Leo brings Oscar home - From the Poughkeepsie Journal

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Stone Ridge resident Melissa Leo added to her collection of awards for her role in "The Fighter" Sunday with the most important one of all — the Oscar.
Leo, who played the matriarch of a boxing family, took home the Academy Award for best supporting actr


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Academy Awards Fashion Face-Off: Halle Berry vs. Natalie Portman

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Natalie Portman Wins Best Actress At The Oscars

Natalie Portman won the Oscar for lead actress in Black Swan. It was the first win for the 29-year-old actress at the 83rd Academy Awards Sunday night. She competed in the category against Annette Bening,


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It could have been a whole lot worse

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Kangaroo court’s in session. The judge is a hanging judge. So I promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but.
Sort of. Q: So how were the 83rd Oscars? A: They could have been so much worse. Would you believe Kirk Douglas playing for laughs


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Academy Awards Fashion Face-Off: Anne Hathaway vs. Scarlett Johansson

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Oscar fashion dances on red carpet

"Black Swan" graced the Oscars on Sunday night in several ways: Besides Natalie Portman in her Rodarte violet-colored draped gown in silk chiffon with Swarovski crystals, co-star Mila Kunis wore a very low-cut, linge


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Marshall Fine: Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

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Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Inception theme. The writing is funny and their performances sparkle - but mostly, the writing is funny. Best gag: Morgan F


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10 things to know about the updated Oscars show

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In their 83rd year, the Academy Awards are inching into the 21st
century, adding a virtual-reality set and interactive website while
ditching the traditional, draggy montages featuring film clips on
random subjects. Here are 10 things you need to know ab


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Oscars

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Last year's Academy Awards proved low on surprises and suspense, with Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin zesty if unremarkable co-hosts and almost all the major awards going to the predicted winners. This year may be a little more rambunctious. For starters,


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James Franco and Anne Hathaway Ready to Show Their Stuff at 83rd Annual Oscars

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Check in to FoxNews.com for wall-to-wall Oscar coverage Sunday night, including our Oscar Red Carpet livestream at 6:30pm EST. And join Fox411 on Twitter @FOX411 for real-time updates throughout the night.
It’s the night fans, actors and critics have bee


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A critical look back at previous Oscars hosts

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A critical look back at previous Oscars hosts By NEAL JUSTIN Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Related: http://www.startribune.com More News Looking back at our coverage of the Oscar ceremonies, one tradition is painfully clear: Critics make lousy guests. Every


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Red-carpet parade warms up Oscars’ audience

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LITTLE ROCK Cinephilia is not a disease. It’s a sometimes debilitating psychological condition that can be overcome with timely intervention. Most everybody knows at least one die-hard movie buff. Die-hard? If a true cinephile read that last sentence, h


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Oscar betting Franco and Hathaway can hook younger audience

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Oscars Sunday, Triangle Fire Recalled

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Tonight's Academy Awards (ABC, 8 p.m., Feb. 27) will be its 83rd annual event, but producers will try their hardest not to show its age.
That Anne Hathaway and part-time Yale student James Franco will host the show is something of a change already. What


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Alec Baldwin 'reveals favorite films'

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Alec Baldwin has stated his belief that the best films are the ones that can grip a viewer's attention no matter how they are feeling at the time.
In an interview with CNN, the three-time Golden Globe winner expressed his admiration for several classic H


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Joel McHale Promises a Gervaisian Hosting Gig

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Joel McHale’s got the right spirit: while hosting a major awards show, be funny.
The “Community” star and host of “The Soup” is tackling his first big live hosting stint on Saturday as the emcee of the Independent Spirit Awards, that beachy, breezy fete


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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER! PARENTHOOD! GENERAL HOSPITAL! JEOPARDY! CSI! THE GOOD WIFE! THE OFFICE! Our TV Addict Week in Rewind

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Oddest Plot Twist: Just when we finally warmed up to the idea of Ted and Zoey, the gang from HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER went ahead and confirmed that Jennifer Morrison is officially out of the running for mother-to-be. And while we’re completely on board with


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There's still time to do your Oscar homework

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Oscar time is here, and Tucson is rolling out the red carpet
with a ritzy event at the Fox Tucson Theatre.
We've put together this guide to help you watch Hollywood
congratulate itself in style, whether you plan to dress to the
nines or sit at home in yo


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8. Young Hollywood Takes The Oscars

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter): When the producers of the Academy Awards settled on the idea of staging the Oscars as a visual journey through movie history, they decided the hosts should be young, energetic actors who could pull it off.
Don't expect


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30 ROCK “TGS Hates Women” Season 5 Episode 16

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Check out a first look of the upcoming episode of 30 ROCK “TGS Hates Women” Season 5 Episode 16 which airs Thursday February 24 at 8:30pm on NBC.
Episode Synopsis: 30 ROCK “TGS Hates Women” Season 5 Episode 16 – ON A “TGS”-CENTERED EPISODE OF ANGIE’S RE


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Can Franco, Hathaway deliver on Oscar night?

