Guest Post: Destructive Capability Is No Substitute For Freedom

I had the opportunity to tour Chile’s national military school
yesterday. As you may know, I spent some time in the military myself in
places that were not especially pleasant, so the visit was quite
meaningful for me.
My host was a particular gung-ho


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Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

ABC's new series premieres Monday night; meet the people who will be working to get fit and get healthy.
A selection of images the legendary designer created over six decad...
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Jessica Chastain on Brad Pitt and 'The Tree of Life' preparation

Jessica Chastain talks about her "phenomenal" co-star Brad Pitt and says she prepared for her role in "The Tree of Life" by watching old Lauren Bacall films.
"When I first met Brad, it was right before we did the courtship section of the movie," Chastai


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Al Pacino One Night Only Presented May 31

Pacino is also a 2011 Tony nominee for his performance in Merchant of Venice.

Academy Award winner Al Pacino, most recently on Broadway in the acclaimed Public Theater revival of The Merchant of Venice, plays Florida's Ruth Eckerd Hall May 31.

will


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Interview with Anthony Ingruber: Halo Faith Actor and Expert Impersonator

GG: Which one has been your favorite so far?
AI: My favorite impression to do is possibly Jack Nicholson as I tend to slip in and out of his mannerisms subconsciously; especially when I’m angry or upset at something.
GG: My personal favorite was Han Solo


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Hollywood stars at center of Broadway backlash

NEW YORK (Back Stage) - Every year, Hollywood celebrities head to Broadway where they get plenty of attention for their headlining efforts.
The Tony Awards, being presented on June 12, are the ultimate judge of the skills of any stage actor, famous or no


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Al Pacino honoured

London, May 27 (PTI) Veteran Hollywood actor Al Pacino has been honoured for his career achievements at a star-studded ceremony.
The 71-year-old star received the Lee Strasberg Artistic Achievement Award from The Actors Fund, which benefits members of th


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English Revenge Drama: Revenge as Protest and wild Justice

IN BACON'S eyes, revenge was wild justice. Linda Woodbridge in her recent book explored the interconnectivity between revenge and the pursuit of social and economic justice. She argues that revenge is a ‘leveling’. Linda beautifully anatomizes the motifs


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The Professor And The Pornographer | David Eisenbach | Chronicle Review | 29 May 2011

One afternoon in the spring of 2009, I was marking midterms in my tiny garret office at Columbia University when the phone rang. "Hello, David, it's Larry Flynt." I barely got off a shocked "Hello" when the raspy voice said: "I saw your show on the Histo


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Stanford Football: 11 Things the Cardinal Does Very Well

That is the phrase every successful team lives by.
The first and foremost aspect of a great defense is having excellent tacklers.
Stanford's defense is a prime example.
It's a simple aspect of the game, yet so crucial to playing great defense.
The Cardin


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HMV should have taken some advice from Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross

ABC is a top bit of advice for UK fund managers who hold shares in retailers
when private equity comes calling. And HMV is only the latest illustration
of the Baldwin rule. Back in early 2006, the retailer (then also the proud
owner of book chain W


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Events in New Jersey

A guide to cultural and recreational goings-on around the state this week. Items may be submitted by mail to New Jersey Calendar, Metropolitan, The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018-1405; or by e-mail to  njtowns@nytimes.com . Comed


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VAN BUREN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: 80 students attend Young Authors Conference (videos)

Scores of students from the Van Buren Public Schools recently attended the Young Authors Conference at Wayne County Community College.
Each elementary and middle school through the 8th grade had conducted a contest in which each student was asked to writ


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Tamara Mellon: 'The best is yet to come' Jimmy Choo boss answers our grilling questions


The treasured item you lost and wish you could have again...
My father Tommy Yeardye. He died in 2004 and was the most wise person in my life. We used to speak every day. He gave me the drive to take risks. [Yeardye was a TV stuntman and entrepreuner].


