$300 in contributions separates Clinton, Obama
Los Angeles Times Apr 16, 08 11:24 AM CDT
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The Democratic presidential candidates are in a neck-and-neck race for donations from Hollywood. Less than $300 in contributions from the entertainment industry separates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, reports the Los Angeles Times . Both boast just short of $3 million in Tinseltown cash. But John McCain has only shaken loose some $500,000 from the Hollywood money tree.
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Horror flick tops
Street Kings, 21
at box office
Variety Apr 13, 08 6:55 PM CDT
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Prom Night scored at the box office this weekend, opening in first with $23 million, Variety reports. It easily shot down Keanu Reeves’ cop thriller Street Kings ($12 million) and trumped gambling flick 21 , which banked $11 million in third . Dennis Quaid’s Smart People proved a no-brainer for audiences: The dramedy finished seventh with $4.2 million after mediocre reviews.
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Male-male friendships sometimes cause rumors to fly
ABC News Apr 7, 08 4:54 PM CDT
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Tabloids have speculated that "Gossip Girl" star Chace Crawford and former 'N Sync-er JC Chasez are more than friends, but the two insist they just love to hang out. They're not the only ones: ABC News has compiled a list of the top 10 high-profile "bromances." Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, best known for co-starring in Swingers , actually met on the set of Rudy .
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Critics reflect on legend's career
Time Apr 7, 08 6:17 AM CDT
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Charlton Heston was “the man-deity of movies,” writes Richard Corliss in a Time appreciation, declaring of the actor who stepped into the shoes of no less than the Almighty, "God is dead." Indeed, from Moses to Ben-Hur. “He was the epic hero,” Corliss notes. “Heston didn't just play great roles, he imposingly, thrillingly embodied them.”
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Gambling pic holds off rush by Leatherheads
Variety Apr 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT
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21 beat the odds for a second straight week and held off George Clooney’s Leatherheads , Variety reports. The gambling pic garnered $15.1 million, while the old-school football laffer, tripped up by poor reviews, tied with family flick Nim’s Island for second spot, each banking about $13.5 million.
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Longtime leading man, former NRA president, had Alzheimer's
Associated Press Apr 5, 08 11:50 PM CDT
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Charlton Heston, the longtime Hollywood leading man who portrayed everyone from Moses to Michelangelo and won an Oscar for his chariot-driving performance in Ben Hur , has died at age 84, the AP reports. Heston, who announced in 2002 that he had Alzheimer's, became the unapologetic head of the NRA in 1998, a position that nearly overshadowed his acting career.
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Fans surf web for trailers, ignore esteemed critics
Variety Apr 5, 08 7:54 PM CDT
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Gone are the days when film critics swayed the culture and sparked serious debate, Anne Thompson laments in Variety . None of her college film students can name a critic besides Roger Ebert, though all are intense cinematic aficionados. Instead, most turn to review roundup sites, or “get their movie info straight from the studio marketing departments.”
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Iraq war flick Stop-Loss stumbles in at no. 8
Variety Mar 30, 08 4:46 PM CDT
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Gambling flick 21 played to win this weekend and banked $23.7 million, scoring top spot at the box office, Variety reports. But it failed to revive overall ticket sales, which are down 17% from last year's frame and about a third for the year. Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! kept winning with $17.4 million at no. 2 and Superhero Movie took home $9.5 million for a disappointing third.
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More moderate sister union will negotiate on its own
Los Angeles Times Mar 30, 08 7:30 AM CDT
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In a move that will complicate upcoming negotiations between actors and Hollywood studios, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists split yesterday from the Screen Actors Guild, its sister union for 27 years. AFTRA shares more than half of its members with SAG, but its more moderate contract goals pull it in a different direction, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable
CNN Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
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Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video: “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969) Mr. Blonde tapping his toes to “Stuck in the Middle With You” before hacking off a man’s ear in Reservoir Dogs (1992)
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Top rental fetches $150K per month
Los Angeles Times Mar 24, 08 10:00 AM CDT
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US real estate is hurting, but the top price for a beachfront summer rental in Malibu hit $150,000 this year. The area is flush with homes valued at or above $10 million—a bracket unaffected by the housing slump. And Tinseltown's elite is happy to pay. "Recession? What recession?" one Malibu real estate agent asked the Los Angeles Times .
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$45.1M opening is year's biggest
Variety Mar 16, 08 5:35 PM CDT
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Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! stomped into theaters this weekend for the year's biggest box office debut, Variety reports. Its $45.1 million draw is the fifth-highest for a G-rated animated flick ever and the fourth-biggest March opener. “It played to whos from ages 2 to 92,” said an exec at Twentieth Century Fox, which produced the film.
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