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Al Pacino Wigs Out As ‘Phil Spector’
Tue, 02/05/2013 - 11:38 by Alexander

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Legendary music producer Phil Spector, who was convicted of murder in 2009 and currently serving a prison sentence, demands an over-the-top portrayal in any biopic that's about him.

And when someone says “over-the-top performance,” Al Pacino’s ears perk up no matter where he is in the world, because the message is delivered to him at a frequency only he and dogs can hear.

And thus the new HBO film Phil Spector features Al in a variety of wigs, shouting at what would be a “10” on anybody else’s level, but for Al Pacino is just his normal speaking voice.

Watch the trailer after the jump!
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Counting Down The 5 Best New Year's Eve Kisses In Movies
Mon, 12/31/2012 - 10:23 by Alexander

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And so another year is over, and a new one begins. But not without one last painful and awkward reminder that nobody wants to kiss you!

The New Year's Eve kiss is a long-standing tradition that was clearly designed by married people who want to rub their happiness in their single friends' faces one final time before the new year begins. Luckily, if you find yourself without a suitable smooching partner on this 31st of December, you won't be alone. It's rare for New Year's Eve kisses to go completely smoothly even in the movies.

Our round-up of the five best New Year's Eve kisses in movies proves that not even in Hollywood do these kisses go off without a hitch!
Perpetual Gangsters: 13 Actors Who Always Play Wise Guys
Thu, 11/29/2012 - 16:44 by Alexander
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What's your favorite gangster movie/show?
More: Al Pacino, James Cagney, Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, The Sopranos, The Godfather, GoodFellas, Pulp Fiction, Scarface, Killing Them Softly

Brad Pitt is better-known for playing dashing hunks and dramatic leading men than he is for roles as a criminal, but he's showing off his darker side Killing Them Softly opens tomorrow. In the film, he plays a morally ambiguous “enforcer” with ties to the mob, and he looks pretty damn badass from what we’ve seen in the trailer.

It’s unlikely that this role will turn Brad into Hollywood’s go-to bad guy, but it got us thinking about all the other guys we always see popping up in these gangster flicks (a couple of them popping up with Brad in Killing Me Softly).

If we were casting a mob flick, these are the 13 wise guys (and girl) we'd want in it.

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