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Governor offers to help US actors - BBC News

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Actors union huddles over Hollywood labour stalemate
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A day after their counterproposal to major studios' "final" contract offer was rebuffed, Screen Actors Guild leaders ...

Hollywood actors move closer to strike
AFP - Jul 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Hollywood's top actors' union appeared closer to strike late Thursday after the studios group said the actors had given no ground in ...

US actors' dispute looks set to drag on
Digital Spy, UK - 1 hour ago
By Dave West, Media Correspondent The industrial dispute between US actors and TV and film producers is likely to continue through the summer after the ...

Producers make final offer
Burbank Leader, United States - 7 hours ago
Chief negotiator for the Screen Actors Guild says it didn’t reject deal, but offered a ‘comprehensive counterproposal.’ By Angela Hokanson BURBANK ...

Anti-smoking spots to go on DVDs showing tobacco use - New York Daily News

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Anti-smoking warnings on new DVDs
RTE.ie, Ireland - 58 minutes ago
Five major film studios will include anti-smoking warnings on DVDs of films that feature tobacco use. According to Variety, Paramount, Sony, Universal, ...

DVDs Will Include Antismoking Announcements
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago
By LAUREN AE SCHUKER Six major Hollywood studios have agreed to place antismoking public-service announcements on all DVDs of new, youth-oriented films ...

Arnie: Don't stub out movie smokes
The Press Association - 10 hours ago
Cigar-loving Arnold Schwarzenegger says children need to be warned often about the dangers of smoking, but Hollywood should not feel pressured to ban ...

Antismoking Announcements for DVDs
New York Times, United States - 10 hours ago
By MICHAEL CIEPLY; Compiled by Julie Bloom Six major film studios have agreed to include antismoking public service announcements produced by the California ...

DVDs to include ads on danger of smoking
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 11, 2008
UNDER FIRE: The American Medical Assn. Alliance has criticized “The Incredible Hulk,” saying the character played by William Hurt, above, has a cigar in ...

Anti-Smoking Announcements On New DVDs
eFluxMedia - 2 hours ago
By Diane Smith Six major film studios reached an agreement yesterday to place anti-smoking ads on new movie DVDs, a move which intends to influence children ...

Schwarzenegger promotes anti-smoking message in movies
WZZM, MI - 2 hours ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting involved in the movies again. Actually he's getting involved in influencing what's in those movies. ...

Hollywood Studios Come Forward to Prevent Smoking Among Kids
The Money Times, India - 4 hours ago
by Bithika Khargarhia - July 12, 2008 - 0 comments Several organizations in the United States have already been making immense efforts for smoking cessation ...

Film Studios Join Efforts to Include Antismoking Announcements on DVDs
Enews 2.0, UK - 6 hours ago
By Julia Bonelli Six major Hollywood film studios joined in the agreement to include antismoking public service announcements produced by the California ...

Smoking governor joins crusade against teen smoking
Sacramento Bee, USA - 7 hours ago
By Kevin Yamamura - kyamamura@sacbee.com Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is known for his cigar-a-day habit. But that's not stopping him from putting his muscle ...

Arnie against banning smoking from films for kids
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 5 hours ago
London, July 12 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger scoffs at the suggestion that smoking should be banned from films aimed at children. ...

HBO's drama of Marines in Iraq has gritty edge - San Jose Mercury News

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"Generation Kill" offers insider look at the Iraq war
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 4 hours ago
BY BILL GOODYKOONTZ We have seen no shortage of films and television series about the war in Iraq. Actually, that's not entirely true. ...

Generation Kill is not your typical Hollywood war movie
Vancouver Sun, Canada - 5 hours ago
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The dusty desert flats and frantic firefights of Iraq are a world removed from the red carpets and paparazzi flashes of Hollywood, ...

Are you ready for Iraq immersion?
Globe and Mail, Canada - 8 hours ago
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. -- American viewers may be unprepared for the shock and awe of HBO's Generation Kill. And those in the minority still supporting the ...

Iraq at the Movies
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
By Eric Owles BAGHDAD — We recently wrote about some of our favorite books on the Iraq war. Commentators added some of their own excellent suggestions, ...

STARGAZING | ‘Generation Kill’ makers had Marine backup
Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago
Eric Kocher (center) with David Simon (left) and Ed Burns on the set of “Generation Kill.” Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the hit movie version of the ...

'Generation Kill' Captures War's Lulls and Horrors
Washington Post, United States - 11 hours ago
By Jonathan Finer War is often, and aptly, described as long stretches of boredom punctuated by moments of terror. Many movies get the latter right. ...

On HBO, The Fierce Tug of War
Washington Post, United States - 12 hours ago
By Tom Shales Making an earnest attempt to fake magnanimity, the commanding officer approaches a small group of his men and tells them he wants to know ...

Not War Weary But War Wary
Hartford Courant, United States - 17 hours ago
By ROGER CATLIN | Courant TV Critic Movies made about the five-year engagement in Iraq haven't caught on at the box office. The only television series made ...

A war-weary America may not embrace HBO's new mini-series on the ...
guardian.co.uk, UK - 19 hours ago
When it comes to depictions of the Iraq war, Hollywood is in the habit of throwing good money after bad. A spate of films based on the conflict have flopped ...

"Generation Kill": Band of brothers for a new age
Kansas City Star, MO - 19 hours ago
After five years fulfilling his epic vision for “The Wire,” David Simon has returned to his journalistic roots with “Generation Kill,” a seven-part ...

Critic: 'Generation Kill' Feels All Too Familiar
NPR - 21 hours ago
Day to Day, July 11, 2008 · HBO's new miniseries Generation Kill starts this Sunday. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein says the newest dramatization of the war ...

'Generation Kill' Takes Television To The War Zone
NPR - 23 hours ago
Fresh Air from WHYY, July 11, 2008 · Now that The Wire has finished its run, those looking to get their David Simon fix will be tuning into HBO's new ...

In for the 'Kill'
Boston Globe, United States - Jul 11, 2008
Adapted by writers from "The Wire," the seven-part HBO miniseries is based on journalist Evan Wright's reports. (globe staff digital illustration; ...

Soldier on; HBO drama worth the early struggle
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jul 11, 2008
Before you embark on the mind-bending journey that is HBO's “Generation Kill,” you should know there will be big chunks of time in which you will have no ...

