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NEWS ABOUT: Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey stories: 13 news summaries
MOVIE REVIEW

 Motion-Capture 
 Christmas Carol 
 Hits Wrong Notes 

Spirit's there, but critics split on wow-factor of evolving tech

Nov 6, 09 1:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Most critics express a hearty "humbug" for Robert Zemeckis' motion-capture version of A Christmas Carol, starring Jim Carrey. A sampling:
  • "It's a heartwarmer that doesn't have much of a heart itself," Michael O'Sullivan writes in the Washington Post, "populated by figures that are halfway between
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film • animation • movie review • Charles Dickens • Jim Carrey • motion capture • Robert Zemeckis

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 To Fight Hunger, Arquette 
 Thinks Inside the Box 

Plus, LiLo starts yet another business, and more

Jul 10, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Arquette will “live” in a box next week to raise money for the hungry, the AP reports. The actor will spend 8 hours each on Tuesday and Wednesday in a Plexiglas box above the Madison Square Garden marquee to raise $250,000 for charity. Elsewhere:
  • In other
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entertainment • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Thomas Jane • Jim Carrey • Patricia Arquette • David Arquette

 Penn Puts Career on Pause 

Actor will focus on family in wake of near-split with wife

Jun 17, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sean Penn is taking a timeout from acting to focus on his family, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The actor dropped out of The Three Stooges and the crime thriller Cartel, and sources say his sabbatical from Tinseltown could last up to a year. His part in Cartel will be... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • Sean Penn • Benicio Del Toro • Robin Wright Penn • Jim Carrey • celebrity marriage • Farrelly brothers • Peter Farrelly • Bobby Farrelly • Three Stooges

opinion

 Oprah Helps McCarthy 
 Spread Vaccine Lies 

They may turn parents off of vital vaccines: Allen

May 6, 09 6:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Chastising a celebrity is an exercise in futility,” Arthur Allen acknowledges in Slate, but he tries anyway, blasting Oprah Winfrey for giving vaccine skeptic Jenny McCarthy platforms from which to spread “dangerous misinformation that could bring some once-controlled diseases back.” McCarthy believes her son got autism... More »

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medicine • autism • Oprah Winfrey • vaccination • Jim Carrey • Jenny McCarthy

OPINION

 Case on 
 Vaccines 
 Far From 
 Closed: Carrey 

Scant, biased evidence not enough to rule out dangers

Apr 22, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media act as though questions about vaccines’ potential harm to children have all been answered, but that’s based on “a huge leap of logic,” Jim Carrey writes for the Huffington Post. The court convened to rule on the vaccine cases said vaccines hadn’t caused autism... More »

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drugs • autism • public health • vaccine • side effects • Jim Carrey • Campbell Brown • Jenny McCarthy

 It's Friday the 13th:
 What Do Celebs
 Fear? 

Some fears normal; others just weird

Feb 13, 09 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Friday the 13th is a good time to delve into the scary world of celebrity fears—and they run the gamut from the average (Johnny Depp is afraid of clowns) to the bizarre (Roseanne fears letting anyone touch her toes). More from the list, compiled by New York Post columnist... More »

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Roseanne Barr • Johnny Depp • list • celebrity • George Clooney • fear • Cameron Diaz • germaphobia • Liv Tyler • Christina Ricci • phobias • fear of spiders • Jim Carrey • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Winona Ryder • Meg Ryan • claustrophobia

 Carrey Gambles on 
 Gay Jailbird Role 

Ventures outside comedy, like I Love You Phillip Morris, haven't been big at box office

Jan 21, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Carrey is getting rave reviews for his new film, I Love You Phillip Morris, but the story of a cop-turned-con man who repeatedly breaks out of jail to be with his former cellmate is a gamble for the actor, Reuters reports. “I don’t think it’s a... More »

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homophobia • prison • escape • Sundance Film Festival • Ewan McGregor • Jim Carrey • gays • con man • I Love You Phillip Morris

 Carrey Wins Box-Office Yes 

Yes Man comes out on top during a quiet weekend at theaters

Dec 21, 08 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The Northeast's weather outside was frightful, but elsewhere, audiences found Jim Carrey's Yes Man delightful, reports Variety. The Carrey comedy topped depressed box office returns with just $18.2 million, while Will Smith's drama Seven Pounds took No. 2 with $16 million—the lowest opening for Smith since 2001. The ... More »

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box office • The Day the Earth Stood Still • Will Smith • Jim Carrey • Seven Pounds • Four Christmases • Yes Man

movie review

 Yes Man? No, Thanks 

Familiar Carrey antics seem tired in positivity flick

Dec 19, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Yes Man, a Jim Carrey comedy about a guy who can’t say no, is “too sluggish and slapdash a vehicle for its star’s prodigious wackiness,” writes AO Scott in the New York Times. “Carrey looks too grown up, too tired to plunge into the... More »

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film • comedy • movie review • Jim Carrey • Yes Man • Zooey Deschanel

 Kidman Is Most Overpaid Actor 

Ex-husband makes the list, too

Sep 10, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - With an ignominious 1:1 ratio of salary to receipts, Nicole Kidman snags the top spot on Forbes’ list of most overpaid movie stars. In other words, her films make a mere $1 for every dollar she’s paid, an average $15 million per flick. Ex-husband Tom Cruise is close... More »

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Hollywood • Nicole Kidman • film • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • Jennifer Lopez • Cameron Diaz • Drew Barrymore • Jennifer Garner • Nicolas Cage • actor • Will Ferrell • movie industry • movies • Jim Carrey

Doc, I Think I'm on Reality TV

Psychiatrists see Truman Show delusion so often it's got its
own syndrome

Aug 28, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - In The Truman Show, Jim Carrey's life was nothing more than a reality TV program, with actors playing his friends and family and millions of viewers watching his every move. Those themes of surveillance and artificiality pervade the lives of a growing number of psychiatric patients—people who think they... More »

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psychiatry • psychology • surveillance • psychosis • Jim Carrey • delusion • paranoia • The Truman Show • Truman Syndrome

Movie review

 Horton Enormously Entertaining 

Seuss' elephant tale succeeds where others have failed

Mar 14, 08 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The big-screen adaptation of Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! succeeds in large part because the film's actors are not seen. "Unlike those behind the recent live-action grotesqueries The Grinch and Cat in the Hat," observes Carrie Rickey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the makers of the CG-animated... More »

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Dr. Seuss • Steve Carell • movie review • animated movie • Jim Carrey • Horton • Pixas

100 Biggest Celebrities

New Forbes list is full of ‘biggest-ever’s

Jun 15, 07 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes’ new list of the 100 most powerful celebrities is packed with broken records, including the highest-grossing athlete (Tiger Woods: $100M in the past year), the highest-grossing concert tour (The Rolling Stones: over $400M in sales) and the highest-paid film role (Johnny Depp: $92M for Pirates II). But the ubiquitous... More »

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Rolling Stones • Tiger Woods • Johnny Depp • list • money • Oprah Winfrey • 50 Cent • Halle Berry • celebrity • Jim Carrey

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