Stiri in categoria
In 'Journeyman,' a reporter turns problem solver, popping into the past. Viewers may wish he'd live it up a little.
What would you do if you could travel through time? This question has occupied imaginations as diverse as H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and Audrey Niffenegger, author of the recent bestseller "The Time Traveler's Wife." Would you seek to prevent great tragedy -- warn of 9/11, assassinate Hitler? Would you try to repair damage done in your own life by one bad decision, one chance remark? Or would you just buy a few dozen Starbucks franchises or stock in that little upstart called Microsoft?
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What would you do if you could travel through time? This question has occupied imaginations as diverse as H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury and Audrey Niffenegger, author of the recent bestseller "The Time Traveler's Wife." Would you seek to prevent great tragedy -- warn of 9/11, assassinate Hitler? Would you try to repair damage done in your own life by one bad decision, one chance remark? Or would you just buy a few dozen Starbucks franchises or stock in that little upstart called Microsoft?
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Dan Rather took the best seat in the house that Murrow built and then left the place a ruin. Now he has returned to torch the rubble.
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Actress Stevie Ryan and her YouTube persona jump to network TV.
This is "Online Nation" co-host Stevie Ryan outside her comfort zone: When the line on the teleprompter reads "revolting beverage," she delivers it by sticking her fingers in her mouth and gagging.
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This is "Online Nation" co-host Stevie Ryan outside her comfort zone: When the line on the teleprompter reads "revolting beverage," she delivers it by sticking her fingers in her mouth and gagging.
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'Hunting Party' never decides what it's shooting for
The title of "The Hunting Party" doesn't evoke much in particular. "War Correspondents Gone WILD!" would be more like it if the film itself--messy, but fairly stimulating--had more of the scamp in its soul.
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The title of "The Hunting Party" doesn't evoke much in particular. "War Correspondents Gone WILD!" would be more like it if the film itself--messy, but fairly stimulating--had more of the scamp in its soul.
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Characters find themselves inside the pages of 'Jane Austen'
Karen Joy Fowler's best seller "The Jane Austen Book Club" makes the point that people see themselves in their favorite literature--"Each of us has a private Austen," the book begins. But Robin Swicord's lively film adaptation expands on that theme, making it into a running joke and a smart observation. Viewers don't need any particular knowledge of Austen to follow along; when the film's characters compare notes on her work, they're talking first and foremost about themselves.
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Karen Joy Fowler's best seller "The Jane Austen Book Club" makes the point that people see themselves in their favorite literature--"Each of us has a private Austen," the book begins. But Robin Swicord's lively film adaptation expands on that theme, making it into a running joke and a smart observation. Viewers don't need any particular knowledge of Austen to follow along; when the film's characters compare notes on her work, they're talking first and foremost about themselves.
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Amanda Bynes' Snow White remake is fair, not fairest
I like Amanda Bynes. The 21-year-old seems immune to her Hollywood peers' aversion to underwear and penchant for drunk driving/napping/ high-speed-chasing. She has starred in two successful TV shows, and her movies specialize in positive messages, of the you-go-spunky-girl variety.
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I like Amanda Bynes. The 21-year-old seems immune to her Hollywood peers' aversion to underwear and penchant for drunk driving/napping/ high-speed-chasing. She has starred in two successful TV shows, and her movies specialize in positive messages, of the you-go-spunky-girl variety.
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Neither good nor lucky, 'Chuck' just charmless
Drink all the Three-Buck Chuck you want (any excuse to have your designated driver stop off at Trader Joe's), but it won't make "Good Luck Chuck" go down any easier. The film is some sort of humor-deprivation experiment. For vulgarity spiced with wit and crassness done right, see "Superbad" or "Knocked Up." For a reminder that stridency gets you nowhere without certain other ingredients, "Good Luck Chuck" is this year's low-ender to beat.
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Drink all the Three-Buck Chuck you want (any excuse to have your designated driver stop off at Trader Joe's), but it won't make "Good Luck Chuck" go down any easier. The film is some sort of humor-deprivation experiment. For vulgarity spiced with wit and crassness done right, see "Superbad" or "Knocked Up." For a reminder that stridency gets you nowhere without certain other ingredients, "Good Luck Chuck" is this year's low-ender to beat.
