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NEWS ABOUT: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stories: 19 news summaries
SLIDESHOW

 Oscar 
 Nominees 
 in Photos 

Slumdog, Benjamin Button, Milk join Reader and Frost/Nixon in best-picture fight

Feb 21, 09 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The countdown begins to Hollywood's night of nights, with big guns that "are easier to admire and respect than to love" competing for top honors, writes David Gritten in the Daily Mail. No doubt the tabloids are hoping for a Brangelina sweep of the Best Actor and Best... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Anne Hathaway • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Milk • Oscars

OPINION

Oscar-Nom Films Still Slumping; Here's Why


Feb 16, 09 8:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Is the so-called "Oscar bump" fading? Academy favorites like Slumdog Millionaire and Frost/Nixon are stalled at the box office this year; only The Reader has filled more seats since being nominated. Yes, a stream of bona fide Hollywood hits has held them back, but it's more than that,... More »

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Academy Awards • box office • The Reader • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Harvey Milk • Frost/Nixon • Oscars • prestige movies • escapist

 RIP: Obits for Our Culture 


Feb 7, 09 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Dying is a bit of a buzzkill, but all things must come to an end. AJ Jacobs of Esquire  writes obituaries for music, his manhood, and various other cultural remnants:
  • Romantic Comedy, age 81: On life support long ago—finally dead after someone pitched Kate Hudson a film
... More »

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Kate Hudson • masculinity • green • Jonas Brothers • romantic comedy • Dora the Explorer • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • The Hills

 'Benjamin Button' 
 Jellyfish Are 
 Immortal 

Can revert to younger form and reproduce

Feb 3, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - For some aging jellyfish, their best years may still be ahead: Faced with a threat, one species can essentially turn itself younger again, National Geographic reports. Turritopsis dohrnii reverts its cells to a “younger state,” says a researcher, and becomes a blob; from there, it develops into a... More »

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cancer • genetics • reproduction • aging • biology • jellyfish • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Turritopsis dohrnii

Sans Blockbusters, Oscar Scrambles to Build Buzz

Broadcast's ratings decline isn't helped by snub to Dark Knight

Feb 2, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Producers of the Academy Awards are scrambling to add twists to a broadcast whose ratings decline won’t be helped by the lack of a blockbuster among the best-picture nominees, the New York Times reports. With the five nominees totaling less than half the box office of snubbed Dark Knight,... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • The Dark Knight • Kodak Theatre • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

SLIDESHOW


 Brangelina 
 and Brood 
 Do Japan 


Jan 27, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood's golden clan touched down in Japan today for a family holiday, mixed with a little business. Brad, carrying 6-month-old Knox, is in Asia to promote his Oscar-nominated film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Click the image icon to view a slideshow of Brad, Angelina, Maddox, Pax, Zahara,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt • Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 Brangelina Just
 Happy to (Both)
 Be Nominated 

Pitt's Benjamin Button scores 13 Oscar nods; Jolie scores for Changeling

Jan 22, 09 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Oscar was kind to Brangelina today, with both halves of the power couple landing nominations, People reports. Brad Pitt received a best actor nod for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, while Angelina Jolie is in the best actress running for Changeling. “I’m especially happy for David Fincher,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • award show • Meryl Streep • Brangelina • Changeling • Kate Winslet • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Ledger, Rourke Nab Oscar Nods 

Benjamin Button, Slumdog lead the pack

Jan 22, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Exactly a year after his death, Heath Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award, AP reports. Ledger's Supporting Actor nod was the only nom for The Dark Knight, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire rose to the top with 13 and 10 nominations respectively. Other... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • Academy Awards • awards • nomination • award show • Heath Ledger • nominee • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars

(Newser) - Clint Eastwood’s vigilante flick Gran Torino smashed box office competition and his career record this weekend, earning $29 million, Variety reports. The film has grossed $40.1 million total after a prior monthlong limited run. Wedding comedy Bride Wars placed second with $21.5 million, followed by The Unborn,... More »

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Clint Eastwood • box office • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Bride Wars • Marley & Me • Gran Torino

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Top Dog Marley 
 Still Gnawing 
 Competition 

Bedtime Stories, Button close behind

Jan 4, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Marley & Me continued its reign atop the box office dog pile this weekend, digging up $24 million, Variety reports. Bedtime Stories took in $20.3 million, while Benjamin Button aged gracefully to third place with $18.4 million. Valkyrie ($14.3 million) and Yes Man ($13.9 million) rounded... More »

