'Beautiful Creatures' trailer released

 

We are so ready to get lost in the big screen adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's bestseller "Beautiful Creatures," we almost can't stand it. Luckily for us, our anticipation was tempered a bit today via the release of the film's first teaser trailer.

The nearly two-minute preview opens with exterior shots of reclusive Macon Ravenwood's manor, followed by an ominous introduction of his niece Lena Duchannes (played by Alice Englert) by Mrs. Lincoln (Emma Thompson) cataloguing all the creepy and mysterious things that have happened in and around Duchannes' presence, intercut with clips of the mysterious girl shifting and gripping her seat in school.

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Happily Ever After - A Nora Roberts Interview

(CBS News) Nora Roberts is an author who never can be counted out. The stories she's written fill many a bookstore shelf. And, as Rita Braver is about to show us, they've found a place on TV screens as well:


"You know, not everything's life and death . . . sometimes it's just fun."

And there's plenty of romantic fun to be had - not only in "Angels Fall," the TV movie based on the novel by Nora Roberts, but in all of her books.

"I think love matters most - it's the most powerful emotion that we have," Roberts said.

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'Barfi' chosen by India for Oscar Nomination over 19 other films!

Anurag Basu’s Barfi! has not only spread its sweetness in India, but is now set to go international! After a huge success at the box-office, the team of Barfi! has yet another big reason to celebrate. The Film Federation of India (FFI) has selected Barfi! as India’s official entry for the Academy Awards in best foreign language film category. 

Barfi!, a romantic comedy, was chosen over 19 movies for the honourable Oscar nomination. The movie is a story of a mute-deaf boy – Barfi (Ranbir Kapoor) and his love interests Shruti (Ileana D’Cruz) and Jhilmil (Priyanka Chopra).

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Grace Kelly's film legacy lives on

It has been 30 years since Grace Kelly, a princess of Monaco died in a car crash but, writes Alison Kerr, her legacy in film and fashion lives on.

Grace Kelly. The name is synonymous with Hollywood’s glamorous heyday, timeless style, cool elegance and storybook romance. It may be 30 years since her untimely, shocking death – on 14 September, 1982 – but the fascination for the movie star who married a prince is still strong, and her influence is still keenly felt in the world of fashion and beyond.

During her 52 years – half of them as Grace Kelly, half as Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco – the bewitching blonde from Philadelphia established herself as a movie goddess, a style icon and a fairytale princess. In other words, a total one-off.

Throughout her pre-princess career, however, all Grace Kelly wanted was to be an actress – and a serious, respected one at that. And although she only made 11 films (squeezed into three and a half years), they include four classics and one Oscar-winning performance.

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'Almost Perfect' - A Review

Vanessa Lee (Hu) lavishes attention on her career as the nonprofit administrator of a music-education organization established by her reluctantly retiring dad (Roger Rees). Most of her free time appears to be devoted to placating her quarrelsome family, including her workaholic mom (Tina Chen), high-strung fashion-designer sister Charlene (Christina Chang) and irresponsible newlywed brother Andy (Edison Chen), who’s hiding out at her New York-borough loft after bailing on his recent marriage.

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Princess Bride Screening at Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet

“Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”

“As you wish.”
 
“Anybody want a peanut?”
 
“Inconceivable!”

“The Princess Bride” may be among the most quoted movies of the 1980s. Now modern audiences will get a chance to exploit that aspect during a special event at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet.

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Married couple Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan discuss playing an on-screen couple

Channing Tatum's breakout role in "Step Up" got him more than just fame -- it also paired him with his now-wife, Jenna Dewan.

After their romance moved off-screen, the couple married in 2009. Now, the pair is making their second appearance as an on-screen couple in this year's "10 Years."

Tatum and Dewan spoke to OK! magazine this week and said that they injected some of their "own relationship into" characters Jake and Jess.

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'A Foriegn Affair' - Review

Next month TCM and Universal are releasing the DVD of A Foreign Affair for the first time on DVD.

Legendary director Billy Wilder made a number of great films, including Sunset Boulevard and The Apartment. He won a truckload of Academy Awards for both his writing and direction. In 1945, Wilder hit the jackpot with his classic The Lost Weekend, the first serious study of alcoholism in American films. This film won Best Picture, Director and Best Actor for Ray Milland. In 1950, Wilder's Sunset Boulevard was also a sensation, only slightly upstaged by All About Eve, which won most of the Oscars that year.