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Focused 'Devil' puts a face on Darfur genocide
Witnesses to unspeakable tragedy often go numb, their hearts and minds stuck in the memory and the images of the worst of it. Not Brian Steidle, a U.S. Marine captain who monitored the early months of the Sudanese civil war cease-fire. In Darfur, a western Sudanese province, Steidle saw and photographed charred bodies, desperate refugees and enough carnage committed by government-sanctioned Arab militia groups--the Janjaweed, translated as "devil on horseback"--to haunt the rest of his days.
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Witnesses to unspeakable tragedy often go numb, their hearts and minds stuck in the memory and the images of the worst of it. Not Brian Steidle, a U.S. Marine captain who monitored the early months of the Sudanese civil war cease-fire. In Darfur, a western Sudanese province, Steidle saw and photographed charred bodies, desperate refugees and enough carnage committed by government-sanctioned Arab militia groups--the Janjaweed, translated as "devil on horseback"--to haunt the rest of his days.
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"Make some noise for the female voice in hip-hop," intoned Philadelphia MC Bahamadia midway through Friday's EstroJam at Abbey Pub. The event, part of a series scheduled at venues throughout the city, brought together three decades of female musicians, and featured swaggering rhythms, sporadic displays of public nudity and one legendary group, ESG, performing its final show together.
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As The National wrapped up its 85-minute set at the Vic Theatre on Saturday with a blistering "Mr. November," frontman Matt Berninger turned into a tropical storm, knocking over monitors and microphone stands before leaping into the crowd to belt out the final chorus from the front rows of the sold-out venue.
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Mariah Carey gets a bad rep as a diva.
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Now while folks are sipping their lattes they can sample the lyrics of featured songsters at their local Starbucks coffeehouse.
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Hopefuls try out their imitations at a casting call for rapper biopic.
When it comes to playing Biggie on the big screen, size matters. Take it from De'Andre Neal, a 6-foot-3, 315-pound bouncer with fingers as thick as Twix bars. The Brooklyn native was one of more than 100 hopefuls who turned out for an open casting call on a soundstage in Manhattan's meat-packing district, trying to fill the size-13 shoes of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., in "Notorious," a new biopic about the slain rapper.
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When it comes to playing Biggie on the big screen, size matters. Take it from De'Andre Neal, a 6-foot-3, 315-pound bouncer with fingers as thick as Twix bars. The Brooklyn native was one of more than 100 hopefuls who turned out for an open casting call on a soundstage in Manhattan's meat-packing district, trying to fill the size-13 shoes of Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Notorious B.I.G., in "Notorious," a new biopic about the slain rapper.
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Ben Stiller's 'The Heartbreak Kid' opened below expectations, and other films had trouble finding an audience too.
The Ben Stiller comedy "The Heartbreak Kid" was a stunning disappointment in its opening, but there was plenty of heartache to go around as Hollywood executives estimated their weekend receipts Sunday.
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The Ben Stiller comedy "The Heartbreak Kid" was a stunning disappointment in its opening, but there was plenty of heartache to go around as Hollywood executives estimated their weekend receipts Sunday.
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The recent popularity of Latino films in Hollywood has made it harder for the L.A. Latino International Film Festival to keep its pipeline filled.
Marlene Dermer, founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, tries not to show the stress of her job as she gamely greets a visitor this week at her cramped Hollywood offices, busy as a boiler room operation. She really shouldn't be taking time for lunch, with four days left before the premiere of the week-long cinema celebration, now in its 11th year. As she enters the elevator, she passes a delivery boy wheeling in buckets of takeout for her staff, a smile masking her guilt for leaving her post even briefly.
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Marlene Dermer, founder and executive director of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, tries not to show the stress of her job as she gamely greets a visitor this week at her cramped Hollywood offices, busy as a boiler room operation. She really shouldn't be taking time for lunch, with four days left before the premiere of the week-long cinema celebration, now in its 11th year. As she enters the elevator, she passes a delivery boy wheeling in buckets of takeout for her staff, a smile masking her guilt for leaving her post even briefly.
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Scoring an Academy Award doesn't guarantee Hollywood's most coveted roles. Just ask Adrien Brody, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Joe Pesci.
When he won the Oscar for best actor in "The Pianist," Adrien Brody planted a passionate kiss on the lips of Halle Berry that seemed to shock everyone -- including Berry. It's been over four years now and the movie world is still waiting for Brody to find a role equal to "The Pianist."
