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Yesterday | BBC News

Lesbian drama tipped for Cannes win

An intimate love story between two young women has received rave reviews in Cannes as the film festival draws to a close.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby

Yesterday | Ain't It Cool News

Live in Chicago? Capone has seats to an early screening the Way, Way Back, with Q&a

Live in Chicago? Capone has seats to an early screening THE WAY, WAY BACK, with writers-directors Jim Rash & Nat Faxon Q&A!!! Hey everyone.

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Related Topix: Community, Entertainment, Television, Ben and Kate, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Adventureland

Thu May 23, 2013

The Washington Post

Coen brothers, Robert Redford highlights of Cannes Film Festival

Every film festival presents the temptation to find an overarching theme, even if a filmgoer has to stand on her tippy-toes to find it.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Movies, Entertainment, Celebrities, Robert Redford, Health

TIME.com

Nebraska: Alexander Payne's America, Plains and Simple

Europeans created America by landing on the East Coast and moving West, in the process confecting the nation's near-Biblical legend of Manifest Destiny.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Drama Movies, Election, Comedy Movies, About Schmidt, Citizen Ruth, Movies, Entertainment

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes

An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.

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Related Topix: France, World News, Sundance Film Festival, Salt Lake City, UT

Hispanic Business

Sundance Channel And Entertainment Weekly Set To Premiere 'The...

UP OF HIT SCRIPTED SERIES 'BREAKING BAD', 'DEXTER', 'GAME OF THRONES', 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY', 'PARKS AND RECREATION' AND 'NEW GIRL' NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, "The Writers' Room" is set to premiere on Monday, July 29 and will be hosted by Academy Award -winning screenwriter , ... (more)

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Related Topix: Dexter, Breaking Bad, Entertainment, Television, Parks and Recreation, New Girl, Community

Wed May 22, 2013

Hispanic Business

Alexander Payne feels at home with 'Nebraska'

May 22--CANNES, France -- Writer-director Alexander Payne has been nominated for three screenplay Oscars and has won two.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, About Schmidt, Election, France, World News, Will Forte

Wed May 15, 2013

KUOW-FM Seattle

Eagerly Anticipated Films For 2013 SIFF

The Seattle International Film Festival starts Thursday and will run through June 9 featuring over 400 films from more than 80 countries.

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Tue May 14, 2013

Deadline

Cannes: Festival Kicks Off With One Of Most Highly Anticipated Slates In Years

Certainly I see very long and winding lines to pick up press or market credentials at the Palais, which is adorned with poswters of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a provocative still shot from their fluffy France-set 1963 comedy A New Kind Of Love.

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Indie, Carnage, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, About Schmidt

Merced Sun-Star

Cannes Film Festival preview: New work from perennial favorites

When the 66th Cannes Film Festival opens Wednesday, it'll do so with a big bash of a movie, not in competition, already up and running in the U.S.: Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby," based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Drive, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Thriller, Barton Fink

Sat May 11, 2013

The Papillion Times

Payne's 'Nebraska' slated for Nov. 22 limited release

Paramount has slated Omaha director Alexander Payne's movie "Nebraska" for a limited American release Nov.

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Related Topix: Nebraska, Movies, Entertainment

Fri May 10, 2013

Collider

Ansel Elgort Lands Lead in the Fault in Our Stars Opposite Shailene Woodley

The male lead has been cast for the anticipated adaptation of author John Green's bestselling novel The Fault in Our Stars .

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Thu May 09, 2013

FansShare

Veronica Roth reveals what makes Shailene Woodley perfect for Divergent

It seems that adapting novels for the big screen are all the rage these days and the next series to hit big will likely be the Veronica Roth Divergent trilogy.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Firstshowing.net

First Look Photo: Bruce Dern and Will Forte in Payne's 'Nebraska'

Take your first look at what is sure to be an Oscar contender later this season, or at least an acclaimed indie sensation.

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Related Topix: MacGruber, Will Forte

Movies.com

Movie News: Tom Cruise Confirms 'Mission: Impossible 5;' 'Man of...

Mission: Impossible 5 : Tom Cruise has confirmed what was, for all intents and purposes, a foregone conclusion: he will star in and help produce Mission: Impossible 5 . The previous installment, directed by Brad Bird, made more than $700 million worldwide.

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Related Topix: Jack Reacher, Action Movies, Mission: Impossible, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Movies, Celebrities, Tom Cruise, Ice Station Zebra, Nebraska

HeraldNet

While you prepare for wealth, prepare for balance

With so many families still trying to recover from the Great Recession, the wealthy aren't feeling much love from the American public.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

Mon May 06, 2013

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First Official Image from Alexander Payne's NEBRASKA Starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte

The first official image from director Alexander Payne 's upcoming film Nebraska has landed online.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

TV Diary: Happy birthday, George

I remember watching Clooney on the comedies "E/R" and "The Facts of Life," when he first started in the business.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Golden Globe Awards, Family

Sat May 04, 2013

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

The rich have problems, too

With so many families still trying to recover from the Great Recession, the wealthy aren't feeling much love from the American public.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Filmexperience.blogspot.com

New Oscar Predix

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Related Topix: A Serious Man, Western, Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, Good Night, and Good Luck., History Movies, Hugo, Shutter Island