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NEWS ABOUT: Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio stories: 17 news summaries
OPINION

 Fall Films Worth Seeing 


Aug 18, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Entertainment Weekly looks at the most promising movies for the fall. Here's a sampling:
  • 9: Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short about sentient rag dolls gets a big-screen treatment courtesy of producer Tim Burton.
  • The Informant: Matt Damon gained 30 pounds for Steven Soderbergh’s film on corporate
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entertainment • Leonardo DiCaprio • Michael Moore • Viggo Mortensen • Tim Burton • Cormac McCarthy • Megan Fox • Woody Harrelson

(Newser) - Nerve’s list of the sexiest ugly people demands a counterpart, and here it is: The most unsexy beautiful people—those who may have symmetry and cheekbones—but no sex appeal.
  1. Nicole Kidman: She’s like a Barbie. Who's 40. And Botoxed. And lifeless.
  2. Tom Cruise: He was
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Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Tom Cruise • list • Jennifer Aniston • Gwyneth Paltrow • Jonas Brothers • Beauty • sexy • unsexy

(Newser) - The last Titanic survivor has died at age 97, with no memory of the disaster but pleased by the attention it brought her, the BBC reports. Millvina Dean was 9 weeks old when the ship sank in 1912 and claimed her father's life, but spared her mother and brother. The... More »

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James Cameron • Leonardo DiCaprio • shipwreck • Titanic • survivors • Kate Winslet

earth day

 Leo, Oprah Voted 
 Greenest Celebs 

Mariah, Travolta not so much

Apr 22, 09 9:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey was voted the greenest female celebrity in an Earth Day poll, the New York Daily News reports. Leonardo DiCaprio beat out Brad Pitt and Bono for the No. 1 male spot in the survey by GreenDaily.com and Bebo.com. On the other hand, Mariah Carey is least... More »

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environment • Brad Pitt • Leonardo DiCaprio • John Travolta • Earth Day • Bono • Oprah Winfrey • green • Mariah Carey

(Newser) - The Oscars indicate who Hollywood thinks deserves a statue, but if you want to know what insiders really think about stars, start talking money. Forbes did just that, asking industry vets to rank talent based on their ability to make a project pop, from early hype to DVD sales.... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • Johnny Depp • business • money • box office • Forbes • Will Smith • actor • movie industry

analysis

 Hollywood, Lay Off the 'Burbs 

Hating on the suburbs is the cheapest, easiest move in art

Dec 28, 08 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Revolutionary Road, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, “is the latest entry in a long stream of art that portrays the American suburbs as the physical correlative to spiritual and mental death,” Lee Siegel writes in the Washington Post. Everyone from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath has given... More »

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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • film • art • literature • Weeds • suburbs • Allen Ginsberg • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road

MOVIE REVIEW

 Leo, Kate 
 Pave Way for 
 Revolutionary Road 

Actors overcome 'dated' feel

Dec 26, 08 10:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Revolutionary Road, a 1950s-era drama about marriage, love, and angst, has its flaws, but ultimately it works, writes Kenneth Turhan in the Los Angeles Times. That’s largely thanks to stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio and director Sam Mendes, who overcome a storyline that seems “as dated as... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • film • movie review • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Revolutionary Road

GLOSSIES

 Winslet's Back, 
 With Eyes on Oscar 

Actress reunites with DiCaprio, stars in two films likely to earn her some hardware

Nov 5, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • Academy Awards • Titanic • profile • movies • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Ralph Fiennes • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

 Leo Corrals 
 Star Pals 
 for Get-Out- 
 the-Vote Video 


Stars can't bear to tell public 'don't vote'

Oct 29, 08 4:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Leonardo DiCaprio brings out the big guns for a get-out-the-vote video with an A-list cast including Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, and Justin Timberlake. Leo produces and appears in the spot, in which Spielberg directs the actors to use reverse psychology to get young people... More »

