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NEWS ABOUT: Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman stories: 17 news summaries

 Get the Freaking 
 Phone! Jackman 
 Stops Play for 
 Fan's Cell 

Actor steps out of character to confront audience member

Sep 29, 09 1:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don't mess with the wolverine. Miffed Hugh Jackman stopped his Broadway play in its tracks to tell an audience member to turn off his cell phone. Jackman suddenly pulled out of character and asked the errant cell-phone user: "Do you want to get that?" while the the gadget rang.... More »

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theater • New York City • cell phones • Broadway • Daniel Craig • Wolverine • X-Men • Hugh Jackman • stage


 Against Odds, 
 Katie Couric 
 Perseveres 
 at CBS 

After trying to change 'too much too soon,' Couric finally seems comfortable

Sep 21, 09 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last year, it seemed Katie Couric’s days in the CBS anchor chair were numbered. Now, she not only plans to stay there until her contract expires in 2011, she's starting a weekly Charlie Rose-esque webcast—and her destinations post-Evening News could include 60 Minutes or CNN. “Her... More »

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Al Gore • Katie Couric • CBS • webcast • news anchor • CBS Evening News • Hugh Jackman

More Want Brad in Skivvies, But Give Obama Style Edge

Pres ranks as world's most stylish

Jun 17, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans would rather see Brad Pitt in his undies than any other man, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rounding out the top five in a Jockey survey pegged to Father’s Day are Matthew McConaughey, Hugh Jackman, Will Smith, and President Obama. Underwear fantasies aside, Reuters adds, the president is... More »

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entertainment • Barack Obama • Brad Pitt • poll • celebrity • Daniel Craig • George Clooney • Will Smith • Matthew McConaughey • underwear • President Obama • Hugh Jackman

Hollywood Hunks Bound
for Broadway

Daniel Craig, Hugh Jackman set to co-star in play about cops

May 27, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman will share a Broadway stage this fall in A Steady Rain, the dark tale of two Chicago cops whose lifelong friendship is tested. This is Craig’s New York stage debut, though the Bond man has performed in London theaters, the Post reports. Jackman is... More »

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Broadway • play • Daniel Craig • Hugh Jackman • A Steady Rain

BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Wolverine 
 Bites Into 
 $87M Box 
 Office 


May 3, 09 2:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wolverine tore the box office apart this weekend, clawing in $87 million, USA Today reports. Though that’s less than the debuts of last summer’s opener (Iron Man, $98.6 million) and the top-grossing X-Men film (The Last Stand, $102 million), it still bodes well for a blockbuster season.... More »

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entertainment • film • box office • Wolverine • X-Men • Hugh Jackman • summer movies • Jay-ZTV

MOVIE REVIEW

 Wolverine Lacks Claws 

Sharp performance from Jackman saves stale X-Men spinoff from total mediocrity

May 1, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A charismatic Hugh Jackman gamely slashes his way through X:Men Origins: Wolverine, say critics, but he's let down by a stale script and effects that fail to lift the movie above generic superhero fare.
  • Hollywood.com: The "action-filled spinoff delivers on the brawn but not the soul
... More »

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entertainment • superhero • movie review • science fiction • Wolverine • X-Men • Hugh Jackman

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Catfight With Hef Ex Drags On 

Plus, Sam won't restrain LiLo, and more

Apr 8, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Holly Madison’s cyber catfight continues, Perez Hilton reports. A Las Vegas reporter—whom Holly dissed after being called a “bad interview” on Twitter—shot back that Holly “has made a ‘career’ out of dissing other women to get to the top,” and claims to be... More »

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Paris Hilton • Lindsay Lohan • Eminem • celebrity • Madonna • Wolverine • Samantha Ronson • Kim Kardashian • Holly Madison • Hugh Jackman • Doug Reinhardt

 Pirated Wolverine 
 Already Viewed by 1M 

Execs fear massive downloading will claw into box-office take

Apr 8, 09 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canned Fox columnist Roger Friedman is in very good company—the unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been downloaded more than a million downloads since it was leaked online, TorrentFreak reports. Execs are panicked by the leak—described by Gawker as the "biggest Hollywood crime of the decade"... More »

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Internet • film • Internet leak • Wolverine • copyright infringement • illegal downloading • movies • Hugh Jackman

