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Producers Guild inaugural Digital VIP awards find opulent setting
The Producers Guild of America honored nine people for their contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in an event held in the Bel Air mansion of entrepreneur Elon Musk. The Digital VIP awards celebration attracted...Tags: Entertainment, Epic (movie), SpaceX, Walt Disney, History (tv network)
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Determined seafarers inspire fresh film version of 'Kon-Tiki' ★★★
"Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that gripped the world's imagination — and launched a...
Tags: Entertainment, Kon-Tiki (movie), Peru, Movies, 42 (movie)
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MTV Movie Awards: 'The Avengers' takes top prize
The young fans who helped turn "The Avengers" into a blockbuster flex their muscles again at the MTV Movie Awards Sunday, as the superhero flick took home the night's biggest prize. At the annual awards show, held at Sony Pictures Studio Lot in Culver...Tags: Entertainment, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (movie), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Iron Man 3 (movie), Les Miserables (musical)
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Author Salman Rushdie sold 'Midnight's Children' rights for $1
This post has been corrected. See note below.Author/filmmaker Salman Rushdie joined Jon Stewart Tuesday night on "The Daily Show" to talk about the forthcoming film version of his bestselling novel "Midnight's Children." The 1981 novel won a slew of awards -- including the Man Booker Prize, the...Tags: Truman Capote, The Daily Show (tv program), Literature, Authors, Cinema Industry
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'Django Unchained' will return to Chinese theaters -- with changes
Chinese moviegoers will soon be able to see “Django Unchained,” but it won’t be the same version that was mysteriously pulled from theaters two weeks ago. Sony Pictures announced Friday that Quentin Tarantino’s freed-slave...
Tags: Entertainment, Django Unchained (movie), China, Sony Corp., Movies
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Reel Critics: 'Oblivion' a thinking man's thriller
Big-budget science-fiction movies are often vehicles for selling toys to kids and merchandise to adult fans. But there was a time when these films offered compelling visions of a strange future far beyond conventional thinking. "Forbidden Planet" in 1956,...
Tags: Tom Cruise, Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Disconnect (movie), Stanley Kubrick, Jonah Bobo
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Cannes 2013: Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman to join Steven Spielberg on jury
If any competitive spirit remains between directors Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg over their hard-fought contest this Oscar season, it will need to disappear quickly -- the two are about to spend a lot of time together. The “Life of Pi” helmer...
Tags: Entertainment, The Great Gatsby (movie, 2013), Film Festivals, Justice System, Nine (movie)
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Cannes 2013: Coen brothers, Alexander Payne bound for film festival
The Cannes Film Festival is making a statement at this year's gathering: We still really like Americans. The main competition will feature four directors from the U.S. -- Alexander Payne (“Nebraska”) Joel and Ethan Coen (“Inside Llewyn...Tags: Immigration, Clive Owen, Ellis Island, The Weinstein Company, Paramount Pictures
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Review: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' a sci-fi adventure to remember
"Oblivion" will make you remember, not forget. This Tom Cruise vehicle is a throwback to the days when on-screen science fiction was about speculative ideas rather than selling toys to tots — think of it as the most expensive episode of "The...Tags: Entertainment, Rod Serling, Tom Cruise, New York Public Library, Science Fiction (Movie Genre)
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'Oblivion' opening at Carmike on Friday
Opening Friday Oblivion Early in the sleek sci-fi thriller ‘‘Oblivion,’’ Tom Cruise, as a flyboy repairman living a removed, Jetsons-like existence above an invaded and deserted Earth, intones his home sickness. ‘&...
Tags: Alan Tudyk, Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Apple iPod, Christopher Meloni, Baseball
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CinemaCon 2013: A peek at summer tentpoles and year-enders
Movie theater owners will converge in Las Vegas this week for their annual convention, checking out new hybrids of popcorn, the latest iterations of stadium seats and clips from potential summer blockbusters including "Star Trek Into Darkness," "Man of...Tags: Sean Penn, Gore Verbinski, Science Fiction (Movie Genre), Pacific Rim (movie), Owen Wilson
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Oscar's baby bump: Year's big winner less likely to cash in
VarietyWhile only "Argo" wound up in the winner's circle, a record number of best-pic nominees had a nine-figure consolation prize. That's good news, but the downside is that the usual post-Oscars B.O. bump might be significantly smaller than in past years --...Tags: Entertainment, Django Unchained (movie), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment Events, Les Miserables (musical)
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