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Australia's only knowledge of Thanksgiving is, essentially, what we see from TV and the movies.

When it comes to holiday movies, the ones about Christmas get all the press. But what of the Thanksgiving film, those cinematic stories that are set on the day of festive feasting, or contain at least one crucial scene that takes place around the time of Turkey Day? Turns out there are more movies in this category than you might think.

Christina Ricci was unprepared for her role in 'The Ice Storm' 12 years ago. The US actress - who first achieved fame for her role as Wednesday Addams in 'The Addams Family' in 1991 - wants to apologise to her director Ang Lee and the producer James Schamus for her performance in 'The Ice Storm' because she didn't put much effort into the role.

New York City ladies go crazy for Rob Pattinson on Friday, and even lie about their names to a security guard at The Bowery Hotel to get a glimpse of the "New Moon" hunk.

Ang Lee has admitted that he made his latest movie, '60s comedy-drama Taking Woodstock , in an effort to get away from "tragic subject matter". The acclaimed director, known for his dark dramas Brokeback Mountain and The Ice Storm , told DS that he doesn't want to be seen as a "sick filmmaker". "It was a deliberate effort and a gut reaction," Lee ...

JAMES SCHAMUS was just a nine-year-old kid in California when the original love generation were getting it on to Jimi and Janis at the Woodstock festival in 1969.

Ang Lee's children encouraged him to take drugs. The 'Sense and Sensibility' director - who says he has tried cannabis - said his two sons told him he "must try" hallucinogenic mushrooms while researching his sixties music film 'Taking Woodstock'. Lee said: "I was tempted to do it, but I couldn't take it.

Ang Lee was not the most likely director to create a film about Woodstock, and his authentic-looking LSD scene is from imagination not experience, he tells James Mottram Ang Lee was not the most likely director to create a film about Woodstock enlarge Rather like Bruce Banner, the Marvel Comics character he once wrestled with in Hulk, there lurks ...

Taking Woodstock Directed by: Ang Lee Starring: Demetri Martin , Henry Goodman , Imelda Staunton , Emile Hirsch , Eugene Levy , Mamie Gummer , Jonathan Groff ; Liev Schreiber Running time: 110 minutes Taiwan release: Today Since Ice Storm in 1995, Taiwan-born director Ang Lee has made a number of forays in Americana.

Can you believe Sigourney Weaver is turning 60? On October 8, the star of "Alien," "Ghostbusters" and other classics, hits the big 6-0, looking as regal and gorgeous as ever.

When Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it was met with largely lukewarm reviews, mostly from American critics who complained about the film's lack of depiction of the music festival itself.

Unfortunately I've been pretty hammered by the flu so I'm just now getting around to it.

Lifetime Television today announced the start of production of the Lifetime Original Movie Georgia O'Keeffe, starring three-time Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominee Joan Allen and Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Jeremy Irons .

Primarily a stage and television actress, Kate Burton managed to forge a career without constant comparisons to her late father, Richard Burton.

DNA 11 will be giving 100% of the proceeds from this art auction to The Art of Elysium.

One of the major players of the American independent film scene in the early 1990s, James Schamus has gradually been moving toward the mainstream through a series of collaborations with Taiwanese director Ang Lee.

" When it was announced that Kevin Kline would be doing only one collective photo shoot during his time at the World Film Festival Monday, there was mild trepidation we were about to go Hollywood.

Give the often overlooked Ang Lee some credit: He has ventured where few directors would dare.

"I had to learn to become young again," Lee said of his comedy set against the legendary Woodstock music festival.

Ang Lee's "Taking Woodstock" doesn't put the music center stage, but it's impossible to think of Woodstock without recalling its history-making performances.