Richard Dreyfuss

Werner's serves up its last lunch Friday

Werner's luncheonette, a downtown fixture since 1950 that was a gathering spot for politicians and lawyers as well as office workers and citizens serving jury duty, is closing Friday. Coming just a few months after the demise of Burke's restaurant, the...

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Werner's restaurant closing tomorrow

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Made in Maryland

Absolute Power (1997) Clint Eastwood stars as the sensitive thief who can save the entire American political system from complete corruption. Too bad he wasn't around during the Reagan administration. Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during...

Tags: Corey Haim, Holly Hunter, John Woo, Multi-Sport Events, University of Maryland, College Park

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'No' is riveting historical fiction ★★★★

"No" is a terrific film, and word got out very quickly at last year's Cannes Film Festival, where the Chilean docudrama deservedly made a lot of noise even though it played outside the main competition categories. No less than "Argo," "Lincoln" and...

Tags: Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Movies, Film Festivals, Fiction, Argo (movie)

Martin Landau to receive career award at Israel Film Festival

Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau will receive the 2013 Israel Film Festival's Career Achievement Award at the 27th opening night gala April 18 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Past recipients of the honor include Richard...

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Local Q&A: Gillian Flynn

Much like Amy and Nick, the fractured married couple at the center of Gillian Flynn's breakout novel "Gone Girl," the author herself is good at keeping secrets. In recent months, rumors have swirled around the highly anticipated film adaptation of the...

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'No' review: An Oscar-nominated win for more than just political junkies

*** (out of four) “I know nothing about Chilean politics. I assume it has nothing to do with me. What, Gael Garcia Bernal is in it? Tell me more.” —Your possible initial impression of the drama “No.” “No,” which...

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Golden Globes: 'Les Miz' 'Argo' and 'Girls' win big; Jodie Foster honored

Tribune Reporter

Hosting the 70th Golden Globes Sunday in Beverly Hills, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler proved it was possible to skewer their Hollywood colleagues without entirely alienating the crowd, as distinct from previous host Ricky Gervais. Some 20 years after Fey and...

Tags: Kathryn Bigelow, James Franco, Zero Dark Thirty (movie), Jodie Foster, Kristen Wiig

The Crowd: Puttin' on the Ritz for Chapman

The classy Christmas at the Ritz holiday luncheon Saturday benefiting Chapman University attracted a sold-out crowd, raising nearly $190,000. The 26th annual celebration is produced by the Women of Chapman support group, this season chaired by the...

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To the screen, and back again

I'm 51 and Bilbo-free. Somehow "The Hobbit" has eluded me my entire reading life. What was I reading in junior high when I first noticed everyone else was reading it? "Big A: The Story of Lew Alcindor," maybe. Or William K. Everson's book on Laurel &...

Tags: Keira Knightley, Steven Spielberg, Les Miserables (musical), Clint Eastwood, Anna Karenina (movie)

Sundance unveils Premieres lineup

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