Daily entertainment news covering Stanley Kubrick en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/10/sarah_s_cinema_musings_trailer_tmi Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:43:49 EST Entertainment News 133501@http://www.starpulse.com/news We all have experienced the aggravation of pre-feature film stuffing in the movie theater. With increased ticket prices and over inflated concession items

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/06/18/oz_2001_vertigo_among_afi_top_genre_flic Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:16:35 EST Entertainment News 90374@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/08/there_will_be_backlash_radiohead_star_fa Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:05:24 EST Entertainment News 77362@http://www.starpulse.com/news Beneath the sky blue dome of the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, an eclectic packed house waited eagerly, most of them sandwiched shoulder to shoulder in the wooden pews. The unforeseen overflow attendees were relegated to folding chairs on either side of the Holy Water fountain.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/05/george_clooney_cinemas_golden_age_is_ove Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:31:44 EST Entertainment News 76860@http://www.starpulse.com/news George Clooney in confident the 'golden age' of cinema has passed - and current movies fail to live up to the greatness of their predecessors.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/01/alfred_hitchcock_tops_directors_poll Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:00:20 EST Entertainment News 58325@http://www.starpulse.com/news Alfred Hitchcock has topped a poll naming the greatest directors of all time.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/26/celebrity_birthdays_july_58 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 46704@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh (1980), Christian pop singer Rebecca St. James (1977), "Click" star Kate Beckinsale (1973), "Entourage" star Jeremy Piven (1965), "The Lake House" star Sandra Bullock (1964), Japanese composer Keiko Matsui (1961), "Superman Returns" bad guy Kevin Spacey (1959), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" actress Nana Visitor (1957), Queen drummer Roger Taylor (1949), English actress Helen Mirren (1945), Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger (1943), prolific film director Stanley Kubrick (1928; d. 1999), actor James Best (1926), baseball legend Hoyt Wilhelm (1923; d. 2002), "Magnolia" actor Jason Robards (1922; d. 2000), film director Blake Edwards (1922), and "I Love Lucy" actress Vivian Vance (1909; d. 1979).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/19/malcolm_mcdowell_is_not_scared_of_eye_dr Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:57:22 EST Entertainment News 52355@http://www.starpulse.com/news British actor Malcolm McDowell has slammed rumours he has a phobia of eye drops after his performance in iconic Stanley Kubrick movie A Clockwork Orange. The star played Alex de Large in the controversial 1971 film, with his violent character forced to continually watch a montage of human atrocities with his eyes prised open with clamps in a bid to "reform" him.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/17/film_review_sunshine_dims_flames_out_aft Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:48:05 EST Entertainment News 51826@http://www.starpulse.com/news High gas prices, the need for alternate-energy sources, even global warming are tiny blips next to the problem encountered in the intriguing but ultimately unsatisfying sci-fi tale ''Sunshine,'' in which our friend Mr. Sun runs out of fuel.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/tom_cruise_wins_momi_honor Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:49:58 EST Entertainment News 51009@http://www.starpulse.com/news Tom Cruise is set to be honored at New York City's Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in November. The Minority Report star, 45, follows in the footsteps of former honorees Sidney Lumet, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, Al Pacino, Sidney Poitier, Julia Roberts and James Stewart.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/25/mick_jagger_almost_landed_lead_clockwork Fri, 25 May 2007 10:01:44 EST Entertainment News 44205@http://www.starpulse.com/news Mick Jagger almost beat actor Malcolm McDowell to the lead role in cult classic A Clockwork Orange - because his band owned the rights to the book. McDowell shot to fame playing the bowler-hatted delinquent Alex in the 1971 film, but feared he'd never get the chance to showcase his talents because there was a more famous rocker rival vying for it too.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/15/overlord_the_wwii_film_shot_by_stanley_k Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:30:00 EST Entertainment News 38134@http://www.starpulse.com/news Seamlessly interweaving archival war footage and a fictional narrative, Stuart Cooper's immersive account of one 20-year-old's journey from basic training to the battle front lines at D-day brings all the terrors and isolation of war to its viewers with jolting authenticity.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/23/vh1_counts_down_the_greatest_internet_su_8 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:02:47 EST Entertainment News 35143@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Numa Numa kid, Gary Brolsma, reigns as the #1 internet superstar on VH1's countdown special, Web Junk Presents: 40 Greatest Internet Superstars, premiering Friday, March 23 at 8 PM (et/pt).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/21/john_malkovich_improvised_stanley_kubric Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:16:14 EST Entertainment News 34796@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actor John Malkovich improvised much of his role as a Stanley Kubrick impersonator in his new film - as it made the character "more believable". The star plays Alan Conway in Colour Me Kubrick, an Englishman who pretended to be the reclusive director in the early 1990s. And Malkovich insists his approach to the part differed from any of his previous acting roles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/05/30_seconds_to_mars_sets_modern_rock_radi Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:09:55 EST Entertainment News 28239@http://www.starpulse.com/news With a record-setting run of 50 weeks on the Billboard Modern Rock airplay chart and counting, "The Kill," by Virgin Records platinum rock quartet 30 Seconds To Mars is now the longest-running hit in the history of the Modern Rock chart, which first started monitoring in 1988.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/29/clockwork_orange_estate_to_be_demolished Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:32:10 EST Entertainment News 27439@http://www.starpulse.com/news Residents of a town in south England are celebrating after winning their fight to tear down the housing estate immortalized in 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Director Stanley Kubrick's violent masterpiece depicted a bleak futuristic vision of Britain, and the Tavy Bridge estate in Bexley, Kent was chosen as the perfect backdrop for the film.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/04/30_seconds_to_mars_a_beautiful_lie_goes_2007 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 12:32:25 EST Entertainment News 25099@http://www.starpulse.com/news A Beautiful Lie, the second album by Virgin Records’ 30 Seconds To Mars has been certified platinum for U.S. sales of over a million copies, the label announced today. The album was released on August 30, 2005.

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