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With Spotlight hitting the screens this Fall, journalists are once again, pardon our pun, in the spotlight. And it's not only Tom McCarthy's film that features the press corps - Trumbo has a significant appearance of iconic Holywood journo Hedda Hopper, and Truth is all about the star of the famed TV news magazine 60 Minutes, Dan Rather (Robert Redford) and his producer, Mary Mapes.

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When it comes to memorable movie theme songs, no one does it better than James Bond. Five decades of iconic songs have introduced cinema audiences to the many incarnations of Britain’s most famous and debonair spy.

When it comes to memorable movie theme songs, no one does it better than James Bond. Five decades of iconic songs have introduced cinema audiences to the many incarnations of Britain’s most famous and debonair spy.

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The annual American Film Institute Festival got off to a stellar start on Thursday, November 5, with a gala screening of By The Sea at the iconic Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Written, starring and produced by Angelina Jolie an Brad Pitt, By The Sea was presented by its director, Angelina Jolie, to a packed theater.

In what will surely rank in the annals of casting against type, comedienne Sarah Silverman holds nothing back in her portrayal of Laney, a woman who risks her apparently perfect life as a middle class wife and mother as she embarks on progressively more dangerous and self destructive forays into infidelity and self-abuse. I Smile Back, which debuted at Sundance last January, is a study in addictive behavior and ultimately the self destructive compulsion that can result from emotional imbalance.

Bradley Cooper, star of The Words, talks about his friendship with writer/director Brian Klugman, and the long journey to bring (more…).