New age villains

Anurag Kashyap’s epic Gangs of Wasseypur — about multi-generational gang wars in the Jharkhand hinterland — understands this relationship too. It contains references to B-movies with titles like Kasam Paida Karne Waale Ki; a lead character is mesmerised


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Q&A: Oliver Stone

Controversial filmmaker Oliver Stone takes on the marijuana trade in his new action drama "Savages." Based on a novel by Don Winslow, the movie pits a highly successful trio of California pot growers against a vicious Mexican drug cartel that wants to mu


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'Magic Mike' Strips for B'way; Alec Baldwin Returns

"Magic Mike," the hot film about male strippers, just opened today and already there are definite plans to bring it to Broadway. According to Deadline.com, Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum, the movie's director and star respectively, will produce the


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Al Pacino is a racist. This white guy is getting very sick of this race crap! Give me a break and race card my ssA; this is about cold blooded murder of some 307 people now of which his actions aided, abetted and is complicit in those murders and black,


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Movies as mirrors, and new-age hitmen

[From my Business Standard column. Will extend some of these thoughts into a longer piece sometime; for now I only had the time/energy to meet the column’s word-length] In Vikram Chandra’s superb novel Sacred Games, there is a passage where a group of Mu


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First Pics From Dito Montiel's Heist Flick 'Empire State' Starring Liam Hemsworth & Dwayne Johnson


Well, if Dito Montiel is an example of anything, it's of that famous old saying: when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. It was about a year and a half ago that the director endured savage reviews at Sundance for "The Son Of No One," his procedura


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Jackie Chan is turning detective

Jackie Chan is to play a detective in a new English-language action comedy.The Rush Hour star will produce and star in the film, and has signed up TV writer Jay Longino to write the script based on his own idea, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The fi


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Alec Baldwin Headed to Broadway


With 30 Rock reaching the end of its run in the upcoming final season, we’re relieved to hear that we haven’t seen the last of Alec Baldwin. The suit-wearing star is leaving TV for a new stage—Broadway. According to Vulture, Baldwin will join the cast of


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Add Alec Baldwin to Broadway’s Starry New Season

June 28, 2012, 5:45 pm Add Alec Baldwin to the list of marquee names who will be heating up Broadway’s box office next season, joining the ranks of Al Pacino, Jessica Chastain , Tom Hanks, Debra Winger and Paul Rudd . Baldwin will be starring in a spring


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A northern light on Shakespeare's 'broken' monarch

IN STRATFORD-Upon-Avon, he is the toast of the town. When he heard he was to be offered the role of the misshapen, wrongdoing Richard of Gloucester in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Richard III, 33-year-old actor Jonjo O’Neill, from west Belfast, had ju


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Al Pacino brings one-man show to Norfolk June 28


Pacino is among a select group of actors who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: Oscar, Tony and Emmy. The evening will include an interview where Mr. Pacino will share his passion for acting and directing with film clips, including some never before se


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Alec Baldwin Returns to Broadway in 'Orphans'

NEW YORK -- Marking his first stint on Broadway in nine years, Alec Baldwin will return to the stage in the spring to star in Daniel Sullivan's production of Orphans, the 1983 play by Lyle Kessler. Frederick Zollo and Robert Cole, both of whom are produc


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Baldwin returning to Broadway in 'Orphans'

Alec Baldwin is heading back to Broadway next spring - as a wealthy but shady gentleman. The 30 Rock actor will appear, under Daniel Sullivan's direction, in a new production of Lyle Kessler's 1983 play Orphans, which won praise off-Broadway after transf


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Alec Baldwin returns to Broadway with 'Orphans'

Alec Baldwin has signed on to return to Broadway with a 2013 production of Lyle Kessler's 1983 drama, "Orphans." The "30 Rock" actor will portray a mobster named Harold, who gets kidnapped by one of two orphaned brothers named Treat and Phillip and becom


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Alec Baldwin Heading to Broadway After 30 Rock

Get your entertainment fix on Facebook and Twitter Following 30 Rock's upcoming final season, Alec Baldwin will move to a Broadway run of Lyle Kessler's Orphans. Since its debut in 1983, the show has featured Joe Pantoliano, Albert Finney, John Mahoney,


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Al Pacino, James Caan to assess ‘The Godfather Legacy’

