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Box office: What kind of a success is Ben Affleck’s ‘Gone Girl?’

June 17, 2018 at 6:18 a.m.

After plenty of mid-production and pre-opening hoopla, "Gone Girl's" box office was undoubtedly solid upon opening this weekend. The David Fincher thriller surpassed some forecasts that had it opening below...

‘This Is Where I Leave You’ is a dramatic turn for Bateman, Levy

December 23, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.

Between the two of them, actor Jason Bateman and director Shawn Levy have made more than 30 film comedies. So when it came time to shoot one of several dramatic...

Bill Murray and Jaeden Lieberher star in 'St. Vincent.'

Bill Murray keeps up the stripped-down cool in ‘St. Vincent’

June 18, 2018 at 7:52 a.m.

There's a scene late in Bill Murray's new dramatic comedy "St. Vincent" — so late, in fact, the credits are already rolling — that is seemingly innocuous, yet tells you...

A spokesman for DMX says the rapper never agreed to a boxing match with George Zimmerman.

Promoter calls off DMX-George Zimmerman boxing match

December 17, 2018 at 9:33 p.m.

A publicity-stunt boxing match is no more.The much hyped and even more divisive bout between DMX and acquitted Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman has been called off, according to the...

Solomon Northup’s story is largely unknown in his New York hometown

December 17, 2018 at 9:38 p.m.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — In the film "12 Years a Slave," free black man Solomon Northup dreams of one thing during his long captivity in the antebellum South: returning to...

‘Lone Survivor’ is winning its box-office battle

June 18, 2018 at 10:07 a.m.

Coming into the weekend, the military action drama "Lone Survivor" was expected to take in $20 million to $25 million at the box office — a decent if hardly overwhelming...

U2 talks of new album in the works, Nelson Mandela

June 18, 2018 at 3:06 p.m.

NEW YORK — Bono took a look around the cluttered recording studio, filled with Coke bottles and laptops and vinyl records, and turned to a reporter. 'I'm not sure where...

A grown-up Christopher Robin returns to the Hundred Acre Wood and his best friend Winnie the Pooh.
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Box office: ‘Ender’s Game’ moves only a few spaces

December 17, 2018 at 10:10 p.m.

The insectoids aren't really buzzing this weekend. After more than a decade of development and a cacophony of fan debate, "Ender's Game" arrived in theaters with a decent but hardly...

‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ casts lead actor

December 17, 2018 at 10:15 p.m.

A long film résumé is not a requirement to play the part of Christian Grey in "Fifty Shades of Grey," but a scruffy blond beard might be. The Irish-born actor...

Star faded, but fragile actress didn’t take it easy

August 22, 2021 at 6:52 a.m.

One of the first things Brittany Murphy did when she showed up on the Oregon set of her independent thriller "Something Wicked" in June was acknowledge -- and apologize for...

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