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At this year's nominee luncheon for the 83rd annual Academy Awards, Oscar producers Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer shared this thought: They want ordinary film fans to feel like they are a part of Hollywood's biggest night of the year.
To do that, Cohen an


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Scanbox Ropes in Camelot's 'The Gundown'

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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/24/11 --
Camelot Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CMGR) ("Camelot") announced today that Scanbox Entertainment has obtained all media rights for THE GUNDOWN in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland.
"Th


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Oscar hosts: the good, the bad and the weird

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Oscar host Bob Hope, right, jokingly tries to steal Marlon Brando's award during the 1955 ceremony. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Host Billy Crystal is carried onto the stage by a police officer to open the 2000 Academy Awards. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Ge


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Hosts: The Oscars will be non-confrontational

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The Hollywood Reporter has a massive interview with James Franco and Anne Hathaway about their upcoming hosting duties and how nice they're going to be to everyone. (Photo Bob D'Amico/Courtesy ABC/MCT) And speaking of the Oscars: I will be drunk- live-bl


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Boulder International Film Festival 2011 | Finding an Audience, Forming an Identity

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In 1998, Robin and Kathy Beeck made a short documentary about a man whose corpse was kept frozen inside a shed of a small mountain town. In 2003, the sisters updated the film into a feature documentary, “Grandpa’s Still in the Tuff Shed,” and hit the fil


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Tom Cruise to play aging rocker in film version of Rock of Ages

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In case you’ve been ignoring his life post-Cocktail – you know, between the whole Scientology thing and an infamous appearance on Oprah – Tom Cruise has come off in recent years as a bit of a nutjob. So, as a means to get back to the fun-loving Tom of ol


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TV: Interview: Bruce Vilanch

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Frequent appearances on the Whoopi Goldberg-led Hollywood Squares aside, Bruce Vilanch has spent most of his nearly four decades in show business in the writers’ room. The chubby, fuzzy, T-shirt-wearing Vilanch started out writing for ’70s variety shows


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Cruise taking voice lessons to star in 'Rock of Ages'

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Tom Cruise is going to be a “rock ‘n’ roll god” in new movie ‘Rock of Ages’.
The 48-year-old actor has signed up to play ageing musician Stacee Jaxx in the big screen adaption of the hit musical, and director Adam Shankman insists Tom – who is known for


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Tom Cruise to Play "Rock 'n Roll God" in New Film

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Get ready to see Tom Cruise like you've never seen him before! The Mission Impossible star has sealed the deal with the producers of the movie adaptation of Broadway's Rock of Ages. According to director Adam Shankman, Cruise is going to blow the audienc


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Forbes Update: The thinking behind our contributor payment plan (yes, we pay people)

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It's a new world for content creators -- and the newsroom, too (Image via Wikipedia)
There’s a lot of ruckus these days about content creators not getting paid enough — or not getting paid at all — for the work they do for young media companies. It’s bee


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30 Rock, Thursday February 24

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30 Rock is one of those rare comedies that always deserves your full attention. Your concentration will be rewarded by some of the wittiest dialogue anywhere on TV.
Take this from Liz (Tina Fey) talking about Jenna (Jane Krakowski): "I don't think I've s


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Keep up, Daddy! Tom Cruise and action girl Suri skip home after dinner

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Suri Cruise put her famous father through his paces after an outing in Vancouver, Candada, yesterday.
The 4-year-old was full of energy as she headed home hand-in-hand with Tom Cruise after dinner at Joe Fortes Steakhouse.
Dressed in her favourite $169


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Alec Baldwin Draws Crowd at BookHampton

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Snow. Total snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Highs in the mid 30s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming northeast 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph this afternoon. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
The cold weather didn't keep fans away from a rea


