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This British filmmaker emigrated to Hollywood after his critically praised directorial debut, "Scandal" , which dealt with the famed Profumo spy scandal.

Last spring's guest author for the Whatcom Reads program was Sherman Alexie, whose coming-of-age novel, "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," is set on the Spokane Indian Reservation.

While the movie crew pushed away the local newspaper reporter during filming of "The Details" Tuesday on the Dalles Bridge near Concrete, several residents told the Skagit Valley Herald Tobey Maguire took the time to talk to and take pictures with fans in Concrete after he finished his day of filming.

After years of playing quirky adolescents and eclectic youths, actor Tobey Maguire exploded onto the A-List and established himself as an international box office star when he landed the role of a certain web-slinging.... After years of playing quirky adolescents and eclectic youths, actor Tobey Maguire exploded onto the A-List and established ...

Most conversations about memorable movie dads tend to be brief. Why? Because they usually begin and end with Gregory Peck's portrayal of Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird." Finch may stand as the most noble onscreen father of all time, but that doesn't mean he's the only one worthy of recognition.

Passing through a less-frequented part of the city, we came across a road named 'Pote-dukhe Marg' and it occasioned the teen striding alongside no little amusement.

A tough, no-nonsense blonde of the Barbara Stanwyck school of acting, actress Ellen Barkin made her belated acting debut at the age of 26 in a 1980 New York stage production of "Irish Coffee;" later appearing in the original off-Broadway presentation of "Extremities." She learned the ropes as a cast member of the soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" ...

Q: I am trying to remember the name of a movie. It stars Robert De Niro and is set in the 1950s or early '60s. He plays a man who is trying to impress a young woman with two or three children.