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Yesterday brought five new movies to Pittsburgh: "Old Dogs," a comedy with John Travolta and Robin Williams; "The Road," the long-anticipated version of Cormac McCarthy's novel shot partially in Pittsburgh; "Fantastic Mr. Fox," a delightful adaptation...
Tags: Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgher Rob Marshall, United Kingdom, London, John Travolta, films, Alvin and the Chipmunks, James Cameron, American film directors, Twilight, Parodists, Entertainment Culture, Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia” — This is one of those films that sort of came and went in theaters and didn’t receive the kind of hoopla it should have — because “Julie & Julia” is a gem of a film. It stars Amy Adams as Julie Powell, a young woman who takes on the fool’s...
Tags: Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Harry Potter, Akira Kurosawa, Julia Child, blood prince, Gulf Breeze, Julia, films, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Entertainment Culture, Amy Adams
Meryl Streep promotes 'Julie & Julia' at Rome fest Best Known As: Food Professional,  Television Actor Gist: Julia Child (born Julia Carolyn McWilliams August 15, 1912 ? August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author and television personality.
Tags: Julia Child Stories, Los Angeles, The French Chef, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Hospitality Recreation, Julie & Julia, Cookbooks, Julie Powell, Entertainment Culture, Meryl Streep, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom
An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, Matthew B. Crawford Penguin, $25.95 For those of you still wondering how many naugas they had to kill to make your naugahyde chair, here's a much-needed reminder that Americans have nearly lost a fundamental human skill:...
Tags: Malcolm Gladwell Little, Lost Symbol, Guernsey Island, Dan Brown Doubleday, Hedgehog, Matthew B. Crawford Penguin, Julia Child, Germany, Hamburg, Sociology books, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Guernsey, Outliers, Julie & Julia, Meryl Streep, Malcolm Gladwell
IFP has announced the jurors for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Best Feature jurors will be Shohreh Aghdashloo, legit and film helmer Julie Taymor, Oscar-winning helmer William Friedkin, Oscar-winning producer Wendy Finerman and composer...
Tags: independent film, gotham independent, IFP, film awards, Los Angeles, Surnames, Dafoe, Coen brothers, Richard LaGravenese, Aghdashloo, Entertainment Culture, Meryl Streep
Wes Anderson, creator of the rascally stop-motion fable "Fantastic Mr. Fox", turns out to be born to make animated films. I say that with a bit of mischief, because I'm not a big fan of Anderson's work ("Rushmore," "The Darjeeling Limited"). What I now...
Tags: Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson, George Clooney, animation film, motion animation, Roald Dahl, The Royal Tenenbaums, Los Angeles, Fantastic Mr. Fox, American film directors, Entertainment Culture, Noah Baumbach, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Fictional foxes, Novellas, films, Meryl Streep, Rushmore, Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Film soundtracks, Human Interest, Allison Abbate, Michael Gambon, Animation, Boy, Year of birth missing, Scott Rudin
This witty film takes us through the life of Mr. Fox ( George Clooney ), where he has to put his rebellious tendencies aside and mature into a loving, responsible and respectable father. Along the way, Mr. Fox falls back on his mischievous ways but stays...
Tags: Mr. Fox, Los Angeles, Wes Anderson, Roald Dahl, Jason Schwartzman, Dahl, Allison Abbate, American film directors, Fantastic Mr. Fox, films, Social Issues, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Entertainment Culture
Viggo Mortensen isn't roasting chestnuts but trying to prevent his other body parts from getting roasted in the cannibal-crazy "The Road." Earthlings aren't exactly welcome when they visit Smurf-colored aliens in James Cameron's "Avatar." Even Daniel...
Tags: New Zealand, Auckland, Up in the Air, Rachel McAdams, Peter Jackson, Marion Cotillard, RocknRolla, Paramount films, films, The Lovely Bones, Entertainment Culture, Meryl Streep, Robert Downey Jr., George Clooney, Christmas stocking, Viggo Mortensen, Human Interest
All I know is that the new 3-D version of “A Christmas Carol” opened on Nov. 6...Oh yes, “Bah, humbug.” But if you were a Hollywood studio executive, you’d know that along with the summer season, the eight weeks of Christmas are a ticket-selling bonanza...
Tags: Los Angeles, Mamma Mia!, The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl, Robert Downey Jr., Doubt, films, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Entertainment Culture, George Clooney, Up in the Air, John Travolta, Matt Damon, American film directors, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Orson Welles, Sherlock Holmes, 81st Academy Awards, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, Stanley Tucci, Human Interest
Separating dramas from comedies and musicals has always invested the Golden Globes with extra interest. But with 10 titles destined to fill out the Oscar rolls for the first time since 1943, voters and award watchers may keep a closer eye than usual on...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, films, Henry Selick, Globe, Stop motion, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Animated films, Golden Globe Awards, Coraline, Entertainment Culture, Golden Globe Award, Meryl Streep, Stanley Kubrick, Amy Adams, American film directors, Command & Conquer: Tiberian series