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Hugh Hefner: Rebel with a cause
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - At 84 years-old, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner embodies the lifestyle of sexual freedom that his men's magazine has espoused since it was founded in 1953, featuring a nude centerfold of Marilyn Monroe.
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Box Office Preview: 'Inception' vs. the 'Schmucks'
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Chris Nolan's "Inception" has been the No. 1 film every day since it opened earlier this month. Yet it could face a formidable challenge from the debuting comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" for the top spot at this weekend's box office.
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"Underworld" director eyes "Total" remake
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Len Wiseman, the filmmaker behind the "Underworld" movies, is in negotiations to direct "Total Recall," a remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie.
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Paparazzo gets his due in "Smash His Camera"
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - One of the more memorable lines from "Chinatown" said something to the effect that, with enough time, old whores, politicians and ugly buildings become respectable.
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Sid Vicious absolved in erratic documentary
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - The title of "Who Killed Nancy" -- a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen -- is a little misleading.
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"Charlie St. Cloud" a silly failure
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Every now and then a brave filmmaker can't resist the temptation to make a metaphysical movie that somehow will manage to portray everlasting love on the screen, that will somehow show a romantic idealism so great that it transcends even the boundaries between the living and dead.
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Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660 million
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - The Walt Disney Co. says it will sell Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.
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Capsule reviews: `Dinner for Schmucks' and others
(AP)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Review: `Dinner for Schmucks' an unsatisfying meal
(AP)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
AP - There's a lot less bite in "Dinner for Schmucks" than there was in the classic French farce that was its inspiration.
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Box office dud "Cop Out" tops DVD charts
(Reuters)
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Reuters - "Cop Out," a buddy cop comedy starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, may have underperformed at the box office, but the DVD topped the national sales and rental charts during its first week in stores, according to data issued Wednesday.
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