Daily entertainment news covering Gus Van Sant en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/01/summer_tv_guide_true_blood_nurse_jackie_ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:15:56 EST Entertainment News 124652@http://www.starpulse.com/news There are many things to love about summer - the beach, the sunlight, the smiling faces all around you, and more reasons to get out and about.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/20/2009_oscar_predictions_who_should_win_aa Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:42:37 EST Entertainment News 111272@http://www.starpulse.com/news After months of speculation, it's finally time to man up and throw down with some hardcore Oscar predictions. But before we tell you who will and should win the Oscar on Sunday night

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/02/slumdog_millionaire_s_danny_boyle_lands_ Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:11:11 EST Entertainment News 109402@http://www.starpulse.com/news Danny Boyle has scooped the top accolade at the Directors Guild of America Awards for his hit film Slumdog Millionaire.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/23/oscar_nomination_reaction_the_snubs_surp Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:55:22 EST Entertainment News 108638@http://www.starpulse.com/news There's nothing better than a good surprise on Oscar morning, and this year we had one in almost every category. Before we get to the snubs, the surprises and who shouldn't be nominated,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/22/benjamin_button_leads_oscar_nominations_13 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:12:54 EST Entertainment News 108502@http://www.starpulse.com/news BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The romantic fantasy "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" led Academy Awards contenders Thursday with 13 nominations,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/22/tom_cruise_turned_down_part_in_milk_ Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:05:38 EST Entertainment News 108500@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Cruise was originally selected for Josh Brolin's acclaimed role in Gus Van Sant's new biopic Milk.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/21/final_oscar_nominee_predictions Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:46:01 EST Entertainment News 108420@http://www.starpulse.com/news The time has come, after several months of campaigning and voting, we're finally set for the big day. No, not the inauguration. Please. We're talking about Oscar morning.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/23/2009_early_oscar_nomination_predictions_ Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:10:59 EST Entertainment News 106613@http://www.starpulse.com/news The first major precursor award nominations were handed out this morning as the Screen Actors Guild revealed their 15th set of nominations.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/15/ap_critics_pick_top_films_of_2008 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:26:26 EST Entertainment News 106047@http://www.starpulse.com/news The top 10 films of 2008, according to AP Movie Writer David Germain:

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/10/milk_named_best_film_by_new_york_film_cr Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:07:28 EST Entertainment News 105790@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - "Milk," Gus Van Sant's movie about gay rights leader Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn, has been named best film by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/04/oscar_knight_batman_rises_to_serious_con Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:54:05 EST Entertainment News 105192@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the box-office bankroll climbed for "The Dark Knight" last summer, the Hollywood consensus was that a posthumous nomination for Heath Ledger

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/25/review_sean_penn_mesmerizes_in_van_sant_ Tue, 25 Nov 2008 08:40:50 EST Entertainment News 104480@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gus Van Sant has spent the past few years making dreamy, amorphous meditations on life and death that seemingly were intended for his hardcore fans, himself, and no one else.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/21/sean_penn_believes_gays_died_because_har Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:49:05 EST Entertainment News 104187@http://www.starpulse.com/news Fewer gays would have lost their lives to AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his prime, according to Sean Penn.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/11/12/12_upcoming_films_to_see_before_oscar_ni Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:52:30 EST Entertainment News 103360@http://www.starpulse.com/news This year's Oscar race isn't very deep with talent, and at this point there are probably only eight films with a legitimate shot at getting a nod for Best Picture.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/23/al_pacino_opens_rome_film_fest Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:31:13 EST Entertainment News 101598@http://www.starpulse.com/news ROME (AP) - Al Pacino kicked off the third edition of the Rome Film Festival, where he received an acting award and met with festive fans.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/23/hollywood_comes_out_in_support_of_gay_ma Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:26:05 EST Entertainment News 101593@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES — For weeks, Hollywood had been criticized for not contributing enough to defeat a ballot initiative in California that would ban same-sex marriage. Now, members of the film and TV industries

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/21/james_franco_was_uncomfortable_during_na Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:31:30 EST Entertainment News 101442@http://www.starpulse.com/news A naked pool scene in Harvey Milk biopic Milk made heterosexual Spider-Man star James Franco uncomfortable - because everyone else on the set was clothed. Franco, who plays San Francisco politician Milk's gay lover

