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Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose fro...
Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose from a number of showtimes. Films, featuring "movie stars," are distributed by movie studios, which are large production companies. Movie reviews, written by film critics, appear regularly via numerous media outlets and can have a major effect on the success of a film and how much money is made.
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Blog: 'Lord of the Rings' writing team returns for 'The Hobbit'
Los Angeles TimesThe essential pieces of "The Hobbit" are falling into place. The latest announcement confirms the rumor that Peter Jackson and his "Lord of the Rings" screenplay collaborators, Fran Walsh (Jackson's wife) and Phillipa Boyens, will be returning to write...Tags: Peter Jackson, Guillermo Del Toro
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Child Porn Sweep Nets Local Deputy, Attorney
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- 55 men are being charged with possession of child pornography, including a sheriff's deputy and at least one attorney, following an eight-month investigation. San Luis Obispo County sheriff's Deputy Bryan Jon Goossens and attorney Thomas...Tags: People, Court Administration, Local Authority, Pornography, Justice System
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Rewind/Fast Forward Film and Video Festival through Sunday
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Rewind/Fast Forward Film and Video Festival offers restored prints of classic films, painting lessons, a glimpse of Miami's future (as predicted in the 1960s) and more through Sunday, Aug. 24. It begins Thursday night with art historian and critic...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Miami Beach, Jayne Mansfield, Dundee, Florida
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GM Style Event nixed from 2009 NAIAS activities
Autoblog.comFiled under: Marketing/Advertising, GMClick above for high-res gallery of 2008 GM Style EventAfter two years of combining celebrities, fashion and music with the best of its vehicle lineup, General Motors has decided that the 2009 GM Style Event just isn'... -
Glenn Andreiev at Cinema Arts' filmmaking workshop
Learn how to make your own movies on a budget at Cinema Art Centre's two-day workshop with director Glenn Andreiev, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. It's $85, reserve at 800-838-3006, cinemaartscentre.org. -
Busch buyout
The Virginia Gazette“I do not understand what the fuss is about a Belgian company taking over Budweiser. Since World War II, American corporations have been buying companies all over the world. I remember Kodak buying a photo filmmaker in Europe that was giving it...Tags: Public Finance, State Budgets
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Good Readings At Westport
The Hartford CourantWestport play readings have become a starry affair. Last month, there was Christopher Walken in "Arsenic and Old Lace." Now, Oscar winner Marisa Tomei ("My Cousin Vinny"), at right, will be among the actors taking part in a reading of Clifford Odets'...Tags: Westport Country Playhouse, Theater, Joanne Woodward, Clifford Odets, Westport
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TODAY'S PICKS
AMERICAN MASTERS (8 p.m., WNET/13) - In 2000's "Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy," Carol Burnett, Fran Drescher, other comedic actresses, relatives and filmmaker Pamela Mason Wagner chronicle Ball's talent, business acumen and ascent into legend. Followed at 9:...Tags: Lucille Ball, Bob Newhart, Project Runway, Carol Burnett, RuPaul
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General Motors to end sponsorships of Academy Awards, Emmys
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterGeneral Motors Corp., pushing to speed up cost cuts after a $15.5 billion second-quarter loss, said it will halt its sponsorship of the movie industry's Academy Awards and television's Emmy Awards after at least a decade. "With the current business...Tags: Ray Young, Awards and Prizes, Automotive Equipment, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, General Motors Corp.
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'Baghead' explores horror of relationships
Forum Publishing GroupSome advice to aspiring filmmakers: Make sure your first movie isn't a masterpiece. Because if it is, you'll be spending the rest of your directorial career in its superlative-laden shadow, trying – and often failing – to live up to the...Tags: Los Angeles, Cinema Industry
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Christina Applegate Has Double Mastectomy
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Christina Applegate is taking the long view of her battle with breast cancer - the really long view. Speaking on ABC News' "Good Morning America" in her first interview since announcing her diagnosis earlier this month, the "Samantha Who?"...Tags: Television Industry, Popular Music, People, American Idol, Samantha Who?
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