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15 Dec 2009 09:21

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Culture: The Golden Globe nominations have George Clooney sitting pretty

  • six nominations for George Clooney’s much-loved “Up in the Air”
  • five nominations for super-gaudy, super-huge musical “Nine”
  • four nominations each for “Inglorious Basterds” and “Avatar” source

11 Dec 2009 11:24

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Culture: “Avatar” may actually not suck – in fact, it may be a huge hit

  • $187 million the predicted amount “Avatar” should make in its first four weeks, according to the Hollywood Stock Exchange
  • $65-84 million the amount Yahoo predicts that the movie will make in its first week, based on search results about the movie source

20 Nov 2009 21:49

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Culture: The “Twilight: New Moon” juggernaut is living up to its hype

  • $67.2 million the amount that “The Dark Knight” made at the box office on its first day – a record
  • $70 million the amount that “New Moon” is on track to make today after a wave of superhype source

20 Nov 2009 19:36

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U.S.: Movie popcorn: Our nation’s biggest, scariest problem ever

Why you should eat movie popcorn: It’s really tasty. Why you shouldn’t: It’s a giant bag of fat and calories – even before the butter. source

18 Nov 2009 21:25

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Culture: Funny or die? Will Ferrell is the least-bankable actor, a study sez

For every dollar Will Ferrell makes, his movie makes an average of $3.29. Considering his high price tag and the film’s big budgets, that’s not really a lot. source

03 Nov 2009 19:42

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Culture: In case you’re wondering, the Oscars have had multiple hosts before

  • 1986 the last time the Oscars rocked three hosts source

03 Nov 2009 19:35

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Culture: TWO Oscar hosts? Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin share the stage

  • Alec Baldwin hasn’t hosted the Oscars before, but he’s hosted Saturday Night Live 14 times, which is about as good as hosting an Oscar ceremony. Beyond his lengthy film career, he’s probably best known for “30 Rock” and letting his less-famous brothers crash next year’s Oscars. source
  • Steve Martin has already hosted the Oscars twice, in 2001 and 2003. The jack of all trades (he has an Emmy, two Grammys and a doctorate) has successful writing, music (he’s an awesome banjo player), acting and comedy careers under his belt. Plus, he can juggle. Can you, jerk? source
 

26 Oct 2009 07:55

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Culture: “Paranormal Activity” still doing paranormal box office numbers

  • $22 million the amount that “Paranormal Activity” has made in the five weeks it’s been out, on a mere $15,000 budget source

18 Oct 2009 21:15

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Culture: Spike Jonze’s “Where the Wild Things Are” killed at the box office

  • $32.5 million in “Wild Things” making hearts sing source

17 Oct 2009 18:34

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Culture, Tech: Happy birthday, IMDb: You’re almost old enough to drink

  • 19
    years
    the amount of time the movie-data-centric site has been online – it predates the Web, even source