Movies
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Stuntman, documentarian among early Oscar honoreesNov 30, 2012 10:22 am - LOS ANGELES — The honorary Oscar winners at the 4th annual Governors Awards include a stuntman who broke 56 bones during his performing career, a documentarian who has m...
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Nearing 50, a heightened perspective for PittNov 30, 2012 5:00 am - NEW YORK — The face is hardly wrinkled and the long blond locks appear unchanged, but Brad Pitt, who will turn 49 in December, is increasingly preoccupied with the passa...
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'Expendables 2' explodes on DVDNov 29, 2012 10:00 pm - “The Expendables 2” Viewers know what they're in for when the most famous action stars of the 1980s — including Sylvester Stallone, Chuck Norris and Arnold Schwarz...
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Graphic violence punctuates talky, world-weary mob dramaNov 29, 2012 5:00 am - Andrew Dominik's character-driven, art-house gangster drama "Killing Them Softly" clocks in at a relatively brief 97 minutes, yet still feels as if its opening and closi...
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New Schaumburg theater tries out 5-DNov 29, 2012 5:00 am - 5-D debuts! What's the big deal with 3-D? How about 4-D? Better yet, 5-D! Yep, the new PIX 5-D Cinema opened for business this week at the Woodfield Shopping Mall in S...
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'Collection' a gory, gruesome, graphic horror flickNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - I had lunch many years ago in Chicago with novelist Stephen King, who told me something he has repeated to others: "I try to terrorize the reader. But if I find that I c...
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China film studios plan Shanghai stock offeringsNov 28, 2012 6:20 am - HONG KONG — Two big Chinese state-owned film studios are planning to sell shares on the Shanghai stock exchange in a sign of Beijing’s desire to build a film industry th...
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‘Moonrise,’ ‘Silver Linings’ lead Spirit AwardsNov 27, 2012 1:02 pm - LOS ANGELES — The oddball romances “Moonrise Kingdom” and “Silver Linings Playbook” picked up five nominations each Tuesday to lead the Spirit Awards honoring independen...
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Lenny Kravitz to play Marvin Gaye in biopicNov 27, 2012 1:02 pm - NEW YORK — Lenny Kravitz has signed on for his first leading film role, playing singer Marvin Gaye in a biopic that will be shot next year. The rocker’s publicist Carlee...
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‘Casablanca’ piano coming to NYC auctionNov 27, 2012 8:55 am - NEW YORK — The piano used for the song “As Times Goes By” in the classic 1942 film “Casablanca” is getting another turn at fame. The instrument is going up for sale at S...