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Valkyrie • box office • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Yes Man • Marley & Me

GLOSSIES

 Cate Off-Screen: 
 She's No Diva, 
 No Trophy 

Actress discusses her private life

Dec 29, 08 7:59 PM CST
(Newser) - Cate Blanchett, the ethereal beauty whose penchant for risky film roles has won her a raft of awards, is as drama-free off the screen as she is compelling on it, writes Leslie Bennetts in Vanity Fair. The mother of three young boys talks about her newest film, The Curious ... More »

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film • celebrity • Cate Blanchett • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Marley Fetches
 Weekend Win 


Dec 28, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - After breaking the box office record for best Christmas Day opener, Marley & Me stayed top dog with $51.7 million this weekend, Variety reports. Brad Pitt vehicle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button finished behind ex-wife Jennifer Aniston’s puppy flick, but still earned a surprising $39 million. Bedtime ... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • Valkyrie • box office • Jennifer Aniston • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Yes Man • Marley & Me

Benjamin Button Writer Sues Over Madoff Losses

'I'm a sucker,' says Roth

Dec 28, 08 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - The screenwriter who penned The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is suing his investment manager for losing his life savings in the Bernard Madoff fiasco, reports the New York Post. "I'm the biggest sucker that ever walked the face of the earth," said Eric Roth, 65, who also... More »

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lawsuit • Ponzi scheme • financial irregularities • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Bernard Madoff

Moviegoer
Shoots Man
for Talking

He pulls gun while
trying to watch Benjamin Button

Dec 27, 08 12:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A Philadelphia man attempting to watch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in peace resorted to violence, shooting the father of a family that was talking during the film, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The father survived the gunshot wound to his arm, while the attacker was charged with... More »

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Brad Pitt • Philadelphia • noise • Cate Blanchett • gun violence • movies • movie theaters • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • talking • attempted murder

interview

 Older, Wiser 
 Pitt Happy 
 With Life's 
 New Path 

Relationship, kids with Jolie 'a natural direction'

Dec 26, 08 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Now 45 and the father of six, Brad Pitt appears ready to shed the image of clowning heartbreaker to tackle weightier matters in life and work, writes Reed Johnson in the Los Angeles Times. Pitt’s role in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, in which his character ages backward,... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Hollywood • Brad Pitt • actor • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

MOVIE REVIEW

 Button Looks Great, Less Filling 

Brad Pitt ages in reverse thanks to a special-effects miracle

Dec 24, 08 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is enjoyable and visually striking, but many critics feel David Fincher and Brad Pitt fail to mine the story of a man who ages in reverse for moments of real emotional depth. Pitt “gives you no hint what his character makes of the... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • movie review • Cate Blanchett • movies • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Cash-Strapped Studios Spend Big on Oscars

Pricey ads run for contenders despite industry layoffs

Dec 20, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America's financial crisis hasn't stopped studios from dropping big money in their quest for Oscars, Nikki Finke writes on Deadline Hollywood Daily. Amid layoffs and cutbacks, Paramount took out 7 full-page ads for Revolutionary Road in the New York Times, and Disney spent $675,000 for a Wall-E insert in... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • Paramount • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • movies • Wall-E • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Oscars

 Doubt Dominates 
 SAG Noms 

Streep, Hoffman earn nods; Pitt, Jolie, Penn join them

Dec 18, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Screen Actors Guild released its award nominees today, and left no Doubt which flick had the most star power in 2008. As with the Golden Globes, all four Doubt leads earned nods, which, combined with a best ensemble nomination, gave it the most potential honors overall.  Brangelina again... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • award show • Meryl Streep • Sean Penn • Philip Seymour Hoffman • Frank Langella • Screen Actors Guild • Anne Hathaway • Mickey Rourke • Changeling • Kate Winslet • Revolutionary Road • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button • Frost/Nixon • Richard Jenkins • Melissa Leo • Rachel Getting Married


 Brad Pitt 
 Roughed Up 
 by Own Guard 

Security mistook the actor for a photog at LA movie event

Nov 12, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Brad Pitt got to see how the other half lives when a bouncer at a promotional event for his latest movie failed to recognize the star and tried to pin him to a wall. The guard pulled Pitt out of a crowd of paparazzi that had infiltrated a secure area... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • mistaken identity • celebrity • security guards • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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