Movies
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Childish Gambino, Lady Gaga and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' among 2018's great pop culture momentsDec 28, 2018 5:00 am - No rankings, no categories: We've reached the end of another supercalifraglisticexpialodocious year in pop culture, and these are the films, shows and videos that stood ...
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Fact-based 'Vice,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' 'First Man' land spots on top 10 movies of 2018Dec 27, 2018 5:00 am - Fact-based movies dominate my annual list of top 10 English-language, narrative films of the year. We begin with a movie that Monty Python might describe as “something c...
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Reba McEntire calls Kennedy Center Honors a 'surprise and a thrill'Dec 26, 2018 5:00 am - Country music occasionally factors into the Kennedy Center Honors ... and thanks to Reba McEntire, that's the case again this year. A winner of many accolades (including...
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Adam McKay went from Ron Burgundy to Dick Cheney, and it actually makes perfect senseDec 26, 2018 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - "Will (Ferrell) and I joke that we single-handedly ruined Paul Thomas Anderson's producing career before it started," Adam McKay says, casually splaying hi...
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How Christian Bale and Amy Adams became the Cheneys in 'Vice'Dec 25, 2018 6:29 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Christian Bale had a choice to make. He'd been hemming and hawing about Adam McKay's very unconventional proposition that he play Dick Cheney in ...
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With 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' Barry Jenkins is redefining cinematic beautyDec 25, 2018 6:26 am - In the opening scene of "If Beale Street Could Talk," Tish and Fonny, young lovers played by KiKi Layne and Stephan James, take a walk amid the verdant splendor of a New...
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Movie review: 'On the Basis of Sex' doesn't do justice to life of Ruth Bader GinsburgDec 24, 2018 8:00 am - “On the Basis of Sex” - ★ ★ By combating gender discrimination that was enshrined in American law, future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped expand the con...
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Movie review: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' shares gorgeous tale of love and survivalDec 24, 2018 8:00 am - “If Beale Street Could Talk” — ★ ★ ★ ★ In 2017, writer-director Barry Jenkins won a best-picture Oscar for “Moonlight,” a wrenching and rapturous chronicle of a you...
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How Margot Robbie transformed into Queen Elizabeth I for 'Mary Queen of Scots'Dec 23, 2018 6:00 am - When she signed onto “Mary Queen of Scots,” British makeup artist Jenny Shircore knew she had a great task ahead of her. How do you get Margot Robbie, a woman so Hollywo...
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'Aquaman' outswims 'Poppins,' 'Bumblebee' with $67.4M debut
Dec 23, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK - In a flood of new releases, "Aquaman" easily swam past "Mary Poppins Returns" and "Bumblebee" to lead the busy pre-Christmas weekend with an estimated $67.4 m...