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OPINION

 Movies Need More 'Faces' 


Aug 26, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hollywood’s gone off the rails, writes Naomi Serviss of TheWrap. Back in her day, movies were filled with “faces,” actors with “it” factor who could carry a film on pure savoir faire. People like Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Paul Newman, or Audrey Hepburn. “Manly... More »

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George Clooney • actor • movies • Cary Grant • movie star

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Basterds Hunts 
 Down Box Office Win 


Aug 23, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds had a glorious opening weekend, scalping the box office for $37.6 million to give Quentin Tarantino the best opening of his career, USA Today reports. District 9 continued its strong showing in second place with $18.9 million, while GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra ($12.5... More »

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entertainment • Brad Pitt • film • Quentin Tarantino • box office • movies • Inglourious Basterds • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

Basterds Should Be Last WWII Movie Ever: Pitt

...and calls Tom Cruise's Valkyrie 'ridiculous'

Aug 21, 09 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt thinks Inglourious Basterds is so good that no one should ever bother making a World War II movie again, People reports. “I believe that Quentin put a cover on that pot. With Basterds, everything than can be said to this genre has been said,... More »

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Brad Pitt • Tom Cruise • Valkyrie • World War II • movies • Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - There’s been a third divorce filing between Robin Wright Penn and hubby Sean Penn, Access Hollywood reports. The Penns have been on the outs, on and off, for years, but this time could be official. The fairer Penn claims “irreconcilable differences,” though the couple agrees to share... More »

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entertainment • film • Sean Penn • Robin Wright Penn • child custody • movies • celebrity divorces • separation

(Newser) - Katherine Heigl spilled the ugly truth about faking orgasms—it's apparently "really exhausting"—to Showbiz Spy. The 30-year-old actress had to don a pair of vibrating panties for a scene in the Ugly Truth, and filming the climax that ensued was "a nightmare," she says. "... More »

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Katherine Heigl • movies • actress • orgasm

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 District 9 Beams Up 
 Box Office Win 


Aug 16, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien-apartheid flick District 9 abducted $37 million at the box office this weekend for a first-place landing, Bloomberg reports. “This really was an under-the-radar film” before the Comic-Con convention last month, one analyst says. “Sony did a masterful job of marketing.” GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • movies • G-Force • GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra • District 9 • Julie & Julia

 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

O'Connell's Latest Role:
Law Student

Mr. Rebecca Romijn gets off the couch
and branches out

Aug 14, 09 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rebecca Romijn's hubby Jerry O’Connell is taking it not-so-easy while his wife works on a new show, People reports. “I had always planned on continuing my education at some point,” the Stand By Me star and father of twins says, so he’s started law... More »

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entertainment • California • film • twins • law school • actor • movies • Rebecca Romijn • Jerry O'Connell


 Judge OKs Jackson Movie 

Fans will get to see rehearsals for London concerts

Aug 10, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(AP) - Audiences will get to see the King of Pop perform one more time after a judge approved a major movie deal based on footage of his final rehearsals for his London comeback. A Los Angeles superior court judge greenlighted a deal between Michael Jackson's estate, concert promoter AEG Live, and... More »

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film • judge • Michael Jackson • movies • rehearsal • Michael Jackson This Is It review

(Newser) - Long live John Hughes, writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. The director died "ridiculously young" today at 59, but he leaves an "unparalleled" legacy. "It was hard not to see a piece of ourselves in his films, especially his great '80s teen comedies, which seemed... More »

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Hollywood • film director • Judd Apatow • movies • Kevin Smith • John Hughes • 1980s • David Dobkin

Times, Tribune Critics Next-Gen Siskel & Ebert

Dueling critics Scott, Phillips mark return to old At the Movies format

Aug 6, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - At the Movies, the longtime home of Chicago critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, is getting a new pair of dueling cineastes. AO Scott of the New York Times and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune will take over the syndicated program, which returns to the air next month. The... More »

