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    Every actor hears it when he or she first moves

    Every actor hears it when he or she first moves to town: Read the trades. Educate yourself about the industry by following its daily news in The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. But given that the trades can read like stereo instructions, actors may find themselves scratching their heads as they ...

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    Nathan the Wise

    The remarkable fact about "Nathan the Wise" is not the quality of the play itself, but that such a play could have been written at all in the late 1700s.

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    'Full Monty' Producer Scores Internet First

    Leading British film producer Simon Beaufoy, who wrote the smash hit "The Full Monty," is set to break new boundaries with the world's first Internet film premiere.

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    A Christmas Story

    Theatre at the Center launches into the holiday season with Philip Grecian's stage adaptation of Jean Shepherd's 1983 motion picture "A Christmas Story."

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    Pitt Takes on 'Schmidt' for Col Project

    Brad Pitt is attached to star in "Chad Schmidt," a new Steve Conrad script that has been sold to Columbia Pictures for more than $1 million.

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    Fighting Irish

    It can be tough being a Colin Farrell fan. For every person who recognizes the natural charisma and weight the 28-year-old actor brings to his roles, there are others who question his success. Those individuals are probably not familiar with Farrell's work.

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    'Amazing' Graced with Six Spirit Noms

    The nominating committee for the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards found Nicole Holofcener's "Lovely & Amazing" to be just that, honoring the Lions Gate Films release with a total of six nominations.

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    The IFC's New Waverly Opens

    When the historic Waverly Theatre building reopened its doors as the IFC Center on June 9, not only Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village but Manhattan and the entire country could see and feel the cutting edge.

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    Al Pacino has done it. Sarah Jessica Parker has,

    Al Pacino has done it. Sarah Jessica Parker has, too. As has James Gandolfini, three times. Accepting a Primetime Emmy Award is fairly easy: stride to stage, grasp 18-karat-gold-covered statue—weighing in at a little under 5 pounds—sniffle, smile, wave, stammer, glance upward, laugh, or any combination of the ...