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Holiday flicks arrive at the box office

Disney's release of the animated "A Christmas Carol" on Friday begins eight weeks of holiday moviegoing that brings a bag full of movies to theaters, from family friendly fare to Oscar hopefuls and this year, a lot of Clooney...

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Entertainment / Arts › Carrey's Scrooge rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood loves money. The latest version of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” features Jim Carrey as Scrooge. Coming on Ebenezer’s coattails will be everything from vampire romance (“The Twilight Saga: New...

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Safe and sane holiday at the box office

Weekly: Hollywood sticks to familiar strategies in pursuit of boost -- After a year of surprises and risks that paid off big-time at the box office, from "Taken" to "The Hangover" to "Paranormal Activity," the majors are...

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This week's film events previews

French Film Festival , Nationwide Another cross-channel package of established talents and rising stars, including this year's hot tip A Prophet, fresh from its Best Film triumph at the London Film Festival. Other recent...

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This week's new cinema previews

The Men Who Stare At Goats (12A) (Grant Heslov, 2009, US) George Clooney, Ewan McGregor. 94 mins. A fiction less strange than the truth, this takes the juicy bits from Jon Ronson's startling book on the outer limits of US...

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BAFTA honors bevy of Brits, Yanks in L.A.

The Devil Wears Prada star Emily Blunt received the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year. By Kelly Carter, Special for USA TODAY American and British stars converged on Los Angeles for the British Academy of Film &...

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Eminem Headed Back To The Big Screen For 3-D Rap Horror Movie

News: Eminem Headed Back To The Big Screen For 3-D Rap Horror Movie Oscar-winning rapper Eminem has reportedly been tapped to star in an upcoming 3-D horror film with an underlying hip-hop theme called The Shady Talez. Eminem...

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Oscar Season Movies Preview

It’s November, which means movie theaters are about to be inundated with Oscar bait. No more explosions, no more sweaty teenage cleavage, no more robots. Instead, we get actors chewing scenery in the hopes of earning the...

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Gold Derby nuggets: Calle 13 sweeps Latin Grammys | Beyonce big winner at MTV Euro kudos | Dave...

• Yvonne Villarreal reports from Thursday's 10th annual Latin Grammys held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas and aired on Univision: Puerto Rican alt-hip-hop duo Calle 13 went five-for-five at the awards, winning both album of...

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Oscars predix: Who's ahead in the best actor derby

Already our savvy forum moderators gave us their gutsy Oscars predix for best picture and lead actress. Now these pundits come out swinging over the lead actors' slugfest: Chris "Boomer" Beachum, Matthew "Boidiva02" Cormier,...

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