LONDON – Angelina Jolie has defended her controversial movie project after she was banned from filming in Bosnia and has urged critics to hold judgment until they have seen the movie. The Oscar-winning actress has stepped behind the camera for the first time to make her directorial debut with the currently untitled movie...
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‘Secretariat’ Tells Inspiring Story of Triple Crown Winner
Only a few horses have won the Triple Crown, three grueling thoroughbred races held every spring. Some four decades ago, one horse who did achieve that pinnacle of American racing became a national hero, along with the woman who owned and believed in him, against all odds. Their inspiring story gets the Hollywood...
"The Social Network" Traces the Creation – on a Whim – of Facebook
"The Social Network" is the latest brainchild of acclaimed filmmaker David Fincher and the masterful screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. It's an indepth study of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg presented in the movie as a visionary who is unable to emotionally connect with others. And it's of interest because Facebook now has 500 million members...
Katherine Heigl: Infantilization’s Poster Girl
Third wave feminism was bad enough with its “I’m a princess who should be spoiled rotten and pampered AND treated with full equality to men” cake and eating it too business, but now, here is Katherine Heigl… the vanguard of the Fourth Wave. Is the level of consumerist infantilization implied in her movie posters...
‘The Social Network’ Tells True Story of Worldwide Phenomenon, Facebook
In less than a decade, Facebook has become a worldwide phenomenon; but despite its overnight success, the creation of this Internet-based community was not without controversy and a new film, The Social Network , is based on that true story … or, actually, the various versions of that true story. "People want to...
New Vampire Flick Is No Twilight: "We Don’t Have Teenagers With Fangs"
Just because Priest is being billed as vampire movie, it ain't no Twilight. Sure, there are bloodsucking creatures trying to take over the world in this movie adaptation of the...
Katherine Heigl Quitting Acting?
The "Life As We Know It" star opens up about her struggle to juggle mommyhood and the movie biz. Get the details on her working mom debacle.
Toronto Festival Becomes Center of Film World
Canada steals the spotlight from Hollywood for 10 days every September when stars, filmmakers and audiences gather for the Toronto International Film Festival. This year's 35th annual film showcase concludes on Sunday. As a major film production center, Toronto is no stranger to top stars; but at the Festival even publicity-shy Oscar-winner DeNiro...
Arya stars in Nene Ambani
September 10, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Some of you might remember the good looking villain in the movie ‘Varadu’, well, his name is Arya and soon his Telugu movie will come to the screens. Arya plays the lead role in the upcoming movie “Nene Ambani”, which will allow him to show his mettle as...