Movies
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Lawrence first-time producer with ‘Glass Castle’Nov 18, 2013 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jennifer Lawrence will not only star in the upcoming film adaptation of Jeanette Walls’ 2005 best-selling memoir “The Glass Castle,” the project ...
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'Best Man' nearly topples 'Thor' at box officeNov 17, 2013 4:00 pm - NEW YORK — In an unlikely battle of sequels, “Thor: The Dark World” bested “The Best Man Holiday” at the box office. Disney's “Thor: The Dark World” continued its box-o...
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In banner year for black films, the hope is for momentumNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey has heard this story before. A wave of high-profile films about black people receives accolades. A heart-warming trend of greater on-screen equa...
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’Nebraska’ continues allure of black-and-white filmsNov 17, 2013 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Black-and-white movies are a rarity today, of course, but they nevertheless cling to a persistent and exceptional existence among more flashy fare at the mult...
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Veteran film, TV, stage actor Al Ruscio diesNov 16, 2013 6:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — Veteran character actor Al Ruscio, who appeared in countless film, television and stage productions across half a century, has died at age 89, said his lon...
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’Best Man Holiday’ revives Chestnut’s lureNov 16, 2013 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Back in 2012, while filming “The Best Man Holiday,” Morris Chestnut and Nia Long became increasingly nostalgic. It had been 14 years since the r...
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The best games of a generationNov 15, 2013 5:00 am - A new generation of console video gaming begins this week when Sony unleashes the PlayStation 4 in stores on Friday. Not to be outdone, Microsoft launches the Xbox One a...
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'Countryman' tackles love and destinyNov 14, 2013 5:00 am - Commercials director Fredrik Bond makes a promising feature debut with "Charlie Countryman," a fanciful crime-drama/romance that gratifyingly eschews strict genre classi...
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Travel back in time and a tale of two BobsNov 14, 2013 5:00 am - Back in time Ÿ Jay Warren will play the Pickwick Theatre's original 1928 Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ when he accompanies one of the silent film era's great films "The T...
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Narrator, Disney-esque treatment mar WWII drama 'The Book Thief'Nov 14, 2013 4:45 am - That "The Book Thief" succeeds at achieving a Walt Disney-esque view of Nazi Germany is already dubious praise. In this PG-13 world created by director Brian Percival, ...