Five festive Christmas stores Dec 10, 2008
The Littleton, Colorado, store has 22 decorated rooms and more than 100 themed trees (designed on movie themes this year). St. Nick's is also home to a glittering assortment of ornaments, decorations and collectibles from all over the world. (CNN -- Travel)
Jury selected for murder trial Dec 10, 2008
According to Morgan, King and Prince forcefully injected him with special K or ketamine, an animal tranquilizer and made a movie with his wife while he was indisposed by the drug. The prosecution will be allowed to use the recording during the trial, which is being heard by Judge Jonathan Nichols. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Top Seven Christmas Movie Posters Dec 8, 2008
Christmas movie posters are tops in the Hollywood memorabilia field ... Look for these top seven collectible movie posters promoting such holiday fare as It's a Wonderful Life, MIracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol, Holiday inn and A Christmas Story ... Christmas Movie History. (Suite101.com)
O.J. Simpson faces spartan prison as lawyers appeal Dec 8, 2008
Skolnik acknowledged that adjusting to prison may be difficult for a man who once lived the high life as a football star, movie actor and advertising pitchman. Prison cells average 7. (Xinhuanet, China)
Strand Theatre opens in style Dec 7, 2008
Beauty and the Beast drew an excited crowd to the Strand s opening night Friday after a six-year, $4 million restoration that transformed it from a 1935 movie theater into the home of the Atlanta Lyric Theatre and live performances ... The Strand morphed through 65 years as a movie theater, cinema draft house, rock music venue, flea market and church ... I came here when it was a movie theater, she said, gazing around the Strand lobby. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Sunny von Bulow, spent 28 years in coma Dec 7, 2008
He wrote the book "Reversal of Fortune: Inside the von Bulow Case," on which the movie was based. Dershowitz said there was "overwhelming" evidence that her coma was self-induced caused by a "large ingestion of drugs, and Claus had nothing to do with it," Dershowitz said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Simpson sentenced to at least 9 years Dec 7, 2008
Prosecutors and defense attorneys said Simpson would have to serve at least nine years before eligible for parole, meaning the 61-year-old former football and movie star would be 70 years old before seeing freedom. VOTE HERE: OCTOBER: ON DEADLINE. (USA Today -- Life)
GKWorld Supercharges Popular Anime Website Nov 26, 2008
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- GKWorld, an online anime store with a huge selection of collectibles, has become a virtual second home for comic and cartoon fans as well as sci-fi, fantasy movie and video game enthusiasts. Now, is expanding its appeal with a fun, new redesign and a 20% discount. (PR Newswire)
Disney Video Games Get Families Playing Together with Trusted Brands and Quality Products That Are Gentle on the Wallet Nov 26, 2008
Whether its get-up-and-play games for the Nintendo Wii, hot music games at easy prices, adrenaline-pumping action sports games, trivia games, mobile games on-the-go, Nintendo DS portable games or bringing the seasons hottest movie-inspired games into living rooms, Disney Interactive Studios entertainment will generate endless hours of memorable fun ... Disney Sing It is the only karaoke video game that challenges players to out-sing friends with songs and videos from favorite Hollywood... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Hanson tops off an overwhelming year Nov 25, 2008
No, I didn t see the 24 movie, but have it on DVR. I m assuming it s worth watching for any of us who ve followed the show, though I gotta admit the previews didn t look too fresh or thrilling, and I fell asleep after 10 minutes when I tried to watch it last night/this morning well after midnight ... Not your dad s Deerhunter: Because for most of us, probably that Deerhunter was the terrific, harrowing 1978 movie and it was actually three words, The Deer Hunter starring Robert De Niro and... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Looking through the glass: Micheal Nourot Nov 23, 2008
Photos galore as movie stars, models and more flock to a fab opening. Guns N' Roses spends 15 years on a new CD. Why release it this week. (San Francisco Chronicle)
An American Home: The History of the White House Nov 22, 2008
Franklin D. Roosevelt converted a long cloakroom into a small movie theater. Brand new bowling lanes were all the rage during Harry Truman's administration. (Pekin Times, IL)
What outback? Nov 22, 2008
For the folks Down Under, this movie means one thing: We're once again going to be polished, packaged and paraded in front of tourists. This time, we will be spared endless comments about shrimps on the barbie. (Globe and Mail)
An Australiana revival Nov 20, 2008