HBO drama goes to the 'tip of the spear'
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Jul 10, 2008
At the start of the Iraq invasion, the war was mostly seen from the side windows of dusty, camouflage-painted Humvees rolling north along the desert floor. ...

Television: 'Generation Kill': TV at its blistering best
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - Jul 10, 2008
By Vince Horiuchi Every war is essentially constructed of the same thing: young men called to perform unthinkable tasks under impossible conditions. ...

TV Review | 'Generation Kill'
New York Times, United States - Jul 10, 2008
The mini-series “Generation Kill” documents the profane, and sometimes profound, experiences of an elite Marine reconnaissance battalion leading the 2003 ...

Marines Snack on Skittles, Mock Kids in Gritty Iraq War Series
Bloomberg - Jul 10, 2008
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- The creators of ``The Wire,'' HBO's gritty tale of urban warfare in Baltimore, have shifted the battlefield to the Middle East in ...

Leahy manhandled in latest Batman movie - BurlingtonFreePress.com

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:17:00 +0000

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Leahy manhandled in latest Batman movie
BurlingtonFreePress.com - 59 minutes ago
By Erin Kelly, Free Press Washington Writer • July 12, 2008 WASHINGTON - Sen. Patrick Leahy spent a night in Chicago last year being roughed up by the late actor Heath Ledger.
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Holy Cameo, Batman! It’sa Senator! - New York Times

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Thank you for emoting
National Post, Canada - 1 hour ago
Formerly known as the independent actor with presence, Aaron Eckhart has crossed over to the blockbuster side. He does so with convincing movie-star style ...

The Dark Knight has fans storming the box office
Boston Herald, United States - 5 hours ago
By Jennifer Sanchez and Tenley Woodman With less than a week to opening, “The Dark Knight,” the sequel to “Batman Begins” featuring Heath Ledger’s final ...

EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Watch ‘The Dark Knight’ Go Toe-To-Toe With The Joker!
MTV.com - 8 hours ago
I have a problem. I watch clips and coverage of “The Dark Knight” far too much. I’ve probably watched more clips, trailers, and interviews for this film ...

The Joker's Onto Us
Washington Post, United States - 10 hours ago
What Does It All Mean When Batman's Enemy Is More Interesting Than the Dark Knight Himself? A look at the many faces of Batman's nemesis, on film, ...

Batman returns in 'The Dark Knight'
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 17 hours ago
(07-11) 04:00 PDT Los Angeles -- - To paraphrase an earlier marketing campaign, there's a laughing killer in Gotham City whose every act of terror proves ...

Could Darren Aronofsky's Batman have eclipsed Christopher Nolan's?
guardian.co.uk, UK - 18 hours ago
Like its predecessor, Batman Begins, early indications are that it's going to be a film as beloved by the critics as audiences; at the time of writing it ...

Bigger! Darker! More kapow!
National Post, Canada - 19 hours ago
There's a shadow hanging over The Dark Knight because of Heath Ledger's sudden death last January. Sadly, he succumbed to an accidental drug overdose a few ...

"Dark Knight" gripping character study
Reuters - Jul 8, 2008
By Kirk Honeycutt LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Dark Knight" is pure adrenaline. Director Christopher Nolan, having dispensed with the ...

DVDs released this week
Seattle Times, United States - Jul 8, 2008
Here are some of today's DVD releases. Star ratings are by Seattle Times movie reviewers, freelancers or wire services (for full reviews, ...

Batsuit too tight to Batman
NDTV.com, India - Jul 7, 2008
Christian Bale found he was actually a brooding, angry superhero in "Batman Begins because his tight-fitting costume made him feel caged and restricted. ...

Heath Ledger's 'Dark Knight' Joker Stands Out In 70-Year Evolution ...
MTV.com - Jul 7, 2008
By Shawn Adler Nearly 70 years after "Batman" #1 first hit stands, there still is really only one name that perfectly fits the Dark Knight's greatest ...

Dark Knight co-stars support Ledger for Oscar
Oneindia, India - Jul 6, 2008
Washington (ANI): Heath Ledger's co-stars have also started backing the late actor for a posthumous Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight. ...

Oscar buzz mounts for late Heath Ledger - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:18:00 +0000

'Dark Knight' and great expectations
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 10 hours ago
By Geoff Boucher There weren't too many unforgettable moments at the MTV Movie Awards this year, but there was at least one: A faux "viral video" was shown ...

In darkest ‘Knight’
Inquirer.net, Philippines - 20 hours ago
By Ruel S. De Vera LOS ANGELES—THIS IS WHAT it looks like when your world burns. The familiar shapes of your beloved city are adorned with ribbons of flame. ...

Dark Knight 'could threaten Spider-Man record'
guardian.co.uk, UK - 21 hours ago
Two wheels good ... Christian Bale's Batman will battle The Joker in Christopher Nolan's new film Less than one week before the launch of Christopher ...

HIGHLIGHT: BATMAN FEVER ON YTV
Globe and Mail, Canada - 23 hours ago
It just wouldn't be summer without an infusion of superheroes and supervillians. To get you ready for next week's opening of The Dark Knight, ...

Who Was The Ultimate ‘Dark Knight’? Christian Bale or Michael Keaton?
MTV.com - Jul 8, 2008
You can tell a lot about a person by the Batman he sides with. Most of us nowadays are probably going to go with Christian Bale, right? ...

Batman: A short history
Livemint, India - 12 hours ago
Bob Kane—inspired by pulp detectives, Sherlock Holmes, and the movies ‘The Mark of Zorro’ and ‘The Bat Whispers’—creates Bat-Man. The masked hero makes his ...

Sen. Patrick Leahy Knifed By Dead Heath Ledger
Wonkette (satire), DC - 13 hours ago
What motivates Senator Patrick Leahy? Money? Sex? Sex for money? Public service or whatever? No. No. No. It is Batman, and only the Batman, that gives Pat ...

Gary Oldman on The Dark Knight
CanMag, CA - 14 hours ago
By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Warner Bros I'd never gotten to interview Gary Oldman before. The only other press junket he'd ever done in my entire ...

'Dark Knight' creates hero-size hype
AZ Central.com, AZ - 14 hours ago
by Rick Bentley - Jul. 11, 2008 12:00 AM There is every reason to believe, from advance ticket sales to buzz, that Batman is about to do to you what ...

