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cinema stories: 9 news summaries

Batman's Commissioner Gordon Dies

Pat Hingle, veteran tough-guy actor, mentored young

Jan 5, 09 2:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Pat Hingle—whose characters included Commissioner Gordon in the '90s Batman movies and Norma Rae's father in the 1979 film—has died of blood cancer at his Carolina Beach home at the age of 84, the Wilmington Star-News reports. The Tony Award nominee and Broadway star had said he... More »

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Hollywood • independent film • obituary • Broadway • cinema • actor • Pat Hingle

 Fangs for the 
 Memories: Best 
 Bloodsucker Stars 

Baddest vampires deliver the tingles

Nov 23, 08 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - As Twilight fans storm the box office, Entertainment Weekly offers up its picks of a dozen of the best toothsome vampires:
  • David (The Lost Boys, 1987): Before he drew blood as Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland drank blood with the two Coreys.
  • Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996):
... More »

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film • Tom Cruise • Quentin Tarantino • Robert Rodriguez • cinema • Kiefer Sutherland • Salma Hayek • movies • Sarah Michelle Gellar • horror movies • vampires • David Boreanaz

 Movie, Munchie Sales Shrivel 

Cash-strapped moviegoers forego snacks, according to latest sales stats

Nov 11, 08 10:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Some Americans seeking a break from economic news may be sitting in the dark in movie theaters—but they're apparently not eating their Raisinets. That's the news from two cinema companies reporting a major munchie drop off. Conventional wisdom holds that people can always afford a movie. Not so. Admission... More »

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film • cinema • popcorn • movies • movie theaters • financial crisis • salty snacks • movie concessions

(Newser) - The success of High School Musical 3 proves that 293 million tweens can't be wrong. The series’ third installment debuted No. 1 in 19 international markets, confirming Disney's success with a strategy that marries the franchise’s universal themes to local cultures, Time reports. “You weave it together, forming... More »

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Walt Disney Co. • cinema • High School Musical • Globalization • High School Musical 3

Museum Finds Missing Reels
of Sci-Fi Classic

Film historians rejoice as Fritz Lang's iconic Metropolis is revived

Jul 5, 08 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The  discovery of long-lost footage from Fritz Lang's futuristic classic Metropolis in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum has given the film world a thrill, reports Der Speigel. Nearly a half-hour of Lang's 1927 vision of 21st-century class struggle can be restored. The new scenes flesh out the characters... More »

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film • cinema • science fiction • futurism • classic cinema

It's Karma: Chinese Cinema Bans Sharon Stone Films

Star's take on quake infuriates Chinese

May 28, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instant karma got actress Sharon Stone in China yesterday, reports the AP. The nation's biggest cinema chain has banned the actress' movies since the shoot-from-the-lip star suggested that the Sichuan earthquake that killed as many as 80,000 people could have been bad "karma" for the way China treats... More »

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China • cinema • Tibet • Tibetan independence • China earthquake • Sharon Stone

Slumping Popcorn Sales
Will Pop Ticket Prices

Film fans who balk at $6 popcorn will be coughing up more at the door

May 20, 08 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie tickets have long been partly subsidized by popcorn sales, but that business model is set to pop as the price of corn soars, Advertising Age reports. As moviegoers pass up the pricey snack, cinemas will need to hike ticket charges to cover the difference. One expert on the movie... More »

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corn • cinema • popcorn • commodities • movie theaters

 Take Me Out to 
 the Ballgame... 
 at the Cineplex 

Movie theaters boost lagging ticket sales with live broadcasts

Mar 23, 08 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cineplexes are boosting stagnant sales by showing more live broadcasts, the New York Times reports. From the Metropolitan Opera to the Mets, high-def feeds are luring fans for less than the price of a live concert or ball game. "We can now replicate Carnegie Hall across the country,"... More »

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3D • audiences • cinema • movie theaters • cineplex • Carnegie Hall • simulcast • live broadcasts

Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

Jul 30, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, one of the giants of cinematic storytelling, died today at 89 after a career spanning more than half a century and over 50 films. Bergman's films scanned the dreary but often resplendent landscape of the human condition, one deeply conditioned by his native country. More »

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film • obituary • Ingmar Bergman • Sweden • film director • cinema • movies

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