Movies & TV
- J-Lo, Lambert and Jackson top AMA roster
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Updated: 11/20/09 5:05 PM LOS ANGELES — Jennifer Lopez plans to include fireworks and an on-stage costume change in her performance at the American Music Awards. "American Idol" runner-up Adam Lambert will incorporate leather, chains and handcuffs into his. (Updated: 11/20/09 5:05 PM )
- Banned director screens gay film
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Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM HONG KONG — A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. (Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM )
- Facinelli refuses to be typecast
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Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM Actor Peter Facinelli is stubborn, especially when it comes to his work. When he was just starting out he refused to play any Italian-American roles, though his parents are from Italy. (Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM )
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Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM Relapse, minus one… (Updated: 11/21/09 6:44 AM )
- The holiday film season is doling out gifts for everyone
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Updated: 11/20/09 8:59 AM For young to old, funny to serious, our holiday movie guide is stuffed with gifts for all sorts. Here’s a list of movies, grouped by genre, that will be released over the next two months. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:59 AM )
- 'An Education': Mulligan, Molina add intellect to coming-of-age film
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Updated: 11/20/09 8:50 AM He seems like deliverance itself on a rainy day. There she is in her English school uniform, getting soaked to the skin. He slowly pulls up in a plush-looking maroon car of a sort she’s never seen before. “It’s a Bristol,” he says. There were “not very many of them made,” he explains. (Updated: 11/20/09 8:50 AM )
- 'The Blind Side': Inspiring true story follows homeless boy out of poverty
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Updated: 11/20/09 8:49 AM Spike Lee used “Do the Right Thing” for the title of his racially charged 1989 film. But change it to the past tense — “Did the Right Thing” — and it would apply to nearly every character in director John Lee Hancock’s book-based true story “The Blind Side.” (Updated: 11/20/09 8:49 AM )
- Jeff Simon: Unfortunately, some TV types get swept away
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Updated: 11/20/09 9:09 AM My vote is “no.” I don’t like any of it. What the November Sweeps have so far meant all over the tube is a lot of good-byes. In the case of the announced endings of “Dollhouse,” “Hank,” and “Eastwick,” let us sing “hallelujah” in response. (And now turn to Page 28 in your TV Guide for the Benediction.) (Updated: 11/20/09 9:09 AM )
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Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AMOprah’saurevoir... (Updated: 11/20/09 6:49 AM )
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Updated: 11/19/09 7:08 AM Williams awarded... (Updated: 11/19/09 7:08 AM )
- ‘Precious’: Rare gem of a film explores raw truths
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Updated: 11/19/09 11:56 AM It is one of the least-known ironies of current America: When it was time for Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe’s “Late Show With David Letterman” close-up to plug her starring role in the wallopingly powerful film“Precious,” she was, quite suitably and predictably, treated by the host onstage as the promising but hitherto unknown star of one of the great films of 2009. (Updated: 11/19/09 11:56 AM )
- Pergament: WNED’s artfully crafted ‘Hubbard’ is a revelation
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Updated: 11/19/09 11:44 AM Excellently crafted, exquisitely narrated and beautifully filmed, the WNED-TV documentary “Elbert Hubbard: An American Original,” is the best national production that the local PBS affiliate has done in recent years. (Updated: 11/19/09 11:44 AM )
- Something funny is happening on TV
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Updated: 11/18/09 8:09 AM Even before the nation’s economy went south, the prime-time sitcom was mired in its own miserable slump. Ratings plunged, critics groused, shows fizzled, and throughout Hollywood, pink slips piled up. (Updated: 11/18/09 8:09 AM )
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Updated: 11/18/09 7:29 AM Vlad the rapper ... (Updated: 11/18/09 7:29 AM )
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Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM Pratts, for real… (Updated: 11/17/09 6:48 AM )
- Pergament: Mark Hapka lives the actor’s life, one ‘Day’ at a time
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Updated: 11/17/09 7:48 AM Four years ago, Buffalo native Mark Hapka had a few thousand dollars and a dream—to become an actor. (Updated: 11/17/09 7:48 AM )
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Updated: 11/16/09 7:08 AM Clint steps up… (Updated: 11/16/09 7:08 AM )
- Have a ‘Madagascar’ Christmas
- ZAP2IT; print width=122.300003, height=144.399963 original width=340, height=401 Ben Stiller provides the voice of Alex the lion.
Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM Usually by the second sequel, the best ideas are exhausted. And usually when it comes to Christmas TV specials, producers delude themselves into thinking audiences crave another version of “A Christmas Carol.” (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )
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Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM Q: My husband and I recently watched the season finale of “Drop Dead Diva.” When will the show start up again?— Carol Guglielmino, Indiantown, Fla. (Updated: 11/15/09 8:08 AM )
- UNDER THE ‘TWILIGHT’SPELL
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Updated: 11/15/09 8:07 AM The new moon that will quietly arrive on Monday will be shrouded in darkness, invisible to those of us on Earth. (Updated: 11/15/09 8:07 AM )
- TV SoapBox: Rafe finally tells Sami that Sydney is her daughter
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Updated: 11/12/09 1:06 PM ALL MY CHILDREN: Following a battle for his soul between the forces of good and evil, Adam came back to life, and he and Annie completed their wedding. When JR announced that Annie is pregnant, Ryan figured she would fake a miscarriage and appeared to be on target when Annie pretended to have fallen down the stairs and told Adam she may have lost the baby. However, at the hospital, Jake had shocking news for Ryan, Zach and Erica. Madison surprised Frankie in his apartment and said she's ready to confess, but Frankie later found Jesse unconscious. A recovering Jesse informed him that Madison had been kidnapped. David deliberately ran out of gas going to the fertility clinic with Amanda and persuaded her to make a baby with him the old-fashioned way. (Updated: 11/12/09 1:06 PM )
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Updated: 11/14/09 8:07 AMAflamingtribute ... (Updated: 11/14/09 8:07 AM )
- Minority series finds wings online
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Updated: 11/14/09 9:24 AM A black superwoman appears on your laptop in shimmering blue tights, green socks and a midnight blue cape. Her hair in Afro puffs, she is sitting on a promenade bench. She looks worried and a bit worn out. Her makeup is smeared, probably from crying. (Updated: 11/14/09 9:24 AM )
- Jeff Simon: The way to salvation for NBC (just maybe)
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Updated: 11/13/09 8:22 AM A new game and anyone can play: Let’s call it Extreme Makeover, the Network Edition. (Updated: 11/13/09 8:22 AM )
- John King to host show on politics as Dobbs abruptly exits CNN
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Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM NEW YORK — John King is replacing Lou Dobbs on CNN. (Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM )
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Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM Plot targets Crawford... (Updated: 11/13/09 6:45 AM )
- Here comes the bride—for real
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Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM Television has been marrying off Marla Sokoloff for much of the past decade, her sweet girl-next-door looks having helped land her in a wedding dress in five different acting roles on the small screen. It got so she could try on wedding dresses practically in her sleep. (Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM )
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Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM No due date for Dion... (Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM )
- '2012': Emmerich delivers apocalypse, again!
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Updated: 11/13/09 8:33 AM On Dec. 21, 2012, Kiefer Sutherland will turn 46, Andy Dick will be 47, and Ray Romano will celebrate his 55th birthday. But that’s nothing. Chris Evert will be 58, for pity’s sake, Samuel L. Jackson will be 64, and Jane Fonda will hit, yes, 75. Joe Paterno, God willing and the creek don’t rise, will turn 86. (Updated: 11/13/09 8:33 AM )
- Entertainer of Year among Swift’s 4 CMA awards
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Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM NASHVILLE — It’s been Taylor Swift’s year, and Wednesday was her night as she became the youngest person and the first solo female act in a decade to win the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award. (Updated: 11/12/09 7:09 AM )