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Thanks to such films as "Ocean's Twelve," "Entrapment" and "The Thomas Crown Affair," the crime of art theft conjures images of catlike thieves staging elaborate, suspenseful heists. These archcriminals are rarer than Hollywood would admit, but art theft still is very real. (Washington Times)
Official: FBI Breaks Up NYC Movie Piracy Ring Jun 29, 2006
NEW YORK -- The FBI dropped the curtain Wednesday on two movie piracy rings that specialized in sneaking digital camcorders into theaters and shooting hit films like "Ocean's Twelve" and "The Passion of the Christ," then duplicating and distributing millions of bootlegs worldwide. Agents arrested 13 people in raids across the city, including some they said were about to pirate the potential summer blockbuster "Superman Returns," which opened Wednesday. (WNBC.com, NY)
Angelina Jolie 'Terrified' During Birth Jun 18, 2006
Brad Pitt, 42, has been the star of such hits as Fight Club, Troy, Ocean's Twelve, and is set to star in the up-coming movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actor Jon Voight, who has starred in such hit films as Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Anaconda, Pope John Paul II, and most recently Disney's Glory Road, about legendary Texas Western basketball coach Don Haskins, where Voight played controversial Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp. (Deadbolt)
Baby girl for Matt Damon and wife Jun 14, 2006
Other recent successes include Ocean's Twelve and The Bourne Supremacy. He is currently scheduled to star in sequels to both of those films. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
more Sequels are $tar$ Jun 13, 2006
Whether a sequel outearns its progenitor (the second "Ice Age" did; "Ocean's Twelve" didn't) is not the point: The point is, the retread almost always makes a hell of a lot of money, because there's a huge audience out there that wants a taste of the original it so loved. Sequels open big. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Actor Matt Damon's wife gives birth to baby girl Jun 13, 2006
Other recent movie successes include Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve. - Reuters. (ABC News Online, Australia)
Casey Affleck Marries Summer Phoenix Jun 7, 2006
Casey Affleck has appeared in such films as: Chasing Amy, Good Will Hunting, American Pie 2, Ocean's Eleven, and Ocean's Twelve. Currently, he has The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, starring Brad Pitt, due out this year, as well as Gone Baby Gone, which also marks his big brother Ben's directorial debut. (Deadbolt)
Enter Brad and Angelina's baby girl - to a media blackout May 29, 2006
He starred as a mountain climber in Jean-Jacques Annaud's Himalayan epic, Seven Years in Tibet, and had further success in the action comedies Ocean's Eleven in 2001 and Ocean's Twelve in 2003. 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur. (Monsters and Critics.com)
-Brad Pitt's ex-lovers team up for new film May 17, 2006
Aniston's four-year marriage to Pitt, who is now expecting his first child with Angelina Jolie, ended last year while Paltrow split up with the Ocean's Twelve star in 1997 after a brief engagement. (Source: China Daily). (Xinhuanet, China -- Entertainment)
Flashy fusion of sweat, beat May 16, 2006
Many who have seen Halle Berry use capoeira in Catwoman or watched its incorporation into recent movies such as Ocean's Twelve and Aeon Flux, are intrigued with the flash, oblivious to the substance. This is why capoeira training starts with learning its history. (Orlando Sentinel)
Cable Gains Aid Time Warner, AOL Slides May 4, 2006
The year-ago period included "Ocean's Twelve," "Constantine" and "Million Dollar Baby.". Home video revenue reflected lower sales of television product, including "Friends" and "Seinfeld.". (SmartMoney)
Advice for Paranoid Reporters: Apr 27, 2006
Create Diversions: Think Ocean's Twelve. A Manhattan Project To Create a Neuralizer: "Nothing can expunge knowledge from a journalist's mind," says attorney Bruce Brown of Baker & Hostetler. (Slate)
Pacino on board for Ocean's Thirteen Apr 26, 2006
Like the two earlier instalments in the series, Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve, the movie - which is due to start filming on July 21 - will be directed by Steven Soderbergh, the Oscar-winning director of Traffic, according to Daily Variety. Clooney, who won best supporting actor honours at this year's Oscars ceremony for Syriana, will co-produce the Warner Brothers film, slated for release in summer 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pacino Joins "Ocean's" Crew Apr 26, 2006
No word on the plot, but the next heist will apparently eschew the glamorous European locales of Ocean's Twelve and return to the glitz of Las Vegas. A Warner Bros. (E! Online)
Al Pacino dives into 'Ocean's Thirteen' Apr 26, 2006
Like the two earlier instalments in the series, 2001's 'Ocean's Eleven' and 2004's 'Ocean's Twelve', the movie which is due to start filming on July 21 will be directed by Steven Soderbergh, the Oscar-winning director of 'Traffic', according to Daily Variety. Clooney, who won best supporting actor honours at this year's Oscars ceremony for 'Syriana', will co-produce the Warner Brothers film, slated for release in summer 2007. (iAfrica.com)
Michael is back Apr 24, 2006
And the time at home allowed Zeta-Jones, who is25 years younger than Douglas, to continue to make movies such as "The Terminal," "Ocean's Twelve" and "The Legend of Zorro.". Before the break, Douglas worked steadily in such films as "The American President," "Falling Down," "Traffic," "Fatal Attraction" and "A Chorus Line." He won an Oscar for his work in "Wall Street.". (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
