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Watch Steven Spielberg Explain Why John Ford Cursed Him Out

The story of Steven Spielberg’s career beginnings — including how he fled a tour group at Universal and earned his first internship by asking staffers about their jobs — is oft-told, but when you’re the most influential filmmaker of a generation, your origin tale is always relevant. In a new video with his Cowboys & Aliens collaborators Jon Favreau, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard, Spielberg sheds light on a time when Searchers director (and general legend) John Ford cursed him out. It is mesmerizing.

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Watch Steven Spielberg Explain Why John Ford Cursed Him Out

Join Ron Howard and Movieline Next Week at the Apple Store!

This is big: The one and only Ron Howard will be dropping by the Apple Store SoHo next week to discuss his new film The Dilemma , among other varied topics from the Oscar-winner’s half-century career in Hollywood. The event is free to attend, and yours truly will moderate the proceedings — up to and including your brilliant questions.

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Join Ron Howard and Movieline Next Week at the Apple Store!

5 Predictions for Nostalgia Cash-in Sequels Besides Bill and Ted

First we get an unnecessary Indiana Jones sequel, then we hear rumors of a potential Ghostbusters 3 , and now Keanu Reeves says he’s up for another sequel to Bill and Ted’s Excellent adventure . Yes, Hollywood has the perfect antidote for these dark times: a slew of late sequels to films from those brighter days of wealth, peace and ignorance of global warming. In light of this trend, I offer you five successful movies of yesteryear that are overdue for a sequel. Read the list, watch the Reeves interview and chime in with your own thoughts after the jump!

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5 Predictions for Nostalgia Cash-in Sequels Besides Bill and Ted

Emma Roberts and Directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden on It’s Kind of a Funny Story’s Unexpected Uplift

It’s only a few days until this Saturday’s Toronto Film Festival premiere of It’s Kind of a Funny Story , and already, something feels very different for filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden. It isn’t just the assurance that Focus Features will release the film in theaters October 8 — as Boden puts it, “It’s nice to be able to go to a festival and enjoy the response to the film without that added pressure of having to sell it” — but the realization that after making very challenging, independent movies like Half Nelson and Sugar , Boden and Fleck have turned in a third feature that could finally be their mainstream crowd-pleaser.

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Emma Roberts and Directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden on It’s Kind of a Funny Story’s Unexpected Uplift

Is Ron Howard’s Insane New Dark Tower Plan the Craziest Hollywood Gambit Ever?

On a day where Martin Freeman may have become Peter Jackson’s new Hobbit , it looks like Ron Howard may have become our new Peter Jackson. Howard and Akiva Goldsman just closed the craziest deal ever ever ever to adapt Stephen King’s Dark Tower series into a Lord of the Rings -surpassing movie trilogy and television series — and they’ll film it all at the same time, using the same actors and sets. What?

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Is Ron Howard’s Insane New Dark Tower Plan the Craziest Hollywood Gambit Ever?

Hollywood Ink: Miley Cyrus, Reluctant Dream Girl

Hollywood Ink: Cheaters Sort of Prosper with Winona Ryder

Dax Shepard On "Parenthood"

http://www.younghollywood.com NBC’s “Parenthood” comes with a lot of hype and we sit down with one of it’s stars, Dax Shepard. The funny-man talks about what makes the show unique and jokes at how butting heads with Ron Howard may keep him out of future movie deals. Hosted by Michelle Marie. Distributed by Tubemogul. 9 views | 0 comments Click here to watch the video (02:55) Submitted By: YoungHollywood Tags: Dax Shepard

Ron Howard’s Daughter and Her Ass in Tights of the Day

Redheads fascinate me.

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Ron Howard’s Daughter and Her Ass in Tights of the Day