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Tim Allen is 'Crazy' about his first experience in the director's chair
MIKE HOUSEHOLDER - December 29, 2009
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) Tim Allen is one of America's favorite comics. He's the guy who parlayed years of standup into the top-rated "Home Improvement" sitcom and "The Santa Clause" and "Galaxy Quest" films. So why does the 56-year-old funnyman turn all serious when asked...
Review: Tennessee Williams' 'The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond' should have stayed lost
JAKE COYLE - December 28, 2009
"The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond" was made from a screenplay written by Tennessee Williams in 1957. Unfortunately, the film does little to suggest the script's decades of neglect was unwarranted. When Williams wrote "Teardrop Diamond," his "Streetcar Named Desire" had already been...
With film academy's historic library as host, 133 filmmakers become part of movie history
SANDY COHEN - December 28, 2009
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) For 81 years, she has amassed movie memorabilia. Her collection now includes more than 10 million photographs, 80,000 screenplays and 35,000 movie posters dating back to when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded in 1927. So it's...
Disney to absorb Marvel in $4 billion deal: A look at the companies
The Associated Press - December 28, 2009
Here's a look at The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Entertainment Inc., which will become one after Disney's expected completion of its $4.2 billion acquisition of the comic-book powerhouse: Marvel Entertainment Inc. Famous characters: Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, The...
Marvel shareholders approve $4.3 billion acquisition by Disney
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) The Walt Disney Co. completed its $4.24 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. on Thursday, bringing Spider-Man, Iron Man and 5,000 other characters under the same roof as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Marvel shareholders approved the acquisition earlier...
Polanski thanks supporters for solidarity in letter posted online from Alpine house arrest
By Associated Press - December 28, 2009
PARIS (AP) Filmmaker Roman Polanski says letters from supporters that he received in a Swiss prison and while under house arrest at his Alpine chalet have been "full of comfort and reason to hope." Polanski's first public comments since his Sept. 26 arrest at Zurich airport came in a...
Hollywood disaster movie '2012' becomes best-selling film in Chinese history
MIN LEE - December 28, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) A second Hollywood movie has shattered the Chinese box office record in a year, as Beijing faces increased pressure to ease its annual quota of 20 foreign blockbusters. The American disaster film "2012" has made 460 million Chinese yuan ($67.3 million) as of Dec. 23,...
Producer, actor Tyler Perry to take 'Madea' play on the road in 2010 after mother's death
By Associated Press - December 27, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character "Madea" back on tour. Perry posted a message on his Web site Saturday that said he had taken some time off in the past few months "so I could spend my mother's final days at her side." His...
Michael Moore, Jeff Garlin plan winter comedy festival to warm hearts in northern Mich. town
JOHN FLESHER - December 24, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Filmmaker Michael Moore started a summer film festival five years ago in his adopted hometown of Traverse City, Mich. Now he's teaming with Emmy winner Jeff Garlin to organize a mid-winter comedic counterpart. The inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival...
Actress Brittany Murphy laid to rest at small, private Christmas Eve funeral in Los Angeles
SANDY COHEN - December 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Brittany Murphy's family and friends celebrated her life at a private Christmas Eve funeral, saying words cannot express their devastation at her passing. "Brittany was an incredibly loving and passionate person and an artist to her core she loved acting, singing,...
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