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Susan Sarandon says all her films are love stories

Susan Sarandon sees her new movie, "Arbitrage," as a love story but that's no surprise: She sees every movie she has made as a love story.

"Whatever it is, for me, it's a love story -- even 'Dead Man Walking' was a love story about redemption," says Sarandon, right after promising that she's "not brain-dead yet" because, instead of a morning full of interviews, she stepped away to attend the memorial service for the late writer Gore Vidal. 


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'Perks of being a Wallflower' soundtrack review

 Youth commands that all must endure a Smiths phase. If it was not you yourself who, at one point, attended the church of Morrissey, then at least a family member or someone close to you did. Stephen Chbosky, author of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” recognizes this post-1982 rite and fully integrated in to his own screen adaptation, with the story’s principals fledgling through high school and exchanging mixtapes in the meanwhile.

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Emma Watson talks about love, and growing up

Elegant Emma Watson gazes earnestly with her bewitching eyes and confides that she’s learnt a lot about herself recently.

She captured millions of adolescent hearts while starring in the Harry Potter films but the downside of her fame meant she missed out on most of the normal teenage stuff.
But Emma, 22, has gone through a crash course in growing up while filming her new movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

She admits the coming-of-age romance gave her a taste of teenage rebellion and helped her understand what love is really about.

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'Lawrence Anyways' - A film about impossible love

Xavier Dolan, the writer-director of Laurence Anyways, has said his film is about “impossible love.”

The 23-year-old Dolan premiered his latest film at Cannes Film Festival, where it won the festival's third annual LGBT prize, the Queer Palm.

In Dolan's film, Laurence Alia (played by Melvil Poupaud), an accomplished writer and teacher, tells his fiancee Fred Belair (Suzanne Clement), who works in the film industry, that he has always been a woman, even if he was born a man, and that he's ready to begin transitioning to a woman.

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Top 10 TV Kisses that were worth the wait

Will they or won’t they relationships are a television staple. For many fans, waiting for their favorite couple to get to the “will” stage is the highlight of the show. Usually it takes multiple seasons worth of long looks, miscommunication and crazy obstacles before the duo will make their feelings known, but when they finally do, viewers are rewarded for their patience with a long-awaited kiss. There is a lot of pressure put on that lip-lock to be a success. If it’s subpar it can sink a ship faster than an iceberg, but if it’s actually worth the wait it can be among the most memorable moments in a show’s run. Of course, not all long-awaited kisses are between couples suffering from UST (unresolved sexual tension). Sometimes our favorite shows find ways for established couples to have epic kisses as well.

In that spirit, I’ve come up with a list of 10 TV kisses that were well worth wait.

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TV Couples that should have lasted forever

Yesterday brought us a rumor (via The New York Post) that Beverly Hills 90210​'s Kelly and Dylan, or Jennie Garth and Luke Perry, might actually be an item IRL. They hung out on the shoot of that Old Navy commercial you've probably seen, and, you know, sparks flew! Sparks are always flying when those two are around each other! It's a veritable firestorm of sparks. Probably, of course, they're not an item—all we have to go on is the denial of Kelly's Garth's rep, as well as a picture of the beautiful twosome together at last—but still. We can dream. While we're dreaming, we're going to dream big. Here are the other TV couples we want to see to forever and ever, onscreen or off.

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The 17 best Romantic Comedies of this decade

New York Times critic A.O. Scott said it best: "It might be Kate Hudson, or maybe Mandy Moore, or possibly Rachel Weisz, Lindsay Lohan or a Jennifer (Lopez? Aniston? Garner?) But if it's February, you can be pretty sure that some pretty, plucky actress will be traipsing around some glamorous and photogenic American city (or its Canadian double) in search of the dimple-chinned fellow who embodies her one true love." Here are 17 great examples from the past eight years. Romantic comedy is a sort of loose, malleable term, but the way I've defined it is this: the movie must be marginally funny and/or sweet, and there must be a romantic relationship (or relationships) at the movie's core.

