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Tom Cruise 1st to get Ducati superbike
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Tom Cruise is the first on the list to get Ducati's newest motorcycle — a $72,500 superbike bristling with titanium, magnesium and carbon fiber technology that can scoot up to 200 mph. Cruise is scheduled to take delive...
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Indie filmmakers find community online
A number of films have left the recently concluded Sundance Film Festival with distribution deals. For most movies, the fight continues. The marketplace for independent film isn't just located in the snowy mountains of Utah: it's online. A number of...
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Snipes trial offers IRS perfect script
OCALA, Fla. - Even Hollywood couldn't have written a more ideal script for the Internal Revenue Service than actor Wesley Snipes' tax-fraud trial. At a time when millions of Americans are buckling down to prepare their taxes, Snipes is being cast as...
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Director Romanek departs 'Wolfman'
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Director Mark Romanek has left Universal's "The Wolfman," just weeks before the movie was to go before cameras. Creative differences were cited. The movie was to have been a remake of the classic Univers...
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Little buzz for top Oscar films
LOS ANGELES - One film has an oblique ending that's left some viewers dissatisfied and others floored by its profundity. The other features a slowly developing plot and a brutal, operatically violent finale. "No Country for Old Men" and &q...
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Talks, progress raise hopes for deal
LOS ANGELES - While negotiators edge toward agreement on the thorniest issues in the 3-month-old writers strike, many in Hollywood are nurturing new hope that an end is near for the walkout that has brought their industry to a standstill. The Writer...
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'Nightmare' to haunt big screen again
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Freddy's back. Again. New Line is in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to re-launch the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movie series, the franchise that helped establish the studio. The first...
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No immediate results in Brando autopsy
LOS ANGELES - An autopsy on the body of Christian Brando did not immediately determine what killed the son of the late actor Marlon Brando, authorities said Tuesday. Christian Brando died Saturday at a Los Angeles hospital. The cause of death was li...
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New Bourne to Make Four
Los Angeles (E! Online) - Universal is opting to keep Jason Bourne on the run. Their ears ringing with the sound of three Oscar wins for the Bourne Ultimatum, Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass have reportedly committed to add a fourth film to...
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Oscar snub leaves Whoopi sad, choked up
NEW YORK - Whoopi Goldberg seemed sad and choked up on "The View" Monday when her fellow co-hosts discussed how she was not included in a montage featuring Oscar hosts during the Academy Awards telecast. The 52-year-old Goldberg has receiv...
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Hollywood reduced to supporting role at Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four European actors and the maverick Coen brothers shared top honors at the Oscars, relegating the traditional Hollywood of big stars and box office hits to a supporting role this year. Violent drama "No Country For Old...
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'Vantage Point' leads weekend with $23M
LOS ANGELES - The assassination thriller "Vantage Point" debuted at the top of the box office, pulling in $22.9 million over opening weekend. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution s...
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Valerie Bertinelli: I cheated, too
CHICAGO - Valerie Bertinelli says despite her girl-next-door image, her marriage to Eddie Van Halen was hurt by infidelity and drug use — by her, too. "I wasn't an angel, either. I cheated, too," Bertinelli said on "The Oprah Wi...
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Cate Blanchett leads Australia arts brainstorming meet
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian actress Cate Blanchett may have missed out on a second Oscar, but she has been picked to head a think-tank on the future of arts in her home country as a consolation prize, the government said on Tuesday. Blanchett, w...
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Have the Oscars become too predictable?
"No Country for Old Men" won, as expected. Daniel Day-Lewis triumphed, as anticipated. The Coens won for directing, as predicted. Ho hum. There have always been favorites and underdogs at the Academy Awards, but Oscar prognostication has...
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