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A Place to Flock
July 24, 2008
Los Angeles actors will soon have a new place to meet other performers, update reels and résumés, pass time between auditions, and research their craft.


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Hollywood Flocks to San Diego Comic Con
July 23, 2008
Throngs of grown men wearing tights and capes converge this week to revel in all manner of superhero lore and merchandising at the 39th annual Comic Con Convention.

Dark Knight's Gotham City Gets Windy
July 21, 2008
Christian Bale's Batman is perched atop a skyscraper, looking over a dark and foggy skyline pierced by glittering lights, preparing for a dive to the gritty streets below.

'The Class' to Open NY Film Festival
July 16, 2008
NY Film Festival organizers will open this fall's event with French director Laurent Cantet's "Entre les Murs" (The Class), winner of this year's top prize at Cannes.

Downey Does Sherlock with Holmes Mystery
July 11, 2008
Robert Downey Jr. is trading Iron Man's metal suit for Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker hat.

Cohen, Ferrell Team Up for Sleuth Film
July 03, 2008
Sacha Baron Cohen will star as detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as his loyal assistant, Watson, in an upcoming film comedy.

The Hollywood Pirate Hunt
July 02, 2008
In 2006 the MPAA commissioned a study that determined that its member studios lost $6.1 billion to piracy in 2005.




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July 23, 2008
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