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Real-life skull worship inspires new 'Indy' film
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- AP - There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of saving the Earth ? a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie.
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Actor Farina arrested after gun found in luggage at LAX
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AP - Dennis Farina has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a loaded gun was found in his carry-on luggage.
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Person close to talks: NBC installing Fallon on 'Late Night'
(AP)
- AP - Jimmy Fallon will officially be given the keys to NBC's "Late Night" franchise following Conan O'Brien's exit.
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Michael Jackson says ranch foreclosure averted
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Entertainer Michael Jackson said on
Sunday that a foreclosure sale on his Neverland Ranch property
in California has been canceled by Colony Capital LLC, which
acquired the loan on the ranch from Fortress Investment Group
and is negotiating a deal.
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'Speed Racer' gets passed in its debut
(AP)
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AP - "Speed Racer" was lapped in its opening weekend at the box office as "Iron Man" continued to fire its jets with $50.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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"Iron Man" pounds rivals at box offices
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Reuters - Superhero movie "Iron Man" pounded
the competition at North American box offices for the second
straight weekend, landing at No. 1 with $50.5 million in ticket
sales, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
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Gaza cartoon commemorates Palestinian "Nakba"
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Jewish fighters are shown shooting
Palestinians and bombing their villages in an animated film by
Gaza-based women marking 60 years since Israel was founded and
hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced.
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Speed Racer Lapped
(E! Online)
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E! Online - The summer box-office season has seen its first crash.
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Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse
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Reuters - Hollywood legends and obscure arthouse
directors descend on Cannes from Wednesday for the world's
biggest film festival that combines edgy cinema with A-list
celebrities, glitzy parties and frenetic deal-making.
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Miley Cyrus' New Singing Partner
(E! Online)
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E! Online - Miley Cyrus is teaming up with—ready for this?—John Travolta.
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Hollywood Kryptonite?
(E! Online)
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E! Online - So, if you're Superman, and you heard this week that Thor—Thor!—got a release date for his movie, do you wonder what on your adopted planet you have to do to get on the calendar?
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Oliver Stone movie on Bush set for October release
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has landed a
distribution deal with independent studio Lionsgate to get an
upcoming film about President George W. Bush into U.S. theaters
in October, shortly before the presidential election.
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Natalie Portman Avoids Heights
(E! Online)
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E! Online - Natalie Portman can't make time for another torturous period romance after all.
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"Pirates" maker to turn "BioShock" game into film
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc
said on Friday that "Pirates of the Caribbean" director Gore
Verbinski will make a movie version of "BioShock," its hit
video game about an underwater utopia gone disastrously wrong.
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Lindsay's Big-Screen Comeback Off Track
(E! Online)
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E! Online - Good thing she has that Ugly Betty gig to fall back on, because Lindsay Lohan's movie prospects are rapidly going the way of the dodo.
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Lindsay Lohan walks away from Manson movie
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Lindsay Lohan passed up a role in a
movie about convicted killer Charles Manson in order to accept
two other offers, including a guest star turn on the TV comedy
"Ugly Betty," her publicist said on Friday.
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Child 'Forrest Gump' actor leaving Army
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AP - As a boy, Michael Conner Humphreys made a splash on the silver screen as "Young Forrest Gump." As an adult, he somewhat mirrored the life of his movie character: He joined the Army and fought in an unpopular war.
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Sneak Pics: Sienna, Dennis Suit up for G.I. Joe
(E! Online)
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E! Online - She's not exactly a real American hero, but Brit Sienna Miller's still pretty hot as the villain Baroness in new pics from the far-off G.I. Joe flick.
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Marital warfare strains for laughs in "Vegas"
(Reuters)
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Reuters - A mean-spirited streak
is creeping into studio-manufactured rom-coms these days -- you
know, where someone wants to sabotage his best friend's
wedding. This escalates in Fox's "What Happens in Vegas," a
film that views marriage as a combat sport.
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Uma Thurman sues Lancome in advertising dispute
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AP - NEW YORK (AP) ? Uma Thurman responded to French cosmetics giant Lancome's lawsuit against her with one of her own Friday, taking their contract dispute over the use of her name and face in an advertising campaign to federal court.