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Show Versus Tell in Hollywood

Jerry Weissman | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Cate Blanchett, Sean Penn, Milk, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Mick LaSalle, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Screenwriting, Movies, Entertainment News

Three different directorial approaches to cinema storytelling? Gus Van Sant's Milk, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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Oscar Noms: They Wuz Robbed!

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Yes, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei received acting nominations. But The Wrestler -- one of the fiercest, most moving, most resourceful independent entries of the year -- was shut out in the major categories.

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OSCAR NOMINATIONS: "Benjamin Button," Heath, "Slumdog," Winslet, "Milk,"

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 02.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Oscars, Kate Winslet, Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle, Angelina Jolie, Heath Ledger, Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Milk, Robert Downey Jr, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Shannon, Ron Howard, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt, Amy Adams, Entertainment News

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is the Academy Awards heavyweight with 13 nominations, yet the shadow of Batman lo...

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Greening Hollywood: And The Awards Go To Leo (DiCaprio), Clint (Eastwood), Sean (Penn), Amy (Adams), Anne (Hathaway

Paige Donner | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

The Palm Springs International Film Festival, now in its 20th year, will see more than 125,000 attendees from all over the globe during its more than 200-screening running.

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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 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bolivia, Abc, Steven Soderbergh, Fulgencio Batista, Judgment at Nuremberg, Frost/Nixon, Benicio Del Toro, Russnow, Ram Productions International, The Reader, Che, Che Guevara, Movies, Peter Andrews, Harvey Milk, Passion of the Christ, Peter Buchman, Defiance, Julia Ormond, Alberto Iglesias, Benjamin Van Der Veen, Fidel Castro, Mel Gibson, Michael Russnow, Cuba, Milk, Lisa Howard, Spartacus, Entertainment News

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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Josh Brolin: Russell Crowe "An A-hole"

Fox News | Posted 02.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Milk, Award Season, New York Film Critics, Entertainment News

Josh Brolin is one of my favorite actors because he speaks his mind. Last night at the New York Film Critics Awards dinner, at which Brolin won Best S...

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The Value Of Milk, and The Best Gay-Themed Movies By Farr

John Farr | Posted 02.04.2009 | Entertainment

For me, seeing Milk was a transformative experience because it restored my belief that Hollywood can make quality pictures that have broad appeal.

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Oscar Contenders Dribble Out Slowly

New York Times | Posted 01.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gran Torino, Revolutionary Road, Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, The Oscars, Award Season, Golden Globes, Doubt, Entertainment News

This year's movie awards season has played out like Oscar night at Minsky's. At least a dozen of the supposedly hottest contenders -- among them "The ...

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Mickey Rourke: Sean Penn A "Homophobe" And "Average" Actor

Daily Beast | Posted 01.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mickey Rourke, Mickey Rourke Sean Penn, The Wrestler, Sean Penn, Milk, Award Season, Homophobe, Entertainment News

In a private text message obtained by The Daily Beast, Mickey Rourke bashes Sean Penn--his chief rival in the Oscar race--as a "homophobe" and an "ave...

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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Save My Marriage From Irrelevance: Reverse Prop 8

David Quigg | Posted 01.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, Randy Shilts, Marriage, Oprah Winfrey, Gay Rights, California, Proposition 8, Nate Berkus, Oprah Winfrey Show, Sean Penn, Civil Unions, Gay Marriage, Harvey Milk, Marriage Equality, Milk, Living News

For all the bigoted blather about how gay people undermine the true meaning of marriage, I -- on a totally non-political, human level -- feel exactly the opposite.

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AFI's Top 10 Films Of 2008

AP | Posted 01.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Afi, American Film Institute, The Wrestler, Film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, Batman: The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wendy and Lucy, Frozen River, Frost/Nixon, Gran Torino, Wall-E, Lists, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The Batman epic "The Dark Knight," the political biopic "Milk" and the gritty drama "The Wrestler" were among critical favorites t...

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Marriott and Milk

Marc Gunther | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Proposition 8, Gay Rights, Milk, Bill Marriott, Gay Marriage, Marriott Corp., Lgbt, Religion, Prop 8 Donations, Milk Movie, LGBT Community, LGBT Rights, Religion and Politics, Religious Faith, Harvey Milk Movie, Politics News

What role should CEOS and big companies play when confronted with controversial issues? Ought they not take a stand on social issues, too?

