Sep 26, 2008 -
In 1959 a young US Naval officer was a guest on the set of the Marilyn Monroe/Jack Lemmon/Tony Curtis movie Some Like It Hot after a visit from Monroe to his San Diego Naval base. While on the set he took a short amount of 8mm film footage of the sex symbol, that also included a little bit of Curtis and director Billy Wilder. Forty-nine years later, the lucky military man had passed away, leaving that 2.5 minutes of film, in its original Kodak box, to his daughter, now living in Australia.
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Jul 23, 2008 -
Police officers who arrested actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright have called for a witness’ cell phone video to be handed over.
Cast and crew were celebrating the wrap of filmmaker Oliver Stone’s forthcoming George Bush biopic W earlier this month when they allegedly became involved in a fight between revellers.
The brawl at the Stray Cat bar in Shreveport, Louisiana resulted in the arrest of Brolin, Wright and five crew members.
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Nov 23, 2009 -
After this weekend’s record-shattering opening, “New Moon” is now officially the biggest film of 2009. In a few months, it will inevitably become one of the biggest DVD releases of 2010.
So what can we expect from the “New Moon” DVD?
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Nov 11, 2009 -
"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart pointed out inconsistencies in alternating "Hannity Show" shots of a recent conservative rally on the steps of the Capitol Building. This has led to accusations of Fox News splicing video footage shot at a larger Glenn Beck rally held in Washington two months ago with video shot at last week's rally, thus falsifying footage to make the more recent protest appear bigger than it was.
Watch "The Daily Show" clip:
The controversy stems from an anti-health-care reform rally held last Thursday on the steps of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., which Rep.
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Nov 20, 2009 -
For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error."
Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout.
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Nov 09, 2009 -
I thought this would be an interesting tie in from Tulipe's earlier post.
On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall — the stark, menacing symbol of the Cold War — came crashing down, suddenly and dramatically.
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Nov 07, 2009 -
An old soul is the last thing you would expect to find inside Justin Bieber. But all it takes is one listen to the 15 year-old soul-singing phenomenon to realize that he is light years ahead of his manufactured pop peers.After posting dozens of homemade videos on YouTube in 2007, where the multi-talented Bieber put his impeccable spin on songs from artists like Usher, Ne-Yo and Stevie Wonder, Justin racked up over 10,000,000 views purely from word of mouth.I started singing about three years ago, says the Canadian native who grew up an only child in Stratford, Ontario. I entered a local singing competition called Stratford Idol.
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Nov 04, 2009 -
There is a common link between the sparkly universe of Twilight and the sociopath exploits of Showtime’s Dexter, and her name is Melissa Rosenberg. The screenwriter and Emmy-nominated television producer has been juggling the two franchises since 2007, which is when she scripted the first Twilight film from Stephenie Meyer’s novel. Following the film’s enormous success, Rosenberg became Summit’s go-to writer for the series, and she’s since written two sequels including this month's New Moon and next summer's Eclipse.
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Oct 19, 2009 -
The 2009 Scream Awards have been a success for Twilight, which scooped a total of four awards: Robert Pattinson won Best Fantasy Actor, alongside Kristen Stewart who won Best Fantasy Actress. Robert was also running for Best Breakthrough Performance which was taken by his Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner. Finally, Twilight grabbed the Best Fantasy Film award.
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Oct 19, 2009 -
The 2009 Scream Awards have been a success for Twilight, which scooped a total of four awards: Robert Pattinson won Best Fantasy Actor, alongside Kristen Stewart who won Best Fantasy Actress. Robert was also running for Best Breakthrough Performance which was taken by his Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner. Finally, Twilight grabbed the Best Fantasy Film award.
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