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Carey Mulligan: Hollywood Still Failing Women; Lack Meaty Big Screen Roles

Keith GirardJanuary 18, 2018

Carey Mulligan, who was nominated for a 2009 best actress Oscar, says Hollywood is still failing to provide “interesting and complicated” roles for women, a failing that contributes to a “lack of opportunity” for actresses. The 32-year-old actress starred in this year’s highly acclaimed “Mudbound” and is probably best known for her role in “The Great Gatsby.”...

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Kate Winslet Stays Fit For Her Kids, Not To Be In a Fu*king Nude Scene

Keith GirardSeptember 30, 2015

Kate Winslet let looks fantastic a week from turning 40 years old, but she makes clear in a new interview she stays fit these days for her kids, “who need me more than I need for myself to be in a fucking nude scene.” She is one of the most nominated actresses in the Oscars history and was naked in four of her six nominated roles....

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Liv Tyler Says She Struggles for Roles Because of Hollywood’s Age Trap

Keith GirardSeptember 24, 2015

Liv Tyler, the daughter of Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, has fallen into the Hollywood age trap. She says she’s struggling to find meaningful roles because she’s now 38, too old too old to play the ingenue and too young for more mature parts. Actresses like Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, Judy Dench and Susan Sarandon find roles....

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Entourage the Movie: Sex, Lies and Videotape Featured in New Trailer

Keith GirardMarch 25, 2015

Vincent Chase and the crew are all about fast cars, fast women and non-stop partying while Ari Gold tries to keep everything from imploding in the new full length trailer for the upcoming “Entourage” movie. But the biggest orgy are the product placements. The movie is based on the successful HBO series by the same name that starred Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Jeremy Piven. ...

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Mike Nichols, Visionary Flim, Theater Director, Producer, Dies Suddenly at 83

Keith GirardNovember 20, 2014

Mike Nichols, a celebrated director and producer who helmed such classics as “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and “The Graduate” and Broadway hits like The Odd Couple, died suddenly yesterday (Nov. 19). He was 83. Nichols was a visionary during his career who started out as an comedian and later made his mark as a director and producer. He is one of the few entertainment figures to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony for his work, demonstrating his versatility, creativity and understanding of his craft....

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Amber Heard Is Wildly Sexy, Just Don’t Call Her That (photos!)

Keith GirardJuly 12, 2013

Amber Heard is a mass of contradictions. She’s the thinking man’s sex symbol, and a self-professed intellectual, even though she dropped out of high school. She’s wildly sexy, but don’t tell her that. She’ll reject any script that describes her as “beautiful,” “sexy,” or “hot.” Even though she’s all three....

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Olivia Munn Seriously Smart, Funny, AND Crazy Sexy (photos)

Keith GirardMay 21, 2013

Olivia Munn is a thinking man’s Hollywood sex siren. She knows how to relate to men, without sacrificing her exotic sexuality. No wonder Esquire magazine can’t get enough of her. Who else can?...

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Disney's Got the Ticket With Sneak Peek at Planes (watch!)

TheImproperApril 2, 2013

Disney’s new animated feature “Planes” illustrates an iron rule of Hollywood film-making. Once you’ve got a winner start cranking out the clones. The winner, of course, is 2006 movie “Cars.” Watch a new teaser trailer to see how closely Planes flies to the concept....

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Hilary Swank Blasts Male-Dominated Hollywood (video, photos)

TheImproperNovember 22, 2010

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank has blasted Hollywood for failing to provide meaningful acting roles for women, charging that male-dominated industry can't go beyond what it knows....

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Pinkberry 3D: Hollywood Unbound in Crazy Spoof (video)

TheImproperJune 20, 2010

Take one part "Jerry McGuire," one part "Entourage" one part Les Grossman and add a dash of Hollywood reality and this Internet spoof is what you'd get. It pulls back the curtain on the blowhards and egomaniacs behind the scenes in Tinseltown....

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