Barry Levinson

What Just Happened?

Herald rating: * * * Verdict: Not an insightful look into movie-making but well-acted, easy entertainment. Based on his memoir and adapted for the big screen by film producer Art Linson ( Heat, Fight Club ), What Just Happened?...

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Penelope Cruz on The Late Show

Posted by Ryan Adams On November - 12 Responses for "Penelope Cruz on The Late Show" Joolz November 18th, 2009 at 8:43 am Lovely lady. If only she’d done the rap! parker November 18th, 2009 at 8:45 am classy answer to the...

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My Yiddeshe Thanksgivings

Until I was sixteen, Thanksgiving was spent at my maternal grandparents’ house in Ashtabula, Ohio. Often prefaced by a blizzard, and by my father worrying about making the five hour drive with 5% visibility and black ice on the...

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Close-up look at trading No. 99 is a 10 out of 10

hen acclaimed actor-director Peter Berg was offered a chance to do a documentary for the ESPN Films 30 for 30 series, he felt like a kid in a candy store. ``I couldn't decide which one to do," says Berg, who previously directed...

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Lou Jacobi obituary

Character actor and comedian who specialised in Jewish roles Portly, balding, twinkly-eyed and sporting a moustache, Lou Jacobi, who has died aged 95, believed that he "had the look of everybody's favourite Uncle Max". Although...

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Md. Filmmakers Seek To Raise Awareness & Funds

"Liberty Heights", "Serial Mom" and "The Wire" -- they're three great productions filmed in Baltimore by three different local creators. Adam May reports the men got together Saturday night to raise money for and awareness...

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The film collaborators

Ace production designer Vincent Peranio is another member of Team Waters who went on to Levinson's "Liberty Heights" and "Homicide" and Simon's "The Corner" and "The Wire." (Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis / November 11, 2009)...

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Film great turns beady eye on Hollywood

Robert De Niro is impressive when he stands before the opening night crowd at the Tribeca Film Festival, the annual downtown New York event he co-founded with his producing partner, Jane Rosenthal. If you believe Matt Damon, he...

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New restaurant at AVAM

Mr. Rain's Fun House menu to change with the seasons T he name is a little strange - a reader on my blog said it sounds like a place you'd tell your children to stay away from - but Mr. Rain's Fun House is a perfect fit for the...

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Barry Levinson’s Blundering Attack on Times Critic Alessandra Stanley

I’m all in favor of a dustup between a well-known film director and a New York Times critic, but Barry Levinson’s piece on the alleged shortcomings of TV critic Stanley is an embarrassment to Levinson and a rape of the English...

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