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  • August 2008

    • Iran Bars Actress From Leaving Country

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 21, 08 8:09 AM CDT

      Iran Bars Actress From Leaving Country

      (Newser) - Iran has barred an actress from leaving the country after details of her role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in a spy thriller emerged, the Guardian reports. Golshifteh Farahani was on her way to Hollywood to discuss future roles when authorities stopped her at the airport. A trailer for the thriller, Body of Lies , shows Farahani without a hijab on. More »

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      Iran  • movie  • actor  • Leonardo DiCaprio  • Ridley Scott

  • January 2008

    • Super Bowl Ads Mirror US Mood

      MSNBC  |  Jan 21, 08 6:40 PM CST

      Super Bowl Ads Mirror US Mood

      (Newser) - Super Bowl ads reveal the economic tenor of our times, MSNBC reports. Boom times spark creative commercials, like Apple's famed Ridley Scott-directed "1984" plug, which aired as economic confidence was rising. “Every year it really does mirror the biggest trends that year—what’s happening in the economy and what’s happening in the culture,” says an Adweek critic. More »

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      television  • US economy  • football  • advertising  • Super Bowl  • commercials  • Ridley Scott  • tv ads

  • December 2007

    • Gucci Clan Wary of Scott Film

      Guardian (UK)  |  Dec 6, 07 4:34 PM CST

      Gucci Clan Wary of Scott Film

      (Newser) - A member of the Gucci family tells the Guardian she's nervous about a planned Ridley Scott film that will chronicle the fashion dynasty's high times in the 1970s and '80s. Patrizia Gucci is concerned that the "aggressive" movie will devote too much attention to clan infighting, which culminated in the murder of Maurizio Gucci by his wife in 1995. More »

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      movie  • Ridley Scott  • Gucci

  • November 2007

    • Gangster Whacks Box Office

      Variety  |  Nov 4, 07 4:25 PM CST

      Gangster Whacks Box Office

      (Newser) - American Gangster put competitors on ice this weekend and became the top-grossing R-rated crime flick ever. Starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe, Gangster scored the top debut of the fall, beating Seinfeld's Bee Movie by $46.3 million to $39.1 million. Seinfeld's first foray since Seinfeld buzzed a little less than DreamWorks Animation-Paramount had hoped, Variety reports. More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • Denzel Washington  • Tyler Perry  • Ridley Scott  • Russell Crowe

    • Denzel's Dead On in Gangster

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Nov 2, 07 1:20 PM CDT

      Denzel's Dead On in Gangster

      (Newser) - As 1970s Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, Denzel Washington is equal parts charisma and cold blood—a combination critics can't resist. "In the still, watchful center of his volcanic performance you'll find the measure of a dangerous man," writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone , adding that American Gangster , a stunningly paced film that finds director Ridley Scott at the top of his game, "goes to the heart of America's obsession with success as a killer instinct." More »

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      movie review  • Denzel Washington  • Ridley Scott  • Russell Crowe  • American Gangster

  • September 2007

    • Philip K. Dick Is Ready for His Closeup Now

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 16, 07 7:18 AM CDT

      Philip K. Dick Is Ready for His Closeup Now

      (Newser) - Sci fi writer Philip K. Dick died paranoid, impoverished, and obscure. But since his death in 1982, nine movies have been based on his novels—including Blade Runner, Minority Report , and Total Recall —-and interest in his work , eerily prescient of the digital age, has never been higher.  More »

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      movie  • film  • Hollywood  • science fiction  • Ridley Scott  • Blade Runner

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