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Area girls seek chance to show True Grit'
Hoping they'd be discovered for a role in a Hollywood movie, about 200 girls converged in Lubbock to show they had "True Grit." An open call for casting Saturday at Lubbock's Homewood Suites attracted girls ages 12-16 who were hopeful they'd play the role of Mattie Ross in a remake of the 1969 film and novel, "True Grit." Among girls trying out for ...
Crazy Heart--Could this be Jeff Bridges' Oscar?
Could this be Jeff Bridges' Oscar? It smacks of Robert Duvall's Oscar winner, Tender Mercies.
MJF Film Series: Hearts of Darkness presentation
Winner of two Emmy's, and an ACE editing award, this riveting behind-the-scenes looks at the making of Francis Ford Coppola's APOCALYPSE NOW.
Owner of a 100-watt smile and all-around nice fella, Matt Damon , is in talks with the Coen Brothers to join an all-star cast for the remake of True Grit .
Reading program focuses on Harper Lee's classic
Rosa Lee Merz has taken the concept of "One Book, One Community" to heart. She's read portions of the classic novel chosen for the program - Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" - all over Stillwater, carrying the book with her as she went about daily tasks.
Francis Ford Coppola Coppola is an amazing talent whose inspiration and influence spans many generations.
While the 1960s would be typified as a sort of waking dream, where television and film seemed to bind at the genetic level with the political and social worlds, the 1970s came to be looked at as the Sunday morning after the bad acid trip.
Francis Joyce is a retired sea captain, obsessed with his physical condition, and living in a low-end apartment complex somewhere in Florida.
Technically Speaking, Market Analysis...
An overview of stock market chart and market dynamics to encourage investors and traders to be all they can be.
Feeling thankful this weekend? Try our Thanksgiving quiz
Johnny Carson once whimsically stated that "I am thankful that I eat only one thing that falls out of a turkey." Be that as it may, once you have finished your fowl food feast, give thanks for what you are about to receive ... hopefully a perfect score on this Thanksgiving Day trivia quiz.
JOE KIDD a ' One of Clint Eastwood's best post-"Man With No Name" Westerns, this 1972 saga finds Kidd hired by a tycoon named Frank Harlan .
Budgets spiraling out of control; cast and crew on the verge of collapse; sets destroyed: Just a few of the catastrophes to afflict the ill-fated productions in The Screening Room's Top 10 movie shoots from hell.
A few years ago, Albertan Spencer Eastabrooks was an extra in the Robert Duvall miniseries Broken Trail , which was partially shot at Bow River Ranch in Cochrane .
Dennis Hopper Rushed to the Hospital
Dennis Hopper was reportedly rushed to the emergency room of a New York hospital Wednesday.
Facts about 'The Twilight Zone,' Rod Serling
2, 1959.-156 episodes aired, including 92 written by Rod Serling.-Serling was born in Syracuse, N.Y., on Christmas Day 1924.
"Fame," the original "high school musical," earns a sometimes toe-tapping remake that borrows scenes, situations and character "types" from its 1980 original.
At 78, Robert Duvall is still determined to tell the stories that interest him. But does Hollywood want to listen? The Oscar-winning actor, whose Get Low premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, tells Sun Media he's hoping to produce two mini-series on the small screen - if he can find the backing.
O'Keefe movie is an artistic triumph
TONIGHT'S MUST-SEE : "Georgia O'Keeffe," 9-11 p.m., Lifetime. The two strong forces met in a New York gallery in 1916.
Spotlight: 'Lonesome Dove: Photographs by Bill Witliff'
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the critically acclaimed TV miniseries, "Lonesome Dove: Photographs by Bill Witliff" offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of a Western classic.
Shane Acker made one of the best-looking films of the year, but forgot to give it a story.
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