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Clothes :: RE: I am SO Happy! (Sep 02 2007 23:24 GMT) - Author: dinosaursmarchin Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:24 pm (GMT 0) Yeah. Like, there was this dress I wanted from Ralph Lauren, but it was $66. |
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Juno (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: An ultra-smart-mouthed comedy about a planned adoption that goes weirdly awry. |
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Special People (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: An understated comedy of manners with more potential than is ever let out of the bag. |
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DP75: Tartina City (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: A gritty, urgent dramatization of the wanton imprisonment of supposed dissenters by a cruel paramilitary. |
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Dolls (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Czech drama is a coarse coming-of-ager that goes where most Hollywood teen pics fear to tread. |
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'Shrek' tops 'Bourne' overseas (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Front Page: Ogre wins fourth box office crown by $2 million -- "Shrek the Third" ruled at the international box office in the final summer weekend with $17.2 million, topping "The Bourne Ultimatum" by $2 million as the ogre won the crown for the fourth time. |
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Hotel Meina (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: It's a sad day when a vet helmer like Carlo Lizzani takes a film to Venice as poor as "Hotel Meina." |
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Andalucia (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Poetic, elliptical pic unfolds in short, sensuous stream-of-consciousness-like scenes. |
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24 Bars (24 Mesures) (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Helmer Jalil Lespert's studied yet free-feeling construction keeps interest focused throughout unexpected twists and turns. |
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Cassandra's Dream (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Woody Allen's London-set black comedy sends out more mixed signals than an inebriated telegraphist. |
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Rails & Ties (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: "Rails & Ties" reps a capable but modest directorial debut by Alison Eastwood. |
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It's a Free World... (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Strong, pacily told London-set tale unfolds from the p.o.v. of a would-be exploiter rather than a victim. |
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Sad Vacation (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: As usual, Shinji Aoyama weaves together interesting threads but has difficulty harnessing them to something cohesive. |
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Into the Wild (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Sean Penn delivers a compelling, ambitious work that will satisfy most admirers of the book. |
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The Speed of Life (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Film Reviews: Tale of misfit Brooklyn teens stealing vid cameras takes on so many characters it loses track of the threads. |
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'Halloween' sets Labor Day record (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Front Page: Zombie's remake scares up $26.5 million -- Rob Zombie's R-rated remake "Halloween" is on track to scare up a record-breaking showing at the Labor Day box office, grossing an estimated $26.5 million from 3,472 theaters through Sunday. |
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European cinema sinking fast (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - World Cinema in Toronto: National film industries on the rise -- European cinema is falling apart. In its place, national European film industries are gaining in strength. |
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Boomer bookers banish tops in pop (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly Music and Technology: Touring stages shifting to rock and country -- One roadblock after another has been placed in the career paths of pop performers whose careers date back to the 1950s. Younger talent buyers have taken over, state fairs have lost their fear of rock 'n' roll and casinos are targeting bands that gamblers favor. |
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EFP looks back at decade of growth (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - European Film Promotion's 10th Anniversary: Promo organization flys the European film flag -- When Daniel Craig was picked to be the new James Bond in 2005, it is unlikely the shouts of joy were louder anywhere more than in the European Film Promotion office. |
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Profiles of EFP's people and projects (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - European Film Promotion's 10th Anniversary: An inside look at the film organization -- The European Film Promotion office in Hamburg, charged with raising the international profile of the Continent's pics, has built up over its first 10 years from an initial staff of two, a shoestring budget and 10 member orgs to 12 staffers, a x2 million ($2.7 million) war chest and 27 member orgs. |
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Ticket prices up foreign box office (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Foreign B.O.: Analysts project 17% increase over 5 years -- Box office grosses in Western Europe are set to rise by 17% over the next five years, according to U.K.-based cinema analyst Dodona Research. |
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Thomas Roberts joining 'The Insider' (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - TV News: Emmy winner is former Headline News anchor -- Veteran reporter Thomas Roberts will join CBS Television Distribution's "The Insider" team -- in New York. The L.A-based entertainment newsmag will be relocating to Gotham this fall, with Roberts' first day scheduled for Sept. 10. |
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BBC bracing for budget cuts (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly International: Summer marked by scandals just got longer -- The BBC has endured a grim summer having to cope with controversies over rigged phone quizzes and a documentary about the Queen that used faked footage as a trailer. |
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Asian media still booming (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly International: Despite global credit disasters, tech propels East -- The Asian media market's mergers and acquisitions boom will continue, despite the worldwide meltdown in credit and leveraged finance markets. |
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Australia boasting with dramas (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly International: 'City Homicide,' 'Sea Patrol' up ratings -- Two arresting new dramas are giving the Oz industry something to smile about as solid auds point to a change in fortunes for local productions. |
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Networks hope to catch Friday fish (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly TV: TV Ratings a challenge on unpopular night -- Disney Channel's "High School Musical 2" showed this summer that there's at least still a kid and teen audience available on Friday night -- but how about young adults? |
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Sumo's all the rage in Japan (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly International: Popular sport relyies heavily on TV, marketing -- For Americans, baseball and football are more than sports ? they're a cultural touchstone, as well as big businesses, with everyone from brand managers to T-shirt vendors cashing in. |
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'Nation' controversy not all bad for CBS (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly: Fall TV gearing up for ratings battle -- The ongoing controversy over "Kid Nation" offers one silver lining for CBS: Outrage over the under-age reality skein helped boost its awareness among TV viewers. |
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Colombian TV firing up again (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly Film: 'Sonar,' RCN help bolster ratings -- It was television and video that basically killed Colombian moviegoing, but now TV is helping to bring it back. Local productions are getting more traction at the box office, thanks in part to the support of the local television duopoly of RCN and Caracol TV. |
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Wen rises with 'Sun' (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly: Chinese director's five year ban over -- Chinese helmer and thesp Jiang Wen earned a five-year ban for his film, "Devils on the Doorstep," back in 2000. But the multi-hyphenate variously described as China's most important film director or his country's answer to Marlon Brando says making movies is in his blood and he is back with "The Sun Also Rises." |
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Montreal aligns with French (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly Film: Festival showcases Francophone talent -- There was a real Francophone flavor to this year's Montreal World Film Festival, with a strong slate of new Quebecois and Gallic pics. It seems natural that a film fest in North America's largest French-speaking city would be a great showcase for films en francais, but that hasn't necessarily been the case in recent years. |
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Swicord on the map with 'Austen' (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Anne Thompson: Writer/Director's first feature a long time coming -- It's taken Robin Swicord more than a decade to make the transition from respected A-list studio scribe to tyro helmer. |
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Arab, Muslim actors shed stereotypes (Sep 02 2007 23:20 GMT) - Weekly Film: Wave of Middle Eastern films offers freedom -- It's a good time to be an actor from the Middle East. The upcoming glut of Hollywood films concerning the region has seen a dramatic increase in opportunities for thesps of Arab or Muslim origin. What's more, films like "The Kingdom," "A Mighty Heart" and "The Kite Runner" are giving these thesps the chance to play the good guys for once and even upstage their more famous American co-stars. |
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