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by Linda Matlow/Pix International
HIGHLIGHTS OF 40th FILM FEST...• There was a lot of Hollywood glamour and glitz happening for a few days in Chicago last month as the annual Chicago International Film Festival took place.The usual celebrity fare that surrounds this gala event, presented by Festival Director Michael Kutza, was magnified due to 2004 being the 40th Anniversary of the venerable film festival. Here are samplings of the stars who came out and things that happened all over town during festival weekend.On opening night, actor LIAM NEESON and Director BILL CONDON arrived for Red Carpet interviews and photos preceding the film “Kinsey.” Actress Patricia Neal also attended.The introduction to the Festival and the presentation of the night’s guests was hosted by Chicago Sun-Times film critic, ROGER EBERT.OCTOBER 8:6:30pm –– Actress ANNETTE BENING and Director ISTVÁN SZABO arrived for Red Carpet interviews and photos preceding the film, “Being Julia,” at Northwestern University’s Thorne Auditorium.Following the Red Carpet to shoot the awards presentation and tribute, hosted by network anchor and award-winning journalist, BILL KURTIS. (Bening received the Festival’s Career Achievement Award.)9:00pm -- Actor HANK AZARIA showed up at AMC River East 21 for Red Carpet interviews and photos preceding the screening of his new Showtime’s TV show, “Huff”.OCTOBER 9:8:00pm -- Actor CHRISTOPHER WALKEN and Director JORDAN ROBERTS did Red Carpet interviews and photos preceding the screening of the film, “Around The Bend”. The screening was at Northwestern University's Thorne AuditoriumOCTOBER 16:6:30pm -- Actors IRMA P. HALL, HARRY J. LENNIX and ROBERT TOWNSEND arrived for Red Carpet interviews and photos preceding the Black Perspectives’ “Homecoming Celebration” at Northwestern University’s Thorne AuditoriumASTIN ASCENDS WITH “AN ACTOR’S TALE”...• SEAN ASTIN was in our Toddlin’ Town last month to meet and greet his fans who turned out in droves to meet the talented young actor. Astin appeared at the Border’s Books & Music Michigan Avenue store, where he signed copies of his brand new book, “There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale.”Long before “Lord of the Rings” catapulted him to widespread acclaim and recognition, Sean Astin was a largely undervalued young actor in Hollywood struggling to make a name for himself (despite starring roles in such well-regarded films as “The Goonies”, “Memphis Belle”, and “Rudy”).His odyssey took him from being the son of Hollywood royalty and a prodigious childhood actor, to being a struggling producer/actor/husband/father, to emerging as a prominent player in the biggest movie franchise of recent memory. Astin’s is an unusual and intriguing story –– and one he details with great care in his fascinating new memoir. | ||
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