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When he won the Oscar for best actor in "The Pianist," Adrien Brody planted a passionate kiss on the lips of Halle Berry that seemed to shock everyone -- including Berry. It's been over four years now and the movie world is still waiting for Brody to find a role equal to "The Pianist."
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The actress goes from queen to rock royalty in "The Golden Age" and "I'm Not Here."
There are few more iconic figures in some circles than Queen Elizabeth I and Bob Dylan. One was England's famous Virgin Queen, who vigorously guarded her country's independence during the age of Shakespeare and the Spanish Armada; the other America's rumbly voiced bard. Nothing connects them in the popular imagination, but a pair of concurrently released films shows these figures struggling with their phantom alter egos, the mythic selves that live free-form in the culture.
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There are few more iconic figures in some circles than Queen Elizabeth I and Bob Dylan. One was England's famous Virgin Queen, who vigorously guarded her country's independence during the age of Shakespeare and the Spanish Armada; the other America's rumbly voiced bard. Nothing connects them in the popular imagination, but a pair of concurrently released films shows these figures struggling with their phantom alter egos, the mythic selves that live free-form in the culture.
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228. 90% smart, 10% silly
Arriving at a successful formula for screen spoofery is an art form. Meet Jake Kasdan, the man who cooked up the legend of 'Dewey Cox.'
THE several hundred extras are supposed to look as if they are enjoying a pretty good concert, but they don't really have to act: The music is that good. John C. Reilly is on the stage of downtown's Variety Arts Theater and he and his 1950s-era band are belting out a Roy Orbison-style love ballad called "A Life Without You."
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THE several hundred extras are supposed to look as if they are enjoying a pretty good concert, but they don't really have to act: The music is that good. John C. Reilly is on the stage of downtown's Variety Arts Theater and he and his 1950s-era band are belting out a Roy Orbison-style love ballad called "A Life Without You."
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The actress' searing dramas have earned her a pair of Oscars, but she was ready for some romance and comedy in her career, and she scored both in a new film.
WHILE Hilary Swank was making the inspirational drama "Freedom Writers" with writer-director Richard LaGravenese, he told her that for her next film, "I want you to do something lighter and funny and girlie. You are such a girl, and you are so funny." ¶ Despite having won best actress Oscars for 1999's "Boys Don't Cry" and 2004's "Million Dollar Baby" -- or maybe because of it -- the whippet-slender 33-year-old Swank knows she isn't the first person who comes to mind for a romantic comedy. ¶ "I'm known for my dramatic work, and there aren't a lot of great comedies out there. So actually finding a good comedy is challenging in itself. When you do find one, there are obviously a niche of girls for those roles." ¶ But then LaGravenese presented her with his adaptation of "P.S., I Love You," based on Cecelia Ahern's first novel. It's a story that gives Swank a chance to elicit tears, but she also cracks jokes, sings karaoke, takes a few pratfalls and is romanced by a trio of guys. ¶ Over brunch on a cloudy day at the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, the actress is a chatterbox with high cheekbones and a warm, open smile. Her long hair cascades down her back -- in just two days, Oprah Winfrey would be cutting Swank's locks on TV for a wig program for chemotherapy cancer patients. The actress orders scrambled egg whites with tomato, onion and feta cheese, even though she just ate a fruit plate and other goodies less than an hour before while sitting for hair and makeup. An athlete in school, she's never struggled with her weight.
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WHILE Hilary Swank was making the inspirational drama "Freedom Writers" with writer-director Richard LaGravenese, he told her that for her next film, "I want you to do something lighter and funny and girlie. You are such a girl, and you are so funny." ¶ Despite having won best actress Oscars for 1999's "Boys Don't Cry" and 2004's "Million Dollar Baby" -- or maybe because of it -- the whippet-slender 33-year-old Swank knows she isn't the first person who comes to mind for a romantic comedy. ¶ "I'm known for my dramatic work, and there aren't a lot of great comedies out there. So actually finding a good comedy is challenging in itself. When you do find one, there are obviously a niche of girls for those roles." ¶ But then LaGravenese presented her with his adaptation of "P.S., I Love You," based on Cecelia Ahern's first novel. It's a story that gives Swank a chance to elicit tears, but she also cracks jokes, sings karaoke, takes a few pratfalls and is romanced by a trio of guys. ¶ Over brunch on a cloudy day at the Casa Del Mar Hotel in Santa Monica, the actress is a chatterbox with high cheekbones and a warm, open smile. Her long hair cascades down her back -- in just two days, Oprah Winfrey would be cutting Swank's locks on TV for a wig program for chemotherapy cancer patients. The actress orders scrambled egg whites with tomato, onion and feta cheese, even though she just ate a fruit plate and other goodies less than an hour before while sitting for hair and makeup. An athlete in school, she's never struggled with her weight.
