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Q & A with 'Princess and the Frog' animators
Ron Clements and John Musker talk about their fairy tale 'valentine' to New Orleans.
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The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker wrote and ...
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'Pippa Lee' autobiographical? Not so, says its writer-director
Though audiences might be tempted to think otherwise, it's 'a work of imagination,' says Rebecca Miller, who also wrote the book it's based on.
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Cormac McCarthy's rugged road to respectability
The writer had been dismissed as an eccentric with 'horrible' style and a hacky, regional view. Now, the much-anticipated film 'The Road,' based on his Pulitzer-winning novel, opens Wednesday.
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Walt Disney -- prince or toad?
The studio pioneer's detractors insist that he was racist and mean. A deeper look shows that the truth about the man is far more complicated.
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John Woo revisits Chinese roots with 'Red Cliff'
It's been 16 years since the influential filmmaker turned his vision to China. The historical epic combines Woo's large-scale production skills with an inspirational story designed to uplift Asian you
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'Transmedia': A brave new world in entertainment marketing
USC professor Henry Jenkins coined the term to explain how an array of platforms can be used to enrich media's impact on the public.
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Opinions pour from expanded 'Mondovino'
Advocacy journalist Jonathan Nossiter probes further into globalization's effect on winemaking.
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New on DVD: 'Funny People' is funny and otherwise
Also: 'Angels & Demons,' 'Four Christmases,' 'Gomorrah' and more
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'New Moon' smashes 'Potter' midnight ticket sales record
According to four people close to the movie, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sold more than $22.2 million worth of tickets in midnights shows last night, the all-time record set this summer by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
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Fans scream with delight for 'Twilight: New Moon'
Midnight screenings of the vampire film draw long lines. 'omg unbelievably thrilling!' says one tweet.
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They were 99.9% sure they were going to love it.
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Review: 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'
Drawn to another man-in-crisis story, director Werner Herzog delivers a darkly delicious tale in which Nicolas Cage is positively reptilian.
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Review: 'The Messenger'
Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson lead a strong cast in director Oren Moverman's taut drama about a casualty notification team's struggle to balance duties with private lives.
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Review: 'The Blind Side'
Sandra Bullock and newcomer Quinton Aaron have a warm and winning chemistry in director John Lee Hancock's fact-based story of a football-loving white family's adoption of a homeless black teen.
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Movie projector: 'New Moon' headed for $90-million-plus launch
Edward and Bella's latest bite at the box office looks like it will be the second biggest of 2009.
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15 documentary features make Oscar's short list
Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them.
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The newcomer stars opposite Sandra Bullock in 'Blind Side'
The young man auditioned, but thought he would be lucky to land a security job on set. Instead, he scored a lead role.
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At 6 feet 8, Quinton Aaron is not ...
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Movie review: 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon'
The novel demands that Bella and Edward be kept apart, robbing the movie of the crazy love that made 'Twilight' such a guilty pleasure. And about the director ....
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Is Percy Jackson's mythology too close to Harry Potter's magic?
Executives working with the film are prepared for comparisons, but they're confident that the adventure has plenty of his own unique magic.
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'New Moon' causes strange changes for Taylor Lautner
The young actor muscled up to hold on to his role as the werewolf Jacob. Excited howling ensued.
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Disney's Rich Ross halts production of 'Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'
The planned $150-million project was just months from beginning shooting. The film was once considered to have franchise potential.
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The swashbuckling spirit behind 'Pirate Radio'
British DJs such as Johnnie Walker helped launch the music rebellion that spawned a similar underground movement in the U.S. that crested 30 years later.
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Hal Holbrook basks in 'That Evening Sun'
Making 'Into the Wild' gave the actor something he needed -- confidence. Now, he has star billing.
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African American actors disappear from 'Couples Retreat' poster
Universal's new black eye: The movie's African American couple -- Faizon Love and Kali Hawk -- are absent.
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New Disney movie chief pulls plug on costly 'Captain Nemo'
Rich Ross has made the costly decision to stop production on the planned $150-million production -- the last project approved by his predecessor Dick Cook.
