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Moon The perennial shortage of thoughtful science fiction for the screen makes it particularly disappointing for Moon to miss the mark.

We all have a few movies that we find on TV and can't turn off. Two of my wife's are "The Fugitive" and its sequel, "U.S. Marshals." My 6-year-old daughter's are "Parent Trap" and anything involving Scooby-Doo. Mine seem to be almost anything with Kevin Costner.

The Valassis v. News America Marketing trial is on a break this week, with testimony resuming July 6. News America is using the breather from Michigan state court to do some repair work on its image, which has taken a hammering.

The sharp, thin razor scraped off small bits of dark hair from Spencer Lutz's chin.

Robert DeNiro as Al Capone in "The Untouchables" The Chicago-based gangster was indeed brought down by U.S. Treasury Agent Eliot Ness, who successfully brought in the notorious bootlegger on charges of income tax evasion.

The really big news this week is the magic 400 triple finally tossed out by "King" Paul Bernard , as well as the 396 triple by "Champ" Brad MacDonald.

I am going to list some charts below of stocks that are on an incredible runs right now... basically the most '45 degree' angle like structure on the chart, without a lot of "gap ups" or "spiky" action.

The name Yevsyukov is now infamous in Russia. Denis Yevsyukov, the former head of a police district in the southern Moscow neighborhood of Tsaritsyno, is the 32-year-old police major shocked the nation in April when, upset by a fight with his wife, he went on a shooting spree in a Moscow supermarket that left three people dead and another six ...

Hollywood makes myths and always has, and I guess that's as it should be. Moviegoers want to be entertained, after all, so moviemakers have long burnished history to make it more entertaining.

"Don't mess with The Untouchables! Howard is alright by me but they don't like him in Poland or Egypt," hoots Brian Corcoran.

They sure don't make 'em like they used to! Who here remembers the Beyond Blazing Boards series by Chris Bystrom? I sure do, and if you're in your 30s you most likely do as well.

News America Marketing CEO Paul Carlucci talked about his interest in the mafia in a video deposition at a Michigan State court trial in which his company is accused of anticompetitive practices.

Sir Sean Connery has been awarded an honorary doctorate for personal achievement in his glittering career.

Outlaws and mobsters are really his thing. Rick Mattix of Bussey has always been a history buff.

The Indian parliament has elected its first woman speaker who is also a member of the low-caste Dalit community, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailing the event as a ''historic occasion.'' Meira Kumar, 64, was elected unopposed by a voice vote in India's 543-seat lower house of parliament, which includes 59 women MPs.

Q Can you share some information on John Newton? He was wonderful in the Hallmark Channel's The Christmas Card.

Gospel for Asia President, K. P. Yohannan, has said that the Indian election results are "a vote against extremism." Yohannan said, after the poll results were posted in the world's largest democracy, "The Indian election has sent a significant message that extremism, especially against minorities, is not going to be accepted in the country." He ...

Since state Sen. Joseph Vitale touched this third rail of New Jersey politics first, let's put another hand on it: The size of property tax rebates for better-off senior citizens ought to be "on the table" in this awful budget year in Trenton.

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Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor play ill-accented brothers in Cassandra's Dreams.