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NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS — NBCUniversal Press Tour, January 2017 — NBC’s “Taken” — Pictured: (l-r) Alex Cary, Executive Producer; Clive Standen, and Jennifer Beals — (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC) Clive Standen, Jennifer Beals and Alex Cary Exercise Their Special Set of Skills in Taken by Jay S. Jacobs “I don’t know who you are.  I don’t know what you want.  If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money.  But what I do have are a very particular set of skills,

Jean Reno Jean Reno The French Acting Legend Pursues Justice In The Promise and The Last Face, Travels Through Time In The Visitors 3 and Talks How He’d Love To Be A Star Wars Jedi Knight by Arlene R. Weiss French actor Jean Reno is best known for his iconic role of Leone “Leon” Montana in Director Luc Besson’s hit cult classic film, 1994’s Leon: The Professional. Reno’s electrifying and dynamic portrayal of the heroic Little Italy, New York hit man with a heart transformed R

Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker at the “Taken 3” press day at the Essex House Hotel, New York. Photo © 2015 Brad Balfour. All rights reserved. Liam Neeson and Forest Whitaker Veteran Actors on the Run in Taken 3 by Brad Balfour From Transporter to the Taxi series, the French producer/director/writer Luc Besson has displayed a uncanny instinct in making action thrillers that find passionate audiences. What makes the Taken series all the more remarkable – other than the 50-some

The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (2010) Starring Louise Bourgoin, Mathieu Amalric, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Jacky Nercessian, Philippe Nahon, Nicolas Giraud, Laure de Clermont, Gérard Chaillou, Serge Bagdassarian and Claire Pérot. Screenplay by Luc Besson. Directed by Luc Besson. Distributed by Shout! Factory.  107 minutes.  Rated PG. The box of this French film has a quote from Empire magazine which sug