Disney to release Indian film in southern dialect (AP)

AP - Encouraged by the reception of its Hindi animated movie, Disney is shooting a new adventure film in the southern Indian dialect of Telugu as it deepens its localization drive in the populous country.
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Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whale (AP)

An unidentified woman opens the door at the entrance of the Hump Restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif. on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Federal prosecutors have filed charges against the owner of the restaurant and its sushi chef that marine mammal activists say served illegal Sei whale meat. The charges follow a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the Oscar-winning documentary, 'The Cove.' (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - Federal prosecutors filed charges Wednesday against a sushi chef and a Santa Monica restaurant on allegations that they served illegal and endangered whale meat.



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3-D boosts box office worldwide to record $30 bln (AP)

AP - The appeal of 3-D movies helped boost movie ticket sales by nearly 8 percent to a record $29.9 billion worldwide in 2009, according to the Motion Picture Association of America.
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Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)

Actress Reese Witherspoon, Avon global ambassador, speaks at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.



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Jason Segel, Ed Helms high on "Home" (Reuters)

Reuters - Jason Segel and Ed Helms are starring in "Jeff Who Lives at Home," a stoner comedy chronicling a day in the life of two brothers.
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Thai thriller straddles homophobia, homoerotica (Reuters)

Reuters - In the slasher-thriller "Slice," a cop-turned-convict tracks down a serial killer by delving into his own troubled childhood memories.
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Film futures markets to launch soon (Reuters)

James Cameron, nominee for best director for Reuters - If start-up Media Derivatives and broker dealer Cantor Fitzgerald have their way, investors may soon be able to place bets on the box office showing of summer blockbuster "Iron Man 2."



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"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters)

Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.
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Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project (Reuters)

Director Clint Eastwood is interviewed at the Los Angeles premiere of his film Reuters - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years.



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Corey Haim prolonged tragic Hollywood tradition (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, left, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman, right. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim's story is sadly familiar in Hollywood: A teen talent who discovered drugs as he tasted his first success and whose personal problems increased as his star-power faded.



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Imax rebounds to profit, sees strong first quarter (Reuters)

Reuters - Giant-screen movie operator Imax Corp said on Thursday a strong slate of films, including the blockbuster "Avatar", helped it bounce back to a fourth-quarter profit and it forecast a "very strong year" ahead.
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Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight (Reuters)

Reuters - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
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Broadhurst Box Office Opens for 'Enron' (Playbill)

Playbill - The box office at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre opens March 11 for sales to the U.S. premiere of Lucy Prebble's Enron, the highly theatricalized tale of the financial scandal and collapse of the American energy corporation.
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Global movie box office nears $30 billion in 2009 (Reuters)

Reuters - Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on Wednesday.
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New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream (Reuters)

Actor Matt Damon poses for photographers as he arrives at the World Premiere of Reuters - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zone" debuts on Friday.



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Imax posts 4Q profit, reversing loss (AP)

AP - Giant-screen movie technology company Imax Corp. posted a fourth-quarter profit Thursday, reversing a year-ago loss on a sharp jump in its movie theater equipment sales and rentals.
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Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles (Reuters)

Corey Haim, a 1980's heartthrob whose Hollywood career was derailed by wild parties and drug abuse, died Wednesday aged 38 in Los Angeles after an apparent overdose, police said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Buckner)Reuters - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.



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Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me' (AP)

In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Emilie de Ravin, left, and Robert Pattinson are shown in a scene from 'Remember Me.' (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Nicole Rivelli)AP - In "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from "Twilight," apparently in search of his "Five Easy Pieces" or "Rebel Without a Cause."



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Review: `Green Zone' is a failure of intelligence (AP)

In this publicity image released by Universal Pictures,Matt Damon is shown in a scene from, 'Green Zone.' (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Jonathan Olley)AP - All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm.



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"Wall Street" sequel delayed by five months (Reuters)

U.S. director Oliver Stone attends the 'South Of The Border ' photocall at the Palazzo del Casino during the 66th Venice Film Festival September 7, 2009. REUTERSAlessandro BianchiReuters - Fox is bumping Oliver Stone's Wall Street sequel to the fall.



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