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One of the most talked about performances of 2008 is Anne Hathaway’s transcendent turn as Kym, the drug-addicted prodigal daughter returning home for her sister’s wedding in Rachel Getting Married. The film, written by Jenny Lumet and directed by Jonathan...Tags: Rachel Getting Married (movie), Amy Adams, Bill Irwin, Movies, Kate Hudson
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Neil Leifer knows all the angles
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJanuary 6, 2008 NEW YORK -- For a guy who's a regular at Elaine's and has a standing reservation at Rao's and his own gallery in Vegas and a new book out selling for $400, and now a short doc on Oscar's short list, Neil Leifer still acts like he has...Tags: Football, Los Angeles Times, Suzanne Somers, Francis Ford Coppola, LeRoy Neiman
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If it only had a heart
Times Staff WriterIn the aftermath of Katrina, the sight of an African American family ambushed by a natural disaster can't help carrying political baggage. But racial concerns hardly register in Des McAnuff's update of the unpredictable theatrical twister known as "The...Tags: Disasters, Luther Vandross, Michael Clark, Carol Kane, Television
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Sun Shines on Good and Bad of 'Sleeper Cell'
It's Monday, and a merciless late-July sun bounces off white sand and sparkles on rolling surf. The only thing out of place on this perfect Southern California beach day are the tents set up amid the umbrellas and folding chairs, the huge light...Tags: Islam, Civil Unrest, Social Issues, Hotels and Accommodations, Michael Bay
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'Doom' Director Feeling 'Blue'
Zap2It.comAndrzej Bartkowiak, who recently helmed the big-screen adaptation of the video game "Doom" starring The Rock, will take a less high-profile approach for his next project. The Polish director is in talks to helm the indie thriller "Black and Blue,"...Tags: Jet Li, The Hollywood Reporter, Movies, Death, Entertainment
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Vin Diesel's movie makeover
Times Staff WriterWhen "Find Me Guilty," director Sidney Lumet's take on the longest mob trial in U.S. history, debuted last March, posters for the movie had all the earmarks of a comedy: The star, Vin Diesel, was slumped in a prison cell, wearing a sad sack expression,...Tags: Alex Rocco, Career and Workplace, DVDs, Vin Diesel, Trials
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That dishwasher scene in 'Rachel Getting Married'? Inspired by real life
Special to The Times"RACHEL Getting Married," a new movie from director Jonathan Demme and starring Anne Hathaway, opened this month and quickly became a surprise hit. In the film, Hathaway plays a recovering drug addict who's released from rehab to join her sister's raucous...Tags: Rachel Getting Married (movie), Electrical Appliance, Movies, Connecticut, Maytag Corp.
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What are 'Hollywood values'?
Today, Andrew Breitbart and David Ehrenstein attempt to define Hollywood values. Yesterday, they discussed the role filmmakers should and do play in the domestic political debate, and Monday they pondered the fall season of antiwar flicks. Later in the...Tags: Christianity, Barbra Streisand, Todd Haynes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore the Devil Knows You're Dead ThinkFilm, $27.98 Kelly Masterson's screenplay for "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" elevates the hackneyed "crime story with a jumbled timeline" gimmick by using a fractured narrative to show how people want to...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Ethan Hawke, DVDs and Movies, DVDs, India
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Lumet's mastery shines in 'Devil'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFew contemporary American directors have plumbed the problem of morality quite like Sidney Lumet. Then again, few American directors have been contemporary for as long as he has. Lumet is 83, and his career has spanned half a century and more than 40...Tags: Marisa Tomei, Los Angeles Times, Ethan Hawke, Movies, Crimes
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Pilots: NBC's 'LAPD' Recruits Two More
Zap2It.comJohn Wells' cop-show pilot "LAPD" has hired two more officers. Tom Everett Scott and Arija Bareikis have joined the ensemble cast of the NBC drama, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show follows the lives and work of a group of police officers...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Television, Health, ER (tv program), Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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'Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood' by Larry McMurtry
Larry McMurtry, whose novels-into-films include "Hud," "The Last Picture Show," "Leaving Cheyenne" (filmed by Sidney Lumet as "Lovin' Molly") and "Terms of Endearment," knows his way around Hollywood and is not much enchanted by what he sees. "With...Tags: Fiction, Peter Bogdanovich, Movies, Mary Tyler Moore, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California)
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