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NEWS ABOUT: Owen Wilson

Owen Wilson stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - Foreign audiences are totally into Marley and Me, the Owen Wilson/Jennifer Aniston vehicle, which topped the international box office last weekend with $14.2 million, Variety reports. Marley’s success—it’s beating Watchmen, among others—runs counter to traditional wisdom about foreign taste for US yuks leaning more to... More »

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film • comedy • box office • Jennifer Aniston • Owen Wilson • European culture • movies • Bride Wars • Marley & Me • foreign audiences • Confessions of a Shopaholic

Kate and Owen
Hook Up Again?


Feb 9, 09 6:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Looks like Kate and Owen have rekindled a little blonde lovin', X17 reports. Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson split up in the summer of 2007; Owen reportedly tried to kill himself 2 months later. Only recently has Kate's black SUV been seen in his Malibu driveway again. She even brought... More »

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Hollywood • Owen Wilson • Kate Hudson

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 Bring Tissues 
 for Marley & Me 

Critics concede it's a family film, but little more

Dec 24, 08 6:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Walk into Marley & Me not expecting to be wowed, and it’s an easy film to watch, Claudia Puig writes in USA Today. Unfortunately, “it’s just as easy to forget.” The writers deftly pull dog-lovers’ heartstrings, but the story itself is ordinary and chemistry lacking between... More »

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movie review • Jennifer Aniston • Owen Wilson • dog • Labrador • Marley & Me

Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson
Off Again

Volatile couple proves widespread wedding rumors wrong, for now

May 16, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson aren’t engaged after all. The pair’s longstanding on-again, off-again relationship is officially off again, People reports. The rumor-spawning ring Hudson was spotted wearing was a prop. “It was a pretty bad breakup,” said a friend of Wilson’s, and a... More »

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celebrity • gossip • Owen Wilson • Kate Hudson

 Kate and Owen
 Getting Hitched? 

Up-and-down couple engaged since last month, Daily Mail says

May 12, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Off-again, on-again lovers Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are going to tie the knot, reports the Daily Mail. Hudson, 29, has been sporting a giant sparkler ever since Wilson, 39, popped the question last month in Miami where they celebrated Hudson's birthday. The two first met filming the movie You,... More »

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marriage • celebrity • wedding • Owen Wilson • Kate Hudson • celebrity engagements

 Who Stays Hot  
 at Box Office 

Dr. Seuss flick tops box office two weeks in a row

Mar 23, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dr. Seuss’ Horton heard cha-ching at the box office again this weekend despite a 45% drop in sales, Variety reports. The family flick grossed $25.1 million, beating number-two Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns and photographic horror remake Shutter, which grossed $20 million and $10.7 million, respectively, the... More »

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film • box office • Owen Wilson • weekend • Tyler Perry • Horton Hears a Who

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 Drillbit Taylor a Total Bore 

Critics describe high-school comedy as aimless, 'listless'

Mar 21, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Combine the talents of the creative team behind Superbad and Knocked Up with the considerable charms of actor Owen Wilson and what have you got? The "dispiritingly mediocre tweener comedy" Drillbit Taylor, writes Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle. He's far from alone in his assessment of the movie,... More »

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comedy • movie review • Superbad • Judd Apatow • Owen Wilson • Seth Rogen • Knocked Up • guy movies

Wild Girls Rate,
Bad Boys Skate

Media swarm Britney, Amy, but leave Heath, Kiefer in peace

Feb 17, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - There's a clear gender disparity in the obsessive media coverage of celebrity meltdowns, writes the New York Times. Just compare the relative restraint Entertainment Tonight exercised in holding back a video of Heath Ledger doing drugs with the news outlet gusto that greets the latest Amy Winehouse or Lindsay Lohan... More »

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media • Britney Spears • Paris Hilton • Lindsay Lohan • paparazzi • Amy Winehouse • Heath Ledger • Owen Wilson • Kiefer Sutherland

Darjeeling a Thoughtful Ride

Oct 5, 07 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Darjeeling Limited is a melancholy road comedy that never quite derails despite occasional bumps, say critics. Effortless performances by Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman "evince with unforced ease the rewards and resentments of brotherhood," writes Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post. More »

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film • India • comedy • Wes Anderson • Owen Wilson • The Darjeeling Limited • Adrien Brody • Jason Schwartzman • movies

Owen Wilson Goes Home After Suicide Attempt

Actor remains in 24/7 care of family, friends

Sep 3, 07 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actor Owen Wilson went home Saturday from the hospital, where he had been recovering from a reported suicide attempt the previous Sunday. He is being closely watched by his brothers Andrew and Luke Wilson and other family and friends, according to People. Wilson is reportedly in “bad mental shape”... More »

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suicide • depression • Owen Wilson • Ben Stiller • Luke Wilson • The Darjeeling Limited • actor

Owen Wilson Drops Out of Next Movie

Drugs, heartbreak
may have been behind suicide attempt

Aug 29, 07 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Owen Wilson won’t appear in Tropic Thunder after an alleged suicide attempt that's made the actor tabloid fodder, Fox News reports. Wilson was to join the production next week in Hawaii but has struck a “mutual agreement” with director Ben Stiller. The news comes on the heels of... More »

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suicide • Hollywood • cocaine • Owen Wilson • Ben Stiller • Kate Hudson • actor • movies

Owen Wilson In Good Condition After Reported Suicide Attempt

Actor asks media to let him heal in private

Aug 27, 07 5:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Owen Wilson is in good condition after being hospitalized following an alleged suicide attempt. Wilson’s family found the Wedding Crashers star yesterday after he reportedly slit his wrist and took an unknown number of pills, the Post reports. Wilson issued a statement asking that the media allow him to... More »

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suicide • overdose • Owen Wilson • The Royal Tenenbaums • actor

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