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James Gandolfini, Immortalized as Mobster Tony Soprano, Dies at 51

Keith GirardJune 19, 2013

James Gandolfini, who enthralled audiences as the murderous mob boss, with a soft touch for animals, in the hit HBO series “The Supranos,” died suddenly today while traveling in Italy. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack, although no official confirmation has been forth coming. He was 51....

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Kathryn Bigelow Defends Zero Dark Thirty Torture Scene (watch!)

Keith GirardJanuary 23, 2013

Kathryn Bigelow is making the talk show rounds in an apparent effort to head off an organized campaign to prevent the film from winning a best picture Oscar. Martin Sheen and Ed Asner are the latest Hollywood celebrities to urge Oscar voters to bypass the film because it “glorifies” torture....

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Jessica Chastain’s Stunning Vogue Germany Sex, Sensibility Photos

Keith GirardDecember 12, 2012

Jessica Chastain, who is stunning audiences in her new film “Zero Dark Thirty,” breaks into high fashion with an equally stunning spread by renowned photographer Bruce Weber for Vogue Germany. Chastain, 35, appears in the jazz-themed pictorial as an exotic chanteuse, wearing a strapless black dress. She also gets up close and personal with a set of bongos, a saxophone and French actor Omar Sy, posing as a sax player. She literally exploded on the big screen last year in two films, Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life,” with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn and “The Help,,” for which she received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination....

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Jessica Chastain, From Tomboy to Oh Boy! See Her Hot New Photos

Keith GirardNovember 27, 2012

Jessica Chastain is ready to settle scores with those junior high school boyfriends who didn’t like her as a tomboy. She shows them what they’re missing now in a sizzling photo spread in the British edition of GQ magazine. Chastain, 35, says she was such a tomboy growing up she still feels uncomfortable being viewed as a sex symbol. “I always find sex scenes embarrassing. But at times they are necessary – I get that,” she tells the magazine. ...

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