We've Got Three New 'Dark Knight' Featurettes!
FEARnet.com, PA - 16 hours ago
Just one more week! Yes, the movie event of the summer is just seven days (SEVEN DAYS!) away and we here at FEARnet are more than ecstatic. ...

The Dark Knight Betting Odds Preview
Sports-Odds.com, FL - 16 hours ago
The Dark Knight Betting Odds: "The Dark Knight" is the latest and coolest installment of DC Comics superhero based film character Batman. ...

Best of the Bat Movies
IGN, CA - 20 hours ago
by Tom Hawker, IGN UK UK, July 11, 2008 - So it's finally here. You've watched the trailer. You've seen the many, many posters. You've played the internet ...

Batman III?
MegaStar.co.uk, UK - 21 hours ago
And not the other ones with Keaton and Clooney etc. Then we'd be talking Batman VII or something. With The Dark Knight opening later this month, ...

`Hellboy' likely to have hot opening
Long Beach Press-Telegram, CA - 22 hours ago
By Greg Hernandez, Staff Writer It's still another week before the highly anticipated Batman sequel "The Dark Knight" opens. But moviegoers itching for a ...

Ledger's early star power unmistakable
GoErie.com, PA - Jul 11, 2008
'The Dark Knight," Warner Bros.' latest installment in its revived Batman movie franchise, is destined to become known as actor Heath Ledger's final film. ...

Christian Bale’s Batman begins again
Metro Canda - Edmonton, Canada - Jul 10, 2008
Christian Bale is that rare movie star about which we know almost nothing. With The Dark Knight opening in a week, he might be on the verge of the biggest ...

Batman Begins Blu-ray Review
FlickDirect, FL - Jul 10, 2008
To say I have been a fan of the Dark Knight for most of my life, is an understatement. I stood in line eight to see Tim Burton’s recreation of Batman, ...

Prepare For The Dark Knight: Batman Returns
Cinema Blend - Jul 10, 2008
By Rafe Telsch: 2008-07-10 21:28:38 The Dark Knight is one of the biggest releases of this summer, if not the year. How do you prepare yourself for such a ...

Stratton praises Ledger's brilliance
LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia - Jul 10, 2008
Australian Veteran movie critic David Stratton has lauded the swan song performance of the late Heath Ledger and his portrayal of The Joker in 'The Dark ...

Heath Ledger brilliant in Batman's The Dark Knight
Sunday Times.au, Australia - Jul 10, 2008
"THIS town needs a better class of criminal, and I'm going to give it to 'em," says The Joker, brilliantly played by Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight. ...

Rant: Save Us Heath Ledger
Cinema Blend - Jul 10, 2008
By Mack Rawden: 2008-07-10 20:05:01 When I was young, art meant dirty, and that's the way it should stay. -John Waters The late great Alfred Hitchcock once ...

Hybride Uses XSI For Journey 3-D Environments - VFXWorld

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:18:00 +0000

Brendan Fraser's Exciting "Journey"
CBS News, NY - Jul 7, 2008
Brendan Fraser is executive producer and star of "Journey To The Center Of The Earth 3-D." (CBS) Sneak peeks at the biggest films set to hit theaters this ...

Video: Brendan Fraser's New 'Journey'
CBS - Jul 7, 2008
Brendan Fraser talks to Harry Smith about his new 3-D summer blockbuster "Journey To The Center Of The Earth."

Brendan Fraser’s fantastic ‘Journey’
Boston Herald, United States - Jul 7, 2008
By Stephen Schaefer Brendan Fraser has earned his high-profile adventure cred: First, there’s Friday’s 3-D “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” followed by ...

'Hellboy' fails to utilize its one asset - Richmond Times Dispatch

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:18:00 +0000

'Hellboy' fails to utilize its one asset
Richmond Times Dispatch - 2 hours ago
By DANIEL NEMAN The climactic showdown at the end of "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" takes place on a set of slowly turning giant gears.
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Review: 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 13 hours ago
Another bulked-up superhero returns, accompanied by an endless parade of freaks and creepy-crawlies, to fight an otherworldly army. ...

Alternate Takes 07.12.08: Hellboy II
411mania.com, TX - 3 hours ago
Hello and welcome to Week 12 of Alternate Takes. My name is Shawn Lealos and I'm working on this column a week early since I am about to spend a weekend at ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
SFStation.com, CA - 6 hours ago
By Rossiter Drake (Jul 11, 2008 ) Life is never easy for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense’s human minions. Saddled with the already daunting ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Georgia Straight, Canada - 7 hours ago
By Craig Takeuchi If Pan’s Labyrinth was any indication of the fanciful imagination director Guillermo del Toro harbours, Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a ...

"Hellboy 2: The Golden Army" to be Released Nationwide on
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 8 hours ago
Hellboy (Ron Perlman) and his team of avengers (which includes Selma Blair) return to save the world from creatures of the spiritual realm. ...

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008) Review
Horror Yearkbook, CA - 11 hours ago
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army isn’t just the most exciting, interesting and all around engaging movie of the summer, so far it’s also the best thing I’ve seen ...

'Hellboy II' offers devilish fun
WNYT, NY - 11 hours ago
Take "Hellboy," the saga of a bizarre, rough-around-the-edges hero who belongs to a legion of special-powered fighters of evil. ...

BO Weekend Tracking: 'Hellboy II' Likely to Scare Up 33M-36M
Hollywood.com - 12 hours ago
By Steve Mason | Friday, July 11, 2008 HOLLYWOOD - Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Universal) should be able to edge out Sony’s Will Smith ...

Film Friday: Then Again, You Can't Beat A Moai Head
Torontoist, Canada - 12 hours ago
So this week Hellboy II comes out, and advance word has it that Guillermo del Toro has forgotten about creating three-dimensional characters and instead ...

Actors union huddles over Hollywood labor stalemate - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 05:16:00 +0000

Actors guild weighs strategy as studios hold firm
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Screen Actors Guild weighed bargaining strategies Friday after Hollywood producers warned a souring economy could cause them to ...

Actors-producers labor negotiations at impasse
MarketWatch - 16 hours ago
By Michael Kitchen NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The Screen Actors Guild rejected the latest contract offer from Hollywood producers Thursday but said it was ...

US actors' union rejects pay deal
BBC News, UK - 19 hours ago
US acting union the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has put forward a fresh proposal over pay after rejecting the latest offer made by Hollywood studios. ...

