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JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:35:27 -0400

CANNES, France - J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes.

Braves' Gattis takes strange road to the majors

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17:41 -0400

ATLANTA - As Evan Gattis was rounding the bases, soaking up the cheers from his first grand slam, he noticed the song blaring triumphantly from the speakers at Turner Field.

Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:24:33 -0400

CANNES, France - Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost."

Cleveland lands another Hollywood film shoot

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:45:13 -0400

CLEVELAND - Cleveland has landed another Hollywood film shoot and it could mean delays for motorists.

Fitzgerald's Hollywood ending followed sad death

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:56:08 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Has-beens in Hollywood usually stay that way. Yet one writer who died there nearly forgotten 73 years ago had one of the most remarkable posthumous revivals in literary history.

Ever elusive, 'Gatsby' evades Hollywood's grasp

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:46:08 -0400

NEW YORK - F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" is short, almost novella size. It features larger-than-life characters, glamorous extravagance and dramatic demises. On its surface, it's the most Hollywood-friendly of the great American novels.

'Mammas' is study in maternal instinct

Tue, 07 May 2013 05:46:46 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Isabella Rossellini's search for the meaning of maternal instinct in "Mammas" looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that "anything goes."

San Diego teen's essay wins national writing award

Sat, 04 May 2013 17:02:18 -0400

SAN DIEGO - A San Diego teen is headed to New York City to accept a prestigious writing award once won by young literary giants like Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates and John Updike.

DC bridge to close for new 'Captain America' film

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:46:50 -0400

WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia's film office says Washington's Theodore Roosevelt Bridge will be closing temporarily for a major motion picture.

De la Isla: Does Mexico's president remember Watergate?

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:53:21 -0400

MEXICO CITY - By JOSE de la ISLA

Profile: 'America's Got Talent' sensation Jackie Evancho on...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:47 -0400

By BARBARA VANCHERI - When you're Jackie Evancho, the milestones come in waves.