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Mo'Nique: Living Her Dream

8 hours ago

While Mo'Nique may be known for her sassy stand-up comedy and larger-than-life personality, at her home just outside of Atlanta she is simply "Mommy." "When we're at home it ain't 'action and cut'," says the mom of 4-year-old twins, Jonathan and David, and a 19-year-old son, Shalon. "It's just like a playground in our house - nothing but fun and love." But when she took on the role of an abusive mother in the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire, the actress set her current contentment aside and recalled a much harder time in her life. In this week's issue of People, See more »

- Amy Keith

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Week in Review: Rob, Kristen & Taylor Go Global; Rihanna, Kate Gosselin & Stripper Talk It Out

13 hours ago

It was ladies' week in Hollywood (and related environs) as real stars like Rihanna and Mariah Carey opened up on TV about serious, emotional issues; celebish types like Kate Gosselin rehashed stories we already know, but with more tears; and nonentity (in Hollywood and related environs) Nicole Forrester talked about having a one-night stand with Fergie's man. Hey, to each her own. Read on for your complete week in review... 1. With her new album due in a couple of weeks, it was Rihanna's turn to tell her side of the Chris Brown story. Her interview with ABC's See more »

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Californication: Which Woman Will Hank Choose?

11 hours ago

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Californication's Hank Moody (David Duchovny) has really done it this time.

The charming lothario was already in deep: He's bedded both his teaching assistant (Diane Farr) and a student (Eva Amurri), and he's got the prim-and-proper dean's wife (Embeth Davidtz) all hot and bothered. But now, Hank's soulmate and mother of his child, Karen (Natascha McElhone), has returned from New York, sending Professor Moody into female frenzy.

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In Sunday's episode (10/9c, Showtime), Hank will try to do right by See more »

- Adam Bryant

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Friday B.O.: Soft Starts for 'Christmas Carol,' 'Goats'

11 hours ago

With release activity at the domestic box office heating up for the holidays and the awards season, Friday saw soft openings for Disney’s expensive 3D stop-motion-animated “A Christmas Carol” and Overture’s ensemble satire “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”

Universal, meanwhile, seemed to benefit from the current public interest in verite-style sci-fi/horror, with paranormally themed “The Fourth Kind” enjoying a better-than-expected premiere. Also, Lionsgate awards hopeful “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire&... See more »

- Daniel Frankel

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Kick-Ass Character Posters Now Online

6 November 2009 8:08 AM, PST

We’re enormously excited about Kick-Ass, Matthew Vaughn’s balls-out deconstruction of the superhero flick, here at Empire Towers. And the debut of these American posters for the film haven’t changed that one iota.Ever since the news was announced that Vaughn would be adapting (and independently financing) this adaptation of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr’s ultra-violent tale of a young New York teen who becomes a costumed vigilante, there’s been an air of genuine cool about the movie. And the posters, which show only the backs of key characters Kick-Ass, Hit Girl, Big Daddy and Red See more »

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Adam Lambert and the Greatest Gay Musical Icons of All Time

8 hours ago

The countdown has begun to Adam Lambert's new album release. "For Your Entertainment" hits stores November 23, just in time for all of those Thanksgiving raves. The album is an exercise in production overload and musical Add. Lambert (and his handlers) want to make sure no part of the See more »

- Shawn Amos

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'Disney's A Christmas Carol Sings To The Top Of The Saturday Box Office

9 hours ago

1. "A Christmas Carol" ($8.9 million)

2. "The Fourth Kind" ($5 million)

3. "The Men Who Stare At Goats" ($4.6 million)

4. "Michael Jackson's This Is It" ($4.1 million)

5. "Paranormal Activity" ($2.8 million)

The opening day for Robert Zemeckis' "A Christmas Carol" wasn't exactly worthy of a See more »

- Adam Rosenberg

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Colin Powell and the Stars of Precious Convene at the Crosby Street Hotel

6 November 2009 4:00 PM, PST

Sapphire, Lee Daniels, Gabourey Sidibe, General Colin Powell. From PatrickMcMullan.com. "Every time I get to New York I get nervous because of the New Yorkers," joked director Lee Daniels when introducing his new and much buzzed-about film, Precious, at the Cinema Society and Tommy Hilfiger's screening See more »

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Dan Aykroyd voicing Yogi Bear?

6 November 2009 12:36 AM, PST

Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake and Anna Faris have all signed on to roles in Warners' new live-action/CG take on Yogi Bear. It's true- no matter how much we all try to avoid the fact that this film is on the way, it somehow finds a way See more »

- James White

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Are You Objectified?

6 November 2009 2:17 PM, PST

2Nd Update: We have our winners. Thanks, all! Update: To win a digital copy of Objectified, answer the question below and email editor.filmmakermagazine At gmail.com. Almost three years ago I decided to check out what seemed to be an obscure little documentary about graphic design at SXSW and was See more »

- Scott Macaulay

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