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Chris Dodd Likely Going to Hollywood

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Chris Dodd is about to begin his next career after nearly 30 years in Congress.
Barring a last-minute snag, a contract could come as early as this week. 
Dodd is the front-runner for this position because of his ties to Hollywood and his connections in W


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Portlandia Review: “Blunderbuss” (Episode 1.05)

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Episode 5 of Portlandia, IFC’s hipster-skewering series, featured a number of guest appearances, including actress Selma Blair, director Gus Van Sant, and musicians James Mercer (The Shins, Broken Bells), Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney), and
and Colin Melo


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30 Rock - Episode 5.16 - TGS Hates Women - Press Release

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Welcome to SpoilerTV
We aim to bring you a comprehensive and up to date spoiler service on all the major US TV shows, Movies and Celebrity Photos. You can drill down to your show by clicking on the "Select your show" pulldown menu or via the menu system


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Hey, Watch It! - This Week's TV Picks

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Monday February 21st While getting a glimpse into the lockdown procedures of the Secret Service sounds pretty interesting, I have to admit the detailing of said procedures for a television special makes... #sfg_object_view .socialtools .facebookcontainer


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Wrapping up the day in Fort Myers

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FORT MYERS, Fla. Let's empty out the notebook ...
Two prospects, RHPs Kyle Weiland and Stolmy Pimentel will start against Northeastern and Boston College, respectively, in next Saturday's split-squad doubleheader.
Terry Francona doesnt expect to play


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DVDs of the week: 30 Rock, season four

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The hit US comedy series about a US late-night comedy show run by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey), who is caught between her troublesome stars and demanding boss (Alec Baldwin). ­Features appearances by Matt Damon and Julianne Moore.


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Drawn to Life

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Al Hirschfeld drew a scene from the movie version of Tennessee Williams’ play The Night of the Iguana. Depicted in the drawing are
Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr and Cyril Delevanti.


Al Hirschfeld’s self portrait


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Jimmy Cliff Eats at SLS Hotel; Fred Savage Enjoys Mahon at Pal Cabron

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We're not typically the star-struck types, unless we find ourselves across the table from Jimmy Cliff as he eats seafood from The Bazaar and answers "Yes, I am me" when we sheepishly ask him if he is who we think he is. In other words, it was Grammy week


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James Franco gets Oscars hosting advice from Judd Apatow

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For James Franco's upcoming Oscar hosting gig, ponder the elite hosts before him who could offer sage advice: the likes of Billy Crystal, David Letterman, Whoopi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin.
But no. Franco instead has turned to former collaborator Judd Apa


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The Weekly Assignment: In Search of a President for the Big Screen

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Next assignment! We've all seen them. Hollywood's "Presidential Pics" which portray the leader of the free world as only the film industry truly can. Sometimes he's a heroic leader, like Harrison Ford in Air Force One, or maybe he is braving an alien inv


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MediaDailyNews: Obit: Hallmark's Carr, Longtime PR Vet, Dies At 50

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Corporate Communications Exec Nancy Carr Dies

Longtime television corporate communications and PR executive Nancy Carr died Feb. 18 in a Los Angeles-area Hospital, according to a statement from Hallmark Channels. She was 50.
Carr, who had been battlin


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Poet, ArtsRock, RCC educator nominated for County Executive Arts Awards

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Poet Harry Waitzman is seeking a publisher for his third book, "The Zoo Between My Ears."
WQXR-FM radio host and ArtsRock organizer Elliott Forrest will be talking March 19 with actor Alec Baldwin at Nyack High School.
Waitzman and Forrest are among the


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Cultural Life: Ruby Wax, comedian

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Interview by Morgan Durno Getty Images Wax says: 'I never buy albums; I don't like the pop charts at all' .firstcolumn {font-family: verdana; font-size: 11px; border-bottom: 5px solid #7D704D; color:#000000; margin-bottom:10px;} .firstcolumn div{padding-


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Video: It's Never Too Late for Now

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Season 5, Episode 15: After another sad breakup, Liz announces that she's ready to embrace her inner spinster.
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Season 5, Episode 15: After another sad breakup, Liz announces that she's ready ...
Season 5: Alec Baldwin explains


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CONFIRMED: Mary J. Blige Will Play 'Justice' on Rock of Ages Film

