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Hong Kong director takes on Mulan with real actors (AP)
AP - More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, a Hong Kong director is taking on the story of Hua Mulan with real actors.
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"Assassin," "Dogs" join teen vampires at box office (Reuters)
Reuters - There's no doubt that "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" will rise to the top of the domestic box office again over the coming long holiday weekend.
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Capsule reviews: `The Road,' `Old Dogs' and others (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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Review: `Old Dogs' proves a mangy mongrel (AP)
AP - In case anyone in the audience isn't sure when to cackle, coo, snicker or sigh, the makers of "Old Dogs" have provided a handy on-screen prompt.
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Film director Tyler Perry gives $1 million to NAACP (Reuters)
Reuters - Director and comic actor Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest gift ever by a single person to that civil rights group.
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Review: `Me and Orson Welles' is snappy if slight (AP)
AP - As an icon prone to caricature, Orson Welles ranks right up there with Truman Capote and Ray Charles.
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Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground (AP)
AP - "Pirate Latitudes" (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest — and ...
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry donates $1M to Rights group (AP)
AP - Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization.
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Filmmaker Tyler Perry donates $1M to NAACP (AP)
AP - Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the NAACP to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the civil rights organization.
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King Kong figurine used in 1930s movie sold in UK (AP)
AP - The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema's biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction.
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Gael Garcia Bernal's new role is 'provocative' (AP)
AP - Gael Garcia Bernal calls his latest film "provocative."
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Iowa AG: State lifting film tax credit suspension (AP)
AP - Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has lifted his suspension of a film promotion tax credit program for projects previously submitted by movie makers, Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced.
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Utah film contest rewards with Sundance exposure (AP)
AP - Filmmakers around Utah are rushing to wrap their entries for a contest promoting the state as a desirable destination for film production.
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Review: `Princess and the Frog' is a hearty hop (AP)
AP - The last time we heard from the hand-drawn animators at Disney, they offered up the barnyard tale "Home on the Range." The 2004 'toon was so forgettable it seemed as though it really might be the last time we ever heard from the hand-drawn ...
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French first lady Bruni to act for Woody Allen (AFP)
AFP - France's first lady, singing ex-supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to star in US auteur Woody Allen's next movie, she told a television interviewer.
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Screenwriting duo enters "Uncharted" territory (Reuters)
Reuters - Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer have been given the keys to "Uncharted: Drake Fortune."
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Capsule reviews: `The Road,' `Ninja' and others (AP)
AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
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"New Moon" final weekend box office hits $142.8 million (Reuters)
Reuters - Final box office figures for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" showed the movie's ticket sales rising to $142.8 million from an estimated $140.7 million last weekend, the studio behind the film said on Monday.
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Asian films lead Toronto fest's best-of-decade poll (Reuters)
Reuters - Asian films, led by Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Syndromes and a Century," dominated the Toronto International Film Festival's best-of-the-decade poll results released Monday.
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Vampire sequel 'New Moon' feasts on box office (AFP)
AFP - The "Twilight" vampire romance sequel "New Moon" took a record-breaking bite out of the North American box office this weekend, final figures showed Monday.
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Review: `Ninja Assassin' sports a dull blade (AP)
AP - When considering the meager merits of the bone-snapping, blood-splattered "Ninja Assassin," it's best to remember the words of John Goodman's PC-challenged character in "The Big Lebowski": "The man in the black pajamas, Dude. Worthy ... ...
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"New Moon" final weekend box office hits $142.8 mln (Reuters)
Reuters - Final box office figures for "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" showed the movie's ticket sales rising to $142.8 million from an estimated $140.7 million last weekend, the studio behind the film said on Monday.
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Avast! Crichton's 'Pirate Latitudes' runs aground (AP)
AP - "Pirate Latitudes" (HarperCollins, 320 pages. $27.99), by Michael Crichton: It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest — and ...
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Fox says will make profit with sci-fi epic Avatar (Reuters)
Reuters - 20th Century Fox will make a profit with James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic "Avatar," Fox Filmed Entertainment chairman Jim Gianopulos said in an interview, and dismissed reports the movie cost $500 million as "ridiculous."
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Fox CEO wants US to join France on Internet piracy (AP)
AP - The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films.
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Ahead of the Bell: 'New Moon' lifts theater chains (AP)
AP - A surprisingly strong weekend opening for the second movie in the Twilight vampire series, "New Moon," led analysts to raise their box office forecasts and support a more upbeat outlook for theater chains.
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Review: `The Road' strives, but leads nowhere (AP)
AP - In Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel "The Road," no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as "ash."
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Cuba film institute founder looks back on 50 years (AP)
AP - Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.
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Brad Pitt's production company enters "Dark Void" (Reuters)
Reuters - "Dark Void" will yield movie development matter.
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"New Moon" rises to No. 1 at midnight box office (Reuters)
Reuters - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.
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Smash "Twilight" sequel enters record books (Reuters)
Reuters - The "Twilight" sequel scored the third-biggest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office on Sunday, as millions of young women swooned over the complex love triangle involving a high school girl, a vampire and a ...
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Michael Jackson wins 4 at AMAs; Swift top artist (AP)
AP - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.
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Cuba film institute founder looks back on 50 years (AP)
AP - Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.
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"Brothers" remake admirable but loses some impact (Reuters)
Reuters - The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier.
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Disney takes 'High School Musical' to China (AP)
AP - How do you say school's out in Chinese?
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Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz (AP)
AP - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.
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Two hurt as bulls flee Tom Cruise film set (AFP)
AFP - Two women were slightly hurt when they were struck by bulls that escaped the set of a new film that stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, local police and officials said.
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'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend (AP)
AP - The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Bulls escape on set of film starring Cruise, Diaz (AP)
AP - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.
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'Twilight' sequel a bleeding money-maker (AFP)
AFP - The "Twilight" vampire romance sequel "New Moon" raked in 140.7 million dollars in its premiere weekend, a spectacular showing for the cult series, Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.
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'New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend (AP)
AP - The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days and pulled in a total of $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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"Twilight" sequel smashes box office forecasts (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" scored the third-highest opening weekend of all time at the North American box office, earning an estimated $140.7 million during its first three days, its distributor said on Sunday.
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`New Moon' wolfs down $140.7M in opening weekend (AP)
AP - The vampire romance "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has sucked up $140.7 million in its first three days to deliver the third-biggest opening weekend ever.
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Sarandon gets lifetime achievement award at Stockholm film fest (AFP)
AFP - American actress Susan Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.
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'Twilight' sequel breaks opening day record: report (AFP)
AFP - All the hype surrounding the "Twilight" vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office, with industry reports estimating Saturday it took in the largest opening-day receipts on record.
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"Twilight" sequel sets new opening-day record (Reuters)
Reuters - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" smashed the record for a single-day opening at the North American box office, and was on track to score one of the biggest weekend tallies of all time, according to preliminary data issued on Saturday.
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'New Moon' takes record $72.7M box office bite (AP)
AP - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight.
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Travolta, family attend opening of 'Old Dogs' (AP)
AP - John Travolta and his family have helped raise money for charities in their home state of Florida with a screening of his new comedy
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Parker-Broderick surrogacy case jury breaks (AP)
AP - The jury in the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick has ended deliberations for the day without a verdict.
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'Twilight' sequel scores monster box office opening (AFP)
AFP - The hotly anticipated sequel to vampire romance "Twilight" scored a monster hit at the North American box office on Friday, shattering previous records for midnight openings, reports said.
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