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    Brad Garrett

    Blessed with one of the most versatile voices in Hollywood, Brad Garrett was an actor and stand-up...

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    Dreamgirls (2006)

    After an ambitious manager (Jamie Foxx) gives them a shot at stardom, three singers learn that fame...

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    Man on the Moon (1999)

    Milos Forman's film spotlights Andy Kaufman's (Jim Carrey) unusual performance style, his becoming...

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    Cadillac Records (2008)

    In 1950s Chicago, Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody) starts his own recording company and launches the...

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    Vie Privee (1962)

    A French sex symbol (Brigitte Bardot) and her lover (Marcello Mastroianni) hide from photographers,...

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    Callas Forever (2004)

    Aging opera singer Maria Callas (Fanny Ardant) tries to make a comeback by performing in a...

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    Valley of the Dolls (1967)

    Three young women (Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate) turn to pills because of their lives in...

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    Dangerous Game (1993)

    An experimental filmmaker (Harvey Keitel) uses two married actors (Madonna, James Russo) to play out...

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    The Great Buck Howard (2009)

    A law-school dropout (Colin Hanks) becomes the personal assistant of a self-important but fading...

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    Synecdoche, New York (2008)

    The line between fantasy and reality blurs for an ailing theater director (Philip Seymour Hoffman),...

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    Boogie Nights (1997)

    A producer (Burt Reynolds) guides a young man (Mark Wahlberg) to success in the 1970s porn industry,...

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    Dancers (1987)

    The leader of a ballet company in Italy attempts to make a film of his greatest work. In preparation...

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    Light of Day (1987)

    A brother and sister grapple with family and lifestyle issues in this rock-n-roll drama. Real-life...

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    The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

    Flashbacks at a funeral reveal how a Madrid nightclub dancer was propelled to instant stardom and...

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    Baadasssss! (2004)

    Filmmaker/actor Melvin Van Peebles (Mario Van Peebles) directs the controversial movie ``Sweet...

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    Where the Truth Lies (2005)

    An ambitious reporter (Alison Lohman) probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy...

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    Being Julia (2004)

    In 1938 London a theatrical actress (Annette Bening) devises an elaborate scheme against the social...

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    Britannia of Billingsgate

    In this musical, a middle-class cockney fishwife yearns to become a movie star. Her plans go...

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    Paparazzi (2004)

    A movie star (Cole Hauser) takes revenge on a group of photographers who continuously stalk his...

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    Mr. Saturday Night (1992)

    Flashbacks show the life and career of a Jewish comic (Billy Crystal) from New York and his loyal...

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    A Star Is Born (1976)

    A boozing rock star's (Kris Kristofferson) career falls as fast as his unknown lover's (Barbra...

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    Mulholland Drive (2001)

    An actress (Naomi Watts) goes to Los Angeles to audition for a director (Justin Theroux) and falls...

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    A Face in the Crowd (1957)

    A TV woman (Patricia Neal) turns Arkansas bum Lonesome Rhodes (Andy Griffith) into a homespun media...

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    All About Eve

    A Broadway star (Bette Davis) takes a young and seemingly naive aspiring actress (Anne Baxter) under...

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    I Could Go on Singing (1963)

    A famous singer (Judy Garland) visits the British doctor (Dirk Bogarde) whose son she bore years...

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    The Idolmaker (1980)

    A Bronx songwriter (Ray Sharkey) turns a saxophone player and a busboy into '50s/'60s teen idols.

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    The Bodyguard (1992)

    An ex-Secret Service agent (Kevin Costner) falls for his client, an actress/singer (Whitney Houston)...

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    The Thing Called Love (1993)

    Two men (River Phoenix, Dermot Mulroney) and marriage confuse the life of a country...

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    Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

    Billie Holiday (Diana Ross) goes from Harlem brothel maid to heroin-addicted singing star, losing...

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    Sunset Boulevard

    Hack screenwriter Joe (William Holden) moves in with Hollywood has-been Norma (Gloria Swanson) and...

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    It's a Pleasure

    It's a Pleasure was the third release from International Pictures, the feisty independent that would...

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    The Informers (2009)

    A multi-strand narrative set in early 1980's Los Angeles, centered on an array of characters who...

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    Showgirls (1995)

    A dancer (Elizabeth Berkley) becomes understudy in a Las Vegas show, sleeps with the boss (Kyle...

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    Ed Wood (1994)

    Edward D. Wood Jr. (Johnny Depp) directs awful '50s cult films like ``Glen or Glenda'' and ``Plan 9...

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    I Love Your Work (2005)

    A movie star (Giovanni Ribisi) begins a gradual descent into madness as he tries to come to terms...

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    Hollywood Dreams (2007)

    In the City of Angels, a young Iowan girl (Frederick) fresh off the bus falls in love with a...

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    Fame (2009)

    An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of...

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    Mo' Better Blues (1990)

    Music comes first for a Manhattan jazzman (Denzel Washington) with one too many lovers and a manager...

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    Inserts (1976)

    A has-been director (Richard Dreyfuss) cranks out 1930s stag films in his rococo Hollywood mansion.

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    Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

    Director F.W. Murnau (John Malkovich) makes a Faustian pact with a vampire (Willem Dafoe) to get him...

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    What's Love Got to Do With It (1993)

    Anna Mae Bullock (Angela Bassett) meets singer/songwriter Ike Turner (Laurence Fishburne) and goes...

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    The Big Knife (1955)

    A Hollywood movie star's battle with a studio chief leads to a downward spiral of alcohol, blackmail...

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    Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)

    After the death of her husband, a woman (Judi Dench) buys a derelict theater and hires an impresario...

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    Control (2007)

    The demands of fame, a crumbling marriage and declining health take a toll on Ian Curtis (Sam...

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    I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)

    1930s singer/actress Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward) hits bottom after bad marriages, then joins...

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    Lenny (1974)

    1950s comic Lenny Bruce (Dustin Hoffman) spurs controversy with his drug use, graphic language and...

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    Contempt (1964)

    A screenwriter's (Michel Piccoli) wife (Brigitte Bardot) hates him for joining the U.S. producer...

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    The Carpetbaggers (1964)

    Based on the novel by Harold Robbins. A rich young executive becomes involved in many romantic...

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    Honeysuckle Rose (1980)

    A country singer (Willie Nelson) loves his wife (Dyan Cannon), drinks too much and fools around with...

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    El Estrella (1952)

    A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a come-back.