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NEWS ABOUT: James Dean

James Dean stories: 4 news summaries

 James Dean 
 Lives—at 
 Least in 
 New TV Ad 

Company's clever spot imagines what actor's live could have been

Sep 22, 09 4:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Dean is resurrected in a new TV ad for a South African investment firm, the Telegraph reports. The ad depicts Dean advancing through life as if he had he not died at age 24—directing his own films, leading a Vietnam War protest, going to a developing nation on... More »

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film • South Africa • investment firm • advertisements • actor • James Dean

Opinion

Oscar for Ledger? You Must Be High

'Pretty good actor who did away with himself' doesn't deserve award

Aug 1, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s time to put an end to the inane campaign to give Heath Ledger an Oscar for The Dark Knight, writes Eric Lucas in the LA Times. Ledger’s much-fawned-over performance “ultimately devolves into a can-can dance of snuffling pseudo-psychopathia,” Lucas writes. “It... More »

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Academy Awards • Jimi Hendrix • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • James Dean • the Joker

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Film classics and actors the Academy overlooked

Feb 24, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals:
  • 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How
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Morgan Freeman • Academy Awards • Al Pacino • list • Citizen Kane • Brokeback Mountain • Martin Scorsese • Pulp Fiction • James Dean • classic cinema • Stanley Kubrick • Alfred Hitchcock • Robert Duvall • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

Young & Reckless: AP Brit Obit Sparks Macabre Debate

Is 26 too young for an obit?

Jan 21, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The Associated Press decision to prepare an obituary for 26-year-old troubled pop star Britney Spears has triggered a debate about the extent the news media should anticipate the early deaths of celebrities like Spears, actress Lindsay Lohan and singer Amy Winehouse, who are clearly living risky lives. The AP had... More »

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Anna Nicole Smith • Britney Spears • Lindsay Lohan • obituary • Amy Winehouse • Brad Renfro • James Dean • John Belishi

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