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Harry's 'Goblet' Nets $54.9M at Box Office (AP)
AP - A boy wizard and a country-music legend outclassed a flurry of box-office newcomers over Thanksgiving. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" took in $54.9 million over the three-day weekend to remain the top movie, while the Johnny Cash film biography "Walk the Line" stayed in second place with $19.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ]]>
Decisive Night for 'Housewives' Druggist (AP)
AP - It was a decisive night for George the pharmacist on ABC's "Desperate Housewives." ]]>
What Madonna Really Wants to Do Is Direct (AP)
AP - Madonna says she would like to follow the lead of her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and direct a movie of her own. ]]>
Diane Keaton Prefers Love in the Movies (AP)
AP - Diane Keaton dated many of her leading men off screen, but she says she prefers to fall in love on screen. ]]>
Satirists find humor in Nick and Jessica split (Reuters)
Reuters - The breakup of "Newlyweds" reality
TV stars Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey spurred laughs on the
Web on Friday as satirists poked fun at the couple known for
being ditsy. ]]>
'Engagement Ring' has a golden glow (Reuters)
Reuters - There's something about
intra-ethnic strife, when it's done well, that makes it the
perfect backdrop for a romantic comedy.
Fiona Apple confused by all her issues (Reuters)
Reuters - Conflicts: We've all got
'em -- those religious, parental and societal messages that
occasionally cancel each other out. Some folks talk them out
with a psychiatrist, others avoid them with a bottle of booze.
Fiona Apple dresses them up and sets them to music.
Ferguson finds niche on CBS' late, late shift (Reuters)
Reuters - "There's something I
believe wholeheartedly: Cynicism is the true refuge of the
pseudo-intellectual," Craig Ferguson says with conviction,
leaning back in a chair with work boot-shod feet propped up on
the desk in his office at CBS Television City. "Cynicism is
easy. Joy is an extremely advanced spiritual and intellectual
tenet."
Harry's 'Goblet' Nets $54.9M at Box Office (AP)
AP - A boy wizard and a country-music legend outclassed a flurry of box-office newcomers over Thanksgiving. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" took in $54.9 million over the three-day weekend to remain the top movie, while the Johnny Cash film biography "Walk the Line" stayed in second place with $19.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ]]>
Toronto group to crown 'Lord of the Slums' (Reuters)
Reuters - To coincide with the world premiere of
the "Lord of the Rings" musical in Toronto in February, a city
tenants' group will crown a "Lord of the Slums."
'Engagement Ring' has a golden glow (Reuters)
Reuters - There's something about
intra-ethnic strife, when it's done well, that makes it the
perfect backdrop for a romantic comedy.
'O.C.' star spends 'Eight Days' with Lifetime (Reuters)
Reuters - Kelly Rowan, best known
for her role as Kirsten Cohen on the Fox series "The O.C.," has
been tapped to star in the Lifetime TV movie "Eight Days to
Live," a true-life story that just went into production.
Tamblyn up for indie 'Spiral' thriller (Reuters)
Reuters - Former "Joan of Arcadia"
star Amber Tamblyn is set to join the cast of "Spiral," a
low-budget psychological thriller.
Harry's 'Goblet' Nets $54.9M at Box Office (AP)
AP - A boy wizard and a country-music legend outclassed a flurry of box-office newcomers over Thanksgiving. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" took in $54.9 million over the three-day weekend to remain the top movie, while the Johnny Cash film biography "Walk the Line" stayed in second place with $19.7 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ]]>
"Goblet" Still on Fire (E! Online)
E! Online - The spell remained unbroken. For a second straight weekend,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire worked box-office magic,
grossing $54.9 million from Friday to Sunday and a whopping $83.1
million over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday weekend to surpass the
$200 million mark in just 10 days. ]]>
What Madonna Really Wants to Do Is Direct (AP)
AP - Madonna says she would like to follow the lead of her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and direct a movie of her own. ]]>
Andes, Leading Man to Marilyn Monroe, Dies (AP)
AP - Keith Andes, a handsome actor who was Marilyn Monroe's leading man in the 1952 film "Clash by Night," has died at the age of 85. ]]>
'Madagascar' lets loose atop DVD chart (Reuters)
Reuters - "Madagascar" easily
topped the DVD sales charts for the week ended November 20,
bumping "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to No. 2.
OLC Students Help With Burns Documentary (AP)
AP - Two students from Oglala Lakota College got a chance to join filmmaker Ken Burns as he filmed locations at Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills for a new project about national parks.
Diane Keaton Prefers Love in the Movies (AP)
AP - Diane Keaton dated many of her leading men off screen, but she says she prefers to fall in love on screen. ]]>
Fiona Apple confused by all her issues (Reuters)
Reuters - Conflicts: We've all got
'em -- those religious, parental and societal messages that
occasionally cancel each other out. Some folks talk them out
with a psychiatrist, others avoid them with a bottle of booze.
Fiona Apple dresses them up and sets them to music.
What Madonna Really Wants to Do Is Direct (AP)
AP - Madonna says she would like to follow the lead of her husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie, and direct a movie of her own. ]]>
Billboard album reviews: Underwood, Darkness.. (Reuters)
Reuters - The formula seems foolproof: Take a
country-leaning, photogenic "American Idol" winner, team her
with A-list Music Row producers, secure a few Diane Warren
songs and an instant country diva is born.
Madonna reigns supreme at top of UK singles charts (Reuters)
Reuters - Madonna stayed top of the British music
charts on Sunday with her single "Hung Up" which samples
heavily from the 1979 Abba hit "Gimme Gimme Gimme."
Stars Urging Clemency for Crips Co-Founder (AP)
AP - Jamie Foxx stepped into the spotlight at his latest movie premiere with more than the usual publicity drill in mind. ]]>
Santana, 3 Doors Down single reviews (Reuters)
Reuters - SINGLE: JUST FEEL BETTER. Santana's previous "I'm
Feeling You," the been-there-heard-that first single from his
new "All That I Am," showed that any acclaimed musician can
fall victim to complacence.
Member of a cappella quartet dies (Reuters)
Reuters - Wilson "Lit" Waters, Jr.,
a member of the Grammy Award-winning Fairfield Four gospel
group, has died at his Nashville home of cancer, family members
said. He was 74.
Take That Reuniting Minus Robbie Williams (AP)
AP - Take That, minus Robbie Williams, is reuniting for a tour in Britain and Ireland. ]]>
Bono Urges Canada to Increase Foreign Aid (AP)
AP - Irish rocker Bono says Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's inability to further increase foreign aid mystifies him, especially when he's facing an election in a country that clearly favors more foreign aid. ]]>
Opera Fans Eager for 'American Tragedy' (AP)
AP - Days before the world premiere of one of the most anticipated works of the Metropolitan Opera season, composer Tobias Picker still hadn't decided how to end "An American Tragedy." ]]>
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