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Monday Dec 28 | WWL-TV New Orleans

Waits goes to the devil in Gilliam's 'Parnassus'

Tom Waits has given the devil his due with wry song lyrics, asking if the devil made the "world while God was sleeping" or musing "don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk." Now Waits is the devil incarnate in Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus," playing a dapper demon with a bowler hat, trim suit and ...

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Related Topix: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Short Cuts, Drama Movies, The Fisher King, Paradise Alley, Comedy Movies, Horror Movies, Short, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Entertainment

Wed Dec 23, 2009

StarTribune

Hard times, great films

Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp represented every person who was ever poor or downtrodden.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Dec 16, 2009

Glodderby

Meryl Streep reaches 25 Golden Globe nominations

With her double bids for lead actress in a comedy/musical , Meryl Streep solidified the record she set last year as all-time Golden Globe nominations champ.

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Related Topix: Doubt, It's Complicated, Julie & Julia, Drama Movies, Julia, Kramer vs. Kramer

Tue Dec 08, 2009

The Sun Online

Exclusive Mamma Mia! Meryl's high

MERYL STREEP giggles like a schoolgirl after smoking a spliff in our exclusive clip from her new movie.

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Related Topix: It's Complicated, Drama Movies, Meryl Streep

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Hollywood.com

Keith Barish

Began his film career as executive producer of the Franco Zeffirelli melodrama "Endless Love" ; subsequent projects of note include Alan Pakula's "Sophie's Choice" and Hector Babenco's adaptation of William.... Began his film career as executive producer of the Franco Zeffirelli melodrama "Endless Love" ; subsequent projects of note include Alan ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Entertainment

Tue Aug 18, 2009

Happy News

Meryl Streep Isn't Afraid to Get Silly or of High-Concept Films

While the back-to-back successes of "Independence Day" and "Men in Black" led Will Smith to famously claim that he "owned" the July 4 weekend - that was before "Wild Wild West," of course - the actor has since gone on to focus on year-end Oscar-bait movies like "The Pursuit of Happyness" and "Seven Pounds." So who's the reigning champ of the summer ...

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, The Hours, Horror Movies, She-Devil, Comedy Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Honolulu Weekly

The souffl and the poundcake

First, let's go on record: Meryl Streep is the greatest actress in the history of English-language film.

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Julia, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Plenty, The Bridges of Madison County, Thriller, Silkwood, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Aug 12, 2009

Glodderby

Continue reading "Meryl Streep rises above 'Julie & Julia' and could land more record nominations"

Meryl Streep is once again receiving better notices than her new summer movie. Last year she starred in the critically dismissed " Mamma Mia! " which went on to smash box office records and this year she features as one half of " Julie and Julia ." Though critics have lauded Meryl Streep for her performance as the larger-than-life Julia Child , ...

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Kramer vs. Kramer

Tue Aug 11, 2009

Glodderby

Continue reading "Meryl Streep rises above 'Julie & Julia' and could land more record nominations"

Meryl Streep is once again receiving better notices than her new summer movie. Last year she starred in the critically dismissed " Mamma Mia! " which went on to smash box office records and this year she features as one half of " Julie and Julia ." Though critics have lauded Meryl Streep for her performance as the larger-than-life Julia Child , ...

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Kramer vs. Kramer

Sun Aug 09, 2009

Hollywood.com

Diane Venora

This attractive, dark-haired New York stage actress first attracted notice as an unlikely Prince of Denmark in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 1983 production of "Hamlet". The Connecticut native came to the stage.... This attractive, dark-haired New York stage actress first attracted notice as an unlikely Prince of Denmark in the New York ...

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Short, Hamlet, Music!, Thriller, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Bird, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, The Substitute, Action Movies, Three Wishes, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Entertainment

Fri Aug 07, 2009

Glodderby

Continue reading "Meryl Streep rises above 'Julie & Julia' and could land more record nominations"

Meryl Streep is once again receiving better notices than her new summer movie. Last year she starred in the critically dismissed " Mamma Mia! " which went on to smash box office records and this year she features as one half of " Julie and Julia ." Though critics have lauded Meryl Streep for her performance as the larger-than-life Julia Child , ...

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Kramer vs. Kramer

Fri Jul 31, 2009

Lost In Translation

Ironweed

Ironweed is the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by William Kennedy. It is a short novel about a hard luck bum who used to be a standout baseball player and a family man who has a fallen.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies

Mon Jul 20, 2009

Hollywood.com

Frank Whaley

A boyishly handsome actor-turned-writer/director, Frank Whaley entered films as the youthful version of Francis Phelan in "Ironweed" and again essayed the teenaged version.... A boyishly handsome actor-turned-writer/director, Frank Whaley entered films as the youthful version of Francis Phelan in "Ironweed" and again essayed the teenaged version of ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Doors, Hoffa, Music!, Crime Movies, Biography Movies, Sport Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Pulp Fiction, The Freshman, Family, War Movies, Born on the Fourth of July, Entertainment

Sat Jul 18, 2009

The New York Times

You Are There

Ivana Trump giving a speech in Vienna. Do you look at the titles for Sunday crosswords? If you saw this one, you probably guessed the trick right away.

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Related Topix: Doubt, Music of the Heart, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, The Bridges of Madison County, Music!, Thriller, Silkwood, Postcards from the Edge

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Playbill

Stritch, Jackson, Seldes, Reed and Wallach Salute Baker June 15

Stage and screen star Carroll Baker will be presented with The National Arts Club's Medal of Honor June 15.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Carroll Baker, Elaine Stritch, Eli Wallach

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Hollywood.com

Matt McGrath

A darkly handsome stage and screen actor who is equally at home in drama, comedy or musicals, Matt McGrath began his career as a child performer and successfully negotiated the difficult transition to adult roles.

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Related Topix: The Anniversary Party, Drama Movies, Bob Roberts, Short, Comedy Movies, Boys Don't Cry, Pump Up the Volume, The Member of the Wedding, Entertainment

Wed Jun 10, 2009

BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content

Carroll Baker To Be Honored at NAC, 6/15

Legendary actress Carroll Baker will be awarded the prestigious Medal of Honor at a dinner held in her honor at The National Arts Club in New York City on June 15th.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Carroll Baker, Cliff Robertson

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Directed by Hector Babenco

Starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep

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