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  • Robert Downey Jr. adds punch to "stuffy" Holmes films

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 9:52 pm ET  

    LONDON (Reuters) - Robert Downey Jr. adds punch to the role of Sherlock Holmes in an action-packed movie that breaks with what its makers called "stuffy" screen interpretations of the fictional English detective.. Full Story »

  • Movie race wide open ahead of key awards week

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 7:12 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Independently-made Iraq war movie "The Hurt Locker" won a second key film critics award on Monday in a week heavy with nominations that are likely to set the stage for the Oscars. Full Story »

  • Americans turn to TV as recession hits spending

    Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 12:19 pm ET  
    Hugh Jackman accepts the award for best performance by a human... AP

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More U.S. consumers have turned to the great American pastime of watching television as the recession strained household budgets, a survey set to be released on Tuesday shows. Full Story »

  • Josie and the Pussycats purring again

    Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 12:36 am ET  
    Nick Cannon poses for a portrait Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 in New... AP

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Who wants to be a comic-book pop star? Full Story »

  • "Nanny Returns" to New York's now troubled elite

    Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 12:00 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dad has gone off with a Hollywood star, Mom is faking cancer, the kids are sexting, drinking and making mischief on social networking sites, and an elite New York school is opening a helicopter pad on the roof. Full Story »

  • "Lovely Bones" overcomes rough start

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 8:27 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It was October 2007, a month before filming began on "The Lovely Bones," when Fran Walsh realized she had miscast her male lead. Full Story »

  • Hollywood writers take their research seriously

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 8:29 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Boal was crouched on the ground, preparing for impact. A freelance journalist and screenwriter, Boal had gone to Iraq and was working with a bomb-defusal squad as research for a Playboy article that would later inspire the movie "The Hurt Locker." Full Story »

  • Golden Globe nominations don't ensure Oscar love

    Reuters – Tue Dec 15, 1:08 am ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Before dawn even cracks Tuesday, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. will have announced its Golden Globe contenders for the best films of the year, and Academy Award prognosticators will be looking for harbingers of the Oscar nominations, which won't be announced until February 2. Full Story »

  • "Dexter" season finale slashes records

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 10:35 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The fourth-season finale of Showtime's "Dexter" was seen by 2.6 million viewers on Sunday -- blowing away all modern records for the cable network. Full Story »

  • Richard Dreyfuss film eyes awards-season glory

    Reuters – Mon Dec 14, 11:45 pm ET  

    LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Lightkeepers" is a dark-horse candidate for awards season attention, offering up Richard Dreyfuss in his showiest lead performance since his Oscar-nominated turn in 1995's "Mr. Holland's Opus." Full Story »

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