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An accent on impeccable diction

Like many Hollywood hopefuls, dialect coach Francie Brown first went to Los Angeles to act. Unlike most, she ended up actually making a living in the movies, though not in the way she had anticipated.

Q&A: Marjane Satrapi

The subtitle for Marjane Satrapi's highly personal animated film Persepolis might as well be "Iranians: They're Just Like Us." They lose their keys, dance to "Eye of the Tiger," endure rocky relationships.

Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of Hollywood, dies at 84

Johnny Grant, the avuncular honorary mayor of Hollywood who traveled the world as Tinseltown's No. 1 cheerleader for more than a half-century, has died. He was 84.

Awards should be served to 'Waitress'

It's tough to figure what you'll be seeing Sunday night on the strike-challenged Golden Globes, what with all the reconstituting that's been going on. But one thing you definitely won't see is anyone from the cast and crew of Waitress winning anything. And so far, that's the greatest injustice of the 2007 awards season.

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Finding more gold

National Treasure: Book of Secrets continued to strike gold, taking in $20.1 million to finish as the No. 1 weekend movie for the third-straight weekend.

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Hitchcock's lost 'Lady'

The Lady Vanishes, with Margaret Lockwood as a young woman puzzled about why only she realizes an elderly acquaintance has disappeared, is this weekend's offering in the Charles Theatre's Alfred Hitchcock retrospective. The 1938 film, also starring Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas and Dame May Whitty, was the penultimate work of Hitchcock's early British period; the next year, after the release of Jamaica Inn, he would relocate to the United States. Showtime is noon tomorrow at the Charles, 1711 N. Charles St., with encores set for 7 p.m. Monday and 9 p.m. Thursday. Tickets are $6 tomorrow, $8 other times. Information: 410-727-3456 or thecharles.com.

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Jack Nicholson's special brand of mischief

With a devilish grin, actor makes fighting death funny

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Weinstein Co. expects to sign interim deal with striking writers as industry layoffs mount

With no negotiations held in the Hollywood writers strike in two months and layoffs mounting across the industry, the Weinstein brothers thought it was time to act.