“Hannah Montana” challenged to go deeper than Disney in The Last Song Over Valentine’s Day weekend, Nicholas Sparks briefly owned the box office, scoring a major hit with the big-screen adaptation of his best-seller Dear John. Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum elegantly brought Sparks’ prose to life, causing a sudden spike in tissue...
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Betty White Slated to Host “Saturday Night Live.”
More than half-a-million petitioners join FaceBook campaign. At 88, Betty White is enjoying as much popularity, good press, and good work as ever in her sixty-year career. In the last several months, White has starred in the Super Bowl’s most popular super-commercial, collected a Screen Actor’s Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, and been the focus...
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Michael Lynche Turbo-Charges Idol
Just as Wednesday night’s “American Idol” threatened to become a major yawn, Michael “Big Mike” Lynche electrified the studio audience and lit-up satellites and fibre-optics with his poignant, moving, inspiring, heart-felt virtuoso performance of “This Woman’s Work.” Dedicating the song to his wife, who recently gave birth to their daughter while Lynche remained in...
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Ryan Bingham to play Borders Books in El Cajon, California
On Sunday night March 7, relative newcomer Ryan Bingham collected the Academy Award for “Best Original Song.” On Monday morning, he will appear on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” a natural showcase for his considerable talent and memorable music. On Tuesday night, March 9, Bingham will appear in one of the least likely venues for...
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Marion Cotillard Wins Hollywood’s Notice
Marion Cotillard easily could wonder what it takes for a girl to get noticed in Hollywood. Despite a dazzling, daunting collection of international awards, just incidentally including an Academy Award for Best Actress, and even in the wake of a perfect performance opposite Johnny Depp in Public Enemies, Cotillard has remained unfortunately well beneath...
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Complicated plots in Oscar’s 2010 story
Fans of “Saturday Night Live” naturally will recognize a long-running rivalry between comedian Steve Martin and comic actor Alec Baldwin, star of NBC’s major hit and award-magnet “30 Rock.” The two have vied for the record—most appearances by a guest host—for almost a decade, and the friendly rivalry has become a source of constant...
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Penelope Cruz Confesses the Pain of Playing “Carla”
Penelope Cruz has played just about every role a woman can accept—from the lusty ingénue in All the Pretty Horses to a pistol-packing baddest-of-bad girls in Bandidas. Never, however, has Cruz performed so spectacularly and seductively as in Nine. No small accomplishment in a film that stars nine of the world’s most beautiful, compelling...
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ACM Honours Lady Antebellum with Seven Nominations
Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert garnered six nominations each from the Academy of Country Music. Taylor Swift followed very close behind her friends and rivals with a respectable five nominations. Brad Paisley and Kenny Chesney, best of the boys, rolled-up in fourth place with four nominations each. Upstart Lady Antebellum led the list of...
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Jay Leno is back on the attack
Jay Leno returned to his old chair and his old time-slot Monday night, bringing the Great Late Night Shake-Up to its conclusion. Comforting his legions of loyal fans, Leno and his show did business as usual—no new gadgets or gimmicks, nothing to disorient regular viewers who always liked the format just the way it...
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DiCaprio Stunning in Scorsese Thriller
Holding on to first place at the box office, Shutter Island continues to tangle audiences in its complex, carefully-woven web of mystery, suspense, and madness. In its first ten days, the latest, darkest, and arguably most disturbing of Martin Scorsese’s instant classics has earned more than $75(US) million. Critics and audiences naturally credit Scorsese’s...
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