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This pretty but tough Latina player began performing as a dancer before turning to acting on stage.

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Remember that movie Falling Down , where Michael Douglas goes on a violent rampage against the everyday nuisances and obstacles of urban life? If you believe a police account, Miami-Dade Public Schools elementary substitute Rolanda Benjamin is Miami's real-life William Foster -- although, thankfully, instead of an arsenal, teach was armed only with ...

Dear Sir: I am a runner and think I remember a movie starring Michael Douglas in the late 1970s or early '80s about a guy attempting to qualify for the Olympic marathon team.

In the summer of 1969, two young actors named Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito met in New York City.

Previous work experience as a window display artist and fashion designer provided an appropriate foundation for the films of Joel Schumacher.

Luminous, ageless beauty who supported her family as a child model and TV performer; the strains precipitated a nervous breakdown at the age of nine, an alcohol problem at 10 and a suicide attempt at 12.

It wasn't his acting skills, but his driving skills that earned Michael Douglas his first on-camera role.

Posted July 25, 2009, 1:53 a.m. A week ago, I heard about a cop in Denver named Derrick Curtis Saunders, who pulled a gun on the drive-thru employee of McDonald's. Now, my first response to the cop would've been "Are you hear for the Hamburglar?" No, he was there for his breakfast and just thought things were taking a bit too long.

Los Angeles - It wasn't his acting skills, but his driving skills that earned Michael Douglas his first on-camera role.

Your email has been sent. Thanks for recommending The Daily Beast! Hollywood director Joel Schumacher talks to Peter G. Peterson about what a movie version of his new memoir might be like.

If you watch enough DVDs, particularly the behind-the-scenes featurettes and the commentary tracks, you'll hear a slew of cliches paraded about.

A lot of the reviews for " Falling Down " are going to compare it to earlier movies about white men who go berserk: "Joe," for example, or " Death Wish ." Some will even find it racist because the targets of the film's hero are African-American, Latino and Korean - with a few whites thrown in for balance.

Our review of Falling Down: Deluxe Edition , published June 1st, 2009, is also available.

THE MOVIE Joel Schumacher is viewed in the eyes of many as villain. His filmography sports a few truly infamous bombs, notably the bizarre buddy-spy film "Bad Company" pairing Anthony Hopkins with Chris Rock; however, his most infamous turkey is undoubtedly, "Batman and Robin." That film needs no introduction or explanation, as it is a standard in ...

A bunch of DVDs came out over the past few weeks, and because I'm super-busy and popular*, I just barely got around to checking out a few of the more interesting ones.

FENS is a recently laid-off defense worker who's having a bad day. Stuck in the mother of all traffic jams, he abandons his car and sets out on foot to his daughter's birthday party.

"Falling Down" is a little known film, but perhaps one of the better films directed by Joel Schumacher.

Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas is Foster, an ordinary guy at war with the frustrations of daily life.

Falling Down offers an interesting concept that is handled with the grace of a psycho wielding a baseball bat.