Friends, relatives and show-business colleagues gathered Sunday to remember Oscar-winning special-effects maestro Stan Winston, the man responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” and other iconic movie creatures to life. Winston died at his home in Malibu surrounded by family June 15 after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 62. Winston’s son…
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HOLLYWOOD – Movie executives at Paramount Pictures have honored their promise to preview Mike Myers’ new film The Love Guru for concerned Hindu leaders in Los Angeles. Hindus, led by Rajan Zed, campaigned to see the film before its release on Friday–in an attempt to make sure their fears about the movie were overblown. But…
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Candid footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of her last completed film brought in $60,000 at an auction of movie memorabilia Saturday. The two reels of silent, 8-millimeter color film shot on the set of “The Misfits” had been expected to draw starting bids of between $10,000 and $20,000. The auction also included the…
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Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and fictional Tinker Bell. Recipients of the sidewalk stars also include Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Cameron Diaz, Robert Downey Jr., Tim Burton, Leslie Caron, Charles Durning, Ralph Fiennes, William Petersen, Kyra…
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