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box office roundup

 Zombieland Conquers US 

Woody Harrelson vehicle dethrones Meatballs in debut weekend

Oct 4, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland raked in $25 million to dominate the box office in its debut weekend, easily dethroning Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, which had held the top spot the previous two weekends. The R-rated comic horror movie starring Woody Harrelson drew an overwhelmingly young audience, with 56% under 25, Variety ... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Michael Moore • box office • Drew Barrymore • movie industry • movies • Woody Harrelson • Zombieland • Capitalism: A Love Story • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • The Invention of Lying • Whip It • Toy Story

watch it


 Chris Rock 
 Ridicules 
 Polanski 


Oct 2, 09 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some of Hollywood's biggest names are lining up behind Roman Polanski, but Chris Rock is not among them. On last night's Jay Leno Show, Rock ridiculed the notion of defending the fugitive filmmaker because of his art. "He made good movies 30 years ago. Even Johnnie Cochran don't... More »

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Hollywood • rape • fugitive • Jay Leno • Chris Rock • Roman Polanski • Kirstie Alley • child rape • The Jay Leno Show

 Tarantino Confirms Kill Bill 3 

Director will make sequel with Uma Thurman, but needs 10-year break

Oct 2, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - First, the good news for Quentin Tarantino fans: “The Bride will fight again,” he says, confirming his plan to make the third movie in his Kill Bill franchise. The bad news? Not until 2014, notes the New York Post. “I love the character and I think... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • celebrity • Uma Thurman • sequel • Kill Bill

 Quaids' Wild Ride 
 a Tale of Drugs, Paranoia 

Texas arrest for stiffing hotel bill is just the tip of the iceberg

Sep 29, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The arrest of Randy and Evi Quaid in Texas for stiffing a California hotel is only the latest twist in a bizarre tale of unpaid bills and paranoid fantasies. A private investigator hired by the Quaids—she’s out $17,000—tells Diane Dimond the actor and his wife owe... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Hollywood • assassination • Heath Ledger • bills • labor unions • murder plot • paranoia • Natasha Richardson • David Carradine • Randy Quaid • Evi Quaid • Diane Dimond • Phil Hartman • Bryn Hartman • Chris Penn

FUNNYWOMAN PROFILE

Just Being Carrie Fisher Is Super-Weird

'You’re supposed to be unusual' in Hollywood: Wishful Drinking author

Sep 28, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carrie Fisher’s shrink told her, “If you worked in a supermarket they would’ve institutionalized you at 20,” she recalls. Not so in Hollywood, where the erstwhile Princess Leia suffered through drug addiction, manic depression, and failed relationships—her own and her parents’. But electroshock therapy helped... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • theater • New York City • celebrity • play • People Magazine • Ashton Kutcher • Elizabeth Taylor • Carrie Fisher • Marcel Proust • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • Eddie Fisher • Debbie Reynolds

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Meatballs Rain on 
 Bruce Willis' Parade 


Sep 27, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs dominated the box office for the second straight weekend, racking up $24.6 million in ticket sales and running 10-day total to $60 million. That represents just a 19% fall-off from its opening weekend performance, a notably strong showing in a generally weak autumn... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • movie industry • The Informant! • I Can Do Bad All By Myself • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • Fame (film)

 Damon's Next Step: Directing 

On top of Hollywood, Matt Damon plans on slowing down

Sep 20, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twelve years after the breakthrough Good Will Hunting, Matt Damon has become one of Hollywood’s hottest names—and now he plans on cooling off, the Boston Globe reports. “You shoot all day, have dinner and work on a screenplay until midnight and then get up at five and... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Matt Damon • movies • acting • The Informant!

 LA Police Bust 
 Suspect in 
 Lohan Burglary 

18-year-old man also involved in break-in at home of Hills star Audrina Patridge: cops

Sep 17, 09 8:51 PM CDT
(AP) - Los Angeles police today arrested a man suspected of breaking into the homes of Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge. Nicholas Prugo, 18, is being held on $20,000 bail on suspicion of felony burglary; authorities gave no details on whether items had been recovered. More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Lindsay Lohan • burglary • The Hills • Audrina Patridge • actress • Nicholas Prugo

APPRECIATION

 Swayze: Not Afraid to Laugh 
 at His Own Hunkiness 

Actor didn't want to be just another pretty face, made sure he wasn't

Sep 14, 09 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze, who died today at 57, wasn’t the first choice for the male lead in Dirty Dancing, the BBC notes, but “his performance earned him award nominations and a place on bedroom walls of lovelorn teenage girls around the world.” He eschewed Hollywood’s scene—preferring... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Hollywood • obituary • pancreatic cancer • Patrick Swayze • Dirty Dancing • appreciation • Lisa Niemi • sex symbol • Chris Farley

analysis

 Why Hollywood 
 Wants Leno to Fail 

Some see new, cheap show as threat to jobs

Sep 14, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tonight marks the premiere of Jay Leno’s new show, and many in Tinseltown—not just rival execs—are hoping it flops, the Los Angeles Times reports. That’s because it substitutes cheap fare for the traditional 10pm drama. Many in the industry see the show as a “potential... More »

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television • Hollywood • TV networks • Jay Leno • late night talk show • networks • scripted TV • drama • The Jay Leno Show

OPINION

 Read Your Script? F—, No! 

