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Tom Cruise's star power gave muscle to 'Valkyrie'
A cruise-controlled hit After the reasonably strong box-office performance of "Valkyrie" last weekend, skeptics were robbed of the chance to declare "Flop!" The Tom Cruise World War II thriller earned $21.5 million over the weekend, with a four-day...Tags: Christmas, Bryan Singer, Opera, Adolf Hitler, Scientology
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DVD Release of the Week: 'The Dark Knight'
The Hartford Courant" The Dark Knight," director Christopher Nolan's second Batman film, is a grim enterprise. Suggesting that the capacity for evil lurks everywhere, even in our heroes, the bleak worldview doesn't let up for any of the movie's 2 1/2 hours. Thanks to a smart...Tags: Jack Nicholson, Tim Burton, Michael Caine, Ethics, Maggie Gyllenhaal
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'Pathology' (stars Milo Ventimiglia and Alyssa Milano)
Tribune newspapers"Pathology" is a nasty, naughty little film, a delightfully disagreeable horror-thriller about a group of medical students who engage in unusual extracurricular activities. Milo Ventimiglia (a familiar face from TV's "Heroes" and "Gilmore Girls") plays...Tags: Christian Slater, Medicine, Kiefer Sutherland, Los Angeles, Diseases
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McConaughey is one star not itching to leave his niche
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles TimesBetween meetings and incoming texts on his BlackBerry one rainy afternoon in Venice, Calif., Matthew McConaughey tucked a discreet plug of tobacco behind his lower lip and said of himself: "When I was a late teenager, early 20s, just getting into this,...Tags: Keanu Reeves, Texas, Tyrone Power Sr., Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Celebrity
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Christopher Nolan's 'Knight' vision
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTHE BRITISH filmmaker Christopher Nolan has the mien of a passionate literature professor (passionate, that is, in the British sense of the term) and, last December, he spoke about the young actor Heath Ledger as if he were the most fascinating manuscript...Tags: Jack Nicholson, Bryan Singer, Tim Burton, Family, Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Marvel is on a mission
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBUILDING a superhero from scratch is noisy and hazardous. "Let's find a place where it's quieter!" The man shouting was Kevin Feige, the president of production for Marvel Studios, the Hollywood start-up that takes flight on May 2 with its first film,...Tags: Book, Toys, National Government, Pat Boone, Condos and Houses
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'Lost Boys' Sequel For 'O.C.' Gal
Zap2It.comAutumn Reeser, sparkplug of the fourth season of FOX's "The O.C.," will try to breathe new life into the long-gestating "Lost Boys" sequel. Reeser will take the lead in "Lost Boys 2: The Tribe," a sequel to Joel Schumacher's 1987 vampire classic. P.J....Tags: California, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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What are 'Hollywood values'?
Today, Andrew Breitbart and David Ehrenstein attempt to define Hollywood values. Yesterday, they discussed the role filmmakers should and do play in the domestic political debate, and Monday they pondered the fall season of antiwar flicks. Later in the...Tags: Annette Bening, Osama bin Laden, Paris Hilton, Justice and Rights, Warren Beatty
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'Wrist' could be big break
Sentinel Movie CriticLake Mary native Shea Whigham had a few challenges facing him when he took a lead role in the new indie comedy Wristcutters: A Love Story. He had to master a Russian accent. "So I worked for months, real intense sessions, with the dialect coach who...Tags: Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia), Philip K Dick, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Music Industry, Nicole Kidman
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Oscar party forecast
Elizabeth Snead, The EnvelopeWhat do Posh and Beck, Jim and Jenny, Will and Jada, Jennifer and Marc have in common? They're all relatively recent converts, sorry, friends of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. And they've all been invited to high profile TomKat social events in the past...Tags: Belief and Faith, Scientology, Family, Awards and Prizes, Book
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The Number 23
MetromixSuperstitious belief has it that the number 23 possesses an influential power that can be seen throughout nature (a parent contributes 23 chromosomes to a child's DNA!) and major historical events (Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times until dead!)....Tags: Mental Illness, Illnesses, Batman, Jack Nicholson, Virginia
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Fast-Paised review: 'The Number 23'
Animal catcher Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) becomes fixated on a book that has strange similarities to his life. The book also insists on the unexplainable power and meaning of the number 23. His wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen), isn't much help in calming...Tags: Michael Jordan, All Stars, Jim Carrey, Movies, Major League Baseball
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