It's not the love affair between Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Australia but the love affair moviegoers will have with the film's sets that has the design world talking ... "I do think this movie will have an effect of reigniting interest," says an auctioneer of 20th-century arts and design pieces, Andrew Shapiro ... "The whole Australia thing has been coming up slowly in design and the movie is going to shoot it forward," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Time alone is fun Nov 20, 2008
We tried to become a "we," traveling for our honeymoon to the Paris I loved (and he hated), always seeing friends together, dragging each other to movies that bored one of us to death ... If I ask a childhood pal (now married) out to dinner in hopes of some intimate conversation, she invariably answers, "We'd love to!" Calling a friend in California, I learn that "we" are dazzled by the new exhibition at the Getty; we're vegan now; we saw that movie and we were not amused. (CNN)
Jill the tripper eludes her captors Nov 17, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. a photo of Michele Kiesewetter, a police officer killed by "the woman without a face"; is carried during a memorial by her former colleagues. (The Age, Australia -- World)
'Scrapbooks' pieces together Americans' history Nov 16, 2008
"By chaotic I mean form, content, size, shape, weird juxtapositions: prayer cards next to movie pinups, that sort of thing. Those are the people that just stole my heart.". Helfand still collects scrapbooks. (Boston Globe)
Twilight star Robert Pattinson sinks teeth into role as romantic ... Nov 16, 2008
The movie s not even out yet and almost every day - because every 13-year-old girl in the entire country has read this - and you can almost guarantee wherever you go you ll hear, Oh my God ... Next Article in Movie News: Advertisment. (Boston Herald)
And Action! Cool Movie Toys For Holidays Nov 15, 2008
Cool Movie Toys For Holidays - Holidays 2008 News Story - KPRC Houston ... Cool Movie Toys For Holidays ... Wide Range Of Movie, TV Toys, Collectibles In Marketplace. (Click2Houston, TX)
Borders Is 'Twilight' Central this Season with Vampire Inspired Books, CDs, Calendars, Gifts, Free In-Store Parties, Exclusive Online Content, Podcast and More! Nov 5, 2008
In addition, there are "Twilight" movie related titles such as "Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion," which is a behind-the-scenes paperback guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, and interviews ... Music from the "Twilight" film is captured on the "Twilight Movie Soundtrack" from Atlantic Records, which features artists such as Linkin Park, Muse, Collective Soul, Perry Farrell and Paramore, who recorded their song "Decode" in... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Price is right - Superior pawnshop doing well in downturn Nov 4, 2008
Residents held their breath when the movie theater went up for sale, fearful of losing an important venue for wintertime entertainment ... Most of their paying customers are interested in the store s wide selection of movies. (Missoulian, MT)
The movie magician Nov 3, 2008
The longest shoot in 20th Century Fox s formidable history of movie-making ... Whether you call it making a movie or weaving a dream, what appears to the rest of us to be a crazy-making collision of commercial imperatives and creative energies is as familiar as oxygen, as natural as breathing, to Luhrmann and his clan ... And it happens to Lady Sarah Ashley in the movie. (The Australian)
Decorators get seal of approval for makeovers Oct 30, 2008
The movie theater was redone and plumbing updated. An exterior renovation was begun. (San Francisco Chronicle)
13 creepy places to get your chill on Oct 29, 2008
Mtter Museum, PhiladelphiaFrom the sliced human head floating in a glass case, la Damien Hirst, to the gruesome collection of preserved presidential tumors and a plaster cast of Siamese twins Chang and Eng (as well as their actual conjoined livers), 's Mtter museum is a must-see, especially for those who found the movie "Dead Ringers" oddly compelling. Part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the oldest medical school complex in North America, it combines exhibits of... (MSNBC -- Politics)
New Zealand's Diamond in the Rough Oct 29, 2008
Raffles' latest venture lends Dubai some low-key high class, walk among the carnivorous lizards at Indonesia's eco-tourism hot spot, Komodo and explore Catalina's movie culture. Beijing's budding jazz scene focuses on saxophonist Liu Yuan's East Shore bar, lounging in the languid paradise of S;o Tom and Pr ncipe and burrowing beneath the Swiss mountains. (Time.com)
Boo! Bash Is This Saturday Oct 25, 2008
"The trick-or-treating will be followed by a movie in the park.". The trick-or-treating begins at 5 p.m. Children will go from booth to booth along the park's walking path. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
