Archive for July, 2008



The Dark Knight’s Road to $600 Million…or Not (E! Online)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 11:07 pm

The Dark Knight's Road to $600 Million…or Not(E! Online)E! Online - It posted the biggest opening weekend in Hollywood history. It scored the biggest opening week in Hollywood history.


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Durning gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 9:07 pm

Actor Charles Durning poses during ceremonies honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday July 31, 2008 in Los Angeles. Durning received the 2,366th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honoring a career in which he overcame a stutter and the wounds he suffered in World War II to appear in more than 200 movies and TV shows. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — From World War II hero to dancer and award-winning actor, Charles Durning has lived a storied life. The 85-year-old added to that resume Thursday with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next to one for his idol, James Cagney.


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Batman may bow down to “Mummy” (Reuters)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 8:07 pm

Brendan Fraser attends the premiere of the film 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor' in Los Angeles July 27, 2008. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)Reuters - This is the weekend Batman should get whooped by somebody’s mummy.


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Memories of ‘Spider-Man,'’Star Wars’ for sale (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 5:07 pm

A hot air balloon shaped as the Darth Vader character of the Star Wars movie inflates during the annual Quik Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning at Solberg Airport  in Readington, N.J., Friday, July 25, 2008. The  hot air ballooning festival continues through Sunday.   (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - Everybody is a collector, the way Joe Maddalena sees it, just not everybody wants to collect paintings by Andy Warhol or Roy Lichtenstein. Some would prefer to own a Spider-Man costume.


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Détente Imposed in Lucas’ Stormtrooper War (E! Online)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 5:07 pm

Détente Imposed in Lucas' Stormtrooper War(E! Online)E! Online - George Lucas got a split decision in his personal clone war.


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Elizabeth Taylor visits hospital, to return home (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 4:07 pm

In this Nov. 10, 2005 file photo, Dame Elizabeth Taylor poses at the British Film and Television Academy/Los Angeles Cunard Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Representatives for Taylor said Thursday, July 31, 2008 that she is in a Los Angeles hospital but is doing fine and expects to return home shortly. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)AP - Elizabeth Taylor was hospitalized for an undisclosed reason but was expected to return home soon, representatives for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday.


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LA chief: Pap laws ‘farce’ with Britney ‘behaving’ (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 3:07 pm

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton speaks at news conference following a hearing about paparazzi behavior Thursday, July 31,  2008, in Los Angeles. Bratton called the hearing a farce. He told KNBC-TV that the city has had fewer problems with paparazzi since Britney Spears, in his words, 'started wearing clothes.' (AP Photo/Nick Ut)AP - Police Chief William Bratton said Thursday the city has had fewer problems with paparazzi since Britney Spears “started wearing clothes” and other celebrities changed their partying ways.


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New DVD releases: `Nim’s Island,’ `Counterfeiters’ (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 3:07 pm

AP - Selected home-video releases:

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Both sides claim Stormtrooper court case victory (AP)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 3:07 pm

An official Star Wars replica stormtrooper helmet on display at a fantasy memorabilia store in London. Star Wars director George Lucas's production company Lucasfilm is suing prop designer Andrew Ainsworth -- who made the costumes for the original 1977 film's stormtroopers -- for copyright infringement.(AFP/Leon Neal)AP - The Force was with — whom?


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Miley Cyrus Dance-off With Will Smith? (E! Online)

Thursday 31 July 2008 @ 3:07 pm

Miley Cyrus Dance-off With Will Smith?(E! Online)E! Online - Miley Cyrus may find herself going head-to-head—and foot-to-foot—with Will Smith at Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards.


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