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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: John Cusack

John Cusack stories: 7 news summaries
box office roundup


 2012 Soars 
 to Top Spot 

Apocalypse flick does $65M as 'Precious' cracks top 5

Nov 15, 09 1:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Apocalypse preview 2012 raked in $65 million domestically at the weekend box office, the high end of the prerelease estimate range, en route to a $225 million haul worldwide. The doomsday action flick handily beat A Christmas Carol, which performed strongly in its second weekend in release. A new entry... More »

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Hollywood • film • box office • John Cusack • Michael Jackson • Amanda Peet • A Christmas Carol • movies • Roland Emmerich • 2012 • Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire • This Is It • The Men Who Stare at Goats

MOVIE REVIEW

 2012 Spectacular but Stupid 

End-of-the-world epic is 'disaster porn' at its finest

Nov 13, 09 6:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Critics agree that world-destroying disaster epic 2012 boasts some stunning special effects, but they're split on whether that makes up for the cheesy script—and the run time of 2 hours, 38 minutes.
  • Director Roland Emmerich's previous destruction-fests Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow "are nothing compared
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movie review • John Cusack • action movie • Roland Emmerich • 2012 movie review

(Newser) - Would-be Cubs buyer Tom Ricketts has approached a bunch of baseball-loving celebrities, including Bill Murray, Jim Belushi, and John Cusack, about going in with him on the team, the Chicago Tribune reports. Ricketts is asking each to pitch in $25 million, say sources—who add that Ricketts doesn’t need... More »

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entertainment • Chicago Cubs • Tribune Company • John Cusack • Bill Murray • TD Ameritrade • John Belushi • WGN • Tom Ricketts

OPINION

Matthews Takes Record for Hot Air at Chilly Inauguration

MSNBC host's 'sizzling free-associations' provided some hot air in chilly DC

Jan 22, 09 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - It's a good thing Chris Matthews didn't run for the Senate after all, Jack Shafer writes for Slate, after listening to the MSNBC star let his mouth run wild Inauguration Day. "Drawing from a larder filled with old anecdotes, unreliable metaphors, wacky intuition, and superficial observations, the always-animated Matthews... More »

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television • John Roberts • MSNBC • Chris Matthews • Keith Olbermann • John Cusack • Muhammad Ali • Rachel Maddow • President Obama • Val Kilmer • Inauguration Day

Hotel Tell-All Book Muzzled
Before Release

Four Seasons acts
to keep ex-concierges' celeb dish off shelves

Mar 21, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A book by ex-concierges at Chicago’s Four Seasons Hotel has been dumped just before the celebrity tell-all was go on sale, the Chicago Tribune reports. The hotel complained that confidentiality agreements made the tales of "celebrity bad behavior" in Great Reservations off-limits. Despite a publicity blitz ahead of... More »

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Chicago • gossip • John Cusack • Four Seasons • Madonna • book • concierge • Demi Moore • Random House • Three Rivers Press

Martian Lands With a Thud

Would-be dramedy is just tragic

Nov 2, 07 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Critics were less than awed by the arrival of Martian Child, the saccharine story of a recently widowed science-fiction writer (John Cusack) and his unlikely adoption of a young boy (Bobby Coleman) who claims to be from Mars. Manohla Dargis of the Times calls the manipulative family dramedy "100... More »

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movie review • John Cusack • Amanda Peet • Bobby Coleman

Fans Flock to Carell Flick, Two by Two

'Evan Almighty' rules weekend box office; Cusack vehicle surprises at No. 2

Jun 24, 07 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Steve Carell rode an ark to the top of the weekend box office, where "Evan Almighty" racked up $32.1 million to take the top spot in its first week in release. That the heavily advertised follow-up to blockbuster "Bruce Almighty" seized the No. 1 spot was no... More »

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Evan Almighty • Steve Carell • box office • John Cusack • movies

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