Peanuts animator, Bill Melendez, dies at 91
Los Angeles - Bill Melendez, the Emmy Award-winning animator of more than 70 cartoons featuring characters from the Peanuts comic strip, has died aged 91 at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. Melendez died on Tuesday, according to a statement on...
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King of voice-overs Don LaFontaine dies
Los Angeles - Don LaFontaine, the gravelly-voiced announcer on thousands of movie trailers from The Godfather to The Simpsons, has died in Los Angeles aged 68. LaFontaine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles from complications caused by...
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Tropic Thunder sweeps third weekend at box offices
Los Angeles - Despite a call to boycott, the Hollywood war- movie spoof Tropic Thunder remained atop the North American box- office rankings for a thirdstraight weekend with three-day ticket sales of 11.5 million dollars, according to preliminary stu...
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West Wing creator to make Facebook movie
Los Angeles - The creator of hit political TV series Aaron Sorkin is to write a movie about the world's most popular social networking site, Facebook, he announced Thursday in a posting to the site. Sorkin announced the project by setting up a pair o...
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Rapper Dr Dre's son found dead
Los Angeles - The son of pioneering rapper Dr Dre's has been found dead in his bed at the age of 20, according to a statement from a representative on Tuesday. Andre Young Jr was found unresponsive in bed Saturday morning after spending a night out w...
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2008-08-26 ] Category : [
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Tropic Thunder conquers second weekend at box offices
Los Angeles - The Hollywood war-movie spoof Tropic Thunder remained atop the North American box-office rankings for a second straight weekend with three-day ticket sales of 16.1 million dollars, according to preliminary studio estimates issued Sunday...
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David Blaine plans 'batman' stunt
Los Angeles/New York - Endurance artist and magician David Blaine plans to shock audiences in September by hanging over New York's Central Park like a bat. The batman stunt will feature Blaine hanging upside down for three days and two nights in a ...
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