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JASON BATEMAN seems 180 degrees removed from his character in "Juno" -- a man-child, a perennial Peter Pan who refuses to grow up. Bateman, 38, has happily become an adult, moving smoothly from his years as a teen star of sitcoms such as "Silver Spoons" to "Arrested Development" and a variety of feature film roles.
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It's him against the world (of zombies) in 'I Am Legend.'
LAST year, they shut down New York for a few hours so Will Smith could be alone. ¶ It came neither easy nor cheap, snarling traffic and making more than a few people very angry in the process. But one busy Monday morning in October 2006, a production crew for the sci-fi drama "I Am Legend" cordoned off several blocks of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and completely depopulated the area so the Oscar-nominated star of "Ali" could be filmed walking cautiously down one of the city's most traveled arteries in total solitude -- his surroundings utterly and perfectly still. ¶ "That was aggressive. I don't think anyone's going to be able to do that in New York again any time soon," Smith said, breaking into a wide grin at the memory. "People were not happy. That's the most middle fingers I've ever gotten in my career." ¶ Nobody said it was going to be easy portraying the last man on Earth -- a military scientist who survives a biological pandemic that has apparently turned the rest of humanity into night-crawling vampire zombies. Over the previous 12 years, a panoply of A-list actors have been attached to the role -- notably Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- but until Smith came along, none could shepherd the high-concept project into production.
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LAST year, they shut down New York for a few hours so Will Smith could be alone. ¶ It came neither easy nor cheap, snarling traffic and making more than a few people very angry in the process. But one busy Monday morning in October 2006, a production crew for the sci-fi drama "I Am Legend" cordoned off several blocks of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and completely depopulated the area so the Oscar-nominated star of "Ali" could be filmed walking cautiously down one of the city's most traveled arteries in total solitude -- his surroundings utterly and perfectly still. ¶ "That was aggressive. I don't think anyone's going to be able to do that in New York again any time soon," Smith said, breaking into a wide grin at the memory. "People were not happy. That's the most middle fingers I've ever gotten in my career." ¶ Nobody said it was going to be easy portraying the last man on Earth -- a military scientist who survives a biological pandemic that has apparently turned the rest of humanity into night-crawling vampire zombies. Over the previous 12 years, a panoply of A-list actors have been attached to the role -- notably Tom Cruise, Michael Douglas and Arnold Schwarzenegger -- but until Smith came along, none could shepherd the high-concept project into production.
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In 'Redacted,' he goes looking for a bigger picture of what's happening in Iraq. And reality sets in as he searches for truth.
"I've hardly ever been in step with much," Brian De Palma said at a recent New York Film Festival media conference for his new movie, "Redacted," and that offhand remark sums up his career as well as anything. After more than 40 years making films and nearly five years into the Iraq war, as Hollywood addresses that mess via mainstream releases like "In the Valley of Elah" and "Rendition," De Palma has made a raw, upsetting movie that has no interest in healing or any of the other Oprah-isms that constitute "adult" filmmaking in Hollywood. ¶ "Redacted," shot in Jordan in about 2 1/2 weeks on high-definition video, is based on a real incident in which American soldiers raped a teenage Iraqi girl, then killed her and her family. The story is similar to the one in De Palma's 1989 Vietnam film "Casualties of War," virtually ignored at the time of its release. But the Iraq war is happening in the time of blogs, camcorders and the Internet, and "Redacted," which opens Nov. 16, tells its entire story through a montage of those media, as well as surveillance cameras, news reports, terrorist websites -- nearly all of it re-created from what De Palma found on the Web. (He was not legally able to follow his impulse to edit this actual footage into a film.)
