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2 hrs ago | BBC News

Frears: Ali film 'isn't about Ali'

The twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker's latest project, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight, which is being screened out of competition, is the only feature-length film by a major UK director at this year's event.

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Related Topix: The Greatest, Sport Movies, Celebrities, Muhammad Ali, Drama Movies, Will Smith, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, US News, US Supreme Court

6 hrs ago | Daily Star

Baz Luhrmann rues Harry Potter snub

Pregnant reality star KIM KARDASHIAN has fuelled rumours she's expecting a daughter with rapper KANYE WEST - the invitations to her baby shower feature a dancing ballerina.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Harry Potter, Books

Sat May 18, 2013

BBC News

Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded

Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, have been remanded in custody in Mexico.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Prison, World News, Mexico

The Morning Call

Lehigh Valley Civil War Days in Whitehall

Battles and skirmishes. Living history scenarios. Confederate and Union camp life displays.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Lincoln, Drama Movies, Entertainment

Examiner.com

Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is a illustrious piece of art

Baz Luhrmann's film The Great Gatsby has the turbulent emotions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Australia, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Baz Luhrmann, F. Scott Fitzgerald

BroadwayWorld.com

BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC.

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Related Topix: The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, S.O.B., Celebrities, Easy-Listening, Julie Andrews, Australia, Oceania, World News

Pasadena Star-News

Bonita superintendent touched by depiction of Jackie Robinson in '42'

Gary Rapkin, Bonita Unified School District superintendent, is a lifelong devotee of Jackie Robinson, the pioneering athlete who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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Related Topix: 42, Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies, Jackie Robinson, Education Etc., San Dimas, CA, Theater, Arts

CBS Local

An Education Outing For The Whole Family: Visit The Reagan Library And Museum

Take the kids on an educational outing that they are sure to remember. The Ronald Reagan Library and Museum is open to visitors and you can get an impressive history and political education while you are there.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Documentary Movies, Lincoln, Drama Movies

Fri May 17, 2013

The Press-Enterprise

BANNING: Author addresses fight for Indian sovereignty

Richard Hanks, author of This War is for a Whole Life: The Culture of Resistance among Southern California Indians, 1850-1966." A lecture on the fight for Indian sovereignty in Southern California will feature speaker Richard A. Hanks at 7 p.m. Saturday May 18, at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center Gathering Hall in Banning.

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Related Topix: Banning, CA, Indio, CA, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Journalism

FansShare

Reese Witherspoon and Jena Malone join Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice'

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most prestigious directors in Hollywood , and he's worked with some of the best actors in the industry.

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Related Topix: Walk the Line, Drama Movies, Music!, Celebrities, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone

Star-Telegram.com

Mourners gather to remember Malcolm X's grandson

Dozens of mourners have gathered inside the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland for services to remember Malcolm X's grandson, Malcolm Shabazz.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Malcolm X, Drama Movies

Shanghai Daily

Shanghai film festival to honor Oliver Stone

FAMED American filmmaker Oliver Stone, who judged the Golden Goblet Awards at the first Shanghai International Film Festival in 1993, will be back for the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival next month.

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Related Topix: War Movies, Drama Movies, Born on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone

Patch.com

Stonecrest Library to Show 'Lincoln'

If you missed seeing 'Lincoln' when it was in theaters you can see it for free at Stonecrest library.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Celebrities, Daniel Day-Lewis

Lincoln Daily News

Oscar rivals Spielberg, Lee reunited at Cannes

Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you." The two have come to the Cannes Film Festival just months after facing off as the two favorites for best director at the Academy Awards.

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Related Topix: Life of Pi, Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Lincoln, Brokeback Mountain, Arts, Cinema, Movies, Entertainment, Oscars

Thu May 16, 2013

Cornish Guardian

Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan in Baz Luhrmann's retelling of The Great Gatsby.

His imaginative version of Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes proved that Shakespeare can be sexy and relevant to modern audiences and then in 2002, his visually dazzling musical Moulin Rouge! snagged eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture and a Best Actress nod for Nicole Kidman.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby, Australia, Crime Movies, Romeo-Juliet, Comedy Movies, Moulin Rouge, Musical Movies, Celebrities, Carey Mulligan, Leonardo DiCaprio

SanLuisObispo.com

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes

Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola said in an interview Thursday on the roof of the Palais, the festival center.

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Related Topix: Somewhere, Drama Movies, Marie Antoinette, Movies, Entertainment, Francis Ford Coppola, Family, Teenagers, Spring Breakers

The Austin Chronicle

The Sound of Music

Classic film references are like secret handshakes, affirming shared base camps in pop culture, and songs from musical films like The Sound of Music seem to worm their way in our collective memory, too.

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Related Topix: The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Texas

KRCR

5 reasons we love Angelina Jolie

After Angelina Jolie made the surprise announcement on Tuesday of having undergone a preventative double mastectomy, the world stood in awe of her brave move and willingness to share her story.

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Related Topix: Changeling, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Drama Movies, Girl, Interrupted, Celebrities, Angelina Jolie

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Reese Witherspoon Joins Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice...

It looks like Reese Witherspoon is quite eager to reunite with her Walk the Line crew.

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Related Topix: Walk the Line, Drama Movies, Music!, Celebrities, Reese Witherspoon, The Master, Joaquin Phoenix, Drugs

Wed May 15, 2013

KJRH

Zoe Saldana: 'Give me a chancea

ZOE SALDANA is begging NINA SIMONE devotees to hold off on criticising her for signing up to play the jazz legend in a new biopic until they see the film because she's determined to do the role justice.

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Related Topix: Nina Simone, Jazz, Black Entertainment, History Movies, Drama Movies, Cleopatra, Entertainment