Memorable quote: “You can’t make someone want education.” Another one of our movies based on true stories, Freedom Writers ...

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Julia Stiles revealed that Julia Roberts was a maternal source of comfort while they filmed 'Mona Lisa Smile' in 2003. Stiles, who struggled with her body image at the time, said Roberts reminded ...

Mike Newell’s “Mona Lisa Smile” is a movie designed to make you think, which is precisely the problem: For a story about bohemian intellectuals circa 1950s New England, it sure is low on ...

The "Da Vinci Code" director shared a cheeky little anecdote Friday that might've solved a real-life puzzle — the mystery behind the 'Mona Lisa' smile.

MONA LISA SMILE adds up to glossy entertainment that is a long way from art. In the movie, a vibrant and independent-minded teacher shows her students a paint-by-numbers kit for a Van Gogh picture to ...

Mona Lisa Smile follows Roberts' character Katherine Ann Watson as she accepts an Art History teaching position at Wellesley College in the 1950s and attempts to helps liberate the minds of her ...

La Gioconda [the Mona Lisa] is therefore a happy woman whose natural attribute is a smile. The Joker and the Mona Lisa share the same etymology: Jocus’ in Latin,” adds the museum statement.

She ends up nose-to-nose with the Mona Lisa before painting a clownish smile in lipstick on the protective glass in front of it. As she stands back, a black mascara tear drops from the star's eye.

She ends up nose-to-nose with the Mona Lisa before painting a clownish smile in lipstick on the protective glass in front of it. As she stands back, a black mascara tear drops from the star’s eye.