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Icahn launches hostile bid for all of Lions Gate
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Activist shareholder Carl Icahn raised the stakes in his yearlong dispute with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday, launching an all-out bid to take over the movie studio following disagreements over its spending.
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Demi Moore’s Twitter account part of suicide help
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Actresses Demi Moore and Nia Vardalos were linked to an online chain of Twitter posts that ultimately led to Florida authorities intervening Friday when an 18-year-old man threatened to commit suicide.
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Theater owners say thanks to hitmaker Bruckheimer
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Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he’s not finished yet.
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Sandra Bullock still poised for successful future
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Sandra Bullock reached the pinnacle of her profession on March 7, when she won an Academy Award. Her husband, Jesse James, was by her side. He even teared up when she went on stage to accept the Oscar.
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Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy
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Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world’s largest film markets.
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Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct
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Roman Polanski’s attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the fugitive director’s 32-year-old sex case.
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Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn
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California’s worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.
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MGM studio relives past as binding offers are due
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In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.’s newest movie, "Hot Tub Time Machine," a main character looks around a leg-warmer-dotted ski slope and asks "Is there some kind of retro thing going on this weekend?"
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Ga. Senate postpones honor for Tyler Perry
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A resolution honoring entertainment mogul Tyler Perry, scheduled to be proclaimed Wednesday by the Georgia state Senate, has been postponed.
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`Toy Story’ creator Pixar earns theater award
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The makers of "Up," "WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize.
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`Avatar’ to be released on DVD, but not in 3-D
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"Avatar" is coming to DVD, but not yet in 3-D.
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’Alice’ sparks debate over quick DVD releases
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Disney’s plan to quickly release the blockbuster "Alice in Wonderland" on DVD is sparking new heat in a debate between Hollywood studios and movie theaters over how quickly films move from the big screen to people’s living rooms.
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MPAA boss Glickman says goodbye to Hollywood
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Dan Glickman spent his Hollywood years aiming to improve the ratings system that tells Americans what to expect in a movie _ and fighting pirates.
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China plans film to mark Communist Party birthday
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After its successful propaganda movie to mark 60 years of communist rule, China’s leading state-run studio is working on a follow-up timed to coincide with next year’s 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.
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British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband
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British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm said Monday.
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’Alice in Wonderland’ keeps hopping with $62.7M
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Johnny Depp and Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" still reigns at the box office, pulling in $62.7 million in its second weekend and becoming the first film released in 2010 to top the $200 million mark.
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Sony boss asks theater owners for healthier snacks
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The head of Sony Pictures suggested Monday that movie theaters offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices.
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Tim Burton, Marion Cotillard get French honor
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American movie director Tim Burton and Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard were added to France’s cultural honor roll in a star-studded Paris ceremony Monday.
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Farrell, Duvall bring films to Tribeca Film Fest
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The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival will include a new movie from Neil Jordan, a documentary on Joan Rivers and a Southern folk tale starring Robert Duvall.
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Polanski’s wife says their worst moments are over
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The wife of Roman Polanski says she believes the 32-year-old sexual abuse case against her husband will be finished soon.
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Penn spends serious time helping post-quake Haiti
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Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a hospital tent above one of Haiti’s biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that’s Sean Penn.
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’Mission: Impossible’ star Peter Graves dies in LA
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Peter Graves, star of the television series "Mission Impossible" and the "Airplane" films, has died.
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Authorities: Haim’s name on illegal prescription
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The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.
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Disney to shut Zemeckis-run motion-capture studio
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To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in "A Christmas Carol."
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No contest plea in case over star’s stolen Rolex
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Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom’s house during a spate of celebrity burglaries.
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