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'Love and Marriage: A 20th Century Romance' - BBC Documentary

Love and Marriage: A 20th Century Romance feels like something you might have seen on BBC4 before: it is full of jolly black-and-white footage going back a century, stuff expressly shot to extol a certain British way of life, which now looks not only quaint but a little fiendish. It's all underlined – or undermined – by testimony from people who actually lived though the period. The witnesses are, of course, the more precious resource. Fortunately the programme was no less insightful for its familiarity. It boasted a particularly strong collection of talking heads, crowned by the marvellous Diana Athill, who took us back to her parents' courtship in 1916. "Granny believed that no lady could possible let a man kiss her," she said, "unless they were going to get married."

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'La Règle de jeu' - A review

It begins with lines from Beaumarchais’ 18th-century comedy The Marriage of Figaro, presenting love as a winged creature which is necessarily designed to flit about. In the case of Nora Gregor’s Christine, the Austrian wife of the Marquis Robert de La Cheyniest (Marcel Dalio), happiness seems permanently elusive. She’s torn between the competing attentions of her husband, the dashing aviator André Jurieux (Roland Toutain), and even Renoir himself, in the role of a gregarious failed conductor called Octave. Robert, meanwhile, is reaching the end of a lengthy affair with Geneviève (Mila Parély), which everyone knows about except Christine. 

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Del Toro partnership to set 'How the Light Gets In'

SAN SEBASTIAN -- Benicio Del Toro and U.S. producer Laura Bickford, partners on "Traffic" and "Che," are teaming on "How the Light Gets In," a contemporary love story set at four hotels in New York, London, Paris and Berlin.

Musician-novelist-screenwriter James Greer, who penned "Cleo" for Steven Soderbergh, has finished a screenplay, Bickford said at Spain's San Sebastian Festival.

"How the Light Gets In" -- a title taken from a Leonard Cohen song -- is set up at Laura Bickford Prods. Del Toro will play a Chilean novelist living in Paris who falls in love. Bickford and Del Toro are now approaching directors.

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Brantford Public Library screens 'Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'

Come out to a screening of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen, tonight at the Brantford Public Library.
Part of the BPL Film Series, it stars Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor with a supporting cast including Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. All offer solid performances in this fun and original romantic comedy about the challenges of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the desert.
The film starts at 7 p.m. in the third-floor auditorium of the main library. It is rated PG-13.

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SUU stages 'As You Like It'

(Cedar City, UT) - “All the world’s a stage…” and love takes center stage in William Shakespeare delightful romantic comedy As You Like It. Southern Utah University’s Department of Theatre Arts & Dance presents the whimsical classic October 5, 8 and 11-13 at the Adams Shakespearean Theatre in Cedar City. Curtain time is 7:30pm for all performances. The production will be directed by Peter Sham and kicks off the 2012-2013 Theatre Arts & Dance Season.

Referred to as a “pastoral comedy,” As You Like It follows its heroine, Rosalind, who is banished from court by her treacherous uncle. Fleeing to the Forest of Arden along with her cousin, Celia, and the fool, Touchstone, Rosalind disguises herself as the male shepherd named Ganymede. As Ganymede, Rosalind befriends a love struck Orlando whose object of affection is none other than the fair Rosalind. Soon “Ganymede” is coaching Orlando in the finer art of wooing his beloved Rosalind. Filled with an assortment of colorful characters, humorous situations and one of Shakespeare’s most quoted speeches, “All the world’s a stage…,” As You Like It remains a timeless comic classic.

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Penelope Cruz gushes about working with Woody Allen

Penelope Cruz is happy to be back with Woody Allen in the recently released film titled To Rome with Love. 

Their first collaboration Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) earned Cruz her first Oscar for her magical portrayal of a tempestuous, unstable artist. Cruz and Allen come back once to again to recreate that magic on the silver screen.

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'Bell, Book, and Candle', the classic story of Boy meets Witch

As the season changes and thoughts turn to ghosts, goblins and witches, Actors Circle will break out its own brand of magic just ahead of Halloween.

Opening tonight for a two-weekend run at Scranton's Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, the play "Bell, Book and Candle" tells the story of a witch who casts a love spell that backfires.

The play by John Van Druten originated in New York City in the 1950s, which also serves as the story's setting. In 1958, it was adapted into a film starring James Stewart and Kim Novak.

"For those that are familiar with the film, they're going to see some things they recognize, but then there's going to be some surprises for them as well," said director David Hunisch, of Clarks Summit.

