‘Sleepers’ at 30: Director Barry Levinson Is Still Perplexed by the Film’s Controversy

‘Sleepers’ at 30: Director Barry Levinson Is Still Perplexed by the Film’s Controversy

[This story contains spoilers for the 30-year-old Sleepers.] Nearly 30 years later, Sleepers director Barry Levinson still believes that the discourse surrounding his star-studded drama lost the plot.  Based on Lorenzo Carcaterra’s book of the same name, Sleepers begins in the late 1960s, chronicling four teenage friends whose mischievous quest for a free hot dog…

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Robert Redford, Golden Boy of Hollywood, Dies at 89

Robert Redford, Golden Boy of Hollywood, Dies at 89

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy and Sundance Film Festival founder who starred in such movies as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and All the President’s Men — and who won an Academy Award for directing Ordinary People — has died. He was 89.  Redford died early Tuesday at his home in Utah, his long-time publicist…

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#Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96

#Lawrence Turman, Oscar-Nominated Producer of ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 96

Lawrence Turman, the principled Oscar-nominated producer of The Graduate who was behind other films including The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X and the last movie Judy Garland ever made, has died. He was 96. Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced. A former agent, he…

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#Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 86

#Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 86

Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 86 Owen Roizman, the five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer who partnered with director William Friedkin on the gripping movie classics The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died. He was 86. Roizman, who also teamed with director Sydney Pollack on five films, including Three Days…

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#Inside Celine at The Wiltern: Kaia Gerber Closes Runway Show in Front of Austin Butler, Priscilla Presley, Doja Cat

#Inside Celine at The Wiltern: Kaia Gerber Closes Runway Show in Front of Austin Butler, Priscilla Presley, Doja Cat

Inside Celine at The Wiltern: Kaia Gerber Closes Runway Show in Front of Austin Butler, Priscilla Presley, Doja Cat “This doesn’t feel like a normal fashion event,” Maggie Rogers said after landing in the lobby just before 8 p.m. on Thursday to attend Celine at The Wiltern, Hedi Slimane’s runway presentation for the French fashion…

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