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James Bond takes a 'Quantum' leap in luxury
Forty-six years ago, when Sean Connery played his first hand of chemin de fer clad in a shawl-collar tuxedo as James Bond in "Dr. No," the world was a much different place. Dressing up for dinner was de rigueur, and high-tech meant a shortwave radio...Tags: Sean Connery, Casino and Gambling, Tourism and Leisure, H&M, Iron Man
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Jay Fiondella dies at 82; flamboyant owner of Chez Jay made the restaurant a Santa Monica landmark
Jay Fiondella, the flamboyant owner of Chez Jay, the scruffy restaurant-bar he opened almost 50 years ago that became a Santa Monica landmark and something of a shrine to his exploits as an adventurer, has died. He was 82.
Fiondella died Nov. 6 at a...Tags: Daniel Ellsberg, Henry Kissinger, Leonard Nimoy, Celebrity, Marlon Brando
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On this date in history
On Nov. 7, 1867, physicist and two-time Nobel winner Marie Curie was born Maria Sklodowska in Warsaw. In 1874, the Republican Party was symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly. In 1893 the state of Colorado granted...Tags: Albert Camus, Magic Johnson, Local Elections, Lyndon B. Johnson, Thomas Nast
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World War II epics
It's World War II all over again on TCM, spotlighting a trio of big-scale, big-budget, big-cast war epics. The first two hail from the early 1960s, when such films were all the rage. At 5:15 p.m., J. Lee Thompson's The Guns of Navarone (1961) features...Tags: Fires, Michael Caine, James Garner, James Coburn, Richard Attenborough
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Not all Hollywood tales are satire
An agent so afraid of all his clients that his stomach rumbles like Vesuvius. A superstar hired for an action film who shows up looking bearded and burly, like Steve McQueen as Dr. Stockmann in An Enemy of the People. A cutting-edge director who banks his...Tags: Butch Cassidy, Literature, Barry Levinson, What Just Happened?, Robin Wright Penn
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Soderbergh takes a revolutionary approach to 'Che'
Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at international film festivals and leaving controversy in its wake. The film depicts Argentine doctor turned...Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Benicio Del Toro, Cannes Film Festival, Guerrilla Activity
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Brazilian film 'The Dead Girl's Feast' wins a top honor
"No blood was shed in the jury room—unfortunately," said John Russell Taylor, juror on the New Directors jury at the 44th Chicago International Film Festival. The category included Gold Hugo winner "The Dead Girl's Feast" (Brazil) directed by...Tags: Film Festivals, Chicago International Film Festival, Marathon
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'In Bruges' and 'Hunger' dominate the BIFA nominations
The Envelope"In Bruges" and "Hunger" dominated the nominations for the 11th annual British Independent Film Awards, which were announced today. "In Bruges," Martin McDonagh's darkly comedic tale of two Irish hitmen, and "Hunger," a harrowing drama about the Irish...Tags: Keira Knightley, Danny Boyle, Celebrity, Film Festivals, Slumdog Millionaire
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Realism on tap at AFI Fest
Film fans, it's time to get your passports stamped.
When the AFI Fest begins Thursday night, it will kick off 11 days of screenings and events that will bring some of the best films from the international festival circuit here to Los Angeles, including...Tags: Cinema Industry, Steven Soderbergh, Assault, Danny Boyle, Benicio Del Toro
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Top Five: Halloween events in Fort Lauderdale
Forum Publishing Group5. Trick or Treat on Second Street, 401 SW Second St., 3 p.m.-7p.m. Oct. 31: Although this trick-or-treat event begins at the Museum of Discovery and Science, it's actually a tour that takes participants everywhere from the museum and The River House to...Tags: Museum of Discovery and Science, Halloween, Fort Lauderdale, Public Holidays
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William Claxton was a cool guy with a camera
It's been a tough few weeks for West Coast geniuses. Still reeling from the death of David Foster Wallace, I was startled to see that photographer Bill Claxton passed away on Oct. 11, the day before his 81st birthday. In the nearly 20 years I've been...Tags: Chet Baker, Charlie Parker, Andy Warhol, Burt Bacharach, Benny Carter
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Mort Sahl's a stand-up guy for students
Special to The TimesMort Sahl stands before a classroom of college students, his eyes widening as he watches images of old Hollywood. He walks in front of the movie projector for a moment, his shadow interrupting a fiery on-screen embrace between Faye Dunaway and Steve...Tags: Faye Dunaway, Barack Obama, New York Times, John McCain, Grace Kelly
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