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In 1969 Richard Nixon became president, the "Miracle" Mets won the World Series, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the very first lunar stroll, and Led Zeppelin's debut album was released. In addition to these historic events, 1969 was also the birth year of several Hollywood A-listers,

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/10/06/michael_douglas_to_receive_lifetime_achi Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:13:15 EST Entertainment News 100046@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood star Michael Douglas is to be honored with the American Film Institute (AFI)'s lifetime achievement award next summer - 18 years after his actor father Kirk Douglas was presented with the same accolade.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/18/movie_review_things_we_lost_in_the_fire_ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:00:29 EST Entertainment News 64222@http://www.starpulse.com/news Danish director Susanne Bier brings a stripped-down, Dogma sensibility to ''Things We Lost in the Fire,'' which could have been an overwrought story of loss and redemption but in Bier's hands has powerful revelations.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/17/benicio_del_toro_to_swap_acting_for_dire Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:16:54 EST Entertainment News 64156@http://www.starpulse.com/news Oscar-winner Benicio Del Toro is to take a break from acting - because he is desperate to direct movies not star in them. The 40-year-old, who claimed the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in 2001's Traffic, made his first movie nearly two decades ago and feels it's time for a fresh challenge.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/25/john_slattery_does_double_duty_with_regu Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:58:28 EST Entertainment News 61328@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - On ''Desperate Housewives,'' John Slattery plays a wily politician. On ''Mad Men,'' he's an advertising agency magnate.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/20/benicio_del_toro_to_play_revolutionary_e Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:37:50 EST Entertainment News 52396@http://www.starpulse.com/news MADRID, Spain (AP) - Benicio del Toro will play Argentine revolutionary Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara in a film directed by Steve Soderbergh, the film's production company said Thursday.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/18/catherine_zeta_jones_doesn_t_put_caviar_ Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:30:55 EST Entertainment News 52211@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has dismissed reports she washes her hair with caviar and truffles, insisting she'd sooner eat the products than put them on her head. A British newspaper recently claimed the Traffic star spends $400 per wash on caviar shampoo - flown from Iran five days before her visit to a beauty salon in London - to get an unbeatable shine.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/30/morgan_freeman_to_host_afi_s_100_years_1 Wed, 30 May 2007 14:14:40 EST Entertainment News 44751@http://www.starpulse.com/news Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman will host AFI'S "100 Years ... 100 Movies — 10th Anniversary Edition," a new entertainment special counting down the greatest movies of all time, to be broadcast Wednesday, June 20 (8:0011:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/27/filmmaker_steven_soderbergh_is_rejected_ Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:10:20 EST Entertainment News 32032@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Steven Soderbergh was asked to report for jury duty at Manhattan Supreme Court yesterday but was shocked when the judge refused to believe his esteemed Hollywood status. The Good German and Traffic filmmaker was called in to listen to the statutory rape case of an Upper East Side teacher accused of seducing two male students.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/25/high_definition_tv_can_affect_stars_acad Sun, 25 Feb 2007 17:00:00 EST Entertainment News 31817@http://www.starpulse.com/news Hollywood stars attending tonight's Academy Awards ceremony need to be extra mindful of their appearance - because TV bosses have warned celebrities of the effects high definition (HD) television broadcasts can have on their looks. HD television pictures are four times clearer than a standard image, and TV expert Philip Swann believes actresses like Angelina Jolie and Catherine Zeta-Jones will benefit from the close-ups, while others like Brad Pitt would look terrible under the spotlight.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/01/steven_soderbergh_plans_back_to_back_fil Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:48:49 EST Entertainment News 20225@http://www.starpulse.com/news Steven Soderbergh is set to shoot two back-to-back films about Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara. Soderbergh and Benicio Del Toro, who will play Guevara, have been working on the movies since they made Traffic together in 2000.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/03/michael_douglas_aamp_catherine_zeta_jone_1 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:26:54 EST Entertainment News 11880@http://www.starpulse.com/news Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are lining up alongside each other in a new movie, playing leading lady and villain. The pair has often rejected the opportunity to play lovers onscreen, and instead the actress will take on an evil Douglas in adventure drama "Racing The Monsoon."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/05/04/huge_hollywood_cast_for_scarface_the_wor Thu, 04 May 2006 13:30:40 EST Entertainment News 6532@http://www.starpulse.com/news Vivendi Games' ("VG") Sierra Entertainment has unveiled part of the A-list talent that will help bring drug-lord Tony Montana's criminal empire to life in the upcoming video game Scarface: The World Is Yours. Attracting an unprecedented array of Hollywood's brightest film and television stars as well as returning cast members from the 1983 classic film, the hotly-anticipated game will plunge players deep into the seedy underbelly of 1980s Miami as they rebuild Tony Montana's empire and seek vengeance on his enemies.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/24/motorcycle_diaries_is_a_tough_act_to_fol Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:59:28 EST Entertainment News 3595@http://www.starpulse.com/news Steven Soderberg is finding making his Ernesto 'Che' Guevara biopic even more difficult after the success of 2004 movie The Motorcyle Diaries. While Soderbergh was unimpressed with early films about the Argentine revolutionary, he admits he was pleasantly surprised by the critically acclaimed Walter Salles film, which starred Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal.

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