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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Weaver revisits paranormal with 'Red Lights'
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Williams wins Globe for best actress
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'Devil Inside' lifts Hollywood spirits with $34.5M
LOS ANGELES - The fright flick "The Devil Inside" scared up a monstrous $34.5 million opening weekend to help Hollywood exorcise its recent box-office demons, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Movie crowds dip to 16-year low as apathy lingers
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Silence is golden: 'Artist' leads French-y Globes
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Draft Billy? Draft Kermit? Oscars have job opening
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Re-issued Disney film holds off 'Moneyball'
LOS ANGELES - Brad Pitt was unable to put the cat out of first place at the weekend box office.
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'Apes' rise to No. 1 this weekend with $54M
LOS ANGELES - Apes have climbed to the top rung of the weekend box office.
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'Cowboys & Aliens,' 'Smurfs' tie for top spot
LOS ANGELES - Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office.
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'Potter' takes down Batman with $168.6M weekend
LOS ANGELES - The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight and a band of pirates with a record-setting magic act at both the domestic and international box office.
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'Transformers' stay in shape with $47M weekend
LOS ANGELES - "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" now rules this year's box office as the blockbuster sequel became 2011's top domestic hit with $261 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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'Super 8' lifts off with $37M
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's summer box-office streak has cooled a bit with a $37 million opening weekend for J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi tale "Super 8."
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Sequel's success part of box office record
LOS ANGELES - Hollywood's hangover is a lot bigger the second time around.
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Film fans head for 'Rio,' shrug over new 'Scream'
LOS ANGELES - Movie fans are going to "Rio" in big numbers, but they're not quite screaming over the latest installment of a horror-comedy franchise.
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Brand doubles up as 'Hop,' 'Arthur' lead weekend
LOS ANGELES - The good news for Russell Brand is that his animated comedy "Hop" remains the top movie for the second-straight weekend with $21.7 million.
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'Wimpy Kid' rules weekend with $24.4M opening
LOS ANGELES - A wimpy kid has delivered a knock-out punch to a band of warrior vixens at the weekend box office.
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Taylor lived glorious spectacle on-screen and off
LOS ANGELES - Elizabeth Taylor went from dazzling beauty in her glory years to self-described ruin in old age.
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'King's Speech' claims best picture Oscar
LOS ANGELES - "The King's Speech" was crowned best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards ceremony as precise as a state coronation, the monarchy drama leading as expected with four Oscars and predictable favorites claiming acting honors.
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2011 Academy Awards 'The King's Speech' grabs 12 nominations
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Queen Elizabeth II's dad, Albert - the gentle, stammering Duke of York - never was meant to be king. And from Hollywood's early honors this season, a drama based on his life never seemed destined as heir-apparent at the Academy Awards.
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'The Social Network' grabs 4 Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Facebook tale "The Social Network" has won top honors at the Golden Globes with four prizes, including best drama and director, solidifying its prospects as an Academy Awards favorite.
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'Social Network' named best film by LA critics
LOS ANGELES - The Facebook drama "The Social Network" was picked as the year's best picture Sunday by the influential Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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Franco, Hathaway to co-host Oscars
LOS ANGELES - James Franco and Anne Hathaway have just what Academy Awards producers want as hosts of Hollywood's biggest night. They'll put on a show, rather than just another awards ceremony, organizers say.
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Radcliffe, Watson share torrid 'Harry Potter' kiss
LONDON - Daniel Radcliffe was expecting a tender embrace when it came time to kiss co-star Emma Watson in the new "Harry Potter" film. What he got was torrid necking, Watson working magic with her lips "like an animal," he said.
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'Boonmee' wins top honor at Cannes fest
CANNES, France - The hypnotic Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" won the top honor at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honors.
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Mo'Nique, Waltz win supporting-acting Oscars
LOS ANGELES - Villainous roles snatched the supporting-acting prizes Sunday at the Academy Awards: "Precious" co-star Mo'Nique as a contemptible mother and "Inglourious Basterds" co-star Christoph Waltz as a sociable Nazi fiend.
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