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What reception will 'Great Gatsby' get on Cannes' opening night?
I mean, look, said Baz Luhrmann, the cinematically manic auteur behind the new edition of “The Great Gatsby.” Who cares if his movie about obscene wealth and romantic illusions got mixed reviews in the U.S.? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925...
Tags: Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Carey Mulligan, Movies
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A starry support system for the Geffen Playhouse
Clint Eastwood stood behind the podium at Monday’s “Backstage at the Geffen,” getting ready to present an award to his longtime attorney Bruce Ramer, the founding chairman of the playhouse's board. Host Debbie Allen placed an empty...
Tags: Richard Riordan, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Gil Cates, City National Corporation
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Review: "Forty-one False Starts" by Janet Malcolm
Janet Malcolm is not an art critic or a literary critic. She's a journalist, and I don't say that with condescension. She's a journalist the way Joan Didion is — the kind who recognizes, as she put it in the first sentence of "The Journalist and the...
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After 'Gatsby' sank at Sony, it swam to Warner Bros.
It may seem strange that anybody would pass on financing a movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio. But when Baz Luhrmann was trying to make “The Great Gatsby,” with the “Titanic” star cast in the lead role, every studio in town said no...Tags: Iron Man 3 (movie), Carey Mulligan, Entertainment, Movies, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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Elvis Presley on Encore: Network shines the spotlight on The King’s movies all month long
Channel Guide MagazineElvis Presley made 31 movies between 1956-69, and while his celluloid career will never be as celebrated as his musical output, it’s hard not to crack a smile when thinking about good-time movies like Viva Las Vegas, Blue Hawaii and, of course,... -
'To Catch a Thief' kicks off Last Remaining Seats film series
The Los Angeles Conservancy's Last Remaining Seats film series, which shines the spotlight on historic movie palaces in downtown Los Angeles, is kicking off June 1 at the Orpheum Theatre with Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 romantic thriller, "To Catch a Thief."...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Awards and Prizes, The Getty
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Ellen DeGeneres' popularity boosted by YouTube discoveries
Ellen DeGeneres' discovery on YouTube of two British cousins -- who loved to sing and dance in pink frilly dresses -- marked "the beginning of a beautiful friendship," to borrow from Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca." In this case, the friendship that...Tags: ABC (tv network), The Ellen DeGeneres Show (tv program), Television, Entertainment, Google Inc.
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Roger Ebert's books are his legacy
Rogert Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who died today, leaves behind a rich legacy, thanks to a shelf-full of books that explore movies -- and his own life. His memoir, "Life Itself," dealt with his battle with alcoholism and the later,...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Sun-Times, Gene Siskel, The Godfather (movie), Roger Ebert
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Machneyuda chefs at Jar, Fullerton Arboretum spring dinner, more
Jar hosts guest chefs: Israeli chefs Assaf Granit and Uri Navon of Machneyuda in Jerusalem will be paying chef Suzanne Tracht’s restaurant Jar a visit April 13 for a one-night-only dinner collaboration. In honor of Israel’s 65th Independence...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Festive Events, Israel, Ratatouille (movie), Tahini
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Baltimore Symphony announces 2013-14 season
There’s a light and dark theme running through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s 2013-2014 season, which includes works dealing with great loss, as well as great compassion. “Sometimes through tragedy, whether a world war or a...
Tags: Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), Leonard Bernstein
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Review: 'Emperor' has misplaced priorities
The scene is a devastated Japan, August 1945, as "Emperor," the new historical drama starring Matthew Fox and Tommy Lee Jones, begins. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are little more than smoking rubble and stone-faced survivors. Emperor Hirohito has officially...
Tags: Lincoln (movie, 2012), Literature, Matthew Fox, Japan, Entertainment
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Oscars: Big stars, confounding choices, enduring fascination
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelJack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep will present at the Oscars this Sunday, and their inclusion will bring needed oomph to the 85th annual awards. Maybe James Bond will help, too. The Oscars will salute the 50-year-old film franchise and offer...
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