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Madonna dazzles with slick Super Bowl halftime show
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:58:46 AM CST
(Reuters) - Pop superstar Madonna dazzled football fans and more than 100 million television viewers on Sunday when she performed during a glittery, spectacular Super Bowl halftime show.
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"Chronicle" wins tight box office race
Sunday, February 5, 2012 4:25:48 PM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as thriller "Chronicle" edged "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black."
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Top auction houses to put art market rally to test
Monday, February 6, 2012 4:50:20 AM CST
LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses pinching themselves after bumper 2011 sales are now turning their attention to 2012, amid cautious optimism that the two-year bull run for top works of art will continue.
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JC Penney stands by Ellen DeGeneres as spokeswoman
Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:38:25 PM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc said on Friday it fully backs its partnership with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group urged the retailer to reconsider hiring DeGeneres as a spokeswoman because she is a lesbian.
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Resilient Chevy, Chrysler ads win at Super Bowl
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:37:50 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - General Motors scored with an Armageddon-proof Chevy truck while a Clint Eastwood pep talk for America won notice for rival Chrysler during the high-stakes brand battle at Sunday's Super Bowl.
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Radcliffe admits being drunk during "Harry Potter" scenes
Saturday, February 4, 2012 7:29:54 AM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daniel Radcliffe admitted he was drunk while filming some scenes for the "Harry Potter" movies during a period in his life where he was drinking "nightly," the young star said in an interview.
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Deep-sea filmmakers killed in Australia helicopter crash
Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:32:42 PM CST
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two award-winning filmmakers working on a documentary with renowned Hollywood director James Cameron were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday, according to National Geographic.
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Producers on Tom Cruise film sued for breach of contract
Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:33:40 PM CST
LOS ANGELES, Feb 5 (TheWrap.com) - Two producers of Tom Cruise's upcoming thriller "One Shot" were slapped by a breach of contract suit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday by a former producer on the project.
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Actor Ben Gazzara dead at 81
Sunday, February 5, 2012 11:34:16 PM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81.
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Erotica director Zalman King dies from cancer
Friday, February 3, 2012 5:36:07 PM CST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Zalman King, best known for erotic film "9 1/2 Weeks" and television series "Red Shoe Diaries," died on Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.