(Newser) - Hugh Jackman’s turn hosting the Oscars reversed a dip in the award show’s sagging ratings, E! Online reports—even if some critics didn’t find much substance. Early Nielsen numbers had 33.6 million viewers for last night’s telecast, up 6% from last year’s Jon Stewart-hosted... More »

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Academy Awards • award show • critic • TV ratings • Perez Hilton • Hugh Jackman • Oscars

 Best and Worst of Oscar Night 

Funny and un-funny moments abound at ceremony

Feb 23, 09 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar night was filled with highs and lows, from the predictably inspirational moments when Kate Winslet finally won and Heath Ledger’s family received his posthumous award, to the cheap shot of producers cutting to Angelina Jolie’s face during Jennifer Aniston’s presenter speech. More from the Los Angeles ... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jennifer Aniston • Heath Ledger • Ben Stiller • Sean Penn • Bill Maher • Joaquin Phoenix • movies • Jessica Biel • Pineapple Express • Kate Winslet • Hugh Jackman • Oscars • Bill Maher Grid




 Can Jackman 
 Save Oscar? 

He can sing, he can dance, he can act: will that be enough?

Feb 22, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Jackman has a big weight on his shoulders tonight: carrying an Academy Awards show that cynics are sure is doomed to be ignored by the public and the acting community alike. But producers remain excited that the singing, dancing, not-just-an-action star will lure viewers, and Jackman tells the... More »

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Academy Awards • host • Hugh Jackman • Oscars • performance

(Newser) - Nicole Kidman “squirmed” through the Sydney premier of her movie, Australia, and fled the country soon after, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. “I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done,” the actress said. “It's just impossible for me to... More »

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Nicole Kidman • film • Australia • movie premiere • Sydney • anxiety • Keith Urban • Hugh Jackman • Baz Luhrmann

OPINION

 2008's Hunkiest Guys 

Jackman, Beckham ... and Obama highlight Fox list

Dec 26, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Fox News has a holiday gift for everyone: The hottest men of 2008. Here's a sample:
  • Barack Obama: "Slated to become the president with the meanest six-pack in history."
  • David Beckham: "Wow. We want to say something but just ... wow."
  • Brad Pitt: "
... More »

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Barack Obama • Brad Pitt • celebrity • hot • David Beckham • Zac Efron • Christian Bale • sexy • Hugh Jackman • Best of 2008

Jackman to Host
Classed-Up Oscars 

Hugh has 'style, elegance, and a sense of occasion': producers

Dec 12, 08 4:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Australian hottie Hugh Jackman will host the next Academy Awards, but don't expect Jon Stewart-style wisecracking or mugging à la Robin Williams, Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. The ceremony's producers "were looking for Cary Grant or Clark Gable," they said today, and tapped People's "Sexiest Man Alive,"... More »

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Hollywood • Academy Awards • awards • award show • Jon Stewart • host • Robin Williams • Hugh Jackman • Oscars

Movie Review

 Australia a Continental Mess 

Epic misses its mark

Nov 26, 08 11:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Australia strives mightily to be a grand, old-school epic romance. “But what we get instead is an unwieldy mess” that’s overlong and drowning in clichés, writes Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News. Stars Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman “have no chemistry to... More »

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Nicole Kidman • movie review • romance • Hugh Jackman • Baz Luhrmann

 Jackman's 
 Sexiest Role: 
 Garbage Man  

Wife likes it when People's sexiest man takes out trash

Nov 25, 08 11:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Jackman’s wife knows the secret to his sexiness, which netted him People’s “Sexiest Man Alive” title—he does household chores, E! reports. “Previously, my wife said the sexiest thing about me was that I took the garbage out,” Jackman said. Did the actor get... More »

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celebrity • chores • sexy • Hugh Jackman • Sexiest Man Alive

A Romantic, Jackman Is People's Sexiest

His 12-year marriage has easily kept its spark, actor says

Nov 19, 08 12:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Hugh Jackman, the 40-year-old actor starring in Australia with Nicole Kidman, has been declared 2008’s Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine—and by his wife of 12 years, who, when told of the honor, said, “‘I could've told them that years ago!" But she... More »

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film • Australia • People Magazine • actor • movies • celebrity interview • Hugh Jackman • Sexiest Man Alive • Johnny Depp Sexiest Man Alive • People's Sexiest Man Alive 2009

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