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Anderson: 'The Master' inspired by L. Ron Hubbard
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:10PM September 01, 2012 CommentVENICE, Italy (AP) — Director Paul Thomas Anderson acknowledges that Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard was the inspiration for the title character in "The Master," but says the focus of the film is the relationship between a charismatic spiritual leader and his troubled follower, not the movement itself.
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British entertainer Max Bygraves dies at age 89
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:30AM September 01, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — British entertainer Max Bygraves, a veteran singer and comedian known for his old-fashioned charm, has died, his agent confirmed Saturday. He was 89.
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Taped MDA fundraiser set for 3 hours on Sunday
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:56AM September 01, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — No tote board. No Jerry Lewis. And not from Las Vegas.
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Release date for third 'Hobbit' film announced
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:23PM August 31, 2012 CommentBURBANK, Calif. (AP) — "Hobbit" fans need only wait seven months between the second and third installments of Peter Jackson's highly anticipated trilogy.
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An estimated 30 million watch Romney's speech
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:28PM August 31, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Ratings for the final night of the Republican National Convention, which featured Mitt Romney and Clint Eastwood, weren't a blockbuster.
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'Hugo' editor Thelma Schoonmaker wins Gucci award
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:03PM August 31, 2012 CommentVENICE, Italy (AP) — Thelma Schoonmaker, a three-time Academy Award winner, was awarded on Friday the second Gucci award for women's achievement in filmmaking for her work editing "Hugo."
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Movie audiences find anti-Obama doc '2016'
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:52PM August 31, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — It wasn't backed by any Hollywood movie studio. Reviews were mostly negative. It premiered in Houston, not Los Angeles or New York. And yet despite the unconventional release of "2016: Obama's America," the movie is now among the most successful political documentaries of all time — and it doesn't show signs of cooling down ahead of the presidential election.
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TV's "Starsky" to fight drug charge in Ky.
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:35PM August 31, 2012 CommentBOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — The actor who played David Starsky in the 1970s police drama "Starsky & Hutch" is fighting a drug charge in Kentucky for what he says is medical marijuana from California.
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Celebs and pols: When the star alliance misfires
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:25PM August 31, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — In the aftermath of Clint Eastwood's perplexing and ridiculed "invisible Obama" monologue at the Republican National Convention, conservative blogger Moe Lane summed up what many on both sides of the political divide are thinking.
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Hip-hop mogul's death in NYC ruled a suicide
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:04PM August 31, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — The New York City medical examiner's office has ruled the death of hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty a suicide.
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Court: Monroe's estate can't block photo sales
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:05PM August 31, 2012 CommentSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Marilyn Monroe's estate is powerless to stop a California company from selling her images without its permission.
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Mother of GMA co-host Robin Roberts dies
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:41PM August 31, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Lucimarian Roberts, the mother of "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts, has died a day after the anchor announced she was taking a medical leave for a bone marrow transplant.
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Feminist writer Shulamith Firestone dead at 67
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:15PM August 31, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Writer Shulamith Firestone, who published her influential "The Dialectic of Sex" at age 25 and then retreated into isolation and mental illness, has died at age 67.
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'At Any Price' transports lush Iowa to Venice
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:53PM August 31, 2012 CommentVENICE, Italy (AP) — Director Ramin Bahrani's new film "At Any Price" functions on two levels: a drama about a family farm's future set among Iowa's lush cornfields or a sweeping commentary about the economic pressures of big agribusiness.
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Phil McGraw's 1957 Chevrolet convertible stolen
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:51AM August 31, 2012 CommentBURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Talk show host Phil McGraw's pristine 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible has been stolen from a Southern California hot rod shop.
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French 'Elvis' leaves Caribbean hospital for US
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:35AM August 31, 2012 CommentFORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (AP) — French singer Johnny Hallyday is out of a Caribbean hospital and on his way to Los Angeles.
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Anti-Obama doc '2016' doing well in Ohio, Texas
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:33AM August 31, 2012 CommentHere are the five strongest U.S. theater markets in terms of ticket sales for "2016: Obama's America," based on box office data from Rentrak, a media measurement and research company. The film's distributor plans to expand the film from 1,091 theaters to nearly 1,800 theaters this weekend. Ohio and Colorado are key presidential battlegrounds:
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Celebs tweet about Eastwood at RNC
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:13AM August 31, 2012 CommentA sampling of celebrity tweets in response to Clint Eastwood's odd conversation with an invisible President Barack Obama in an empty chair before the Republican National Convention on Thursday:
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Admirers mark 15 years since Princess Diana died
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:00AM August 31, 2012 CommentPARIS (AP) — Admirers from around the world are paying tribute to Princess Diana at the Paris tunnel where she was killed in a car crash 15 years ago.
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Trouble with the chair: Clint mocked for RNC bit
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:38AM August 31, 2012 CommentLOS ANGELES (AP) — Clint Eastwood earned plenty of bad reviews for his latest performance: a bizarre, rambling endorsement of Mitt Romney.