Spell it out.

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Superheros swapped for the Bard: Joss Whedon adapts 'Much Ado About Nothing'

(Reuters) - Joss Whedon's blockbuster comic book smash "The Avengers" would seem to have little in common with William Shakespeare.

The writer and director, however, also known for creating the cult TV hit "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," calls the legendary playwright a major influence, visible in much of his work from the banter of his superheroes to the structure of his stories.

Such is his admiration, that in the wake of delivering "The Avengers" - the biggest movie hit of 2012 - Whedon has adapted "Much Ado About Nothing," a low-budget black-and-white labor of love devoted to the Bard that debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"I find myself aping his rhythms and occasionally stealing his phrases, without even realizing it most of the time," Whedon told Reuters in an interview on Monday.

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"Twelfth Knight" staged by Moonlight Players

Shakespeare's plays have played a part in every season of the Moonlight Players for more than a decade.

Founder Jan Sheldon led the way, often setting the 400-year-old plays in recent eras to enhance the audience's understanding. When the group staged "A Midsummer Night's Dream," it was set in the Old West. "Twelfth Night" was once set in the late 1960s.

Now that the theater returns to "Twelfth Night," director David Ricklick takes over the reins and locates the romantic comedy in New Orleans in the Roaring Twenties.

The play opens at the Moonlight Players Warehouse Theatre at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21.

"We push the envelope here as much as we can," Ricklick said.

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'Rainmaker' gets new season underway

The first show of the 2012-2013 season of the Sikeston Little Theatre promises romance, comedy and something Southeast Missouri residents can relate to -- the need for rain.

Performances of the "The Rainmaker" are set for 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Albritton Mayer Cultural Center in Sikeston.

"This play has a full range of emotions. It's delightful yet emotional. It's very tense at times yet spotted with comedy and should be thoroughly enjoyable for all ages," said Tom Jackson who is directing the play with assistance by his 17-year-old daughter Caroline Jackson, who has acted in and directed productions by the Little Theatre.

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'Looking' opens Sept. 28

Strongsville Community Theatre's newest romantic comedy opens Sept. 28 for a two-weekend run.

Looking involves four lovable losers seeking love in all the wrong places.

The play is directed by Mark McClenathan (Akron), with assistant director, Elaine Gritti (Strongsville) and cast members: Kevin Charnas (Cleveland Heights), Becky Lipowski (Strongsville), Robert McClain (Brunswick) and Diana Flack (Amherst).

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Writer has high hopes for 'Housefull' screenplay

"A romantic-comedy, 'Housefull' is a story narrated from the perspective of three male characters - hero, his best friend and villain," Bhuyan told us.

"It's been three years since my film ('Housefull') was made. I hope audience will appreciate the unique screenplay I've attempted. The story takes place within three hours of a night," he added.

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'Mindy Project' does not follow the romantic comedy script

 

Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) has spent a lifetime looking for the perfect man, but she can't find him. In the pilot for The Mindy Project (Tuesday, 8:30 p.m., Fox), we perceive her problem: She sees everything through the lens of romantic comedies like When Harry Met Sally. It's hard for a self-described "chubby 31-year-old woman" to live up to the Meg Ryan standard — especially one as narcissistic and hardhearted as Mindy.

You may have guessed that The Mindy Project is no ordinary sitcom. Written by Kaling herself, it dares to give its heroine unlikable qualities. Yet we like her anyway, thanks to the subtle script and Kaling's equally subtle performance. She finds herself in one Katherine Heigl situation after another — for example, getting trapped in the elevator with a handsome coworker (Bill Hader) — but somehow never achieves a Heigl-worthy outcome.

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'Words' director set for 'Break my Heart 1,000 Times'

Grads of the Sundance Screenwriting Lab and emerging filmmakers Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal made the leap to directing together with the dark drama The Words, which stars Bradley Cooper as a heralded writer haunted by guilt when he steals someone else's story. And with their ambitious directorial debut set to hit theaters tomorrow, the pair is already poised for their next project, a frightening adaptation of Generation Dead author Daniel Walter's new YA novel Break My Heart 1,000 Times.

