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Top 5 greatest Super Bowl ads
In addition to football, Super Bowl XLVII will bring a new crop of ads to rate, discuss, and chuckle over Monday morning. But while several Super Bowl ads hold our attention for hours or days, very few stand the test of time. Here are five that do, from special frogs to an iconic ad from a master director. Can you guess which ad took the (highly subjective) top spot? Did we miss your all-time favorite?
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2012 movies: 10 to look for
Hollywood's already looking ahead to the movies for this year -- here are 10 of the most anticipated
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In Pictures: Cannes Film Festival 2010
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Culture Cafe 'Macbeth' movie adaptation will reportedly star Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman
Michael Fassbender will reportedly take on the lead role while Natalie Portman will play his scheming wife in a new adaptation of 'Macbeth' directed by Justin Kurzel. 'Macbeth' could arrive in theaters in 2014 or 2015.
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Top 5 greatest Super Bowl ads
In addition to football, Super Bowl XLVII will bring a new crop of ads to rate, discuss, and chuckle over Monday morning. But while several Super Bowl ads hold our attention for hours or days, very few stand the test of time. Here are five that do, from special frogs to an iconic ad from a master director. Can you guess which ad took the (highly subjective) top spot? Did we miss your all-time favorite?
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Chapter & Verse Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Kennedy' will be adapted as a National Geographic special
National Geographic and director Ridley Scott, the producers behind the adaptation of O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln,' will also take on 'Killing Kennedy.'
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Culture Cafe James Bond: What actor is said to be in the running to succeed Daniel Craig?
As speculation grows about who would next take on the role of James Bond, one actor may have met with a 'Bond' producer.
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Tony Scott: Maker of action films, including 'Top Gun' (+video)
Tony Scott, director of 'Top Gun,' 'Crimson Tide,' 'Enemy of the State,' and 'Man on Fire,' died Sunday. Police say the death of Tony Scott was being investigated as a suicide.
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Prometheus: movie review (+video)
Most of the best effects in 'Prometheus' are lifted from director Ridley Scott's 'Alien,' and the film's meditations on life and the universe don't amount to much.
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YouTube: 4 billion daily views? Check. 5 billion? Stay tuned.
YouTube, already the TV of the Internet age, has skyrocketed to 4 billion page views per day. Can YouTube's new channel program push it even higher?
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2012 movies: 10 to look for
Hollywood's already looking ahead to the movies for this year -- here are 10 of the most anticipated
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Chapter & Verse Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Lincoln' will be made into a documentary by Ridley and Tony Scott
Ridley and Tony Scott will be filming a National Georgraphic documentary based on Bill O'Reilly's book 'Killing Lincoln.'
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Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' trailer recalls 'Alien'-style sci fi horror (Video)
A team of futuristic space explorers discover a mysterious (and dangerous) extraterrestrial world in the ominous teaser trailer for director Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’.
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Blade Runner follow-up to be directed by Ridley Scott. Can it hold up to the original?
Blade Runner: Ridley Scott has been tapped to direct a new Blade Runner film for 2014 after finishing 'Prometheus,' but can he capture the magic a second time?
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The Princess of Montpensier: movie review
'The Princess of Montpensier,' about courtly intrigue in 16th-century France, is finely drawn and slightly bland.
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YouTube 2 days logo: Video site preps for 'Life in a Day' project
YouTube today changed its 2 days logo to tease 'Life in a Day,' an experimental film project which begins – and ends – on July 24.
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Top Picks: Robin Hood, 'Life' TV series, Memorial Day concert, and more recommendations
Early Hollywood renditions of Robin Hood on DVD for first time, 'Life' TV series narrated by Oprah Winfrey on DVD, National Memorial Day Concert airs on PBS May 30, and more top picks.
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Robin Hood: movie review
This retelling of the classic Robin Hood tale is a somber, violence-heavy take that’s slim on poetry or romance.
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A new interpretation of 'Robin Hood'? That's so 14th century.
Makers of the new 'Robin Hood' film, which opens today, are touting it as 'authentic.' But no one knows what the real Robin Hood was like – if he existed at all. The result is that he's been reinterpreted countless times through the centuries.
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In Pictures: Cannes Film Festival 2010
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'Robin Hood' at Cannes Film Festival: 'Batman Begins' meets 'Men in Tights'
Ridley Scott's 'Robin Hood' made its debut Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival. The movie takes a page from other Hollywood 'prequels,' but how far is too far when Hollywood rewrites popular myths?
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Oscar winners 2010: full of drama
Oscar winner 'Hurt Locker' beat out 'Avatar' for Best Picture, while Sandra Bullock won Best Actress, beating out 16-time nominee Meryl Streep.
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Plenty of real-life drama over "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series
The trilogy of thrillers penned by Swedish author Stieg Larsson are selling like hotcakes and making headlines for some unusual reasons.
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Movie review: 'Art & Copy'
Documentary falls for advertising's first trick.
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Review: 'Body of Lies'
This high-speed spy movie pits the CIA against Middle Eastern jihadists but resembles a trailer of itself.
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DiCaprio film glamorizes Jordan's feared spy agency
Human rights groups charge the mukhabarat, portrayed in the new Ridley Scott movie 'Body of Lies,' with systematic torture.
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