Movies

Audiences set sights on 'Eagle Eye' with $29.2M (AP)

AP - Movie-goers put "Eagle Eye" under surveillance, lifting the conspiracy thriller starring Shia LaBeouf to the No. 1 spot with $29.2 million over opening weekend.

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Pair involved in LaBeouf crash charged (AP)

AP - Two people involved in an accident that injured Shia LaBeouf were charged Monday with giving police false information about the wreck.

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Marvel ups film unit outlook; inks deal with Paramount (Reuters)

Reuters - Marvel Entertainment Inc raised its film unit's 2008 revenue outlook following initial payments of $60 million from Viacom's Paramount Pictures -- the distributor of the comic book publisher's "Iron Man" movie.

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Shia LaBeouf's No Kirk Cameron (E! Online)

E! Online - Shia LaBeouf has starred in three straight No. 1 movies. Kirk Cameron hasn't seen his face on a multiplex screen in seven years. Guess who's the hottest ticket heading into the weekend?

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And the Oscar-Hosting Job Goes to...Ricky Gervais? (E! Online)

E! Online - Ricky Gervais as the next host of the Oscars?

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Thai film delves into murky Muslim insurgency (Reuters)

Reuters - Five years on, the insurgency in Thailand's mainly Muslim south continues to defy attempts to placate it and a new Thai documentary uses the brutal death of a young Buddhist art teacher to examine why.

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"Eagle Eye" soars to top of box office (Reuters)

Reuters - Thriller "Eagle Eye" soared to the top of North American box offices, taking in $29 million in its first weekend in theaters on the wings of rising star Shia LaBeouf, according to studio estimates on Sunday.

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Peter Sarsgaard takes wing in 'The Seagull' (AP)

AP - Peter Sarsgaard wants to meet in a coffee bar in Brooklyn, but balks when he gets there.

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Fireproof's Hot; Eagle Eye's Bigger (E! Online)

E! Online - Shia LaBeouf held. Kirk Cameron soared.

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In "Flash of Genius," greed is not so good (Reuters)

Reuters - "Flash of Genius" may not be the sexiest film to debut this fall, but its true tale of the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers poses a timely question of values and ethics in the current economic crisis.

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Why Hollywood Gets Religion So, So Wrong (E! Online)

E! Online - I'm confused by Hollywood's habit of using Catholic symbols either in an overly generic way or in a way that any reasonably well informed person knows isn't accurate. Case in point: Lost. The whole Mr. Eko thing just had my skin crawling because of the stuff that was wrong. You don't baptize a baby by making the sign of the cross; you aren't a priest just because you sign a letter.*

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Holy Double Take, Batman! Here Comes a New Caped Crusader (E! Online)

E! Online - Watch out, Christian Bale—there's a new Batman coming to town!

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Annual Woodstock Film Festival kicks off this week (AP)

AP - The ninth annual Woodstock Film Festival this week will feature appearances by filmmaker Kevin Smith, '60s troubadour Donovan and more than 120 films.

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Dell-Paramount deal puts "Iron Man" on PCs (Reuters)

Reuters - PC manufacturer Dell and Paramount Pictures are opening a new front in digital distribution with an offering allowing consumers to order "Iron Man" preloaded into newly purchased computers.

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Recent Hollywood script deals (Reuters)

Reuters - "Nights in Rodanthe" screenwriter Ann Peacock will adapt John Grisham's 1997 novel "The Partner" for the big screen.

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Maher vs. God: `Religulous' flays organized faith (AP)

AP - Bill Maher has taken his crusade against religion to the big screen.

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Panabaker tapped for lead role in "Prodigy" (Reuters)

Reuters - Danielle Panabaker, who starred on TV's "Shark" and appeared on the big screen in "Mr. Brooks," has been cast as the female lead in the sci-fi action film "Prodigy."

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To Be Thor Director, or Not To Be (E! Online)

E! Online - Flowing locks. Tights. Well, yeah, Thor kinda could pass for a Renaissance man…

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Blind activists plan protest of movie 'Blindness' (AP)

AP - Blind people quarantined in a mental asylum, attacking each other, soiling themselves, trading sex for food. For Marc Maurer, who's blind, such a scenario as shown in the movie "Blindness" is not a clever allegory for a breakdown in society.

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Dekker eager to enroll in "Fame" remake (Reuters)

Reuters - Thomas Dekker, the star of Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," is in talks to take a lead role in MGM's remake of the 1980 musical "Fame."