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End-Of-World Tale '2012' Is Global Blockbuster
KTLA NewsHOLLYWOOD -- The apocalyptic film "2012" swept the weekend box office and ranked as the weekend's top movie, taking in a whopping $225 million in worldwide receipts. For comparison, the Michael Jackson concert film "This Is It" has taken in $200...Tags: Blockbuster, John Cusack, Disasters and Accidents, Danny Glover, Michael Jackson
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'The Five-Year Engagement' expected to reach altar before rivals
It may take half a decade for the couple in "The Five-Year Engagement"to make it to the altar, but the romantic comedy will quickly outrun the competition to the top of the box office this weekend. The movie starring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt is...Tags: Marvel Entertainment, Inc., The Muppets (movie), John Cusack, Movies, The Raven (movie)
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Stark 'Raven' Poe
for RedEyeJohn Cusack claims to have little in common with Edgar Allan Poe. But clad in an all-black outfit and answering questions thoughtfully between long drags of a cigarette in a lonely room deep in the bowels of McCormick Place during the recent Chicago...Tags: James McTeigue, Kurt Cobain, Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, John Cusack, Movies
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Celebrity Scoop: Amanda Peet
Zap2ItSo many actors say they knew from an early age that they belonged onstage. But Amanda Peet actually hurled herself onto one -- while a production was in progress -- when she was 3. "Luckily it was a children's play," says Peet, who stars in NBC's "Bent,"...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Aaron Sorkin, George Clooney, Fraud, Matt Dillon
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‘San Andreas: 3D' -- a '2012' for 2012?
24 FramesGale-force winds in Los angeles can spell earthquakes. Here's a new movie about earthquakes.... -
Will the year 2012 be an apocalyptic game-changer?
There are years that are remembered for changing the course of human history:1492. 1776. 1945. Then there are years that were predicted to change the course of history. 1844, when Judgment Day didn't materialize. 1910, when Halley's Comet didn't wipe out...Tags: Space Programs, Science, Weather, Winter Solstice, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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EXCLUSIVE: Rhys Ifans on ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelI've been a fan of Rhys Ifans since watching him steal scenes from Hugh Grant in “Notting Hill,” and (as an imported Euro-kicker) in “The Replacements.” He's done period pieces (“Vanity Fair,” “Elizabeth: The... -
Elizabethan lit intrigue proves not that intriguing in 'Anonymous' -- 2 1/2 stars
"Anonymous" is ridiculous, and like Oliver Stone's "JFK" it sells its political conspiracy theories by weight and by volume.
But dull, it's not.
Plus, Vanessa Redgrave is so good as Queen Elizabeth I that even committed Stratfordians — those who...Tags: Joely Richardson, Movies, William Shakespeare, Rhys Ifans, Entertainment
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Horror films: Are they anti-religious?
It's Halloween and time to revisit films that help us stare down our most primal fears. But beware: You'll often see religious themes -- actually, anti-religious ones -- woven deeply into the storylines.
"It’s one of the only genres that gives...Tags: Syfy (tv network), Halloween, Movies, Entertainment, Islam
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'Anonymous' bashes the Bard in quest for comedy
"Anonymous" is not shy about naming names. It contends that the 37 plays attributed to William Shakespeare, who died in 1616, actually were written by the Earl of Oxford, who died in 1604.
As this story has it, the barely literate commoner Shakespeare...Tags: Joely Richardson, Manufacturing and Engineering, The Tempest (movie), Rhys Ifans, William Shakespeare
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The evolving images of 9/11
The first screening of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" came just weeks after the attacks of Sept. 11. The movie had been in the works for years, the first in a trilogy based on novels that had been written decades earlier, of course,...Tags: 50 Cent, Simon Reynolds, New York City, Defense, ABC (tv network)
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