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Movies to look forward to in 2012

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at Entertainment.msnbc.msn.com The world’s supposed to end in 2012, if you believe certain folks. But before it does, there’s a boatload of big movies to eagerly anticipate. I tried to pick just one per month, but my resolve quickly fell apart there. JanuaryThere’s plenty of Oscar talk surrounding Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher [...]

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‘Wizard of Oz’ memorabilia set to roar at Los Angeles auction

By doris | Published: December 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Don’t be afraid! Well, be afraid for your wallet, if you’ve got a hankering for one of the two known Cowardly Lion costumes from “The Wizard of Oz.” The lion costume will be joining one pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers (as previously reported) from the film in an auction later this [...]

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5 movies for which to be thankful

By doris | Published: November 24, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — It’s Thanksgiving this week, a time to reflect on the people and things for which we’re grateful. Since I love movies, I thought it would be a good time to choose five for which I’m thankful. These are the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, ones I can watch [...]

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‘Cash Cab’ kills pedestrian in Vancouver

By doris | Published: July 19, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — Tragedy befell the lighthearted game show “Cash Cab” Friday when a producer for the Canadian branch of the show struck and killed an elderly pedestrian in Vancouver. The driver was returning the mobile set to a storage facility after filming for the day wrapped when he hit the 61-year-old [...]

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Robin Williams haunts Broadway in ‘Bengal Tiger’

By doris | Published: April 11, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Robin Williams made either a risky, or courageous, choice for his Broadway acting debut by depicting the ghost of a Bengal tiger slinking around the bloody streets of Baghdad trying to make sense of humans and war.

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Can two superstars double appeal of ‘The Tourist’?

By doris | Published: December 12, 2010

Full Story at TODAYmsnbc.msn.com There are stars, and there are superstars. And then there’s Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp. The two A-listers and paparazzi magnets could illuminate a galaxy with their star power. Columbia Pictures hopes they will also light up the box office when “The Tourist” debuts on Dec 10. The glitzy overseas thriller [...]

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Fired anchor Rick Sanchez says he ‘screwed up’

By doris | Published: October 9, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Rick Sanchez didn’t mince any words. He said he was wrong and he screwed up. Interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America” a week after being fired from his hosting job at CNN, Sanchez apologized Friday for his slams at CNN and at Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, whom he [...]

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Another ‘Survivor’ sent home from Brazil

By doris | Published: April 17, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com The tribe has spoken: Brendan was voted out by the alliance led by Tyson and Coach, and that will just make Coach’s ego even bigger than it already is. “Brendan’s the dragon, I’m the dragonslayer, this is going to be the biggest power move to date of this game, no question [...]

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‘Race to Witch Mountain’ casts a spell at No. 1

By doris | Published: March 16, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com That’s the second best opening ever for a movie fronted by Dwayne Johnson alone, trailing only the first feature that starred the artist formerly known as The Rock, “The Scorpion King,” which banked $36.1 million in its 2002 debut.

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‘Witch Mountain’: Chase chase, bang bang

By doris | Published: March 14, 2009

Full Story At ‘ msnbc.com It’s apparently Bankruptcy of Ideas Week at your local cineplex: Grown-ups get the grisly remake of “The Last House on the Left” and that stew of Sundance clichés “Sunshine Cleaning,” while the kids can see Disney’s retread of 1975’s “Escape to Witch Mountain,” now appropriately retitled “Race to Witch Mountain,” [...]

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