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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall stories: 4 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Four Christmases a Big Turkey 

Holiday comedy saps critics of their Christmas cheer

Nov 26, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Holiday comedy Four Christmases had some critics chuckling but left most moaning ho-ho-no. Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon star as a couple forced by circumstance to visit the dysfunctional families of their divorced parents, but the "predictable and dyspeptic story" lacks the bite of misanthropic holiday classics like Bad ... More »

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comedy • movie review • Christmas • Reese Witherspoon • Vince Vaughn • Jon Voight • Robert Duvall • movies

Mac Trots Out Star Backing on Dems' Big Day

While attention shifts to Dems, celebrities rally for McCain

Aug 25, 08 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain shunned tradition today by grabbing media attention during his opponent's convention kick-off, Politico reports. At a high school in Phoenix, McCain trotted out supporter and reggaeton star Daddy Yankee. McCain "has been a fighter for the Hispanic community… a fighter for immigration," Daddy Yankee told students... More »

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John McCain • celebrity • Jay Leno • Jon Voight • Robert Duvall

 Celebs Earn 
 Stripes Helping
 Save Tigers 

Harrison Ford, Bo Derek on board with World Bank effort to preserve habitats

Jun 10, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Actors Bo Derek, Harrison Ford, and Robert Duvall helped the World Bank kick off a tiger-preservation campaign yesterday in Washington, CNN reports, with efforts to save the endangered species' habitats atop the list. Derek, who works with the US State Department to fight trafficking, says the tiger initiative should stem... More »

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endangered species • environment • Hollywood • World Bank • Robert Zoellick • Harrison Ford • tiger • Robert Duvall • National Zoo • Bo Derek

Top 10 Oscars That Weren't

Film classics and actors the Academy overlooked

Feb 24, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - In the Academy Awards' 80-year history, many classic films, performers, and directors have been robbed of their statues. CNN's Screening Room names the 10 most crushing Oscars that weren't, many of which lost out to—gulp—musicals:
  • 1941: Seminal Citizen Kane loses to sappy How
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Morgan Freeman • Academy Awards • Al Pacino • list • Citizen Kane • Brokeback Mountain • Martin Scorsese • Pulp Fiction • James Dean • classic cinema • Stanley Kubrick • Alfred Hitchcock • Robert Duvall • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

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