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From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever – Movies – The Guardian
From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever Reiner’s own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more… By Andrew Pulver, Mon 15 Dec 2025 08.29 EST As a film-maker, Rob Reiner championed…
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Mulholland Drive: Lost in the City of Dreams and Nightmares – Reactor
Lynch’s masterpiece, and one of the greatest films about Hollywood ever made… By Kali Wallace | Published on February 26, 2025 All artists are more than the sum of their inspirations, but it can be interesting to take a look at those inspirations when discussing an artist’s work. It’s particularly interesting when we’re talking about…
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Nicolas Cage is all in: From his acting, to his home life, to his new Lamborghini | 60 Minutes – CBS News
By Sharyn Alfonsi, April 23, 2023 / 7:00 PM / CBS News 60 Minutes’ video interview above… It’s no secret big Hollywood studios like a sure bet, and there’s no shortage of predictable movies to prove it. Which is probably why Nicolas Cage left Los Angeles for Las Vegas a long time ago. At 59,…
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How Hollywood Writers Won a War | Vanity Fair
In April 2019, thousands of Hollywood writers fired their agents en masse. The move convulsed the entertainment industry. It looked like an impossible David and Goliath scenario: The Writers Guild of America had declared war on the immensely powerful talent agencies, several of which had mutated into full-blown media conglomerates over the years, backed by…
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James Dean | American film actor | Britannica.com
Editor’s Note: Died this day, 1955, great actor gone too soon… James Dean: James Dean, an American film actor who became a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s. Source: James Dean | American film actor | Britannica.com
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Chefs with Las Vegas ties prepare decadent after-Oscars feast | Las Vegas Review-Journal
For celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and his team, serving seafood, caviar, sushi and Champagne for 1,500 is not too tall an order. It will be Puck’s 23rd year of preparing the feast for the official Governors Ball after-Oscars party. Source: Chefs with Las Vegas ties prepare decadent after-Oscars feast | Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Hollywood Gets Its Groove Back – NYTimes.com
Hollywood’s grande dame hotels, the Sunset Tower and the Chateau Marmont, stand like stone sentries on Sunset Boulevard, less than two miles from the decidedly less stylish stretch of Hollywood Boulevard that hustles from morning to night with camera-toting tourists and Spiderman and Batman impersonators. The Tower and the Chateau are as romantic, seductive and…
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How Tinseltown Got Tipsy: A Boozy Taste Of Hollywood History : NPR
If the bars of Los Angeles could talk, they’d have an awful lot of tales to tell — old Hollywood was full of famously hard drinkers. And while LA’s watering holes are keeping their secrets, one author, Mark Bailey, has uncorked a slew of stories from the city’s plastered past. In his book Of All…
