Actors split over possible Hollywood strike
Los Angeles - Some of Hollywood's most famous actors have appealed to their colleagues to reject a call from union officials to authorize a strike action that could paralyze movie and film production in the entertainment mecca starting next month. Th...
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NEWS Ritchie gets richer from Madonna divorce - Feature
London - A famous country pile, an elegant town house, a smart pub in Mayfair and the value of luxury homes in London and New York are among the spoils of matrimony with which Britain's Guy Ritchie is walking away from his eight-year marriage to Mado...
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Berlin Film Festival to honour Maurice Jarre
Berlin - Next year's Berlin Film Festival is to honour the renowned French film composer Maurice Jarre, the organizers announced Tuesday. This includes awarding Jarre an honorary festival Golden Bear for his lifetime achievement with the festival als...
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American Film Institute names year's best movies
Los Angeles - The American Film Institute has named its top 10 US movies of the year, including critical favourites like The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. But it snubbed other movies considered top contenders ...
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The Day the Earth Stood Still tops US box office
New York - Keanu Reeves-starrer, The Day the Earth Stood Still, topped the US box office with a weekend opening of 31 million dollars. Despite average reviews, the remake of the 1951 science fiction movie replaced Four Christmases as the box office l...
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Van Johnson, box office idol of war movies, dies at 92
Los Angeles - Actor Van Johnson, who was one of Hollywood's top stars during World War II, has died aged 92 in a New York nursing home, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Johnson played a succession of all-American military heroes in movies such ...
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Original Star Wars light sabre sells for 240,000 dollars
Los Angeles - The light sabre used by Luke Skywalker in the movies Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back has sold for 240,000 dollars at a Hollywood auction. The item topped the bidding at a Profiles in History auction held Thursday, accor...
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Aussie star Hugh Jackman to host Oscar ceremony
Los Angeles - Aussie star Hugh Jackman, who was recently chosen as People magazine's sexiest man alive, will host the 81st annual Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed Friday. The move represents a departure from the comed...
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