Francis Ford Coppola

Palazzo Margherita: An Idyllic Getaway

Evelyne Politanoff | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Italy, Resort, Baroque, 19th Century Italian Villa, Architecture, Travel, Jacques Grange, Moroccan Design, Boutique Hotel, Arts News

Palazzo Margherita, a restored 19th Century Italian Villa, is the latest addition to Francis Ford Coppola's collection of resorts. First built in 1892, the block-long palazzo embodies Italian elegance.

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Classic Hollywood Stars And Starlets In A Whole New Light

Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Old Hollywood, Elizabeth Taylor, Liz Taylor, Fellini, Movies, Audrey Hepburn, Cinema, Marilyn Monroe, Francis Ford Coppola, Holly Golightley Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Godfather, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Lumas, Classic Movies, Slidepollajax, Arts News

The smoldering gaze, the flirtatious smirk, the incredible jewelry collection... who knows what gives a Hollywood starlet that magical razzle-dazzle. ...

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PHOTOS: Complex's Guide to Artistic Nepotism

Joy Yoon | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Complex.com, Nepotism, Joy Yoon, Paul McCartney, Stella McCartney, Terry Jones, Jason Schwartzman, Albert Maysles, Julia Restoin Roitfeld, Sophie Auster, Carine Roitfeld, Rebekah Maysles, John De Menil, Olympia Le-Tan, Pierre Le-Tan, Nicolas Cage, Dominique De Menil, Philip Maysles, Francis Ford Coppola, Dash Snow, Paul Auster, Futura, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Matt Jones, Slidepollajax, Maxwell Snow, Tricia Jones, Sara Maysles, Mels Crouwel, Sofia Coppola, Wim-Crouwel, Complex Magazine, Arts News

Hollywood is notorious for its nepotistic tendencies and keeping it all in the family (example: Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith) there are a few other humdingers out there that will make you go hmm...

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The Awards Will Not Be Televised: Brad Pitt at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Regina Weinreich | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Debbie Reynolds, Peter Travers, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Chastain, Gene Shalit, Michael Barker, Linda Emond, Francis Ford Coppola, Brad Pitt, Albert Brooks, Thomas Langmann, Meryl Streep, Robert DiNiro, Aaron Sorkin, New York Film Critics Circle, Viola Davis, Stephen Zaillian, John Anderson, New York News

The crowds outside Crimson, the club where the New York Film Critics Circle held their awards, were six deep, calm in the cold behind velvet ropes, hoping to get a glimpse.

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Actor's Actor: A Birthday Salute to Robert Duvall

John Farr | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Elliott Gould, Robert Redford, Marlon Brando, Best Movies by Farr, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Sidney Lumet, Dustin Hoffman, Francis Ford Coppola, The Academy Awards, Donald Sutherland, Best Movies on DVD, Best Movies, Dennis Hopper, Robert Altman, Steve McQueen, Robert De Niro, Entertainment News

Duvall can look back with pride on a rich and colorful life, and his contributions to film should never be underestimated, as the following ten titles demonstrate.

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DVDs Worth Owning - and Giving - for Christmas

John Farr | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Suspense, Kate Winslet, James Cagney, Academy Awards, Al Pacino, Action Movies, Paul Newman, Best Movies on DVD, George Clooney, Dvds, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, War Movies, John Ford, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, Foreign Films, Meryl Streep, Drama, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Shopping, Science Fiction, Comedy, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Robert De Niro, Holidays, Gift-Guides, Entertainment News

I just know many of you out there are scrambling to catch up on your holiday gift giving. This article's for you.

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How The Godfather Set Us Straight

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Gender Gap, Stay-at-Home Dad, Navy Wives, Marriage Advice, Love Advice, Parenting, Fresh Air, Stay-at-Home Mom, Women News

"If you're a young woman, I would say, don't get married, because then you have this guy who's trying to get you to do everything for his career."

