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American Cinematheque celebrates the 'Lubitsch touch'
German-born director Ernst Lubitsch, who came to Hollywood in the 1920s, had such a deft hand with comedies that it became known as "the Lubitsch touch." The American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica is to celebrate "A Touch of Laughter:...
Tags: Maurice Chevalier, Norman Jewison, Carole Lombard, Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart
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Film review: 'Gangster Squad' is no 'Chinatown'
It's hard to resist Los Angeles-based films noir -- "Chinatown," "Kiss Me Deadly," "The Big Sleep" being only a few of the best -- but "Gangster Squad" is a bit more resistible than most. Director Ruben Fleischer and screenwriter Will Beall have morphed...
Tags: Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, International Military Interventions, Giovanni Ribisi, Gangster Squad (movie)
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PASSINGS: Bernd Eichinger, Bruce Gordon, Frank Lieberman, Stanley Frazen, Alan Sloane
Bernd Eichinger
Film producer and screenwriter
Bernd Eichinger, 61, a successful German film producer and screenwriter whose credits include the Oscar-nominated "Downfall" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex," died Monday night in Los Angeles after...Tags: Celebrities and Health Issues, Culture, Television Stations, Heart Attack, The Beverly Hillbillies (tv program)
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PASSINGS: Paul Picerni, Guy Greengard, Romulus Linney
Paul Picerni
Prolific character actor
Paul Picerni, 88, a prolific character actor who costarred in the television series "The Untouchables" and was featured in the 1953 horror movie "House of Wax," died Jan. 12 of a heart attack at his home in the...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Celebrities and Health Issues, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Santa Monica, Heart Attack
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Leslie Nielsen dies at 84; serious actor became a comic star
Leslie Nielsen, a serious actor who became a comic star with his career-changing roles in "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" comedies, died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 84.
Nielson died of complications from pneumonia at a hospital near his home,...Tags: Toronto (Canada), Star Trek (movie, 2009), Canada, Clarence Darrow, Comedy (genre)
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Alan Armer dies at 88; TV producer won Emmy with 'The Fugitive'
Alan A. Armer, an Emmy Award-winning television producer whose series included "The Fugitive" and "The Untouchables," has died. He was 88.
Armer, a retired longtime professor in what now is called the Department of Cinema and Television Arts at Cal State...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Quinn Martin, Fiction, William Conrad, David Janssen
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'Mad Men': Top 10 unsolved mysteries
Show Tracker“Mad Men” returns to AMC on July 25th, and seemingly the whole world—including President Obama—is eagerly waiting to see how last season's many cliffhangers will be resolved: Will Betty marry Henry Francis? Will Sterling Cooper Drap... -
TCM festival salutes Olivia de Havilland, Gene Tierney, Clint Eastwood, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman and … Thelma Todd?
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIt starts Sunday with Basil Rathbone and ends Aug. 31 with Clint Eastwood. TCM unrolls another Summer of the Stars festival in August. Each day, the channel devotes a day to the films of one actor. Some are familiar: Steve McQueen on Tuesday, Ingrid...
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