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 Diaz Tops Best-Paid Actresses

Shrek, Kutcher pic helped bring in $50M

(Newser) - Hollywood's leading ladies earn big bucks for delivering box office gold, and rake in even more with lucrative product endorsements. Together, the top 10 best-paid actresses made more than $244 million in the last 12 months, reports Forbes . Here's how the stars stack up: Cameron Diaz, $50 million Keira Knightley, $32 million Jennifer Aniston, $27 million More »

MOVIE REVIEW

 Take a Chance on Mamma Mia! 

Golden oldies save cheesy musical adaptation from being a stinker

(Newser) - Mamma Mia ! doesn't quite pull off the leap from stage to screen, but ABBA fans will find it worth taking a chance on, critics say. The "jukebox musical that strings together 19 ABBA hits on a narrative thread flimsier than dental floss" had Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer   "smiling and wincing—often at the same time." More »

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Hollywood's 50 Brightest Bulbs

Entertainment Weekly picks the smartest players on and behind the silver screen

(Newser) - Who are the biggest brains in Hollywood? Entertainment Weekly picks the best and brightest: Judd Apatow, 40, director/writer/producer Steven Spielberg, 60, director/producer James Cameron, 53, director/producer More »

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(Newser) - Rendition, the story of an American woman's search for her arrested Egyptian-born husband, is a well-meaning but ultimately shallow exploration of America's policies on torture, critics say. " Rendition tackles the concern in a heavy-handed thriller with simplistic characters and manipulative storylines," says the Hollywood Reporter. More »

More about:  movie review Reese Witherspoon Jake Gyllenhaal Meryl Streep

Hollywood Won’t Wait for Troops to
Come Home

Slate of controversial war films on the way

(Newser) - About a dozen films exploring America's widely debated role in Iraq and Afghanistan are set for release or in production, marking a break with Hollywood's unwritten rules for depicting an ongoing war. Most films made during WW2 were outright propaganda. And films critical of the Vietnam conflict weren't released until three years after the fall of Saigon. More »

More about:  Iraq war Afghanistan movie film Hollywood World War II Vietnam Tom Cruise Robert Redford Meryl Streep

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