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Madonna Stole and Brainwashed Alex Rodriguez Says Wife (Hollywood Rag)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:57:32 GMT

Alex Rodriguez, the baseball star romantically linked to Madonna, has reportedly asked his wife for a divorce. The 34-year-old sportsman allegedly told his wife Cynthia he wanted to end their five-year marriage because Madonna - whose marriage to Guy Ritchie is also said to be on the rocks - is his "spiritual soulmate". A source close to Alex - who was seen without his wedding ring earlier this week...

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Lost Footage From Fritz Lang's 1927 Masterpiece METROPOLIS Found (Progressive Values)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:52:00 GMT

25 minutes of long lost footage to the 1927 Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang's science fiction masterpiece, Metropolis have been found in Argentina. In 1927 dollars, this scifi classic cost over $200 million dollars to make, making it the most expensive silent movie at that time ever produced. Most persons have seen a 90 minute edit of the original film, although there is now over three hours of footage...

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5 Films By Dario Argento (DVD Talk)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:35:44 GMT

Rent It The Movies: One of the most influential horror directors of all time and one of the few classic Italian horror directors still making movies within the genre, Dario Argento has rightfully built a rabid fan base over the decades he's been making movies. Whether it be a giallo like The Bird With The Crystal Plumage , a dark horror fantasy like Suspiria or a television project like Masters Of...

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Is 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' Coming in September? (RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:46:53 GMT

Blu-ray releases set and the promise of a boxed set...

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Explore : Boxed, Cinema, Record Labels, Walt Disney

“The Dark Knight” Hacks the Internet (4 color rebellion)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:46:46 GMT

On July 18, Gotham City’s caped avenger takes on the big screen in one of the most highly-anticipated flicks of the year, The Dark Knight. Heath Ledger’s Joker definitely makes the cut as a worthy adversary to Christian Bale’s ninja-trained Batman. As a long-time coulrophobe (ie. someone who’s terrified of clowns), watching the [...]

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Explore : Cinema, Comics, Internet, Publishers, Technology

Q&A: John Lasseter on Toy Story Mania Exclusive (Upcoming Pixar)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:19:35 GMT

By Leo N. Holzer Special to Pixar Planet/Upcoming Pixar John Lasseter is a crowd-pleaser, first as chief creative officer overseeing films at both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios and now as someone relishing his new role guiding theme park development through Walt Disney Imagineering. I recently spent a few minutes with Lasseter at Disney’s California Adventure talking about Toy Story Midway...

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EU shrugs off biofuels complaints (San Diego Union)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:12:53 GMT

The European Union will ignore critics who accuse it of helping to boost food prices by embracing a binding target for the use of biofuels, officials said Friday.

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Explore : Cinema, Dairy, Michael Mann, World

CHEADLE & POITIER NAMED AMONG THE KINGS OF COOL (PR-Inside.com Entertainment News)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:54:15 GMT

DON CHEADLE, SIDNEY POITIER, LENNY KRAVITZ and DENZEL WASHINGTON have joined U.S. presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA on a new list of the coolest African-Americans. Music producer Quincy Jones, Richard Roundtree, Sammy Davis Jr., Jay-Z, Prince, Snoop Dogg and Samuel L. Jackson also make Ebony magazine’s new 25 Coolest Brothers of All Time list. Late icons Marvin Gaye, [...]

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More on ‘Metropolis’ Live Footage! (Screenhead)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:27:45 GMT

A German news coverage of the Metropolis find in Buenos Aires shows footage from the original, unedited Fritz Lang film. Even though the clip is in German, you can still see some of the special effects used in this 1927 film. Related Posts‘Metropolis’ Remake in the WingsIf anyone has ever been a student of film, then [...]

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Explore : Buenos Aires, Cinema, Fritz Lang, Music, Rock and Pop

METROPOLIS, RECONSTRUCTED (Population Statistic)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:17:49 GMT

Big news for fans of Fritz Lang’s genre-defining classic Metropolis: The long-thought-lost 3.5 hour original cut has been unearthed in the archives of a Argentine museum. Here’s what’s been missing from the subsequent 1.5 hour versions that have existed since the 1927 release: The Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducros Hicken in Buenos Aires found the 16 [...]

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GERMANS AND TURKS TOGETHER IN 'HEAVEN' (Turkish Digest)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:09:00 GMT

"GERMANS AND TURKS TOGETHER IN 'HEAVEN' Reyhan Harmanci Friday, July 4, 2008 Filmmaker Fatih Akin speaks fluent English with an accent that is hard to place. That makes sense, given that Akin, the German-born director of the breakthrough film "Head-On" (2004), the music documentary "Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul" (2005) and the drama "The Edge of Heaven," has made a career out of exploring...

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Werner Herzog shot by bb gun sniper during interview (Acheron LV-426)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:53:00 GMT

"Defects of empirical knowledge have less to do with the ways we go wrong in philosophy than defects of character do; such as the simple inability to shut up; determination to be thought deep; hunger for power; fear, especially the fear of an indifferent universe" (David Stove The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies 1991: 188)

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Eli Roth and RZA Teaming for The Man with the Iron Fist (FirstShowing.net)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:45:10 GMT

An interesting tidbit of news was unearthed today surrounding Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA and Eli Roth over on SlashFilm. In an interview on Billboard, The RZA said that he has "developed a martial arts film with Hollywood pal Eli Roth called The Man with the Iron Fist." He also mentions that the project has "the [...]

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Madonna’s Lourdes and Carlos Leon Out and About Photos (Bitten and Bound)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:44:53 GMT

Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon is also the daughter of Carlos Leon. The personal trainer and actor had a relationship with the singer in the mid 1990’s. Lourdes, 12, was born in 1996. Carlos, 41, was born in Cuba. He and his daughter were photographed in front of Madonna’s [...]

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SPACED in Los Angeles! (Metroblogging Los Angeles)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:55 GMT

Hello Friends! If you go and check out Spaced Invasion, you’ll find some details for two awesome Spaced-centric events happening in Los Angeles! There’s a signing on the 23rd at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash - West, and a free screening of some choice episodes at the Arclight followed by a Q&A with Simon [...]

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Lord Tweedsmuir (The Herald )

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:25:03 GMT

Obituary: William Buchan, who has died aged 92, was the third Lord Tweedsmuir, the second son of the celebrated Scottish novelist John Buchan, and a talented wordsmith in his own right.

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Explore : Alfred Hitchcock, Cinema, Obituaries, Oxfordshire