No comic-book creator has seen his work brought to the screen with more reverence than Frank Miller, whose ultra-violent graphic novels “300” and “Sin City” were adapted to film practically panel by panel.
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The Oscars present Hollywood as it wishes to be – refined, glamorous and high-minded – but on Saturday night at the Greek Theatre, the Spike
TV Scream 2008 Awards showed the movie industry as it truly is in 2008: obsessed with superheroes, overflowing with fake blood and relentless in its pursuit to sell popcorn to teenagers.
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IN THE eyes of his young son, Hugh Everett
III was a silent, inscrutable figure who remained hidden behind his booze, cigarette smoke and scowl.
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SIXTY-EIGHT years ago this month, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and its new singer, a skinny 24-year-old New Jersey crooner named Frank Sinatra, welcomed a cheering crowd to opening night at the Hollywood Palladium.
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THE NOISE at the Santa Monica Pier was deafening – the screech of metal cars on the roller coaster, the laughter of teenagers, the tinny symphony of bells, whistles and buzzers from the boardwalk booths and bass-heavy pop songs blaring from unseen speakers.
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SOME writers encamp at coffee shops.
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Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein, known as celebrity
DJ AM, were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four Southern Californians, including Barker’s bodyguard and his personal assistant, authorities said.
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For the record, Alan Moore has not softened his view on Hollywood or its plan to bring his classic graphic novel “Watchmen” – a dystopian epic that deconstructs the superhero genre – to the screen this spring.
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DC Comics is trying to pull back or destroy tens of thousands of copies of a new Batman comic book after a printing error put a barrage of especially obscene words on the pages.
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Rapper Kanye West was arrested this morning at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of vandalism and his road manager was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and battery after the two men reportedly confronted a photographer and smashed the man’s camera, authorities said.
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