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Soul Hip Hop Queen Mary J. Blige has officially signed on to play strip club owner Justice in the upcoming movie adaptation of Rock of Ages, according to Hollywood411.com. As the character Justice, Blige will cover 80s classics like PoisonÂs "Every Rose


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Oscar producers learn from telecasts past

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When Don Mischer and Bruce Cohen heard they had gotten the nod to produce the 83rd Academy Awards telecast (Feb. 27 on ABC), the first thing they did was watch endless hours of past Oscar shows.
Rather, the exercise left them both energized and inspired,


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Roush Review: Being Human and More Weekend TV

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A few nights ago, when Modern Family's Cameron-as-Fizbo tried on a court jester's shtick for size, Mitchell offered this dour rejoinder: "There goes the theory that an English accent makes everyone sound smart." I don't think it's Anglophile snobbery tha


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Ed Helms is part of a new breed straddling TV and film

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There was once a time, children, when an actor could be a movie star or a TV star, but not at the same time. I know, it sounds silly. But that's the way Hollywood worked. Maybe it was a lingering resentment from the 1950s, when the rise of television thr


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Saturday Night Live: Backstage

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Having explored "Saturday Night Live's" history by decade, producer-writer-director Kenneth Bowser no longer has a logical template for his "Please, give us two watchable primetime hours during sweeps" assignments for NBC. Enter this "SNL: Backstage" spe


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ABM: Always Be Marketing

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Taking your foot off the marketing pedal will only slow down your sales
"ABC" or “Always Be Closing”, is the line made famous by Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross.The problem is there is nothing to close if you haven't done your prospecting. Of course,


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Hey, Obama: How About Tackling Obesity in the Federal Budget?

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President Obama’s budget director Jacob Lew announced on Monday that he was presenting Congress with a budget that would compel the nation to “live within our means, but also invest in the future.”
Can we leave out the “but also invest in the future” par


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Matt's Weekend Picks: February 18-20

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Fringe (Friday, 9/8c, Fox)
Oh my freaking stars, how great has Fringe been lately? The emotional stakes couldn't be higher as Peter is torn not only between two Olivias, but he's also at the center of the battle between the warring parallel universes. An


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For East Longmeadow native Amanda Strout, part in 'The Fighter' provides a taste of stardom

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Submitted photoAmanda C. Strout, 21, has a part in 'The Fighter.' She grew up in East Longmeadow.
Two years ago, Amanda C. Strout celebrated her 21st birthday in a movie set boxing ring with some Hollywood heavyweights.
"What could be better than hanging


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Alec Baldwin takes the “Walk of Fame”

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The 2433rd star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame was awarded to actor Alec Baldwin yesterday. The actor who has been in the news more for his personal life than for films is a two-time Emmy award winner.
The actor seems to have won the star more for his con


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Law-Related Movies – Updated

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Ted Tjaden has been a lawyer for over 20 years during which time he also obtained his Master of Information and Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto. He is currently immersed in various Knowledge Management projects.
[click on the author'


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‘Men in Black 3′ Production Delayed Again

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But here’s where things start to get suspicious: production on Men In Black III won’t restart until the end of March, and an anonymous source close to the project says it’s due to some unspecified script issues.
Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) was hired on t


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Grammy Winner Mary J. Blige Will Join Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages Film

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Rock of Ages, which uses hits from the 1980s as its score, premiered Off-Broadway at New World Stages in October 2008. The musical transferred to the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway in March 2009, earning five Tony nominations including Best Musical,


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Anne Hathaway's Pre-Oscars Fitness

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Seeking to maintain her fit form, Anne Hathaway was spotted hitting up a West Hollywood fitness center yesterday (February 14).
The “Get Smart” gal looked sporty sexy as she headed inside to get in top shape for the upcoming Oscars.
In related news, Anne


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Lady Gaga says she has Madonna's support; Victoria Beckham tapped to design dresses for Kate Middleton?

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Lady Gaga and her creepy prostheses talk to Jay Leno about the Madonna comparisons: Despite filing for divorce last week, Ashlee Simpson lunched with husband Pete Wentz (and son Bronx) on Valentine's Day. [ X17 Online ] Victoria Beckham may get a royal a


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Baldwin honoured with Hollywood star

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15/02/2011 - 15:49:59
Alec Baldwin has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The â30 Rockâ actorâs tribute was unveiled yesterday outside Eva Longoriaâs restaurant Beso on Hollywood Boulevard â just seven blocks away from his ex-wife Kim Basinge


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Museum of the Moving Image to Honor Alec Baldwin; Presenters Include Edie Falco, Ben Stiller, Mercedes Ruehl

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Stage and screen star Alec Baldwin will be honored at the Museum of the Moving Image's Annual Salute Feb. 28 at Cipriani’s 42nd St. in New York.