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The life affirming modern fairy-tale 'Prelude to a Kiss'

A kiss can certainly be pleasurable. It can be thrilling, uplifting, heartwarming and memorable. It can also be powerful, even life-changing — at least in, the world of fantasy. Such is the case in the Town and Country Players new show, “Prelude to a Kiss,” a 1988 romantic fantasy written by Craig Lucas that will run at the Buckingham theater from Sept. 21 until Oct. 9.

The play revolves around the romantic relationship between Rita, an aspiring graphic designer who works as a bartender, and Peter, who works for a Chicago publishing house. The young couple has a whirlwind courtship that quickly leads to marriage. At the wedding, everything is going according to plan. But things become really weird when a meek, bored and lonely old man crashes the ceremony and kisses the bride.

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'Mindy Project' sneak peek

As someone who considers herself stuck in the first half of a rom-com — as though my life is a DVD that refuses to skip over the damaged area so I never reach the montage where the positive changes happen that leads me to the happy ending — I am pretty much the target audience for Mindy Kaling’s new Fox comedy, The Mindy Project. You can watch the full Sept. 25 premiere below now, courtesy of Hulu. Kaling stars as Mindy, a single 31-year-old OB/GYN who’s always been obsessed with romantic comedies and has reached her own self-improvement montage — which, if all goes well, will obviously last for seasons. Here are five reasons I’m already a fan...

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Touching romantic comedy 'Hit and Run'

One of the delights of life is to sometimes unexpectedly behold a little-known gem that thrills you with its ingenuity. Usually one experiences this in an old film. To find this in a film playing in the theatres now is sheer luck.

"Hit And Run" is one such film made by a passionate bunch of people, which but for a relatively lesser known cast and bad luck of not having a better studio patronising it, would have been the toast of the town.

Under witness-protection in small town America, Charlie (Dax Shepard) falls in love with Annie (Kirsten Bell). When she gets a new job in Los Angeles, Charlie decides to drop her off despite the possible dangers. Annie's jealous ex-lover not only follows them, but gets both his cop brother and Charlie's arch-enemy Alex (Bradley Cooper) on their tail.

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'Safety Not Guaranteed' is a magical journey

“WANTED: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.”

How many newspaper ads offer a trip like this? Not many. From the producers of “Little Miss Sunshine” comes an equally quirky indie film. With its wonderfully developed characters, backed by passionate performances and a winding journey of a story, “Safety Not Guaranteed” invites the audience to discover the greatest trip of all.

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Q&A with writer, director, and leading man, Josh Radnor on 'Liberal Arts'

Actor, writer and director Josh Radnor sat down for an interview with Examiner Dorri Olds to talk about his new movie "Liberal Arts." The romantic comedy drama was shot at Radnor's alma mater Kenyon College, a small liberal arts school in Ohio. It opened in New York City this week.

In the film, Jesse Fisher (Radnor) is newly single, 35, and uninspired. When his favorite college professor (Richard Jenkins) invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse goes for it. He’s prepped for the bittersweet nostalgia of the dining halls and dorm rooms, parties and poetry seminars, but what he doesn’t expect is Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen), a beautiful, precocious, classical-music-loving sophomore. Zibby wakes up feelings of possibility and excitement that Jesse thought he’d lost forever.

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Q&A with Elizabeth Olsen about 'Liberal Arts'

Elizabeth Olsen sat down in midtown Manhattan with Examiner Dorri Olds to discuss Olsen’s character in the movie "Liberal Arts" which opened in NYC this week. Olsen stars opposite Josh Radnor—who also wrote and directed the film.

Olsen’s character, 19-year old college student Zibby, is precocious and fun. Jesse (Radnor) is a 35-year old bookworm whose growth has been stunted by college nostalgia. In a chance meeting, Zibby and Jesse hit it off. They connect on multiple levels and effect each other's lives in unexpected ways. Richard Jenkins is terrific as a sad retiring professor. Allison Janney is hilarious as Judith, a rather randy professor. Cast members Zac Efron and John Magaro also add solid performances in this bittersweet coming of age drama.

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Q&A with Jenna Dewan-Tatum for 'Ten Years'

Jenna Dewan-Tatum danced into Hollywood (literally) back in 2006, when she starred opposite heartthrob — and her future husband — Channing Tatum in "Step Up." Since then, she's been hard at work, appearing in everything from romantic thrillers, like "Falling Awake," to the defunct TV series "The Playboy Club."

