Movies
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'Day the Earth Stood Still' launches to $31 million debut
Dec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Audiences sat still for Keanu Reeves' sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still," making it the weekend's top movie with a $31 million debut, according...
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'American Pie' star Tara Reid checks into rehab
Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- A publicist says Tara Reid has checked herself into rehab. Jack Ketsoyan said Friday that the "American Pie" star went to the Promises Treatment Center. H...
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Actor Van Johnson, '40s heartthrob, dies at 92
Dec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Van Johnson, whose boy-next-door wholesomeness made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s with such films as "30 Seconds over Tokyo," ''A Guy Na...
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'Earth' remake no match for the originalDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Remaking a movie classic can be like saving a planet. Sometimes you should think twice about it, no matter how seductive the idea. The new movie version of "The Day the ...
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Skywalker light saber auctioned for $240,000
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Luke Skywalker's light saber has been on Star Wars fans' Christmas lists for more than 30 years. On Thursday, one fan spent $240,000 to get the real thing...
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Globes a dark bat signal for Oscars? Not so fast
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Batman was all alone in the cold at the end of "The Dark Knight," and surprisingly, that's where the blockbuster itself ended up once Golden Gl...
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'Doubt' a smart, well-acted drama of varying convictionsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - "I know I'm right." With that simple declaration of faith in herself, Sister Aloysius (underplayed with taut certainty by a subdued Meryl Streep) initiates a campaign to...
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Humboldt Park star of 'Nothing Like the Holidays'Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Given that the appallingly simple-minded "Four Christmases" has become a bona fide box office hit, "Nothing Like the Holidays" should theoretically become a blockbuster....
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'Delgo' more Saturday morning than PixarDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - 'Delgo,' a computer-animated, kid-sanitized fantasy action film, takes after Saturday morning cartoons more than Pixar features. On the planet Jhamora, a war between the...
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Hugh Jackman to host new-look Oscars
Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Hugh Jackman will host the 81st annual Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Friday. Telecast producers Laurence Mark and Bill...