Actors guild weighs strategy as studios hold firm
KSWT-TV, AZ - 2 hours ago
AP - July 11, 2008 10:54 PM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Governor Schwarzenegger says resolution of the labor dispute between the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood ...

AMPTP warning doesn't phase SAG
Variety, CA - 2 hours ago
By DAVE MCNARY SAG's remaining in stall mode -- despite a warning that the congloms may have to scale back their final offer if the economy worsens. ...

Schwarzenegger Says He Would Mediate SAG-AMPTP Negotiations
TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 5 hours ago
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that he would be willing to mediate the SAG-AMPTP negotiations if asked. According to Variety, Gov. ...

Hollywood in stand-off as actors reject pay offer
TopNews, India - 6 hours ago
Los Angeles - The leaders of Hollywood's largest acting union have rejected a pay deal offered by an alliance of Hollywood production companies, ...

SAG Rejects Studio and Network Heads ‘Final Offer’ – Sort Of
Hollywood Today Newsmagazine, CA - 8 hours ago
By Brian Frederick HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 7/11/08 — “We made it clear that our final is our final and that we’re not interested in further ...

Actors Guild Rejects Final Offer by Hollywood Producers
eFluxMedia - 9 hours ago
By Chris Georg The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers has made a surprise last-minute offer on July 1 for actors within the Screen Actors ...

Stalemate Continues in Producers, Actors Negotiations
World Screen News, NY - 9 hours ago
LOS ANGELES, July 11: The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) says that the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) has refused to accept its ...

Some US DVDs to carry anti-smoking ads - Reuters

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Entertainment Industry Foundation Unites Major Studios and State ...
FOXBusiness - 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced today that the six major studios will include ...

Gov. Schwarzenegger Joins Entertainment Industry Foundation and ...
MarketWatch - 5 hours ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger joined with the California Health and Human Services Agency, ...

More Movies to Include Anti-Smoking PSAs to Protect Children's Health
MarketWatch - 6 hours ago
Today, the California Governor's office announced that anti-smoking public service announcements (PSAs) developed by the state will be included in ...

Hollywood urges kids to spurn tobacco
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood to kids: Our movies glamorize smoking, but don't start yourself. Six major studios will include anti-smoking announcements on ...

Hollywood Tells Kids Don?t Smoke
KCBS, CA - 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS/AP) -- Under a new agreement, six major studios will include anti-smoking commercials on millions of DVDs of motion pictures that ...

Studios agree to anti-smoking messages
abc7.com, CA - 2 hours ago
By Robert Holguin HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- An anti-smoking announcement will now be attached to many movie rentals across the country. ...

Studios Place Anti-Smoking Messages on DVDs
San Fernando Valley Business Journal Online (subscription), CA - 4 hours ago
Warner Bros. and The Walt Disney Co. are among the Hollywood studios that will include anti-smoking messages in DVDs aimed at the youth market. ...

Hollywood Studios Add Anti-Smoking PSAs to DVDs
ktla 5, CA - 6 hours ago
HOLLYWOOD -- Six major Hollywood studios will include anti-smoking announcements on DVD releases of youth-rated films that include scenes with tobacco use, ...

Schwarzenegger: Films Shouldn't 'Erase' Smoking
FOXNews - 1 hour ago
AP LOS ANGELES — Cigar-loving Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that children need to be warned often about the health dangers of smoking, ...

Brendan Fraser in 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D' - New York Daily News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Review: 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 9 hours ago
Remake of the Jules Verne classic lacks some of the sense of wonder of earlier version despite its splashy special effects. By Peter Rainer This feature ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
TIME - 10 hours ago
Fanboys and genre mavens have been well attended to in this summer movie season, which was launched with Jon Favreau's Iron Man on May 2 and is likely to ...

Superb 3-D effects make 'Journey' eye-popping fun
MLive.com, MI - 10 hours ago
In his half-century as a novelist -- from 1854 to 1904 -- Jules Verne earned his reputation as the father of science-fiction: His books foretold such ...

SAG simmers as Hollywood stews - Variety

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

SAG Strike Unlikely Despite Deal Rejection
Actress Archives, NY - 11 hours ago
While for a while it seemed that a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) strike was inevitable, it now looks unlikely, due to the difficult economic times that we’re ...

SAG Rejects AFTRA Offer
Broadway World, NY - 11 hours ago
“Clearly many Screen Actors Guild members responded to our education and outreach campaign and voted against the inadequate AFTRA agreement. ...

AMPTP says SAG's refusal of $250 mln labor deal "unreasonable ...
RTT News, NY - 20 hours ago
(RTTNews) - The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, in a statement on Thursday said that the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG's, ...

Transcripts of SAG/AMPTP meeting released
Hollywood Reporter, United States - 2 hours ago
By Leslie Simmons As Hollywood attempts to digest what transpired Thursday at the meeting between SAG and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television ...

Hollywood studios and actors deadlock on "final" offer
Reuters - 22 hours ago
By Steve Gorman The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday delivered a counter-bid to the contract proposal major studios had presented the union last week as a ...

Hollywood studios say actors rebuff "final" offer
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 23 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's major studios said the Screen Actors Guild on Thursday rebuffed the industry's "final" contract offer, ...

Actors union responds to studios' "final offer"
Reuters India, India - Jul 10, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Representatives of the Screen Actors Guild and major Hollywood studios held their first face-to-face meeting on Thursday ...

Hollywood in stand-off as actors reject pay offer
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 3 hours ago
Los Angeles - The leaders of Hollywood's largest acting union have rejected a pay deal offered by an alliance of Hollywood production companies, ...

Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA - 9 hours ago
By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found ...

Smulyan: Emmis delivers in Q1 despite tough times
SmartBrief, DC - 9 hours ago
Emmis Communications Corp.'s first quarter net revenue, despite a weakening economy, was down only slightly, from $87.3 million in Q1 of 2007 to $86.8 ...

US actors reject 'final' pay offer
Blackpool Citizen, UK - 11 hours ago
Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found themselves unable to agree on whether ...

Actors union rejects contract
Canoe.ca, Canada - 14 hours ago
By AP LOS ANGELES - Hollywood producers say the Screen Actors Guild has rejected their latest contract offer, but the union claims it presented a counter ...

Hollywood producers say actors union rejects contract offer; SAG ...
KESQ, CA - 14 hours ago
AP - July 11, 2008 8:34 AM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have been unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new ...