"Hated" Julia Bows on Broadway Apr 23, 2006
The 38-year-old Oscar winner hasn't appeared in a movie since the 2004 releases, Closer and Ocean's Twelve. In Three Days of Rain, for which the $20 million woman is taking a nearly 99 percent pay cut, Roberts plays two characters--in the first act, a stolid woman meeting her brother and her friend for the reading of her father's will; in the second act, a flashback, the unhinged mother of her earlier character. (E! Online)
'Sentinel' satifies while phoning thrills in Apr 21, 2006
Director Johnson ("S.W.A.T.") and screenwriter George Nolfi ("Ocean's Twelve") keep the action on high, and even make us feel like we're hanging with the Secret Service. If only that same knack for detail would have crept into the underwritten role of the president (David Rasche). (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
HOT BOX by Jim Bawden Television to talk about Apr 5, 2006
New Show: The similarity of The Heist to such caper flicks as Ocean's Twelve has been noticed, but so what. Isn't most TV derivative. (Toronto Star)
Clooney Slams 'Gawker Stalker' Site Apr 4, 2006 George Clooney steals again Mar 29, 2006 Ocean's Thirteen Invading Screens In Summer 2007 Mar 29, 2006 Clooney, Pitt to resume scheming for "Ocean's 13" Mar 28, 2006 Scarlett Johansson tops list of world's sexiest women Mar 28, 2006 Gang reunites for third Ocean's 11 sequel Mar 28, 2006 Clooney film Mafia claims denied Mar 28, 2006 Clooney signs up for Ocean's 13 Mar 28, 2006 EW review: 'Capote' DVD needs more Mar 23, 2006 Paparazzi jilted by Brad and Angelina Patrick Barkham Mar 20, 2006 Bunting: Best supporting actor is an odd fellows club Feb 14, 2006 Clooney isn't getting carried away Feb 12, 2006 CLOONEY: 'I don't Michael Moore this sh*t'... Feb 10, 2006 Call it a Brad hair day Jan 31, 2006 Riveting Look at Mars, Amateur `Bubble,' Cliched `Annapolis': Film Reviews Jan 28, 2006 Rome launches film festival Jan 28, 2006 'Bubble': The Revolution Will Be Televised, By Kurt Loder Jan 28, 2006 Will 'Bubble' Mean the End of Movies as We Know Them? Jan 26, 2006 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Jan 26, 2006 Hollywood braces for simultaneous theater, DVD and TV release of films Jan 24, 2006 OCEAN'S THIRTEEN LOOKING TO RETURN TO VEGAS Jan 24, 2006 Getting seriousHow George Clooney changed from actor to star and film-maker Jan 23, 2006 Clooney: I ruined Kerry's presidential race Jan 15, 2006 When the 'Bubble' Bursts Jan 15, 2006 Mavericks to mainstreamers Jan 12, 2006
" Rosenfield said he did not know how the e-mail, which was intended as private, was publicly released and reported on Friday by the New York Post. (Story continues below) ADVERTISEMENTS Gawker fired back online. It chastised Clooney for climbing "on his hotmail soapbox to so publicly break our hearts" and then issued a challenge to the public: be the first person to send a new camera-phone photo of Clooney to Gawker and win DVDs of his films "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve. " "It's... (Fox News -- Life)
Clooney's Oscar Gift Bag Goes For $45K Mar 30, 2006
Steven Soderbergh, who made "Ocean's Eleven" and its sequel "Ocean's Twelve," will direct again. Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones, however, will not be back for the third "Ocean's" installment. (Click2Houston, TX)
The new film will follow Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve which together earned more than $800m (457m) worldwide. This latest outing is set in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and returning with Clooney and Pitt are Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle and other members of the original cast. (ITV.com)
It had long been threatened that, despite Ocean's Twelve () sucking more arse than an industrial liposuction machine. And now all the Ocean's Thirteen speculation has finally been firmed into terrifying fact. (hecklerspray)
The movie, "Ocean's 13," follows "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve" which together earned more than $800 million worldwide ... "Ocean's Eleven," made in 2001 and based on a 1960 movie starring Frank Sinatra and his Las Vegas "Rat Pack," raked in more than $450 million worldwide, and three years later "Ocean's Twelve" pulled in another $360 million. (Reuters)
Clooney's producing partner Steven Soderbergh, who made the 2001 hit "Ocean's Eleven" and its 2004 sequel "Ocean's Twelve," will direct again. Julia Roberts, Clooney's love interest in the first two movies, and "Ocean's Twelve" co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones will not be back, according to Warner Bros. (Indianapolis Star)
Roberts was not in Ocean's Twelve, which shifted the heist action to Europe, so her absence is not so significant. Catherine Zeta Jones, who replaced her as female lead in that film, will also sit out the new movie, titled Ocean's Thirteen, according to Variety. (Guardian Unlimited)
