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  1. 'Vertigo' Ousts 'Citizen Kane' on Sight & Sound's Top Films List

    Thu, 2 Aug 2012

    Francisco detective's descent into obsession as he trails an old friend's wife, ousted another critical favorite, Orson Welles ' 1941 landmark "Citizen Kane," which for the first time in 50 years did not take the list's top spot. Check out

  2. Mystery of Mars still attracts space lovers

    Wed, 1 Aug 2012

    navigates life after he's transported to Mars. Then, on Oct. 30, 1938, Martians stormed the radio and Earth via Orson Welles . The famed director and actor updated "War of the Worlds" for a Mercury Theatre radio broadcast that caused panic

  3. In Response to James Franco on Commencement Speeches

    Fri, 25 May 2012

    standard of decency to find, brand, and blacklist supposed "communists" in Hollywood. Actors and directors like Orson Welles and Paul Robeson; authors and playwrights like Langston Hughes, Dashiell Hammett, Lillian Hellman, and Miller

  4. 'Citizen Kane' to be Shown at Hearst Castle

    Mon, 23 Jan 2012

    Dan Steinberg/AP Photo In an ironic twist, the Orson Welles ' classic "Citizen Kane" will be shown at Hearst Castle two masters of the media - William Randolph Hearst and Orson Welles himself. We can enjoy it just as fully as a work of

  5. Liz Taylor’s Jewels, Steve Jobs’ Apple Contract Auctioned

    Wed, 14 Dec 2011

    block in the coming days. Taylor died in March at age 79. Still to come: a Los Angeles auction house is putting up Orson Welles ' Oscar for co-writing "Citizen Kane," considered by many to be the greatest film ever produced in Hollywood

  6. Oct. 30: National Candy Corn Day; ‘War of the Worlds’ Panic

    Sun, 30 Oct 2011

    Anniversary Video from 1988 on the 50th anniversary of Orson Welles ’ “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast. In 1938, 23-year-old radio announcer Orson Welles presented an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi

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  1. 'Anonymous': Was Shakespeare a Fraud?

    Sun, 16 Oct 2011

    Oxford authorship theory, "Oxfordians," include U.S. Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and John Paul Stevens, Orson Welles and Sigmund Freud, no less. Others who decry or cast serious doubt on Shakespeare as the author also include Mark Twain

  2. Marilyn Monroe to Star Again?

    Fri, 14 Jan 2011

    said Smith of Lucas, "in the hope of using computer trickery to put them all together in a movie, so you'd have Orson Welles and Barbara Stanwyck appear alongside today's stars." Such technology has made giant strides in recent years, using

  3. Balloon Boy Parents Richard Heene, Mayumi Heene Get Jail Time, Probation

    Wed, 23 Dec 2009

    Lewis said. In his attempt to seek a lesser sentence, David Lane, Richard Heene's attorney, invoked the example of Orson Welles , noting that the author didn't go to jail for convincing the world that it was being invaded by aliens in his 1938

  4. Zac Efron Graduates From 'High School Musical' to 'Me and Orson Welles'

    Fri, 4 Dec 2009

    his match in Christian McKay who portrays Orson Welles in Richard Linklater's "Me and Orson Welles ." Efron and Linklater sat down together who talks his way into an adaptation of Orson Welles ' 'Julius Caesar' at New York's Mercury

  5. Would Balloon Hoax Be Pathological, or Just Greedy?

    Mon, 19 Oct 2009

    Are Attention-Seeking Stunts the American Way? Farley was quick to point out examples of this -- such as when Orson Welles triggered mass panic in 1938 when he read an adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds" on national radio

  6. Legendary Con Man Calls Balloon Boy 'Fun and Games'

    Sun, 18 Oct 2009

    television talk shows to promote a fictitious school for beggars. Decades before, with its use of a news reporting format, Orson Welles ' infamous "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938 had listeners across the country thinking that an invasion

  7. EXCERPT: 'Viral Loop'

    Mon, 28 Sep 2009

    ready to reap the benefits. Colonizing space was a theme of comic books and radio shows like Flash Gordon. In 1938 Orson Welles 's radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, based on H. G. Wells's sci-fi novel, set off panic as rumors of

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  1. 'Orson Welles' Star Christian McKay

    Tue, 8 Dec 2009

    independent filmmakers but and He is. And that's why is delighted about the independent spirit nomination because. Orson Welles is the independent spirit that hey He is and really is he's the patron saint of independent filmmaking. That represents

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    is. And that's why is delighted about the independent spirit nomination because. Orson Welles is the independent spirit that hey He is and really is he's the patron saint of independent filmmaking.
  2. Oct. 30, 1988: 'War of the Worlds' Anniversary

    Thu, 23 Sep 2010

    army from the planet Mars. Today happily celebrates Orson Welles broadcast. But people still wonder how anyone could little bit. Upset and nervous because it was Halloween. Orson Welles had shaken the country without knowing it was possible

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    an invading army from the planet Mars. Today -- happily celebrates Orson Welles broadcast. But people still wonder how anyone could fall for a radio drop.
    Orson Welles had shaken the country without knowing it was possible.
  3. Zac Efron and Richard Linklater on 'Welles'

    Thu, 3 Dec 2009

    is popcorn where we tell you what's going on at the movies and a major going on right now as a movie called me and Orson Welles which tells. A lot of secrets about a genius. The movie is directed by Richard later. And stars Zack Ephron. and

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    a major going on right now as a movie called me and Orson Welles which tells.
  4. Zac Efron, Bond Villian?

    Thu, 3 Dec 2009

    "Me and Orson Welles " star debunks the rumors.

  5. March 7, 1999: Stanley Kubrick Dies

    Mon, 7 Mar 2011

    interviews. A survey of filmmakers recently voted Kubrick one of the three greatest of all time. Along with Hitchcock and Orson Welles . Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct film. also knows that although it can be like trying to right Lauren

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    one of the three greatest of all time. Along with Hitchcock and Orson Welles .
  6. 1982 Joan Rivers Interview

    Mon, 4 Aug 2008

    them. Did you ever say you hate it she called me could spend that money went to remake. A television series and have Orson Welles and Marlon Brando called my three times He says He currently lives and I and it's so beautiful and so I I'm sure

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    could spend that money went to remake. A television series and have Orson Welles and Marlon Brando called my three times He says He currently lives and -- I -- and it's so beautiful and so
  7. Lucky Charms

    Wed, 13 Jun 2007

    real witches in Shakespeare's time put a curse on his plane that combat. And that it remain shrouded in bad luck Orson Welles who starred in and directed this movie version he had no doubt the plate is jinxed. And that every Shakespearean actor

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    plane that combat. And that it remain shrouded in bad luck -- Orson Welles who starred in and directed this movie version -- he had no doubt the plate is jinxed. And that every Shakespearean actor
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  1. VIDEO: Orson Welles' War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
  2. VIDEO: Christian McKay is getting rave reviews for his performance in "Me and Orson Welles."
  3. VIDEO: "Me and Orson Welles" star debunks the rumors.
  4. VIDEO: Star and director of fictional Orson Welles movie reveal secrets

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