Movies
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This 'Company' better suited to stageJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - What makes for good live theater doesn't always make for a good movie, and the proof lies in the New York Philharmonic's all-star revival of “Company,” Stephen Sondheim'...
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‘Superman’ extras soughtJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - Warner Bros. seeks extras to appear in its upcoming “Superman” film sequel. Open casting calls are to be held in Naperville, Chicago and Plano in anticipation of filming...
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Oscars to allow 5 to 10 best picture nomineesJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Putting an emphasis on quality rather than quantity, the Academy Awards shook up the best picture category again. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announc...
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Even Jim Carrey's camp questioned 'Popper's' pickJun 13, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Forget art, commerce or even his advisers, Jim Carrey wanted to work with the penguins. The comic-actor returns to movie screens this weekend in the family...
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'Spider-Man' producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61Jun 12, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Laura Ziskin, who produced the "Spider-Man" movie franchise among many other hits in a 35-year Hollywood career, has died. She was 61. Ziskin, who fought a...
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Eastwood, Mirren and others fete Morgan FreemanJun 10, 2011 11:00 am - CULVER CITY, Calif. — Standing on the soundstage where Fred Astaire once danced and Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road, Morgan Freeman accepted the American Fil...
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Dann in reel life: Naperville natives pour hearts into 'Rigamortis'Jun 10, 2011 1:00 am - Zombie musical sings It's kind of like “Glee” meets “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” but with zombies! “Rigamortis: A Zombie Love Story” can be seen for free at rig...
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Whiny kids hard to love in 'Judy Moody'Jun 10, 2011 1:00 am - Here's the kindest thing we can say about “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer”: The kids sure do work awfully hard. They mug and they mope. They run around and jump up...
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At 81, Plummer still relishing the actor's lifeJun 09, 2011 1:00 am - NEW YORK — Ewan McGregor was having a hard time keeping up with Christopher Plummer. At the suggestion of director Mike Mills, McGregor had brought his 81-year-old co-st...
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Spielberg's fingerprints all over Abrams' 'Super 8'Jun 09, 2011 12:00 am - The kids in J.J. Abrams' science-fiction thriller “Super 8” are so personable, so funny, so transparent and so real that it feels like a distraction when a hokey, angry ...