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ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD   The legendary Musso & Frank Grill, located in the heart of Hollywood and currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, is featured within a key scene in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. The film, from Sony Pictures’ Columbia Pictures label, opens in U.S. theaters on July 26th. The new film marks the most recent appearance of the famous restaurant in the cinema since Musso’s first opened its doors in 1919 on Hollywood Blvd. In 1922, Buster Keaton’s movie "Cops" became the first in a long series of feature films - and later TV shows - to use the landmark venue as a location in which to film interior scenes, exterior scenes, or both. “I feel so lucky that there’s a place like the Musso & Frank Grill - one that exists now exactly how it has always been,” said Mr. Tarantino. “It was fantastic being able to shoot at an iconic landmark that is so authentic and connected to Hollywood.” Adds Rick S...

Al Pacino It was A Evening With Al Pacino at The Opaline Theater at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada the other night. Nothing beats this big star! Photo By: Erik Kabik Photography/ MediaPunch

**** NEW YORK CITY BOOKS **** My New York: Celebrities Talk About The City Alessandra Mattanza, author, screenwriter and fine-art photographer, was born in Italy but has lived abroad for more than 20 years—including in New York City. Her passion for the cinema has led her to specialize in interviews with actors and directors, as well as in traveling and fiction. Her latest collection of photography, My New York: Celebrities Talk about the City (WhiteStar Publishers, October 2015), is a lavish celebration of the best of New York City as described by 19 of the city’s most iconic residents. Who better to capture the sights, sounds, and attitude of the Big Apple than such hometown luminaries as Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee, Candace Bushnell, Jay McInerney, and Mario Batali? Here are all-new interviews with the artists, writers, and innovators who helped create the image of New York known round the world. Newcomers and old friends of the city will find much to enjoy ...

Al Pacino Al Pacino talked to ABC News ' Byron Pitts about his latest movie, "Danny Collins," and how he was almost fired from "The Godfather." The actor says he was almost fired from his iconic role as Michael Corleone in the epic 1972 film. “They wanted to fire me when I was on the picture ... [during] the shooting, first couple of weeks,” Pacino told ABC News’ “Nightline.” “Because they kept seeing the rushes, you know, or the footage that was shot, and they kept looking at it and thinking, ‘What is he doing?’” Pacino currently stars as an aging rock star in the film “Danny Collins,” which opens in theaters today. Pacino went on to portray the mob boss in the rest of the “Godfather” trilogy. But if it weren’t for director Francis Ford Coppola, Pacino said, he wouldn’t have stayed. “I was so confused at that time, and Francis was so supportive, you know, and so helping me in it, all of it,” Pacino said. “If it...

Al Pacino Al Pacino has announced he is bringing his One Night Only show to Caesars Circus Maximus Theater in Atlantic City Saturday, March 28th 2015. Al Pacino’s One Night Only will explore the myriad highlights of one of the most celebrated careers in acting history, from his time off-Broadway in the 60s right up to the present day, with the actor himself, in intimate theatre surroundings. The evening will include an on-stage interview projected on a large screen, bringing the action closer to the audience. This very special event will also give audience members a rare chance to speak directly to Pacino in an audience question and answer session. One of the very few actors to have won the Triple Crown in acting (Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards), Winning his first Tony in 1969 for Does A Tiger Wear A Necktie, he won worldwide acclaim for his role as Michael Corleone in the Godfather, which also gave him his first of eight Academy Award nominations. An endurin...

**** 1940 Census: Chuck Norris tops “Class of 1940” Voted America’s favorite “fantasy relative” Norris tops “Fantasy Genealogy” poll to find 1940-born Americans we’d most like to discover is a long-lost relative *** * Al Pacino Ranked High Chuck Norris is the most popular American born the year of the 1940 U.S. Census, suggests a national poll done to mark the Government’s release of the 1940 Census records April 2. The martial artist, actor and action star is the 1940-born American who fellow Americans would most like to discover is along-lost relative, reveals the poll conducted by IBOPE Zogby for genealogy website findmypast.com . Martin Sheen Made The List Al Pacino ranks second in the poll and fellow actor Martin Sheen third, while golfer Jack Nicklaus shares fourth place with musician Frank Zappa. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic politician, is the top-ranking woman, ahead of Raquel Welch and Dionne Warwick, and the 1940-born American who Democrats would most like to find is related....

Hollywood star Al Pacino traded sex for free housing when he was living as a struggling actor in Sicily, Italy. The award winning actor spent some time in his family's native Sicily in 1960 after dropping out of school to pursue his movie star dreams. He found himself struggling to make ends meet on his travels and decided to sell his body to keep a roof over his head, according to the New York Post's gossip columnist Cindy Adams . But Pacino is admitting he often awoke to regret his decision. He says, "At 20, I lived in Sicily by selling the only asset I had - my body. An older woman traded food and housing in return for sex. I woke mornings not really loving myself." Photo By: Sara De Boer/Retna

Al Pacino has been honored with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.The 'Scarface' actor, who received the acting institution's highest honor at Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre last Thursday, was left visibly moved as a series of Hollywood stars paid tribute to him.Upon collecting his award, Pacino said: "I need a character. I don't think of myself as being able to do anything. Seeing my life in the movies, I have one question. And that is, 'Why aren't I in rehab?!'"By age 3, I was doing Al Jolson (legendary singer who starred in the first 'talking' film). I found, in the theatre, this place I could go to. I found this peace."It means so many things to be honoured like this. It feels great".The three-hour gala featured clips from Pacino's biggest films including 'The Godfather', 'Scent of a Woman' and 'Serpico'.Director Oliver Stone, who wrote 'Scarface' in which Pacino star...