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Long wait for stardom pays off big for Jessica Chastain

CANNES, France — Jessica Chastain may be the busiest actress in Hollywood people haven’t heard of yet. With as many as half a dozen films rolling into theaters in the coming months, she’s about to become famous fast.
A veteran stage actress, Chastain’s


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Please be kind and don’t rewind

It’s rare that the rise and fall of something occurs in your lifetime.
Rome? You’d have to have lived a thousand years to see that dramatic arc. The extinction of the glaciers? We’re just tuning in at the start of the third act.
You can’t count the car


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The Insider 1999 Movie Trailer

This is an editing project of mine from college. I have yet to see the official trailer but I have seen the movie several times. The goal of this video is to peak your interest in the film. If it does this in about 2mins and 30seconds or if it falls shor


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Casting News: Midler, Olmos, Depp, Malco


Phil Spector
Bette Midler has been cast alongside Al Pacino in the HBO telemovie about jailed music producer Phil Spector.
Midler will play Linda Kenney Baden, Spector's defence lawyer in his first trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson in 2003.
J


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Citizens across the border arming themselves for protection

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Despite strict gun control laws in Mexico, drug cartels and even common crimnals have no trouble getting weapons.  But for law-abiding private citizens, it can prove almost impossible.


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Kathleen Turner Hosts 77th Annual Drama League Awards May 20

Chris Rock in The Motherf**ker with the Hat

The 77th Annual Drama League Awards Ceremony and Luncheon will be held May 20 at noon in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. Kathleen Turner, most recently on Broadway in High, h


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FBI arrests 19 in nationwide jewelry heists

Wayne DETROIT The FBI busted a nationwide "grab and go" jewelry theft ring suspected of having grabbed $1.2 million worth of luxury watches and diamond rings -- including some that were yanked off employees' fingers during the heists, according to court


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Barry Levinson preparing to direct biopic of Gotti crime family

CANNES, France -- Baltimore boy Barry Levinson likes telling insider stories, whether about his beloved hometown or one of the most notorious crime families in America. Levinson, the Oscar-winning director of "Rain Man," has settled on the story of mob b


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This week's daftest criminals -- vote now!!

Police don't 'like' Facebook bragging
A gang of bank robbers who made off with $62,000 have been arrested after one of the group, who used to work as a teller at the robbed bank, was caught bragging about suddenly becoming rich on Facebook. Status update


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Obie man's no ham

Hamish Linklater just won off- B'way's Obie for "The School for Lies." Was for years on TV's "The New Adventures of Old Christine." Worked with Pacino in "The Merchant of Venice." Has a movie due which premiered at Sundance. But, first, that name: "It's


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Cesar might meg a Hollywood indie

MALIBU, California — Of course, as we all know, Cesar Montano has done a real Hollywood movie, The Great Raid (2005), in which he played a role (as a Filipino guerilla) bigger than those of his co-stars James Franco and Sam Worthington, both of whom have


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Levinson goes inside mob, plans Baltimore finale

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CANNES, France (AP) — Baltimore boy Barry Levinson likes telling insider stories, whether about his beloved hometown or


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Rain Man director's new mob movie

Director Barry Levinson has revealed he never considers how much a film will make when deciding on projects.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who is working on a new movie, Gotti: Three Generations, said the hits he has made were not viewed as big moneymaker


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Biutiful, DVD review

In the main extra on the Biutiful DVD, we get to see a handful of shots of
director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu convening with his actors moments
before a scene. These fleeting glimpses prove inspiring stuff. Inarritu
explains the forthcoming scene


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ANN ARBOR: On a West Liberty alley, a tale of 14 faces

“You see those guys up there, those faces? They’re prisoners of war” the young man explains to his female friend.
“Nah, dude, those guys were killed at war,” his friend attempts to clarify.
“You might be right, man, I heard something about that,” a thir


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Top 50 One-Liners in Sports

Known mostly for his defensive prowess, William "The Refrigerator" Perry would come in for goal line and 4th and short situations whenever the Bears needed someone to plow through a defensive line for a much needed yard or two.
Perry proudly displayed hi


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Review: If Only "Tree of Life" Were as Good as it Looks

In “Tree of life.” Terrence Malick goes back to his Waco, Texas, upbringing to explore the struggle between Grace and Nature, with his mother and father respectively representing the two sides. Unfortunately, the film also includes quite a bit of navel-g


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The Way

Martin Sheen, plays Tom, an American doctor who comes to St. Jean Pied de Port, France to collect the remains of his adult son, killed in the Pyrenees in a storm while walking The Camino de Santiago, also known as The Way of Saint James.
Driven by his pr


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WAR HORSE, MORMON, ANYTHING GOES top Outer Critics Circle awards


New York's Outer Critics Circle has named War Horse the best Broadway play and The Book of Mormon the best Broadway musical of the past season. Anything Goes , the winner for best musical revival, tied the other two shows in topping the list with four aw


