Daily entertainment news covering The French Connection en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/16/overrated_aamp_underrated_oscar_winners_ Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:00:51 EST Entertainment News 110653@http://www.starpulse.com/news Saying a Best Picture winner is overrated is quite simple. If you think a movie is terrible and it won Best Picture ipso facto it is overrated. But what about an underrated Best Picture winner?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/22/the_most_underrated_aamp_overrated_influ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:28:24 EST Entertainment News 96293@http://www.starpulse.com/news Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and on television it often appears to be the only form of creativity. Yes, ever since Milton Berle first stole a joke for "Texaco Star Theatre",

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/19/top_movie_cops_list Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:49:48 EST Entertainment News 90527@http://www.starpulse.com/news I know what your thinking. When ranking the top movie cops of all time did we rank six cops or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/24/robin_moore_author_of_green_berets_the_f_82 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:30:00 EST Entertainment News 78921@http://www.starpulse.com/news HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Robin Moore, a nonfiction author best known for writing The French Connection and The Green Berets, has died after a long illness. He was 82.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/10/roy_scheider_best_known_for_role_in_bloc_75 Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:58:36 EST Entertainment News 77549@http://www.starpulse.com/news LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie Jaws, has died. He was 75.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/07/legendary_director_william_friedkin_dire Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:00:00 EST Entertainment News 70509@http://www.starpulse.com/news Legendary director William Friedkin is following in the footsteps of Quentin Tarantino - he's directed an episode of hit TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/30/sherry_lansing_william_friedkin_sue_secu Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:56:13 EST Entertainment News 58041@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Hollywood power couple is suing a home security company for allegedly mishandling a burglary at their Bel-Air home last year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/08/french_to_honor_friedkin Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:05:34 EST Entertainment News 55145@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director William Friedkin has been named an Officer In The Order Of Arts And Letters by the French government. The filmmaker, best known for his classic 1970s movies The French Connection and The Exorcist, will be presented with his honor at a ceremony in Paris this autumn.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/01/movie_review_the_bourne_ultimatum_easily Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:00:44 EST Entertainment News 53920@http://www.starpulse.com/news All along, they've been calling this the summer of threes - you know how ''they'' can be, putting things into tidy little boxes. And they focused mainly on the ballyhooed blockbusters that came out at the beginning of the summer: third installments in the ''Spider-Man,'' ''Shrek'' and ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchises.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/22/woody_allen_to_direct_la_opera_i_have_no Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:40:10 EST Entertainment News 48324@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Woody Allen, directing an opera? In Los Angeles? It will happen in September 2008, according to Placido Domingo, general director of the Los Angeles Opera.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/05/jaws_star_roy_scheider_selling_oceanfron Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:02:27 EST Entertainment News 45535@http://www.starpulse.com/news SAGAPONACK, N.Y. (AP) - Roy Scheider says he is selling his five-bedroom oceanfront home in the Hamptons to Billy Joel for a price ''close'' to $18.75 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/22/movie_review_bug_begins_life_as_an_intri Tue, 22 May 2007 08:47:47 EST Entertainment News 43605@http://www.starpulse.com/news ''Bug'' is a different kind of woman-in-peril movie starring Ashley Judd, which has long been its own specific genre. Judd is indeed in peril here once again, following ''Kiss the Girls'' and ''Twisted'' and the like, but she gets to prove she can actually act with some depth, and not just look pretty under strain.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/20/survey_says_de_niro_s_ronin_has_greatest Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:39:00 EST Entertainment News 34482@http://www.starpulse.com/news Robert De Niro's 1998 action movie Ronin has topped a new list of the Greatest Movie Car Chases. The film's classic race through the streets of Paris, France is "a top-notch white-knuckle ride," according to Maxim.com. The speedy scenes beat Steve McQueen's racy efforts in Bullitt and the car chaos of The Blues Brothers to top the Internet poll.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2005/12/27/new_movies_added_to_the_national_film_re Tue, 27 Dec 2005 12:30:08 EST Entertainment News 1452@http://www.starpulse.com/news The National Film Preservation Board just announced the 25 films selected this year for the National Film Registry. The list includes Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Hoop Dreams, Miracle on 34th Street, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Toy Story. The list of all 25 films are:

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