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Complete List of Tony Winners

The 66th Annual Tony Awards were held tonight in New York, and the big winner was “Once” (pictured above), the musical based on the critically-acclaimed 2007 John Crowley film about Irish musicians falling in love. I didn’t see any point in watching the CBS telecast myself, because as a Southern Californian, I’ve barely even heard …

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Herman Cain to host nationally syndicated radio program

If the phrase “9-9-9” had just stopped ringing in your ears at night, don’t worry: the Herminator will be back. It was announced today that Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza and everybody’s favorite GOP primary candidate, will get his own nationally syndicated radio show beginning January 21, 2013. Cain will inherit the program …

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Adam Yauch, Beastie Boys rapper and Oscilloscope Laboratories co-founder, dead at 47

Adam Yauch, better known as Beastie Boys rapper MCA, has passed away at 47. That Yauch had recently been fighting cancer was well known. In 2009, he went public with this battle, against a cancerous parotid gland. In addition to making musical hits for decades with the Beastie Boys, Yauch created the film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories …

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Joe Eszterhas releases tape of stark raving mad Mel Gibson rant to media

Crazy Mel Gibson, from "South Park".True to his word, Joe Eszterhas did possess a tape of Mel Gibson during one of the latter’s rampages, and has now released it to the media.

Eszterhas and Gibson have been feuding bitterly and publicly over their work on The Maccabees, which was to be a “Jewish Braveheart.” When Warner Brothers pulled the plug on the project, Eszterhas accused Gibson of anti-Semitism and deranged behavior, while Gibson claimed Eszterhas’ work was “substandard.”

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ARRI pledges to support 35mm film for at least a decade more

Photo from ARRI newsletter.This past Monday, I wrote a piece entitled “Making Sense of the Digital Conversion“, which dealt with the ramifications of the widespread digitization of movie theaters. The other element of the digital conversion, of course, is taking place on the production side.

Doomsdayers seized the opportunity to lament “the death” of film production last year when popular manufacturer ARRI ceased production of 35mm cameras. This was no doubt a significant news story, especially considering that ARRI makes the industry’s preeminent digital alternative, the ALEXA, used on dozens of film and television projects in 2011, including Martin Scorsese’s Hugo and HBO’s Game of Thrones.

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Chuck Norris Facts: He carries a rifle in “The Expendables 2”

They say old soldiers never die, they just fade away. Fortunately for fans of silly action movies and preposterous TV shows, Chuck Norris is an exception to the rule.

Today a new publicity image of Chuck Norris in The Expendables 2 was released, inspiring giddy delight in fans anticipating the action star bonanza. In the photo, Norris is seen toting a G36 rifle, walking away from a burning car as if it were no big deal. No word on whether or not the car is burning because of him, but doubtlessly he either just killed or is about to kill someone.

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Dick Clark dies at 82

Dick Clark on "American Bandstand" in 1960.Dick Clark, the legendary TV host and producer, has passed away at 82.

Clark’s rep told TMZ that Clark had been hospitalized in L.A. after an outpatient procedure. He suffered a “massive heart attack” following the procedure, with attempts to resuscitate him being unsuccessful. Clark previously had a stroke in 2004.

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