Daily entertainment news covering Billy Wilder en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/16/david_chase_to_develop_miniseries_for_hb Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:20:31 EST Entertainment News 114148@http://www.starpulse.com/news David Chase, multi-award-winning creator of "The Sopranos," is returning to HBO to develop a miniseries about the invention of cinema and subsequent growth of the Hollywood film industry.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/28/spike_lee_to_make_broadway_debut_with_st_17 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:52:06 EST Entertainment News 49284@http://www.starpulse.com/news Moviemaker Spike Lee is to make his Broadway directing debut by taking charge of a new production of Donald Bevan and Edmund Trzcinski's play "Stalag 17" next year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/21/welles_kane_remains_citizen_no_1_among_a Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:52:22 EST Entertainment News 48175@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - The years have been kind to ''Citizen Kane,'' including the last decade. The 1941 Orson Welles classic - the story of a wealthy young idealist transformed by scandal and vice into a regretful old recluse - was again rated the best movie ever Wednesday by the American Film Institute.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/02/billy_bob_thornton_owes_his_writing_care Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:00:00 EST Entertainment News 28074@http://www.starpulse.com/news Billy Bob Thornton credits his screenwriting career with an inspirational talk from late filmmaker Billy Wilder. The Hollywood actor decided to pursue a second career as a movie writer after a chat with Wilder, who co-wrote the screenplays for Some Like It Hot, The Apartment and The Seven Year Itch, and his decision was proved right when he won a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for 1997's Sling Blade.

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