Reports that members of the Mafia were trying to extort money from production staff on the film set of Ocean's Twelve have been dismissed ... During the investigation, officers noticed some suspected mobsters hanging around the Ocean's Twelve set ... Ocean's Twelve - which also stars Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta Jones - is due to be released in the UK in 2005. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The 2001 film and its sequel, Ocean's Twelve, have together earned more than $800m (459m) worldwide. The third film will once again be co-produced by Section Eight, the production company co-owned by Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, who returns as director. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Not since Henri tried to steal Woody's girlfriend on "Cheers" has an actor portrayed a vile Frenchman as gleefully as Vincent Cassel in "Derailed." In "Ocean's Twelve," he smugly played the preening French cat burglar, and in this pedestrian morality tale, he's stalking Owen's philandering husband with Snidely Whiplash-like menace. An odd combination of Sean Penn and Rupert Everett, he swipes every scene from Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston, and the film drags during the stretches that lack his... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Villa Erba on Lake Como was also on the nuptials hitlist because Pitt and Clooney had filmed scenes from Ocean's Twelve there. Reporters were given a grand tour, clocking evidence of a new bathroom being installed that could not be construed as anything other than a romantic renovation. (Guardian Unlimited)
He's just not doing a lot, acting-wise, that we haven't already seen from him Ocean's Twelve or Welcome to Collinwood. . (MSNBC -- Movies)
But I can say, 'Well, we'll give you 'Ocean's Twelve' if you give us this ... " Heist movie Ocean's Twelve, in which Clooney starred, netted an estimated $360 million (206 million pounds) in worldwide ticket sales and the earlier Ocean's Eleven brought in around $450 million. (Additional reporting by Mike Collett-White). (Reuters UK -- Entertainment)
On the set of Ocean's Twelve he would sit around the table with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle, playing poker and thinking how cool his life was. Then his Catholic guilt kicked in and he made Syriana. (The Drudge Report)
Jan. 12, 2005: Dark and messy at the Tokyo airport while promoting Ocean's Twelve. Getty Images. (USA Today -- Entertainment)
After making the big-budget ``Ocean's Twelve'' with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones in France, Italy and the Netherlands, Soderbergh turned his attention to ``Bubble,'' a $1. 6 million picture with amateur actors that was filmed along the West Virginia-Ohio border. (Bloomberg -- Asia Index)
Mr Veltroni has been eager to boost Rome's profile as a centre for film-making, with Mission Impossible 3, Ocean's Twelve and the TV series Rome all recently filmed there. Emerging film-makers. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
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Soderbergh is probably best-known for directing the Julia Roberts blockbuster "Erin Brockovich" and the star-studded "Ocean's Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve.". But he says the business model that was responsible for those films needs to change. (ABC News - Entertainment)
Globe-trotting as stealthily as did exec producer Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Twelve," but with rather more seriousness of intent, Gaghan plunges straight past the received versions of contemporary events to open up a vast range of inquiry that encompasses everyone from oil industry titans and CIA ops to disenfranchised Pakistani workers and a Beirut godfather of Hezbollah. Underexplaining sometimes to a fault, pic keeps the viewer straining to keep tabs on the identities, relationships and... (Variety)
You can walk down a street in New York and find someone selling a pirated copy of Ocean's Twelve on the day it comes out. I've talked to people at Warner Bros who would like to release some films on the same day they're released in China, where they don't enforce our copyright laws. (Earthtimes.com)
Producers for OCEAN'S TWELVE sequel, OCEAN'S THIRTEEN, have been talking to Las Vegas, Nevada hotel boss STEVE WYNN about shooting a large portion of the film at his new resort. The next installment of the heist series is tentatively set to begin production in 2007. (ContactMusic.com)
(2000) The Perfect Storm (2000) Ocean's Eleven (2001) Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) Ocean's Twelve (2004) Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) Syriana (2005). Film roles followed, most notably the 1997 sequel Batman , which saw Clooney take over the superhero lead. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The Ocean's Twelve actor was one of several screen stars invited to ride on Kerry's election train, but it all went downhill for the Democrat when Clooney stayed away. He recalls: "Kerry asked me to ride on his train - he had a train going cross-country after he was nominated and some actors went on board. I called him and explained that I couldn't do it. I'd hurt him. I'd actually caused him harm at the polls.". (Ireland Online)
7 million crime drama, starring nonactorshardly a crowd pleaser like his "Ocean's Twelve." So why all the fuss. Because when "Bubble" opens on Jan. 27, you'll be able to see it in a theater and on high-definition cable and on DVD. "I don't care how people see the movie, as long as they see it," Soderbergh says. (Newsweek--Entertainment)
Soderbergh's "sex, lies" made impressive returns on its miniscule budget, but "Oceans' Eleven" and "Ocean's Twelve" made more than $800 million globally. Look closely, however, and there is a link: Soderbergh disguises straight-forward crime thriller material with a visual flavor that has far more in common with his indie "The Limey" than it does with his mainstream "Erin Brockovich.". (Variety)
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