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Chinese Theatre closes for renovations
Hollywood's best-known theater is going dark for several months. The former Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood shut down this week for several months of renovations and a digital face lift. The storied theater held its final movie showing last...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Iron Man 3 (movie), Viacom Inc., Arrested Development (tv program) , Paramount Pictures
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Imax plans for Chinese Theatre get support from conservation group
Anyone who tampers with Hollywood's most iconic venue is likely to encounter some suspicion. So it's not surprising that some residents have raised concerns about plans to bring a giant Imax screen to the former Grauman's Chinese Theatre. But one...
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Imax prepares to go big for own Hollywood premiere
Imax Corp., once a peripheral player in Hollywood, is putting its stamp on the industry's most famous movie theater with plans to open its largest venue at the former Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The deal, signed but subject to permit approvals from the...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, AMC (tv network), Gangster Squad (movie), Viacom Inc., Imax Corp.
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Imax to go into former Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
Imax Corp., once a peripheral player in Hollywood, is putting its stamp on the industry’s most famous movie theater. The Canadian big screen theater company, which has offices in Santa Monica, plans to open one of its largest theaters at the former...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Gangster Squad (movie), AMC (tv network), Viacom Inc., Lincoln Square (Manhattan, New York)
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From the archives: Chinese Theater @ 85
VarietySid Grauman the genius and world's greatest picture house showman, the father of the $1.50 straight atmospheric film theater with a consistent policy along that line, is dedicating next week the dream of a life time, his $1,200,000 Chinese theater, in the...Tags: Margaret O'Brien, Bob Hope, Tom Dey, Bones and Joints, James Mason
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'The Big Combo,' 'Pitfall' on Broadway: Kenneth Turan's film pick
24 Frames"The Big Combo" and "Pitfall": The UCLA Film & Television Archive has taken to showing premium films at the Million Dollar Theater, 307 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles, and the film noir double bill scheduled for Wednesday February 8 at 7:30 p.m. is... -
Kobe Bryant Joins George Clooney, Marilyn Monroe at Grauman's Chinese Theater
KTLA NewsHOLLYWOOD (KTLA) -- Kobe Bryant's hands and feet were immortilized in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater Saturday, joining the likes of movie industry legends such as Tom Hanks, Judy Garland and Gary Cooper. Hollywood Boulevard was partially closed...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, George Clooney, Jimmy Kimmel, KTLA, Athletes
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'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' car expected to soar at auction
For sale: custom vintage auto with Hollywood pedigree. Three-liter V-6 engine, polished aluminum hood, serpent horn, wings. Has history of issues with exhaust system.
Sure, you could drop $2.6 million on a Bugatti Veyron to cruise the Sunset Strip, but...Tags: Elizabeth II, Auction Service, Europe, Charles, Prince of Wales, John Lennon
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Grauman's Chinese Theatre to be sold to movie producers
Company TownOne of Hollywood's most iconic landmarks, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, is once again changing hands. A partnership between Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures parent Viacom Inc. has signed an agreement to sell the historic theater on Hollywood Boulevard for... -
Iconic Grauman's Chinese Theater Sold
KTLA NewsHOLLYWOOD (KTLA) -- Grauman's Chinese Theater, one of Hollywood's trademark destinations, has been sold to a pair of movie producers for an undisclosed sum, reports said Thursday. Don Kushner, executive producer of Disney's "Tron: Legacy" and local...Tags: KTLA, Tron Legacy (movie) , Real Estate, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Viacom Inc.
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