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/19/movie_review_underdog_comedy_drillbit_ta Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:33:13 EST Entertainment News 81555@http://www.starpulse.com/news Do you hear that? That shrill, shrieking sound coming from your local multiplex? That would be the Judd Apatow machine slowly, steadily winding down after humming along so brilliantly for so long.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/14/sean_penn_s_gay_movie_kiss_ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:16:12 EST Entertainment News 81162@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sean Penn shares an onscreen smooch with a male co-star in his latest movie role, playing one of America's first openly gay politicians. Penn's co-star Mark Martinez claims the Oscar winner embraced the kiss, and threw himself wholeheartedly into the lip-lock.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/04/celebrity_spotlight_casey_affleck Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:36:27 EST Entertainment News 76765@http://www.starpulse.com/news Casey Affleck is an Academy Award-nominated actor, but many people know him as Ben Affleck's little brother. Affleck was born Caleb Casey Affleck on August 12, 1975, in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/29/sean_penn_aamp_james_franco_considered_h Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:23:41 EST Entertainment News 76077@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sean Penn and James Franco considered living like gay lovers for new biopic Milk, but their schedules wouldn't allow it. The two stars play homosexuals Harvey Milk and Scott Smith in Gus Van Sant's new movie about the openly gay San Francisco city supervisor (Milk), who was assassinated in 1977.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/01/18/point_counterpoint_should_hollywood_stop Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:45:24 EST Entertainment News 74895@http://www.starpulse.com/news Over the years many classic movies have been remade. Don't get me wrong, some of those remakes have been really good. But the majority of the movies have been really bad.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/30/movie_review_american_gangster_plows_fam Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:51:16 EST Entertainment News 65913@http://www.starpulse.com/news So perhaps ''American Gangster,'' Ridley Scott's much-anticipated mobster epic, doesn't have a single original idea in its head, with its unshakable shades of ''Scarface'' and ''Serpico'' and ''Superfly.'' And maybe it's a half-hour too long - this time of year, what film with awards ambitions isn't?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/15/new_york_film_fest_announces_lineup_heav Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:47:36 EST Entertainment News 56038@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Film Festival announced the lineup for its 45th festival on Wednesday, unveiling a slate heavy on U.S. films. Among the directors bringing films to the festival:

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/22/coen_brothers_spin_a_murderous_texas_tal Tue, 22 May 2007 14:44:30 EST Entertainment News 43737@http://www.starpulse.com/news CANNES, France (AP) - At a hotel beside the sun-dappled Mediterranean, the Coen brothers are recalling a harsh world of dust, drugs and death. The American siblings' latest film, ''No Country for Old Men,'' is a tale of murder that has impressed audiences and critics at Cannes Film Festival.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/21/gus_van_sant_hired_paranoid_park_cast_fr Mon, 21 May 2007 13:12:15 EST Entertainment News 43529@http://www.starpulse.com/news Gus Van Sant hired almost the entire cast of his new movie Paranoid Park on social networking website MySpace. The film adaptation of a Blake Nelson novel follows the story of a 16-year-old skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/16/cannes_film_festival_turns_60_with_micha Wed, 16 May 2007 08:44:21 EST Entertainment News 42740@http://www.starpulse.com/news CANNES, France (AP) - The paint is almost dry, the red carpet is being unfurled, the stars are ready to glitter. The 60th annual Cannes Film Festival opens Wednesday as a celebration of celluloid and celebrity, with a lineup including George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Michael Moore and Quentin Tarantino.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/02/see_the_city_of_light_through_a_series_o Wed, 02 May 2007 14:30:49 EST Entertainment News 40541@http://www.starpulse.com/news In Paris, Je T'aime, celebrated directors from around the world, including the Coen Brothers, Gus Van Sant, Gurinder Chadha, Wes Craven, Walter Salles, Alexander Payne and Olivier Assayas, have come together to portray Paris in a way never before imagined.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/19/quentin_tarantino_is_in_running_for_palm Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:42:25 EST Entertainment News 38834@http://www.starpulse.com/news Moviemaker Quentin Tarantino has been nominated for the top prize at next month's Cannes Film Festival in France. Tarantino's Death Proof - half of the horror doublebill Grindhouse - will compete against his peers Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park), Wong Kar Wai (My Blueberry Nights), and The Coen brothers (No Country For Old Men), among others, for the prestigious Palme d'Or.

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