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'Ratchet,' 'Warcraft' and the new breed of video game movies

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:49pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At long last, it seems Hollywood has pushed the reset button on its approach to video game adaptations.

Box Office Top 20: 'Jungle Book' overpowers 'Huntsman'

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 6:03pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even with its star-studded cast of Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain, "The Huntsman: Winter's War" proved to be no competition for the CGI majesty of "The Jungle Book," which easily topped the…

Ryan Reynolds helps out Utah cinema in 'Deadpool' trouble

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 2:46pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Actor Ryan Reynolds is backing a Salt Lake City movie theater in hot water with Utah liquor authorities for serving drinks during a screening of his movie "Deadpool."

Andra Day to appear on 50 million Coke cups at McDonald's

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 11:58am
ATLANTA (AP) — Andra Day wants to inspire people to rise up while drinking a Coke.

Met curator Andrew Bolton, quiet defender of fashion as art

Mon, 04/25/2016 - 10:38am
NEW YORK (AP) — The opening seconds of the trailer for "The First Monday in May," the new documentary about the dizzyingly star-studded Met Gala, show pop star Rihanna tossing her fashionable head in slo-mo as the red-carpet cameras click…

'Huntsman' sequel misfires; 'Jungle Book' reigns

Sun, 04/24/2016 - 12:08pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Jungle Book" remained king of the box office in its second weekend in theaters, beating new opener "The Huntsman: Winter's War" by around $40 million, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

Douglas dons purple in honor of Prince at Tribeca Film Fest

Sun, 04/24/2016 - 11:14am
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Douglas paid simple homage to Prince at the Tribeca Film Festival with his attire: a matching purple shirt and pullover V-neck sweater.

Man who inspired film 'Bernie' sent back to prison by jury

Sat, 04/23/2016 - 12:51am
HENDERSON, Texas (AP) — A former East Texas mortician whose murder case inspired the movie "Bernie" is headed back to prison.

News Guide: Real-life 'Bernie' murder case ends in repeat

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 9:59pm
DALLAS (AP) — A funeral director in small-town East Texas befriends a widow 40 years his senior at her husband's funeral, spends her money freely, then in 1996 shoots her and hides her body in a freezer for nine months.

Jury asks to see transcripts in Bernie Tiede case

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 8:04pm
HENDERSON, Texas (AP) — An East Texas jury deliberating whether an ex-mortician convicted in the 1996 fatal shooting of a wealthy widow must return to prison has sent a note asking for records.

Magic memories: Prince's warmth and wit shone in private

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 7:11pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Slight, soft-spoken and just 5-foot-2, Prince improbably cut an imposing figure.

At Tribeca, virtual reality takes early steps toward art

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 5:56pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Walking through most doors at the Tribeca Film Festival means taking a seat in a theater full of chattering moviegoers. But there are also darkened, cloth-wrapped chambers — like old carnival booths promising never-before-seen wonders —…

You talkin' to me? Cast of 'Taxi Driver' reunites for 40th

Fri, 04/22/2016 - 4:46pm
NEW YORK (AP) — You talkin' to me? Sorry, not this time.

Demetri Martin, police militarization doc win at Tribeca

Thu, 04/21/2016 - 5:06pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Demetri Martin's feature film debut "Dean," the police militarization documentary "Do Not Resist" and the Palestinian hip-hop drama "Junction 48" took top honors at the 15th Tribeca Film Festival.

New film imagines what happened when Elvis met Nixon

Thu, 04/21/2016 - 3:42pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At around 6:30 a.m. on December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley delivered a hand-written note to a guard at the northwest gate of the White House requesting a meeting with President Richard Nixon. In the note scribbled…

Ahead of festival, French police simulate attack on Cannes

Thu, 04/21/2016 - 12:55pm
PARIS (AP) — A few weeks before the start of the Cannes Film Festival, French authorities have simulated a bloody attack on the showbiz gala, one of several such exercises in the wake of the March 22 attacks in Brussels.

Fan with disabilities meets Mark Wahlberg after pizza gift

Thu, 04/21/2016 - 9:07am
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Some neighborly hospitality has earned one of Mark Wahlberg's biggest fans a chance to meet the actor and an invite to the premiere of his new movie.

Ukraine's president bans Russian movies

Thu, 04/21/2016 - 3:40am
MOSCOW (AP) — Ukraine has banned all movies filmed in Russia after 2014, when Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula.

Documentary turns Disney-loving autistic man into a star

Wed, 04/20/2016 - 5:35pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Owen Suskind had largely retreated into silence in the years after his autism began to manifest, around age 3. Three painfully mute years later, and after countless rapt hours spent watching Disney animated movies, a word…

Review: 'Elvis & Nixon' recalls a bizarre moment in history

Wed, 04/20/2016 - 5:00pm
This we know: On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley showed up bright and early at the White House gates, delivering a barely legible note he'd scrawled on American Airlines stationery to President Richard Nixon. He said he'd love to come…

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