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4 hrs ago | Bootle Times

This week's cinema highlights - 06.11.09

THE festive spirit takes over cinemas this week with the release of a Christmas Carol, an animated retelling of the classic Charles Dickens novel.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Charles Dickens, The Men Who Stare at Goats, US Military, US Army, The Fourth Kind, Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Supernatural

8 hrs ago | WHDH

Rodney King says boxing is keeping him sober

Rodney King says boxing is helping him stay sober. King, whose 1991 beating by Los Angeles police was captured on videotape and helped spark riots a year later, is among a group of D-list celebrities appearing around the country as part of the Celebrity Boxing Federation.

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Related Topix: Short, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Documentary Movies, Family, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Pop/Rock, The Partridge Family, Children TV, Eight is Enough, Willie Aames

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Paste Magazine

Justin Timberlake, Dan Aykroyd and Anna Faris in Talks for Yogi Bear Movie

Bubbly "pic-a-nic" basket thief Yogi Bear is set to have his own live action/CG animated film in the near future, and casting is already underway.

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

MyCentralJersey.com

Tom Arnold is living the sweet life these days

It was hard for me to reconcile the hard-living Tom Arnold of tabloid and Internet fame with the friendly, humble guy on the other end of the phone ... the Tom Arnold I spoke with is a man remorseful for mistakes and grateful to still be accepted in the public entertainment eye.

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Related Topix: Happy Endings, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Tom Arnold, Ottumwa, IA, Wedding, Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food

The Post Chronicle

Jim Carrey 'A Christmas Carol' Mirrors Own 'Depression Journey'

Jim Carrey says his latest film, 'A Christmas Carol', mirrors his own journey out of depression.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Comedy Movies, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Action Movies, Jim Carrey, Entertainment

The Daily Times

'Scrooge' rings in Hollywood holiday spirit

LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood loves money. So does Ebenezer Scrooge. So what better way to launch the holiday season than putting the old money-grubber at the head of the line to separate movie-goers from their cash? While Zemeckis loves Alastair Sim's 1951 'A Christmas Carol,' he said previous adaptations never captured the full impact of Dickens' ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Scrooge, Musical Movies, Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Alastair Sim, Sherlock Holmes, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Twilight

Jacksonsun.com Jackson news, communit...

Beginning to look a lot (earlier) like Christmas

Know what goes well with candy corn? Apparently, chestnuts roasting on an open fire.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Horror Movies, A Christmas Carol, Drama Movies, Animation Movies, Short, Musical Movies, Halloween

WBIR-TV

A look at what's out in theaters this weekend

It's a megadose of Jim Carrey in Disney's version of "A Christmas Carol". He plays not only Ebenezer Scrooge, but also the ghosts of Christmases past, present and future.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, The Polar Express, Adventure, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Thriller, The Box, Crime Movies

Thu Nov 05, 2009

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Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake Cast in Yogi Bear

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Anna Faris,A Dan Aykroyd , andA Justin Timberlake are in talks toA star in the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature based on theA Hanna-Barbera cartoonA Yogi Bear .

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Related Topix: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Animation Movies

Television Without Pity

Oscars 2010: And Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are Hosting... Why?

Yesterday, they finally announced who would be hosting the Academy Awards ceremony next year, after it was revealed that Hugh Jackman would not return following last year's show-stopping performance.

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Related Topix: It's Complicated, Cheaper by the Dozen, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Vocal, Steve Martin, Oscars, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman

Variety.com

Boyle, Searchlight team for '127'

Fox Searchlight and Danny Boyle have firmed plans to make their next collaboration "127 Hours," a film that tells the story of mountaineer Aron Ralston.

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Related Topix: Slumdog Millionaire, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Millions, A Life Less Ordinary

The Post Chronicle

Johnny Depp Traveling To 'Tourist'

Every tourist has some war stories. The thriller remake "The Tourist" has run into another set of hiccoughs, with major players shifting around like luggage on a conveyor.

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Related Topix: Alice in Wonderland, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Johnny Depp, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Adventure, Entertainment

Collider

Zach Galifianakis Could Sit on a Wall for the Shrek Spin-Off, Puss in Boots

I'm still in awe of how Zach Galifianakis, a terrific stand-up comedian who mostly unknown in the American mainstream, has become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood after his performance in "The Hangover".A Even better, his performance in that film is true to his style of comedy.A I never felt that he was trying to be something he wasn't. I'm ...

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Related Topix: The Hangover, Shrek 2, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Adventure, Antonio Banderas

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KHOG-TV Fort Smith

No Turkeys On November Movie Menu

Halloween is already a distant memory, but not enough to scare away the upcoming romantic vampire thriller "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," one of the most anticipated movies to hit the big screen this holiday movie-going season.

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Creative Loafing Atlanta

Capsule reviews of recently released films

THE FOURTH KIND : Milla Jovovich stars as Dr. Abigail Tyler in Universal Pictures' new film The Fourth Kind .

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Related Topix: The Fourth Kind, 9, Thriller, The Box, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Horror Movies, Animation Movies, Short, A Christmas Carol, Musical Movies, Disney's A Christmas Carol, The Polar Express, Adventure

NBC Washington

Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Oscars

The Oscars will get a double dose of funny this March when not one but two all-star comic actors take the stage in Hollywood 's biggest awards night.

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Related Topix: Oscars, Short, Comedy Movies, The Cooler, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Alec Baldwin, Father of the Bride, Vocal, Steve Martin, Theater, Arts, Movies, Entertainment

ContactMusic.com

Steve Guttenberg - Guttenberg's New Role is Close to Home

Caption: Steve Guttenberg AARP Expo Vegas@50 at Sands Expo Center - Day 3 Las Vegas, Nevada .... STEVE GUTTENBERG will poke fun at his status as an '80s icon in his latest movie role.

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Related Topix: Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Police Academy, Comedy Movies, Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Short Circuit, Steve Guttenberg, Las Vegas, NV

Sky News

Jason Donovan, Jim Carrey and Harriet Scott

Jim Carrey helped turn on London's Christmas lights as his new Scrooge film premiered in the capital.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, A Christmas Carol, Drama Movies, Animation Movies, Short, Musical Movies, Charles Dickens, Vocal, Entertainment

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Perez Hilton

The Gute Is Desperate For A Hit

Tom Selleck , Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg are reuniting for another Three Men and a Baby sequel.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Three Men and a Baby, Tom Selleck, Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg

St. Louis - riverfronttimes.com

This is It? King of Pop goes out with a whimper

Less documentary than closely and manipulatively edited homage to the new-agey "genius" of frequent Michael Jackson collaborator and High School Musical auteur Kenny Ortega , This Is It is about as honest as the song it's named after - which was co-written with and then stolen from Paul Anka in 1983, sold to the '80s freestyle starlet Sa-fire in ...

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Comedy Movies, High School Musical, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Gary, IN, Gary Metro, Arts, Cinema, Movies, Entertainment

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