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NY mobster murdered his way to the top

NEW YORK - A tough-talking New York City mobster who's already serving a life sentence for attempted murder was convicted yesterday in a death-penalty case accusing him of ordering a murder to cement his rise to power in the Bonanno crime family. A Brook


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2011 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners

OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Good People
The Motherf**ker With the Hat
**War Horse
OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL
**The Book of Mormon
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Sister Act
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
O


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War Horse gallops to victory at Broadway Outer Critic Circle Awards

The National Theatre’s production of War Horse picked up four trophies at the Broadway’s Outer Critic Circle Awards for 2010/11.
The show won for Outstanding Direction (Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris), Outstanding Lighting (Paule Constable) and for Outsta


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N.Y.C. crime boss guilty

NEW YORK — A tough-talking New York City mobster who's already serving a life sentence for attempted murder was convicted Monday in a death penalty case accusing him of ordering a gangland killing to cement his rise to power in the Bonanno organized crim


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7 Of The Most Memorable Cops In Movies


In honor of National Police Week we put together a list of some of the most memorable cops in film. Here are our top 7. Be sure to check them out and let us know what you think.
7. Robocop (Robocop)
He's the robot who took on the streets of Detroit with


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New York: 2010-2011 Outer Critics Circle Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 2010-2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The awards will be presented in a ceremony to be held at Sardi's on May 26.











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Greg Gorman: Workshop


World-acclaimed celebrity portrait photographer Greg Gorman is set to hold an exclusive workshop in London on June 13, as part of a European tour.

Gorman, whose philosophy is that ‘life itself is art’, is linking with Calumet to host the seminar at Holb


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Outer Critics Circle honors 'The Book of Mormon'

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Outer Critics Circle is calling "The Book of Mormon" the season's best musical, "War Horse" best pla


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Channeling Kevin Spacey Opens at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre May 15

Show times are Saturdays at 5 PM and Sundays at 7 PM.


Elan Wolf Farbiarz and Cory Terry's Channeling Kevin Spacey, a three-time Best of Fest winner at the Toronto, Edmonton and Winnipeg Fringe Festivals, officially opens at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's T


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Taxi Driver: 35 Years of Travis Bickle

Taxi Driver has proved enduringly popular since its release and whilst it’s always difficult to identify a film as having a ‘cult’ following, this certainly does. In the same way that Pulp Fiction has assumed a ‘specialness’ that allows for the film to b


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Lohan still onboard with the 'Gotti' biopic


London, May 15: Marc Fiore, one of the producers of 'Gotti', says Lindsay Lohan is on board for the mobster movie despite her looming prison sentence.
Lohan signed a two-picture agreement with FioreFilms, including her role in 'Gotti: Three Generations',


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Mexican citizens secretly arm themselves against the violence

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EL PASO, Tx. -- Despite strict gun-control laws in Mexico, crime scenes in that country are riddled with bullet holes. Both drug cartels and common criminals have no trouble getting gu


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Some gun owners in Mexico defy the law to defend themselves

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Despite strict gun-control laws in Mexico, crime scenes are riddled with bullet holes. Both drug cartels and common criminals have guns.  Now more private citizens are arming themselves for protection, even if it means breaking th


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Al Pacino Joins Lindsay Lohan and John Travolta in Gotti Recap

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On Wednesday Al Pacino Joins Lindsay Lohan and John Travolta in Gotti was a top story. Here is the recap: (TMZ) Scarface is about to join the mob ... TMZ has learned Al Pacino has agreed to join the cast of the upcoming "Gotti" flick alongside Lindsay


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2011 Tony Awards Preview

I get it, very few non-theatre people give a good god damn about the Tony Awards. But let’s assume that if you’re reading this post, you do in fact have an interest in the commercial theatre world, or at least a secret affinity for show tunes. Last year,


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Gotti producer praises Lohan at Cannes

The Mean Girls star recently signed a two-picture agreement with Fiore Films, with her first role starring alongside John Travolta, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in Gotti: Three Generations, based on the real-life crime family.
Her involvement had been thrown


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Man practicing quick draw shoots hole in neighbor's TV

HILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon man practicing his Old West-style quick-draw skills with a handgun put a hole in a life-sized poster of a 1970s mob movie icon and ended up destroying his neighbor's flat-screen TV.








