Movies
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'Zootopia' charms with sweet message, arresting visualsMar 02, 2016 5:30 pm - Cats and dogs living together? Without the mass hysteria predicted by Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters"? Yes. In Walt Disney's dazzling, sharply prescient animated comedy "Z...
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Brutal 'London Has Fallen' batters the sensesMar 02, 2016 10:00 am - So far, 2016 hasn't been the best year for Gerard Butler. Just a week after the outrageously awful "Gods of Egypt" tanked at the box office, the Scottish actor is in yet...
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'Zootopia' animator from Barrington shaped four charactersMar 01, 2016 4:00 am - As a kid growing up in Barrington, Nathan Engelhardt went crazy for cartoons. He loved Looney Tunes, Warner Bros. cartoons and Disney animated features. But he never tho...
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How does Lady Gaga manage to steal every single awards show?Feb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - Attention award show producers: If you invite Lady Gaga to the broadcast, she will steal your show. At the Academy Awards on Sunday night - and for the third time this a...
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Academy Awards take on issues beyond #OscarsSoWhiteFeb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Hollywood's diversity crisis has loomed large over awards season and the big question going into the 88th annual Academy Awards was whether it would domina...
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'Deadpool' tops 'Gods of Egypt' at box officeFeb 28, 2016 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - A group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn't take down the merc with a mouth. Marvel's antihero blockbuster "Deadpool" continued to dominate North American...
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Alejandro G. Inarritu part of Mexican film's new golden ageFeb 28, 2016 6:22 am - MEXICO CITY - Movie buffs in Mexico are abuzz with the possibility native son Alejandro G. Inarritu could snag this year's directing Oscar for "The Revenant," which woul...
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An Oscar win can give a boost to a career, but not alwaysFeb 28, 2016 6:14 am - LOS ANGELES - On Sunday, Leonardo DiCaprio and Alicia Vikander are expected to win Academy Awards. On Monday, DiCaprio's career might not look that different, but Vikand...
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'Deadpool' tops 'Gods of Egypt' at box office
Feb 28, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - A group of ancient Egyptian deities couldn't take down the merc with a mouth. Marvel's antihero blockbuster "Deadpool" continued to dominate North American...
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Sam Smith talks writing Bond song, performing at OscarsFeb 28, 2016 6:00 am - Though Sam Smith has mingled with Hollywood's elite thanks to the success of "Writing's On The Wall" - the Oscar-nominated, Golden Globe-winning James Bond theme song - ...