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Tracking the awards: A list of movie awards leading up to the Oscars
The Associated Press - January 4, 2010
With movie awards season now in full swing, the Iraq war film "The Hurt Locker" is an early frontrunner, according to an award tracking survey by The Associated Press. But honors have been spread around to a number of movies as well. Jason Reitman's uber-relevant "Up in the Air," in particular,...
It's a girl!: McConaughey, girlfriend announce birth of their 2nd child _ Vida Alves
By Associated Press - January 4, 2010
DALLAS (AP) Actor Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend have announced the birth of their second child a baby girl. The actor says on his Web site that Vida Alves McConaughey was born Sunday. She weighs seven pounds, seven ounces. McConaughey says his girlfriend, model...
Emile Hirsch joins Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Elizabeth Gore on fundraising Kilimanjaro climb
By Associated Press - January 4, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) Emile Hirsch is on his way to Africa to climb the continent's highest peak. The "Milk" and "Into the Wild" star is joining Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Isabel Lucas and Elizabeth Gore for a weeklong trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. The Summit on the Summit expedition, which...
National Society of Film Critics selects 'The Hurt Locker' as best picture of 2009 at NYC meet
By Associated Press - January 4, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) The National Society of Film Critics has selected "The Hurt Locker," a film about an elite Army bomb squad unit that works in Iraq to defuse improvised explosives while under the threat of insurgents, as the best picture of 2009. The society, composed of film critics...
'You Light Up My Life' songwriter Joseph Brooks settles lawsuit with married ex-fiancee
JENNIFER PELTZ - January 1, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) The Academy Award-winning songwriter of "You Light Up My Life" has ended his six-figure fight with a former fiancee he accused of conning him out of cash and pricey gifts by hiding the fact that she was already married. A Manhattan judge last week approved a settlement...
Obama family heads to movie theater on New Year's Eve to watch 'Avatar'
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) President Barack Obama's family is spending part of the last day of 2009 watching the futuristic adventure film "Avatar." The Obamas visited a movie theater near their rented vacation home in Hawaii on Thursday morning for a screening of the 3-D hit. Officials say...
Patrick Stewart of "Star Trek" boldly goes into knighthood in UK's new year's honors list
ROBERT BARR - December 31, 2009
LONDON (AP) There's an especially starry knight in Britain's latest round of royal honors. Patrick Stewart "Star Trek: The Next Generation's" Capt. Jean-Luc Picard becomes Sir Patrick in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year honors list, which also includes a knighthood for theater and film...
Movie maker Peter Jackson, king of Middle Earth, becomes a knight in New Year honors
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The king of Middle Earth is being made a knight for real. Film writer and director Peter Jackson, whose widely acclaimed "Lord of the Rings" trilogy scooped up 17 Oscars, has been made a knight in the New Year Honors' list of his native New Zealand....
Ex-Ohio police chief sentenced to 2 years, 8 months in Parker-Broderick surrogate case
By Associated Press - December 30, 2009
ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (AP) A former Ohio police chief was sentenced to prison Wednesday in connection with a break-in at the home of the surrogate who bore twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick. Barry Carpenter was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. He...
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' 'Muppets' movie debut chosen for National Film Registry
BRETT ZONGKER - December 30, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, with that unforgettable graveyard dance, will rest among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. The 1983 music video directed by John Landis, though still the subject of lawsuits over...
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