The History channel is going to make you an offer you can’t refuse: “The Godfather Legacy” features Al Pacino, James Caan and director Francis Ford Coppola assessing their landmark film. Al Pacino, left, and Marlon Brando in 'The Godfather' from 1972. Ha


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Policies to discourage drug trafficking should account for complexity of 'the game'

CORVALLIS, Ore. Drug traffickers who want to leave the "game" behind often struggle to do so because they fear loss of power and status, a new study shows. Those who do leave the illegal drug trade often do so because of a complex mixture of issues incl


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Malan's TV tour of duty followed 3 years in Vietnam


John Malan served in the Vietnam War before becoming a meteorologist. John Malan served in the Vietnam War before becoming a meteorologist. Journal Sentinel TV and film critic Duane Dudek looks at life on the small and big screen, and some of the cool st


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History plans 'The Godfather' special


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Geoff Cox’s DVD guide: John Carter, Project C. Jack & Jill

Keep up to date with all the latest from Euro 2012 on our new microsite. ANOTHER fantasy adventure has rolled off the production line, but JOHN CARTER (12: Walt Disney) has much to recommend it. This lavish production of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroug


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One of the many reasons "Prometheus" was eagerly anticipated by so many was the director's track record in the sci-fi genre. Ridley Scott had only made two science fiction pictures before this year's blockbuster, and both are considered classics (and arg


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Orchestra celebrates end of 10th season with free concert

The West Hartford Symphony Orchestra ended its tenth anniversary season with a free outdoor concert on the lawn of Kingswood Oxford School. Funding for this event was provided by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundat


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No Line Pictures Picks Up Indy Film 'Se7en Is7anders De7ensemen'

A 2012 Long Island Film Festival selection, "Is7anders" was picked up based on what was supposedly a very impassioned text message from McGraw to No Line's SVP of acquisitions, Arby Steinstein. "We're extremely excited to bring this thrilling film to aud


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Officials support expanded role for Milford in movie business

MILFORD — Former state House Speaker James Amann, a city Democrat, recently brought visions of Hollywood East to members of the city’s Economic Development Commission. Amann helped lure major movies to Connecticut when he was speaker after th


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Say hello to ... Double Blue's Pacino

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Killer Joe and Exorcist director William Friedkin turned down chance to produce Star Wars


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From a ‘wholesome’ boy-next-door-type of star, Paulo (shown here as a Bench model) has metamorphosed into an actor of note, surprising more himself than anybody else by beating heavyweights for the Gawad Urian Best Actor plum

Even before Paulo Avelino bagged the Best Actor trophy for his performance in Ang Sayaw ng Dalawang Kaliwang Paa, many people thought that he was a shoo-in for the coveted award given out recently by the (35th) Gawad Urian, the local film award for excel


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Euro 2012 has not been short of examples of Steven Gerrard's enduring qualities, but there is one standout moment – even discounting the succession of right-sided deliveries that have led to goals in each match – that helps to explain why even Gazzetta d


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Back in the running

The hit stage production of the Oscar-winning film is transferring to Londons West End (youll need the sprinting skills of Harold Abrahams to get a ticket) and the movie is receiving a nationwide re-release ahead of the Olympic games. A lift was needed t


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Police corruption a casualty of war on drugs


Al Pacino, in a scene from the 1973 film "Serpico," plays the title character who battles corruption in the New York City Police Department. The real-life Frank Serpico exposed racketeering among his fellow officers, leading to the creation of the Knapp


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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: JUNE 24

1992 Al Pacino hopes to use his star power to help raise money for the Circle in the Square Theatre by playing two shows in brief repertory: Salome and Chinese Coffee. 1997 Off Broadway gets a taste of Grand Ole Opry when the musical biography Always...P


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Broadway Two-Timers: Actors Who Open Two Shows in One Season

Landing one Broadway show is a milestone in any actor’s career, but two shows in one season is the dream. Bobby Cannavale will star in not one but two Broadway productions next season. He’ll start the season off alongside Al Pacino in the revival of Davi


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Laurie Metcalf, Bobby Cannavale are Broadway bound

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True characters


My working day . . . is never the same. I am consistently redesigning and redeveloping dishes in the Portaferry Hotel in Strangford where I am working. I trained . . . at Shanks restaurant in Bangor; Bayard’s restaurant and Le Bernardin in New York; Thor


