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Hollywood stories: 371 news summaries

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Hollywood Prays for Laughs from the Faithful

With 'Evan Almighty,' Universal skews pious
in comedy division

Jun 20, 07 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - God is returning to the big screen this Friday in Universal's Evan Almighty, a big-budget comedy aimed at the churchgoing. The LA TImes recalls that Hollywood used to balk at religiously-inflected films, but saw the light when Mel Gibson's spiritual blockbuster The Passion of the Christ raked in $370M in... More »

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Hollywood • Morgan Freeman • film • religion • God • Evan Almighty • comedy • church • Noah's Ark • spirituality • Universal Studios • Steve Carell • movies

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

Jun 18, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now. More »

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Hollywood • DVD • rentals • Sony • HD DVD • Playstation 3 • Blockbuster • Blu ray • movies

Ex-'Grey's' Star Speaks Out

'Saddened' by firing, Washington won't rule out returning to ABC hit—for a cameo

Jun 14, 07 10:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isaiah Washington "can only apologize so many times" for the behavior that prompted his dismissal from ABC's hit series "Grey's Anatomy," the actor tells Entertainment Weekly in his first post-firing interview. But contrition evidently wasn't enough to save his job: The network couldn't justify the risk of... More »

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entertainment • television • gay rights • Hollywood • ABC • Isaiah Washington • Grey's Anatomy • black community

Gore Makes Bloody Mess
of Studios' Bottom Lines

Bored, oversaturated audiences
flee horror flicks

Jun 9, 07 2:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood horror flicks are failing to rake in the cash at the box office, the LA Times reports, and some execs are starting to fear a spreading gore-phobia. Hollywood upped its horror output this year, banking on the films' relatively inexpensive production costs and traditionally stellar box-office performances to translate... More »

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Hollywood • film • horror • box office • movies

Lohan Bender Spurs Underage Drinking Probe

ABC wants to close the club down for 15 days to make the point

May 31, 07 4:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's recent DUI arrest has prompted talk about cracking down on underage boozing in Hollywood.The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board is preparing to investigate the Mean Girls starlet's case—the ABC has to wait for police to release evidence that the 20-year-old did, indeed, test positive for alcohol. More »

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California • Hollywood • alcohol • Lindsay Lohan • DUI • Johnny Grant • drunk driving • celebrity • underage drinking

Spielberg and Jackson to Direct Tintin

Duo will begin 3-D trilogy as early as the end of the year

May 14, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The men behind Jurassic Park's ferocious dinosaurs and King Kong's gargantuan ape will soon be the men behind a tiny white dog named Snowy. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming up to produce and direct a trilogy of movies based on The Adventures of Tintin, George Remi's popular French... More »

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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • film • Peter Jackson • Tintin • The Adventures of Tintin • 3D • movies

Longtime Movie Lobbyist Valenti Dead at 85

Hollywood's man in Washington pioneered ratings system

Apr 27, 07 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite being neither movie star nor studio exec, Jack Valenti was one of Hollywood's most influential figures. An era ended Thursday when the longtime president of the film industry's trade association died at his home in Washington. The veteran lobbyist, who also served in the Johnson administration, was 85 and... More »

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Hollywood • film • Jack Valenti • MPAA • Lyndon Johnson • obituary • death • lobbyist • movies

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

Apr 20, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A savage voicemail from Alec Baldwin to his 11-year-old daughter Ireland is burning up the Web, thanks to the bitter battle between the "30 Rock" star and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. The recording, in which the furious actor calls his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," was leaked... More »

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Hollywood • New York City • Alec Baldwin • Kim Basinger • Los Angeles • actor

Hollywood Shapes China's Darfur Policy

Stars use Olympics as leverage to get China to protest genocide

Apr 13, 07 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is finally joining the international outcry over genocide in Darfur—and it’s down to Hollywood clout, not Washington’s. Long one of Sudan’s closest protectors, China is suddenly calling on the government to accept UN peacekeepers. The reason, reports the Times: Mia Farrow and Steven Spielberg are... More »

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China • Darfur • Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • Sudan • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Mia Farrow • Olympic Games

Spielberg
Anoints a Star

Shia LaBeouf has two big roles in the can, and could soon be Indiana Jones's son

Mar 23, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wide-eyed child star Shia LaBeouf is making his debut as Hollywood''s next it boy, thanks to Steven Spielberg. The former Disney Channel star has already been cast in Spielberg's upcoming Disturbia and Transformers, and is on the short list to play Harrison Ford's son in the upcoming Indiana Jones revival.... More »

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Hollywood • Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • child actors • young Hollywood • Disney Channel • Michael Bay • film • actor • movies

The Super-Rich
Are Rewriting Hollywood Rules

So rich, that is, that  they don't need the studios to distribute their films

Mar 12, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new breed of Hollywood players—so rich they don't need studio money—are   financing and releasing slates of small-budget films on their own. Producers like Sam Nazarian, a 31-year-old scion of a wealthy Persian family, and self-made billionaire Sidney Kimmel, 78, are shouldering the costs of a full... More »

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entertainment • ultra rich • Hollywood • Sam Nazarian • Sidney Kimmel • independent film • Tom Rosenberg • film • business • movies

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