Movies
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‘Gravity’, ‘12 Years a Slave’ lead U.K. film awardsJan 08, 2014 7:51 am - LONDON — The space thriller “Gravity,” the unflinching slavery saga “12 Years a Slave” and the crime caper “American Hustle” gained awards-season momentum Wednesday with...
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Getting fit with a Wii UJan 08, 2014 4:30 am - Nintendo's popular fitness program launches Friday on its Wii U console. "Wii Fit U" gives players more than 70 activities to try. With the use of the Wii Fit balanc...
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Hedonistic high of ‘Wolf’ provokes debateJan 07, 2014 12:42 pm - NEW YORK — In “The Wolf of Wall Street,” out-of-control stock broker Jordan Belfort is initially furious when a Forbes magazine profile turns out to be a hatchet job lab...
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No more risky business for suburban star of 'Stand Your Ground'Jan 07, 2014 4:30 am - You've probably seen more of actress/model Francine Locke than you realize. Remember the 1983 Chicago-set movie "Risky Business"? When high school student Tom Cruise dr...
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Hanks, Bullock, Streep honored at film festJan 05, 2014 5:58 pm - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Sandra Bullock shared the painful results of Googling herself, Meryl Streep shadowboxed on-stage and Tom Hanks braced for awards season’s “celebri...
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Disney’s ‘Frozen’ freezes out ‘Paranormal’ spinoffJan 05, 2014 4:21 pm - NEW YORK — On a wintry weekend, Disney’s “Frozen” retook the box-office top spot with $20.7 million, freezing out the horror spinoff “Paranormal Activity: The Marked One...
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NY critics pick ‘Llewyn Davis’ as 2013’s best filmJan 05, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The National Society of Film Critics has chosen “Inside Llewyn Davis” as the best picture of 2013 at its annual meeting in New York. The society’s 56 voting m...
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Oscar-winning producer Saul Zaentz dead at 92Jan 04, 2014 4:21 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Saul Zaentz, a music producer whose second career as a filmmaker brought him best-picture Academy Awards for “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Amadeus”...
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DVD previews: 'Thanks for Sharing,' 'Closed Circuit'Jan 04, 2014 4:45 am - Here is a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, Jan. 7: “Thanks for Sharing” (R, 100 minutes, Lionsgate): This dramedy about sex addicts by first-time director Stuart Blu...
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Latest 'Paranormal' delivers new angles, humorJan 03, 2014 2:00 pm - It would be a wild exaggeration to suggest that "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones" breathes new life into the increasingly fumes-fueled found-footage horror subgenre...