Word: fame
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...plot is about some high-paid London lowlifes and a missing "lucky painting." But the real suspense surrounding Guy Ritchie's RockNRolla is this: Can the writer-director return to his early form and fame - when his debut feature Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels made him the hot young bloke - and emerge from the career burden of being Mr. Madonna? It's got to be time-consuming, and reputation-deflating, for a distinctive filmmaker to be dodging the paparazzi, shopping for a baby in Malawi and enduring gossip that your wife is palling around with A-Rod. Simply finding time...
...title characters in “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” who spend a life-changing night on a sleepless quest to hear their favorite underground band.In discussing the choices they’ve made in their careers and their recent glimpses of fame, both actors come across as modest and reserved. Though Dennings was much more talkative than her costar, who gave little more than one-line answers. It’s easy to assume that Cera and his characters are one and the same—and he didn?...
...particular the fictional group Where’s Fluffy. But for all its pretensions to understanding indie music fans, the movie comes across as contrived and unemotional. Nick, played by Michael Cera of “Juno” and “Superbad” fame, is devastated after his girlfriend Tris (Alexis Dziena) breaks up with him. Being the generic emo-punk that he is, he makes her dozens of mix CDs with heart-rending titles such as—in one of the film’s best and most subtle jokes?...
...DELAPPEContributing writerAndy Warhol was a dangerous combination of magnetism, fame, and power. His strong persona, coupled with his mechanical, industrialized production of art, made it easy for individuals involved in Warhol’s studio-cum-entourage—the Factory—to slip through the cracks. In her debut documentary, Esther Robinson explores the involvement and the mysterious disappearance of her uncle, Danny Williams ’61. “A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory,” shown this past weekend at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) with commentary...
...Martinez said he doesn’t think his Facebook fame will influence the UC election. “I don’t think Facebook has really changed anything. Sure, I have a Facebook profile, but so does everyone else,” he said. “Name recognition allows my campaign to be more relaxed. I don’t feel I have to introduce myself to the public...