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Saturday Oct 31 | Hollywood.com

Ann Roth

A veteran costume designer, Ann Roth had amassed more than twenty Broadway credits before entering films with George Roy Hill's "The World of Henry Orient" . Over the past four decades, she has developed a close.... A veteran costume designer, Ann Roth had amassed more than twenty Broadway credits before entering films with George Roy Hill's "The ...

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Related Topix: The World According to Garp, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Biography Movies, Working Girl, Thriller, What Planet Are You From?, The Birdcage, Music!, Science Fiction Movies, New York, Entertainment

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KYTX-TV News

Debunking Silkwood Gravesite

Kilgore's Danville Cemetery is the final resting place of nuclear whistleblower Karen Silkwood.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller, Meryl Streep

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

A cloudy, rainy and possibly foggy day

There will be occasional drizzle during the morning hours along the Grand Strand and then a slight chance of rain after 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington, N.C. It will be cloudy for much of the day, with a high near 68 degrees.

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Related Topix: 9, Weather, Zombieland, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

`Paranormal Activity' dismembers `Saw' with $21.1M

Low-budget horror prevailed at the weekend box office as "Paranormal Activity" expanded to nationwide release and took the No.

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Related Topix: Saw VI, Theater, Arts, Where the Wild Things Are, Law Abiding Citizen, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller, Comedy Movies, The Graduate

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Filmstalker

The Whistleblower gains big names

The Whistleblower has had a rather strong casting announcement today. The film tells the true life story of an American police officer who decided to volunteer to assist in the humanitarian crisis following the Bosnian War.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

'Scream 2009' celebrates sci-fi, comics, horror

Spike TV is honoring vampires, space rangers and comic-book heroes at "Scream 2009." The star-studded event being held Saturday at the Greek Theater will air as a two-hour special on Oct.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Thriller, Comedy Movies, The Graduate, Meryl Streep, Dustin Hoffman, Watchmen

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Globe and Mail

Female role models: playing women who don't make nice

Johanna Schneller Published on Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 2:37PM EDT Last updated on Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Doubt, The Manchurian Candidate, Manhattan, Heartburn, Short, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, The Hours, War Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

Sun Oct 11, 2009

WABC 7

Nichols to get AFI lifetime honor

Director Mike Nichols has been chosen to receive the 38th American Film Institute's life-achievement award.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, The Graduate

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Las Vegas Review Journal

Movie Review: "The Informant!"

Clever Contradiction: 'The Informant!' has fun with serious subject of corporate crime Carol Cling's Movie Minute REVIEW "The Informant!" 108 minutes R; profanity Grade: B- at multiple locations Deja View Battling official injustice and corporate chicanery, real-life whistle-blowers inspire a variety of memorable dramas: "Serpico" -- Friends become ...

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Related Topix: The Informant!, Drama Movies, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Al Pacino, Biography Movies, Thriller

Wed Sep 09, 2009

UTV

The dirty little secrets of Nora Ephron

Everyone's a b****, men own the internet and denial is good. Writer, director and straight-talker Nora Ephron lets rips to Catherine Shoard Wednesday, 09 September 2009 Nora Ephron's new film about the joys of cooking slips down as easily as chocolate souffle, precision-baked to satisfy the appetite of the mainstream American female cinemagoer.

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Related Topix: Heartburn, Short, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Julia, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Meryl Streep, Life, Food, French Cuisine

Fri Sep 04, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Q&A: Nora Ephron

Nora Ephron, 68, was born in New York, the daughter of screenwriters. After college in Massachusetts, she went to work at the New York Post .

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Sleepless in Seattle, New York, Heartburn, Short, Julia, Biography Movies, Thriller

Fri Aug 28, 2009

Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

Meryl Streep: Has she ever starred in a masterpiece?

Meryl Streep is arguably our best living actress, and she's by all accounts awesome and interesting and smart, etc.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Kramer vs. Kramer, Biography Movies, Thriller, Meryl Streep

Thu Aug 27, 2009

Hollywood.com

Diana Scarwid

A blonde. blue-eyed character player of American films and TV, Diana Scarwid had a natural quality and keen instinct for underplaying roles to exemplary fruition.

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Related Topix: Pretty Baby, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Short, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mommie Dearest, Truman, The Cure, Rumble Fish, Musical Movies, Entertainment

Tue Aug 25, 2009

Hollywood.com

Anthony Heald

A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony Heald did not begin to be noticed in film until middle-age and after more than 20 years in the.... A character player capable of projecting priggish attitudes or a sinister aura even when not specifically a villain, Anthony ...

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Related Topix: The Client, Film Noir, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Kiss of Death, A Time to Kill, Crime Movies, The Pelican Brief, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Biography Movies, Postcards from the Edge, Entertainment

Thu Aug 20, 2009

Advocate

Business Before Pleasure?

An HIV "outbreak" in the straight porn industry has once again raised talk of mandatory testing for all performers in the state of California.

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Related Topix: Health, HIV/AIDS, August, CA, Thriller, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Meryl Streep, Reality TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Kid Nation, Los Angeles County, CA

Tue Aug 18, 2009

The Independent

The Streep effect: Economists love her

Streep's ahead: Now 60, Meryl's career spans four decades. Her latest film, 'Julie and Julia', has taken $28.5m at the box office since its release in the US two weeks ago enlarge Call it the "Streep Effect". For years, Meryl Streep was taken for granted as one of Hollywood's most respected actors, someone who didn't always have hits, but who had ...

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, Manhattan, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Kramer vs. Kramer, Biography Movies, Thriller

Sun Aug 16, 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, Ironweed, Biography Movies, Plenty, The Bridges of Madison County, Thriller, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Aug 14, 2009

Boston Globe

Streep marries her art with newfound fun

A funny thing happened on the way to the modern multiplex: Meryl Streep became a movie star.

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Doubt, Julia, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Thriller, Prime, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Aug 12, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

Nora Ephron Dishes on 'Julie & Julia'

Timeless romantic comedies like "When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail" and intense biopics like "Heartburn" and "Silkwood" are the creations of writer-director Nora Ephron .

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Julia, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Heartburn, Short, Biography Movies, Thriller, Entertainment

Mon Aug 10, 2009

Advocate

Stirring the Pot

Julie & Julia director-screenwriter-producer Nora Ephron addresses Julia Child's longtime homophobia and tackles the “tricky question” facing today's closeted gay actors.

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Related Topix: Julie & Julia, Film Noir, Bewitched, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Sleepless in Seattle, Thriller, Julia, Gay/Lesbian, Biography Movies

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