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World's Biggest Star, King Khan, Opens Marrakech Film Festival

Ariston Anderson | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Sigourney Weaver, Francis Ford Coppola, Shahrukh Khan, Ridley Scott, King Khan, Oliver Stone, Morocco, Martin Scorsese, Marrakech, Emir Kusterica, Jessica Chastain, Film Festival, Marrakesh Film Festival., Leonardo Dicaprio, Entertainment News

With a fanbase of literally billions, Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan or SRK to his fans, shook the city at a special event to honor the Indian film star opening night at the 11th annual Marrakesh International Film Festival.

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Elle Fanning Gets Super Creepy

Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Twixt, Francis Ford Coppola Twixt, Val Kilmer, Francis Ford Coppola Comic-Con, Val Kilmer Twixt, Twixt Trailer, Comic-Con, Entertainment News, Celebrities, Video, Celebrity News

Just because you're seeing certain footage in this trailer doesn't mean it'll make it to the big screen. At least not necessarily on the night you see...

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PHOTOS: Comic-Con 2011 Weekend Recap

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Kristen Stewart, Cowboys and Aliens, Fandom, Glee, San Diego Comic Con 2011, Snow White and the Huntsman, San-Diego-International-Comic-Con-2011, Comic Con, Los Angeles News

Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego finished up this weekend, and we have the highlights of what you missed. For our Thursday coverage click here. Continu...

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Legendary Filmmaker Breaking Barriers Again

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 09.22.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Francis Ford Coppola is turning big-screen movies into a live experience. The filmmaker showed an audience at the Comic-Con fan con...

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From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Rachel Dratch, Paul Lynde, Hartman, Kristen Wiig, Rob Lowe, Random House Audio, Emilio Estevez, The Outsiders, Father of Our Country, Henry Holt, Matt Dillon, Reagan Arthur Books, Sheldon Leonard, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Leif Garrett, Francis Ford Coppola, Second City, Ralph Macchio, Dick Van Dyke, George Washington, Hachette Audio, Hammond, Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live, Crown Archetype, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Patrick Swayze, MacMillan Audio, Bossy Pants, Ron Chernow, Belushi, The Brat Pack, Autobiography, Books News

If your summer reading includes Ron Chernow's MASSIVE George Washington: A Life, you're going to need some relief, aren't you? Here are a few biographies that are sometimes edifying and a bit more, uhhh, recreational.

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4,000 Miles in a '49 Hudson: On The Road Exclusive (PHOTOS)

Jerry Cimino | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, On the Road, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Jack Kerouac, San Francisco, Walter Salles, San Francisco News

Francis Ford Coppola has owned the movie rights to Jack Kerouac's seminal novel On The Road for decades. He just seemed to be the kind of guy who would either make the movie "right" or he wouldn't make it at all.

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Mixed Tape of the Nightingale Mom

Tamsin Smith | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Joseph Conrad, The Clash, John Keats, Parenting, Tiger Mother, Video Games, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Children, Education News

Uncomfortable as it may be to explain adult topics to kids, I believe it's important to respect their intellectual capacity to seek and hold information they may only partially understand.

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Roger Corman Shares Success Stories About Young Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard and Jack Nicholson in Cannes Masterclass

Karin Badt | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, New World, Ron Howard, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, Deniro, Alex Stapleton, Roger Corman, Scorsese, Cannes 2011, Little House of Horrors, The Raven, Jack Nicholson, The Terror, Entertainment News

Roger Corman is a mythic hero in the movie business for his indisputable achievements and generosity. Yesterday his generosity continued: at age 85, he gave a Master Class to young would-be American filmmakers on how to be a success.

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Long-Lost 'The Godfather' Prequel Revived

Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, The Family Corleone, Mario Puzo the Godfather, Vito Corleone, Ed Falco, The Godfather, Books, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, The Godfather Part II, Movies, Entertainment News

Perhaps the most acclaimed and notable set of films of the 20th century, "The Godfather" films told the story of the complicated machinations and dram...

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Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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8:39PM EST Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Incept...

