cotillard, Celebrity
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Blagojevich signs film incentive measure
After a couple of weeks of uncertainty, Illinois has a new tax incentive aimed at luring films and TV series to the state. Embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the measure into law Monday. It increases the tax credit to 30 percent from 20 percent and...Tags: Johnny Depp, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Dillinger, Credit and Debt, Patrick Swayze
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Character actor on film and TV
The Washington PostWASHINGTON — Robert Prosky, a supporting actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues" and a desperate real estate salesman in David Mamet's play "Glengarry...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), NBC, Kirstie Alley, Arthur Miller, David Mamet
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Robert Prosky dies at 77; stage, TV and film actor appeared in 'Hill Street Blues'
Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of film, TV and stage credits, and whose roles included an avuncular sergeant on the NBC police drama "Hill Street Blues" and a desperate real estate salesman in David Mamet's play "Glengarry Glen Ross,"...Tags: Constantin Costa-Gavras, Federal Reserve, Baseball, NBC, Death and Dying
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Man power
Sun Movie CriticHollywood has often relied on its $20 million men - stars who can "open" films, immediately bringing in two or three times their prodigious salaries - to motivate moviegoers during the two bonanza weeks of Christmas and New Year's. This year will test...Tags: New Year's Day, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Yates, Valkyrie (movie)
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'Scarface Nation' author urges everyone to get to know his little friend
Sun Movie CriticKen Tucker, Entertainment Weekly's editor-at-large and music critic for NPR's Fresh Air With Terry Gross, wasn't sure he had picked the right subject when he set out to chronicle Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America (St....Tags: Culture, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Brian de Palma, Organized Crime, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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'The Dark Knight': 4 stars (our top rating)
Chicago Tribune criticSensational, grandly sinister and not for the kids, "The Dark Knight" elevates pulp to a very high level. Heath Ledger's Joker takes it higher still, and the 28-year-old actor's death earlier this year of an accidental overdose lends the film an air of...Tags: Heath Ledger, Tim Burton, Organized Crime, Morgan Freeman, Christian Bale
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Johnny Depp Reunites with 'Pirates' Director
Zap2It.comJohnny Depp will reunite with director Gore Verbinski on "Rango." The Paramount feature will be very different from Depp and Verbinski's previous collaborations on the mega-blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" features. To begin with, "Rango" is an...Tags: Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam, Paramount, Movies
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'Righteous Kill:' Rat-a-tat-flat
What a difference a director makes. When Al Pacino and Robert De Niro shared a scene together in Heat, with Pacino as the L.A. cop par excellence and De Niro as the master criminal, the wide-awake and super-skilled Michael Mann orchestrated it, aptly...Tags: Righteous Kill (movie), Jon Avnet, 50 Cent, Al Pacino, John Leguizamo
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