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Saturday Diary / Watching a ball game with the Queen ... yes, that queen

June 23, 2012 12:05 am Share with others: By Steve Ziants / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette It is said that no two baseball games, like DNA or a Dave Matthews concert, are ever the same. You never know what you'll see when you buy your ticket (or flash your medi


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‘Regulating’ the benefactors

LITTLE ROCK In this country, you gotta get the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. -Tony Montana (Al Pacino) in Scarface I’ve already made clear my admiration for people who regularly step outside their own needs to help those i


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Nobody Wants to Watch Justin Bieber

The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types care about. Today: Justin Bieber sinks on TV, Jessica Sanchez heads to TV, and Disney has a little branding trouble. You might be dying in his arms


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Bobby Cannavale to team up with Al Pacino

FILE - In this March 15, 2012 file photo, actor Bobby Cannavale attends the opening night performance of the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman" in New York. Cannavale will join the cast "Glengarry Glen Ross," portraying Ricky Roma,


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Kiss me Kate: Britain's Prince William hits 30

Britain's Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, feeds a 5-year-old black rhino called Zawadi as he visits Port Lympne Wild Animal Park. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson/Pool) The man who once was among the world's most eligible bachelors has turned 30 - but thin


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As You Like It: Theater Review

NEW YORK – Can we just go ahead and sign up Daniel Sullivan for permanent Shakespeare in the Park duty? More than any of the repeat directors of this favorite summertime ritual of New York theater, Sullivan consistently gets it right. His Twelfth Night t


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Central Park, a Forest of Ardor


Sara Krulwich/The New York Times As You Like It, with Lily Rabe, center, as Rosalind, opens the 50th-anniversary season of the Public’s free Shakespeare in the Park. More Photos » The Public Theater celebrates 50 years of Shakespeare in the Park at the D


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The Longest Day in Suns History

June 20th is the longest day of the year. Not just because it’s the summer solstice and our second grade science teacher told us it is back in the day, but because of something that changed the lives of Suns fans forever 19 years ago. It’s the longest da


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Savage: Pro-Romney gays are ‘house f**gots’

Here is a list of major players, national and local, in debate over gay rights and recognition of same-sex marriage. Dan Savage writes a sex advice column for The Stranger, appears on liberal Cable TV shows, lectures at colleges around the country, is re


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Child Custody: Obese Father Claims He's Losing Custody Battle Because Of His Weight

QUESTION: Which celebrity's custody battle landed back in court after she claimed that her ex sent her bullying emails? a) Linda Evangelista b) Christie Brinkley c) Heather Locklear d) Denise Richards ANSWER: Christie Brinkley Christie Brinkley and ex-hu


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STARTS TONIGHT: 3 minutes of an intimate relationship

tool goes here Before you can tango, you must learn to walk. I was stepping nervously, as if walking down the aisle toward death-do-us-part vows. My head bobbed like an ocean buoy when I wasnt looking at our feet. Dont look down, because thats where you


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Hockey players won't let Heat's LeBron James skate

(06-20) 21:47 PDT -- The Leg Cramps Game might be the new Rorschach test. While some people watched LeBron James playing through pain to deliver in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, others saw him expressing agony with the subtlety of a post-"Godfather" Al Pacin


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Al Pacino on Free Shakespeare and ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

By Barbara Chai Getty Al Pacino at the 50th anniversary gala for the Delacorte Theater. Actor Al Pacino has multiple awards and accolades to his name, but there are still “all these little dreams coming through,” he says, for which he is grateful. Pacino


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'Big Miracle' hits Blu-ray, DVD

"Louie: The Complete Second Season" (Fox) continues the FX original series from Louis C.K., hailed by many critics as one of the smartest and most daring shows on TV. "Louie" is a sitcom by strict definition but not like any you've ever seen. Playing ess


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All Central Park's a Stage...

Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, center, led the cast of 'Romeo and Juliet' in a special reading for the Public Theater. Two actors, both alike in dignity, in fair Central Park, where we lay our scene. Stage left, the Montague: Romeo, played by Kevin Kline.