Travis Hood is seen in a p


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Lars Von Trier Re-Doing 'Five Obstructions' with Martin Scorsese


Even Danish art-house filmmakers are apparently not immune to the call of the remake, and Lars Von Trier will be teaming up with Martin Scorsese to remake 2003's The Five Obstructions--itself a film about making remakes, thus defining the gravitational s


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Man practicing gun skills shoots neighbor's TV

HILLSBORO, Ore. -- An Oregon man practicing his Old West-style quick-draw skills with a handgun put a hole in a life-sized poster of a 1970s mob movie icon and destroyed a neighbor's flat-screen TV in the bargain.
KGW-TV reports police took 27-year-old T


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Lindsay Lohan Cast In ‘Mob Street’


Lindsay Lohan is set to continue her newly-revealed love affair with the mob on the big screen in another film.
The actress, who is slated to play Kim Gotti in “Gotti: Three Generations,” will return to the mob world in yet another organized crime world


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Alec Baldwin asks to leave cast of Rock of Ages

Alec Baldwin has reportedly asked to leave the cast of new film Rock of Ages.
The full cast of the new movie are due in Miami on May 23 for a table read with Adam Shankman before the flick starts shooting.
But, according to Deadline, Baldwin has asked i


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Salma Hayek to play dancer

Salma Hayek will portray a dancer in Mathieu Demy’s Americano.
The 44-year-old actress is currently at the Cannes International Film Festival presenting animation Puss in Boots, in which she voices character Kitty Softpaws.
Salma’s career is blossoming i


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Hollywood, A Love Story | Clive James | Atlantic | 11 May 2011

For the nth time, one rains impatient questions on David Thomson’s iconic, sometimes archaic, often well-nigh manic reference book, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film. Why is there nothing in you about Janice Rule? Admittedly, in The Chase, she was


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Fashion Trend: Men’s Hawaiian Shirts – Can They Work?


Any avid follower of fashion knows that it is a seasonal process; as the seasons change, so does the popularity of different fabrics, textures, patterns and most importantly, colours. With the onslaught of summer here in the UK, us Brits currently have t


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Washington County man, 27, arrested after deputies say he accidentally fired gun in his apartment

Washington County sheriff's deputies arrested a man Wednesday afternoon, after they say he accidentally fired a gun through his Al Pacino poster, apartment wall and neighbor's flat-screen TV.
Travis Hood, 27, called 9-1-1 about 2:50 p.m. and reported tha


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Depp talks possible 'Pirates' 5

an associate and mentor to John Gotti Sr. (Travolta), says the film's producer, Fiore Films.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" is still weeks away from opening, but Johnny Depp and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are already thinking about a fifth


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Anne Heche: My lesbian love killed my career - but then I met a man

After her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres ended, the star hit rock bottom. Now she's back on top, writes Gill Pringle. Fourteen years ago Anne Heche appeared to have Hollywood at her feet. It was 1997 and the Emmy Award-winning 28-year-old had four suc


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Director Brett Ratner: a Miamian at heart


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Hollywood music video and film director Brett Ratner is keen on his Miami Beach roots.
He may have hit the big time with such blockbuster hits as The Family Man, X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon and the Rush Hour series, but he prou


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Al Pacino joins Gotti film mob


Al Pacino is to return to gangster movies after signing up to star in Barry Levinson's forthcoming biopic Gotti: Three Generations.
The Oscar-winning star of The Godfather and Carlito's Way will play Gambino crime family underboss Aniello "Neil" Dellacro


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Al Pacino Joins Lindsay Lohan and John Travolta in Gotti

05/11/2011
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(TMZ) Scarface is about to join the mob ... TMZ has learned Al Pacino has agreed to join the cast of the upcoming "Gotti" flick alongside Lindsay Lohan and John Travolta.






