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NEWS ABOUT: Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson stories: 14 news summaries

Polanski Rape Happened at Nicholson's Pad

And other things you didn't know about the fugitive director

Oct 2, 09 4:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Think you know everything about Roman Polanski? You’re probably wrong. AskMen.com compiles a list of surprising tidbits about the headline-grabbing statutory rapist:
  • It happened at Jack Nicholson’s house: Somehow lost in the hubbub was the fact that the crime took place at Nicholson’s
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Poland • Holocaust • Miss Universe • Auschwitz • Jack Nicholson • Roman Polanski • Samantha Geimer • statutory rape • Krakow

 World's Dirtiest Old Men 


Aug 2, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some men age like a fine wine. Others age like these guys. The Independent lists the most embarrassing old goats in the public eye:
  • Silvio Berlusconi, 72: “What with claims he's spent the summer consorting with call girls and teenagers at wild parties, has Berlusconi simply forgotten his
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Nicolas Sarkozy • Jack Nicholson • Mel Gibson • Silvio Berlusconi • Bryan Ferry

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Men's Sites 
 Want Less 
 Megan Fox 

Plus, Madonna is a writer—in Israel

Jul 29, 09 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men are already sick of Megan Fox, with a dozen male-focused websites calling for a media blackout of the Transformers star Aug. 4, the New York Daily News reports. “You can have too much of a good thing,” says the editor of AskMen.com. Elsewhere:
  • Madonna’s
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entertainment • celebrity • Beyonce • Madonna • Jack Nicholson • Jay-Z • Megan Fox • Yediot Ahronot • AskMen.com • media blackout

Lindsay Keeps Cops Knocking on the Door

Police respond to Ronson brawl as
lawyer fights warrant

Mar 14, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beverly Hills cops have a warrant for Lindsay Lohan's arrest, but that's not why the LAPD came looking for her today, TMZ reports. The troubled star, who visited Jack Nicholson's place at 1:45am last night, got into a window-smashing argument with girlfriend Samantha Ronson. The angry pair refused to... More »

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Hollywood • Lindsay Lohan • LAPD • Jack Nicholson • Samantha Ronson • arrest warrant

 Ledger Fans Demand 
 Joker's 'Retirement' 

Fans want studio to hang up clown suit as tribute to killer performance

Feb 13, 09 5:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A group of Heath Ledger fans are calling for the Batman movies to hang up the Joker's purple suit for good as a tribute to the late actor's last role, CNN reports. Supporters at website "The Ultimate Joker" say no actor could ever nail the killer clown as well... More »

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Batman • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Jack Nicholson • the Joker

Actors' Family Feud Creates More Hollywood Labor Unrest

Larger SAG, with contract set to expire, aims to torpedo smaller union's deal

Jun 30, 08 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the escalation of a long-simmering turf war, the largest Hollywood actors union is attempting to scuttle a deal reached by its smaller rival with studios, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the Screen Actors Guild isn't planning to strike when its contract expires tonight, it's urging members who also... More »

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labor • Tom Hanks • Jack Nicholson • Writers Guild of America • Screen Actors Guild • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists • Access Hollywood

Obama-ite Rebuts Jack's Hill Vid

Two can play at remixing Nicholson roles

Mar 3, 08 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Director Rob Reiner had some fun remixing some of Jack Nicholson’s notable performances into a comic Hillary Clinton endorsement video, but it was barely in circulation yesterday before a Daily Kos blogger demonstrated that it was a game two could play. The Hillary video includes clips of Jack’s... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Jack Nicholson • Rob Reiner • endorsement • The Shining • A Few Good Men

Jumper Soars at Box Office

Step Up 2 the Streets and Spiderwick Chronicles take 2nd and 3rd

Feb 17, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Jumper has vaulted to top spot at the box office and may bank the fourth-highest President's Day weekend score ever, Variety reports. Step Up 2 the Streets surprised in second thanks to young females, earning $26.3 million to Jumper's $33.8 million. The Spiderwick Chronicles took third with $21.... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • Jack Nicholson • Hannah Montana • Matthew McConaughey • movies

OPINION

Right Church, Wrong Pew

For 10 doubly stellar Oscar hopefuls, category was correct
but film wasn't

Jan 21, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar nominees have often delivered more than one award-worthy performance in a single category in the same year. Sometimes, Tariq Khan tells the LA Times, the academy picks the wrong one. On the eve of this year's nominations, he lists his top 10 mistakes.
  1. Catherine Keener, Capote, Best
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Nicole Kidman • Leonardo DiCaprio • Jack Nicholson • actor • Emma Thompson • Catherine Keener • Susan Sarandon • Oscars

Jack Still a 'Fool for Love' at 70

Nicholson still looking for romance, worries about 'undignified' advances

Jan 17, 08 2:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Notorious ladykiller Jack Nicholson is ready for a new romance, though he admits he remains, at 70, "a fool for love." "Ask any old friend of mine, they'll say, 'Jack's pretty smart, but in this area the man is beyond the pale. Don't ask him anything about... More »

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love • AARP • romance • Jack Nicholson • Lara Flynn Boyle • ladykiller

Bucket Tops Box Office List

First Sunday debuts in second as Juno holds strong at third

Jan 13, 08 3:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bucket List kicked National Treasure: Book of Secrets from top spot this weekend in the best-ever debut for a Rob Reiner flick, Variety reports. First Sunday nabbed a close second and Juno kept crowds giggling in third. Tonight's toned-down Golden Globes will not help Juno as expected, but the... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • box office • Jack Nicholson • Nicolas Cage • Ice Cube • movies

NEW RELEASE

Bucket List Is Leaky Schlock

Into-the-sunset tearjerker suggests that  facing cancer can be fun

Jan 11, 08 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The Bucket List, Rob Reiner’s new cancer comedy, “never ascends from the bowels of tearjerk formula and audience pandering," writes Newsday’s Jan Stuart. The film stars Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman as terminally ill buddies trying to do it all before they die.... More »

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Morgan Freeman • movie review • Roger Ebert • Jack Nicholson • Rob Reiner • movies

Treasure Shines Again

National Treasure: Book of Secrets keeps top spot as Alvin out-sings Legend

Dec 30, 07 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - National Treasure: Book of Secrets shone in the top spot again this weekend as filmgoers kept flocking to the movies, Variety reports. Alvin and the Chipmunks crooned its way into second, humbling I Am Legend, as Mike Nichols-directed Charlie Wilson's War claimed fourth over Juno, an offbeat dramedy that nabbed... More »

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Morgan Freeman • film • movie review • box office • Mike Nichols • Jack Nicholson • No Country for Old Men • Juno • Charlie Wilson's War • There Will Be Blood • Nicolas Cage • Persepolis • Paul Thomas Anderson • The Bucket List • I Am Legend • Alvin and the Chipmunks • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • movies

Fonda to Sell 'Easy Rider' Loot

Items from iconic Western up for grabs

Sep 16, 07 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Peter Fonda is auctioning off a stash of memorabilia from Easy Rider that he's held onto since the movie's 1969 release. The producer, co-writer, and co-star of the trailblazing film "decided it was time to share some of his treasures." The crown jewel is the American flag from... More »

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Captain America • auction • Easy Rider • Peter Fonda • Dennis Hopper • Jack Nicholson • Wyatt • Billy

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