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Actor Richard Lynch Dies At Age 76

This has yet to be confirmed, but I have received word from several notable sources that veteran actor Richard Lynch, best known for playing a wide array of heinous villains in a film and television career spanning nearly four decades, has died at the ag


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Mark Rylance goes back to Bard

20 June 2012 Last updated at 04:33 ET By Rebecca Jones Arts correspondent, BBC News Mark Rylance gets into costume for his performance in Twelfth Night Actor Mark Rylance talks about his return to Shakespeare's Globe, performing the Bard "by stealth" and


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Mike Tyson, Spike Lee take on Broadway

Former heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson, left, and director Spike Lee announce Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth, a one man show on Broadway starring Tyson. NEW YORK—Mike Tyson wants his next knockout to be on Broadway. The former boxer announced Monday that he w


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Anjan as galileo

You’ve been busy with one film after another. Why theatre all of a sudden? Over the past eight years, I’ve done 10 films and it has been very, very exhausting. BBD did not release but it was a personal experience, so that made it very taxing. I have a Be


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America’s Got Talent Recap: The Hunt For The Million-Dollar Act Continues

Tonight, America’s Got Talent wraps up its auditions in an episode appropriately named Last Chance For Vegas. Which acts manage to escape the wrath of judges Sharon Osbourne, Howard Stern and Howie Mandel? Keep reading to find out! America’s Got Talent m


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'America's Got Talent': New York auditions recap

Tonight, America's Got Talent judges Sharon Osbourne, Howard Stern, and Howie Mandel saw the final auditions of the season before the now-traditional Las Vegas round. Over the past six weeks we've seen dance troupes, paper shredders, knife throwers, wate


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'America's Got Talent' 2012 recap: Who knew Flo-Jo's daughter could sing?

All good ... and bad ... and ugly things must come to an end. After nearly two months of auditions, "America's Got Talent" has finally reached the end of it's tryout segment of the competition and will soon move on to the Las Vegas round where hundreds o


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Blu-ray Review: Hoosiers: 25th Anniversary Edition

(click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) As evidenced by actors ranging from Al Pacino and Paul Newman to Morgan Freeman and Edward Norton, the thing that elevates a leading man to the level of cinematic legend is his onscreen r


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T-shirts for dog lovers

Doggies Blog in your mailbox everyday by email! Subscribe: Molly McCarthy: I can’t believe this got any coverage at all. I can’t BELIEVE this guy is being lauded for his actions! How could he pull out of there without checking? I wish this poor... marlen


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‘Cocktail’ gets resurrected in high-def


As you watch Tom Cruise channel an ’80s metal god in Rock of Ages , think back to a time when the A-lister really did rule that era. The year was 1988, almost a quarter century ago, when Cruise played a smirking, crackerjack bartender who had a knack for


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Kevin Kline and Meryl Steep are Romeo and Juliet in Starry Shakespeare Gala June 18 in Central Park


The Public Theater has produced Romeo and Juliet twice before at the Delacorte (1968 and 2007). Streep, who has performed five times at the Delacorte since 1976, and Kline, who has performed nine times since 1970, play the iconic teen-age roles for the f


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Blow (Steelbook Edition)

The true story of George Jung (Johnny Depp), who- throughout the late-seventies/ early-eighties, was responsible for 89% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. The film charts his humble beginnings as a pot dealer, through his rise to power with


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This Week on Stage: Jim Parsons returns to Broadway in ‘Harvey’

Image Credit: Joan Marcus Tony Award voters may have been falling slowly for the musical Once , which won eight prizes (including Best Musical), but theater fans at home weren’t quite as enthused. Despite the efforts of Neil Patrick Harris and special aw


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The fame game

ONLY five players in the game's history have topped the league goalkicking table and won a Brownlow Medal. Four are in the AFL Hall of Fame. One is not. Why? During the 1980s, just three players won four best and fairests. Two of that trio, Tim Watson an


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Saturday Survey: Dogs and Summer Heat

Doggies Blog in your mailbox everyday by email! Subscribe: marlene: I told those gorgeous wolfie girls I’m bringing my friends with me, so boys. . . . mind your Ps and Qs, and don’t embarass me! Onnalee Graham: These guys all live in Ely, right? Sacred h


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Justin Bieber busks at Stratford during intermission of Charlie Brown matinée

That’s what the audience at Saturday’s matinee of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown must have thought when they walked onto Downie Street, outside the Avon Theatre, at intermission. There, sitting on the st


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Post-Tonys Week Boasts Broadway Closings and Extensions

There’s been a lot of shuffling happening on Broadway in the post-Tonys week, when many shows un-loved by the awards must leave the Great White Way. However, it doesn’t look like “Once” will be departing the Bernard Jacobs Theatre anytime soon. After the


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Trailer Mash 06-15-12

In a thrilling handheld tracking shot, a woman pulls cobbles from the ground, bundles them in a headscarf, and runs 20 yards toward a group of men, who take them from her to use as weapons against an armed police force. It could be a scene from a Bertolu


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TheaterMania Reports Al Pacino-Led "Glengarry Glen Ross"...

