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Check Out Aaron Eckhart in Battle: Los Angeles
29 December 2009 8:09 PM, PST
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I like Aaron Eckhart and I’m actually looking forward to his next movie where he leads a platoon of Marines against… aliens! How can that not be good? The film is called Battle: Los Angeles and the title says it all (except the aliens part).
Ekchart was cast as the lead back in November of 2008, following the success of The Dark Knight and this summer, it was announced that Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Pena and Bridget Moynahan would be joining the fight as well, alongside Ramon Rodriguez (TF2: Revenge of the Fallen) and R&B singer–songwriter/record producer/actor, Ne-Yo.
Two new photos surfaced over the holidays for the sci-fi action flick; one depicting Eckhart in battle attire and the other of an explosion.
When hostile aliens invade, they go straight to blowing up La
Aaron Eckhart in uniform with his troops
If you’re curious as to what expect from this movie,
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Set Photos from Battle: Los Angeles Starring Aaron Eckhart
23 December 2009 4:43 PM, PST
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Some new set photos from Battle: Los Angeles have popped up online. They’re not bad for set photos when you consider one of them shows a mushroom cloud going up. That’s slightly better than an actor in costume leaving their trailer. I guess that’s the true power of mushroom clouds. Oh, and they’re the effect of an explosion killing thousands upon thousands of people. That’s also one of the things they’re known for. There’s also a photo of Aaron Eckhart in costume looking like a bad-ass.
Here’s the official plot synopsis so you know what causes mushroom clouds and bad-ass Eckhart: When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become
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Battle set photos
23 December 2009 11:16 AM, PST
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No holiday is complete without aliens vs. the Marines.
Photos from the set of Battle: Los Angeles have popped up online today. They show us a perspective of the action that is soon to rain upon the sunny city. If you aren't up to speed on the plot of the film, here's the official synopsis:
When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it.s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the
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Set Pics For 'Battle: Los Angeles'
23 December 2009 6:54 AM, PST
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Some new set photos from "Battle: Los Angeles" have popped up online.
The set pics show off some explosions going on during filming of "Battle: Los Angeles," about an alien invasion and the human forces that trying to stop it.
Here’s the official synopsis of the film:
When unknown forces put the City of Angels under attack, it’s up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to come to the rescue. As the invasion hits the streets of L.A., the Marines become our first and last line of defense against a highly powerful enemy. Bridget Moynahan (I, Robot), Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) and Michael Peña (World Trade Center) co-star alongside an ensemble cast including Ramon Rodriguez and Ne-Yo.
Film is due out February 18, 2011.
Check out the set pics below.
Source: i09
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Report: Kanye to Join Gaga on Stage Tonight
21 December 2009 3:17 AM, PST
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The rumor mill is abuzz today regarding the Lady Gaga concert in Los Angeles tonight! She kicks off her three-night City of Angels run at the Nokia Theater tonight, and we hear a couple of surprise guests may show up!
And we’re not talking audience members—we’re talking surprise acts on stage! According to E!, both Beyonce and Kanye West are rumored to share the stage with Gaga on at least one of the nights in La.
Gaga has been linked to both superstars this year—in fact she was supposed to have been touring with Kanye
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Celebrating Xmas With X
19 December 2009 2:47 PM, PST
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By Dominic Patten
Christmas in La.
It is, as are so many things in this bedeviling City of Angels, a constant pastiche of the worthy, the traditional, the transplanted, the craven and the outlandish.
Yet, as the rest of the continent falls into a deep freeze, it is heartening to find that in the SoCal realism, as it is, of the season, there is always a bit of magic in the air. Specifically at the Wiltern Saturday night. That’s where local punk legends X will be, to quote one of their tunes from the '80s, painting the town blue in what seems to be a hometown tradition in the making.
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From Vampires And Werewolves In 'Twilight' To 'Fallen' Angels
10 December 2009 12:30 PM, PST
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From Hollywood Crush: Tired of vampires and werewolves yet? So may be Hollywood, where there seems to be a scramble to figure out what kind of fantastical creature will be the next big thing. A few months ago, we thought faeries were taking over. But now The Hollywood Reporter is claiming “angels have been identified as the next trend in young-adult fiction.”
Evidence of this supposed craze comes with the announcement that Disney is bringing Lauren Kate’s new young-adult novel “Fallen” to the big screen. The book, which is the first of a four-part series, involves a love triangle between a teen girl and two guys, both of whom are fallen angels.
Sounds like “Twilight” with cherubim, and I can already envision the “Team Daniel” and “Team Cam” t-shirts aligned to each of the angelic suitors. Angels as love interests is hardly a new concept, of course, with films like “The Bishop’s Wife,
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- Christopher Campbell
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Finale of Paramount's Circle of Eight Now Live!
8 December 2009 5:10 PM, PST
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Paramount's online webseries, Circle of Eight, comes to an end today and you can check out the finale right now on MySpace.