The evening will include remarks by Baldwin’s friends and colleagues, as well as numerous scenes from his c


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Alec Baldwin to be Honored at Museum of the Moving Image Annual Salute, 2/28

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Slovin stated, "The Museum of the Moving Image is proud to be honoring one of our great friends and supporters, as well as a terrific actor, activist and consummate New Yorker. His work in film, television and theatre is outstanding - he just received hi


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Mary J. Blige Signs on for ROCK OF AGES Film

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As reported last week that both Anne Hathaway and Tom Cruise are close to signing a deal with the producers of the ROCK OF AGES film to appear as Stacee Jaxx. It is expected that, as in the stage version, Cruise's character will perform Bon Jovi's "Wante


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Chris Dodd Eyeing Gig as Hollywood’s Chief Lobbyist

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Looks like Democrat Chris Dodd may soon be headed to Hollywood. Since retiring from Congress, he's at the top of the list to get a coveted $1.2 million per year gig as head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).

If the top spot happens for


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Actor Alec Baldwin To Be Honored With Walk Of Fame Star

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HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — In anticipation of 30 Rock’s 100th episode, Alec Baldwin will be honored with a star Monday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Baldwin plays network executive Jack Donaghy on the three-time Emmy Award-winning “30 Rock,” a workplace comedy w


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Divorce, Washington Style

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When millions of dollars are at stake, good manners can be forgotten.
For the most part, Washington divorces are very civilized,” says top divorce lawyer Marna Tucker, who has practiced in Washington for more than 35 years. “Most divorces here are done


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Alec Baldwin to receive star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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HOLLYWOOD - Alec Baldwin will receive the 2,433rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, honoring a career which has included appearing in
more than 40 films, winning two Emmy awards and hosting "Saturday Night Live" a record-tying 15 times.
his
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Tom Cruise 'close to Rock Of Ages deal'

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Tom Cruise is reportedly close to signing a deal to star in the upcoming film version of Rock Of Ages.
According to Gossip Cop, the Mission Impossible star is currently in final negotiations for the role of rock star Stacee Jaxx.
Hairspray director Adam


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Sex With Ed Westwick Is Awkward and Weird

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Our inner Gossip Girl couldn’t help noticing yesterday at Rebecca Minkoff’s show that Chuck Bass’s new lady love, actress Tika Sumpter, had been seated right next to Ed Westwick’s actual ex, Jessica Szohr. Awkward! In reality, the girls looked like they’


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Personally Yours: NPR owes its listeners apology for offensive 'freeloader' bashing

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I am driving down Daniels or Metro or maybe another winter people clogway, trying to spot a Florida license plate and paying scant attention to my radio, which I tuned to 90.1 FM, the local National Public Radio station. It is having one of its boring fu


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Links for 2011-02-12 [del.icio.us]

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"It is a great achievement to assemble a cheap and cheerful publication in six years by combining aggregation, blogging, social media and provocative headlines ... The properties that used to occupy the middle ground ARE being squeezed aside by technolog


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Alec Baldwin exercises to Rock

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The 52-year-old stars as Jack Donaghy in the American comedy, which is about a fictional live sketch show. He has been praised for his performance, picking up several Golden Globe and Emmy Awards for the portrayal.
It seems Alec is just as keen on the s


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Alec Baldwin And Daughter To Hit The ‘Fabulous Beekman Boys’ Farm?

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Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell have themselves some big fans in Alec Baldwin and his daughter Ireland.
The pair, who star in the hit Planet Green reality series “The Fabulous Beekman Boys”, recently ran into the actor and his daughter while attendin


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Singer says Tom Cruise great choice for "Rock of Ages"

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "American Idol" alum Constantine Maroulis -- who earned a Tony for his role of Drew in the surprise musical theater hit "Rock of Ages" -- tells The Hollywood Reporter Tom Cruise would be a perfect fit to play Stacee Jax


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Nicole Kidman & Colin Firth: 'Stoker' Stars?

