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Friday Nov 20 | The Independent

Biggest US celebrity lookalike convention

Professional Sarah Palin and Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonators look for a gun prop for Sarah Palin's address during the Sunburst Convention of Professional Tribute Artists Holy mackerel! Look over there! Isn't that Richard Gere, with his dreamy silver hair and professorial wire spectacles, taking a leak in the Gents? And OhMiGaaaad, am I seeing ...

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Related Topix: The Sopranos, Entertainment, Drama, Television, James Gandolfini, Marlon Brando, Short, Comedy Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Jack, George Bush, Thriller

Mon Nov 16, 2009

BuddyTV

'Smallville' Achieves "Legends" with Pam Grier

The people behind Smallville are seriously hauling in the bigshots for the series, as they've managed to convince acclaimed actress Pam Grier to appear on several episodes.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, The L Word, Soap Opera, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Horror Movies, Bones, Action TV, Smallville, Pam Grier, Black Entertainment

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Interview: Michael Keaton, actor

The actor formerly known as Batman is sporting trainers, a track suit and shades a ' "Just in case I want to lie to you," jokes Michael Keaton, before obligingly removing them.

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Related Topix: The Merry Gentleman, Sport Movies, Out of Sight, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Documentary Movies, Herbie Fully Loaded, Family, Drama Movies, Batman, Action Movies, Adventure, Animation Movies, Cars

Fri Nov 13, 2009

The Japan Times

Tarantino returns to grind up Nazis

Quentin Tarantino is back, making another much-publicized and controversial splash similar to his one-two punch with "Kill Bill: Vol.

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Related Topix: Inglourious Basterds, Crime Movies, Pulp Fiction, Drama Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Thriller, Quentin Tarantino, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Nov 11, 2009

KCBA

Pam Grier joins Smallville as DC villain

The Smallville mythology is growing this season with the introduction of Agent Amanda Waller.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Black Entertainment, Pam Grier

Tue Nov 10, 2009

OfficialWire

Pam Grier Lands 'Smallville' Role

U.S. actress Pam Grier has signed on to play evil Agent Amanda Waller on TV's "Smallville," sources told TVGuide.com. Grier, 60, was most recently a cast member on the Showtime series "The L Word." Her film credits include "Jackie Brown," "Escape from L.A.," "Foxy Brown," "Fort Apache the Bronx" and "Something Wicked This Way Comes." TVGuide.com ...

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, The L Word, Soap Opera, Horror Movies, Escape from L.A., Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Science Fiction Movies

Mon Nov 09, 2009

OhNoTheyDidnt

Smallville Lands Pam Grier

Smallville's coolness quotient just soared to new heights. Blaxploitation icon-turned-L-Word staple Pam Grier is joining the cast for multiple episodes, sources confirm to me exclusively.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Black Entertainment, Pam Grier

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

Brad Pitt looking for new motorbike after LA crash

Brad Pitt says he is in the market for a new motorcycle. The actor, in Tokyo to promote his latest movie, "Inglourious Basterds," said he trashed his favorite bike recently while trying to escape overzealous photographers.

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Related Topix: Inglourious Basterds, The Fall, Thriller, Crime Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Drama Movies

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Enquirer-Journal

Movie being filmed downtown

Monroe will be getting a little glimpse of Hollywood this week as movie crews film a courtroom drama due out next fall.

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Related Topix: Monroe, NC, Matthew Modine, Mulholland Dr., Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Pop/Rock, Robert Forster, Biography Movies, A Beautiful Mind

Wed Oct 28, 2009

FANGORIA

RESERVOIR DOGS: Ten Years

Has it really been 10 years since Quentin Tarantino's debut film upended the thriller genre and made the indie scene safe for excessive bloodletting? Have we really been suffering through 10 years of imitative, painfully "hip" crime dramas whose makers believe that simply having their characters discourse about old TV shows and breakfast cereals ...

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Drama Movies, Thriller, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Madsen

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Variety

Tarantino mimicked, rarely equaled

If the 17 years since "Reservoir Dogs" have taught us nothing else about cinema, it's that only Quentin Tarantino can make a Tarantino movie.

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Related Topix: Inglourious Basterds, Crime Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Drama Movies, Thriller, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Entertainment Magazine

A Pretty Uninglorious Time: Quentin Tarantino's Slump

Submitted by J Floyd King on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 20:54. Start: 10/22/2009 - 11:28 Timezone: Etc/GMT-11 PROLOGUE A Meteoric Rise Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay for True Romance, a super cool action movie directed by Tony Scott.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Comedy Movies, Four Rooms, Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino

Wed Oct 21, 2009

FANGORIA

Fall Frights: House of 1000 Corpses

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 02:41 AM In the spirit of Halloween '09, we're breaking out reviews of some Fall Frights you may want to work into your monthly viewing.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, House of 1000 Corpses, Thriller, Halloween, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Sid Haig

Mon Oct 19, 2009

FANGORIA

A Conversation with Sid Haig

One of the horror genre's most recognizable faces, Sid Haig has graced the big and small screens in over 400 projects.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Coffy, Action Movies, Horror Movies, House of 1000 Corpses, Sid Haig, Family, Golden Globe Awards

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Hollywood.com

T'Keyah Crystal Keymah

Since her debut as one of the original cast members of Fox's "In Living Color" , T'Keyah Crystal Keymah has worked steadily in TV, primarily as a series regular.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Cosby, Entertainment, Television, Tales from the Hood, Horror Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, T'Keyah Crystal Keymah, The John Larroquette Show

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Sunday Times

Vengence is mine

Inglourious Basterds is proving the uiltimate Nazi revenge fantasia, but that's because it's World War Two as only Quentin Tarantino can see it: big, bloodyand ballsy.

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Related Topix: Inglourious Basterds, Crime Movies, Pulp Fiction, Drama Movies, Thriller, Quentin Tarantino

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Washington Square News

Bringing back blaxploitation

"Black Dynamite" is a blaxploitation homage that could be classified as the real thing if the term didn't have a timestamp.

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Related Topix: Black Dynamite, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Quentin Tarantino, Action Movies, Pam Grier, Black Entertainment, Samuel L. Jackson, Entertainment

Sun Oct 11, 2009

NewsBlaze

Black Dynamite Film Review

In recent years, some leading directors have seen fit to pay tribute to the Blaxploitation Era of the Seventies, for instance, Malcolm Lee with Undercover Brother and Quentin Tarantino with Jackie Brown.

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Related Topix: Black Dynamite, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Quentin Tarantino

Wed Oct 07, 2009

WHEC-TV Rochester

Hollywood actor in town to celebrate The Little Theatre's 80th anniversary

A Hollywood actor and Rochester native is in town to help celebrate a milestone at The Little Theatre.

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Related Topix: Rochester Metro, Rochester, NY, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Pop/Rock, Robert Forster

Mon Oct 05, 2009

/film

Tarantino Will Make Another Film Before Kill Bill 3; Perhaps a Western or Gangster Picture

Last week we heard that Quentin Tarantino would make another installment in his Kill Bill series but that will likely be a few years down the road.

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Related Topix: Inglourious Basterds, Crime Movies, Reservoir Dogs, Sukiyaki Western Django, Drama Movies, Thriller, Quentin Tarantino

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