January 14, 2012
“The Iron Lady,” the new biopic starring Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher, was controversial before audiences even saw it, largely because of its portrayal of the aging former prime minister’s dementia. The current UK prime minister, David Cameron, suggested the movie was premature and shouldn’t have been made while Thatcher was alive. Her former [...]
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November 19, 2011
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie (C) waves to the media as she stands with her adopted sons Pax Thien (R) from Vietnam and Maddox from Cambodia at a security check point before leaving Con Dao Island, off Vietnam’s southern coast on Wednesday (November 16) Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and her six children wrapped up their [...]
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July 31, 2011
American instructor found his calling after learning and failing as a producer and director Hollywood film instructor Dov Simens (in black suit), who admits that he is a mean, rude, and direct teacher, gave a lecture on filmmaking in HCMC from July 26-28 Hands on his hips, the grey-haired foreigner in a black suit [...]
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July 24, 2011
Dov Simens, a noted Hollywood film teacher. Dov Simens, a noted Hollywood film teacher, will host a three-day course for local filmmakers from July 26 to 28 at HCMC’s Institute for Culture Exchange with France (IDECAF.) Simens has been offering a two-day crash course in independent filmmaking for decades. The course, which costs US$395 internationally, [...]
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June 5, 2011
During his fourth visit to Vietnam, Phillip Noyce encouraged young filmmakers to expand their boundaries and reconsider the importance of marketing. Noyce spent ten days in Vietnam speaking with film students and promoting his biography “Backroads to Hollywood” authored by Ingo Petzkeâa German film professor. Dressed in casuals, the 61-year-old director managed to beat [...]
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May 22, 2011
Australian Hollywood director Phillip Noyce at the first Vietnam International Film Festival held in Hanoi last October. Phillip Noyce, noted director of “Salt” and “The Quiet American,” will make his fourth visit to Vietnam this month. From May 26 to June 8, Noyce will participate in a variety of seminars and cinema events as well [...]
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March 25, 2011
Flowers, photographs and notes from fans adorn the Hollywood Walk of Fame star of actress Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood, March 23 Actress Elizabeth Taylor was given a small private funeral service in the Los Angeles area Thursday, a day after she died of congestive heart failure, police said. The Oscar-winning actress, 79, was laid to [...]
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March 8, 2011
Co-host James Franco (L), best actor nominee for his role in “127 Hours,” and co-host Anne Hathaway stand onstage during the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, February 27, 2011. Oscar organizers tried something unprecedented in the awards’ 83-year history on Sunday — entrusting a young, attractive pair of Hollywood stars to host the film [...]
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November 20, 2010
A scene of the 12-episode series Ly Cong Uan – Duong toi thanh Thang Long. The film is blasted as a “Chinese film in Vietnamese.” It’s not rare for Hollywood to produce films that feature the history and culture of a country with racially mixed casts. A film about Russia is in English. Actors and [...]
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February 2, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Director James Cameron expressed his gratitude to Vietnamese audiences for making “Avatar” the first movie to earn $1 million in Vietnam. A scene from Avatar. “Millions of thanks” took place at MegaStar cinema complexes on January 28. On this occasion, Cameron expressed his thanks to Vietnamese audiences through a short video clip. By January 27, [...]
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