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critic • Roger Ebert • movies • film criticism • Gene Siskel • television program • AO Scott

OPINION

 Netflix Is for 'Blobby People' 


Aug 3, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like 10.6 million Americans, Time film critic Richard Corliss has a subscription to Netflix, which sends everything from Bollywood megamusicals to BBC miniseries to his mailbox. "No question," Corliss admits, "Netflix serves a need"—it's super cheap and stocked with titles. But the DVD delivery... More »

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DVD • video on demand • Netflix • movie rentals • movies • Richard Corliss

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Funny People Funny 
 Enough for Box Office Win 


Aug 2, 09 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Funny People laughed its way to the top of the box office this weekend with $23.4 million, USA Today reports. But that’s less than analysts predicted, and not enough to beef up this summer’s mediocre ticket sales. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince came second with $17.... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Adam Sandler • Judd Apatow • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • G-Force • Funny People

Moore Says
He Might Be Done With Documentaries

He's working on
two screenplays

Aug 1, 09 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Moore’s upcoming Capitalism: A Love Story might be his final documentary, he tells the Detroit News. "While I've been making this film, I've been thinking that maybe this will be my last documentary," Moore says. "Or maybe for a while." Instead, the most successful... More »

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entertainment • film • capitalism • Michael Moore • documentary • movies • political movies


 Funny People Puts 
 Serious Pressure on Sandler 

Box office performance for latest flick a mystery

Jul 31, 09 2:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though it’s called Funny People, Adam Sandler’s latest film is a bit more serious than his fans are used to—and its opening-weekend performance is a mystery, Variety reports. Forecasts range from just over $20 million to more like $35 million, Audiences loved director Judd Apatow’... More »

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entertainment • film • comedy • Universal Studios • celebrity • box office • Adam Sandler • James L. Brooks • Judd Apatow • revenue • movies • Funny People

 Hollywood Focuses on 
 Post-Apocalyptic Future 

Escapism, real fears fuel new crop of movies, TV shows

Jul 31, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - In one, the Earth's destruction fulfills an ancient prophesy. In another, mechanical dolls take over where humans left off. From serious to humorous, reality shows to documentaries, Hollywood is obsessed with the theme of a post-apocalyptic future, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some attribute the trend to escapism: “... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • apocalypse • movie industry • movies • disaster • trend • Zombieland • Ruben Fleischer

(Newser) - Hollywood loves to make movies about allegedly quirky people—think 500 Days of Summer—but most characters are so similar they don’t seem quirky at all, writes Linda Holmes for NPR. “It may be that at this point, the quirkiest person in a Hollywood movie would be someone... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • The Gap • movies • Dave Matthews • indie film • 500 Days of Summer • quirk

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 G-Force Blasts to 
 Top With $32.2M 


Jul 26, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The digital guinea pigs of G-Force took a bite out of Harry Potter this weekend, with an unexpected $32.2 million take, the Los Angeles Times reports. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince fell harder than most other films in the franchise, landing second with $30 million. Critically-loathed rom-com The ... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • film • box office • movies • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • G-Force • Orphan

OPINION

 Why Katherine 
 Heigl Is Annoying 


Jul 25, 09 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Katherine Heigl was “supposed to be America’s new sweetheart,” but somewhere we fell out of love. Sarah Ball, writing in Newsweek, lays some of the blame for her image as a “diva-like shrew” on "pure sexism. Every decade has a Most Annoying Actress,”... More »

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entertainment • television • film • Grey's Anatomy • Katherine Heigl • movies • actress • Sarah Ball

(Newser) - Alan Moore’s Watchmen was supposed to be unfilmable. But with the director’s cut hitting stores today, that pretty obviously wasn’t the case. Scott Thill lists some supposedly unfilmable geek bibles for Wired:
  • Sandman: “It’s not film-shaped,” says creator Neil Gaiman. “
... More »

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film • Neil Gaiman • graphic novel • movies • comic books • Watchmen • Thomas Pynchon

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