Picture From Auschwitz: Why the Holocaust Memorial Is Launching a Virtual Film Location

Picture From Auschwitz: Why the Holocaust Memorial Is Launching a Virtual Film Location

For Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg wasn’t allowed to film inside the infamous German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. It is an experience he shares with various other film and TV creators who have requested access in recent decades. Spielberg’s crew instead constructed a replica of a portion of the camp just outside the entrance…

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#Alex Edelman Reveals Past Connection With Steven Spielberg’s Mother at Shoah Foundation Gala

#Alex Edelman Reveals Past Connection With Steven Spielberg’s Mother at Shoah Foundation Gala

Steven Spielberg‘s Shoah Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary with a star-studded gala in New York last week. In addition to the legendary director, who established the Shoah Foundation after making his 1994 Oscar winner Schindler’s List, Meryl Streep, Whoopi Goldberg, Bruce Springsteen, Drew Barrymore, Itzhak Perlman, Debra Messing, Wendell Pierce and Alex Edelman were among…

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#Steven Spielberg Jokes ‘Sugarland Express’ Inspired O.J. Simpson Chase Reaction: “They’re Stealing My Thunder”

#Steven Spielberg Jokes ‘Sugarland Express’ Inspired O.J. Simpson Chase Reaction: “They’re Stealing My Thunder”

Most of the action in Steven Spielberg‘s 1974 directorial debut, Sugarland Express, unfolds over the course of an extended car chase as Goldie Hawn and William Atherton’s characters try to evade a long convoy of police vehicles in an effort to regain custody of their young son from foster care. While the film predated high-speed…

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#Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson Extend TCM Collaboration

#Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson Extend TCM Collaboration

As Turner Classic Movies celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the beloved cable channel is extending its partnership with Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. The announcement was made Friday at a TCM 30th anniversary party at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills, with Spielberg and Anderson in attendance. Warner Bros. co-film chief Pamela…

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