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The film, written by Wentworth Miller and helmed by South Korean filmmaker Chan Wook-Park, centers around a girl and her mother who are visited by a mysterious uncle after India’s father dies.
Nicole would play the mother with Colin as the uncle and Mia


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Tom Cruise to star in musical ‘Rock of Ages’ along with Anne Hathaway

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Ending all speculations we can definitely say that Tom Cruise will play the lead in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, 'Rock of Ages’ for New Line Cinema and joining him will be Anne Hathaway who is in talks now with the studio.
Reuters
Here se


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BroadwayStars links for Saturday, February 12, 2011

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For Chita Rivera, the famed Broadway singer and dancer, the theater and the home are both living things.
Two focus groups attended Thursday night's performance, and four more are scheduled to be at Friday night's show and the Saturday matinee.
“Dog Act”


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Gainor Column: Journalism Is Dying and Newsies Decide Nowhere but Left to Go

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Arianna Huffington's crazy left-wing, pro-Democrat website gets bought out by AOL for $315 million. Professional Angry Man Keith Olbermann follows up by joining Al Gore's deservedly unknown Current TV effort. Before that, decrepit Newsweek was absorbed b


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Tom Cruise set to sing Bon Jovi in Rock of Ages

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Tom Cruise is no stranger to singing on film. Over the years, he's sung the hits of Bob Seger, The Righteous Brothers, Tom Petty and Aimee Mann on screen, but he's never starred in a musical before. That's about to change as Cruise has officially committ


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Tom Cruise Enters Final Negotiations for ROCK OF AGES Film

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The Hollywood Reporter reveals this morning that Tom Cruise is close to signing a deal with the producers of the ROCK OF AGES film to appear as Stacee Jaxx. It is expect that, as in the stage version, Cruise's character will perform Bon Jovi's "Wanted De


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Hot List, February 11

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Billy the Exterminator’s brother, Ricky, is appearing at the 32nd annual World of Wheels tonight at the MPEC, which got me thinking about other sibling personalities I’d like to see at the World of Wheels (for a more complete list, go to my blog at times


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New York: Cheyenne Jackson, Jane Krakowski, Audra McDonald, et al. to Honor Alec Baldwin at Roundabout Gala

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Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin will receive the Jason Robards Award for Theatrical Excellence at the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2011 spring gala, to be held at the Roseland Ballroom on Monday, March 14 beginning at 7pm. Scott Ellis will direct the even


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Satire versus Philanthropy 2011: Groupon Edition

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In case you missed the Super Bowl and subsequent noise made thereafter about it (I wouldn’t necessarily blame you), the social-buying-community-turned-media-giant Groupon aired a Super Bowl commercial that, accordingly to Groupon’s official blog, aimed t


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A novel approach to BC

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Boston College is crowing about Tom Clancy’s latest book, “Dead or Alive,’’ which features fictional BC grad Jack Ryan. In the book, Ryan heads up a covert effort to track down the world’s most-wanted terrorist. As he often does, Clancy references BC, ha


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The Last Play At Shea

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There's almost always a sense of deep melancholy that comes with the
destruction of a sports stadium. There's so much history, so many memories, all
crashing down in a matter of seconds. I was present the day Atlanta's Fulton
County Stadium was demolishe


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Hwang et al. to Judge Village Voice's 56th Annual Obie Awards; Ceremony Held 5/16

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The Village Voice, the nation's first and largest alternative weekly newspaper, announced the judges for the 56th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards. The Voice's chief theater critic, Michael Feingold, will again chair the Obie Awards committee. Joining hi


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TV: Newswire: Ricky Gervais wants Will Arnett on The Office

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Another day, another rumor of a possible replacement for Steve Carell; savor these, for they’ll soon be out of season. Anyway, if Ricky Gervais has his way—and as executive producer, he very well might—he’d like to see Will Arnett become a part of the te


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Cursing Means Something in Killzone 3

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Cursing is a wonderful thing. My first real act of rebellion against my parents as a kid was to say “f–k” all the time. As I got older I tried to rein in my dirty mouth a bit, but now that I’m a shut-in drunk asshole, cursing provides one of the few pure


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AOL acquires The Huffington Post

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AOL has agreed to purchase The Huffington Post for $315 million, approximately $300 million of which will be paid in cash funded from cash on hand. The Huffington Post is privately owned by its two cofounders, as well as a group of investors. The transac


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Chris Pine Takes His Toiletries

