Entertainment Weekly Dec 1, 08 5:47 PM CST
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Meryl Streep is starring in summer blockbuster hits and banking big money at age 59—and isn't a bit surprised. ''I've worked hard, so this is what I expect,'' she tells Entertainment Weekly. Hollywood wisdom says female stars fall off the map at 40, to compete for the few eccentric mom roles. But with Devil Wears Prada and Mamma Mia! , Streep has shattered an old belief: that men won't pay to watch a film about a woman.
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OPINION
Movies and viewers love to get miserable
Washington Post/Newsweek Post Global Nov 30, 08 7:57 AM CST
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Bleak is the new chic in Tinseltown, writes Dan Zak in the Washington Post . Cloverfield' s crowd-trampling monster, the psycho serial killer of No Country for Old Men , and the twisted oil entrepreneur of There Will Be Blood (need we mention the Dark Knight ?) highlight the "raw misery of the human condition," sniffs Zak. "Big movies have tent-poled 2008 with a tarp of cruelty."
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New takes on Ghostbusters, Terminator among flicks already in production
Los Angeles Times Nov 27, 08 4:32 PM CST
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Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times . Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way: When Worlds Collide , an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg signed onto produce and Mummy director Stephen Sommers in the director's seat. The Terminator returns next summer, starring Christian Bale, with a war between humans and the armies of Skynet. But the real question is, will the California governor "be back" as promised?
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Tape shows Kristen Stewart smoking something out of a pipe on her front steps
TMZ Nov 27, 08 11:28 AM CST
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Twilight is a huge hit, but star Kristen Stewart hasn’t gotten the message about dodging the paparazzi: TMZ caught her toking up on her front porch this week. Stewart, who plays the chaste Bella, was seen smoking something from a pipe outside her Los Angeles home—perhaps a remedy to the panic attacks afflicting overwhelmed co-star Robert Pattinson, the National Ledger adds.
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OPINION
MTV, Paris Hilton, the Oscars among franchises needing a makeover
Los Angeles Times Nov 26, 08 12:27 PM CST
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Like Wall Street and Detroit, Hollywood is sinking under stagnant numbers and outdated business plans. The Los Angeles Times runs down some Tinseltown properties in need of a bailout. MTV: The once counter-culture juggernaut should take a hint and develop edgy new dramas a la Gossip Girl . Law and Order : Old, tired, and indistinguishable, the show needs to consolidate.
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Actor dishes on cute daughter
Grazia Nov 25, 08 10:34 AM CST
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Tom Cruise doesn’t mind the paparazzi snapping away at hot-tot daughter Suri—in fact, he thinks some of the shots are “incredible.” “It’s certainly different these days with the media, but people have been very good to us and do give us space, so I am not going to be critical,” he told Grazi a in an interview. The actor also denied rumors that wife Katie Holmes is pregnant.
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Shooting of former church member was self-defense, police conclude
Los Angeles Times Nov 24, 08 5:18 AM CST
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A man brandishing two Samurai swords was shot dead by a guard inside a Hollywood Scientology church yesterday. A security tape revealed that the guard used his automatic weapon to protect himself and two colleagues, police concluded. The sword man had a history with the church, but was not a member at the time of his death, reports the Los Angeles Times. The Church of Scientology's Celebrity Centre caters to politicians, artists and actors, including long-time devotee Tom Cruise.
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glossies
Newsweek Nov 22, 08 6:24 PM CST
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Michelle Williams, who stars in a new film about the loss of a best friend, says time hasn’t made mourning ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger any easier. “I’m at heart an optimistic person, but in some ways it just gets worse," the Dawson’s Creek alum says through tears. "It's just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone." She likens her grief to "a moving river" that takes her to "a slightly different place" every day.
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Actress still has "a lot of hope for love"
Parade Nov 21, 08 11:03 AM CST
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Reese Witherspoon quashed rumors of an impending engagement to Jake Gyllenhaal in a recent interview with Parade magazine. “I don’t know how I feel about marriage,” she said. “Obviously, I’m not far enough out of being married to think about doing it again.” The actress also discussed her relationship with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe, Hollywood’s treatment of women, and turning 30.
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TomKat's kid knocks Shiloh Jolie-Pitt to No. 2
Reuters Nov 20, 08 8:45 AM CST
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In these troubled economic times, one thing is sure to make the public feel better: Babies. Forbes has compiled its annual list of Hollywood power tots, with Suri Cruise at the top, Reuters reports. The magazine claims we can expect to see more of the top cuties, including three of the Jolie-Pitts, as media outlets try to generate more sales with uplifting stories and photos.
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Actress plans to take fewer projects
BBC Nov 14, 08 10:37 AM CST
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Angelina Jolie tells the BBC she is ready to “fade away” from the celebrity scene and gradually give up acting to focus on her six kids. The actress hasn't worked in a year, and apart from a short stint in February, she plans to wait at least another year before taking on a big project. "So maybe it will be once a year and then maybe it will be once every three years, and then just naturally—I like being home a lot these days."
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Pitt and Jolie reportedly shocked by Aniston rehashing 'old wound'
Chicago Sun-Times Nov 13, 08 11:57 AM CST
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Jennifer Aniston's candid Vogue interview and first public digs at Angelina Jolie are causing quite a stir—and Brad doesn't like it, reports the Chicago Sun-Times . Pitt called Aniston to complain about the piece, though his ex-wife went out of her way to compliment him. Pitt and Jolie were “totally thrown” by Jen's rehashing of an “old wound,” sources tell the paper. Aniston's rep refused comment.
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