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Two Jews on Film - By Joan Alperin-Schwartz: When you hear the name, Martin Scorsese several things may pop into your mind... New York City, Italian Gangsters, Films about Italian Gangsters... Casi...
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Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the most talented and controversial actors in Hollywood, is currently filming his next movie, The Dictator, which will likely spark as much public discussion as his first ...
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Beach Boys star Brian Wilson has credited the Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album and marijuana for inspiring the iconic "Pet Sounds" recordings. The "Good Vibrations" hitmaker hosted a listening party ...
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You talk a big game about your love of long-haired stars -- your Johnny Depps, your Viggo Mortensens, your Hugh Jackmans -- but there's something about a bare head that adds to the menace and allur...
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Dev Patel is aggravated by the lack of substantial roles for Asian actors in Hollywood, insisting he's bombarded with scripts asking him to play "terrorists" or "geeks". The London-born actor is ...
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Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCaprio team up as a pair of U.S. Marshals who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Massachusetts to search for an escaped mental patient, uncovering a web of dec...
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Comic book movies have started to be extremely successful in recent media, what with box office hits like Iron Man 2, The Dark Knight, and Wanted. However, video games never seem to translate as we...
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The real Schindler's List is to go under the hammer in New York. The list of Jewish workers German industrialist Oskar Schindler kept to protect his workforce and their families during the Holocau...
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Happy Birthday to: Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959) New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972) Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963) Stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958) Rocker George Thoro...
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2009 is starting to wrap up with a few big blockbusters left for the Christmas season, but now it is time to look forward into 2010 to see what's coming up. The early months of a year may usually b...
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With Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li arriving in theaters February 27, it’s time to take a look back at the video game movies that brought us to this point. While video games run the ga...
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The 2009 Film Independent's Spirit Awards ceremony, hosted by award winning actor/comedian Steve Coogan, will air uncut, uncensored, and commercial free on IFC (Independent Film Channel) Saturday, ...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading back to the big-screen - he has signed up to appear in fellow muscleman Sylvester Stallone's upcoming film The Expendables. Schwarzenegger put his acting care...
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Happy Birthday to New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972), Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963), Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959), stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958), rocker George Thorogood (1951),...
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Movies tank all of the time. Just last weekend the new X-Files movie only managed to make a few dozen live chickens at the box office. Still that's not too bad, not really. Gillian Anderson might h...
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Emily Mortimer is convinced she is Hollywood's worst action star - because she relies on computer editing to make her moves look believable. The actress landed her first action role alongside...
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To the everyday person, it seems like having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is completely unattainable. Yet it may not be that hard to achieve even if you have a minimal amount of fame. ...
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Marilyn Monroe was originally christened Norma Jean. Archibald Leach opted for the more debonair nom de guerre Cary Grant. At the age of 10, musical prodigy Steveland Morris was dubbed (by Motown f...
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Doesn't it seem, at times, that the year 2000 is still in the future? This mostly seems the case when the word "year" appears before "2000;" regardless, I had to do a double take when I first learn...
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Veteran actor Ben Kingsley has hit out at movie bosses for hiring young actresses for their looks - insisting pretty but untalented stars often dabble in alcohol and drugs. The Oscar-winner ...
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(Hollywoodchicago.com) – Commendably co-written by Mike Myers (who also wrote characters for 2002’s “Austin Powers in Goldmember” and 1999’s “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”), you know lines...
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Eva Mendes may have checked herself into rehab in January to prepare for a new movie, in which she plays a Spanish drug lord. The 30-year-old actress entered Utah's Cirque Lodge to "proactive...
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Two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro has topped a new poll naming the "Most Shameless Paycheck Role Of All Time." De Niro's turn as Fearless Leader in cartoon series spin-off The Adventures ...
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Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is waging war on fur-loving celebrities at the Sundance Film Festival. Protesters lined up outside the Alaskan Fur Gall...
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Rural life in Oxfordshire, England stinks for actor Ben Kingsley - because he lives next door to a pig farm. The Oscar winner loves living in the picturesque Cotswolds, but he hates the smells and ...
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There are some things in Hollywood that just do not work: Lindsay Lohan and sobriety, most marriages, Tim Allen tackling roles not involving Christmas, and successfully adapting a video game into a...
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Beowulf star Ray Winstone has turned down a part in popular British soap opera Eastenders - because he is too young to play the role offered. The long-running television program is currently castin...
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Happy Birthday to New Kid Joey McIntyre (1972), Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian (1963), Wonderland star Val Kilmer (1959), stage and screen actress Bebe Neuwirth (1958), rocker George Thorogood (1951),...
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Ben Kingsley and Mark Ruffalo have signed up to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's upcoming movie Shutter Island. DiCaprio will play a U.S. Marshall investigating the disappearan...
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British actor Ben Kingsley refuses to read newspaper articles about him, after discovering his ex-wife was cheating in the press. The Gandhi star's last marriage to Alexandra Christmann ended in 20...
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