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Saturday Nov 14 | WJZ-TV Baltimore

Md. Filmmakers Seek To Raise Awareness & Funds

Share + Nov 14, 2009 11:14 pm US/Eastern Reporting Adam May 1 of 1 The creators of "Liberty Heights", "Serial Mom" and "The Wire" got together Saturday night to raise money for and awareness about Maryland's film industry.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Serial Mom, Comedy Movies, Baltimore Metro, Entertainment

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Pasadena Weekly

A 'Dirty Shame'

As the Right Wing wraps Samuel Alito up in a festive black robe, hoping to sell his Supreme Court appointment for Christmas , celluloid iconoclast John Waters wants nothing more than to revel in the season - boozy familial fisticuffs, consumer despair, goopy cornflake-wreath cookies and all.

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Related Topix: A Dirty Shame, Comedy Movies, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Samuel Alito, Crime Movies, Female Trouble, Hairspray, Drama Movies, Music!, Musical Movies

The Baltimore Sun

The Collaborators

But she has also done her part to imbue such Barry Levinson memory plays as "Avalon" and "Liberty Heights" with their gnarly warmth and David Simon 's hard-hitting TV shows, "The Corner" and "The Wire," with their bluesy grit.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Crime Movies, Hairspray, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Pat Moran, Avalon, Diner, Entertainment

Wed Nov 11, 2009

The Hook

Mequa Shore: And not a word about Family Day. Mayor Dave was there and everything. ...

The projectors have stopped running, the popcorn has been swept up and bleary-eyed moviegoers have emerged back into the daylight.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Election, Matthew Broderick, Theater, Arts, Horror Movies, Pink Flamingos, Crime Movies, Hairspray, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Staunton News Leader

'Hairspray' filmmaker John Waters speaks at U.Va.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Lamenting the death of burlesque, cult artist and filmmaker John Waters announced from the stage, "This is not a lecture.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies, Crime Movies, Polyester, Female Trouble, Horror Movies, Pink Flamingos, University of Virginia

Mon Nov 09, 2009

BlabberMouth.net

Slipknot At Fangoria's Trinity of Terrors; Video Footage, Photos Available

SLIPKNOT 's Corey Taylor and Sid Wilson took part in separate webcast/chats this past Halloween when the band performed at Fangoria 's Trinity Of Terrors convention in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Las Vegas, NV, Seed of Chucky, Crime Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, A Clockwork Orange, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Daily Progress

Film fest already passes a 08 sales

Ticket sales for the 22nd-annual Virginia Film Festival - which begins today - have already surpassed the number sold for last year's festival.

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Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, Charlottesville Metro, University of Virginia, Virginia State University, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Benefit unites Waters, Levinson and Simon

John Waters , Barry Levinson and David Simon aren't just appearing on stage for the first time together for the Maryland Film Festival benefit on Nov.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Horror Movies, Serial Mom, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Music!, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Avalon, Diner, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Associated Content

John Waters Vs Adam Schankman: The Remake Phenomenon

Hollywood revels in remaking classics. This ranges from the thrillers such as The Hitcher and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to musicals such as Annie and Hairspray.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Hook

COVER- Still filthy, still fun: The respectable John Waters

In the 1970s, John Waters was the bad boy of fringe filmmaking with his cult-classic, X-rated Pink Flamingos .

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Crime Movies, Hairspray, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Cry-Baby, Serial Mom, Virginia

San Diego Reader

Hairspray

Where does John Waters's poor taste leave off and his characters' poor taste begin? His deepest wade into the mainstream to date , this is sort of his personal American Graffiti, set in Baltimore in 1962.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Tue Nov 03, 2009

C-Ville Weekly

"Is the Virginia Film Festival right for me?" and other fabricated, facetious FAQs

What is the Virginia Film Festival? It is your plan for the weekend, resolved. Can you be more specific? Yes.

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Related Topix: Virginia, True Blood, Entertainment, Television, Theater, Arts, Youth in Revolt

Sun Nov 01, 2009

City Paper

Film Clips Review

Here it is: the John Waters movie his own parents aren't allowed to watch! The dialogue and performances throughout Waters' 1972 breakthrough Pink Flamingos may not crackle with as much subversive wit as its near-perfect successor Female Trouble , but Flamingos continues to earn its legs as Waters' most offensive and most memorable picture.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Female Trouble, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Baltimore Metro, Divine, Mink Stole, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Baltimore Sun

Who needs Hollywood?

If moviemaking won't come to Baltimore, Charm City's own budding moviemakers will make it happen, using all the means at their disposal - digital technology, eloquent locations and craft friendships developed in the years when this city had an amazing 2 1/2 film crews at work on movies such as "Liberty Heights" and "Cecil B. Demented," and TV shows ...

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Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, Comedy Movies, Cecil B. DeMented, Maryland institute, College of Art, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Television Without Pity

Week in Preview: October 17th, 2009 - October 23rd, 2009

October 17, 2009 It's bad enough that we watch reality TV to begin with, but it gets worse when we give out arbitrary awards to the shows that inhibit our already lacking social lives -- the 2009 Fox Reality Channel Really Awards air tonight.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Celebrity, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, California

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Collider

Adam Shankman to Direct Rock of Ages

Adam Shankman, who directed the movie musical version of John Waters' "Hairspray," is returning to the genre with "Rock of Ages," a rock-themed 80s love story set to the tunes of Journey, Twisted Sister, Joan Jett, Bon Jovi, and Pat Benatar, among others.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Calgary Herald

Simpsons Movie the butt of anti-smoking group's awards

The Simpsons family has emerged as surprising villains -- and Bruce Willis as a surprising hero -- in a survey by an American anti-smoking group.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Health, Medicine, The Simpsons, Blues, Alpha Dog, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Bruce Willis, Hairspray, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Varsity

Paranormal Activity frightens horror purists

When the "Midnight Movie" was in its heyday, the actual movie was a mere side dish to the experience of going to a theatre at midnight and encountering whatever low-budget oddity was currently in vogue.

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Related Topix: Supernatural, Crime Movies, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos

Thu Oct 15, 2009

The Daily Vidette

Famous filmmaker to speak at CPA

A A A From showing his counter-culture films in small Baltimore churches to becoming a Hollywood icon, filmmaker John Waters will discuss his accomplishments as a screenwriter, author and director at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Hairspray, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Music!, Musical Movies

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Baxojayz

Trinity Of Terrors Announcement

In what is set to be the biggest, baddest and most gruesome convention to hit Las Vegas, Fangoria's Trinity Of Terrors continues to add to the list of scream-worthy celebrities set to attend the three day event.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Seed of Chucky, Comedy Movies, Pink Flamingos, Crime Movies, A Clockwork Orange, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Malcolm McDowell

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