Movies
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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...
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Lead actors give 'Frost/Nixon' its punchDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - In one corner, we have a former U.S. president trying to rehabilitate his public image after resigning in disgrace. In the other sits a British talk show host whose dazz...
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'Button,' 'Frost/Nixon,' 'Doubt' grab 5 Globe noms
Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," ''Frost/Nixon" and "Doubt" led the Golden Globes with five nominations each Thursday, though the former t...
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Eastwood took big casting chances on latest project
Dec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - As one of Hollywood's most honored figures, Clint Eastwood can be selective about his on-screen company - but for "Gran Torino" he went with a group of unknown, untraine...
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Actor Robert Prosky dies at 77
Dec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Robert Prosky, a character actor with hundreds of credits on stage and screen including "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Hill Street Blues," has died in a Washington...