Movies
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Detail-challenged 'Dolphin' still tugs at the heartstringsSep 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Morgan Freeman has carved out a nice Hollywood niche for himself as the sagely voice of wisdom in the movies - until he gets to Charles Martin Smith's good-intentioned, ...
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Pitt goes to bat for 'Moneyball'Sep 21, 2011 2:00 pm - TORONTO — Brad Pitt's about as free a free agent as they come in Hollywood, a superstar so big he could play ball with just about any team, on any film project he likes....
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3-D 'Lion King' roars to top of box officeSep 19, 2011 8:00 am - LOS ANGELES — It's 1994 all over again, with a re-release of “The Lion King” opening at the top of the box office. A 3-D version of the wildly popular Disney animated mu...
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Dolores Hope, wife of Bob Hope, diesSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Dolores Hope, the sultry-voiced songstress who was married to Bob Hope for 69 years and sometimes sang on his shows for U.S. troops and on his television s...
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Netflix boss explains services divisionSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Netflix Inc. plans to separate its DVD-by-mail service and streaming video businesses. Netflix has been under scrutiny since July, when it announced it was ra...
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First movie at Wrigley: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'Sep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Bueller? Bueller? Anyone? "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," the classic 1986 John Hughes film shot in Chicago and the suburbs, will be the first movie ever shown at Wrigley F...
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How close to reality is parenting movie?Sep 17, 2011 6:07 am - Can Sarah Jessica Parker really embody Kate Reddy? If you have no opinion on this question, you will most likely not find yourself amid a group of mothers this weekend c...
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Filmmaker Nadine Labaki is new face of LebanonSep 17, 2011 6:00 am - PARIS — Lebanon may be known more for its civil strife than its fledgling movie industry, but Nadine Labakih hopes to change all that. The director-actress is out to tra...
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Actor Jonah Hill getting seriousSep 16, 2011 3:45 pm - TORONTO — At around age 7, Jonah Hill had a simple ambition: to live in Springfield, hometown of “The Simpsons.” That's what Hill told his parents back then when they as...
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Working-mom comedy compromised by lame dialogueSep 15, 2011 6:00 am - Sarah Jessica Parker gets over-easy role