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The 2011 Academy Awards: It Gets a C-Plus at Best

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billy Crystal, Kirk Douglas, Academy Awards, Mo'Nique, Hugh Jackman, The Oscars, Helen Mirren, Marilyn Monroe, Alfred Hitchcock, Halle Berry, Mary Martin, Christian Bale, The Fighter, Eli Wallach, Tony Curtis, David Seidler, The Social Network, Bob Hope, Billy Wilder, Gone With the Wind, Lena Horne, Anne Hathaway, John Hughes, Russell Brand, Tom Hanks, Francis Ford Coppola, The King's Speech, Ethel Merman, Michael Russnow, Reese Witherspoon, Aaron Sorkin, Kenneth Brownlow, Fred Zinnemann, Melissa Leo, Lauren Bacall, Colin Firth, James Franco, Christoph Waltz, Abc, Film, Oscars 2011, Celebrities, Natalie Portman, Award Season, Movies, Entertainment News

You know the writers are in trouble when they have to rely upon Hathaway's mother and Franco's grandmother to help out in the audience. All in all the show was mediocre, but not a disaster.

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WATCH: Today Show Visits House From The 'Godfather'

The Huffington Post | Grace Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, New York City Real Estate, Godfather, Marlon Brando, NY Real Estate, Staten Island, NYC Real Estate, Celebrity Real Estate, Video, New York News

The iconic home featured in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather is for sale in Staten Island. We wrote about the listing back in December but now yo...

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Early Oscars Presented

AP | SANDY COHEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, The Academy Awards, Jean-Luc Godard, Awards Season, Oscars, Early Oscars 2011, Early Oscars, Eli Wallach, Kevin Brownlow, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — A few honorary Oscar winners are getting a jump on next year's Academy Awards. Film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow,...

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Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the course of 45 years in the film business, Francis Ford Coppola has refined a singular code of ethics that govern his filmmaking. There are thr...

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Jerry Brown on Crises Past and Present

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Jimmy Carter, California, Bill Clinton, Apocalypse Now, California Budget Crisis, Jerry Brown, Ted Kennedy, Anne Gust Brown, Gray Davis, Tom Quinn, Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Barack Obama, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles News

As Jerry Brown prepares to become California's oldest governor more than three decades after he became its youngest in the modern era, many search for clues to his thinking. The past is prologue.

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Sonoma County Is Like Its Wines: Big, Beautiful and oh-so Affordable

Jennifer Ceaser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Napa Valley, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Charlie Palmer, San Francisco, Healdsburg, Travel News

At 1,600 square miles, Sonoma County is twice the area of Napa, and is made up of 12 regions that vary greatly in terms of terrain, climate and grape varietals.

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Icelandic Director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson: "Filmmaking Is the Greatest Strip-Tease of All"

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Academy Awards, Kate Winslet, Mamma Gogo, Sigur Ros, A Mother's Courage, The Oscars, Iceland, Falcons, Bjork, Elvis Presley, Francis Ford Coppola, Keith Carradine, Children of Nature, Eric Balling, Charlie Chaplin, Toronto Film Festival, HBO Documentaries, Cynthia Ellis, Autism, Alzheimer's, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, Twin Towers, September 11th, Hollywood, Autism Awareness Day, Entertainment News

Fridriksson's new film, Mamma Gogo, is a real life tribute to his mother with Alzheimer's, but also to those of us who navigate the rocky road of the mother-child relationship.

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Interview: Francois Ozon on Hideaway (Le Refuge)

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isabel Carre, Francis Ford Coppola, Swimming Pool, Hideaway (Le Refuge), Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Eric Rohmer, Olivier Assayas, Nouvelle Vague, 8 Women, Avatar, Francois Ozon Interview, Marshall Fine Interview, Arnaud Desplachin, Entertainment News

At the age of 42, director Francois Ozon is known in the U.S. primarily for films such as 8 Women and Swimming Pool. A student of Eric Rohmer, he sees...

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