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Marc Fiore -- the executive producer of "Gotti: Three


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Al Pacino Joins 'Gotti' Project (Cannes)

CANNES -- Al Pacino is joining the cast of Fiore Films’ Gotti: Three Generations, the true-life crime saga, which is set to star John Travolta as John Gotti Sr.
Pacino, who knows his way away mob families having starring in The Godfather trilogy, will p


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Pacino joins 'Gotti' cast

10/05/2011 - 11:38:41
Actor Al Pacino is going back into the world of organised crime to join John Travolta in a new film, 'Gotti: Three Generations'.
Pacino, who played mob boss Michael Corleone in the 'Godfather' series will take the role of real-life


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Pacino plays mentor to 'dapper don' in Gotti film

Al Pacino poses with his award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for "You Don't Know Jack" in the press room at the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, C


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Al Pacino Joins Gotti: Three Generations

Production company Fiore Films announced in Cannes yesterday that actor Al Pacino has joined Barry Levinson's as Aniello "Neil" Dellacroce, the close associate and mentor to John Gotti Sr., played in the film by John Travolta. Of course, Pacino has lots


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History Plays Make History at the Tony Award Nominations

The Book of Mormon is a history play that combines a contemporary missionary’s trip to Africa with the history of the Mormon religion.  Last week, it snagged fourteen Tony Award nominations, including Best Play.  It was not alone as a history champ; The


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Viddy Well: Malcolm McDowell at Belcourt Friday Night

You read correctly: Actor Malcolm McDowell will appear 10:30 p.m. this Friday at The Belcourt, in conjunction with the Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival this weekend at the Nashville Airport Marriott. The poster for the fest mentions that this is the 40


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Drake Scores Huge Payout, Sends Kanye West Packing W/ $1 Mil Show Fee

Former NBC honcho Jeff Zucker threw a lavish bar mitzvah at the Four Seasons last night (May 7) for his son Andrew, with no expense spared -- except Kanye West's staggering $1 million demand to perform. The bash, costing well over an estimated $250,000,


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Vin Diesel plays the doting father after Fast and Furious night with 2 mystery women


Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel slowed down the pace yesterday as he enjoyed a family day out in New York as the U.S. celebrated Mother's Day.
The 43-year-old star was spotted taking a leisurely stroll through the West Village in Downtown Manhattan wi


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Michael Bolton Sings About Jack Sparrow On 'Saturday Night Live'


Crooner Michael Bolton stole the show on Saturday Night Live this weekend, dressing up as Captain Jack Sparrow to film a hilarious music video.
The singer showed off his hidden talent as a comedian when he teamed up with funnyman Andy Samberg and his com


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Who will have more punch at Old Trafford: the Reds corner, or the Blues?

Manchester United
United’s spine is strong and experienced with Van der Sar, Ferdinand and Vidic although Evra and certainly Rafael or Fabio can be attacked down the flanks.
Antonio Valencia will certainly start against Ashley Cole and try to push the Ch


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Why Paul Lambert and Jose Mourinho are my Champ and Chump of the Week

Champ of the Week: Paul Lambert
It sticks in my throat to praise someone from Norwich City but boss Paul Lambert has performed miracles at Carrow Road with successive promotions. Just goes to show what a disastrous mistake Marcus Evans made with the appo


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US Diary: Close encounter of Scarlett and Penn pal

Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson may be talented actors but even they couldn't manage to stick to their own script ("we're just friends") at last Saturday night's White House correspondents' dinner. The couple, who continue to deny they are in a relation


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Help! Piranhaconda!

Just for the record, The Atlantic was on this zombie trend looong before it was popular. James Parker wrote the sharpest critical analysis of our national zombie fixation. And before that, I profiled one of them. Jed Rowen was my old college buddy and ro


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BWW Reviews HAMLET 1603, The White Bear Theatre, May 5 2011

Or so a middle-aged man might imagine the reaction of young people to Imogen Bond's stripped down, very modern Hamlet (Bad Quarto). Inexplicably unperformed in Britain these last ten years, this version of the text barely pauses for breath, replacing int


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Welcome Back, Mel, You Creep. I Missed You

Put it down to my tender Jewish heart, but I’m glad to hear that Mel Gibson’s stricken career, like the man said in Holy Grail, isn’t quite dead, and may even pull through. The Beaver, Gibson’s new film, in which he stars opposite Jodie Foster, opened to


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Neil Patrick Harris to host 2011 Tony Awards (Full Nominees List)


"How I met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris will once again host the Tony Awards. Harris hosted the show two years ago. The show will air live on CBS on Sunday June 12, 2011. This year's ceremony had a variety of work represented, including "Book of


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Pacino to receive Venice Fest Filmmaker Award

LOS ANGELES, May 7 – The Venice International Film Festival announced it will present actor Al Pacino with its prestigious Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the upcoming 68th annual event, August 31 through September 10.
The honour will be bestowed on Sept


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How The Godfather Trilogy Changed the Face of Crime Families


