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Costa-Gavras' 'Capital' ideas come to Los Angeles Film Festival
Even at 80, Costa-Gavras is fighting the good fight. The Greek-born, naturalized French writer-director best known for his politically charged films such as 1969's Oscar-winning "Z" and 1982's "Missing," found himself in the middle of police action in...
Tags: Capital (movie), Movies, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Celebrities
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'America's Funniest Home Videos' clips reaching new audiences
"America's Funniest Home Videos" drew nearly 33 million viewers when it debuted in 1989. Its amateur footage of adults, children and pets captured in pratfalls made the show ABC's longest-running prime-time entertainment program, and created the concept...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, ABC (tv network), Media Industry, Television Industry, Movies
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Christopher Guest shakes his 'Family Tree'
A powerful recurring motif in the varied works of Christopher Guest is the dummy. From early sketch comedy on "Saturday Night Live" through a series of mock documentaries, the looming figure is an essential part of the Guest aesthetic. It can be a...
Tags: Chris O'Dowd, Tom Conti, Celebrities, Television, Entertainment
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'The Bling Ring' and the new American Dream
Forget "World War Z." The true zombie movie this summer is "The Bling Ring." Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, the film has the quality of a vacant stare, reflecting back a disturbing, unsettling blankness. The story is based on the real-life group...
Tags: Selena Gomez
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L.A. Film Fest: Maya Rudolph on her many husbands of comedy
On Friday night at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the actress Maya Rudolph appeared at an event billed as "The Serious Business of Being Funny," in which she would discuss her comedic influences in an interview with Elvis Mitchell. A one-time "Saturday...
Tags: Tina Fey, Barbara Billingsley, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler
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L.A. Film Festival: 'My Little Pony' reels in families
The sound of laughter and children's chatter could be heard on the plaza at L.A. Live Saturday afternoon as families gathered in large white tents to partake in the Los Angeles Film Festival Family Day. Little girls and boys with painted faces and fancy...Tags: Arts and Culture, Maya Rudolph, Festive Events, Movies, Entertainment
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Pedro Almodovar at L.A. Film Fest opening of 'I'm So Excited'
"I will say it, I'm so excited," said Josh Welsh, co-president of Film Independent alongside fellow co-president Sean McManus as the duo kicked off the Los Angeles Film Festival on Thursday night introducing the North American premiere of Spanish...Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Movies, Pedro Almodovar, Entertainment
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'Call Me Kuchu,' 'God Loves Uganda' shed light on gay-rights fight
As the same-sex marriage debate continues throughout the U.S., another front in the battle over gay rights has emerged thousands of miles away in the East African nation of Uganda, where in 2009 a bill was drafted that would impose the death penalty for...Tags: Eastern Africa, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Movies, Parliament
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L.A. Film Festival: 'The New Black' evaluates politics from pews
With same-sex marriage being evaluated at the state level across the country and the Supreme Court near its decision on the subject, the documentary "The New Black" could hardly be more timely. The film premiered Friday to a theater of enthusiastic...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Movies, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues
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L.A. Film Fest: Rebuilding Joe Vasquez's 'House that Jack Built'
Nearly 20 years ago Michael Lieber promised his friend and colleague Joseph Vasquez that he would see his final project, "The House that Jack Built," come to fruition in a way Vasquez would be proud of. The filmmaker died of complications from AIDS...
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L.A. Film Fest: New take on end of humanity in 'Goodbye World'
After watching the first season of the television series “The Walking Dead,” Denis Henry Hennelly had an epiphany. He decided he should make an apocalypse movie. Though not the first to pursue such a plot line, the screenwriter and...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Arts and Culture, Festive Events, Movies, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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L.A. Film Fest: 'Winter in the Blood' depicts life on reservation
Filmmakers Alex and Andrew Smith were thrilled but stressed Thursday afternoon as the debut of their passion project, "Winter in the Blood," about life on an Indian reservation, rapidly approached. The Montana natives were close family friends with...
Tags: Chaske Spencer, Alex Smith, Arts and Culture, Heart Attack, Festive Events
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