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Jessica, a newcomer to the City of Angels, has just moved into a loft on the eighth floor of The Dante, a historic and eerie downtown building filled with friendly twenty-something neighbors who eagerly welcome her into their bohemian world. Or do they? As Jessica races to unravel the mystery behind a chain of horrifying deaths that only she seems to see, she’ll come face-to-face with the chilling truth behind her connection to The Dante. Join her and her hot neighbor, Evan, in ten intense episodes that offer multiple levels of interaction, including hidden clues, mobile content, an online game, and exclusive material that builds the back story of the characters and their relationships and gives the audience the chance to affect their futures. Paramount Digital
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Michael Feinstein and Cheyenne Jackson Release Their Duet CD 'The Power Of Two', CD Signing At Lincoln Center 12/3
3 December 2009 12:30 AM, PST
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Michael Feinstein, the five-time Grammy Award nominated, plantinum-selling singer and pianist, and Cheyenne Jackson - the Broadway star of Xanadu, All Shook Up and the current revival of Finian's Rainbow - have announced the release of their first CD together, The Power of Two. Based on the sold-out engagement at Michael's New York nightclub, Feinstein's at Loews Regency the disc features pop songs, classic standards and numbers from Broadway shows like Kiss Me Kate, City Of Angels and The King and I.
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DVD Of The Week: The Exiles
19 November 2009 10:55 PM, PST
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by Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Exiles
directed by Kent MacKenzie
1961, 72 minutes, USA
Milestone Films
Most people have probably never heard of Kent MacKenzie's historically and culturally essential film The Exiles (1961). Some clips of it surfaced in Thom Andersen's exceptional 2004 cine-essay Los Angeles Plays Itself—about the The City of Angels as depicted in movies—but unfortunately, most people have never heard of that film either. Andersen included it prominently because it managed to find vivid corners of the city that didn't actually look like set dressing. Now, thanks to Milestone Films (who also gave us the 2007 re-release and 2008 DVD of Charles Burnett's extraordinary Killer of Sheep), The Exiles has been released uncut on an outstanding two-disc set—presented by Burnett himself.
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Blu-Ray Review: Glorious ‘Wings of Desire’ Given Criterion Treatment
19 November 2009 10:22 AM, PST
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Chicago – When true film fans receive the monthly Criterion newsletter, they usually skim it looking for their favorite films. It’s not that Criterion really ever makes bad decisions, but when a personal favorite gets the call, it’s like watching the baseball player you grew up idolizing get inducted into the Hall of Fane. Such is the feeling I get when I look at the Criterion Blu-Ray release of “Wings of Desire,” one of the most lyrically beautiful films ever made.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
Wim Wenders’ 1987 masterpiece is the filmmaker’s ode to his favorite city, Berlin, using faith and love as its instruments. Some readers may know the story better from the Nicolas Cage remake “City of Angels,” but that film is merely a shadow of one of the most acclaimed works of the last three decades. Bruno Ganz plays Damiel, an angel who wanders the streets of Berlin
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Wings Of Desire Criterion Blu-ray Review
11 November 2009 9:15 PM, PST
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Wings of Desire is one of those films that I’ve always wanted to see, but been weary of getting around to watching. Sure, it’s a well-respected classic of its time, often cited as one of the great films of the 1980’s, and held the cache of “the foreign film people who don’t watch foreign films love” much like films like Amelie or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But when the film came out Pauline Kael decimated it in her review. And I hate being the movie guy who doesn’t like films that everyone else likes, which is often the case. My review after the jump.
Kael was wrong; it’s a touching fable about two angels hovering over Germany. They are Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Dumont), and they listen in on a number of different people as they observe humanity from a ablack and white distance.
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- Andre Dellamorte
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DVD Of The Week & Podcast: Wings of Desire
7 November 2009 10:34 AM, PST
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In celebration of Criterion's deluxe double-dvd and Blu-ray treatment of Wings of Desire, my Benten Films partner-in-crime Andrew Grant and I rewatched Wim Wenders' 1987 masterpiece (and pored over the bonus features) to discuss the film's elusive magic and why a work so specific to East-West German tensions has aged so gracefully. Andrew reminisces about spending time in Berlin around the era of the production, with other topics of conversation including They Might Be Giants, Nick Cave's inner thoughts, Peter Falk's unconscious plot hole, a rather unfortunate sequel, and how Wings of Desire almost ended with an pie fight. If you haven't already absorbed its pleasures (or, god forbid, you only know its atrocious H'wood remake, City of Angels), here's the Criterion synopsis:
Wings of Desire is one of cinema's loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears,
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Wings of Desire: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
2 November 2009 7:16 AM, PST
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Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (Der Himmel uber Berlin) centers around two guardian angels, Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sander). The duo .alongside other angels- act as witnesses to all that takes place around them on Earth (the streets of 1987 West Berlin, to be precise). Moving invisibly through the haunted city, they observe, collect and share people's thoughts, dreams, memories and fears with each other. After an eternity of observing, Damiel begins to ponder the possibility of becoming mortal, and when he encounters and falls for a lonely trapeze artist named Marion (Solveig Dommartin), he decides to take the plunge and become human.
