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NEWS ABOUT: Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson stories: 7 news summaries
box office roundup

 Zombieland Conquers US 

Woody Harrelson vehicle dethrones Meatballs in debut weekend

Oct 4, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland raked in $25 million to dominate the box office in its debut weekend, easily dethroning Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, which had held the top spot the previous two weekends. The R-rated comic horror movie starring Woody Harrelson drew an overwhelmingly young audience, with 56% under 25, Variety ... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Michael Moore • box office • Drew Barrymore • movie industry • movies • Woody Harrelson • Zombieland • Capitalism: A Love Story • Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs • Surrogates • The Invention of Lying • Whip It • Toy Story

MOVIE REVIEW

 Zombieland a Gory 'Joyride' 

Woody Harrelson is great in one of the best new comedies, critics agree

Oct 2, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zombieland is gory, but most critics think it's a rollicking good time. A sampling:
  • “Zombieland is a romance, a comedy, a road movie, and a freewheeling schlock horrorfest, all in one,” writes Stephanie Zacharek for Salon. “Its growling, groaning zombie villains aren't particularly menacing.
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entertainment • film • movie review • reviews • Woody Harrelson • zombie • Zombieland

OPINION

 Fall Films Worth Seeing 


Aug 18, 09 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Entertainment Weekly looks at the most promising movies for the fall. Here's a sampling:
  • 9: Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated short about sentient rag dolls gets a big-screen treatment courtesy of producer Tim Burton.
  • The Informant: Matt Damon gained 30 pounds for Steven Soderbergh’s film on corporate
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entertainment • Leonardo DiCaprio • Michael Moore • Viggo Mortensen • Tim Burton • Cormac McCarthy • Megan Fox • Woody Harrelson

De Niro at Center of Celeb Food Fight

Actor's restaurant chain causes uproar with use of endangered tuna

Jun 5, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrities including Sienna Miller, Charlize Theron, and Sting are joining the food fight against famed restaurant Nobu, the New York Post reports. Activists are demanding the Japanese eatery, co-owned by Robert De Niro, remove endangered bluefin tuna from its pricey menu so they can “dine with a clear conscience.... More »

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entertainment • Robert De Niro • celebrity • Nobu • sushi • Sienna Miller • Nobuyuki Matsuhisa • bluefin tuna • Woody Harrelson

ANALYSIS

Zombies Have Come to Save the Day

Move over, vampires: The undead are monsters for our times

Apr 11, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the echelon of monsters, zombies can’t get no respect. They’re not hip like werewolves or suave like vampires. Yet the undead are staging a comeback, Lev Grosman writes in Time. Woody Harrelson is starring in a zom-com, Juno’s screenwriter is producing a new zombie flick, and... More »

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recession • werewolf • Twilight • vampires • Woody Harrelson

 More Pot-Smoking Celebs 

Olympic swimmer isn't only celeb to let life 'go to pot'

Feb 2, 09 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Elisabeth Hasselbeck may be up in arms over Michael Phelps' bong workout, notes Jezebel, but he's not alone. The View host speculated that today’s pot could spin into tomorrow's steroid use, even though the site notes that sponsors Omega and Speedo don't seem to care. Other stars who’ve... More »

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Michael Phelps • marijuana • marijuana legalization • Olympians • Kimora Lee Simmons • Mariah Carey • Woody Harrelson • Bill Maher Grid

MOVIE REVIEW

 Seven Pounds 
 Heavy on Heart, 
 Light on Logic 

Cryptic Smith film confounds critics with feel-good melancholy

Dec 19, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The less you know about this movie before you see it, the more you'll like it, caution critics weighing the new Will Smith vehicle Seven Pounds. One thing not to expect in the "darker and more oblique" spiritual successor to Smith's Pursuit of Happyness is chuckles, Mick LaSalle writes... More »

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movie review • Will Smith • movies • Seven Pounds • Woody Harrelson

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