Movies
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Oscar nominated actress Moore dies at 99Jan 01, 2014 8:00 pm - NEW YORK — Juanita Moore, a groundbreaking actress and an Academy Award nominee for her role as Lana Turner’s black friend in the classic weeper “Imitation of Life,” has...
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James Avery, Uncle Phil from 'Fresh Prince' dead at 68Jan 01, 2014 3:00 pm - NEW YORK — James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law at home and on the job as the Honorable Philip Banks in “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” has died. ...
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See movies at library:Jan 01, 2014 2:44 pm - The Wauconda Area Library will exhibit three of 2013’s top movies for free in January, February and March. All of the showings are at noon at the library, 801 N. Main St...
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As new film meccas flourish, artists become nomadsJan 01, 2014 4:30 am - LOS ANGELES — Even as new filmmaking centers help spread Hollywood’s wealth around the world, the boost to local economies comes at a personal cost to the specialists wh...
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Hollywood struggles against new film meccasJan 01, 2014 4:30 am - LOS ANGELES — In the old days, filmmakers flocked to Hollywood for its abundant sunshine, beautiful people and sandy beaches. But today a new filmmaking diaspora is spre...
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Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stampDec 30, 2013 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images...
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Hollywood poised for best-ever box-office yearDec 30, 2013 4:45 am - LOS ANGELES — Despite a string of summertime flops, Hollywood is expected to have a banner year at the domestic box office, coming in just shy of $11 billion, the larges...
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‘Hobbit,’ ‘Frozen’ lead last box office of 2013Dec 29, 2013 4:18 pm - LOS ANGELES — Over the bustling post-Christmas weekend, Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continued to lead the box office, landing in the No. 1 slot...
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NJ mayor in ‘American Hustle’ left complex legacyDec 29, 2013 5:00 am - CAMDEN, N.J. — In “American Hustle,” a highly fictionalized telling of the bizarre Abscam FBI corruption sting of the 1970s, the public official on the take is the most ...
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The AP's top 10 movies of the yearDec 29, 2013 4:30 am - In surveying the year at the movies, the topography is rich. From the dusty, dying towns of “Nebraska” to the rooftop Roman parties in “The Great Beauty” to the sleek fu...