Bank of Ozarks reports its strongest quarter ever
Arkansas Online, AR - 19 hours ago
By David Smith (Contact) Bank of the Ozarks, whose stock has been depressed for several months, reported on Thursday that it had net income of $8.6 million ...

Actors reject producers' "final offer"
WOI, IA - 21 hours ago
AP - July 11, 2008 12:33 AM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movie and TV producers say their final contract offer has been rejected by actors. ...

SAG Rejects Contract Offer From Studios
MyFox Gulf Coast, AL - 23 hours ago
By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writer The announcement was made Thursday after the two sides met privately for more than five hours. ...

Big screen bouts: 'Hellboy II' vs. 'Meet Dave' - Los Angeles Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:17:00 +0000

Persistence pays off for 'Hellboy' sequel
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Borys Kit LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - No offense to the red-skinned, gun-wielding, cigar-chomping demon, but he had to rely on several real-life ...

Review: 'Meet Dave' shows there's hope for Murphy's career - San Jose Mercury News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Comedy's an alien concept here
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 1 hour ago
Bruce Mcbroom, AP In this image released by 20th Century Fox, Eddie Murphy and Gabrielle Union are shown in a scene from, "Meet Dave. ...

‘Meet Dave’: Tiny aliens, mini laughs
MSNBC - 2 hours ago
By Alonso Duralde If you remember Woody Allen’s “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex…But Were Afraid to Ask,” you might recall that the film’s ...

Review: 'Meet Dave'
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 5 hours ago
Eddie Murphy demonstrates his comedic gifts again this time as an alien spaceship shaped as a human entity. By Peter Rainer Eddie Murphy is one of the most ...

Eddie Murphy muddles through 'Meet Dave' as alien and his spaceship
The Canadian Press - 8 hours ago
"Meet Dave." Or don't. Eddie Murphy doesn't particularly seem to care one way or the other. Essentially phoning in the broad, family friendly shtick that ...

Meet Dave
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 9 hours ago
Seeking a way to save their doomed world, a crew of tiny, human-looking aliens arrives on Earth in the perfect disguise - a spaceship shaped like an ...

Your Kids Will Surely Want To 'Meet Dave'
Oneindia, India - 11 hours ago
I claim the movie 'Meet Dave' is all about 'imagination at its best' with great humor and splendid story. The movie does have its own flaws, but it is worth ...

‘Meet Dave’ | 2 stars
Kansas City Star, MO - 19 hours ago
By JASON HECK As sure as baseball and cookouts, summer heralds Eddie Murphy Lite, an alter-ego of the star of “Beverly Hills Cop” and “Dreamgirls,” bringing ...

You won't be all that pleased to 'Meet Dave'
USA Today - 21 hours ago
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY At least Eddie Murphy isn't knocking about in a fat suit in his latest comedy, Meet Dave. But there's not much else to recommend ...

Meet Dave
Tulsa World, OK - 1 hour ago
By KIM BROWN World Scene Writer It’s not a small, small world for Eddie Murphy and company in his latest comedy, “Meet Dave.” Murphy plays not one but two ...

Meet Dave
Georgia Straight, Canada - 1 hour ago
By John Lekich Just how much you’re going to appreciate Eddie Murphy’s Meet Dave depends on what you expect. Of all the wildly variable stuff that Murphy ...

Meet Dave Review
UGO, NY - 2 hours ago
By Keith Uhlich I gather Eddie Murphy is taking the Robin Williams route of formerly-R-rated-entertainer-toning-his-shtick-down-into-PG-lite-innocuousness. ...

Eddie Murphy Does The Funky Robot
io9, CA - 2 hours ago
Plenty of movies have a weak premise but elevate it via brilliant execution. And then there's the occasional film, like Eddie Murphy's Meet Dave, ...

"Meet Dave" continues Eddie Murphy's rocky relationship with gay ...
AfterElton.com - 2 hours ago
A new "family comedy" from Eddie Murphy called Meet Dave opens today, and there appears to be some gay content in it. In the film, an alien spaceship (in ...

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott ...
Paste Magazine, GA - 3 hours ago
No one over the age of 10 will need to make time to see the new Eddie Murphy film (parents excepted), but Meet Dave is too cute and innocuous to get worked ...

Meet Dave, a Film Full of Nonsense
ACED Magazine, FL - 4 hours ago
The goof's are sneaking through the cracks and the first one to hit the screen is Meet Dave, a trite film featuring nonsensical comedy. ...

Don't Meet Dave, Really
Radar Online, NY - 7 hours ago
Poor Eddie Murphy. First rumors begin to circulate that he's going to retire and people rejoice. Then he quashes the rumors and people get bummed. ...

Get Ready For Eddie Murphy And Gabrielle Union In 'Meet Dave'
Blackvoices - 9 hours ago
Coming out today is the latest film starring Eddie Murphy in another film that has him playing multiple characters and tagging along for the ride is the ...

Review: Meet Dave
Cinematical, CA - 10 hours ago
by William Goss Jul 11th 2008 // 9:03AM That really used to say it all. A comedian known for his brash wit and go-for-broke charm, Murphy used to be willing ...

Captain of Crunch
PopMatters, IL - 11 hours ago
The tagline for Meet Dave sums up its High Concept. It’s “Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy,” literally, metaphorically, exhaustively. ...

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army - Beautiful Freaks - indy.com

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:17:00 +0000

New Movies: 'Hellboy II' and 'Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D'
MLive.com, MI - 6 hours ago
UniversalHellboy and his colleagues at the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense get ready to investigate a nasty tooth fairy attack in "Hellboy II: The ...

Film Friday: ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ & ‘Hellboy II’
The Gate, Canada - 1 hour ago
By W. Andrew Powell • July 11, 2008 • Category: Films, Reviews Join star Brendan Fraser on a 3D Journey to the Center of the Earth, while Guillermo del Toro ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
ComingSoon.net - 3 hours ago
It's a bit of a disappointment unfortunately. A brilliantly created and beautifully looking one to be sure, but one that's ultimately less than the sum of ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
FEARnet.com, PA - 4 hours ago
Big Red, Liz the Flaming Goddess, Fish Dude Abe Sapien, and "robotic ghost" newcomer Johan Krauss to save the day! If Steven Spielberg were just a little ...

INT: Guillermo
JoBlo.com, Canada - 5 hours ago
I love Guillermo del Toro. This is one of the most creative and fascinating storytellers to come out in years. His work includes the brilliant PAN’S ...