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Chris Pine shoots a scene for his upcoming movie, Welcome to People, carrying a toiletry bag on Monday (February 7) in Los Angeles.
The 30-year-old actor will reportedly follow in the footsteps of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck to play Jack


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Donna Karan targetted by anti-fur protesters with screaming rabbits

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Poster girl: The Peta protest which will be seen at the demonstration on Saturday outside Donna Karan's headquarters in New York
Anti-fur protesters are planning to bombard celebrity designer Donna Karen with the sound of screaming, terrified rabbits.
Th


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Adam Sandler's Greatest 'Saturday Night Live' Hits

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Some viewers might have remembered him as one of Theo's high school pals on 'The Cosby Show,' from appearances on 'Showtime at the Apollo' and the MTV game show 'Remote Control' or even from his small part as a drug dealing teen in the 1990 'Afterschool


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Derren Brown shows off his funny side with YouTube spider trick

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Dev ft. The Cataracs: Bass Down Low (Music Video)

She gave you a sample of her style on the hook for Far East Movement's smash hit, "Fly Like A G6," but Dev is ready to break out on her own, releasing the official Music Video for her Cataracs-produced


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AOL Pays $315M to Acquire Huffington Post

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AOL Inc. will buy news and entertainment site The Huffington Post for $315 million. As part of the deal, Arianna Huffington, the site’s co-founder and editor-in-chief, will become president and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post Media Group, which wi


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Actor offers advice on marriage

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Marriages change ... Actor William Baldwin, whose wife Chynna Phillips left and nearly divorced him, offers advice to keeep marriages intact. (AP Photo/John Smock)
Source: AP


AN ACTOR, whose marriage almost ended after hi


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'Reagan': You Can't Start the World All Over Again (Reviews)

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We’ve reached the point of such hysteria and the stupidification of the American discourse that to simply approach a subject in a measured fashion is to totally jam the circuits that currently exist for that kind of communication. There are just so few c


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STAR TREK: Dallas

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DALLAS has a certain glamour to it, but it's hardly Hollywood. Super Bowl weekend changed all that, turning the Big D's usually-not-very-buzzy hotels, restaurants and nightclubs into A-list hot spots, many with a decidedly New York, Miami or Las Vegas fe


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Calvin lover in driver's seat

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Fashion icon Calvin Klein is building a seven-car garage at his oceanfront home in the Hamptons to house his boyfriend Nick Gruber's future collection of "classic muscle cars" -- at least according to Gruber. Things must be rosy between Klein, 68, and ha


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The SAG Awards: their effect on Oscar odds and some TV upsets

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The SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards are smack-dab in the middle of awards season, yet often get overlooked for their lack of prestige; despite the fast that they’re voted for by the 200,000 members of the SAG (effectively a trade union for US actors). I


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Friends of UMass student Manuel Pintado, accused of threatening Florida state rep, call him a 'peacenik'

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NORTHAMPTON – Prior to Friday, the last time Peter Ives had seen Manuel E. Pintado was last Sunday, in church. Ives, a former pastor of First Churches in Northampton, was seating among the congregation. Pintado, a church deacon, was taking up the collect


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Jude Law: Primrose Hill Hugger

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Jude Law hugs it out

Looking happy on a exceptionally warm English afternoon, Jude Law was photographed having a chat with a couple of friends. The The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus stars shared a few laughs with them outside a shop in Primrose Hil


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BroadwayStars links for Saturday, February 5, 2011

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Although Encores! productions such as "Gypsy," "Chicago" and "Finian's Rainbow" have made it to Broadway, fans of the long-running City Center series know such transfers are beside the point. The Encores! miss...
This seldom-seen Jacobean drama, based on


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Bitch-Back! Duh, Kristen Stewart's a Sexual Being!

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Dear Ted:
I am a huge fan of Kristen Stewart and I read your Bitch-Back for Thursday and you mentioned bluntly she hooked up with another castmember of Twilight. Please confirm in plain English that she had sex with another member of the cast. She just s


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GET VALENTINE’S VIEWING SORTED!

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Whether you’ve got a cosy night in with the other half, getting your single pals together or spending it alone this Valentine’s Day, we’ve got the perfect DVD pack for you.
Classic romantic favourites including Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts as the unlikel


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A New Yorker's New Year's Eve, Featuring Music of Bernstein and Gershwin, Will Be Televised

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The New York Philharmonic's 2011-12 season will include A New Yorker's New Year's Eve, which will be presented Dec. 31, 2011. The evening will be broadcast nationally as part of the "Live from Lincoln Center" series.

