Daily entertainment news covering Robert Altman en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/24/the_7th_annual_tv_land_award_show_honore Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:31:06 EST Entertainment News 115225@http://www.starpulse.com/news TV Land announced today that it will pay tribute to "M*A*S*H," "Married...With Children," "Home Improvement," "Magnum PI," "Knots Landing" and "Two And A Half Men"

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/09/27/legendary_actor_paul_newman_dies_at_age_83 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:24:59 EST Entertainment News 99319@http://www.starpulse.com/news WESTPORT, Conn. (AP)- Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/15/mamma_mia_an_exuberantly_goofy_mess Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:35:52 EST Entertainment News 92746@http://www.starpulse.com/news ABBA songs are, of course, evil in musical form. Just try getting "Dancing Queen" out of your head once it's burrowed its way in there.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/24/heath_ledger_tributes_aamp_revelations_a Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:00:00 EST Entertainment News 78933@http://www.starpulse.com/news Heath Ledger was honored for his "dazzling creative spirit" by I'm Not There filmmaker Todd Haynes at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. In accepting the annual independent film event's first Robert Altman Award for director and ensemble cast, Haynes stated he was "shattered" by Ledger's "inconceivable absence."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/24/high_spirits_for_juno_as_film_claims_thr Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:30:00 EST Entertainment News 78929@http://www.starpulse.com/news Juno was the big winner at the 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on Saturday, claiming three of the five awards the sleeper hit was nominated for.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/18/there_will_be_blood_dedicated_to_robert_ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:15:00 EST Entertainment News 71719@http://www.starpulse.com/news Movie maker Paul Thomas Anderson has dedicated his new movie There Will Be Blood to Robert Altman, because the late director didn't live to see the film he helped inspire.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/12/war_comes_to_hollywood Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:43:46 EST Entertainment News 67509@http://www.starpulse.com/news As far back as the 30s, celebrities and even cartoon characters endorsed the purchase of war bonds to support World War I. Then again, there were those who opposed war. For example, producers came up with films such as "Johnny Got his Gun" in 1971, which was based on the 1938 anti-war novel by Dalton Trumbo.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/22/big_screen_to_little_screen_some_series_ Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:56:35 EST Entertainment News 64803@http://www.starpulse.com/news Often we don’t realize that our favorite TV shows began as vehicles on the big screen. Many of television’s best programs started that way. Then again, so did some of the worst.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/04/woody_allen_surprised_he_s_considered_in Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:30:00 EST Entertainment News 58583@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar-winning director Woody Allen is amazed he's considered a legend of the movie business, because he doesn't think his films have been influential. The 71-year-old, who has three Academy Awards, always felt the movies of directors such as Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg appealed more to the next generation of filmmakers than his own.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/02/woody_allen_says_he_has_not_influenced_o Sun, 02 Sep 2007 10:19:50 EST Entertainment News 58355@http://www.starpulse.com/news VENICE, Italy (AP) - Oscar-winning director Woody Allen does not believe he has influenced other filmmakers.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/27/starpulse_s_maxim_com_hot_100_girl_of_th_3 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:28:08 EST Entertainment News 53413@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lindsay Lohan is this week's 'Maxim Hot 100' girl! Head on over to Maxim's Lindsay Lohan page to check her out!

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/26/liv_tyler_faints_a_lot Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:44:04 EST Entertainment News 35313@http://www.starpulse.com/news Liv Tyler suffers from fainting fits. The actress is terrified of crowds and passes out whenever her emotions get the better of her. She reveals, "I've fainted a few times. Once at a press conference, I almost fainted.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/25/stars_honor_robert_altman Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:00:31 EST Entertainment News 31806@http://www.starpulse.com/news M*A*S*H co-stars Sally Kellerman and Elliot Gould, John C. Reilly, Andie MacDowell and Lily Tomlin were among the stars who paid tribute to late filmmaker Robert Altman at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California yesterday.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/25/little_miss_sunshine_dominates_independe Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:17:42 EST Entertainment News 31801@http://www.starpulse.com/news Little Miss Sunshine got a pre-Oscars boost yesterday after claiming four honors at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, including the ceremony's Best Film prize.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/16/robert_altman_honored_with_multiple_memo Fri, 16 Feb 2007 09:16:06 EST Entertainment News 30092@http://www.starpulse.com/news Late Oscar-winning director Robert Altman will be honored during two memorial services over the coming weeks - and is also receive a special award at the Independent Spirit ceremony later this month. A service will be held on Tuesday at New York City's majestic theater, while a second tribute is being planned for March 4th at the Director's Guild of America in Los Angeles. Speakers in New York will include Kevin Kline, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins and Lily Tomlin.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/27/afi_names_2006_moments_of_significance Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:46:17 EST Entertainment News 24623@http://www.starpulse.com/news The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the second portion of the AFI AWARDS 2006 deliberation process -- the year's AFI Moments of Significance. These eight noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2006.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/25/starpulse_top_10_of_2006_9_gone_but_not Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24249@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who left us in 2006 to pay our respects... Jazz, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls, lost a two year fight with brain and lung cancer (1/6). He was 72. Prolific film star of the 50s, 60s and 70s and star of such hits as Alfie and The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters at age 85 (1/14). 60s soul star Wilson Pickett, who brought us such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour age 64; of a heart attack (1/19); and actor Anthony Franciosa, 77 (1/19). Country singer Janette Carter, of cuuntry music's founding family, the Carters, 82 (1/22); and actor Chris Penn, 40, brother of actor Sean Penn who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1/24). And Coretta Scott King (76), civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (1/30).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/01/lindsay_lohan_says_letter_to_director_wa Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:50:26 EST Entertainment News 22734@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lindsay Lohan's has defended the letter she wrote following the death of director Robert Altman, insisting the message's unusual grammar and spelling doesn't matter because it was written "from the heart."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/28/little_miss_sunshine_half_nelson_top_spi Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:19:39 EST Entertainment News 22473@http://www.starpulse.com/news Don Cheadle and Felicity Huffman just announced the 2007 Spirit Award nominees at a press conference. Nominees for "Best Feature" are American Gun, The Dead Girl, Half Nelson, Little Miss Sunshine and Pan's Labyrinth.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/23/lindsay_lohan_sends_condolences_to_altma Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:18:34 EST Entertainment News 22142@http://www.starpulse.com/news Lindsay Lohan's "heart aches" in the wake of her A Prarie Home Companion director Robert Altman's death, and she has passed on her condolences to his family. Altman died on Monday night in Los Angeles at the age of 81. Lohan says, "I feel as if I've just had the wind knocked out of me and my heart aches."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/21/director_robert_altman_dies Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:07:56 EST Entertainment News 21993@http://www.starpulse.com/news Legendary director Robert Altman has died in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 81. The seven-time Oscar nominee, who picked up an honorary Academy Award earlier this year, passed away last night. No cause of death has yet been given.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/28/celebrity_panel_to_help_wannabe_filmmake Thu, 28 Sep 2006 08:56:37 EST Entertainment News 17069@http://www.starpulse.com/news One lucky wannabe director will get the opportunity to make it big in Hollywood thanks to a new star-studded initiative to turn struggling inner-city youths into filmmakers. A panel featuring celebrities like David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Tea Leoni and Ed Harris will pick the winning entry from 21 short films, and it will be shown at a gala dinner honoring movie mogul Robert Altman at the upcoming Malibu Film Festival.

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