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Jesse Eisenberg takes on a darker role as one of the founders of Facebook

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Even before the undead yet live-wire comedy-horror hit "Zombieland," Jesse Eisenberg had established a beachhead as the thinking man's Michael Cera: slender and sensitive but also emotionally tough and sinewy.

Benefit unites Waters, Levinson and Simon

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Waters, Levinson and Simon will share stage to promote Maryland Film Festival

John Waters, Barry Levinson and David Simon aren't just appearing on stage for the first time together for the Maryland Film Festival benefit on Nov. 14. They're also throwing their support behind the event in advance.

Gathering Saturday at Pratt to honor Sherlock Holmes -- and his enemies

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meeting coincides with buildup for new Holmes movie

To most of the world, Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, a master of deductive reasoning created by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle over the course of 60 novels and short stories. But true Sherlockians, like those who will be gathering at the Pratt Library on Saturday for the 30th year running, know better.

Oprah, Tyler Perry happy to endorse 'Precious'

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Oprah Winfrey did not write "The Bluest Eye" or "Middlesex" or "Love in the Time of Cholera." But her formidably influential book club has helped many an author — alive or dead, famous or no — reach a wider audience. (Sample thank-you note from the beyond: "Oprah, thanks for your support of 'Anna Karenina.' Leo.")

A tough but elegant turn as fledgling Coco Chanel

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The French actress says she was glad to be able to play a grown-up, strong role, but the famous designer was difficult to learn about because she made up stories about her early life.

During World War II, trend-setting French designer Coco Chanel, who extolled the virtues of simplicity -- albeit very expensive simplicity -- had a love affair with a German officer. She was once arrested on war crime charges but was set free through the intervention of the British royal family.

New 'Christmas Carol': Disney's digital Dickens

Sun, 1 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0400

As Scrooge and spirits, Carrey pulls off illusion

Charles Dickens' most popular creation, Ebenezer Scrooge, usually takes on the tenor of the times, so it's not surprising that Robert Zemeckis' new performance-capture animation version of "A Christmas Carol" has its star, Jim Carrey, musing about where his Scrooge fits in today.

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to co-host Oscars

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:51:00 -0500

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are taking on the Oscars.

Many at Hopkins irked by school's playing Harvard in Facebook movie

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

They say it makes Hopkins feel like a 2nd choice

The Johns Hopkins University passed itself off as Harvard in a movie Monday without feeling the least bit flattered.

New on DVD: 'G.I. Joe,' 'Food, Inc.,' 'I Love You, Beth Cooper,' 'The Taking of Pelham 123'

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra"

Z on TV: 'Without Bias' is without insight

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Film leaves many unanswered questions, no conclusion

M aryland is again the focus of the ESPN film series "30 for 30" this week as it premieres Kirk Fraser's "Without Bias," a look at the career, death and impact of one-time University of Maryland basketball star Len Bias.