Ian McEwan plans opera version of 'Atonement'

2010-03-19T10:45:36Z

<div id="subtitle">From page to stage: Novelist Ian McEwan adapting doomed-romance novel 'Atonement' as opera</div><div><p>It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.</p><p>McEwan says he is working on an adaptation with composer

charlie wilson

2010-02-10T17:46:43Z

*file photo* Charlie Wilson, the former U.S. congressman from Texas whose funding of Afghanistan's resistance to the Soviet Union was chronicled in the movie "Charlie Wilson's War," has died. He was 76. Charlie Wilson 'Charlie Wilson's ...

'Up in the Air' leads Golden Globes with 6 noms

2010-02-23T15:49:07Z

<div id="subtitle">'Up in the Air' leads Golden Globes with 6 nominations, including acting slot for Clooney</div><div><p>The recession-era tale "Up in the Air" led Golden Globe film contenders Tuesday with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for George Clooney,

2010-02-23T15:53:23Z

<div><p>BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Film drama "Up in the Air" soared away with six Golden Globe nominations on Tuesday, more than any film, while Sandra Bullock, Miramax shows actor Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh in a scene from "No Country for Old Men." (AP Photo/Miramax Films, Richard Foreman, File)

People Randy Quaid

2009-10-29T18:17:07Z

In this Nov. 14, 2007 file photo, Actor, Randy Quaid and his wife Evi arrive to the New York premiere of the film titled The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson, File)

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People Orlando Bloom

2009-07-16T10:19:05Z

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2007 file photo, actor Orlando Bloom arrives for a screening of the film "The Savages" at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

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Filmmaker depicts ugly underbelly of corporations

2010-03-03T14:06:55Z

<div id="subtitle">In `Duplicity,' `Michael Clayton,' Tony Gilroy shows ugly underbelly of corporations</div><div><p>In terms of movie drama, corporate innerworkings don't compete with those of the Mafia, investigative units and political cabals. As large a role as companies play in life — think of all the morally murky business news already this year — they're usually movie bit players....

The Week in DVR: Redford, Newman, Harold and Kumar Make it Movie Week!...Plus, Conan's Last Late Nights

2010-03-01T19:28:02Z

<div><p>Monday: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid As part of their "31 Days of Oscar," Turner Classic Movies is pulling out all of your dusty old favorites this month. So here's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, one of those movies where everything clicks into place like a tumbler in a lock. Los Angeles, California, USA - Movie Theatre playing August Rush in Los Angeles

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`Doubt' tops SAG pack with 5 nominations

2010-03-01T01:11:03Z

<div id="subtitle">`Doubt' tops SAG Awards pack with 5 nominations, among them honors for Streep, Hoffman</div><div><p>The Catholic school drama "Doubt" led contenders Thursday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards with five nominations, including honors for Meryl Streep,

golden globes

2009-04-23T05:39:16Z

**File Photos** * LEDGER LEADS GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS Late actor HEATH LEDGER has earned a posthumous nomination for his role as The Joker in BATMAN movie THE DARK KNIGHT at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. The Australian star - who was found dead at his New York apartment in January (08) - has earned a nod for Best Performance By An Ac...

COOPER ARRIVED LATE AND HUNGOVER FOR AUDITION

2010-02-28T15:37:57Z

<div><p>MAMMA MIA! star DOMINIC COOPER got so drunk at a recent London awards show, he almost missed an audition the following morning.</p><p> Cooper, who recently celebrated the release of his new movie The Duchess with Keira Knightley, attended the GQ Awards on Monday (01Sep...

KNIGHTLEY'S CORSET DRAMA

2010-02-28T17:35:50Z

<div><p>KEIRA KNIGHTLEY struggled to play a convincing noblewoman in new movie THE DUCHESS - because her costume made her belch constantly.</p><p> The actress, who plays the Duchess of Devonshire in the period drama, insists the corsets she wore were so tight around her torso, they made her gassy.</p><p> She says, "The corsets were very restrictive. ...

Teen Choice Awards winners

2010-03-04T00:24:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Winners from the 10th annual Teen Choice Awards</div><div><p>Winners from the 10th annual Teen Choice Awards:</p><p>_ Choice Movie Action Adventure: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."</p><p>_ Choice Movie Drama: "Step Up 2: The Streets."</p><p>_ Choice Movie Ch...

Atonement scoops top prize at Attenborough awards

2010-03-04T03:17:24Z

<div><p>Another awards ceremony, another award for Atonement. The plush Ian McEwan adaptation was last night named best film at the Richard Attenborough film awards, a newly-named event that is voted for by UK regional journalists.</p><p>For good measure, A...

DVD review: There Will Be Blood

2010-03-04T07:11:56Z

<div><p>This could be the companion film to No Country for Old Men, albeit set mostly in southern California rather than Texas. Both are gritty, unyielding and relentless working out of inexorable fates. There Will Be Blood is the stranger by far. It has no sympathetic characters; no memorable dialogue; virtually no women; no story arc; no orthodox plot. What it does have, in...

Keira Knightley's The Duchess to premiere at Toronto film festival

2010-03-04T13:45:03Z

<div><p>Keira Knightley's latest bid to win an Oscar will get under way in the autumn after it emerged last night that The Duchess has secured a premiere at the Toronto international film festival in September.</p><p>Knightley plays the 18th century noblewoman Lady Georgina S...

LEGUIZAMO: 'SERIOUS BARDEM IS CLOSET PARTY KING'

2010-03-04T00:27:35Z

<div><p>JOHN LEGUIZAMO has exploded Oscar winner JAVIER BARDEM's reputation for being super serious by revealing the Spaniard is a fun-loving party animal.</p><p> The Moulin Rouge! star worked with Bardem on the movie adaptation of

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