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“By the pricking of my thumbs, something celluloid this way comes.â€
Like the carnival at the center of Ray Bradbury’s classic 1962 novel, the annual arrival of the Summer Movie season is like a decidedly deceptive big top temptress. Every year, Hollywood unveils a carefully planned cavalcade of thrills, spills, laughs, and gaffs, and lemming-like we [...]
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It had been four years since filmgoers have seen Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) grace the silver screen, but the crazy kids are at it again in Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. Their last adventure found them traveling across country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to [...]
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We were glad we caught the concluding episode of KC Concepcion’s birthday-month specials on Channel 2 last April 19, because it showcased the young artist’s best performing suit—her dancing ability. Based on past productions we’ve watched, she’s an OK singer and actress, but is a standout dancer.
Thus, last April 19’s show cast her as a [...]
Anthony Hopkins and Laura Linney’s new movie ‘The city of your final destination’ is facing a delay in its cinema release, because of legal action from one of the film’s investors.
Actress Susan Malick is suing production company Merchant Ivory over claims she invested $250,000 in the film in return for an associate producer credit - [...]
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The 2,075-square-foot-houseboat on Lake Union that in the 1993 film featuring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is selling for $2.5 million.
Realtor Coldwell Banker Bain put the wooden two-story houseboat on the market last week.
Agent Rick Miner says the owners, a husband and wife, bought it 14 years ago and love it, but they want to [...]
read full story of "‘Sleepless’ houseboat for sale for $2.5 M"
Visit the concession stand at any Empire Theatres Ltd. location, and the national chain based in Stellarton will include with many orders an access card for three downloads from its new SONGO online music store.
Dean Leland, vice-president of media and studio relations for Empire Theatres, said the move into the online music field was a [...]
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Timothy W. Ader has a message for those who think he’s a one-hit wonder as a Hollywood character actor:
Fuhgetaboutit.
The Thomas Township Board of Trustees member, who appeared briefly in the 1970s-set “Semi-Pro,” will play an extra once again in “Street Boss,” a Mafia movie set for filming in mid-Michigan.
The 57-year-old recently sent an application to [...]
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There he was, the tall, skinny African-American, the pretender to the perpetual white throne, leaping onto the platform of the Georgia 300 in Philadelphia as he prepared for a “slow roll” through Pennsylvania.
It was like watching a movie made up of memories — his, and mine.
There he was, just like Raymond Massey or Henry Fonda [...]
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The Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer has unlocked the door to a new film dimension. Opening on May 9, this eye-candy of a movie from the creators of the Matrix series defines Tatsuo Yoshida’s 1960s Japanese cartoon by re-imagining live-action adventure for the whole family.
Certainly, it’s a different species of movie, as it sees Andy and [...]
Singer and actress Mariah Carey is trying to revive her career with independent film Tennessee after the huge flop Glitter almost seven years ago.
Offers became scant after the disastrous Glitter, but producer Lee Daniels wanted to give her another chance. Carey is now set to return in the role of a waitress, reports contactmusic.com.
She said: [...]
