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1959 Manhattan was a party, and none of the glitterati glittered brighter than Truman Capote. Then he saw a story in The New York Times: "Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain," and the party ended for Capote. He plunged into the murder case that inspired his great "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood and led him into a fevered .. Read more

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  50+ Women in Film

  • 08 Nov 2010

  Life begins at 40 – but if you’re a movie actress, that’s also when your career gives up the ghost. At least, that’s the way things used to be. Not for everyone of course – there were always bit parts for grannies, and occasionally a star of significant magnitude might parlay her fame into a second career as a horror icon (Bette Davis; Joan Crawford). But those were the exceptions. More typical was the case of Janet Leigh: a Hollywood starlet groomed at the tail... Read more

  

  Paltrow joins Iron Man cast

  • 17 Jan 2007

  Gwyneth Paltrow is to join the cast of Jon Favreau's action thriller Iron Man. Variety reports that she will star as Virginia "Pepper" Potts - personal secretary to billionaire superhero Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. The film is being financed by Marvel Studios, with production scheduled to begin in March. And Iron Man, which continues the trend of superhero-based films, looks set to cast a team of widely-respected actors such as Paltrow and Crash star Terrence Howard. " Read more

  

  Look at me, I'm Sandra B...

  • 23 Mar 2010

  Isn’t it amazing how life has a way of patting you on the back and then kicking you in the teeth? One minute Sandra Bullock is enjoying the best year of her career – a year in which she broke through her previous box office ceiling not once, but twice; a year that brought her rave reviews, countless awards and the ultimate, the Oscar for best actress. (The movie, The Blind Side, is released Friday 26th March.) The next – a “Bombshell” – and she’s gone... Read more

  

  Top 10 Sandra Bullock

  • 21 Jul 2009

  Demolition Man (1993) Success didn’t come overnight for Sandra Bullock. It wasn’t until she was 29 years-old that a handful of bit parts led to the role of Lieutenant Lenina Huxley, in the sci-fi movie Demolition Man, giving Bullock her big break. Starring Hollywood heavyweights Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, the film is set in 2032 when violence has been eliminated from society. Eliminated, that is, until Phoenix – a convicted killer who was frozen for his crimes in... Read more

  

  The Painted Veil

  • 23 Apr 2007

  Picture poor Kitty Fane (Naomi Watts), in a white summer dress, kicking her heels in a Chinese paddy field, wondering what on earth she is doing here. The answer is banal enough: she married in haste. Not out of love, but peevishness. She knows her very respectable family has already written her off as a lost cause, so she accepts Walter's proposal to prove them wrong. Within weeks she is in Shanghai with her straight-laced husband, looking out at the rain, bored, lonely, and depressed. From... Read more

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    1959 Manhattan was a party, and none of the glitterati glittered brighter than Truman Capote. Then he saw a story in The New York Times: "Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain," and the party ended for Capote. He plunged into the murder case that inspired his great "nonfiction novel" In Cold Blood and ...

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