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Barbeau: Fangs for the memories
What self-respecting horror film fan could possibly resist a novel about vampires inhabiting Hollywood, written by none other than Adrienne Barbeau, the star of such B-movies as 'Swamp Thing,' 'The Fog' and 'Escape from New York'? While nobody is ever going to confuse her with Bram Stoker, Barbeau does deliver a fast and occasionally funny read in ...
Average Hollywood film on par with construction with the pyramids
THE dominant cultural form of the 20th century is starting to unravel. What was the dominant cultural form of the 20th century? There are plenty of candidates and no lack of ones that are allegedly under threat.
The Role of California's State Parks in Hollywood
Friday, November 06, 2009 As the California State Park system struggles with financial shortfalls, perhaps Hollywood should come to the rescue.
Protectng, Sharing Old Films is Brookside Resident
If you live in Los Angeles, there's a good chance that you love film. And if you love film, there's also a good chance that you love silent and old black and white films.
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin set to co-host the 82nd Academy Awards
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars. The two Hollywood veterans will share hosting duties at the 82nd Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday.
Claudia Roth Pierpont: Ayn Randa s obsessive romanticism.
ABSTRACT: A CRITIC AT LARGE about Ayn Rand. 13 years after Rand's death, her books still sell more than 300,000 copies a year; "The Fountainhead," her slow-building blockbuster of 1943, was made an honorary Book-of-the-Month Club selection.
Slide show: Design House ideas for 2009
It feels familiar a ' the boxy white plastered exterior, red tile roof, the ubiquitous arches, soaring ceilings and foot-thick interior walls.
His Mission, Should He Choose to Accept It
Another is to sign your name in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But the most lasting of them all may be to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Hollywood CEOs: Steven Spielberg
As a kid, Steven Spielberg charged $0.25 admission for 8-mm adventure movies he made with friends.
An unassuming movie capital of yore
As a heavyweight contender four decades ago, 6-foot-6 Jack O'Halloran battled such tough hombres as George Foreman, Ken Norton and Cleveland Williams.
Shizumanu TaiyoJapanese films reach for sky, but it's a good bet JAL...
"I am big. It's the pictures that got small," Gloria Swanson declaimed in "Sunset Boulevard." In the Japan film industry, though, the pictures are getting bigger - gargantuan, in fact.
Merrimack Hall offers 'two-for-one' discount for "An Evening with Jerry Stahl"
Merrimack Hall has sent out an e-blast offering a "two-for-one" discount on the upcoming event, "An Evening with Jerry Stahl," scheduled for Oct.
Phantom/Die Finanzen des Groand#946;herzogs
Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau is best known and most celebrated for films such as Nosferatu , The Last Laugh , Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and Tabu .
Sex scandals that rocked Hollywood
Actor Hugh Grant is one of many from Hollywood who've been involved in sex scandals.
Jan Wahl a " Action! Monday Night at New Conservatory Theatre Center
The Best of San Francisco Stage, Film, Fashion, Dining, Travel, Business, Philanthropy, and Governance - Challah Is Taken Sunday 18th of October 2009
Sultry spy who fooled Hollywood
ELIZAVETA MUKASEI, KGB spy and half one of the most famous husband-and-wife duos in the history of espionage.
Here's what's happening in the world of entertainment today: Angelina Jolie is in talks to replace Charlize Theron in "The Tourist," according to The Hollywood Reporter .
THIS! IS! SINAI! 20th Century Fox to Tell the Story of Moses in the Style of "300"
The 1956 Cecil B. DeMille classic "The Ten Commandments" is fantastic but it could have been so much better if it had used speed-ramping and buckets of blood.A Oh, and maybe a Jewish actor as Moses.A It now looks like we might get two out of three as 20th Century Fox has just made a pre-emptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in ...
That is the quote that caught my eye in this story about 20th Century Fox developing a film about the story of Moses from when he was an infant and almost died, to where the story of freeing the Hebrew slaves from enslavement by the Egyptians.
Tombstone tours: Check out these famous boneyards
Even if you don't believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky _ especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon.
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