History of Violence writer tells it like it is

Sep 13, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Josh Olson is a professional screenwriter, and his time and experience are money. So just as the author of A History of Violence wouldn’t ask you to “represent me in fucking court, or take out my fucking gallbladder,” please, don’t ask him to give you advice... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • screenwriters • movie industry • professional • screenplay • Josh Olson • A History of Violence

OBITUARY

Larry Gelbart, Writer on MASH, Tootsie, Dies at 81

Cancer takes man nominated for Oscars, Tonys and Emmys

Sep 11, 09 6:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Gelbart, one of the writers who developed the hit TV series MASH and who scored nominations for Oscar, Tony and Emmy awards, died this morning of cancer at age 81, his wife tells the Los Angeles Times. Actor Jack Lemmon once described Gelbart “as one of the greatest... More »

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cancer • entertainment • Hollywood • Broadway • Larry Gelbart • Oscar nomination • Emmy nomination • Tony nomination • MASH • Tootsie • Jack Lemmon

OBITUARY

 Showbiz Scribe 
 Army Archerd 
 Dead at 87 

Column appeared in Variety for 52 years

Sep 8, 09 9:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Army Archerd, who chronicled Hollywood for 52 years as a columnist for Variety, died today of mesothelioma, the showbiz publication reports. He was 87; the cancer was thought to be related to exposure to asbestos during World War II. He was known for injecting a social consciousness into his reporting,... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • AIDS • asbestos • World War II • Variety • mesothelioma • Army Archerd • showbiz • gossip columnist • Rock Hudson • celebrities

 Moore Rips 
 Tinseltown 
 Moneybags 
 at Film Fest 

'I can pay for my own movies now,' boasts filmmaker

Sep 6, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lefty gadfly Michael Moore couldn't resist deriding the same well-heeled execs who bankrolled his latest movie at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. "One of the beautiful flaws of capitalism is they will use the rope you give them to hang themselves if you can make a buck," Moore... More »

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Hollywood • film • Sicko • capitalism • Michael Moore • Venice Film Festival • movies • tinseltown

 Lindsay, Nicole Among 
 DJ AM Mourners 

Service held at Hollywood Palladium

Sep 4, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celeb pals including Lindsay Lohan (with Sam Ronson), Nicole Richie, and Robert Downey Jr. showed up last night to say goodbye to Adam Goldstein—better known as DJ AM. The private service at the Hollywood Palladium was open to "friends both from his life in recovery as well as... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Nicole Richie • Robert Downey Jr. • memorial service • Drew Pinsky • DJ AM • Adam Goldstein • Jon Favreau • Eric Dane • Rebecca Gayheart • Tom Arnold

 Too Much 
 Exercise 
 Is Gross, 
 Dangerous 

Intense celeb workouts take toll on Elle, Sarko

Aug 30, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna’s sinewy arms, Elle Macpherson’s “saggy knees,” Nicolas Sarkozy's collapse: Extreme exercise regimes are taking a noticeable toll on some celebrity bodies, highlighting the negative effects of an overly heavy workout, the Times of London reports. Experts say too much exercise does nothing to make us... More »

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Hollywood • health • Nicolas Sarkozy • celebrity • exercise • workout • Madonna • Elle MacPherson

 Hollywood's New  
 Green Crusaders 

Orlando Bloom, Miley Cyrus do Earth proud

Aug 29, 09 5:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Celebs may not be known for living simply, but a new generation of eco-friendly stars is taking a stand for the planet. Grist rounds them up:
  • Orlando Bloom owns a solar-powered house, drives a hybrid, and is a founder of Global Cool, which campaigns against climate change.
  • Rachel
... More »

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climate change • environment • Hollywood • global warming • celebrity • Miley Cyrus • Rachel McAdams • Orlando Bloom • Emma Watson • Hayden Panettiere

 Stars Bomb at the Box Office 


Aug 21, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood executives are scratching their heads over why so many mega-wattage stars are failing to fill movie houses. A record number of usual box-office successes like Denzel Washington, Will Ferrell, Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks came up short, in some cases not even attracting enough viewers for producers to break... More »

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Hollywood • Julia Roberts • Denzel Washington • movie deal • movie financing • Will Ferrell • movie ratings • movie star

 Weinsteins to Basterds: 
 Please Save Our Careers 

Fallen Miramax founders desperate for Hollywood comeback

Aug 16, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once Hollywood’s highbrow hitmakers, Bob and Harvey Weinstein are hitless, humbled, and hoping that a movie about Nazi-killers can save them, the New York Times reports. They once raked in Oscars by producing films like Pulp Fiction and The English Patient, but since leaving Miramax to start their own... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movies • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

INTERVIEW

 Onscreen 
 and Off, 
 Charlize 
 Is Naked 




For spicy Oscar winner, candor comes naturally

Aug 16, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charlize Theron is known for her devil-may-care attitude about onscreen nudity. But as Kevin Conley found while writing a profile of the Oscar-winning beauty for Vogue, nakedness follows Theron into her real life as well—though it’s of the metaphorical variety. “I feel like I always reveal too... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • acting • Charlize Theron • Charlize Theron naked

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