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My Worst Day Jobs: I Almost Sold Sex Toys and Might Have Worked for an Arms Dealer

“I really don’t care what I do!” I say with the kind of disdain that only a 22-year-old stuffed from too many unlimited salad and breadsticks from the Olive Garden that her parents just bought her, can say. “It’s just a job to pay the bills till I can su


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Oliver Stone presenta sus "Savages" del narcotráfico

Los Ángeles (EE.UU.) – Oliver Stone enfrenta las realidades del narcotráfico entre México y EE.UU. en "Savages", un filme para "una era en la que no hay reglas", según el cineasta, que defendió hoy la despenalización de las drogas y culpó al presidente m


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A brilliant young CIA trainee (Colin Farrell) is asked by his mentor (Al Pacino) to help find a mole in the agency. The warmup to the main event, which is... Daredevil Nik Wallenda attempts to walk a tightrope across the falls, a feat that has been banne


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The Comic Strip moves to UK Gold: Here are their 5 best episodes

Iconic comedy series The Comic Strip has moved home. The loose-weave collective of writers and performers will make a new film for UK Gold.to be shown in November. In the near 30 years since the Comic Strip made their first film, many of the stars, write


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The Daily Beacon Weekender | Entertainment

Friday, 15 June What: "Of Thee I Sing" Where: Carousel Theater When: 7:30 p.m. Price: $15 at the door Preston's Take: The UT School of Music is partnering with the Tennessee Valley Players to present this classic musical, which first ran in 1931 and was


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Lots of praise for Tom Cruise at Friars Gala

‘Ok, here’s what I learned from Tom Cruise. You have a day, a bad day. The dog gets off its leash, the wife is on your back and won’t stop calling, you’ve lost your keys, the dry cleaner has lost your best suit, you’re stressed to the max, your pulse is


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David Cronenberg's latest film Cosmopolis is released in UK cinemas this Friday, and centres on billionaire Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) as his life gradually collapses over the course of a day in Manhattan. This is the latest in a line of memorable, e


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Auction to focus on old and classic cars


The Istanbul congress center will host a classic cars auction on June 18 with 40 vintage Cadillacs, Chevrolets, Mercedes, Fords, Oldsmobiles, Dodges, Porsches and Jaguars all going under the hammer. The auction will be organized by Antik AŞ, which has or


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‘SideShow': Second Miss USA contestant says pageant is rigged

A second Miss USA contestant now claims the Donald Trump-owned pageant is rigged. The woman, who spoke to FoxNews.com on condition of anonymity, backs up former Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin's explosive claims that a third party, Miss Florida Karina Br


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New York artist Rachel Harrison anchors her current exhibition at Greene Naftali Gallery -- a selection of her signature quirky sculptures, along with some modest but outlandish drawings in color pencil -- with a single framed photograph hung on the wall


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1979 Flowers for Algernon, a new musical by Charles Strouse and David Rodgers, opens at London's Queen's Theatre. Based on the novel by Daniel Keyes, the show stars a pre-Phantom Michael Crawford as mentally handicapped Charlie Gordon, the same role that


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Baldwin sets wedding date

Alec Baldwin is set to marry fiancee Hilaria Thomas at the end of the month. The 30 Rock actor will tie the knot with the Spanish-born yoga instructor at New York's Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral in a Catholic ceremony on 30 June. A source told


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Beverly D'Angelo On New Film, Co-Parenting With Al Pacino, Working With Chevy Chase Again


Audiences fell in love with Beverly D’Angelo for her role as Chevy Chase’s wife, Ellen Griswold, in National Lampoon’s Vacation. The actress is set to star in the upcoming 3D film, I Heart Shakey – a heart-warming must-see comedy for kids and families to


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Al Pacino Attached to Glengarry Glen Ross Broadway Revival