It's a Wonderful Life Collectibles Oct 24, 2008
Movie Memorabilia: Posters, Lobby Cards, Pressbooks, Autographs ... Collectors religiously pursue all memorabilia associated with this 1946 movie classic, including original posters, lobby cards and pressbooks ... It's a Wonderful LIfe Movie. (Suite101.com)
Boo! Bash in the Park Is Saturday Oct 22, 2008
"The trick-or-treating will be followed by a movie in the park.". Booth application forms are now available at St. Clair City Hall, the St. Clair Area Chamber of Commerce, the St. Clair Missourian office and online at www. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Diverse display for rights museum Oct 19, 2008
Movie previews, reviews and trailers to help you make your theatre decision. A Larry Munson corn maze. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Shopping Downtown Lodi is uninteresting Oct 19, 2008
dogs4you wrote on Oct 18, 2008 2:37 PM:" lodier: concerning the Wine Stroll, were it not for the Stroll would you be in downtown at all? If you find everything affordable you must be in that over $250,000 a year class that Obama is going to drop the hammer on tax wise if he is elected. Did you really go by the movie theater, if so did you have to put up with the teen group that just "hangs out" talking on cell phones and using bad language, and never goes into the theater and wonders by the LPD... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
UGA mines priceless historical nuggets from old home movies Oct 17, 2008
Compton searches through donated home movies for footage of historical value ... Compton searches through donated home movies for footage of historical value ... DOWNLOAD: Footage from the 1953 Augusta Soap Box Derby (part of the home movie collection): (86. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Bees actresses buzz about sweet roles Oct 15, 2008
By Stephen Schaefer / Movies Wednesday, October 15, 2008 - Added 11h ago Boston Herald Entertainment Reporter Text size ... Next Article in Movie News: Page: Advertisment. (Boston Herald)
How much would I have to pay you to display this crystal skull in ... Oct 14, 2008
That thing is pretty ugly, though uld just remind me of how awful the movie was ... Feels like a last ditch sales-pitch to get people to buy a DVD of a movie that was a tragic endcap to an amazing trilogy ... Why not offer something from one of the prior three movies -- like a replica fertility statue from Raiders -- at least then people might care. (Entertainment Weekly)
Sofia Coppola Oct 14, 2008
" And finally "Marie Antoinette" as royal teen. That controversial movie's music remix underscored Coppola's connection to hip music, as played by Thomas Mars of the French rock band Phoenix, who is her partner and the father of her child. Today in Fashion & Style Coppola read Antonia Fraser's book on Marie-Antoinette and empathized with a young girl in a society "out of time with reality," attempting to create something "down to earth" in the Petit Trianon in a way that was both "ridiculous and... (International Herald Tribune)
Grieving war families unite graveside in Section 60 Oct 13, 2008
With its rough video quality and apparent natural lighting, Section 60 plays like an extended home movie of not one family, but several, all united in mourning. The only discussion of politics comes from one young widow, who argues that those who protest the war are implying her husband died for nothing. (Boston Herald)
Private Jessica says President is misusing her 'heroism' Oct 5, 2008
She has been romanced as the media target of the moment, photographed by Annie Liebowitz for Vanity Fair, and stands to make millions more from a movie deal ... Now he is described by his wife as overly influenced by John Wayne movies. (Yahoo News -- Jessica Lynch)
Newport in the Gilded Age Oct 4, 2008
Movie previews, reviews and trailers to help you make your theatre decision. The latest news and notes on the gas shortage in the Southeast. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Ga. town keeps Laurel and Hardy's legacy alive Oct 4, 2008
On another is a collection of Laurel and Hardy movie posters in several languages. The museum even has two hats worn by Laurel and Hardy in movies a pith helmet from 1935's "Bonnie Scotland" and a fez from 1933's "Sons of the Desert." ... Children drop by after school and join tourists in the museum's back room, munching on homemade cookies as they watch one of Laurel and Hardy's 106 movies often shown there. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Simpson guilty on all counts Oct 4, 2008
By William M. Welch, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS Thirteen years to the day after he was acquitted of murder in a celebrated trial, former football and movie star O.J. Simpson was led away in handcuffs after a jury found him guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint ... Simpson had been an idolized football star, winning the Heisman Trophy as a running back at Southern California and later parlaying a successful pro career into a new life as star of movies and TV commercials. (USA Today)
