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The Art of Flying in the Movies
A cinematic history of going airborne. By A. O. Scott.
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The Radical Courage of Silent Movie Stuntwomen
How the physical feats of silent movie actresses helped make the case for women's liberation. By Molly Gregory.
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10 Bad People Besides Bill Cosby Whose Stars Will Never Be Removed From the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Ever since it was revealed that beloved sitcom star and fatherly figure Bill Cosby had admitted to giving Quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with — accusations of which had been floating around for years — his image has been shattered. In its wake, activists are demanding that he be stripped of his official accolades: President Obama has been called upon to revoke Cosby's Presidential Medal of...
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Citizen Kane’s follow-up: The greatest sequel never made?
In honour of Orson Welles’ death 30 years ago, his friend film-maker Henry Jaglom tells the colourful story of their attempt to make a ‘bookend’ to the greatest American film.
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Inside the Agent Raid That Changed Hollywood in One Day
When UTA raided CAA, poaching 10 top talent reps in less than 24 hours, it did more than set off a conflict that threatens to draw in every agency in town, it shined a light on a dark truth: Bankable stars, like oil, are a vanishing resource. By Maer Roshan.
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Ingrid Bergman’s Great Sacrifice for Cinematic Art
Bergman went further than did any other actor, before or since, in order to work with a true cinematic artist, Roberto Rossellini.
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How Lena Horne Escaped Hollywood’s Blacklist
At the height of her career, the beautiful young performer accidentally stumbled into a power struggle between Hollywood communists and McCarthyites. By John Meroney.
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The Mathematics of Body Shape -- The Secret Lives of Triangles in Hollywood
Are digital human actors going to take over the big screen? What is the technology behind digital bodies? What is body shape? How can we model it? How can we animate it?
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Hullywod Boulevard
“Hollywood lighting” calls to mind dreamy high-contrast glamour shots and unattainably lustrous skin, but the actual light in Hollywood is unforgiving. By Erin Sheehy.
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You May Know These Muslim-American Actors From Such Roles as Terrorist #4
You've heard of actors getting typecast. But there is no group more slighted, more narrowly cast, than the Muslim-American actors who earn virtually their entire livings pretending to hijack planes and slaughter infidels. Jon Ronson embarks on a soul-searching odyssey with the bad guys of Homeland, American Sniper, 24, and every other TV show and movie in which the holy warriors get mowed down before they even get to finish one good “Allahu Akbar!”
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You May Know Me from Such Roles as Terrorist #4
It's Hollywood's ugliest casting problem: Jon Ronson talks to seven Muslim-American actors, a group earning virtually their entire livings pretending to hijack planes and slaughter infidels.
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Dorothy Arzner, Hidden Star Maker of Hollywood's Golden Age
Type the name “Dorothy Arzner” into Netflix's search bar and you’ll get zero results. It’s an odd outcome, considering Arzner, a prolific golden age film director, has 16 feature films—among the most of any woman in Hollywood, ever. She gave Katharine Hepburn one of her first starring roles. She navigated the transition from silent films to talkies... By Ella Morton.
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Cara Delevingne tells her haters to suck her 'boobs'
The model-turned-actress is serious about her new craft and wants people to know it.
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Inside the Family Battle for the Newman’s Own Brand Name
When Paul Newman died, in 2008, he left his Newman's Own food empire, and the charitable foundation it supports, in the hands of his adviser Robert Forrester. But, his eldest daughter says the family believes their father's principles are being betrayed. By Mark Seal.
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Amanda Seyfried only got 10% of what her male co-star made
How can gender pay be made more equal in Hollywood?
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From Folklore to Exotica: Yma Sumac and the Performance of Inca Identity
When the Andean exotica singer Yma Sumac became famous in the United States for her supposed Inca heritage and five-octave voice, her fellow Peruvians called her a sellout. Ethnomusicologist Zoila Mendoza, however, knew Yma Sumac as her mother’s childhood friend... (2013)
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Inside the secretive, exclusive social networks of Hollywood
“Information has always been currency,” says Shane, who insists on sharing only his first name. He’s an assistant to a television director. Hollywood, where Shane works, is like any other industry town—built on professional connections, on who you know as much as what you know. These days, that often means digital networks, and in Hollywood they’re called tracking boards—usually email listservs or private Facebook...
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“That’s What Happened Between Me And Clark”
Revising Old Hollywood’s Greatest Scandal. By Anne Helen Petersen.
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Karate Kid producer Jerry Weintraub dies aged 77
The Hollywood producer of the Karate Kid and Ocean's Eleven films dies in California aged 77.
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Lily Tomlin, reunited with Jane Fonda and 'flung back into hipdom'
Two years ago, she married her girlfriend of 40 years. Now, reunited with colleague Jane Fonda for a Netflix series, comedian Lily Tomlin has been "flung back into hipdom".
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