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Television 24 Available on DVD

Monday night, May 18th, the final episode of 24 aired on FOX television. I won’t spoil the ending for you. However, it was really good!!! Television show 24 fans can now buy the entire season on DVD. It was released today on both Blue Ray and DVD for fans to add to their television 24…

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Susan Boyles Was Once Shy

Just recently a video showed up of Susan Boyles who was 22 years old. Friends of Susan Boyles report that she was shy and timid. No-one ever really expected much from Susan Boyles because she was just always so quiet and shy. Little did the people that were around Susan Boyles when she was 22…

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Lady GaGa Pulls Out All the Stops

During the Easter weekend while many people were recovering from Easter egg hunts and family reunions, Lady GaGa was busy pulling out all the stops. Fans gathered round during the later hours of the evening on Easter weekend to listen to a one hour and fifteen minute concert by Lady GaGa at the Palm Springs…

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‘Dark Knight’ credits pay tribute to Ledger

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…

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Legendary Comedian George Carlin Dies

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…

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Christian Bale Is Robin Hood?

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…

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Stars, relatives honor special-effects wiz Winston

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…

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9 Ways to Save on Movie Tickets

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,…

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Rare Monroe footage fetches $60,000 at auction

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…

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New Oscar rule limits song noms to 2 per film

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…

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