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Dialect Coach Robert Easton Dies: Henry Higgins of Hollywood Coached Anne Hathaway, Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Travolta

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Actor and dialect coach Robert Easton, known as the "Henry Higgins of Hollywood," died of "natural causes" on Friday, Dec. 16, in the Los Angeles suburb of Toluca Lake. Easton was 81. Even if he never coached My Fair Lady/Pygmalion's Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews, or Wendy Hiller, according to the Los Angeles Times obituary Easton's dialect students included Anne Hathaway, Liam Neeson, John Travolta, Patrick [...]




THE FIGHTER, Hailee Steinfeld Win; Arnold Schwarzenegger's Lame Joke: Critics Choice Awards

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Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter "I invented not speaking English correctly," former action star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger told the crowd at the Hollywood Palladium at the Broadcast Film Critics Association's 2011 Critics Choice Awards. Samuel Goldwyn — e.g., "Bring on the empty horses!" — must be rolling in his grave. Goldwyn made better movies, too. David O. Russell's The Fighter has [...]




Sylvester Stallone's THE EXPENDABLES: Reviews

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Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Randy Couture, The Expendables Reading critics' comments, Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables sounds funnier than Dinner with Schmucks, Grown Ups, and The Other Guys put together. Better yet, the movie offers explosions, dangerous stunts, and fight scenes reminiscent of the day when action heroes were so macho, but so macho, they looked like actors in gay leather porn. Written by Stallone and [...]




Martin Scorsese, the HFPA, and Film Preservation

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When it came to the 2010 Golden Globe speeches, there wasn't much for posterity. Unless, of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger's remarks about half of Avatar's revenues being used to alleviate California's budget deficit will be remembered 1,000 years from now, along with The Aviator; New York, New York; Casino; GoodFellas; The Last Temptation of Christ; The Departed; and other movies directed by Martin Scorsese. Or at [...]




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