What Bat? "Mamma Mia!" Breaks Musical Box Office Record
There was another record-breaker at theaters this weekend, and it didn't involve men in bat suits. Mamma Mia!, the ABBA-inspired film starring Meryl ...
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America's Two Faces
Hugh Hamilton | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment
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Mamma Mia,
Obama,
Mccain,
Media,
Heath Ledger,
Batman,
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America,
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The two images will dominate the American media this weekend are for once not Obama and McCain, but rather the competing movies at the box office, the images of which dare I say it, can be seen to represent the dichotomy of the American landscape.
Mamma Mia: America's First Great Bollywood Musical
Michael Melcher | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment
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Last night I saw Mamma Mia, the ABBA movie musical. Mamma Mia is basically a Bollywood musical, only with themes, actors and cultural mores that are highly accessible to Americans. I offer my own experience.
Mamma Mia!: Feminist Creative Power on Film
Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment
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The irony is that this fun musical about a wedding bucks every Hollywood convention, making Mamma Mia one of the most feminist movies of the year -- way more so than SATC.
Mamma Mia!: A Cheat Sheet for Those Who Don't Quite Love ABBA
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment
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I want to have something to say when others talk about Mamma Mia!, so I did some remedial reading about its history. Let what I learned about ABBA serve as a primer.
"Mamma Mia" The Queen Of Foreign Box Office
Variety | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment
Universal's "Mamma Mia!" came out singing overseas ahead of its domestic launch, dominating in English-speaking markets with $24 million on just 1,368...
Meryl Streep On The Joys Of "Mamma Mia!"
Telegraph | Posted 07.04.2008 | Entertainment
Meryl Streep has written only one fan letter in her life, but it landed her what she calls her "dream role". The Oscar-winning actress was moved to wr...
"Mamma Mia!" Rave: "Most Fun To Be Had" Basically Ever, Plus Premiere Pics
The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.30.2008 | Entertainment
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No matter how many blockbusters there are, Universal Pictures' screen version of the global hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!" is the most fun to be had a...
Meryl Streep At 58: Singing And Doing Splits In Anticipated "Mamma Mia"
Daily Mail | Posted 06.13.2008 | Entertainment
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Filmed last summer in Pinewood Studios and on location on the picturesque island of Skopelos in Greece, the movie version is a glorious and deeply si...
Lions for Lambs -- America in Need of Reporters
Leslie Griffith | Posted 05.16.2008 | Media
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Velvet Censorship Exposed,
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Robert Redford,
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Lions for Lambs is for those journalists -- not who tried to stop the war -- but who tried and continue to try to get truth about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the public.
Casting Hillary: The Movie
Martin Nolan | Posted 05.13.2008 | Entertainment
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Anne Baxter,
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Meryl Streep,
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Lee Tracy,
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Casting Hillary could become the biggest audience-participation show since moviegoers kibitzed Hollywood's choice for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind.
Meet Mamie Gummer, Rising Star (And Meryl Streep's Daughter)
New York Magazne | Liesl Schillinger | Posted 04.28.2008 | Entertainment
It's possible that the first time you behold the luminous, lemon-haired Mamie Gummer will be on Broadway, in the Roundabout's production of Les Liaiso...
DVDs: Second Thoughts
Michael Giltz | Posted 04.14.2008 | Entertainment
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There Will Be Blood,
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Meryl Streep,
Blu-Ray,
Ryan Gosling,
Lars and the Real Girl,
Daniel Day-Lewis,
TV Shows,
Tom Cruise,
Walk Hard,
Juno,
Movies,
Robert Redofrd,
Houdini,
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One of the great pleasures of DVD is being able to watch movies (or just scenes) again and again. You don't have to wait for a revival of plunge into ...
Is Grey Hair Good For Your Sex Life?
More Magazine | Anne Kreamer | Posted 03.06.2008 | Living
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Do men think women with gray hair are sexy? One woman conducts a daring dating experiment. "I realized that there was a close-to-the-bone experiment...
