Movies
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Wheaton filmmakers put suburbs on the big screenAug 20, 2012 11:00 pm - If everything goes as planned, filmmakers Kevin and DeAnna Cooper hope to do for the Northwest suburbs what John Hughes did for the North Shore. The husband-and-wife tea...
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Rosie O’Donnell suffers heart attack, gets stentAug 20, 2012 6:54 pm - NEW YORK — Rosie O’Donnell says she suffered a heart attack last week and is “lucky to be here.” The 50-year-old comedian detailed the experience on her blog Monday, sa...
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‘Top Gun’ director Tony Scott jumps to his deathAug 19, 2012 10:19 pm - LOS ANGELES — Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as “Top Gun,” “Days of Thunder” and “Beverly Hills Cop II,” died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County...
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’Expendables 2’ brawls to No. 1 with $28.8 millionAug 19, 2012 5:13 pm - LOS ANGELES — Sylvester Stallone and his beefy buddies have muscled their way to the top of the weekend box office. Stallone’s action hero roundup “The Expendables 2” de...
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Lee to revisit Jackson’s ‘Bad’ at Toronto festAug 17, 2012 3:42 pm - LOS ANGELES — Music is highlighting the Toronto International Film Festival with a Michael Jackson documentary from Spike Lee and a closing-night film featuring Vanessa ...
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‘Sparkle’ shines as a second chanceAug 17, 2012 7:51 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Some of those who worked with Whitney Houston on her last movie are finding inspiration in the performance by the long-struggling singer, who they say...
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Movie riffs making comeback from theaters to clubsAug 17, 2012 6:22 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Scenes of Tom Cruise filled the big screen, but the moviegoers packed inside a Missouri theater focused their attention on the action playing out away...
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Sparks balancing love of singing, actingAug 17, 2012 5:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When most singers make the leap from recording artist to movie star, it's usually a well-calculated career maneuver that requires show-business a...
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‘Avengers’ sequel planned for May 2015Aug 16, 2012 3:45 pm - LOS ANGELES — “The Avengers” are returning for a superhero sequel three years from now. Disney and its Marvel Studios unit announced Thursday that the follow-up to this ...
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Robert Downey hurt filming ‘Iron Man 3’Aug 16, 2012 1:02 pm - LOS ANGELES — Production on “Iron Man 3” is on hold after star Robert Downey Jr. hurt his foot during filming. Marvel Studios said Thursday that Downey was injured while...