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Rhythm & Hues effects house in search of a new home
Rhythm & Hues, the Oscar-winning visual effects house that recently emerged from bankruptcy protection, is now looking for a new home. As Times writer Roger Vincent reports, the company's 200,000-square-foot El Segundo headquarters has been sold for $25...
Tags: Financially Distressed Companies, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Bankruptcy, Economy, Business and Finance, Animation (Movie Genre)
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Determined seafarers inspire fresh film version of 'Kon-Tiki' ★★★
"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...
Tags: Science and Technology, Kon-Tiki (movie), 42 (movie), Amour (movie), Movies
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Film Review: An epic from the mind of Salman Rushdie
"Magical realism" is one of those descriptive terms that gets thrown around promiscuously: Its scope and characteristics shift significantly depending on who is doing the describing. Still, it's hard to imagine anyone denying that Salman Rushdie's...
Tags: Slumdog Millionaire (movie), India, Pakistan, Midnight's Children (movie)
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Hollywood bets big on blockbusters, starting with 'Iron Man 3'
Summer is the season for blockbusters at the box office, and this year Hollywood is going all in. Midway through a year of declining attendance and ticket sales, the major studios are betting heavily on big-budget spectacles that can fatten the bottom...
Tags: Argo (movie), True Grit (movie), Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy, Monsters University (movie)
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MTV Movie Awards: 'The Avengers' takes top prize
The young fans who helped turn "The Avengers" into a blockbuster flex their muscles again at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, as the superhero flick took home the night's biggest prize. At the annual awards show, held at Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver...Tags: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Melissa McCarthy, Silver Linings Playbook (movie), Paul Feig, MTV Movie Awards
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'Lincoln' top DVD and Blu-ray seller; 'Argo' top rental
Oscar winners and nominees battled for supremacy as new arrival "Lincoln" bested "Les Miserables" to take the top sales slot, and returning "Argo" was the No. 1 rental title over "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Skyfall," according to the tracking firm Rentrak....
Tags: Skyfall (movie), Sony Corp., Argo (movie), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Zero Dark Thirty (movie)
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Author Salman Rushdie sold 'Midnight's Children' rights for $1
This post has been corrected. See note below.Author/filmmaker Salman Rushdie joined Jon Stewart Tuesday night on "The Daily Show" to talk about the forthcoming film version of his bestselling novel "Midnight's Children." The 1981 novel won a slew of awards -- including the Man Booker Prize, the...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Authors, Truman Capote, Cinema Industry
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'Django Unchained' will return to Chinese theaters -- with changes
Chinese moviegoers will soon be able to see “Django Unchained,” but it won’t be the same version that was mysteriously pulled from theaters two weeks ago. Sony Pictures announced Friday that Quentin Tarantino’s freed-slave...
Tags: Sony Corp., Django Unchained (movie), Arts and Culture, Radio, Jamie Foxx
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'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm to host 2013 ESPYS
ReutersApr 24 (TheWrap.com) - Suddenly wives of the world have never been more interested in watching sports. Jon Hamm announced that he will be hosting the 2013 ESPY Awards, during an appearance on Wednesday's "LIVE with Kelly and Michael."Â Hamm, best known...Tags: Seth Meyers, Nokia Theater, Mad Men (tv program), AMC (tv network), ESPN (tv network)
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Reel Critics: 'Oblivion' a thinking man's thriller
Big-budget science-fiction movies are often vehicles for selling toys to kids and merchandise to adult fans. But there was a time when these films offered compelling visions of a strange future far beyond conventional thinking. "Forbidden Planet" in 1956,...
Tags: Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Stanley Kubrick, Max Thieriot, Tom Cruise, Bradley Cooper
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Ang Lee y Nicole Kidman estarán en jurado del festival de Cannes
ReutersLONDRES, 24 abr (Reuters) - El director de cine dos veces ganador de un Oscar Ang Lee y la actriz australiana Nicole Kidman estarán entre los nueve miembros del jugado de la edición de este año del Festival de Cine de Cannes, dijeron el miércoles...Tags: Festive Events, Celebrities, Django Unchained (movie), Leonardo DiCaprio, Arts and Culture
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Cannes 2013: Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman to join Steven Spielberg on jury
If any competitive spirit remains between directors Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg over their hard-fought contest this Oscar season, it will need to disappear quickly -- the two are about to spend a lot of time together. The “Life of Pi” helmer...
Tags: Nine (movie), Steven Spielberg, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Film Festivals, Ethan Coen
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