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'Twilight' mania hits Westwood with the premiere of 'New Moon'
It was a premiere so highly anticipated even the wolves came out. Literally.
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'Twilight: New Moon' rises in L.A.: red carpet in Westwood
Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson and more raise the heat at the movie's premiere.
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Disney's dream that 'Chrismas Carol' will be the new 'Polar Express' coming true
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Chris Columbus is 'like a proud parent' watching 'Harry Potter' stars from afar
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'Twilight' screenwriter says 'New Moon' is better than first
Melissa Rosenberg, who adapted Stephenie Meyer's novels, says "I know who I'm writing for."
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'2012' explodes with $225 million worldwide box office
"A Christmas Carol" has a strong second week and "Precious" is powerful.
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Hoping 'Avatar' is the new face of filmmaking
James Cameron's futuristic thriller, opening next month, may be the most expensive movie ever from a Hollywood in sore need of a game changer.
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'New Moon' fans camping out in Westwood
Fans hoping to get a glimpse of the "New Moon" cast on premiere-night Monday were camping out on the sidewalks of Westwood today, some arriving two days ago.
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László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond: Fade in on a friendship
Professional and personal bonds are the focus of 'Independent Lens' documentary on the Hungarian cinematographers.
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Werner Herzog and Nicolas Cage: Partners in crime
'Bad Lieutenant's' director sped through the making of the film even as its lead actor pushed the character's boundaries.
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New on DVD: 'Star Trek' demonstrate the proper way to revamp a franchise
Also: "Brüno," "Humpday" and "Thirst."
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'The Exiles' is an excavation
Kent Mackenzie's unearthed 1961 film about Native Americans on L.A.'s Bunker Hill is an excavation itself.
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Kent Mackenzie's "The Exiles" feels like a ...
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Soldiers cope with grim duty in 'The Messenger'
Director Oren Moverman says he hopes audiences that have shown a strong aversion to military-related films will give his a chance. 'We never approached it as a war movie,' he stressed.
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Concept artists help set the mood (or mayhem) in movies
Warren Flanagan's two-dimensional images for '2012' gave the film's cataclysmic disaster sequences a frame of reference with which to begin.
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Tom Sherak wants Oscars to be fun
The new academy president brings his populist instincts -- think blockbuster -- onto the institution's biggest stage.
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'2012' looking huge, 'Christmas Carol' holding strong
The end of the world is going to do big business once again.
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Wes Anderson, crazy like a fox
The exacting director got exactly what he wanted in 'Fantastic Mr. Fox,' despite running the sometimes frustrated London crew by e-mail from Paris.
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Review: 'Pirate Radio'
The plot might lose the rhythm sometimes, but the soundtrack and cast keep the '60s-set rock fable afloat.
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Movie projector: '2012' will be big domestically, huge worldwide
"2012," Sony Pictures' $200-million disaster movie from genre specialist Roland Emmerich, is on track for strong domestic opening weekend ticket sales of about $55 million, according to people who have seen pre-release surveys.
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Review: 'Fantastic Mr. Fox'
The exhilarating stop-motion animation film, with George Clooney and Meryl Streep, shows director Wes Anderson at his best.
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Oscars give Roger Corman and Gordon Willis a golden glow
They will be honored for their achievements behind the camera.
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Bill Nighy pretty much lived this role
'Pirate Radio' listens to the music that rocked 1960s England, even though it was blockaded by polite society. The actor knows the era well.
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Rudy Ray Moore conquered blaxploitation genre
Writer Larry Karaszewski will host a salute to the '70s legend, who died last year.
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Larry Karaszewski, who co-wrote such films as "Ed Wood" with Scott ...
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Why a Monopoly movie? The story behind the dice roll
A Monopoly movie? When word first spread about Universal's plan to make a film based on the venerable board game, it wasn't hard to predict the smirking suggestion from every skeptic within arm's reach of a computer keyboard
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Rich Ross restructures Disney movie studio
Rich Ross is putting his mark on Walt Disney Studios, bringing over a technology guru from Pixar and promoting the home entertainment chief to a newly created job.
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