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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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10 best-paid American mystery writers
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In Pictures: Great dance movies
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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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Chapter & Verse Publication of a book on Scientology is cancelled in the UK after legal threats
Lawrence Wright's book 'Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief' was yanked by its UK publisher Transworld but will still be released in America.
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Women help Spider-Man net Sony $341 million and counting
Spider-Man took in $140 million at the US box office in the first six days. Female viewers made up 42 percent of the Spider-Man movie audience
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'Savages': Oliver Stone's mayhem feels like Quentin Tarantino movie (+video)
'Savages' review: Oliver Stone's violent movie keeps the eye engaged, if not the mind.
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Nora Ephron: My life, her script, classic American romance
Nora Ephron spoke to the author's Wellesley college graduating class in 1996 and told them "Be the heroine of your life." Her scripts were classics of American romance.
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Nora Ephron: Hollywood trailblazer of romantic comedies for smart women
Nora Ephron was a rare woman writing and directing in the male-dominated industry of filmmaking. Nora Ephron wrote romantic comedies for smart women, about smart women.
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Screenwriter Nora Ephron 'loved a good New York story'
Nora Ephron, famous for her romantic comedies, has died. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the city's art community will miss Ephron, who set many of her stories there.
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Winfrey farewell show taped live in front of 13,000 fans
Winfrey farewell: The show being taped Tuesday afternoon will be the finale of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' according to Harpo Productions. The show will air on Wednesday.
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10 best-paid American mystery writers
It's no secret that, in the realm of literature, crime pays – big time. And, according to a study cited in The Guardian, American mystery writers receive a particularly staggering payoff for their work. (Totals include book sales, box office returns, license fees, and company accounts.) Here are America's top-ten best compensated mystery writers.
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In Pictures: Great dance movies
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Kate Middleton 'will be burdened' by comparisons to Diana, say royal watchers
Kate Middleton will be jousting with the memory of one of the best-known women of the 20th Century.
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Kennedy Center honors 2010: Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney among five receiving accolades
Kennedy Center honors five in 2010, including Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Bill T. Jones, Merle Haggard, and Jerry Herman.
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Oprah Winfrey: new season marks the beginning of the end
Oprah Winfrey surprised the 300 people in her studio audience Monday with a trip to Australia, at the premiere of the final season of her show.
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Opinion: Why Ramadan in Egypt means overeating and John Travolta on TV
The Islamic holy month of Ramadan is a time for restraint and religious devotion, marked by fasting and charity. But in Egypt, Muslims consume three times their regular amount of food, work less, and watch more TV.
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From Paris With Love: movie review
John Travolta stars in ‘From Paris With Love,’ a comedy-thriller-action movie that falls short on all three counts.
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Scientology's French fraud conviction: Not the first legal case
Scientology has faced several legal tussles in the US and Europe, with a fraud ruling against the church in France merely the latest.
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Lesson of Letterman extortion, other blackmail cases: come clean
David Letterman, John Travolta, and Rick Pitino all foiled alleged extortion plots by going public and turning to police.
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Review: 'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3'
Remake of 1974 thriller set in New York's subway bristles with high-tech gimcrackery as John Travolta and Denzel Washington play tense head games.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
James Morrison's newest CD of love songs, Disney's delightful 'Bolt' now on DVD, a fascinating PBS documentary on two pioneers of women's cosmetics, and more.
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Review: 'Bolt'
Clever casting in Disney's latest animation brings wit and energy to the tale of a self-deluded dog.
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Honey Sayed spins tunes and positive news in Syria
Popular 'Good Morning Syria' host provides a rare cultural bridge in the Arab world.
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