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Advertisement: Watch The Trailer For "Milk"

Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment

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Watch the trailer for the film "Milk."...

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"Milk" Named Best Picture By New York Film Critics

AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 01.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Award Season, Milk, Sean Penn, Film, New York Film Critics, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Sean Penn and "Milk," Gus Van Sant's biopic about gay rights leader Harvey Milk, continued to gain awards momentum Wednesday, winning...

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Critics' Choice Awards Nominations: Who's In, Who Was Snubbed

E!, AP | Posted 01.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, Award Season, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, Angelina Jolie, The Reader, Film, Slumdog Millionaire, Robert Downey Jr, Brad Pitt, The Changeling, Doubt, Revolutionary Road, Heath Ledger, Roman Polanski, Entertainment News

Brad Pitt versus Angelina Jolie. Heath Ledger versus Robert Downey Jr. Bruce Springsteen versus Miley Cyrus. Those are some of the matchups for the...

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"Milk" Earns Its First Major Award

AP | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Stanley Kramer Award, Sean Penn, Award Season, Film, Producers Guild, Milk, Entertainment News

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Milk: It Does a Revolution Good

Johnathan Wilber | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Civil Rights, Movies, Gay Marriage, President Obama, Proposition 8, Milk, Harvey Milk, Politics News

Now that hope is no longer a nostrum so easily met with easy guffaws, it seems like just a hop, skip, and a walk down the wedding aisle for gays.

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Milk, The Biopic and The Lesson

Josh Bolotsky | Posted 01.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Living Liberally, Harvey Milk, Screening Liberally, Josh Bolotsky, Sean Penn, Gus Van Sant, Movies, Milk, Gus Van Sant Milk Movie, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Overton Window, Gay Rights Activism, Civil Rights, Sean Penn Milk, California Gay Marriage, Prop 8 Rally, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, Gay Politicians, Middle Political Spectrum, Milk Politician, Gay Marriage, Prop 8 Activism, Harvey Milk Movie, Entertainment News

Milk manages to balance the needs of two very different films in its running time. It is, first of all, a superb biopic, as well as a meditation on the responsibility activists have to the people.

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Channeling Harvey Milk: It's Coalition-Building, Stupid!

Torie Osborn | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Movie, Milk, Politics News

Yes, we've come a long way when we are fighting for the right to marry as opposed to defending the right of gay schoolteachers to work. But we could have beaten Prop 8 had we studied our own history.

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Universal Health Care and the New America (with Respect to Harvey Milk)

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Health, HIV/AIDS, Health Care, Harvey Milk, Harvey Milk Movie, Gay Rights, Milk, Aids, Politics News

We must fight for all Americans to be treated equally on every single level of their lives -- and this must include health care. We must fight every single day for this change.

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Movie Review: Milk

Jonathan Handel | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Film Review, Harvey Milk, Milk Review, Milk Movie, Milk, Entertainment News

One failing of the otherwise interesting film is that it never gives any insight into the reason behind Milk's rapid career change from insurance to gay insurgency. It's not too much of a stretch to say that Milk was born again.

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"Milk"-ing the Gay Rights Setback to the Box Office?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Fernando Espuelas, Cinemark Theatres, Boycott, Proposition 8, Milk, Mormons, Gay Marriage, Movies, Entertainment News

With the release of Gus Van Sant's new bio-pic, MILK, covering the life and times of gay activist Harvey Milk, Prop 8 and gay rights are the focus of ...

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Milk and Orange Juice: My Anita Bryant Experience, Part 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Milk Movie, Us Van Sant, Anita Bryant, Milk, Milk Review, Harvie Milk Movie, Gus Van Sant Milk Movie, Harvey Milk Movie, Movies, Harvey Milk, Entertainment News

There she was, on the screen, in Milk. Anita Bryant, speaking out about "the homosexual agenda." Back in 1977, she was hugely controversial.

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"Milk" Review: Sean Penn Performance "Glorious"

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sean Penn, Milk, Harvey Milk, Milk Review, Gus Van Sant, Film, Entertainment News

Gus Van Sant has spent the past few years making dreamy, amorphous meditations on life and death that seemingly were intended for his hardcore fans, h...

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