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When a "D" Is Great for Your Kids

Darell Hammond | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Outdoor Exercise, Children's Health, Children, State of Play, Living News, Childhood Obesity, Vitamin D Deficiency, Vitamin D, Living News
Darell Hammond

With outdoor, unstructured play on the decline, our children are participating in increasingly dangerous levels of sedentary activities, which also leads to hazardous deficiencies in Vitamin D.

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Transformers 2 barely beats Ice Age 3 while Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July, 2009 weekend box office in review.

Scott Mendelson | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Denzel Washington, Public Enemies, Michael Mann, Ice Age 3, Scott Mendelson, The Hangover, Movies, The Taking of Pelham 123, Ice Age, Box Office, Transformers 2, Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, The Departed, American Gangster, Johnny Depp, Up, News, Will Smith Hancock, State of Play, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are literally tied at $42.5 million, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers.

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State of Play

Michael Jones | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Russel Crowe, Ben Affleck, Newspaper Movies, Helen Mirren, State of Play, State of Play Review, Entertainment News
Michael Jones

With rapacious pirates attacking ships, the Taliban executing eloping couples and the ongoing murderousness in Mexico, it's beyond irony that Hollywood sees more drama in the economics of newspapers.

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Newspaper Death Rattle: Movies Don't Tell the Half of It

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr., State of Play, Catherine Keener, Russell Crowe, Death of Newspapers, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Much has been made of the fact that, within two weeks, we have two movies that deal with the crisis in newspapers that is threatening contemporary journalism as we know it.

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HuffPost Review -- State of Play (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Review, Universal, Russell Crow, State of Play, Thriller, Ben Affleck, Blogging, Movies, Helen Mirren, Journalism, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

State of Play is the sort of movie that "they just don't make anymore." Despite its attempts to include newfangled ideas regarding journalism, it is a refreshingly old-fashioned star-driven thriller.

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The State of Play of "State of Play"

William Bradley | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Morrissey, Bbc, Michael Mann, Alan J. Pakula, John Simm, Robert Redford, Russell Crowe, Helen Mirren, Sydney Pollack, Kevin Macdonald, Paul Newman, State of Play, Journalism, Sally Field, Al Pacino, Blackwater, State of Play Miniseries, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Warren Beatty, 24, Blogging, Life on Mars, Body of Lies, L.A. Confidential, The Insider, All the President's Men, Lowell Bergman, The Parallax View, Jeffrey Wigand, Absence of Malice, Dustin Hoffman, Doctor Who, Entertainment News
William Bradley

State of Play is a political thriller wrapped inside a journalistic thriller that works better as the latter.

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It's Official: I'm Not Famous

Stephen Collins | Posted 05.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood, Ben Affleck, State of Play, Movies, Entertainment News
Stephen Collins

Rodney Dangerfield, I feel your pain. In the new movie State of Play, Ben Affleck plays a politician named Stephen Collins. No one on was concerned about having a major character in their movie with my name.

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A Sane Holiday Gift Guide: Great Books/CDs/DVDs, Made By People For People, Most Under $20

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Van Morrison, Swiss Army Knife, Alan Furst, State of Play, Seth Greenland, Bon Iver, Arsene Lupin, Tallis Scholars, Dominick Dunne, Miles Davis, The Castle, Masters of Chica, Josh Ritter, Walter Tevis, Peace Coffee, The Snowman, Junior Wells, Local Hero, Sant' Eustachio, The Byrds, Umalali, Holiday Gifts, Housing Crisis, Holiday Gift Guide, Style News
Jesse Kornbluth

I refuse to contribute to the gloom by suggesting that you scribble gift cards for free backrubs to your loved ones.

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Brad Pitt Drops Out Of "State of Play"

Variety | Michael Fleming | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, Kevin Macdonald, Brad Pitt, Universal Pictures, State of Play, Entertainment News

Brad Pitt is out of "State of Play," a development that has put that star-studded Universal Pictures drama in a state of flux, and has put studio and ...

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Brangelina Take DC: He Lunches At The WaPo, She Meets With Condi

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Washington Post, Brad Pitt, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, State of Play, Entertainment News

Stop the presses! Brad Pitt paid a sort-of-but-not-really surprise visit to The Post's newsroom yesterday, and not since Denzel Washington's newsroom ...

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