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'I got into film as a storyboard artist, but my dream was always to be a director'

Rise of the Guardians is Peter Ramsey's first feature film after directing the hit DreamWorks Animation Halloween special, "Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space." This project followed the feature film, "Monsters vs. Aliens" on which Ramsey served as Head of Story. While at DreamWorks Animation, Ramsey also served as a story artist on "Shrek the Third," and as a story board artist on "Shark Tale."


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Comedian has been involved in incidents in Sacramento, Oakland and Seattle over past few weeks

(CNN) -- Katt Williams announced the end of his stand-up comedy career Monday, a day after a bizarre incident in Seattle that landed him in jail.

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'I am a sci-fi lover and have been itching to be on a sitcom forever'

Toks' secret talent is doing all sorts of accents from around the world.

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Chef, musician and author visits Oregon for a backyard feast with Jason French of Ned Ludd

Roger Mooking, chef, musician and author, visited Portland recently to film a show for his popular Cooking Channel series, "Man Fire Food". 

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'We're in desperate need of good screenplays'

Here, he talks about his latest film, Flight, a combination special f/x and legal thriller starring Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman and Melissa Leo.


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'There is a little pressure in the back of your mind when you've been afforded a chance to make a movie of this stature'

Here, Daniel talks about his third go-round as the secret agent with the proverbial "License to Kill" in Skyfall, a riveting adventure which establishes him as the best 007 since the standard was set by Sean Connery back in the Sixties.


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Actress talks about her latest outing as a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig as Secret Agent 007 in Skyfall

The accomplished young actress, who is of Jamaican extraction, has already made a name for herself in film, television and theatre, and just completed production on A Long Walk to Freedom, a biopic about Nelson Mandela in which she portrayed his wife, Winnie.


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The Oregon Historical Society's Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum celebrates its 15th year

The Oregon Historical Society's Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum for 2013 features Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of "The Warmth of Other Suns," April 16.

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'I wanted to create a clean, alternative morning show for people of faith'

Ever since her late-Eighties debut, "Just as I Am," Yolanda Adams has triumphantly carried the torch for contemporary gospel and inspirational music via a dozen glorious albums. Stunningly beautiful, exceptionally educated, filled with the spirit and blessed with one of the most powerful voices in any genre of music, this former schoolteacher is a stately beacon of God's light.


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The nine-term Democrat who represents the south side of Chicago has been away from Congress since May

(CNN) -- Rep. Jesse Jackson spoke out Saturday on the circumstances surrounding his months-long absence from the public eye, saying in a recorded phone call to his Illinois constituents that he has "undergone medical treatment to address several serious health issues."


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