Though mob films have their roots in early silent pictures, the genre, in its purest form, was not clearly defined until the early 1930s. It owes its innovations to the instability of the time – an instability which resulted from the Great Depression. Th


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The French Connection: Grosso Point Blank

A dozen or so shiny, black suits and their flashy women were enjoying the exotic floor show of Manhattan’s Copacabana nightclub, whilst the slick-haired man at the head of the table splashed the cash around. It was a sight that would change the lives of


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“Home Alone” House For Sale


The suburban Chicago home where actor Macaulay Culkin outwitted a pair of bumbling thieves in the hit 1990 holiday film Home Alone could be yours for $2.4 million.
John and Cynthia Abendshien are the longtime owners of the 4.250 sq. foot, four-bedroom, r


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A novel you can't refuse? New Godfather prequel book to be released next summer


A prequel to the best-selling novel 'The Godfather' is to be released next summer, publishers have revealed.
The book, based on an unproduced screenplay by the original novel's author Mario Puzo, will be entitled 'The Family Corleone' and will chronicle


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Your weekend

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CAT EMPIRE UNDER-AGE
It has been 10 years since Melbourne ska favourite the Cat Empire played its first gig. The six-piece band has since performed in just about every Melbourne venue — from poky secret ones to the venues limited to headline acts. 


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Joseph Gordon-Levitt In 'Lincoln': Star To Play Robert Todd Lincoln In Spielberg's Movie

Joseph makes great eclectic film choices & always delivers! I'll be watching!!­!
Lona_Tucker: Joseph makes great eclectic film choices & always delivers! I'll


I have seen all of Joseph's movies including the indies: "Brick", "Mysteriou­s Skin" and


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Oscar-winning actress fondly remembers her mom

LOS ANGELESI miss my mother, Diane Keaton suddenly said with a sigh when we interviewed her late last year. I love her. She was everything to me! Dianes palpable sense of yearning for her mom, Dorothy Keaton Hall, who passed away in 2008, was quietly mov


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Godfather prequel novel in works

A prequel to the late Mario Puzo's best-selling novel The Godfather is headed for bookstores in June 2012, publishers Grand Central Publishing say.

Called The Family Corleone, the book will be written by author Ed Falco and is based on an unproduced s


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Khan director Nicholas Meyer, Warren Beatty talking Dick Tracy and more to appear at the 2nd Hero Complex Film Festival!

I loved Nicholas Meyer talking about how he didn't understand sci-fi space movies and then figured "hey, Kirk is like Captain Hornblower" and turned the Federation into a space navy. Those special edition DVDs of the Star Trek films are such a treasure.


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Accidental Rep Theater Presents ADAMS' APPLES, Opens 58

The Accidental Repertory Theater (ART) is please to announce its next production, ADAMS' APPLES inspired by Chekhov's CHERRY ORCHARD, written and directed by John Strasberg and being presented at the Living Theatre. The production begins performances Thu


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Broadcast networks secure Emmy Awards for eight years

(Kevork Djansezian - AP) The major English language broadcast networks will continue taking turns airing the Primetime Emmy Awards through 2018, to the guaranteed tune of $66 million, the TV academy announced very late Wednesday night. But the show may l


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Broadway's 'Book of Mormon' nominated for 12 Drama Desk Awards

The story of two Mormon missionaries who cheerily try to bring their religion to war-torn Uganda will compete with "In Transit,""Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical,""See Rock City & Other Destinations,""Sister Act" and "The Kid" for the Outstandi


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Priscilla scores Tony Award nominations

AUSTRALIAN costume designing duo Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel won an Oscar 16 years ago for their dazzling work on the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert; now they are favourites to claim a Tony Award. Gardiner and Chappel were nomin


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'Book of Mormon' leads Tony nominations with 14

(05-04) 04:00 PDT New York -- "The Book of Mormon" nabbed a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday morning, earning the profane musical nods for best musical, best book of a musical, best original score, two leading actor spots and two featured actor


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'The Book of Mormon' leads Tony nominees

NEW YORK: "The Book of Mormon" nabbed a leading 14 Tony Award nominations Tuesday morning, earning the profane musical one nod short of the record for most nominations and putting it in the driver's seat when the awards are handed out next month.
An unli


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Book of Mormon up for 14 Tonys

