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Published: 11/12/10

RIP Dino De Laurentiis, Master of the Movies

By  James Grady - Politics Daily
RIP Dino De Laurentiis, Master of the Movies

Arrivederci, movie impresario and producer Dino De Laurentiis. And grazie. With full disclosure to Politics Daily readers, grazie Dino from me personally for my dream career. In 1973, sitting in his New York office reading the opening four typed manuscript pages of a slim first novel by me, a nobody living in a Montana shack, Dino saw the outlines of an even better movie. So, he brought together Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow and director Sydney Pollack to create what Pulitzer Prize winning film critic and novelist Stephen Hunter calls the film most resonant ...

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Published: 08/25/10

On Sean Connery's 80th Birthday, the Question Remains: To Act or Not to Act?

By  Paul Wachter - AOL News
On Sean Connery's 80th Birthday, the Question Remains: To Act or Not to Act?

(Aug. 25) -- Sean Connery turned 80 today and re-asserted his retirement, saying that his acting days are officially over. This may not bother the younger crowd, who perhaps know Connery better from an annoying Internet meme -- a website that repeats ad nauseam Connery's line "You're the man now, dog" from "Finding Forrester" (2000) -- than his James Bond days. But Connery's still one of cinema's greatest living legends, and could easily land commanding roles. He just says he no longer wants to. "I don't think I'll ever act again. I have so many wonderful memories, but those days are over," ...

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Published: 07/9/10

Alleged Adulteress Escapes Stoning Death in Iran

By  Lauren Frayer - AOL News
Alleged Adulteress Escapes Stoning Death in Iran

(July 9) -- An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery will escape that punishment, Iranian state media reported today, after an international campaign drew Hollywood stars and global leaders decrying what one U.S. senator called a "barbaric" punishment. But it's unclear whether 43-year-old Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will avoid the death penalty altogether, or be killed by another method Iranian executioners use, like hanging or beheading. She's already endured a flogging for having an "illicit relationship" outside marriage, even though Ashtiani was a widow at the time of ...

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Published: 02/24/10

Ben Bradlee: A Legend After 'All the President's Men'

By  Donna Trussell - Politics Daily
Ben Bradlee: A Legend After 'All the President's Men'

"Nothing's riding on this except the, uh, First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press, and maybe the future of the country." That sentence was uttered by actor Jason Robards playing Washington Post Editor Ben Bradlee in what is arguably the best performance of his career in "All the President's Men," one of the 100 greatest films of all time, according to the American Film Institute. Oh, the glory days of newspapers! What with Quinn Bradlee, son of Bradlee and columnist Sally Quinn, in the news (as reported by my Politics Daily colleague Annie Groer here and here) and last ...

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