Finding Artistry in the Appalling
RedOrbit, TX - 5 hours ago
By Craig D. Lindsey, The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC Jul. 11--There is an unwritten rule that many movies seem to abide by: When in doubt, ...

Hellboy II: The Golden Army, What did you think?
ShockTillYouDrop.com, CA - 6 hours ago
Time for you to weigh in. Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army crashes into theaters today. We loved it, but we want to know, what did you think ...

Schwarzenegger speaks on SAG - Variety

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Producers to SAG: Put offer to a vote
MarketWatch - 4 hours ago
By David B. Wilkerson, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Hollywood producers called upon the Screen Actors Guild to put its final contract offer to a ...

US actors reject 'final' pay offer
The Press Association - 8 hours ago
Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found themselves unable to agree on whether ...

SAG issues new proposal after rejecting studios’ “final offer“
TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY - 3 hours ago
After rejecting the studios’ “final offer,“ The Screen Actors Guild has issued a new proposal to Hollywood studios that seeks more revenue from DVD sales ...

SAG says no to what studios claim is their final offer
SmartBrief, DC - 3 hours ago
The stalemate between major Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild continues, as the union has rejected what the studios claim is their final offer. ...

Top 5 Shows To Be Missed If SAG Strikes
CollegeOTR, NY - 4 hours ago
By SuperrStarr (Chief Contributor) Hollywood ’s top actors’ union, SAG, is currently in the works of negotiating a tough contract with major television ...

Producers: SAG's Rejection of Final Offer "Puts Labor Peace at Risk"
KREN CW 27 TV, NV - 5 hours ago
SAG's mulling-over time supposedly came and went Thursday following a four-hour meeting at AMPTP HQ. The afternoon pow-wow between the union and the studios ...

SAG leaders to discuss their next move
abc7.com, CA - 5 hours ago
By Amy Powell MID-WILSHIRE DISTRICT (KABC) -- After rejecting the last offer from movie and television producers, Screen Actors Guild leaders will meet ...

SAG Nixes AMPTP's 'Final' Offer
Los Angeles Business Journal (subscription), CA - 5 hours ago
SAG's still not ready to close a deal with the majors -- signaling that the thesps' contract stalemate will linger on into the late summer. ...

Actors union ratifies deal with Hollywood studios
Torrington Register Citizen, CT - 6 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday its members ratified a three-year contract with Hollywood studios, ...

SAG, producers set to meet again today
Daily Breeze, CA - 6 hours ago
Screen Actors Guild negotiators plan to meet today to consider their options after failing to reach agreement with film and TV studios on a new three-year ...

Fence Mending Or Beyond Repair? What's Next For SAG & AFTRA
SHOOT Online (subscription), CT - 15 hours ago
Joint Union Bargaining Was Supposed To Take Place On The Commercials Contract, But Will It? The acrimony between the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the ...

Different scripts in Hollywood pay row
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
Hollywood producers say the Screen Actors Guild has rejected their latest contract offer, but the union claims it presented a counter-proposal and that ...

Friday Poll: Holmes vs. Holmes - Washington Post

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:17:00 +0000

Which Sherlock Holmes reboot are you more psyched for?
Entertainment Weekly - 3 hours ago
So Robert Downey Jr. is gonna play Sherlock Holmes, eh? This, of course, comes just over a week after it got out that Sacha Baron Cohen is starring as ...

Robert Downey Jr to play Sherlock Holmes for Guy Ritchie
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 9 hours ago
FRESH from the success of Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. is set to star as Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's new movie about the fictional British detective, ...

Robert Downey Jr. To Play Sherlock Holmes
New York Times, United States - 12 hours ago
In the first role he has signed up for since “Iron Man,” Robert Downey Jr., left, will forsake his high-tech suit for a woolen cloak and cap. ...

Robert Downey Jr new role
Marie Claire.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
Despite the recent furore over the state of his marriage, Guy Ritchie has still set aside time for work - and he's picked Robert Downey Jr to take the lead ...

Downey goes mysterious as 'Sherlock Holmes
NECN, MA - 3 hours ago
(NECN/ABC) - Robert Downey Jr. has signed up to star as the popular detective in the upcoming movie "Sherlock Holmes," directed by Guy Ritchie. ...

Robert Downey Jr to Play Sherlock Holmes?
ShortNews.com, Germany - 5 hours ago
Reports are stating that Robert Downey Jr is in talks to play investigator Sherlock Holmes in a film directed by British director Guy Ritchie. ...

Extra credit: Downey will take turn as Sherlock Holmes in coming flick
IdahoStatesman.com, ID - 11 hours ago
Fresh off his successful turn as a comic book action hero in "Iron Man," Robert Downey Jr. has been tapped to portray detective Sherlock Holmes in a coming ...

Columbia Buys Mythological Veteran
Empire Online, UK - 12 hours ago
Whether it’s Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell as Holmes and Watson, or Matthew Lillard and Fred Willard in Lizard In A Blizzard, the high-concept comedies ...

Ritchie casts Downey Jr. as Holmes
ReelzChannel.com, CA - 16 hours ago
There are two official Sherlock Holmes projects in the works and now both of them have their lead role cast. Last week, word broke that Sacha Baron Cohen ...

'Journey To The Center Of The Earth': Plop. By Kurt Loder - MTV.com

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:17:00 +0000

Canadian scores 'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
CTV.ca, Canada - 2 hours ago
Canadian composer Andrew Lockington fell in love long ago with writing movie music. Now up-and-comer Lockington and his latest score will stir audiences as ...

‘Center of the Earth’ a journey often taken
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 4 hours ago
BY MIRIAM DI NUNZIO Staff Reporter Seems like we have an insatiable fascination with the center of the earth. Ever since Jules Verne penned his classic ...

Brendan Fraser Swings Through His Latest Roles, One in 3-D
ABC News - 4 hours ago
By IAN SELTZER This summer, Brendan Fraser will once again don his action-adventure hero hat — not a fedora — with the latest adaptation of "Journey to the ...

Somewhere between a movie and a ride
Globe and Mail, Canada - 9 hours ago
Billed as the first live-action 3-D digital movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth is definitely in your face. From the start, as the audience is ...

'Journey to the Center of the Earth'
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 10 hours ago
Journey to the Center of the Earth: Action. Starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem. Directed by Eric Brevig. (PG. 92 minutes. ...