Hollywood Stars Urge Early SAG Talks To Avoid Strike
Reuters via Yahoo | Posted 02.14.2008 | Entertainment
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Hollywood stars George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep are urging the Screen Actors Guild to start talks for a new labor contract ...
"Bee Movie" Triumphs At Box Office As "Fred Claus" Disappoints
AP | David Germain | Posted 11.11.2007 | Entertainment
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Fred Claus,
Jerry Seinfeld,
Meryl Streep,
American Gangster,
Russell Crowe,
Lions for Lambs,
Tom Cruise,
Robert Redford,
Bee Movie,
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Jerry Seinfeld turned more honey into money as his animated comedy "Bee Movie" buzzed to the top of the box office in its second weekend. The DreamWo...
Tom's Co-Stars Meryl Streep And Robert Redford Skip Tribute Dinner
Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 11.09.2007 | Entertainment
No, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep did not attend Tom Cruise's big dinner honoring him the other night by the American Museum of the Moving Image. W...
Robert Redford: "There Has Been So Much Damage To Our Country"
The Times | Ginny Dougary | Posted 11.05.2007 | Entertainment
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[Robert Redford] is not at all optimistic about the future: "The bottom line has taken over everything, including journalism. It's surprising, frankly...
Tom Cruise Movie Tracks Terribly, Threatens MGM FInancing
NY Post | PETER LAURIA | Posted 11.02.2007 | Business
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The initial negative reception to "Lions for Lambs" - the first movie to come out under Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner's resurrected United Artists label...
Meryl Streep To Play Julia Child
Variety | Posted 11.01.2007 | Entertainment
Meryl Streep as Julia Child? Columbia is cooking up "Julie & Julia," starring Streep as the famous chef and Amy Adams as a mastercook wannabe. Proje...
Reese Witherspoon's Oscar-Packed Film Flops
Fox News | Roger Friedman | Posted 10.31.2007 | Entertainment
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With a strange title and a complicated plot, "Rendition" was hard to explain even to those who wanted to know more about it. Then the movie opened on...
Rendition and the Modern Issue Film in an Era of High Broderism
Josh Bolotsky | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics
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Rendition more or less understands the environment in which it's being released and bucks this cinematic broderism at every turn, and if for only that, progressives should give it a modicum of respect.
Lions for Lambs : See This Movie
Matt Littman | Posted 10.19.2007 | Entertainment
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Tom Cruise seems to be the hardest working man in show biz. In Lions for Lambs, he has found the perfect role.
Hollywood's Campaign Cash Holdouts
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 10.18.2007 | Entertainment
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Al Gore,
Peter Sarsgaard,
Scientology,
Matt Damon,
Ben Affleck,
Alec Baldwin,
Jake Gyllenhaal,
Russell Simmons,
Susan Sarandon,
Jennifer Garner,
Charlize Theron,
Rob Reiner,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Cameron Diaz,
Sean Penn,
Kathy Griffin,
Paul Haggis,
Martin Sheen,
Kid Rock,
Alicia Silverstone,
Alan Arkin,
Daryl Hannah,
Joan Jett,
Tim Robbins,
Meryl Streep,
Reese Witherspoon,
Brian DePalma,
Huffington Post Fundrace,
Henry Rollins,
Michael Moore,
Leonardo Dicaprio,
James Franco,
Fundrace,
Drew Barrymore,
Entertainment News
Third quarter contributions are out, and perhaps more noteworthy than the celebrities who have given are the many who have not. Especially if you cons...
Meryl Streep: "I'm A News Junkie... It Would Be Nice To Have A Woman President"
The Times | Tim Teeman | Posted 10.07.2007 | Entertainment
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Streep says she "had a lot of people in mind" when creating her character. "I'm a news junkie - C-Span, BBC, CNN." Journalists, she believes, "circled...
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