Conductor Alan Gilbert will lead th


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Idol Ignited Fox Wins; Another Strong Showing for CBS

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Thursday 2/03/11
Note: The overnight data now includes DVR playback until 3 a.m. local time. One year earlier it was based on Live data only. All times are ET/PT.
American Idol led Fox to more overnight Thursday victory, with a 1.5 rating point advantage


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Producer gets a full-length look at Sundance

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PARK CITY, Utah Imagine a group of hipster 20-somethings, raised on Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia and convinced the world needs changing, but utterly clueless about how to go about it. Imagine they try to start a new society by moving to a patch of woo


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"Dragon Tattoo" scribe eyes "Jack Ryan" rewrite

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LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Zaillian is in negotiations to rewrite "Jack Ryan" for Paramount.
Jack Bender is directing the movie, which will see Chris Pine step in the shows of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Allfleck to play the budding


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2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards winners list

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The King’s Speech and The Fighter have bagged two awards each at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which was held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 30, 2011. Meanwhile, TV drama series Boardwalk Empire also walked away


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Jack Ryan reboot: new writer, director confirmed

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Here's what we already know about Paramount's rebooting of the Jack Ryan franchise. Firstly, Chris Pine will be following in the shoes of Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck by playing the Tom Clancy-created character. And secondly, the film is g


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Nightly News: Kristen Stewart Is Fairest of All for 'Snow White'

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall: How do we top Amanda Seyfried as Little Red Riding Hood? Kristen Stewart as Snow White in Universal's 'Snow White and the Huntsman,' that's how. If the negotiations don't break down, she'll star opposite Viggo Mortensen, who


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RSVIP: Celebrating the SAG Awards

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The starry late-night garden party grew starrier as the Directors Guild Awards, which took place the same night, let out. Sofia Vergara, right, of "Modern Family," was the first to arrive with her boyfriend, Nick Loeb. He had been down for the count with


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5 million watched SAG Awards show

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‘Passione’ and ‘Soul Surfer’ to open and close Cinequest Film Festival

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Director and co-founder Halfdan Hussey announces details of Cinequest Film Festival 21 at press event downtown San Jose.
The Cinequest Film Festival announced today the two features that will bookend the upcoming Festival as the Opening and Closing Night


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Anjelica Houston selling 18m mansion

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Anjelica Houston is selling her Los Angeles home for $18 million.
The 'Addams Family' actress has put The Fortress - a warehouse-style property designed by her late husband, the sculptor Robert Graham situated in the trendy Venice Beach area of the city


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Timmy Jernigan Announces Decision at 11:00

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Be nice to get this one.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains


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James and Anne go to the Oscars

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To feed the Oscar fever some more, here's my take on this year's Awards Night hosts: James Franco and Anne Hathaway. Have you seen the teaser videos showing James and Anne prepping to host the event?
They're training like athletes (to the tune of Rocky's


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Anjelica Houston To Sell Los Angeles Home For $18 Million?

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Anjelica Houston, the 'Addams Family' actress has put The Fortress - a warehouse-style property designed by her late husband, the sculptor Robert Graham situated in the trendy Venice Beach area of the US city - on the market, almost 17 years after it was


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9 Celebs Who Met Their 'SNL' Impersonators (VIDEO)

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"Saturday Night Live" occupies a unique place in comedy and in our culture, in that the sketch show both parodies and creates headlines. One long-held tradition is giving audiences the chance to see a celebrity and his or her "SNL" counterpart side-by-si


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Comedian Not Joking About Run for Miami Beach Mayor

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Despite his YouTube parody campaigning for the legalization of marijuana or his comedic news conference announcing his mayoral run -- where only NBC Miami showed up -- comedian Steve Berke says he has a serious platform as a candidate for Miami Beach may


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17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

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The SAG Awards, like most of the ceremonies in this awards season, didn’t deliver too many surprises. The few unexpected moments that did arise mostly involved an 89-year-old woman and Natalie Portman’s use of a semi-profane word.The biggest stars in Hol


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Keith Olbermann returns to TV -- for five seconds

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"We gotta guy backstage… that if anything ever happened to me…"
As a coda to a joke about the Egyptian protests and President Hosni Mubarak's imminent departure, David Letterman pointed his thumb at an eager-looking Keith Olberman.
When rumors began swir


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