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• Federer, Brad Pitt named in new edition of Who's Who

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 10:10 am ET
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  LONDON (AFP) - Swiss tennis star Roger Federer, Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and Brazilian author Paulo Coelho are among new entries in "Who's Who", the British guide to society's most influential people published Monday. Full Story »

• NBR names `Up in the Air' best film of the year

  AP – Thu Dec 3, 10:53 pm ET
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  NEW YORK - "Up in the Air" was named best picture from the National Board of Review and won a total of four awards. Full Story »

• Obama honors Springsteen, De Niro

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 7:18 am ET
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  WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama paid tribute to rocker Bruce Springsteen, actor Robert de Niro and film director Mel Brooks for their work for American culture at a black tie dinner in Washington. Full Story »

• S.African actors 'want Hudson out of Mandela film'

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 4:51 am ET
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  JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African actors want to stop Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson from playing Winnie Madikizela-Mandela in a new film on the ex-wife of the nation's first black president, reports said Monday. Full Story »

• 'The Blind Side' tops North America box office

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 4:21 am ET
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  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - "The Blind Side" a drama about a white couple who give an illiterate black teen a home and a new lease on life, was the weekend box office winner, with estimated revenues of some 20.4 million dollars, industry media said. Full Story »

• 'I'm A Celebrity' TV stars charged over rat risotto

  AFP – Mon Dec 7, 12:45 am ET
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  SYDNEY (AFP) - Two stars of hit British TV show "I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!" are facing animal cruelty charges for killing and eating a rat during filming in Australia, activists said Monday. Full Story »

• Obama on Bruce Springsteen: 'he's the Boss'

  AFP – Sun Dec 6, 7:51 pm ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama told Bruce Springsteen that the rocker was indeed "the Boss," at an awards ceremony that also honored actor Robert De Niro, film director Mel Brooks, composer Dave Brubeck and opera singer Grace Bumbry. Full Story »

• Rat cooking lands TV show in hot water

  AP – Sun Dec 6, 12:37 pm ET
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  SYDNEY - Two stars of the reality TV show "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here" have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming. Full Story »

• African-American princess joins Disney royals

  AFP – Sun Dec 6, 12:00 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Seventy-two years after Snow White first emerged on the silver screen, Disney's exclusive pantheon of fairytale royals is about to get another member to delight little girls around the world. Full Story »

• Young stars honored in Hollywood

  AP – Sat Dec 5, 7:07 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES - One group of young Hollywood stars were in the spotlight Saturday — and it wasn't for getting into a fight outside a night club or being arrested for drunken driving. Full Story »

• Vampire spoof "Transylmania" scares up few laughs

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 9:03 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - For those of you who have been desperately awaiting the latest comic opus from David and Scott Hillenbrand, the creators of "National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze" and its sequel "National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2: Full Story »

• "Breaking Point" dulled by familiar plot

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 9:02 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - From its generic title to its overly familiar plot line to its B-list cast, "Breaking Point" has the feel of a late-night entry on Cinemax, which no doubt will be its fate sooner rather than later. Full Story »

• "Armored" abounds in heist-movie cliches

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 9:02 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The tough-guy mugs of Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne and Fred Ward aren't the only familiar aspects of "Armored," an old-school heist movie that doesn't exactly reinvent the genre. Full Story »

• Workplace comedy deals in dead-end comedy

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 9:01 pm ET

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Forget cult classics like "Office Space" or TV hits like "The Office." "The Strip," Jameel Khan's new comedy about the misbegotten employees of a low-rent electronics store at a suburban strip mall, doesn't even compare in quality to the endless similarly themed sitcoms that regularly populate the airwaves. Opening Friday (December 4) in various cities, the film likely is to be dispossessed quickly. Full Story »

• New film festival planned for Detroit in March

  AP – Fri Dec 4, 6:00 pm ET

  DETROIT - A former school that is been being used as a movie house will host a new film festival next year that organizers hope will build on growing enthusiasm for the movie industry in Michigan. Full Story »

• "Invictus" achieves its goal without digging deep

  Reuters – Fri Dec 4, 5:28 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Nothing speaks so dramatically about Clint Eastwood's recent and remarkable burst of creativity as a director of awards-worthy films than the appearance of "Invictus," a historical drama that few if any filmmakers could have launched within the studio system. Full Story »

• Rolling Stone magazine to launch restaurant, lounge

  AFP – Fri Dec 4, 4:34 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Music and pop culture magazine Rolling Stone is getting into the food business, announcing plans Friday to launch a themed chain starting with a Hollywood restaurant, bar and lounge. Full Story »

• Spielberg drops 'Harvey' remake

  AFP – Fri Dec 4, 3:28 pm ET
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  LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Oscar-winning US director Steven Spielberg has dropped plans to remake the Hollywood classic "Harvey" after failing to find the right star to take on the lead role made famous by James Stewart.