Movies
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'Lady Bird's' Saoirse Ronan comes of age on screen, in lifeJan 02, 2018 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Saoirse Ronan is eyeing the lobster salad at Spago in Beverly Hills and has a difficult decision to make regarding cherry tomatoes. She doesn't l...
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China's 2017 movie ticket sales rise 13.5 percent
Jan 01, 2018 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's total domestic movie ticket sales rose 13.5 percent in 2017 to 55.9 billion yuan ($8.6 billion), a state news agency said Monday. The top-grossing...
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Anderson unravels love and work in 'Phantom Thread'Jan 01, 2018 5:36 am - NEW YORK - The day after last November's presidential election, Paul Thomas Anderson boarded a plane to London to go make a movie about love. "Phantom Thread," which beg...
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'Star Wars' passes 'Beauty and the Beast' as top 2017 earner
Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - On the last day of the calendar year, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has surpassed "Beauty and the Beast" as the top grossing film in North America in 201...
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Will Smith's star is fading. Can 'Bright' be the hit he needs?Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - Will Smith used to be a dependable hitmaker. “Bad Boys,” “Independence Day,” “Men in Black,” “Hitch” — it was one monster success after another. Recent years have been m...
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Will 2018 be more of the same at the movies?Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - As film exhibitors begin to draw a curtain on 2017, they can look ahead to an uncannily similar slate of blockbusters in 2018. The North American box office is holding f...
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The most interesting part of 'The Post' is its portrait of the Washington swampDec 30, 2017 6:26 am - There's a lot to like about "The Post," Steven Spielberg's new movie about The Washington Post's role in publishing the Pentagon Papers. Obvious Oscar bait it may be, an...
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The year's box office drops, but still third highest gross in history
Dec 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - After two consecutive record-breaking years at the domestic box office, 2017 was the year the momentum slowed - even with the late adrenaline boost of a ne...
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'Get Out' tops Dann Gire's best movies of 2017Dec 27, 2017 5:00 am - In 2017, we saw “Wonder,” “Wonderstruck,” “Wonder Wheel,” “Wonder Woman” and “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.” No wonder we had such a good time at theaters and ...
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10 great screen performers from 2017Dec 26, 2017 8:45 am - The line between film and television continued to blur in 2017 - just look at this year's edition of the much-vaunted Sight & Sound film poll, which names all 18 hours o...