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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg stories: 9 news summaries
Sneak Peek

 Lovely Bones Is 
 Jackson's Best Yet 

After sneak screening, critic predicts Oscar glory; another pans it

Nov 25, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The Lovely Bones got a sneak showing in London last night, and one reviewer is already calling it the best film of next year—while another lambastes it as candy-coated crap. An anonymous critic from the Sun says he’s already sure he won’t “see anything... More »

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movie review • Mark Wahlberg • The Lovely Bones • Alice Sebold • Saoirse Ronan

 Wahlberg Weds Longtime Love 


Aug 1, 09 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Wahlberg and model girlfriend Rhea Durham said "I do" at a low-key Catholic ceremony in Beverly Hills today, Us reports. Durham, 31, wore a white Marchesa dress and Wahlberg, 38, sported a black suit with silver tie. They emerged with about 20 guests after a 45-minute service.... More »

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wedding • Mark Wahlberg • celebrity marriage • Rhea Durham

      Box Office Feels the Payne

Wahlberg shoot-em-up takes top spot with $18 million

Oct 19, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max Payne beat up Bees and a Chihuahua at the box office this weekend and grabbed the top spot, Variety reports. The Mark Wahlberg action flick raked in $18 million to Chihuahua’s $11.2 million and The Secret Life of Bees' $11.1 million. Rounding out the top... More »

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film • box office • Mark Wahlberg

NEW RELEASE

 Max Payne Lives Up to Its Name 

Critics slam video game-based action flick

Oct 17, 08 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Max Payne, a sci-fi shooter video game-turned-movie, is “undiluted junk,” writes Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News. “No amount of generosity could excuse the levels of ineptitude on display here,” she says of the Mark Wahlberg vehicle. “The story has more holes than... More »

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film • movie review • Mark Wahlberg • John Moore • video games • Max Payne

 Entourage Propels Wahlberg 

Actor-producer embraces the hyphen

Sep 8, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Wahlberg continues to beef up his filmography, but behind the scenes the Entourage actor-producer is evolving into a major player. Through his TV production company, Leverage, he's a producer of the hit HBO show, and parlaying acting into producing was always the plan, the onetime Calvin Klein model tells... More »

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television • HBO • Entourage • Mark Wahlberg • celebrity interview • Stephen Levinson

GLOSSIES

 Next Batman May Be
 Lurking in Obscurity 

Radar lists subversive characters who deserve shot at breaking out of comics

Jul 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - With The Dark Knight—featuring a Batman "easily inhabited by the George Clooneys or Christian Bales of the world"—all the rage, Radar presents "other subversive comic book characters who probably won't—but really should—show up at a theater near you," including:
  • Female Furies:
... More »

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Julia Roberts • Batman • The Dark Knight • comics • Mark Wahlberg • Sharon Stone

movie review

 Happening Is No Big Event 

But slow, silly film has its moments

Jun 13, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - M. Night Shyamalan’s apocalyptic thriller The Happening is slow-paced and funny at times, leaving critics mixed in their reactions. It’s “too thoughtful for the summer action season, but I appreciate the quietly realistic way Shyamalan” tells his story, writes Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times. “It... More »

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movie review • thriller • Mark Wahlberg • M. Night Shyamalan

Filmgoers Ask,
Why Did I Get Married?

Perry comedy debuts
at number one with
90% black audience 

Oct 14, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Black America flocked to Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? this weekend, lifting it to number one with $21.5 million. George Clooney and The Rock bowed to the actor/playwright's fourth effort, as The Game Plan fell to second at $11.5 million and Michael Clayton tied... More »

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Janet Jackson • comedy • box office • George Clooney • Mark Wahlberg • Joaquin Phoenix • Tyler Perry

Mediocrity, Blahs Own the Night

Critics aren't too excited about James Gray's latest crime drama

Oct 12, 07 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one feels too strongly about We Own the Night, a crime drama Variety calls “exceptionally conventional.” It delivers “jolts of pulse-quickening drama,” the Inquirer says, complete with a rainy car chase every reviewer loved. Beyond that, “reactions will depend greatly upon one's tolerance for... More »

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movie review • Mark Wahlberg • Joaquin Phoenix • We Own the Night • James Gray • movies

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