Wednesday, April 30, 2025

ARTICLES BY DAVID GERMAIN

Oscar guy MacFarlane looks to perk up awards

LOS ANGELES - You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30 in the morning.
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'Argo,' Lawrence, Day-Lewis win at SAG Awards

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Bilbo Baggins stands tall

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Cruise goes back to what he does best in 'Reacher'

LOS ANGELES - Just turned 50, Tom Cruise is eligible for membership in the American Association of Retired Persons. Just split from third wife Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise is the object of told-you-so cynics who simply knew that romance wouldn't last. Just finished with his stab at something really different …
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Globes go big with heavy lineup of studio films

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A fairly predictable Golden Globes lineup has one thing that's become rarer in awards season: a solid presence of big studio favorites to balance the independent films that have come to dominate the competition in recent years.
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Neeson doubles the take with $50M 'Taken 2' debut

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Murray mulls Oscar prospects as Roosevelt

TORONTO - Most stars shun the "O word" - Oscar - when they might be in the running for an Academy Award, not wanting to jinx their chances or look too eager.
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Anti-Obama doc highlights weak Hollywood newcomers

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood may have run out of summer hits, but an anti-Obama documentary is helping to fill the gap.
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Spidey swings back to action with $140M launch

LOS ANGELES - Your new friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has spun himself a $65 million opening weekend and $140 million in his first six days at U.S. theaters.
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MacLaine earns AFI honor for her many lives

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'Avengers' smashes record: $200.3M debut

LOS ANGELES - Hulk, smash.
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'Hunger Games' battles to $155M opening weekend

LOS ANGELES - "The Hunger Games" has filled fan appetites with a $155 million opening weekend that puts it near the top of the domestic record book.
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'The Artist' earns best picture, lead actor Oscars

LOS ANGELES - "The Artist" won five Academy Awards on Sunday including best picture, becoming the first silent film to triumph at Hollywood's highest honors since the original Oscar ceremony 83 years ago.
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'Chronicle' edges Radcliffe's 'Woman' with $22M

LOS ANGELES - Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
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'The Help' cleans up at SAG Awards

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