Word: hollywoodism
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Although he had a short list of TV appearances, it wasn’t until being set opposite Campbell Scott in 2002’s Rodger Dodger that Eisenberg created some buzz in Hollywood. In the film, Eisenberg, playing the sexually curious nephew of the philandering lead character, was critically applauded for his ability to keep pace with Scott and the film’s other lead, veteran actress Isabella Rossellini...
...from kidney disease; in Thousand Oaks, California. She played the innocent tomboy surfer in the 1959 film Gidget, a signature role that led to a string of similar parts, but showed a more serious side in films like Imitation of Life and A Summer Place. She gradually disappeared from Hollywood, battling anorexia and drinking problems after her turbulent marriage to Darin ended...
Thank God for Tony Leung Chiu-wai. The best actor working in Asian cinema today can redeem any scene and endow even the most artificial plot with a few degrees of soul. Like Chow Yun-fat before he disappeared into Hollywood, Leung seems able to rise above his material and effortlessly make off with any film. It's no surprise that he plays such an accomplished thief in his latest project, the diverting Seoul Raiders...
...speculate about the glory that Candide might attain if presented as a full Broadway production, it was easy to appreciate the DHO’s resourceful and impressive production. This isn’t just Voltaire’s satire—it is a satire for the postmodern, Hollywood world...
...vice president of Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV), director of HRTV’s soap opera, “Ivory Tower,” and was one of the organizers of HRTV’s Harvardwood program, which links undergraduates with Harvard alumni working in Hollywood...