Joan MarcusIn this file theater publicity image released by Boneau/Bryan-Brown, from left, Rema Webb, Andrew Rannells and Josh Gad perform in "The Book of Mormon" at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York. "The Book of Mormon" nabbed a leading 14 Tony Aw


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Al Pacino Brings 'Wild Salome' To Venice, Will Receive Glory To The Filmmaker Prize


EXCLUSIVE: If you're an Al Pacino fan and are attending the Venice International Film Festival, circle Sunday September 4 on your calendar. On that day, Pacino will be awarded the Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2011 Award, presented to an artis


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Who's Eligible for Tony Nomination in Production and Leading Acting Categories

Tony Awards Productions has compiled a list of actors who are eligible for nomination in the Leading Actor/Actress categories for both plays and musicals. A list of eligible plays, musicals and revivals is also available.

Best Performance by an Actor i


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Sister Act, Anything Goes lead Outer Critics Circle nominations


The new musical Sister Act and the acclaimed musical revival of Anything Goes lead the Outer Critics Circle's award nominations for the 2010-11 Broadway and off-Broadway season. Sister Act, inspired by the 1990s Whoopi Goldberg film about an African Amer


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Barry Levinson to direct 'Gotti' pic

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Levinson is ready to return to the crime world, as the "Bugsy" helmer is in negotiations to direct Fiore Films' mob drama "Gotti: Three Generations."
Nick Cassavetes was previously onboard to direct before scheduling issues with his indi


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Barry Levinson Will Take Over As Director On Gotti: Three Generations

Barry Levinson hit a bit of a slump in his career starting in the late 90s, the director of Rain Man and Wag the Dog moving on to nonsense like Man of the Year and What Just Happened. But he seemed to regain some kind of mojo with last year's TV movie Yo


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Broadway anticipates Tony Award nomination smiles

When the Broadway season began last year, a big brash musical about Spider-Man was supposed to muscle its way to multiple Tony Award nominations. Instead, a pair of goofy Mormons may be the ones to beat.
"The Book of Mormon" has been a critical and box-o


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Screenwriter Frank Pierson on Hollywood, Sidney Lumet, & the gay relationship in 'Dog Day Afternoon'

Screenwriter Frank Pierson , the recipient of this year's San Francisco Film Society 's Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting, was on hand yesterday at the Kabuki to chat about the craft, story... Screenwriter Frank Pierson on Hollywood, Sidney Lu


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Longtime Baltimore waitress worked for Unitas, served Sinatra

A revolving rooftop restaurant in downtown Baltimore introduced Leonora DiPietro to waitressing more than 45 years ago. The stations, where staff picked up drinks and entrees, rotated constantly, too, which was too much for the new employee. She had lock


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Drama Desk praises 'Mormon'

Drama Desk nominators turned up the awards heat on Broadway tuner "The Book of Mormon," tapping the musical for an even dozen nods.
Revival "Anything Goes" was another a hot property, scoring a total of ten noms. Among plays, "The Merchant of Venice" pic


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The Strand Theater

There is a confession that must be made this Sunday by this writer.  Until last Halloween my knowledge there was a theater near me, which played older movies, had gone unknown.  The Strand, the theater finally discovered last Halloween, plays older films


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ON BOSTON.COM Chat noon with the Job Doc.
American Experience 9 p.m. WGBH-TV (Channel 2) Roads to Memphis: The international manhunt for the killer of Martin Luther King.
SOAP OPERA UPDATE All My Children Jake is rattled when he finds out that Cara and T


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Mexican federal police discover arsenal of heavy weapons in Ciudad Juarez home

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexican federal police said Saturday they discovered a basement arsenal hidden behind the mirrors of a home gym that included three anti-aircraft guns, dozens of grenades, a grenade launcher, AK-47s and other high-powered weapons.


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Mexican police discover arsenal


MOUNT UP: An arsenal containing grenades, grenade launchers, assault riffles and other high-powered weapons are stored inside a basement warehouse in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Mexican federal police said Saturday they discovered a basement arse


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Revealed: Our Top 5 Wedding Movies

This weekend has been full of people talking about weddings. Even now, a couple of days after the event itself, you can't turn on the TV, open a newspaper or pop down the shops without encountering somebody blathering on and on about the length of Kate M


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Mexican Police Discover Large Weapons Cache


Mexican police have confiscated a large weapons cache stashed in a hidden room behind the walls of a home gym in a house in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas.
Police say the uncovered arsenal, in what is likely a drug


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