A grocery co-op for Durham Oct 3, 2008
When the retail tenants begin opening, they will include some newcomers to our market: Buy Buy Baby, an affiliate of Bed Bath d that specializes in children's furniture, toys and gifts; Urban Active, a 50,000-square-foot fitness club; and a 14-screen Stone Theatres movie theater. Leases are still being signed for the smaller spaces. (News & Observer)
H.A.L. - Hollywood's Aggregated Links Oct 3, 2008
" Writes Matthew Heller, "Cooper evidently relished analyzing the case, saying it 'involves the great gastronomic/cinematic tradition of eating popcorn at the movies. " [] Posted: Wed, October 01, 2008, 12:10 PM | | October 1 The man who wrote "Win With the Rebels" -- fight song for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- on games such as "NCAA Basketball," "NCAA Football" and "NCAA March Madness. (Variety)
Citizens score strip club Oct 3, 2008
Not for the faint hearted or younger readers, it is a collection of short stories, containing Brokeback Mountain, upon which the movie was based. Why is it always the religious minority that always try to hide the truth and force their prudish values on others. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Yellow CultureBus gets the green light Sep 25, 2008
Clothes encounter: During a recent tour of the super-green Academy of Sciences, which has a gala opening Thursday with architect Renzo Piano in attendance, we previewed the Planeterium's thrilling Academy-produced "Fragile Planet," a vertiginous movie that starts off on the Academy's living roof before virtually zooming into outer space. Earlier, while inspecting the actual roof, we encountered a docent showing off a sample of the building's wall insulation composed of recycled denim, and it got... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Willard Chapel hosts documentary premiere Sep 22, 2008
The movie showed how former students from the Auburn Theological Seminary, which originally built the chapel in 1892, fought for the abolition of slavery during the Civil War, and supported women's suffrage and prohibition. Throughout the decades, several economic crisises threatened to see the building sold one piece at a time at auction, or to have it turned into a strip club or a liquor store. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Sept. 21) Sep 21, 2008
There could be a simple lesson behind the tepid reception George Clooney's "Leatherheads" (2008) received at the box office: Don't open a football movie at the start of baseball season ... The movie goes far lighter on the sports element than it effectively could, and there's a crackle to the repartee between Clooney's aging gridiron vet Dodge Connelly and Ren ... It's only when the movie focuses on the scandal, and not so much on playing cute, that the action gets stacked up at the line of... (Boston Globe)
Lakeview not much to look at Sep 20, 2008
It s one of those movies hatched in a University of Southern California class called Screenwriter s What If 101 ... Next Article in Movie Reviews: Advertisment. (Boston Herald)
Grey New York Appears at the Broadway Flea Market Sep 19, 2008
Sell costume pieces, autographs, original scripts, rare photographs, vintage Playbills, movie posters, books on the theatre and more. Staff the Celebrity Table where stars gather to sign autographs and pose for photos with fans in exchange for donations; and. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Remembering the events of 9/11 Sep 12, 2008
Growing up, I watched a lot of Mission Impossible (the original-pre Peter Graves), the original Star Trek (back before we realized it looked hokey-before the movies, that is) ... Did you turn off that violent old movie you re watching ... I was in the living room of our apartment, watching a movie, or something. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
On display (43) Sep 12, 2008
Linn County Historical Museum, 101 Park St. Covered wagon, exhibits of pioneer life, tools, clothing, genealogy library and movie theater housed in the original Brownsville train depot. Hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Weekend Calendar Sep 11, 2008
" Call (860) 223-4683 or e-mail badgerboy1952@yahoo.com for details. EAST HADDAM - Goodspeed Musicals announces the world premiere production of Jim Henson's classic holiday favorite, "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," adapted for the stage. Families across Connecticut are invited to celebrate and create a new holiday tradition complimented by the beauty of the Goodspeed Opera House bedecked for the season. The show will run Dec. 7 through Jan. 4, 2009, at the Goodspeed Opera House. As... (Middletown Press, CT)
Shelf Life - Top ten reasons to own a library card Sep 8, 2008
