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It’s just good clean fun, the studio might say, pointing out that the movie also pokes fun at racial stereotypes. It’s a sendup of old Hollywood films that trotted out able-bodied actors in disability drag, like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man and Sean Penn in I am Sam. St...
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source: Huffington Post
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Movies: Astro Boy Takes Flight Amid Hellish Horror Shows
source: Wired
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Published Fri, Oct 23
Laura Dern Meets the 'Fockers''' Monster Squad Progressing 
source: The Playlist
David Lynch muse and dinosaur stalkee Laura Dern has joined the cast of "Meet the Fockers" follow-up "Little Fockers" (a title which the Hollywood Reporter states might end up changing - are the studio nervous about advertising, like with Kevin Smith's "A Couple of Dicks?"). The actress...
Published Mon, Oct 19
MIKE NICHOLS TO RECEIVE 38th AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 
source: AFI FEST Daily
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Published Mon, Oct 12
Jenna Busch: Save the Pasadena Playhouse 
source: Huffington Post
Check out the website. Visit the beautiful Mission/Spanish Revival building designed by Elmer Grey and built by the company responsible for Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. Learn about it's rich history. The Pasadena Playhouse has been around since 1917. It was a theater school wi...
Published Wed, Sep 30
Jessica Alba Signs On To 'Little Fockers' 
source: Huffington Post
Joining the celebrated ranks of fellow Focker stars including Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Owen Wilson and Barbra Streisand, the actress is in talks to join the next installment of Ben Stiller's Meet the Parents series, according Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz blog.
Published Wed, Sep 30
Reading 'body language' gives off nonverbal cues 
source: Knoxville News Sentinel
Wood is a fan of “Inside the Actor's Studio,” and she says Tom Hanks and Dustin Hoffman are — off-screen — perhaps the best storytellers alive today.
Published Mon, Sep 14
source: Dekalb Daily Chronicle
Cacciato, who bears a strong resemblance to Dustin Hoffman, did a Rain Man bit for a fan. For a second the fan was convinced the Academy Award winning actor ...
Published Sun, Sep 13