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Taymor's `The Tempest' to close Venice Festival (AP)
Monday, July 26, 2010 7:43:59 AM CST
AP - The Venice Film Festival says this year's edition will close with Julie Taymor's adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
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Comic-Con closes after 4 days of pop culture fun (AP)
Monday, July 26, 2010 3:07:07 AM CST
AP - Light cycles, wizards, vampires and superheroes made for another colorful Comic-Con.
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Elisabeth Shue joins "House" thriller (Reuters)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:16:45 PM CST
Reuters - Elisabeth Shue will join "Winter's Bone" star Jennifer Lawrence and Max Thieriot in the thriller "House at the End of the Street."
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"Cats and Dogs" sequel a charmless tale (Reuters)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:26:06 PM CST
Reuters - Although critter movies have performed extremely well at the box office, "Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" will put that trend to a tough test when it opens on Friday.
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"Toy Story 3," "Inception" lead foreign box office (Reuters)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 6:24:37 PM CST
Reuters - After three weeks at No. 2, "Toy Story 3" reclaimed the top spot at the foreign box office during the weekend, drawing $62 million.
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"Salt" can't shake "Inception" at box office (Reuters)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 3:42:12 PM CST
Reuters - Angelina Jolie's new spy thriller "Salt" failed to take the North American box office crown from Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception," which enjoyed a stronger-than-expected hold in its second weekend.
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Jolie plays spy, but plays down spy scandal (AP)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:41:16 AM CST
AP - Even though Angelina Jolie plays a suspected Russian sleeper agent in her latest movie, in real life she thinks U.S.-Russian relations are going well.
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'Inception' trumps 'Salt' with $43.5M weekend (AP)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:33:58 AM CST
AP - Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception" has won a battle of superstar action thrillers over Angelina Jolie's "Salt" at the weekend box office.
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Samuel L. Jackson announces 'Avengers' cast (AP)
Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:48:06 PM CST
AP - Comic book fans no longer have to imagine what it might be like to see all their favorite superheroes in one place.
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Favreau, Ford, Craig surprise fans at Comic-Con (AP)
Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:46:06 PM CST
AP - It was as though Han Solo himself had stepped into the San Diego Convention Center.
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Louis Prima gets posthumous Hollywood star (AP)
Monday, July 26, 2010 5:48:54 AM CST
AP - "King of Swing" Louis Prima has received a posthumous star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a centennial celebration that included dancing in the street to his big-band sounds.
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Angelina Jolie wows Moscow with 'hero spy' film (AFP)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 9:02:34 PM CST
AFP - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie delighted Russians as she arrived in Moscow to promote her thriller movie where she plays a "big hero" Russian spy two weeks after a real-life espionage swap fascinated the world.
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"TRON:Legacy" movie brings video game world to life (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 5:19:42 PM CST
Reuters - Back in 1982, first-time director Steven Lisberger brought mainstream audiences into the world of videogames with the sci-fi thriller "TRON", using early computer-generated imagery that paved the way for today's 3D movie blockbusters.
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"Scott Pilgrim" conjures a limp comic-book world (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 3:00:50 PM CST
Reuters - Chore No. 1 is accomplished: The fanboys and girls gave a resounding shriek of approval to Universal's "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World" at Comic-Con following its "surprise" screening here at this event that has become a kind of Halloween for adults.
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Farmer takes on despot in compelling documentary "Mugabe" (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 5:15:48 PM CST
Reuters - Its awkward title notwithstanding, "Mugabe and the White African" offers the sort of narrative drama rarely found in documentaries. The account of the efforts of a white farmer in Zimbabwe to defy the forced redistribution of his property by the regime of the country's despotic president, Robert Mugabe, has more urgency than most Hollywood thrillers. First Run Features released the film Friday.
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Zsa Zsa Gabor has transfusion, remains critical (AP)
Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:14:00 PM CST
AP - Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband says the actress remains in critical condition after receiving a blood transfusion.
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'Salt' licks box office wounds, 'Inception' retains top spot (AFP)
Sunday, July 25, 2010 12:04:21 PM CST
AFP - In a clash of Hollywood titans, Leonardo DiCaprio came out on top of Angelina Jolie as "Inception" rubbed out spy thriller "Salt" to claim box office supremacy for a second straight weekend, industry figures showed Sunday.
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Bosnian Oscar-winner's film opens Sarajevo festival (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 1:29:13 PM CST
Reuters - The Sarajevo Film Festival opens on Friday with the world premiere of "Circus Columbia," a romantic saga set in the period that led to the region's 1992-95 war, by Bosnia's Oscar-winning film director Danis Tanovic.
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Harry Potter preview draws big crowd at Comic-Con (AP)
Saturday, July 24, 2010 9:31:52 PM CST
AP - Beloved boy wizard Harry Potter comes face to face with Voldemort in the first cinematic installment of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
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Author Beverly Cleary's "Ramona" hits big screen (Reuters)
Friday, July 23, 2010 3:37:11 PM CST
Reuters - It's hard enough making movies with kids in supporting roles, but it's way more challenging when a film stars a 9-year-old newcomer who's in every scene and can only work six hours a day.