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    The 2013 Oscar Live Blog

    Hey there, everybody! Tonight’s the big night, and the stars are currently walking the red carpet and heading into the Dolby Theater. The ceremony starts it about an hour, and I’ll be updating this page during commercial breaks with the results as well as commentary, analysis, and a breakdown of how my predictions fared. I’ll [...]

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    Get Ready For The Oscars This Sunday

    The 85th annual Oscar telecast is this Sunday night, and I’ll be live blogging the program here on MovieVine and posting updates during commercial breaks. If you want minute by minute updates I’ll be live tweeting the show as well. Last year I posted predictions a few days before the awards and tallied my accuracy [...]

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    “The Black Marks” retitled as “The Fix”

    The upcoming 2013 film, The Black Marks, has been retitled as The Fix. The film is Kurt Russell’s second in over six years and appears to be one of the best roles of his career. The film also stars Jay Baruchel, Chris Diamantopoulos, Matt Dillon and Terence Stamp. The story of the film revolves around [...]

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    Bill Sorvino to star in Nihad Shalabi’s “Maniac”

    In summer 2013, a short film called Maniac is due to be released into the festival circuit. The films stars Bill Sorvino (who gave a stellar performance in the award-winning Pollination *) as the titular character. Written and directed by Nihad Shalabi and produced by Sam Borowski, the film co-stars Joe D’Onofrio, who has performed roles [...]

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    The Filmmaker Spotlight #3 – Kurt Russell

    For my third spotlight on filmmakers, I have chosen Kurt Russell, as I grew up watching his films as a child. A talented actor with a passion for aviation, Kurt Russell was born on March 17, 1951 and began his career with films as a young child, including the 1963 film, It Happened at the [...]

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    The Filmmaker Spotlight #2 – Martin Sheen

    This second spotlight comes from personal respect to his work and having met the talented actor, his great kindness to those around him, including his many fans and strangers alike. Martin Sheen has given audiences a wide ranging selection of good films over a long career and has captivated with roles like Josiah Bartlet in [...]

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    The Filmmaker Spotlight #1 – Bruce Willis

    After living years of seeing actors, directors, writers and other filmmakers being praised for their work and treated like celebrities, I wanted to take the time to begin writing spotlights focusing on the careers of these talented individuals, but what drives me to doing this is the fact that these are normal, regular, hard-working human [...]

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    Sam Borowski’s “Pollination *” hits the Trail Dance Film Festival

    The Sam Borowski short film that revolves around the plants of our world and the interwoven connections within other aspects of life has already been shown at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan, Oklahoma. The short, which has generated a great deal of Oscar buzz already, stars Federico Castelluccio, Bill Sorvino, Mary Dimino, Maria [...]

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    Goodbye to The Secret Circle

    Bad news for the fans of the CW show, The Secret Circle, which starred Britt Robertson, Thomas Dekker, Phoebe Tonkin, Shelley Henning, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Gale Harold, Natasha Henstridge, and Chris Zylka.  The show will not be returning for season 2 this Fall.  The ratings went into a spiral down-fall after the show returned for the second half of the season.  I don’t know if viewers lost [...]

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    Sam’s Just a Little Bit Dangerous – Actress Has What It Takes to Make Ends Meet

    “Hey, where’s your work? What’s your game? I know your business, but I don’t know your name.” You can almost hear the guitar strumming to the popular 80s Roxette hit in the background, as Samantha Tuffarelli talks about her passion in life. “It’s a really tough business, and only the strong survive,” Tuffarelli said. “I [...]