After some time apart (professionally), however, she and Mr. Tatum have teamed up again, returning to the silver screen as a couple teetering on the brink of engagement in "10 Years." Penned by Jamie Linden, the scribe who brought the Channing-starrer "Dear John" to life, this romantic dramedy follows a group of high school friends the night of their 10-year reunion, as they discover they might not be as grown up as they'd like to believe.

So, is Jenna Dewan-Tatum all grown up... or what? She chatted with us about how she's changed since high school, what it was like playing her husband's girlfriend and why she wants to work with one of Channing's former on-screen flings. (Spoiler alert: it's not because she's jealous.)

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'Ishkq in Paris': Romance without 'true love's kiss'

Ishkq In Paris is a fresh and young romantic film, but minus any kissing scene, says actress Preity Zinta, who has turned producer with the movie.

"Kissing is missing in the film. Kissing is not necessary to show the romance in the film. Romance is in the heart. It's a rom-com and a family entertainer," Preity said here.

The actress spoke at the glitzy music launch of the movie. The event, held here Monday, was also attended by Salman Khan, who shot a special song titled Kudiye Di Kurti for the film.

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Alexander Siddig from romance to renegade in Inescapable

Alexander Siddig played the romantic lead in Ruba Nadda’s Cairo Time, falling in love in the streets of Egypt. In Inescapable, Nadda’s latest film, the Sudanese-born British actor is again the star, but this time he’s an action hero.

Siddig plays Adib, a Syrian-Canadian businessman who is forced to return to the homeland that he fled when his daughter goes missing in Damascus. An ex-Syrian operative, he seeks help from the former fiancée he left behind (Marisa Tomei) and a shifty Canadian embassy official (Joshua Jackson).

“Cairo Time was about a love affair. This is the same love affair but it’s been tortured, squeezed and bent out of shape. There’s a problem in this country and Marisa’s character, Fatima, has been abandoned,” Siddig, 46, says in a recent interview to promote the film, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its release Sept. 14.

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'Concrete Jungle' recording will feature Nick Adams, Kate Shindle, Rebecca Trehearn and more

A recording of the new musical The Concrete Jungle will be recorded this month in London and New York.

Jungle, which features music and lyrics by Bobby Cronin, book by Cronin and Crystal Skillman, with additional material by Brett Teresa, Mark Petty and Angelyn Benson, was originally commissioned by Chris Hocking, Director of Musical Theatre at the Arts Educational School of London for the graduating students of 2012.

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'South Pacific' - a stage review

TROPICAL delights await audiences of this chocolate-box South Pacific. The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic sits at the high water-mark of the post-war American musical, glancing gravely back to the Pacific theatre of World War II, staring at a seemingly limitless horizon of American cultural pre-eminence.

Its lush romantic score surges with hummable tunes. The show has always repaid vocal variety, calling for Broadway sass in comic numbers, and operatic power and control for its immortal love songs. This production nails them all, thanks to astutely cast leads and in particular a surprisingly strong and passionate performance from Lisa McCune.

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The Preacher's Wife - blu-ray review

THE PREACHER’S WIFE is a sweet, holiday movie that will warm the cockles of even the coldest heart with Denzel Washington’s smile, Whitney Houston’s voice and the little kid’s cuteness. Henry (Courtney B. Vance) is an inner-city reverend who is struggling to make ends meet at St. Matthew’s Baptist Church. He’s forever reaching out to the senior citizens, single moms and even spends much of his spare time trying to help assist a local youth who has been wrongfully accused of a crime. On top of everything else, real estate guru Joe Hamilton (Gregory Hines) wants to tear down St. Matthew’s and build a mega church in its place. One day, he desperately prays for the Lord to send help. And that help comes in the form of a sharply dressed man by the name of Dudley (Denzel Washington) who just happens to be an angel from heaven.

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October Baby - a DVD Review

October Baby is like three movies shoved into one. It’s a romance, a spring break movie, and the story of a young woman who finds out she was adopted after an attempted abortion. More of a focus is on the latter, but the film may have been a whole lot better with a little more of either of the former.

