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NYU Professor Sues James Franco
09/07/2012
James Franco, star of Spider-Man and Rise of the Planet of the Apes, is being sued by New York University film professor Jose Angel Santana for defamation. While attending NYU's MFA program in 2010, Franco received a “D” in Santana’s class, “Directing the Actor II,” for poor attendance – Franco reportedly only attended two of a possible 14 classes.
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London 2012 Closing Ceremony Features UK Talent From Naomi Campbell To George Michael
08/13/2012
For those expecting a sequel to Danny Boyle’s quirky overture, the crowd-pleasing London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony delivered just that. “Eccentric, bewildering and shameless good fun,” The Independent raved.
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Queen Elizabeth's Olympic Stunt Double Calls Experience 'Unsurpassable'
07/30/2012
The Queen made a spectacular debut as Daniel Craig’s latest Bond girl at Friday’s London 2012 Opening Ceremony, but who was the brave stunt double that had the unique honor of playing the Queen as she skydived from a helicopter alongside 007? It is none other than Gary Connery, until now most well-known for being the first skydiver to safely land without a parachute — jumping from 2,400 feet in a wingsuit and graciously landing on a pile of 18,600 cardboard boxes.
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Danny Boyle Delivers Quirky Olympics Opening Ceremony – And Gets Mixed Reviews
07/28/2012
Danny Boyle, 55, director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, was tasked with the unique challenge of interpreting Britain’s history in an entertaining and meaningful way at the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday.
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Queen Elizabeth's Olympic Stunt Double Calls Experience 'Unsurpassable'
07/30/2012
The Queen made a spectacular debut as Daniel Craig’s latest Bond girl at Friday’s London 2012 Opening Ceremony, but who was the brave stunt double that had the unique honor of playing the Queen as she skydived from a helicopter alongside 007? It is none other than Gary Connery, until now most well-known for being the first skydiver to safely land without a parachute — jumping from 2,400 feet in a wingsuit and graciously landing on a pile of 18,600 cardboard boxes.
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Danny Boyle Delivers Quirky Olympics Opening Ceremony – And Gets Mixed Reviews
07/28/2012
Danny Boyle, 55, director of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire, was tasked with the unique challenge of interpreting Britain’s history in an entertaining and meaningful way at the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday.
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SPOILERS: 2012 London Olympic Opening Ceremonies Kick Off
07/27/2012
UPDATED: 5:15 p.m. EST Famous Brit Kenneth Branagh was one of the first celebrities to be seen at the pastoral, "Isle of Wonder"-themed opening ceremonies to the 2012 London Olympic Games, which kicked off in London on Friday night, 4:00 p.
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London 2012 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony Spoilers
07/24/2012
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London are a mere three days away, and the Opening Ceremony will be aired on NBC on July 27, but if you just can't wait for the big extravaganza, we have a few SPOILERS for what you can expect on the day that the 2012 Olympics kick off.
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London 2012 Olympic Games: Opening Ceremony Spoilers
07/24/2012
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London are a mere three days away, and the Opening Ceremony will be aired on NBC on July 27, but if you just can't wait for the big extravaganza, we have a few SPOILERS for what you can expect on the day that the 2012 Olympics kick off.
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Daniel Craig To Open Olympics At Buckingham Palace
04/03/2012
Who better to open the 2012 Olympic Games in London than James Bond? To kick off the June ceremonies, Daniel Craig, 44, will appear in character in a short film that was recently shot at Buckingham Palace, according to The Sun.
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127 Hours
11/08/2010
Though real life stories of "man versus nature" have provided filmmakers with creative fodder since the 1930s, what makes the story of Aron Ralston distinct from that of, say, Christopher McCandless—which provided the basis for the 1996 book and 2007 film Into the Wild—is that it more closely resembles the plot of a contemporary horror film than that of an adventure drama: while canyoneering in Utah, Ralston's right arm was crushed and pinned against a canyon wall by a dislodged boulder and, after a five day struggle to free himself by more conventional means, he was forced to amputate the lower part of his forearm with a dull knife.
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Best Picture – Slumdog Millionaire
01/25/2009
Ever since Danny Boyle burst onto the big scene with his raucous, disgustingly grubby tale of Edinburgh street life, the world has been waiting for a truly worthy follow up. His work since then has been mostly solid, but while he has done some amazingly fresh work in genres thought to be played out (28 Days Later, Sunshine), he has never really delivered on that initial promise of vibrant, visceral, dirty, sweaty filmmaking until now.
