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NEWS ABOUT: Jamie Foxx

Jamie Foxx stories: 10 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEWs

 Critics Can't Abide Citizen 

Film combines unnecessary gore with pseudo-insight

Oct 16, 09 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie critics are nearly unanimous in their disgust with Law Abiding Citizen, a grisly revenge drama that's as much a moral failure as a cinematic one.
  • The film is "an exercise in illogic and Death Wish cribbing," writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone, featuring gratuitous gore and
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(Newser) - Drake is not only dating Rihanna and prepping to sign with a new label for his debut album in the next few days. The Canadian-born singer is also winning support from the likes of 50 Cent and Jamie Foxx, MTV and Sohh.com report. "He can go as gangster... More »

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50 Cent • LL Cool J • singer • rapper • rap music • Jamie Foxx • Jay-Z • Drake

 Foxx as Sinatra? 
 Get Real, Says Gawker 

Some raise skeptical eyebrows as UK tabs push rumors

May 18, 09 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jamie Foxx as Frank Sinatra? It’s all the buzz around Hollywood, the Daily Telegraph reports, after a source told the Daily Express, “Cool is colorblind. Jamie would seem to be born to the role.” Popcrunch wonders, “Are we being punk’d?” while Gawker’s Richard Lawson—... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • Jamie Foxx • Frank Sinatra • biopic • Jay-ZTV

 May Films Face 
 Galaxy of Boycotts 

List of new releases that face criticism

May 7, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie fans are fuming for one reason or another about most of the blockbusters out this month, the New York Times reports—and studios find it difficult to discern potent protests from the all-too-common casual boycott. A look at which films, and why:
  • Terminator Salvation upset fans because of
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Hollywood • film • list • boycott • Jamie Foxx • Miley Cyrus • Star Trek • Jennifer Garner • movie theaters • Terminator Salvation • Angels & Demons • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past • The Soloist

MOVIE REVIEW

 Foxx, Downey Lift Soloist 

Stars make based-on-true-story tearjerker worthwhile despite some bum notes

Apr 24, 09 9:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Soloist—an adaptation of a LA Times reporter's memoir of his friendship with a homeless man—may not hit all the right notes with critics, but powerful performances from Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx save the day.
  • Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: The pair are "both charismatic
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entertainment • movie review • Robert Downey Jr. • Jamie Foxx

(Newser) - Jamie Foxx has apologized for telling 16-year-old Miley Cyrus to “make a sex tape and grow up” and “get like Britney Spears and do some heroin” on his weekend satellite radio show, OK! reports. “You guys know that whatever I say, I don't mean any... More »

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entertainment • television • radio • Jay Leno • late night talk show • apology • Tonight Show • Jamie Foxx • Miley Cyrus

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Last Octuplet 
 Goes Home 

Plus, Angelina voted most beautiful woman, more

Apr 14, 09 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last Suleman octuplet went home yesterday, E! reports. Tiny Jonah went from 1 lb, 8 oz to 4 lbs, 10 oz. Elsewhere:
  • Vanity Fair readers overwhelmingly voted Angelina Jolie the most beautiful woman in the world, MSNBC reports. She claimed 58% of votes, with second place Gisele Bundchen
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entertainment • Angelina Jolie • celebrity • gossip • Southwest Airlines • Jamie Foxx • Miley Cyrus • celebrity baby • octuplets • Nadya Suleman

 Stars Come Out for Obama

Fete raises $200K with $2,300 tix

Aug 22, 08 9:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - With $2,300 checks, celebrities including Jamie Foxx, Lucy Liu, and Isaiah Washington showed their support for Barack Obama last night at a swanky Beverly Hills shindig, the AP reports. The Black and White Gala raised $200,000 for the Obama campaign from the deep pocketbooks of the likes of... More »

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Los Angeles • Isaiah Washington • celebrity • Obama 2008 • fundraiser • Jamie Foxx • endorsement • Barack Obama supporters • Lucy Liu

Rock Scores With Game Plan

Geopolitical shoot-'em-up The Kingdom takes second at weekend box office

Sep 30, 07 5:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Disney blitzed the weekend box office with The Game Plan, a PG comedy that outscored Universal's geopolitical shoot-'em-up, The Kingdom, $22.7 million to $17.7 million. They held a near-tie until Game Plan pulled away with a 63% increase on Saturday and Sunday. Variety reports that a third wide... More »

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box office • Ang Lee • Lust, Caution • Jamie Foxx • Kingdom • The Rock

As Serious Film, 'Kingdom' Falls

Unrealistic action movie doesn't carry the weight it wants to, critics say

Sep 28, 07 11:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Kingdom, starring Jamie Foxx and directed by Peter Berg, wants to be a thoughtful action movie about terrorism—part Rambo, part Syriana, muses the Washington Post. Instead, Newsday says, it's a “clamorous and patronizing” popcorn flick, that EW calls “shameless” in pushing audiences’ buttons. More »

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movie review • Jamie Foxx • Peter Berg • Kingdom • movies

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