Enjoy a classic movie Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m.. - Teen board returns. (Missoulian, MT)
Steve Cahalan: Spring Grove co-op to build downtown theater Sep 7, 2008
Construction is expected to begin soon on a new movie theater in downtown Spring Grove, Minn. The board of Spring Grove Communications recently voted to build the theater, which is expected to open sometime next spring, said Craig Otterness, the cooperative s general manager and CEO. Right now we re calling it the Spring Grove Theater, a name that probably will stick, he said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Alt and Main: an insider's take on Vancouver Sep 7, 2008
This is a favourite haunt of set designers from Vancouver's thriving movie industry ... It's the best movie store I have ever been in ... You can find every movie ever directed by Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, Sam Peckinpah, Brian de Palma and Woody Allen, who all have their own shelf or two. (Globe and Mail)
Skinner Inc. to relocate Sep 6, 2008
The category includes astronomy models and instruments, surveying equipment, Edison phonographs, typewriters, cameras, and more eccentric things like phrenology heads, amputation kits, movie props, automata, even a component of ENIAC, the world s first computer, which Skinner sold eight years ago. Skinner Inc. s dual Boston-Bolton geography always made good business sense. (Bolton Common, MA)
Fallen Rises On DVD Sep 4, 2008
Popular movies in this genre: 1 ... Popular movies from this studio: 1. (IGN FilmForce)
Community datebook (08/30/08) Aug 30, 2008
Movies for Your Mind, "Man Push Cart," 6 p.m., Anchorage Museum, 121 W. Seventh Ave. See movie chart on Page 12. $6, $5 seniors, $4 members. (Anchorage Daily News)
'We Were Soldiers...and We Are Soldiers Still': Signed Books Available Aug 26, 2008
The battle is well known to many Americans from the film version, "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young," starring Mel Gibson, and the movie takes very few liberties in telling the truthful stories of these American heroes. The Battle of Ia Drang took place November 14-18, 1965, when the men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry were dropped into a small landing zone ("LZ" in military parlance) designated "X-Ray" at the foot of Chu Pong Mountain, 2 kilometers from the Drang River, as part of a... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
As Seen On Streetside San Diego With Lorrie Jordan Aug 25, 2008
A Preview of the new "Transformer" movie ... A Preview of NTC's Summer Lovin' Movie Series ... Liberty Station and Cinema Society of San Diego hosting 6 free outdoor movie nights. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
Harley-Davidson holds auction to benefit MDA Aug 22, 2008
FOX 11 Fantasy Home 2008 by Living Spaces LLC. 07:10 PM MST on Thursday, August 21, 2008. (FOX 11, AZ)
Infotainment Aug 14, 2008
The Cheetah Girlshollywood: Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney, (R), poses with members of the pop music group The Cheetah Girls at the premiere of the Disney Channel movie The Cheetah Girls One World. reuters. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET Aug 14, 2008
COUPLESYOGA (Rosenblum, Minneapolis Star Tribune) -- Yoga date nights offer couples a refreshing twist on dinner and a movie. 850. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Luxury homes on high-end tour Aug 12, 2008
Located on 185 landscaped acres about 35 minutes from Paris, the 18-bedroom Villette was author Dan Brown's inspiration for the sumptuous home of the character Sir Leigh Teabing in "The Da Vinci Code." Scenes of the movie were filmed there; deep-pocketed devotees can visit for a "Da Vinci Code" tour ... John Travolta's manager recently checked out the property as a possible four-month crash pad for the star while he films a movie with director Luc Besson this fall, Decker said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
The sidewalk in front of the Marion Street Caf is free from tables and chairs. Many of the local business owners believe that those items lure more tourists and residents. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Aug 12, 2008
n The Finally Friday movie for Aug. 29 is Evan Almighty. The event goes runs 6-10 p.m.. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Competition's stiff, but this should get the gold for the sleaziest Aug 12, 2008
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail. August 12, 2008 at 3:04 AM EDT. (Globe and Mail)
Art.view: The great persuader Aug 10, 2008
Mr. Wolfson has so far bought around 125,000 objects, including paintings, sculptures, posters, books, ceramics, furniture (sometimes entire rooms, including ceilings), jukeboxes, silver teapots, staircases, model ocean-liners, a bicycle made entirely of wood and the sumptuously tiled and gilded walls of movie palaces. All were related to design, decorative and propaganda art. (The Economist)
