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CD Giveaway - Jessie Sparks, "Jessie Sparks" EP Ends Dec 1, 2011 Here's another chance to get "down and dirty" with Jessie Sparks on her new self-titled five-track EP.

Actress Laurence Leboeuf arrives at a screening of "The Adventures of TinTin" during the closing night gala of AFI FEST 2011, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, in Los Angeles.

Trailer of the Week 21 Jump Street - 3/16/12 On-Set Photo of the Week Leonardo Di Caprio J. Edgar himself, Leonardo DiCaprio, attends the world premiere of his newest film about the long-tenured and embattled F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover, directed by Clint Eastwood. DiCaprio slashed his rate from $20 million to $2 million to help get the film made. World Premiere of "J. Edgar" at the AFI FEST ...

indieWIRE invited directors with films in 2011 AFI Fest’s Breakthrough, New Auteurs and Young Americans section to submit responses in their own words about their films. Below 14 AFI filmmakers open up about their works playing at the event. AFI Fest wraps Thursday, November 10 in Los Angeles. Markus Schleinzer, "Michael" "'Monsters aren’t like us. We’re normal.' The image of the monster is an ...

To ensure a smooth flow of events, 110 coaches and managers, 40 volunteers, as well as 150 technical officials will monitor the championship. Technical officials, in particular, will work under the supervision of C.K. Walson, chairman of the AFI technical committee.

Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi.org) recently donated $100,000 to sponsor Sky Ball IX, a fundraising event established by the Fort Worth Airpower Foundation that supports numerous programs and causes benefiting military members, wounded warriors, veterans and their families.Leavenworth, KA (PRWEB) October 19, 2011 Armed Forces Insurance (http://www.afi. ...

Of the AFI Silver Theatre’s many repertory series, its Latin American Film Festival is probably the meatiest. In its 22nd year, the event once again features the usual mix of smart documentaries, regional blockbusters, and highbrow Cannes and Oscar submissions from the 20 countries represented.

The curtain opened at AFI-Discovery Silverdocs to the audience’s applause. Within minutes, the boisterous audience was silent, absorbed by “The Swell Season,” the true-life tale of romance between band members.

Tonight's screening of The Swell Season -- a documentary on the band formed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, the stars of the 2006 indie hit Once -- marks the opening of the D.C. area's most prestigious film festival, and the largest documentary-based film festival in the country. Over the next seven days in the AFI's three theaters and a screening room in the Discovery Channel headquarters ...

Pat Carroll couldn’t find Dupont Circle on Tuesday. I’d asked the members of the Travesty Films comedy group, which released a series of cult-favorite short films in the 1970s and 1980s, to grab a drink ahead of the 30th-anniversary screening of their 1981 piece Hyattsville Holiday tonight at the AFI Silver Theatre.

*Morgan Freeman accepted the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award last night during a ceremony at Sony Studios filled with his peers, including Clint Eastwood, Sidney Poitier, Helen Mirren, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Robbins and Forest Whitaker. Freeman listened to star after star share what they admire about him and his work. The 74-year-old Oscar [...]