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Many a man has spent a movie searching for a lost love. Few have wound up telling the story of revolutionary South America in the process. But when Juan Mandelbaum went looking for an old college girlfriend back in Buenos Aires, he came back with 'Our Disappeared,' a tender documentary that recalls how a decade of political upheaval wrecked families, ...

Not much can be written about "Sixty Miles to Silver Lake," a nifty new play by Dan LeFranc, without ruining the central gimmick.

Lady GaGa says Paris Hilton released one of the 'greatest records ever'. Lady GaGa, who has enjoyed worldwide chart success with her debut single 'Just Dance', claims she enjoyed Paris' 2006 reggae song 'Stars Are Blind'.

Film News: Adaptation of '60s toon back on track -- The U.S. film adaptation of 'Astro Boy,' the iconic 1960s Japanese toon about a robot boy and his scientist 'father,' is back on track after producer Imagi Entertainment temporarily suspended production.

International News: Adaptation of '60s toon back on track -- The U.S. film adaptation of 'Astro Boy,' the iconic 1960s Japanese toon about a robot boy and his scientist 'father,' is back on track after producer Imagi Entertainment temporarily suspended production.

Irving Berlin's hopeful and uplifting musical revue, I Love a Piano, begins tomorrow! It's the story of American history from the Ragtime rhythms of the early 20th century, through the sentimental songs that inspired a nation during two World Wars, to the optimism of the 1950s.Can't get enough of Irving Berlin? Want to know all of the inside information and interesting tidbits? Click here to go to Sub/Text: Your Virtual Dramaturg. Sub/Text contains video, photos and music of Irving Berlin and the American history he lived.

(LiveDaily.com) After five years, Metallica [ tickets ] bassist Robert Trujillo still sounds in awe of being asked to join one of rock's most legendary thrash-metal acts. His voice escalates at the mere mention of Metallica's past, and he loves the opportunity to dissect... continued

If he's ever homesick, Jeremy Messersmith just needs to play his new album, The Silver City. It brims with nostalgia for his Minneapolis home, with breezy storytelling and '60s-style Beach Boys pop. Here, Messersmith discusses the album, which juxtaposes love and hope against an urban backdrop.

If the bookies are right and Heath Ledger is named best supporting actor at the Oscars, his may not be the only posthumous award dished out on 22 February. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that it is bending the rules to allow Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack a shot at the best film gong, Variety reports.The Reader, Stephen Daldry's controversial adaptation of the novel by Bernhard Schlink, which is up for five Oscars, was the final project for Pollack and Minghella under their Mirage Enterprises partnership, but both died before the film was completed. That caused problems for the Academy, which does not usually honour more than three producers for best film: The Reader has at least four, with Donna Gigliotti and Redmond Morris named alongside Minghella and Pollack.The body decided that three was the maximum after an army of producers marched to the stage to pick up the best film award for Shakespeare in Love in 1998. But it revised its rules in

KEVIN CONNOLLY is still recovering from the 'trauma' of filming a love scene with Hollywood siren SCARLETT JOHANSSON - because he perspired so much preparing for his ...