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  • August 2008

    • Batman or Spidey? McCain, Obama Weigh In

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT

      Batman or Spidey? McCain, Obama Weigh In

      (Newser) - Closet ABBA fan: Obama or McCain? The two presidential hopefuls recently bared all to Entertainment Weekly , revealing their pop-culture preferences: Favorite superhero: Obama: Spiderman, McCain: Batman iPod playlist: Obama: Frank Sinatra, Sheryl Crow, John Coltrane, Bob Dylan; McCain: Roy Orbison, Linda Rhonstadt, Usher, and yes, ABBA More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Election 2008  • Batman  • Jerry Seinfeld  • presidential candidates  • pop culture  • Indiana Jones  • Spider-Man  • ABBA  • Bambi

    • Movies That Don't Need Another Sequel

      Entertainment Weekly  |  Aug 4, 08 6:57 PM CDT

      Movies That Don't Need Another Sequel

      (Newser) - Movie sequels strive to be bigger and badder with each installment. Entertainment Weekly singles out 14 film franchises that should wrap up production—for good: The Mummy : Eight long years is enough. American Pie : Straight-to-DVD spinoffs drained the raunchy teen comedy of its fun. Bring It On : How many movies can you make about cheerleaders? More »

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      list  • film  • Indiana Jones  • franchise  • sequel  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor  • Austin Powers

  • July 2008

    • Will 'Nuked the Fridge' Unseat 'Jumped the Shark'?

      New York Times  |  Jul 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      Will 'Nuked the Fridge' Unseat 'Jumped the Shark'?

      (Newser) - Did Indiana Jones set the new standard in ridiculous? Many movie geeks think Dr. Jones’ ability to survive a nuclear blast by hiding in a refrigerator in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was so outrageous that “nuking the fridge” should replace “jumping the shark” in pop-culture parlance, Noam Cohen writes in the New York Times —especially where movie franchises are concerned. More »

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      movie  • Indiana Jones

    • What's With all the Skulls?

      Esquire  |  Jul 5, 08 10:53 AM CDT

      What's With all the Skulls?

      (Newser) - Heavy metal and Halloween, make room for haute couture. “What used to be a symbol for borderline-sociopathic tough guys with weird design fetishes—Hells Angels, pirates, Nazis—has become a trope de luxe,” writes Stephen Marche in Esquire . The skull, a symbol of death with deep religious significance, “has suddenly become hypermodern, totally in and of the moment.” More »

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      fashion  • Indiana Jones  • pop culture  • Esquire  • Damien Hirst  • pop art  • skull

  • May 2008

    • Murphy In for Beverly Hills Cop 4

      Variety  |  May 29, 08 2:59 PM CDT

      Murphy In for Beverly Hills Cop 4

      (Newser) - Fans of the old Eddie Murphy (you know, before the fat suits and prostheses), rejoice: A third sequel to 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop will start production next year, Variety reports. Murphy approached Paramount about the project, and the studio eagerly agreed after successfully disinterring Indiana Jones. Murphy is attached, Brett Ratner may direct, but will Judge Reinhold be back? More »

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      movie  • Indiana Jones  • Paramount Pictures  • Eddie Murphy  • sequel

    • Indiana Jones Whips Up $311M

      Variety  |  May 27, 08 4:00 AM CDT

      Indiana Jones Whips Up $311M

      (Newser) - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has struck it rich, racking up the most lucrative international opening of all time and the second highest US weekend box office take ever in a blockbuster weekend for the Steven Spielberg epic. The film grossed $151 million domestically and $160 million overseas, Variety reports. It's Paramount's second summer hit along with Iron Man. More »

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      box office  • Steven Spielberg  • Indiana Jones  • Harrison Ford  • Robert Downey Jr.  • George Harrison  • Iron Man  • Memorial Day

    • Jones Knocks Out Box Office

      Variety  |  May 25, 08 5:43 PM CDT

      Jones Knocks Out Box Office

      (Newser) - Indiana Jones whipped his box office rivals this weekend with the second-best Memorial Day debut ever, Variety reports, grossing $126 million. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian finished second with $23 million; Iron Man showed no signs of rust in third, earning $20.1 million; and What Happens in Vegas and Speed Racer wrapped up the top five. More »

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      film  • Hollywood  • box office  • movies  • Indiana Jones

    • Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

      Times (UK)  |  May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT

      Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

      (Newser) - Indy's new Cold War adventure has infuriated St. Petersburg's Communist Party, the London Times reports. The angry apparatchiks say Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 's depiction of ruthless KGB spies who send terrorists to the US is pure propaganda intended to “slander Soviet Communists” and poison young Russians against  them. More »

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      Russia  • Soviet Union  • Indiana Jones  • Communist Party  • Cate Blanchett  • Harrison Ford  • St. Petersburg  • Communists

    • Indiana Jones & Raiders of the Fat Fridge

      Salon  |  May 21, 08 5:21 AM CDT

      Indiana Jones & Raiders of the Fat Fridge

      (Newser) - Indiana Jones has a new enemy. Pediatrician Rahul Parikh is irritated about Indy's marketing tie-ins to high-calorie foods like Burger King's "Indy Double Whopper" and Snicker's "Adventure Bar." Parikh has been enjoying the films of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg for decades, but he's also watching kids grow obese, thanks in part to fatty food marketing, he writes in Salon. More »

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      obesity  • marketing  • Steven Spielberg  • childhood obesity  • Indiana Jones  • junk food  • George Lucas

    • Indy's Whip Master Braces for Windfall

      Seattle Times  |  May 20, 08 8:47 PM CDT

      Indy's Whip Master Braces for Windfall

      (Newser) - The Indiana Jones set is again beating down the door of the Washington man who's made most of the bullwhips used in the movie blockbusters, the Seattle Times reports. David Morgan, 82, handcrafted eight more for the fourth installment, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull , which premieres at midnight tomorrow; there's a 6-week waiting list for Morgan's $895 lashes. More »

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      movies  • Indiana Jones  • Harrison Ford

    • Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  May 14, 08 10:22 AM CDT

      Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off

      (Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival gets under way today with the premiere of Blindness , a new film by City of God director Fernando Meirelles that stars Julianne Moore. A jury led by Sean Penn will award the Palme d'or to one of 22 films. But as the Telegraph reports, paparazzi will be swarming to two premieres out of competition: Jack Black's Kung Fu Panda and the newest Indiana Jones film. More »

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      France  • film  • Indiana Jones  • Cannes Film Festival  • Jack Black  • Sean Penn  • Palme d'Or

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Paging Indiana Jones: Scholar Finds Ark

      Time  |  Feb 22, 08 11:03 AM CST

      Paging Indiana Jones: Scholar Finds Ark

      (Newser) - A real-life Indiana Jones says he has found the Ark of the Covenant—not on the set of the latest Raiders of the Lost Ark movie, but on a shelf in a museum storeroom in Zimbabwe. The alleged ark is an old drum with an uncharacteristic charred hole on its bottom and remnants of carrying rings on the corners, Time reports. More »

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      Zimbabwe  • Africa  • Judaism  • Indiana Jones