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"That's A Wrap!" CinemaCon Wraps Up Four Days in Las Vegas

Ellen Sterling | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Universal Studios, CinemaCon Big Screen Achievement Awards, Ang Lee, 20th Century Fox, Martin Scorsese, Cinemacon, Men in Black 3, Sony Pictures, Entertainment News

Twentieth Century Fox has announced a Planet of the Apes sequel, The Wolverine sequel starring Hugh Jackman and a remake of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty to star Ben Stiller.

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Peter Jackson Responds To "Hobbit" Criticism

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.28.2012

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Peter Jackson responded to critics who claim that filming "The Hobbit" at a higher than normal frame rate would make viewing the movie uncomfortable b...

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PHOTOS: 'Life Of Pi' The Movie

Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Life of Pi 3D, Life of Pi Movie, Ang Lee, Yann Martel, Video, Life of Pi, The Life of Pi, Yan Martel, Life of Pi Film, Books News

"Life of Pi" was THE book of the mid-2000s. Written by Canadian author Yann Martel, the story of the Indian boy and a lifeboat filled with animals won...

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Women in Power: The Iron Lady and The Lady

Regina Weinreich | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Ang Lee, Aung San Suu Kyi, Leymah Gbowee, Michelle Yeoh, Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady, Tawakkol Karman, Jim Broadbent, Luc Besson, Alexandra Roach, Leonardo Dicaprio, David Thewlis, The Lady. Margaret Thatcher, Thethatcheryears, The Thatcher Years, The-Thatcher-Years, Culture News

Just as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners -- three women -- were announced, this film season features two films that focus on women rulers: one, Margaret Thatcher, a hawk; the other, Aung San Suu Kyi, a dove who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Notes From Under the Red Carpet at the Gotham Awards

Erica Abeel | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Ang Lee, Charlize Theron, Entertainment News, David Cronenberg, The Gotham Awards for Independent Film, Tom Rothman, Jim Jarmusch, Entertainment News

Loosey-goosey and festive, the event not only kicks off awards season -- its awards are often a bellwether for bigger trophies down the pike come Oscar night.

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Kate Winslet: The Antidote for Contagion -- and Now She's Won an Emmy!

John Farr | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Jim Carrey, Centers for Disease Control, Academy Awards, Jane Austen, Titanic, Charlie Kaufman, Best Movies by Farr, Matt Damon, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee, Marc Forster, Marion Cotillard, Disaster Movies, Kirsten Dunst, James Cameron, Johnny Depp, Leonardo Dicaprio, Steven Soderbergh, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Patrick Wilson, Tom Wilkinson, Best Movies on DVD, Tom Perrotta, Gwyneth Paltrow, Best Movies, Ralph Fiennes, Thirteen/WNET, Emmy Awards, Mark Ruffalo, David Kross, Jackie Earle Haley, Contagion Movie, Peter Jackson, Entertainment News

Almost fifteen years after Titanic, with six Oscar nods and one win to her credit, Kate Winslet is an actress at the peak of her powers -- no longer a precocious ingénue, but a professional who's conscientiously developed her craft.

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World's First Major 3D Porn Film

The Independent | Posted 06.09.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Tinto Brass, Avatar, 3d Porn Film, Christopher Sun, Caligula, Independent, 3D Porn, Sex and Zen, 3d Porn Movie, Stephen Shiu Jr., The Carnal Prayer Mat, China, Arts News

It certainly is not Avatar. Sumptuous costumes, golden keys opening doors to reveal orgies in imperial China and plenty of erotic action in lurid 3D -...

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'Life Of Pi' Movie Gets Unknown Actor As Lead

The Guardian | Ben Child | Posted 05.25.2011

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A previously unknown Indian actor has won the lead role in Ang Lee's forthcoming big screen adaptation of the bestselling novel Life of Pi, by Yann Ma...

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Crouching Tiger vs. Slobbering Slumdog: What Ang Lee Gets Right About Globalization

Chi Tung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Lust Caution, Chinese Culture, Globalization, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Chinese Cinema, Slumdog Millionaire, China, The Academy Awards, The Oscars, World News

Slumdog might be a shining example of how to package a transglobal blockbuster. But its fatal flaw is that it often treats globalization, the lingua franca of today's world, as unassailable gospel.

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Taking/Faking Woodstock

Alexandra Juhasz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fake Documentary, Ang Lee, Woodstock, James Schamus, Taking Woodstock, I'm Still Here, Media News

I watched Ang Lee's 2009 "Taking Woodstock" a few night ago, but couldn't keep the real "Woodstock" (movie) out of my mind's eye. I'm a big fan of Lee...

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'Life Of Pi' In 3D?

Thompson on Hollywood | Anne Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Remember The Life of Pi? It's been seven years since Fox 2000's Elizabeth Gabler acquired the rights to Canadian Yann Martel's Booker prize-winning 20...

