From Timeslive: “Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills of complications of pneumonia,” the Los Angeles Times said, quoting the author’s nephew Burr Steers. Vidal’s literary legacy includes a series of historical novels — “Burr,” ”1876,” ”Lincoln” and “The Golden Age” among them — as well as the campy transexual comedy “Myra […]
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It seems that more and more movies these days are being based on books than on original screenplays. And who can blame film makers for wanting to take a wildly popular novel and turn it into a (hopefully) wildly popular movie? “Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture […]
Bizarre yet mainstream: Tim Burton’s career has been marked by the ability to create movies that are strange and curious but remains just inside the realm of the mainstream. This year, Burton will be releasing three new films and is planning more exciting projects for 2013 and beyond. 1.Dark Shadows Set to be released in […]