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NEWS ABOUT: Indiana Jones

Indiana Jones stories: 20 news summaries

 Top-Earning 
 Celebs  
 Over 50 

Successful franchises pay out for their creators in 2008

Aug 13, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forbes ranks the entertainment industry’s top earners age 50 and older in the last year:
  1. Oprah, 55, $275 million. Viewership for her show may be waning, but Winfrey’s diverse enterprises, from a magazine to satellite radio to her Harpo production company, remain wildly profitable.
  2. George Lucas,
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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Jerry Seinfeld • Oprah Winfrey • George Lucas • Star Wars • Madonna • Jerry Bruckheimer

 Batman or Spidey?
 McCain, Obama Weigh In

Candidates reveal pop-culture picks

Aug 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(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
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Barack Obama • John McCain • Indiana Jones • Spider-Man • Jerry Seinfeld • pop culture • Bambi • Batman • presidential candidates • Election 2008 • ABBA

OPINION

 Movies That Don't
 Need Another Sequel

Stale mummies and old archaeologists past their primes

Aug 4, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(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:
  1. The Mummy: Eight long years is enough.
  2. American Pie: Straight-to-DVD spinoffs drained the raunchy teen comedy of its fun.
  3. Bring It On:
... More »

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

ANALYSIS

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

Indy moment is new sign 15 minutes are up

Jul 28, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Indiana Jones • movies • jump the shark • nuke the fridge

GLOSSIES

What's With all the Skulls?

Ancient death symbol becomes a favorite modern fashion accessory

Jul 5, 08 10:53 AM CDT
(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,... More »

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

 Murphy In for
 Beverly Hills Cop 4 

Paramount wants director Ratner to revive franchise after Indy-like 14 years

May 29, 08 2:59 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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Indiana Jones • Paramount Pictures • Eddie Murphy • movies • Beverly Hills Cop • Brett Ratner • sequel

 Indiana Jones Whips Up $311M 

 Blockbuster numbers in five-day opening

May 27, 08 4:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Jones Knocks Out Box Office

Film may nab Memorial Day record with $126M

May 25, 08 5:43 PM CDT
(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 More »

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Hollywood • Indiana Jones • film • box office • movies

Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

St. Petersburg's Communist Party says a big 'nyet' to latest Indy adventure

May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Indiana Jones
& Raiders of
the Fat Fridge

Pediatrician slams
Indy film's
junk food tie-ins

May 21, 08 5:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Indy's Whip Master Braces for Windfall

Trusty lashmaker is
due for another movie-induced Jones

May 20, 08 8:47 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Indiana Jones • Harrison Ford • movies • bullwhips • David Morgan • whips

 Stars Align as Cannes Kicks Off  

Blockbusters and indies premiere on the Riviera

May 14, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Hollywood Poised 
 to Engulf Cannes  

Big-time US films won't be competing, but sure to dominate headlines

Apr 23, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival was unveiled today, and the schedule is packed with Hollywood films, Variety reports. Steven Soderbergh and Clint Eastwood both have films in contention, and the release of the new Indiana Jones movie, though not for competition, is likely to be the biggest... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • film • Cannes Film Festival • Clint Eastwood • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Indiana Jones' 
 New Treasure: 
 Cannes Debut   

John Hurt reveals premiere plan

Apr 7, 08 3:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first new Indiana Jones movie in 18 years will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before its May 22 release in the US, according to one of the movie's stars. But British actor John Hurt, who spilled the beans on BBC TV, is sworn to secrecy about details of... More »

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Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • Cannes Film Festival • Cate Blanchett • Harrison Ford • John Hurt

Paging Indiana Jones: Scholar Finds Ark

Biblical treasure reportedly surfaces
in Zimbabwe, not Hollywood

Feb 22, 08 11:03 AM CST
(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... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • Indiana Jones • Judaism • Tudor Parfitt • Ark of the Covenant

New 'Indy' Vexed Film Legends

Lucas spent 15 years persuading Spielberg and Ford of new idea

Jan 6, 08 3:34 PM CST
(Newser) - It seems like a sure thing: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, in on 13 of the 100 highest-grossing movies ever, revive the billion-dollar Indiana Jones franchise. But Lucas spent 15 years trying to convince Spielberg and Harrison Ford to do Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, due... More »

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Hollywood • Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • George Lucas • Harrison Ford • Crystal Skull • movies

Things That Won't Shake
The Media World in 2008

BusinessWeek columnist takes a stab at '08 predictions

Dec 28, 07 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Overloaded with prediction lists, Business Week polishes the crystal ball and looks ahead to see what won't happen in the media world  in 2008.
  1. The writers won't win the current strike
  2. DreamWorks isn't going to leave Paramount after all
  3. Apple won't reinvent TV viewing
  4. "Juno" won't win
... More »

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media • Google • Indiana Jones • Katie Couric • Apple • list • Pixar • Disney • Fox Business Network • DreamWorks • Paramount • predictions • Hollywood writers' strike • Juno • MGM

Spilling Spoilers Is a Deathtrap for Indy Extra

Furious Spielberg
drops the hammer

Sep 27, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A spoiler-filled interview with his hometown Oklahoma paper proved as dangerous as a rolling ball of death for an extra in the new Indiana Jones movie. Steven Spielberg is furious that the 24-year-old violated his non-disclosure agreement, the Post reports. “Who knows whether that particular person will ever work... More »

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Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • spoilers • Harrison Ford • Tyler Nelson

Hollywood's Newest, Freshest Faces

Vanity Fair anoints
a young generation
of leading men

Aug 2, 07 8:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - They're pretty, they're talented, and they're all the rage. Vanity Fair presents seven hot new young things.
  1. Shia LaBeouf: Transformers, Indiana Jones
  2. Kevin Zegers: Transamerica, The Jane Austen Book Club
  3. Michael Pitt: Dreamers, Last Days, Silk
More »

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Hollywood • Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • film • list • Kevin Zegers • Michael Pitt • Henry Cavill • Paul Dano • Ben Foster • Eddie Redmayne • actor • movies

Spielberg
Anoints a Star

Shia LaBeouf has two big roles in the can, and could soon be Indiana Jones's son

Mar 23, 07 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Wide-eyed child star Shia LaBeouf is making his debut as Hollywood''s next it boy, thanks to Steven Spielberg. The former Disney Channel star has already been cast in Spielberg's upcoming Disturbia and Transformers, and is on the short list to play Harrison Ford's son in the upcoming Indiana Jones revival.... More »

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Hollywood • Shia LaBeouf • Indiana Jones • Steven Spielberg • child actors • young Hollywood • Disney Channel • Michael Bay • film • actor • movies

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