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| Danny DeVito gets star on Hollywood Walk Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:42 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) - Danny DeVito has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 66-year-old Emmy-winning actor was honored Thursday with star number 2,445 on the famous walkway. The ceremony was held in connection with the Sept. 13 release of the DVD of the sixth season of the FX comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in which DeVito stars as the ne'er-do-well owner of a Philadelphia bar. DeVito played the role of caustic dispatcher Louie De Palma on "Taxi" in the late '70s and early '80s. His film credits include "Batman Returns" and "Romancing the Stone." He also directed several films, including "Throw Momma from the Train" and "Hoffa." Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2011 01:13 AM PDT Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark – A girl moves into a new home with her father and his new girlfriend. There, she discovers some supernatural beings who want her to be their new "friend". Starring Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce and Bailee Madison. Overheard 2 – Policeman Chi Keung discovers military surveillance equipment in businessman Man Seng's car. Further investigations show that Man Seng and other business tycoons are being stalked by a mysterious guy. Starring Lau Ching Wan, Louis Koo and Daniel Wu. Final Destination 5 – It's not over till ... more people die. In the latest instalment of this horror movie franchise, a group of people survive a terrible accident, thanks to one man's premonition. However, one by one the survivors are killed in other terrifying ways, prompting the remainder of the group to find a solution to escape death. Starring Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, P.J. Byrne and David Koechner. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Posted: 18 Aug 2011 05:49 PM PDT "MAN is born free, but everywhere he is in chains," wrote philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract. A hyperbole? Not really. And here's the thing: If a man, indeed, is in chains, it is fair to say that a woman cannot be better off. A new movie, Snow Flower And The Secret Fan, takes us to 19th century Hunan, China where the shackles are clearly (and literally) illustrated in the practice of foot binding. An epic tale of female friendship, it begins when two girls Snow Flower and Lily, aged seven, are paired as laotong in a rural province. At a time when marriage was primarily an economic and reproductive transaction, this is an important pact because it gave women an outlet for expression that existed nowhere else in their lives. Played by Asia's rising stars Li Bingbing (Lily) and Gianna Jun (Snow Flower), the characters communicate with each other by taking turns to write between the folds of a white silk fan. These missives are written in nu shu, an ancient, undercover language that was kept secret from men for 1,000 years. Scholars only discovered its existence in the 1980s. Often hidden in embroidery or folds of fans, the script of the language does not resemble Chinese characters and is incomprehensible to Mandarin speakers. In a parallel story set in hypermodern Shanghai, the laotong's descendants Nina (also played by Li) and Sophia (Jun) struggle to maintain their childhood friendship in the face of contemporary challenges. The universal theme of female friendship – and its survival through the tribulations of life – forms the basis of the story. Apart from examining the lives of women nearly two centuries ago, the movie also offers an insight into the challenges that modern women face. Jobs, world affairs, families and economic situations, for example, are also things that keep the modern woman bound. Other members of the cast include Vivian Wu (The Last Emperor), Jiang Wu (Zhang Yimou's To Live) and Archie Kao (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation). Hugh Jackman makes a special appearance as a travelling New Zealand entrepreneur. It is presented by Fox Searchlight Pictures and no exact date for the Malaysian release is available at present. Related Story: |
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