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Sequels, reboots bring sizzle to summer box office
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:49:38 -0500
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Summertime moviegoers tend to vote early and, if things go well, often.

"Children of Invention" a dramatically tepid tale
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:45:11 -0500
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - The loss of childhood illusions and of youthful naivete looms large in this first feature by Chicago-born Tze Chun, whose drama about a struggling, single-mom immigrant takes place in the Boston suburbs where he was raised.

Loud and "Clear" view of Iraq War from U.S. Marine
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:50:22 -0500
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Television journalists might have brought the Vietnam War into our living rooms, but it's the soldiers who are providing the same service these days.

Glenn Close has genes mapped
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:32 -0500
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu has done it. So has genome pioneer Craig Venter.

Madonna to launch fashion lines
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:54:39 -0500
BANGALORE (Reuters) - It appears the Material Girl will be getting a lot more material.

Vonn title bid hit by crash
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:10:32 -0500
GARMISCH-PARTERNKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's bid for a third successive overall World Cup title was hit when she crashed out of the giant slalom on Thursday and Maria Riesch kept her outside hopes alive.

UPDATE 1-Olympics-Polish athlete tested positive during Games
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:54:52 -0500
* Polish cross-country skier tested positive in Vancouver

Thai thriller straddles homophobia, homoerotica
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:25:25 -0500
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Hollywood Reporter) - In the slasher-thriller "Slice," a cop-turned-convict tracks down a serial killer by delving into his own troubled childhood memories.

Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:02:03 -0500
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:41:23 -0500
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.

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