Movies
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'Hunting Party' keeps on track despite GereJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - "The Hunting Party" -- I'm a sucker for flicks about cynical, alcoholic, crusading journalists, which is why I enjoyed "The Hunting Party," despite some glaring flaws. R...
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Nominations announced for strike-imperiled Oscars
Jan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" led with eight Academy Awards nominations each Tuesday, among them best picture and acting ho...
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Imax brings larger-than-life U2 so closeJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - When music takes place in a sports stadium, it usually means one inevitable bummer: If you don't get a ticket up close, your eyes are relegated to the LED screens. Which...
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Dann Gire: Few surprises in 80th Oscar nomineesJan 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Jubilation time at the Oscar nominations! "Juno" star Ellen Page won a best actress nomination for her role as a sassy, pregnant teenager in the movie I ranked as No. 1 ...
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Lohan, Murphy lead nominations for Razzies for Hollywood's worst of 2007
Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Advice for actors looking to get nominated for worst performance: multiple roles help. Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy scored multiple nominations Monday f...
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Oscars: Show will go on -- with or without stars
Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Oscar nominations arrive, but will show go on amid writers strike? Film fans finally will soon learn who's competing for this season's Academy Awards. Now all we need to...
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'Cloverfield' sets January box-office record with monster $41 million
Jan 20, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The creature-feature "Cloverfield" became the first monster hit released in 2008, debuting with $41 million, a record opening for January, according to st...
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From school to Orson WellesJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Zac Efron will star in "Me and Orson Welles," an adaptation of the period coming-of-age novel by Robert Kaplow that Richard Linklater will direct. Set in 1937, the story...
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SAG enters fray for actors' payJan 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Force majeure action by the television studios was front and center this week. But while the focus was on writers, directors and producers whose overall deals were termi...
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Diving into Dann's mailbagJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Time to check the e-mail bag and a look at a couple of new movies. • Dear Dann: Thanks for keeping me honest by including some of my quotes. ("10 Ways to Become a Quote ...