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A native of Rochelle, Ill., the actress Joan Allen graduated from Northern Illinois University. A Tony Award winner, she has been working in films since 1985 and has been nominated for an Oscar three times. Her films include "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Upside of Anger," "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Notebook," "The Contender," "Pleasantville," "Face/Off" and "Peggy Sue Got Married."
A native of Rochelle, Ill., the actress Joan Allen graduated from Northern Illinois University. A Tony Award winner, she has been working in films since 1985 and has been nominated for an Oscar three times. Her films include "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Upside of Anger," "The Bourne Supremacy," "The Notebook," "The Contender," "Pleasantville," "Face/Off" and "Peggy Sue Got Married."
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Best upcoming entertainment in 2009
With 2008 nearly in the books, it's time to look ahead to 2009 and the exciting entertainment that the new year will bring. Our critics offer what they're most looking forward to in '09.
POP MUSIC
1. Jay-Z's new album. "Swagga Like Us," the single...Tags: Theater, Jeremy Irons, NBC, Jay Leno, Jay-Z
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Broadway shows cancel and close as investors get more conservative
They added four new songs, lined up a big theater and psyched up their backers. The producers of "Vanities, A New Musical," originally staged at the Pasadena Playhouse, then announced it was opening on Broadway in February. But three weeks later, on Dec....Tags: Theater, Movies, Celebrity, Jeremy Irons, Rock of Ages Corporation
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Nixon Films Worth Watching
The Hartford CourantThe story of Richard M. Nixon has lent itself to comedy, tragedy and even one major opera (composer John Adams' "Nixon in China"). With the area release of "Frost/Nixon" this week, we look at some of the cinematic portrayals of our 37th president. >> All...Tags: Movies, The White House, Richard Nixon, Dan Hedaya, National Government
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New On DVD: 'American Teen'; 'Burn After Reading'; 'Death Race'
American Teen >> Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008 Nanette Burstein's documentary about teens and their cliques, their dreams and neuroses in Warsaw, Ind., gets extraordinarily intimate access. But it's so intimate, it seems artificial. What kind of...Tags: Roger Corman, Folklore and Mythology, Sex, Monsters, Frances McDormand
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Rod Lurie says think Susan McDougal, not Judith Miller
The first thing writer-director Rod Lurie wants you to know about his new film "Nothing but the Truth" is that it wasn't inspired by Judith Miller.
In fact, he's tired of denying that it has to do with the former New York Times reporter based in...Tags: Movies, Valerie Plame, National Government, New York Times, Government
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Can Robert Wankel help Broadway survive recession?
linda.winer@newsday.comIs there no business in show business? Does anybody know? Well before the unexpected death of Gerald Schoenfeld, 84, powerhouse chairman of the Shubert Organization, the theater community - like everyone tangled in the global economy - was imagining...Tags: Theater, Religious Festivals, Katie Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe, National Government
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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: Peter Sellers, National Government, Sigourney Weaver, William Shatner, Terrorism
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Quick Takes
Damages sought in Nazi art seizure An 82-year-old Holocaust survivor and his family are suing the German government over an extensive art collection, including paintings by El Greco and Peter Paul Rubens, seized by the Nazis and sold at auction during...Tags: Quantum of Solace (movie), Movies, The White House, Tennessee, Coco Chanel
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'Death Race': Gory fun in winner's circle
Chicago Tribune criticNothing in director Paul W.S. Anderson's schlock drawer—not "Mortal Kombat," not "Event Horizon," not "Resident Evil," not "Alien vs. Predator"—prepares you for the peppy, good-time nastiness that is "Death Race." It's a loose remake of "Death...Tags: Movies, Metal and Mineral, Weaponry, Wanted (movie), Ian McShane
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'Death Race': not too swift
Sun movie critic(F) In movies like The Bank Job, Jason Statham has shown the potential to be a British Steve McQueen, but he'll never get the chance if he keeps making gobblers like Death Race. It's strictly a smash-and-grab variation on the campy 1975 cult hit Death...Tags: Movies, Steve McQueen, Ian McShane, Metal and Mineral, Society
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Movie Review: 'Death Race' - 2 stars out of 5
Sentinel Movie CriticOf all the Z-movies in the Roger Corman catalog, they had to remake Death Race 2000. But if the original Death Race, with its murderous road rally drivers who take down pedestrians for "points," seemed darkly prophetic when it came out back in 1975,...Tags: Movies, Roger Corman, 5K Run, Video Games, Weaponry
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Tuesday's Talk Shows
The Early Show Swimming with sharks. 7 a.m. KCBS 81542 Today Chef Jose Andres; Chris Brown; Antonio Sabato Jr. 7 a.m. KNBC 460417 KTLA Morning News 7 a.m. KTLA 25900 Good Morning America 7 a.m. KABC 27368 Good Day L.A./Fox 11 Morning News 7 a.m....Tags: Project Runway (tv program), Tori Spelling, Conan O'Brien, Tyra Banks, Ellen DeGeneres
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