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"I've hardly ever been in step with much," Brian De Palma said at a recent New York Film Festival media conference for his new movie, "Redacted," and that offhand remark sums up his career as well as anything. After more than 40 years making films and nearly five years into the Iraq war, as Hollywood addresses that mess via mainstream releases like "In the Valley of Elah" and "Rendition," De Palma has made a raw, upsetting movie that has no interest in healing or any of the other Oprah-isms that constitute "adult" filmmaking in Hollywood. ¶ "Redacted," shot in Jordan in about 2 1/2 weeks on high-definition video, is based on a real incident in which American soldiers raped a teenage Iraqi girl, then killed her and her family. The story is similar to the one in De Palma's 1989 Vietnam film "Casualties of War," virtually ignored at the time of its release. But the Iraq war is happening in the time of blogs, camcorders and the Internet, and "Redacted," which opens Nov. 16, tells its entire story through a montage of those media, as well as surveillance cameras, news reports, terrorist websites -- nearly all of it re-created from what De Palma found on the Web. (He was not legally able to follow his impulse to edit this actual footage into a film.)
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New bonus material and a high-tech makeover add luster to the two-disc set.
IN the family of Beatles cinematic offspring, "Help!" has long been the easy-to-overlook middle child.
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IN the family of Beatles cinematic offspring, "Help!" has long been the easy-to-overlook middle child.
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234. Jay-Z's hard truths
A drug lord's story reminded him of his own, so Jay-Z returned to the street-based tales of his past, hoping for a fresh connection with . . .
"SEE, that's Fort Greene right there, the projects, and I went to school right here -- this is George Westinghouse," says Jay-Z, looking through the window of his gray Rolls-Royce as it chauffeurs him into his past.
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"SEE, that's Fort Greene right there, the projects, and I went to school right here -- this is George Westinghouse," says Jay-Z, looking through the window of his gray Rolls-Royce as it chauffeurs him into his past.
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The new album is undeniably catchy, but the underlying message is all about addiction.
"Blackout," the new album from Britney Spears, is as intoxicating as a snort of high-grade white powder. Like that nightclub indulgence, it's an expensive ride, crafted by a team of top producers exploring the outer reaches of cybernetic pop. Its dazzling studio effects, rhythmic reconstructions and vocal shape-shifting drag the listener in, as each song elaborates on the power of desire and desirability. It's hard to resist.
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"Blackout," the new album from Britney Spears, is as intoxicating as a snort of high-grade white powder. Like that nightclub indulgence, it's an expensive ride, crafted by a team of top producers exploring the outer reaches of cybernetic pop. Its dazzling studio effects, rhythmic reconstructions and vocal shape-shifting drag the listener in, as each song elaborates on the power of desire and desirability. It's hard to resist.
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Concert film by rockers Sigur Rós captures their homeland's ethereal qualities and scenery.
In ways both concrete and intangible, the music of the Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós and the lunar grandeur of the isolated nation that spawned it share certain common traits.
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In ways both concrete and intangible, the music of the Icelandic experimental rock band Sigur Rós and the lunar grandeur of the isolated nation that spawned it share certain common traits.
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It's the time-tested story all over again. Fans can't help but join their voices with his. C'mon, now. 'Volver, Volver.'
Vicente Fernández's latest hit, "Estos Celos," has been No. 1 on Billboard's Mexican regional chart for the last five weeks and in the Top 10 on the overall Latin chart. Another performer would celebrate having the biggest hit in his genre by featuring the song prominently in concert. At Gibson Amphitheatre on Thursday night, Fernández tossed off his latest hit mid-concert, with no comment and to no special applause.
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Vicente Fernández's latest hit, "Estos Celos," has been No. 1 on Billboard's Mexican regional chart for the last five weeks and in the Top 10 on the overall Latin chart. Another performer would celebrate having the biggest hit in his genre by featuring the song prominently in concert. At Gibson Amphitheatre on Thursday night, Fernández tossed off his latest hit mid-concert, with no comment and to no special applause.
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Latino characters are increasingly featured on TV, and many speak Spanish (or at least try).
Oye , have you noticed? All over the TV dial, se habla español . Si. Si . It's true. Many of your favorite TV characters are speaking in Spanish. Sometimes it's just a line of dialogue sprinkled in to add a dash of authenticity. Sometimes it's a full-blown conversation with or without subtitles. Sometimes it's even that (lazy? or is it naughty?) bicultural hybrid, Spanglish.
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Oye , have you noticed? All over the TV dial, se habla español . Si. Si . It's true. Many of your favorite TV characters are speaking in Spanish. Sometimes it's just a line of dialogue sprinkled in to add a dash of authenticity. Sometimes it's a full-blown conversation with or without subtitles. Sometimes it's even that (lazy? or is it naughty?) bicultural hybrid, Spanglish.
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The network's entertainment president stands by 'Moonlight' as it transmogrifies.
