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It’s been a long, difficult road for African-Americans in achieving equality in all aspects of American life, and Hollywood is no exception. Long relegated to stereotyped roles, black actors struggled for decades to get bigger and better parts that more honestly reflected the black experience.
Los Angeles— The Lorax, perhaps the most famous anti-industrial crusader from children's literature, is getting support from companies that are willing to go green.
New York— Challenging Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications Inc. says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
Los Angeles— Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
It may be the best proposal ever in terms of cheapening the Oscars while simultaneously making them even more wildly popular.
Even though this year’s supporting actor and actress Oscar races seem foregone conclusions, they’re still worth kicking around a bit. Especially since they’re not really foregone conclusions.
There’s an inevitable darkness to Angelina Jolie’s “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” an unavoidable sense of despair and outrage.
‘Chronicle” puts a fresh, invigorating spin on the superhero origin story, a tale Hollywood spins again and again (and again).
“The Woman in Black” is your standard-issue ghost story, gussied up in period garb to make it look like a prestige picture.
There are stories that by their very nature force you to confront the possibility that people aren’t entirely horrible. "Big Miracle" is one.
This week's new releases for kids, teens and families include the Oscar-winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," Disney's talking puppies on a desert adventure, "Dr. Seuss's The Lorax" and more.
You don’t expect a movie called “Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey” to be a story of addiction, murder and despair. And it’s not. “Being Elmo” is pretty much as upbeat, hopeful and perky as the shaggy red Muppet at its center.
Angelina Jolie decided as an exercise to write about the devastating conflict of the Bosnian War. That little “homework assignment,” as she calls it, led her to write, produce and direct her first feature film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”
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Adam Graham Like some 37 million other Americans, I tuned into “The Voice” following Sunday’s Super Bowl. And almost immediately I was reminded why I hated the show the... Read More
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