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Leo and Kate: They Didn't Go Down With The Ship

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Aviator, Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Titanic, Sense and Sensibility, Martin Scorsese, Best Movies by Farr, Infernal Affairs, Robert DeNiro, Ellen Barkin, Todd Field, Ang Lee, Gangs of New York, Jackie Earle Haley, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jennifer Connelly, The Departed, James Cameron, Revolutionary Road, Catch Me if You Can, Johnny Depp, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sam Mendes, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Entertainment News

Here's hoping Leo and Kate do many more films together. But for now, let's celebrate their careers to-date with a sampling of their more interesting, lesser-known work, both pre-and post-Titanic.

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HuffPost Review: Bright Star

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Jane Campion, John Keats, Bright Star Movie Review, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Entertainment News

Campion's film Bright Star is about the love of beauty -- particularly the ability of poetry to move the soul -- and about longing.

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Ang Lee's Movies: Which Is Your Favorite? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

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'Taking Woodstock,' Ang Lee's loving portrait of the behind-the-scenes buildup to the 1969 music festival, opened Friday. Unsurprisingly, it looks lik...

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Q&A: Actor Jonathan Groff's Charmed, Provocative Life On Stage and In Film

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, The Bacchae, Hair, Duncan Sheik, Michael Lang, Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening, Taking Woodstock, Off-Broadway, Broadway Plays, New York News

Jonathan Groff has starred in Hair on Broadway, played Dionysus in The Public Theater, and will play impresario Michael Lang in Taking Woodstock.

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Movie Review: Taking Woodstock

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock is as unlikely and enjoyable a memento of that long-gone moment in the age of Aquarius as we're likely to find in this 40th anniversary year of the epochal rock festival.

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Remembering Don Hewitt, Taking Woodstock, Michael Vick and More

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunday nights have been sacred television time in my house for years now. That's thanks to David Chase and, especially, to Don Hewitt and the cast, producers and staff of 60 Minutes.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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Tom DeLay and the Woodstock Nation

Michael Winship | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Politics, Jack Abramoff, Woodstock Now and Then, James Schamus, Woodstock, Tom Delay, Dancing With the Stars, Barbara Kopple, Woodstock Anniversary, Taking Woodstock, Entertainment News

It's wistful to reflect on a Woodstock Nation that never really materialized, its moment of rhythm and harmony trumped by the heavy-footed dance stylings of men like Tom DeLay.

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DVDs: I Heart "Firefly"

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Dollhouse, Firefly, Joss Whedon, Movies, Dvds, Route 66, Paul Rudd, Bluray, The X-Files, Chris Isaak, Pushing Daisies, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Maverick, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, Kristen-Chenoweth, Wentworth-Miller, Ang Lee, Dr. Who, Andy Samberg, January Jones, Torchwood, I Love You Man, Alec Baldwin, Jason Segel, Entertainment News

Firefly is quirky, with the offbeat and clever dialogue we expect from Whedon. But it's also wholly satisfying and fun from episode one

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Oscar-Winning Director Ang Lee Enjoys Two Retrospectives

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taiwan Born Director, Ang Lee, Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, Walter Reade Theater, James Schamus, Taking Woodstock, Western, Woodstock, 40th Anniversary, Lincoln Center Film Society, Focus Features, Ride With the Devil, New York News

With his feature film retrospective going on at the Lincoln Center Film Society's Walter Reade Theater and the August 28th release of Taking Woodstock, Taiwan born director Ang Lee is being put into an ever-bright spotlight.

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Monday Music Quarterback

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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As you're recovering from the joyful overkill that was this year's Comic-Con, take a few moments to catch-up on a handful of the more interesting new press releases.

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New Tunes On Monday: Woodstock, Woodstock Two, The Woodstock Experience, Woodstock the DVD, Woodstock the Website...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikipedia, Adam Block, Santana, Johnny Winter, Max Yasgur, Cotillion Records, Macy's, Martin Scorsese, Yasgur's Farm, Janis Joplin, Ang Lee, Holly George-Warren, Sony Music, Rhino Records, Sly & the Family Stone, Woodstock, Legacy Recordings, Joni Mitchell, Robert Altman, American Idol, Michael Madleigh, Michael Shrieve, Hugh Hefner, Michael Lang, Jefferson Airplane, Edgar Winter, Pavlov, Bethel, Entertainment News

Well, it's that time again: Woodstock Fever has arrived (beads and headbands optional) to remind us there actually was music made before American Idol.

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Cannes 2009 Wrapup: Quick Movie Rundown and Sights & Sounds Of The Fest

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Ang Lee, Up, Film, Pixar, Cannes Film Festival, Sylvester Stallone, Cinema, Entertainment News

Since I can't sneak you into screenings of the films in competition, this is as close as you can get at the moment. Enjoy, thanks for reading and au revoir!

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Cannes Buzz: Which Film Will Win?

Karin Badt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ang Lee, Marco Bellochio, Agora, Michael Haneke, Pedro Almodovar, Ken Loach, Lars Von Trier, Cannes Film Festival 2009, Cannes, Entertainment News

All charismatic, powerful men ruthlessly destroy other people's lives as they cheer on "Vincere!"

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