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Shouters Sound Off (and Honor Tennessee Williams) at New Orleans Stell-Off

By Dave ThierMar 29th 2011 – 8:30AM
New Orleans Literary Festival

New Orleans Literary Festival

NEW ORLEANS -- In New Orleans, screaming in public can win you fabulous prizes. Tennessee Williams may be among the most accomplished and regarded American playwrights, but he seems destined to be remembered, first and foremost, by one scene in "A Streetcar Named Desire" -- actually just one line. More to it, just one...

Charles Ferguson and 4 Other Political Oscar Acceptance Speeches [VIDEOS]

By Torie BoschFeb 27th 2011 – 11:14PM
Mark J. Terrill, AP

Mark J. Terrill, AP

Charles Ferguson went there. After a largely apolitical Academy Awards, Ferguson, who won the Best Documentary Oscar for his film "Inside Job," used his acceptance speech to air his frustration regarding the fact that no wrongdoers have been sentenced to prison for helping bring about the financial meltdown. "Not a...

Maria Schneider, 'Last Tango in Paris' Star, Dead at 58 [VIDEO TRIBUTE]

By JJ HellandFeb 3rd 2011 – 10:47AM

Actress Maria Schneider, best known for her star turn alongside Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris," has died. She was 58 years old. According to French media reports, family members said she passed away this morning in Paris after suffering from a long illness. Schneider's other film...

On Sean Connery's 80th Birthday, the Question Remains: To Act or Not to Act?

By Paul WachterAug 25th 2010 – 11:45AM

(Aug. 25) -- Sean Connery turned 80 today and re-asserted his retirement, saying that his acting days are officially over. This may not bother the younger crowd, who perhaps know Connery better from an annoying Internet meme -- a website that repeats ad nauseam Connery's line "You're the man now, dog" from "Finding...

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Retro Snap: Please Identify This Comically Handsome Man

By Jennifer Wright May 11th 2012 - 09:35AM

I thought it was Marlon Brando , but a handsomer Marlon Brando.

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  • 05/31/12 Geek Gifts: Christopher Reeve and Marlon Brando's... Source: Collider We've shared quite a few items in our ongoing Geek Gifts article series, and sometimes said gifts land on the slightly more expensive side.
  • 05/31/12 Silver screen ship returns to Newburgh Source: Capital News 9 - Albany NY A piece of cinematic history is now docked along the Newburgh waterfront.
  • 05/29/12 Why I Hate Sex! 32 Fucktastic Reasons! Source: Village Voice - New York NY And it's not the kind of thing you improve at with time.
  • 05/29/12 Second to Nun Source: New York Post - New York NY By the time she was 24, she was already comfortable walking the red carpet at the Oscars.
  • 05/23/12 'On the Road' review - Cannes Film Festival 2012 Source: Digital Spy There are sex, drugs, driving and Kristen Stewart as the best travelling buddy imaginable in On the Road , tugging together (quite literally) a bromantic American odyssey between Beat generation icons Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund) and Sal Paradise (Sam Riley).

Background on marlon brando

Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American movie star and political activist. "Unchallenged as the most important actor in modern American Cinema" according to the St.

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