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To get in character as tormented Cal Trask , possessor of the mightiest daddy issues this side of Genesis, the movie's young star would bait the older actor playing his father, Raymond Massey , so mercilessly between takes that his dad's on-camera loathing was only too real.

Robert Pattinson, the vampire hunk of the Twilight film series, has won praise for his ability to get deep inside his characters.

It's a mixed blessing to be "the next James Dean." On the one hand, the name suggests intensity, panty-dropping charisma, a certain way with Camel Unfiltereds.

Left to right actresses Heather Dean, Drew Sebastian and Cortney West in Welcome back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean at Florida Southern College.

Before James Dean sported sneakers in 'Rebel Without a Cause,' South French Broad youth reveled without shoes in Aston Park.

Ashley Robinson , one of the four young men who make up Hartford TheaterWorks' production of "Shakespeare's R & J" recently had a major role in a hot property with New York aspirations.

Not all that glitters is gold in Hollywood..... If you're ever in Hollywood you can take a tour on the wild side, so to say of all the places of the stars who are no longer among the living.

Turner Classic Movies airs classic films based on the work of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Steinbeck throughout the evening of Tuesday, November 3. The night begins with the big three, "East of Eden," "The Grapes of Wrath," and "Of Mice and Men," which combined for 15 total Oscar nominations, three of which were winners.

Somewhere on the way to today's multiplex, the traditional horror-movie vampire received an extreme makeover.

DALLAS/FORT WORTH - From James Dean's portrayal of a troubled teen looking for love in Rebel Without a Cause to Ellen Paige's sweet depiction of a pregnant teen in Juno , teen love has long been examined on the silver screen.

Robert Pattinson based his enigmatic Twilight character on movie icon James Dean.

John Steinbeck's 1952 novel, "East of Eden," is a tale of two families and one city - Salinas, Calif.

Robert Pattinson in "Twilight" With his signature hairstyle, brooding good looks and angsty teen movie role, Robert Pattinson has certainly solidified himself as a teen heartthrob.

Last week, "Dance Brooklyn" reflected on Brooklyn-based choreographer Miguel Gutierrez's new work, "Last Meadow," presented at Dance Theater Workshop in mid-September. Based on impressions of James Dean, the work was compelling even as it irritated, and it left a viewer puzzled.

The stage in a long-closed central Indiana high school where James Dean first performed is up for sale.

It's hard to fathom why some movie stars become better known after they reach that big sound stage in the sky.

If you are to believe the plot of "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean" -- and that takes some doing -- the natives of little McCarthy, Texas are a pretty weird bunch.

The Avon Free Public Library today, Oct. 15, will show one of the most beloved movie epics of the 1950s.

How would the late actor's career have developed after The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus? Wednesday, 14 October 2009 Heath Ledger, in his final role as the mysterious outsider Tony in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, will probably be kept from strict considerations of acting genius by the traditional frolic and froth of a Terry Gilliam ...

The man who brought the Method to Hollywood , Elia Kazan gave James Dean his first role and got career performances from Marlon Brando , Carroll Baker , Andy Griffith , Lee Remick , and Natalie Wood , as well as Robert De Niro 's most nuanced turn in a movie directed by anyone other than Martin Scorsese .