Makers of 'Journey' use 3-D as a treat, not a trick
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 11 hours ago
By Sean P. Means Early on in "Journey to the Center of the Earth," there's a scene that includes everything people hate about 3-D movies. ...

On Top of the World with Hellboy Ron Perlman - Deadbolt

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:17:00 +0000

Comic-book 'Hellboy II' packs plenty of punch
Boston Globe, United States - 10 hours ago
Of all the comic book movies that have spun out of theaters this long and pulpy summer, Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is the most ...

'Hellboy II': Red's Labyrinth, By Kurt Loder - MTV.com

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:16:00 +0000

'Hellboy II' kicks comic-book franchise up a notch
MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago
by Tim Agne | MLive.com UniversalHellboy tries his best to look like a superhero, but the public just thinks he's ugly in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army. ...

As Hellboy 2 Arrives, Del Toro Has Hobbit Headache
Wired News - 8 hours ago
With Hellboy 2: The Golden Army now in theaters, attention will turn to how its director, Guillermo del Toro, will handle the adaptation of his next project ...

'Hellboy II'
Newsday, NY - 19 hours ago
BY RAFER GUZMÁN | rafer.guzman@newsday.com With the release of its second installment, the "Hellboy" franchise is now officially weird. ...

'Meet Dave' has spotty but distinct pleasures - New York Daily News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Eddie Murphy's Meet Dave a pleasing summer flick
Toronto Star, Canada - 6 hours ago
Starring Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union and Ed Helms. Directed by Brian Robbins. 90 minutes. At major theatres. PG It's going to take a lot ...

Well, yeah, it was funny
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 7 hours ago
By LIZ BRAUN Meet Dave is a dopey science-fiction comedy that makes children squeal with laughter. It's the bum jokes. This middle-of-the-road Hollywood ...

Big laughs for a Lilliputian comedy
Globe and Mail, Canada - 7 hours ago
While doing publicity for his new film, Meet Dave, star Eddie Murphy told NBC's Today show that he was tired of moviemaking. Upon turning 50, in 2010, ...

Even the laughs are small in 'Dave'
Baltimore Sun, United States - 7 hours ago
By Michael Sragow | Sun Movie Critic Moviegoers have come to know four Eddie Murphys. There's Crazy Eddie, the unabashed low comic who loves to hide himself ...

Eddie Murphy falls to Earth in misguided comedy
Reuters - 10 hours ago
By Michael Rechtshaffen LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The last time Eddie Murphy visited from outer space, the result was the spectacular 2002 misfire, ...

An Itty-Bitty Brother From Another Planet
New York Times, United States - 10 hours ago
By MANOHLA DARGIS In “Meet Dave,” the latest in a long line of disposable Eddie Murphy vehicles, the star talks funny, walks funny and enters a bathroom ...

Murphy's Alien Drinks Ketchup; `Hellboy' Returns: Rick Warner
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago
July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Eddie Murphy is a brilliant comedic actor whose performances are often better than his movies. Remember ``Norbit'' and ``Daddy Day ...

Resist urge to ‘Meet Dave’
Boston Herald, United States - 11 hours ago
By Stephen Schaefer The laughs are few, the premise ridiculously contrived in Eddie Murphy’s sci-fi comedy “Meet Dave.” Murphy’s penchant for multiple ...

Verne Goes 3D in Dandy 'Journey'
Wall Street Journal - 11 hours ago
"Meet Dave" stars Eddie Murphy as a human-size spaceship, a vessel built in the image of its teeny-tiny captain, who commands a large -- though equally tiny ...

Crowds will go straight to 'Hellboy'
Hollywood Reporter, United States - 15 hours ago
Welcome to the July crush. Eight wide releases bow during the next three sessions, including three Friday. Universal unspools its superhero sequel "Hellboy ...

This weekend's opening movies! Hellboy II, Meet Dave, Journey
NECN, MA - 1 hour ago
(NECN) - If you're planning on catching a flick this weekend, we've got you covered. Boston Phoenix movie critic Tom Meek is in studio to give us his review ...

Meet Eddie Murphy’s New Comedy
eFluxMedia - 3 hours ago
By Charlie Brett I think Eddie Murphy missed his comedies. He was waiting to make a comeback just to remind us he’s very good at playing multiple characters ...

Dir. Brian Robbins. US. 2008. 90 mins
Screendaily.com (subscription), UK - 4 hours ago
The puzzler that is Eddie Murphy's career continues apace with this low-fi kiddy-oriented affair featuring the comedian as both a human-shaped spaceship ...

Meet Dave
Hunts Post, UK - 5 hours ago
SCI-FI comedy Meet Dave is the latest Eddie Murphy movie to hit the big screen. Directed by the producer of Smallville, Brian Robbins, Meet Dave sees a ...

'Meet Dave' actually worth encountering
Joliet Herald News, IL - 6 hours ago
By JOSH LARSEN jplarsen@scn1.com "Meet Dave" is hardly a return to form for Eddie Murphy, yet the movie reminds you of how funny the unfortunate star of ...

Robot roles hamstring Eddie Murphy's comic gifts
HeraldNet, WA - 8 hours ago
By Robert Horton It's not actually a completely terrible idea: a humanoid-looking spaceship infiltrates Earth people, but "his" responses are actually run ...

Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Elizabeth Banks
yourMovies, Australia - 9 hours ago
Although "Meet Dave" involves aliens, spacecraft and the odd explosion, it's refreshingly light on the now-familiar CGI action that can make the biggest ...

Brian Robbins
ReelzChannel.com, CA - 9 hours ago
By Thomas Leupp By Jeff Otto After directing Eddie Murphy in the both Norbit and Meet Dave (in theaters tomorrow), Brian Robbins is now aiming to complete a ...

Murphy's slapstick chops return in sci-fi family romp 'Meet Dave
DetNews.com, MI - 9 hours ago
If you're feeling silly, that is. Or you're 8 years old. Or you have an 8-year-old who wants to feel silly. "Meet Dave" may be the best Eddie Murphy movie ...

Movie review: Meet Dave
Pegasus News, TX - 10 hours ago
By Alex Bentley A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship ...

Movies in Brief: 'Meet Dave'
New York Sun, United States - 13 hours ago
By NICOLAS RAPOLD | July 11, 2008 The scorecard for "Meet Dave" is promising for Eddie Murphy: He plays only two roles, the fat-suit poundage is zero, ...