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Grosse Pointe Blank - a blu-ray review

GROSSE POINTE BLANK is not your typical romantic comedy and I couldn’t be happier for this fun twist on the genre. Government trained assassin turned professional killer, Martin Blank, has been summoned home for his ten year high school reunion. Not having been home since he stood-up his senior prom date and ditched town for this unique line of work, he considers avoiding the reunion until an assignment sends him that direction. Deciding to hit two birds with one stone, Martin (the dreamy John Cusack) packs his bags and heads to Grosse Pointe to visit his past and take care of business in this uniquely funny reunion flick. With government spooks on his trail, a competitor assassin upset that Blank got the killing assignment and other baddies who want him dead, the real danger is when Martin Blank faces his prom date, Debbi (the adorable Minnie Driver), for the first time since ditching her ten years ago.

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'What I Learned in Paris' play run extended through 10/06/2012

The ALLIANCE THEATRE has announced that its world premiere What I Learned in Paris has been extended. The romantic comedy by Pearl Cleage, which was originally scheduled to close on September 30 will receive 4 additional performances – Thursday, October 4, 7:30p; Friday, October 5, 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 6, 2:30p & 8:00p.

Mini-skirts and bell bottoms were on sale downtown for $8.87; Stevie Wonder was on the radio singing Livin’ for the City, and change was in the air from Buckhead to Butler Street. Pearl Cleage’s sparkling new romantic comedy takes us back to 1973 and weaves a tale of passion and politics that could only happen in Atlanta. A world premiere by the best-selling novelist and author of the 2010 Alliance hit, The Nacirema Society Requests the Honor of Your Presence at a Celebration of Their First One Hundred Years. Sometimes you need to leave what you know to find what you need.

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Channing Tatum expresses desire to direct something small before taking on Magic Mike 2

In the film world, no one's had a better 2012 than Tatum. Somewhat mocked by many in years gone by, the actor kicked off the year by impressing in Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire," before having three $100 million+ smash hits in five months, in the shape of romantic drama "The Vow," acclaimed comedy "21 Jump Street" and Soderbergh's "Magic Mike," which Tatum also produced, and based on his own life. Wildly different films, but Tatum impressed in each, and has gone from a nearly-man to one of the most in-demand leading men around.

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Dreamworks to produce 'All of Me' remake

DreamWorks is quietly developing a remake of All of Me, the 1980s body-switching comedy that starred Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin.

Veteran producer John Davis, whose most recent credits include the sci-fi hit Chronicle and the Jim Carrey comedy Mr. Popper’s Penguins, is on board as producer.

Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, who worked on the recent Rachel McAdams hit The Vow and also wrote the Drew Barrymore romantic comedy Never Been Kissed, have penned the script. The project is in script-development stage.

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Hrithik Roshan to film new romantic comedy

According to reports, it will be Hrithik's first romantic comedy. "After playing rather demanding roles in the recent past, Siddharth's film will be a welcome change for Hrithik. After going back and forth on the script several times, the actor has said yes to the filmmaker," said a source

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'Remember Me' - A theater review

“Remember Me” is a charming romantic comedy that explores an interesting subject: How do people, after years of comfortable marriage, avoid taking one another for granted? That theme is explored with a funny, sexy, somewhat risque story.

As the play begins, Mary and Brian Hanson seem to be living the good life. They’re successful — he’s a tax attorney, she’s a decorator. They’ve raised a family and downsized from the suburbs to an upscale Manhattan apartment.

But Brian is a little bit boring and Mary is a little bit bored. Then Brian goes off to play tennis, Mary answers a doorbell and she finds Peter Lawrence, a man she once wanted to marry until he abruptly dumped her, standing in the doorway.

He’s come to apologize and maybe to sweep her off her feet. And she’s not completely averse to being swept.

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'Getting Sara Married' - A sitcom-reminiscent theater review

The set-up:

Sam Bobrick's romantic comedy, Getting Sara Married, is so airy it floats away while we're watching. This might be perfectly acceptable when such fluff is on TV (which, trust me, is where this whole enterprise gets its inspiration), but when stuck in a theater without other distractions, a featherweight sit-com can weigh a ton of bricks.

The execution:

It's no surprise Sara has TV written all over it -- Bobrick is a former master craftsman of the family comedy. He's had his hand in The Andy Griffith Show, Bewitched, Get Smart, and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, among many other classic shows, so he knows all about the technique for writing comedy. He could write one blindfolded.

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