Al Pacino will star in a revival of Glengarry Glen Ross that's hoping for a Broadway berth in the 2012-13 season, reports the Times. Pacino toplined the 1992 movie adaptation of David Mamet's play, but he'd take on a different role in this version: the d


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Al Pacino to Star in Broadway Revival of "Glengarry Glen Ross"


Legendary actor and overall BAMF Al Pacino will be starring in a Broadway revival of the 1992 film based off of David Mamet's play, Glengarry Glen Ross, in which he starred. Pacino will be playing a different role than he did in the film, though - instea


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Hilaria is Alec’s June bride

Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor fiancée, Hilaria Thomas, are planning a Catholic wedding at a storied New York church for the weekend of June 30. The couple will tie the knot at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral on Mulberry Street in NoLIt


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The Long Handle: The inimitable Mr Onions


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NBC fired over the best notes and quotes o the awesome KINGS victory over the Devils. It was a glorious victory, played to a packed Staples Center in Los Angeles. NBC fired over the best notes and quotes o the awesome KINGS victory over the Devils. It wa


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Bank robbers end up with less from risky heists than the average worker earns in six months


Bank robbers ‘earn’ less money than the average honest worker, according to an unprecedented study of their illegal trade. A team of experts discovered the average raider escapes with is a modest £12,706 – a little less than six month’s average salary. A


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Robbery is a crime which has been perpetuated throughout history in an array of high-profile instances. Some examples include the famous Brinks Mat Robbery of 1983, or the Lufthansa Heist which took place in 1978. Many of such memorable incidents have be


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From The Pen Of Eric Roth

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, is on DVD and Blu-ray from 11th June. The film tells the story of Oskar Schell, a remarkable boy who embarks on an expedition across New York to find the lock which will fit a key h


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I suppose if you are going to describe a fresh face in the world of porn "rising star" will do as well as anything. “Coming talent” might serve as well, of course, but it's a touch gamey, even if Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars went out well af


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Swimming with sharks

The Irish Times - Monday, June 11, 2012 “It’s a such a juggernaut of a play,” confesses Hughes, “and one that many wonderful actors want to be in. Michael [Colgan, of The Gate Theatre] and I both felt it would be magnetic to some superb Irish actors.” ON


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How actors tweet to box office gold

Jonah Hill posted this picture on Twitter with the caption 'Bad Boys hit Cancun, @channingtatum'. (Jonah Hill/Twitter) Channing Tatum, Kurt Russell and movie stars of today and yesteryear are no longer just actors, but marketers as well. At the fourth-an


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Tony Awards don’t ‘suck so much’ for musical ‘Once’

Those tuning in to watch the 66th annual Tony Awards Sunday night might have thought they were accidentally catching a recap from last year’s ceremony as cheery young men clad in conservative black and white started the broadcast with a robust rendition


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Wanderlust (Blu-ray)

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Christopher Nolan Says Digital Is All About Money, Not Quality

The rush to digital and the degrading of the movie-theater experience is devaluing the work of filmmakers, director Christopher Nolan told the audience at the Producers Guild of America's Produced By Conference on Saturday. "I don't want to be the R&D de


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Christopher Nolan: He Absolutely Will Not Make a Fourth Batman Movie

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'Dark Knight Rises' Director Christopher Nolan Isn’t a Fan of Digital

Culver City, California - The movie business is rapidly switching from shooting movies on film to digital but Christopher Nolan, whose third Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises opens in July, thinks it is a mistake because its not being done for quality,


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How Channing Tatum, Kevin Hart Tweeted Their Way to Box Office Gold

Channing Tatum, Kurt Russell and movie stars of today and yesteryear are no longer just actors, but marketers as well. At the fourth-annual Produced By conference on Saturday, Hollywood agents, marketing executives, financiers and other industry experts


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National day is a time to tango

From left: Xie Hangsheng, Norberto Yahuar, Jiang Shusheng and Gustavo A. Martino at the Argentine embassy's garden reception. [Photo by Mike Peters / China Daily] Some of us learned everything we know about the tango from watching Al Pacino in the movie


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Vancouver police say they don't expect a repeat of ’94


As Canucks fans prepare for the biggest party since the team joined the NHL four decades ago, authorities hope that whether the team wins or loses, the city will be safe tonight. With at least 100,000 Canucks fans descending on downtown Vancouver for Gam


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