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An ongoing dispute between Warner Bros. Studios and the J.R.R. Tolkien estate has taken a dramatic turn, with millions of dollars of merchandizing tied to the "Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" franchises in the balance.
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Before the white smoke ever floated from the Sistine Chapel, Twitter was billowing with #Pope talk. One of the buzzier hashtags of recent memory, #ReplaceMovieTitlesWithPope, continues to trend today, offering a seemingly endless stream of entertaining possibilities. But to save you such a time commitment, we've filtered through and found some of the most well-pontificated expressions.
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Will Kurt Wagner, aka Nightcrawler, teleport himself to the set of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"? While the answer remained as elusive as the wily mutant himself over the past few months, current evidence unfortunately leans toward the negative.
It's been mutant mania as several "X-Men" movie alums have been signing on for director Bryan Singer's return to the franchise, which merges the worlds of the original "X-Men" trilogy and 2011's reboot/prequel, "X-Men: First Class." However, Alan Cumming, who played the scene-stealing Nightcrawler in "X2" (2003), won't be coming back for another semester at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
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You loved 'em in "The Wedding Singer." You loved 'em in "50 First Dates." Now, Drew Barrymore, Adam Sandler and a bunch of movie suits are banking on you loving 'em one more time.
Warner Bros. announced Wednesday morning the two stars are teaming up for a brand new romantic comedy.
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"The Amityville Horror" scared audiences when it opened in 1979, but what was it like living in the home that inspired the hit horror flick?
A new documentary, "My Amityville Horror," which opens in select theaters and goes on-demand this Friday, tells the story of Danny Lutz, who moved into the house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, New York, in 1975.
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Gene Greytak as Pope John Paul II, right, in 'Hot Shots,' 1991 (Photo: 20th Century Fox)The cardinals in Vatican City are thinking, and talking, and billowing black smoke because they have yet to decipher our next real pope.
But let's face it, popes in the movies have often served as the straight man for comedic folly.
Who is film's funniest pope, you ask? Let us examine the evidence:
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Emma Stone (L) and Shailene Woodley in 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2'. Photo courtesy of Splash News.
Gwen, meet Mary Jane. Mary Jane, this is Gwen.
Shooting is under way for "The Amazing Spider-Man 2," and fans got a glimpse of one of the story's more intriguing moments today as photos surfaced of a scene in which two of the women in Peter Parker's life meet, seemingly for the first time. On one side, longtime girl-next-door crush Mary Jane Watson; on the other, cute nerd-girl sweetheart Gwen Stacy.
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Is Iran going to take these guys to court? (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)"Argo" may have become a box-office smash, won the Oscar for Best Picture, and earned the seal of approval from John Kerry and the State Department, but the Ben Affleck-helmed thriller just got one major thumbs-down.
From the Iranian government.
And they're suing mad.
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Tobey Maguire, left, and Leonardo DiCaprio in 'The Great Gatsby' (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures)
Leonardo DiCaprio will be doing the Cannes-Cannes.
"The Great Gatsby," Baz Luhrmann's highly anticipated adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel starring DiCaprio, will screen out of competition at the Grand Theatre Lumiere of the Palais des Festivals on May 15 to open the vaunted film fest.
Luhrmann is no stranger to having a film of his be the first out of the gate at Cannes, as "Moulin Rouge!" threw quite the opening gala back in 2001.
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The brain trust behind the in-the-works movie adaptation of "50 Shades of Grey" took time out from its well-publicized hunt for lead actors to focus on a little porn action.
Or, to be precise, shutting down a little porn action.
Read More »from ’50 Shades’ Porn Parody Gets Spanked in Legal Battle With UniversalReally, though, it doesn't look a day over 20. Director William Friedkin's classic horror film had its New York City premiere on June 19, 1973, staking its claim in the pop culture consciousness (with a sledgehammer) and changing the face … Continue reading →
LONDON (AP) — With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July — and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch — the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public appearances recently but is expected to keep a low profile in the final weeks of her pregnancy. Here is the latest news about the infant who will, upon entering the world, be third in line for the British throne.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — A woman says she and her 5-year-old developmentally disabled daughter were thrown out of a theater during a "Beauty and the Beast" performance because the girl was making giggling and humming noises she makes when she's happy.
Superman walked my dog. Twice. How many people can say that? Back in 2005 I became friends with an extremely handsome restaurant host named Henry. Little did I know it was Henry Cavill, on the cusp of fame. I used … Continue reading →
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.