"Oh, I love my vampire!" CBS President of Entertainment Nina Tassler said recently, beginning a conversation about her network's new drama, "Moonlight."
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"Oh, I love my vampire!" CBS President of Entertainment Nina Tassler said recently, beginning a conversation about her network's new drama, "Moonlight."
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Moving the setting West gives the FX series -- and the city -- a lift.
TEN minutes into the season premiere of "Nip/Tuck" and you have to wonder what those deeply disturbed plastic surgeons were doing wasting four seasons, and all that unexplored sexual tension, in Miami when they so clearly belong in Los Angeles.
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TEN minutes into the season premiere of "Nip/Tuck" and you have to wonder what those deeply disturbed plastic surgeons were doing wasting four seasons, and all that unexplored sexual tension, in Miami when they so clearly belong in Los Angeles.
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Superfly vs. Serpico
It's the '70s again (and that's a good thing) as Denzel and Russell face off in 'American Gangster'
Amid this fall's array of small, topical dramas, many of which have carried a medicinal aftertaste, "American Gangster" comes as something of a relief. It's a big, juicy 1970s period piece, one foot in real life, the other in the movies, the preferred stance of many Hollywood crime sagas. The film gathers steam slowly but surely. Near the end, after spending most of their screen time on parallel tracks, Denzel Washington, as Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, mixes it up with Russell Crowe's narcotics cop Richie Roberts. Separately and, fleetingly, together, it's a pleasure to watch these two stars do their job. Director Ridley Scott's saga is full of lovely supporting work, too, from Chiwetel Ejiofor as one of Lucas' brothers to an outrageously hammy Armand Assante as a mafioso, to Josh Brolin, dripping with tough-guy privilege as a New York cop on the take.
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It's the '70s again (and that's a good thing) as Denzel and Russell face off in 'American Gangster'
Amid this fall's array of small, topical dramas, many of which have carried a medicinal aftertaste, "American Gangster" comes as something of a relief. It's a big, juicy 1970s period piece, one foot in real life, the other in the movies, the preferred stance of many Hollywood crime sagas. The film gathers steam slowly but surely. Near the end, after spending most of their screen time on parallel tracks, Denzel Washington, as Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, mixes it up with Russell Crowe's narcotics cop Richie Roberts. Separately and, fleetingly, together, it's a pleasure to watch these two stars do their job. Director Ridley Scott's saga is full of lovely supporting work, too, from Chiwetel Ejiofor as one of Lucas' brothers to an outrageously hammy Armand Assante as a mafioso, to Josh Brolin, dripping with tough-guy privilege as a New York cop on the take.
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Lots of buzz, but it could 'bee' better
Like a lot of people, Jerry Seinfeld has acknowledged "Rocky and His Friends" and "The Bullwinkle Show" as key early comic influences, as well as proof that you can target animation for kids as well as adults if you keep the jokes coming fast enough. The kids get the moose/squirrel friendship; the adults get the references to "Crime and Punishment." Or they don't. But they can appreciate that something funny's going on when Boris Badenov mutters "Raskolnikov!" when bested by moose and squirrel.
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Like a lot of people, Jerry Seinfeld has acknowledged "Rocky and His Friends" and "The Bullwinkle Show" as key early comic influences, as well as proof that you can target animation for kids as well as adults if you keep the jokes coming fast enough. The kids get the moose/squirrel friendship; the adults get the references to "Crime and Punishment." Or they don't. But they can appreciate that something funny's going on when Boris Badenov mutters "Raskolnikov!" when bested by moose and squirrel.
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Lumet's power to intrigue undiminished
It sounds grandiose, comparing the greatest dramatic poet in English to a defiantly unshowy film director. But just as Shakespeare started screwing around with formulas and genres late in his career, resulting in what are often classified as "problem comedies," here we have 83-year-old Sidney Lumet, the cinematic prince of his city (New York and environs), keeping his audiences off-guard and on their toes in his latest picture, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
Data: Nov 4, 2007 Accesari: 0 Voturi: 0
It sounds grandiose, comparing the greatest dramatic poet in English to a defiantly unshowy film director. But just as Shakespeare started screwing around with formulas and genres late in his career, resulting in what are often classified as "problem comedies," here we have 83-year-old Sidney Lumet, the cinematic prince of his city (New York and environs), keeping his audiences off-guard and on their toes in his latest picture, "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead."
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