Beauty killed the beast in Christie Brinkley divorce - New York Daily News

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Salacious trial ends in abrupt win for model
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago
The fiercely combative divorce trial of the multi-married former supermodel Christie Brinkley has ended abruptly after a week of salacious testimony about ...

Brinkley awarded sole custody
Seattle Times, United States - 8 hours ago
The lurid divorce trial of model Christie Brinkley and architect Peter Cook ended abruptly Thursday with a settlement awarding her sole. ...

Leaders of Actors’ Union Call Offer Unacceptable - New York Times

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

SAG leaders reject latest offer from studios
Entertainment Weekly - 4 hours ago
Less than 48 hours after AFTRA actors ratified their union's new three-year primetime contract, the Screen Actors Guild yesterday rejected the latest offer ...

Hollywood studios fail to reach pay deal with Screen Actors Guild
guardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago
Hollywood studios have failed to agree a pay deal with the biggest performers' union in the US but a repeat of the damaging writers' strike that paralysed ...

Actors reject offer from Hollywood studios
Globe and Mail, Canada - 6 hours ago
AP Los Angeles -- The Screen Actors Guild rejected the latest contract offer from Hollywood studios yesterday but claimed it was willing to negotiate and ...

Studios up the pressure with new deadline for union
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 8 hours ago
Hollywood studios have given actors a new deadline: Aug. 15. The Hollywood studios warned the Screen Actors Guild late Wednesday that any agreement signed ...

Studios, SAG still can't agree
Hollywood Reporter, United States - 8 hours ago
By Leslie Simmons After a five-hour meeting between SAG and the studios Thursday, Hollywood is in the very same place it has been since talks started April ...

Tom Arnold says actors should 'just shut up'
Edmonton Sun, Canada - Jul 10, 2008
By BILL HARRIS Arnold was talking about the current labour uncertainty in Hollywood that exists partly because there are two competing actors' unions. ...

SAG Rejects AMPTP Offer
RTT News, NY - 1 hour ago
(RTTNews) - Late Thursday, less than 48 hours after Hollywood's smaller actors' union, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or AFTRA, ...

Hollywood Producers Say SAG Rejects Contract Offer
Access Hollywood - 2 hours ago
AP AP AP AP Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found themselves unable to agree ...

Actors Guild, studios, can't agree on "final offer," but will they ...
Orlando Sentinel, FL - 2 hours ago
In this economy, you have to figure that every time the phrase "final offer" is used in the ongoing Hollywood labor dispute between the Screen Actor's Guild ...

Looking at the World Through SAG-Colored Glasses
Huffington Post, NY - 3 hours ago
Day by day, the Screen Actors Guild's Hollywood leadership stumbles deeper into a morass, dragging behind it a bewildered and divided membership. ...

UNION VOTES DOWN DEAL
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 3 hours ago
LATEST: A Hollywood union has taken the first step towards an actors strike by voting down a proposed deal with studio bosses. Members of the 120000-strong ...

Do You Smell a SAG Strike Coming?
RopeofSilicon.com, WA - 5 hours ago
As of right now Hollywood is experiencing what they are referring to a "de facto strike" by actors as studios have slowed down production on movies in ...

Screen Actors' Guild rejects studios' pay offer
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - 7 hours ago
The leading Hollywood actors' union has rejected a new pay deal proposed by film and television studios. A three-year contract agreed between the American ...

Media Companies Blast SAG Counter-Offer
Television Week, MI - 10 hours ago
By Andrew Krukowski A meeting today between the Screen Actors Guild and media company representatives in their labor dispute produced no immediate progress ...

Hollywood producers say SAG rejects contract offer
MLive.com, MI - 2 hours ago
By RYAN NAKASHIMA AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — Unable for weeks to agree on terms for a new contract, Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild have now found ...

Hollywood studios, actors deadlock on 'final' offer
guardian.co.uk, UK - 10 hours ago
By Steve Gorman The Screen Actors Guild on Thursday delivered a counter-bid to the contract proposal major studios had presented the union last week as a ...

'Journey to the Center of the Earth' - Newsday

noreply@blogger.com (jicnacho) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:17:00 +0000

Journey to the Center of the Earth (PG)
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 1 hour ago
Trevor (Brendan Fraser, from left), Sean (Josh Hutcherson) and Hannah (Anita Briem) venture into the Earth’s core in this updated version of Verne’s ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Toronto Star, Canada - 6 hours ago
Starring Brendan Fraser, Anita Briem and Josh Hutcherson. Directed by Eric Brevig. In 3D. 92 minutes. At major theatres. PG It's nice to see civilization ...

Boy, did they ever dig a deep hole with this one
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - 7 hours ago
By JIM SLOTEK Having sat through the 3-D Journey to the Center of the Earth -- a movie whose adventure begins and ends with a roller-coaster ride -- it ...

Forget the 'Journey,' go for the 3-D
Baltimore Sun, United States - 7 hours ago
By Chris Kaltenbach | Sun reporter As a movie, Journey to the Center of the Earth isn't much more than a feel-good adventure emphasizing the importance of ...

In 3-D, 'Journey' has proper effects
Boston Globe, United States - 8 hours ago
Brendan Fraser is on the run in "Journey to the Center of the Earth." (sebastian raymond/new line cinema) For a harmless "Indiana Jones" knock-off, ...

Review: 'Journey' gets great mileage from 3-D effects
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 9 hours ago
By Sean P. Means Josh Hutcherson, left, as Sean, Brendan Fraser as Trevor and Anita Briem as Hannah in "Journey to the Center of the Earth," directed by ...

Six Flags Subterranean Style, or Something Like It
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
By AO SCOTT Like any conscientious movie critic, I do what I can to avoid clichés, and since I am only human I don’t always succeed. ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
New York Times, United States - 9 hours ago
Academy Award-winning visual effects artist Eric Brevig makes his feature directorial debut with this adaptation of the classic Jules Verne fantasy starring ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth (PG, 92 minutes)
Washington Post, United States - 11 hours ago
If "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is being shown in the new digital 3-D format anywhere near you, try to see it that way, because not all theaters ...

'Journey to the Center of the Earth': 3-D-lightful remake worth ...
Chicago Tribune, United States - 19 hours ago
By Michael Phillips | Tribune critic Next year at least 11 different 3-D pictures will compete for the pleasure of the company of your eyeballs. ...