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In this excerpt from One Plus One, actor and director Alan Rickman speaks with Jane Hutcheon about the differences between film and stage acting, and the struggles trying to produce a period film set in France in modern England.
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| UpdatedAlan Rickman is famed for his versatility, playing romantic leads, comedy characters and arch villains in the course of his 40-year acting career. He has now directed a second film, A Little Chaos, set in 17th century France.
Topics: film-movies, comedy-film, fantasy-films, romance-films, arts-and-entertainment, theatre, actor, director, history, australia, france, england
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| UpdatedAlan Rickman's new film A Little Chaos tackles issues facing women from past to present.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, human-interest, people, director, theatre, england, united-kingdom, australia
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He’s a firm fixture on Hollywood’s comedy A-list but there’s plenty more Chris Rock wants to achieve. He gives Jane Hutcheon a rundown.
Topics: comedy-humour, comedy-film, film-movies, actor, director, arts-and-entertainment, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedOscar-winning director Roman Polanski testifies at a nine-hour closed-door hearing in Poland regarding a United States request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex crime conviction.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, director, film-movies, poland, united-states
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| UpdatedRoman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor, who became a French citizen in 1976.
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| UpdatedPoland receives a formal request from the United States to extradite film director Roman Polanski over a child sex conviction from the late 1970s.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, arts-and-entertainment, director, poland
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| UpdatedEverything you need to know about cult TV show Twin Peaks ahead of its 2016 return.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, television, director, popular-culture, united-states
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The British actor and director, Lord Richard Attenborough, has died, aged 90.
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| UpdatedAcclaimed filmmaker Rolf de Heer says his friend and renowned Indigenous actor, David Gulpilil, was able to give up heavy drinking with the help of the film, Charlie's Country.
de Heer won critical acclaim at this year's Cannes Film Festival, where Gulpilil won the Best Actor Award in May.
For de Heer the collaboration has been just as important as a way of providing his friend with an opportunity to stop heavy drinking and refocus his life.
Topics: indigenous-culture, actor, director, australia, nt, nsw
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| UpdatedAcclaimed filmmaker Rolf de Heer describes Indigenous actor David Gulpilil as a "genius of an actor".
Topics: indigenous-culture, actor, director, sydney-2000, ramingining-0822
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| UpdatedThe director of the forthcoming X-Men film has called claims that he sexually abused a teen more than a decade ago a "sick, twisted shakedown".
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Brendan Cowell is an actor, director and writer who knew he always wanted to perform in front of a crowd. He’s keen to push the boundaries in his art, dealing with raw subjects such as anger, violence and suicide. He spoke to Jane Hutcheon.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, actor, director, novel, theatre, television, film-movies, suicide, youth, men, alcohol, australia
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| UpdatedImagine shooting a movie with just one actor, barely a handful of words and no land scenes.
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| UpdatedWith Hollywood's night of nights almost upon us, ABC News Online casts an eye over the major contenders for Oscars glory.
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, actor, director, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedWith the 86th Academy Awards just a day away, bets are on as to the most likely and most deserving winners. Who would you like to see come away with an Oscar tomorrow?
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, people, human-interest, director, actor, united-states
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| UpdatedThe creative circus that’s been his world, from a small boy in regional NSW to an internationally-acclaimed motion picture producer. Director and screenwriter, Baz Luhrmann, talks to Jane Hutcheon.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, director, australia
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| UpdatedComedy actor and director Harold Ramis, best known for the films Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, has died aged 69.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, director, united-states
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A lawyer in the United States has sued Paramount Pictures and the makers of the movie The Wolf of Wall Street for $25 million in damages.
Topics: film-movies, law-crime-and-justice, actor, director, biography-film, crime-films, united-states
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Hollywood director Woody Allen has again denied molesting his daughter in a letter to the New Your Times.
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| UpdatedAcclaimed film director Woody Allen has rejected his adopted daughter's allegations of sexual abuse, calling them "untrue and disgraceful".
Topics: director, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedThe stars of television and film are vying for glory in the first major awards show of the year.
Topics: film-movies, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, arts-and-entertainment, actor, director, united-states
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| UpdatedThe former coal mining city of Ipswich is cementing its position as an unlikely movie-making mecca.
Topics: film, actor, director, local-government, ipswich-4305, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTopics: film-movies, film, actor, director, regional, werris-creek-2341, quirindi-2343
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