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The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...

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"Three Stooges" Film Cast: Sean Penn, Jim Carrey & Benicio Del Toro

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Sean Penn is going slapstick. The studio MGM says the double Oscar winner has signed on to play Larry in the Farrelly brothers' big-...

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The Best Actor and Best Movie of 2008 Weren't Even Nominated

John Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most amazing "performance" of 2008 was that of Benicio del Toro as Che -- which, for my dough, was also the movie of the year.

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Benicio del Toro Talks About Che: The Man And The Movie

Peter Kornbluh | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Every thing you do turns to gold," one female fan told him at a recent showing in D.C. "And my mom's in love with you." I caught up with BDT afterwards and asked him about playing Che.

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A Great Lack of Latinos at the Academy Awards

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the eighty-one years the Academy has been handing out awards, just 14 Hispanics have been nominated for acting Oscars. The last was Adriana Barraza in 2007 for Babel.

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Che The Movie, Exquisitely Detailed: It's Not Just One Film, It's Two, Though a Little Bit Overdone

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Benicio Del Toro is magnetic and haunting as Che, but he has the difficult task of communicating to us through subtitles, as most of the film is told in Spanish.

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A Letter from Bernie Madoff

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

"Dear neighbors, in exchange for all the support you've shown me, I'd like to do something for you -- in the form of the investment opportunity of a lifetime."

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Benicio Del Toro Promotes "Che" At Havana Screening

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAVANA - Actor Benicio del Toro says protesters at the Miami screening of "Che" should have watched the film first. Del Toro plays Argentine-born Ern...

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New "Che" Trailer: 4+ Hours Of Benicio (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new 257-minute Che Guevara biopic is being released in two parts in January 2009, but has a special single-picture engagement starting December 12...

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Soderbergh's "Che": Masterwork Or Folly?

LA Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charging across the globe like an insurrectionist guerrilla cadre, Steven Soderbergh's sprawling, Spanish-language epic "Che" has been playing at inte...

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Soderbergh's "Che" Gets US Distributor

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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TORONTO — Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara film biography "Che" has found a U.S. distributor that will release it in theaters this December to qu...

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Benicio del Toro Wins Best Actor In Cannes, French Film Wins Best Picture

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroo...

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Steven Soderbergh Defends And Explains Epic "Che"

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, S...

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Cannes Wednesday: 'Che' Panned Plus Madonna, Mike Tyson, Benicio, Sheer Dresses And More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wednesday in Cannes the stars were out for two different premieres. Sharon Stone joined Madonna (who had visible nipples) and Guy Ritchie at the premi...

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Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara Epic Misses Cannes Deadline

Variety | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's Variety has a rundown of movies playing, and not playing, at this year's Cannes Film Festival. One long-anticipated film, or films, will not b...

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First Look: Benicio Del Toro As "The Wolfman"

Entertainment Weekly | Lindsay Soll | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's been 67 years since the Wolfman first attacked the box office, but he'll be making a comeback next year in a remake by Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jur...

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