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NEWS ABOUT: The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai stories: 2 news summaries

 Cruise's Partner Quits UA

Actor's new role is trying to revive his own career

Aug 14, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The next mission impossible for Tom Cruise may be reviving his own career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Cruise's business partner Paula Wagner is quitting her job as CEO of United Artists just weeks after her husband, Cruise's agent Rick Nicita, left CAA. The changes likely reflect the star's unhappiness... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Tom Cruise • Claus von Stauffenberg • Valkyrie • DreamWorks • Paula Wagner • United Artists • MGM • The Last Samurai • Tropic Thunder • Rick Nicita • Morgan Creek • Mission: Impossible • Vanilla Sky

 Top 10 Historically Flawed Flicks 

10,000 BC, Gladiator, and 300 top Yahoo's list of historical misfires

Apr 1, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Most historical films forgo a few facts for dramatic flair, but these flicks leave truth to the cutting room floor. Yahoo lists the most inaccurate movies ever:
  1. 10,000 BC: Woolly mammoths weren't around to help build the pyramids.
  2. Gladiator: Emperor Commodus didn't kill his dad... chickenpox did.
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film • list • history • Elizabeth: The Golden Age • movies • 10,000 BC • 2001: A Space Odyssey • Braveheart • The Patriot • Memoirs of a Geisha • Gladiator • 300 • The Last Samurai

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