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Summer vacation just started and already Shine Parenting is feverishly offering ideas to keep the kids busy. We think a movie or two (or three?) is a great way to kick off the season—and have picked five winners that your kids will find irresistible. 1. WALL-E WALL-E from Disney/Pixar may be the most eagerly awaited…
LOS ANGELES (AP) Heath Ledger is getting a fond tribute from his collaborators on “The Dark Knight” The end credits of the “Batman Begins” sequel include a farewell note to Ledger, who died in January from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs; and to special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, who was killed last September in a…
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (June 23) – George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71. Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John’s Medical Center…
Here’s a very interesting casting rumor. The Daily Mail reports that Ridley Scott is keen to cast Christian Bale as Robin Hood in his upcoming reinvention of the legend “Nottingham”. The new version pains the Sheriff of Nottingham (Russell Crowe) as a more noble character forced to work for a tyrant, whilst Hood himself will…
Friends, relatives and show-business colleagues gathered Sunday to remember Oscar-winning special-effects maestro Stan Winston, the man responsible for bringing the dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” and other iconic movie creatures to life. Winston died at his home in Malibu surrounded by family June 15 after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma. He was 62. Winston’s son…
A night at the movies is now a much pricier proposition. Blame it on the popcorn. Skyrocketing commodity prices for corn are jacking up costs at both the concession stand and box office. AMC Theatres, for example, recently raised popcorn prices nationwide by 25 cents a bag. Now, the smallest 32-ounce container costs $4.75. And,…
HOLLYWOOD – Movie executives at Paramount Pictures have honored their promise to preview Mike Myers’ new film The Love Guru for concerned Hindu leaders in Los Angeles. Hindus, led by Rajan Zed, campaigned to see the film before its release on Friday–in an attempt to make sure their fears about the movie were overblown. But…
Candid footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of her last completed film brought in $60,000 at an auction of movie memorabilia Saturday. The two reels of silent, 8-millimeter color film shot on the set of “The Misfits” had been expected to draw starting bids of between $10,000 and $20,000. The auction also included the…
Last time around, the Oscar songs category was three times “Enchanted” a trick that may never be repeated. The number of original songs that can be nominated from a single movie will now be limited to two, according to a rule change by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The academy’s governors approved…
Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The Village People and fictional Tinker Bell. Recipients of the sidewalk stars also include Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Cameron Diaz, Robert Downey Jr., Tim Burton, Leslie Caron, Charles Durning, Ralph Fiennes, William Petersen, Kyra…