Until Damiel makes that leap, nearly two-thirds into the movie's 127-minute running time, there really isn't much of a structured plot to speak of in Wings of Desire. The film is more of a reflection on the human condition, expressed through a series of sequences of inner monologues.
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Westport Country Playhouse Gala Held 11/2, Naughton, O'Hara & More To Perform
2 November 2009 12:30 AM, PST
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Westport Country Playhouse's Gala 2009 will feature a star-studded evening of entertainment and conviviality on Monday, November 2, highlighted by special salutes to Mary Rodgers Guettel, composer, and Elisabeth Morten, Playhouse board of trustees chairman. Honorary gala co-chairs are Anne Keefe and JoAnne Woodward, former Playhouse artistic directors. Proceeds, in part, will support the Woodward Intern and Apprentice program, recently named in recognition of Ms. Woodward's interest in training the next generation of theater artists. The Playhouse's intern and apprentice program has been in existence since 1946.
A special tribute will be made to Ms. Rodgers Guettel, who began her theatrical career as a Playhouse intern in 1950, and went on to write the music for the Broadway hit, "Once Upon a Mattress." She is the daughter of composer Richard Rodgers. Stephen Sondheim, who also was in the 1950 Playhouse intern class, and Christopher Plummer, will be present to honor Ms. Rodgers Guettel.
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The Fantasticks to Kick Off Long Wharf's 2009-10 Season Oct 7 - Nov 1
1 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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Long Wharf Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Ray Cullom, will present the beloved musical The Fantasticks, directed by Amanda Dehnert, from October 7 through November 1, 2009, on the Mainstage.
Press night is Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 p.m. Curtain times are Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Wednesdays at 2 and 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3p.m. and 8p.m., and Sundays at 2p.m. and 7p.m. Tickets are $30-$70.
"I have loved The Fantasticks since I was a little kid," said Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. "This will be so much fun for the entire family."
This hit musical with book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt, the longest running Off-Broadway musical in history, tells the story of Luisa and Matt, a pair entering the bloom of their youth. Their fathers, scheming to encourage their budding love, hire
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Photo Gallery: Robert Pattinson Raids Rite Aid
30 October 2009 11:39 AM, PDT
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Hey, even the World's Sexiest Vampire needs to go to the drug store on occasion.
Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson, who arrived in Los Angeles after wrapping up production on the Twilight sequel Eclipse on Thursday, was spotted at a Rite Aid in Hollywood on Friday, surrounded by bodyguards and fans.
Nice to have you back in the City of Angels, R-Pattz.
Check out the pics and let us know in the comments section: What do you think Rob was picking up at the drug store?
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Exclusive Video: Enter The Circle of Eight with New Clip
26 October 2009 5:22 AM, PDT
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Paramount Digital Entertainment brings you Circle of Eight, starring DJ Qualls alongside rising stars Austin Highsmith and Ryan Doom and a sizzling cast of the industry's newest talent. Welcome to the circle, the compelling experience where the fate of the story and the possible redemption of its characters is in your hands. You can watch this thrilling 10-part film series when it premieres this Tuesday, October 27 at Circle of 8. To celebrate this awesome interactive experience, we have an exclusive clip from the film featuring its star DJ Qualls as he intersects a lovers' quarrel with his trusty video camera. To watch the video, click on the clip below:
Jessica, a newcomer to the City of Angels, has just moved into a loft on the eighth floor of The Dante, a historic and eerie downtown building filled with friendly twenty-something neighbors who eagerly welcome her into their bohemian world. Or do they?
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Abby's trip to NCIS Los Angeles is set
22 October 2009 11:04 AM, PDT
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Circle the date on the calendar. On November 24 -- that's right before Thanksgiving so you might be busy with other stuff -- don't miss NCIS: Los Angeles because Pauley Perrette's Abby will be guesting. She won't just be on a monitoring talking to the folks in L.A.; she'll be in the City of Angels.
Goth Abby in the City of Angels? We knew it was coming. But how oxymoronic. All that sunshine is counter to the dark vibe, although if you ask me, Abby is a walking oxymoron. She's a scientist in love with forensics who is covered in tattoos, has a dog collar as a necklace and likes pigtails.
Anyway, back to the crossover. Michael Ausiello's sources have leaked to him at EW.com that Abby's visit to the Left Coast is a major plot point. Abby is not there by choice; she's been abducted.
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Norrington Submits Crow Script
21 October 2009 11:48 PM, PDT
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Stephen Norrington, the director that kicked off the Blade franchise and caused Sir Sean Connery to retire after the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen debacle, has submitted a well-received draft script for his new Crow film, according to an anonymous source at Mania.As we reported last December, Norrington is prepping the film for Relativity Media (The Wolfman, MacGruber) and has promised an "almost documentary style" to differentiate the reboot from the fantastical gothic original. A "new character and storyline" are promised, so this isn't a remake per se, staving off the problem of having to exactly replace the iconic Brandon Lee, who was famously, tragically killed just before filming finished on The Crow 1.But Norrington's Crow will have to work hard to avoid the pitfalls of the rest of the series, which staggered with City of Angels, reeled with Salvation, and finally collapsed choking to the floor and expired with Wicked Prayer.
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