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Steven Spielberg • Leonardo DiCaprio • Julia Roberts • Justin Timberlake • vote • Harrison Ford • Election 2008

movie review

 Body of Lies Too Conventional 

Film has atmosphere but 'flawed' story

Oct 10, 08 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA thriller Body of Lies is “always crisp and watchable,” but “it ends up too unconvincing and conventional to consistently hold our attention,” writes Kenneth Turan in the LA Times. The story of an anti-terror mission played out on the ground but guided from the... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • film • movie review • thriller • Ridley Scott • Russell Crowe • Body of Lies

Iran Bars Actress From Leaving Country

Hollywood-bound DiCaprio co-star stopped at airport

Aug 21, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(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 ... More »

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Iran • Leonardo DiCaprio • Ridley Scott • actor • movies • Body of Lies • Golshifteh Farahani

 Close Casting Calls for Stars 

TV roles that almost changed the course of their careers

Aug 18, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some of today's brightest stars nearly landed iconic TV roles, but didn't for better or worse. Author Eila Mell reveals a few near-misses to the New York Post:  
  • Harrison Ford turned down the part of "Meathead" in All in the Family.
  • Mickey
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television • Leonardo DiCaprio • Rosie O'Donnell • list • Harrison Ford • Whitney Houston • Courteney Cox

 The 10 Best-Paid Actors 

From the Fresh Prince to Captain Jack Sparrow, stars aren't sweating the small notes

Jul 23, 08 11:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hancock isn't the "have you seen it" superhero movie of the season, but star Will Smith isn't crying in his beer: The ex-Fresh Prince raked in $80 million in the year that ended June 1. The rest of the Forbes top 10:
  1. Johnny Depp ($72 million)
  2. Eddie
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Hollywood • Leonardo DiCaprio • Johnny Depp • list • celebrity • salary • Adam Sandler • Ben Stiller • Forbes • Eddie Murphy • Will Smith • Nicolas Cage • Will Ferrell • Bruce Willis • movies • Mike Myers

OPINION

Right Church, Wrong Pew

For 10 doubly stellar Oscar hopefuls, category was correct
but film wasn't

Jan 21, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar nominees have often delivered more than one award-worthy performance in a single category in the same year. Sometimes, Tariq Khan tells the LA Times, the academy picks the wrong one. On the eve of this year's nominations, he lists his top 10 mistakes.
  1. Catherine Keener, Capote, Best
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Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Jack Nicholson • actor • Emma Thompson • Catherine Keener • Susan Sarandon • Oscars

Knut Mania Triggers Rift at Zoo

Polar bear's promoter leaves in dispute over marketing

Dec 13, 07 4:30 PM CST
(Newser) - A savvy marketing campaign that turned cuddly Knut into the world's most famous polar bear has driven a wedge between his human handlers. The Berlin Zoo's finance director, the man who made Knut the poster bear for global warming and turned a tidy profit for the zoo in the process,... More »

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climate change • Leonardo DiCaprio • Knut • Berlin Zoo • polar bear

Famous, Eco-Friendly, and... Frauds?

Press puts A-listers on the defensive about opulent, gas-guzzling lifestyles

Sep 1, 07 6:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Greenies are putting celebrities under the microscope to see if their eco-lifestyles really resemble what they preach, the Los Angeles Times reports. A-listers insist they're not perfect, but bloggers ask what value their message has when Leonardo zips around in a private jet and Madge owns 9 homes. One critic... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • environmentalism • celebrity • John Mayer • Live Earth

Chic Pups Are Channeling
Nic and Leo

Oscar knock-offs now come in teacup sizes

Mar 26, 07 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Knock-offs of Academy Awards gowns—always a brisk business—now come in even-smaller sizes:  An L.A. company has released a new line of Oscar duds for dogs, from Nicole Kidman's red Balenciaga  to Leonardo DiCaprio's Armani tux. Little Lily's, which has been dressing posh pooches since 2002, has... More »

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pets • fashion • Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Balenciaga • Armani • Academy Awards • film • awards • celebrity • actor • dog • movies • Oscars

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