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8 hrs ago | Hollywood.com

Douglas 'touched' by film honour from Schwarzenegger

The veteran actor was handed the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment at the 2009 BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles Metro, The Villain, Comedy Movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger, US Governors, Sacramento Metro

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Clover Herald

Jeff Bridges abides, and works like crazy

In "The Men Who Stare at Goats," Jeff Bridges plays Bill Django, a military man who returns from Vietnam to embrace the '60s counterculture headlong - the whole Aquarian Age, flower power, altered states of consciousness thing.

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Related Topix: The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Open Road, Crime Movies, American Heart, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Last Picture Show, Music!, Hearts of the West

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Entertainment

'Goats' is goofy but lightweight humor

A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney's The Men Who Stare at Goats, and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: ''More of this is true than what you might imagine.'' This wry comment serves as a nod and a wink from the filmmakers, a license to do what they will to Jon Ronson's amusing nonfiction ...

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Related Topix: The Men Who Stare at Goats, Comedy Movies, Music!, Crime Movies, Adventure, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, George Clooney, History Movies, Heaven's Gate, Drama Movies, Jeff Bridges, Entertainment

Sky News

RAF Trains for Afghanistan At Top Gun Base

RAF pilots are training for the harsh conditions they will face in Afghanistan - at the American base where the movie Top Gun was filmed.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Afghanistan, Top Gun, Drama Movies, Action Movies, El Centro, CA, Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Macon Area Online

Oscar screenplay race lacking originality

Tue Nov 3, 2009 7:22am EST - Ethan and Joel Coen pose for photographers as they arrive at the gala premiere of "A Serious Man" during the London Film Festival in Leicester Square October 27, 2009.

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Related Topix: A Serious Man, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Fargo, Arts, Cinema, Oscars, Life, Food, Dieting, Inglourious Basterds

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Boulder Weekly

'Forgotten'? Not Christian Slater

Actor Christian Slater's long and successful career makes it seem like he never missed out on anything.

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Related Topix: Broken Arrow, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Heathers, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Adventure, The Forgotten, Entertainment, Television, Christian Slater

The Chronicle Herald

Triola Marvin won palimony

Triola Marvin won palimony Lee Marvin's girlfriend fought landmark suit for part of his fortune By ANAHAD O'CONNOR The New York Times Sun.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Cat Ballou, Lee Marvin

Film.com

The Verdict: Cruise and Woo Fly Tigers, Sandler's Dual Role, and Frank Miller's Comeback

Tom Cruise at the Columbia Pictures' premiere of "Pursuit of Happyness" at the Mann Village Theatre and Mann Bruin Theatre on December 7, 2006 in Westwood, California.

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Related Topix: Valkyrie, The Spirit, Action Movies, Drama Movies, Top Gun, Tom Cruise, Getty Images, Media, Westwood, CA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Calgary Sun

The reel deal

Jeff Bridges has a full dance card. At the moment, Bridges, 59, stars as an alcoholic country singer in the upcoming Crazy Heart; as the hero of Tron Legacy, a special effects-laden sci-fi adventure due in 2010; and as a peacenik hippie leader of a psychic army unit in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which opens Friday.

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Related Topix: The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Blown Away, Music!, Thriller, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Crime Movies, American Heart, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Rancho Deluxe

Sat Oct 31, 2009

FloridaToday.com

TV Q&a: 1931 western 'Cimarron' was remade in 1960

QUESTION: I saw a movie years ago and have wanted to watch it again on television.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Cimarron

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Verdict: Cruise and Woo Fly Tigers, Sandler's dual role and Frank Miller's comeback

Tom Cruise Flies the Unfriendly Skies Cruise is headed back to World War II with another script by the writer of Valkyrie , and he's doing it with John Woo , who directed him in Mission: Mediocre 2 . This time Cruise hits the Pacific Theater with the story of the Flying Tigers, volunteer pilots who teamed up with the Chinese Air Force to fight ...

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Related Topix: Valkyrie, The Spirit, Action Movies, Top Gun, Drama Movies, Tom Cruise, Theater, Arts, Movies, Entertainment

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Lansing State Journal

Rent it: Video verdict

This week's DVD crop has something for everyone. There are two animated films for kids, a new Woody Allen effort for their parents and a first-rate horror film for anyone looking for a Halloween scare.

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Related Topix: Whatever Works, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Horror Movies, Revenge, Thriller, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Orphan, Animation Movies, Comedy Movies, Family, Ice Age, Adventure

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Sky News

First Look: Morgan Does Mandela For Eastwood

Sky News has been given an exclusive first look at Clint Eastwood's highly-anticipated new film on Nelson Mandela.

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Related Topix: Invictus, Mandela, Drama Movies, Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood, Black Entertainment, Morgan Freeman, Entertainment

Wed Oct 28, 2009

WYAY-FM Atlanta

The Rock History Report for October 28th, 2009

1 position on the Billboard charts. Elvis became the first artist to follow himself into the No.

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Related Topix: Love Me Tender, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Elvis Presley

Rotten Tomatoes

Exclusive: Coen Brothers Talk True Grit

With the trades this morning carrying a casting announcement for the Coen brothers adaptation of True Grit, RT decided to go straight to the horses' mouths and ask the siblings about the news and their plans for the story.

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Related Topix: Rooster Cogburn, Comedy Movies, John Wayne, Movie Reviews

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Paste Magazine

Coen Brothers Cast Damon, Brolin and Bridges for True Grit

The Coen brothers have gotten acclaim for their violent Westerns and for their period pieces .

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, True Grit, Adventure, A Serious Man, John Wayne, Country, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby

UPI

Gervais tapped to be Golden Globes host

Ricky Gervais has been named host of the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards show in January, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Monday.

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Related Topix: The Invention of Lying, Horror Movies, Ghost Town, Comedy, Extras, Entertainment, Television, Ricky Gervais, Family, Golden Globe Awards, Beverly Hills, CA, Movies

Daily Post-Athenian

'Riders in the Sky' take AJHS stage on Tuesday

Riders in the Sky will perform Tuesday, Oct. 27, as the second performance in the Athens Area Council for the Arts' 30th Anniversary Big Time/Small performance series.

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Related Topix: Country, Riders in the Sky, Athens, TN, Wesleyan College, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Sons of the Pioneers, Riders In the Sky

Mon Oct 26, 2009

/film

Hell Yes: Damon and Brolin Join the Coen Bros. True Grit

Joel and Ethan Coen are preparing to shoot their own take on the Charles Portis novel that became the John Wayne film True Grit .

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Related Topix: True Grit, Drama Movies, Adventure, Comedy Movies, Rooster Cogburn, John Wayne, Josh Brolin

Salisbury Journal

Puma crash RAF base 'was badly run'

A coroner has criticised the running of an RAF base following a helicopter crash which killed three men.

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Related Topix: North Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Top Gun, Tom Cruise

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