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Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
From the new biography 'Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton' by Jeff Pearlman, here are 10 memorable stories about the football star.
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Top 10 highest paid authors of 2011
Forbes has just released their 2011 list of the world's highest paid authors (based on earnings from May 2010 to April 2011), and some of them may surprise you. We'll tell you how much each author made, why you should know their names, and how they beat the recession's effect on the fiction industry.
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In Pictures: Summer sequels 2011
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Top five movie trends and surprises of 2010
True stories hit it big at the box office in 2010, while big sequels and 3D features largely fizzled.
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Hollywood's record haul: why 2012 was a great year for movies
Hollywood set a box-office record in 2012, raking in $10.8 billion. Franchises like James Bond and 'The Avengers' ruled a year that signaled some important trends in the industry.
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Tom Cruise works as tough guy 'Jack Reacher'
Tom Cruise takes on the character depicted in author Lee Child's thriller.
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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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A tobacco moment, a fiscal cliff, and a Grexit
It's great to have such memorable shorthand phrases for the complex financial problems we're going through; but a few years from now, will we even remember what they meant?
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Horizons
Everything you need to know about new iPhone rumors. Really, everything.Have you heard about the new iPhone? Rumor has it the iPhone 5 will debut in August. No, September. No, October.
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Modern Parenthood
Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise: Time to give them a break?Katie Holmes and daughter Suri Cruise have been in the public eye ever since the actress filed divorce papers against Tom Cruise. We've been fascinated. But ... isn't it about time to give the family a break?
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Oprah charts comeback with big-name interviews (+video)
Oprah Winfrey is working to revive her OWN channel with more celebrity interviews, including the Kardashians. But Katie Couric is also vying for big-name interviews.
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Rock of Ages: movie review (+trailer)
'Rock of Ages' struggles with tone and two bland leads.
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Keep Calm
Good Reads: on optimism, rise of a global middle class, and geek revivalsIt may be easy to feel down in an election year, but between the rise of the global middle class and a geek resurgence, there are reasons for hope.
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Top Picks: 'Once' as a musical, 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,' and more
PBS's romance 'Birdsong' will appeal to 'Downton Abbey' fans, 'Revenge of the Electric Car' explores why the plug was pulled on the electric car, and more top picks.
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Volkswagen buying motorcycle icon Ducati?
Volkswagen's premium car division, Audi, is considering buying Ducati for its light-engine know-how, according to a report. But Volkswagen, Ducati are not commenting.
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Global News Blog
France celebrates historic sweep of Oscars (+video)'The Artist' won five Oscars last night, including the first Best Picture and Best Actor awards for France. 'Hugo' also won five awards.
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Walter Payton: 10 things I learned from his new biography
From the new biography 'Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton' by Jeff Pearlman, here are 10 memorable stories about the football star.
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Hitler lair to become tourist spot in Poland
The Hitler lair, also known as the 'Wolf's Lair,' was the site of an assassination attempt on the Nazi leader by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Bankruptcy filing for 'Jerry Maguire' sports agent
Bankruptcy filing delayed for several years to try to pay off debts, says superstar agent Leigh Steinberg, who served as inspiration for movie 'Jerry Maguire.' But aggressive actions by creditors forced bankruptcy filing.
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'The Devil Inside' scares up a monstrous $34.5 million opening weekend
The surprise hit from Paramount Pictures debuted well above industry expectations as horror fans crowded theaters for the low-budget tale about exorcists trying to free a woman possessed by evil spirits.
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Mission Impossible leads box office at end of weak year
The year's final weekend saw top movies add to ticket sales from the Christmas holiday one week earlier but no change in the top three chart positions. The "Sherlock Holmes" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" franchise films took the No. 2 and 3 positions behind Tom Cruise's 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.'
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Global News Blog
Kim Jong Il: Greatest. Filmmaker. Ever.His role in leading the North Korean people to a perfect Worker's Paradise is well known (aside from a few unfortunate famines). But as film director, Kim Jong Il deserves a retrospective.
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Cruise reprises role in 'Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol'
Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt and his team go rogue in the latest 'Mission Impossible' escapade, 'Ghost Protocol,' one of the best in the series.
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The Litigators
The main case in John Grisham's 24th novel fails to offer enough twists and turns to hook this reader.
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Chapter & Verse
Lee Child on Jack Reacher, Tom Cruise, and 'The Affair'Lee Child talks about Jack Reacher – his quirky and wildly popular creation – and how he started writing thrillers in the first place.
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The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
How Hitler's cult of personality made him almost impossible to dislodge from power.
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Top 10 highest paid authors of 2011
Forbes has just released their 2011 list of the world's highest paid authors (based on earnings from May 2010 to April 2011), and some of them may surprise you. We'll tell you how much each author made, why you should know their names, and how they beat the recession's effect on the fiction industry.
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Carmageddon in Los Angeles: So what was the big deal anyway?
Carmageddon – warnings about traffic mayhem when Los Angeles had to close I-405 for a weekend – turns out to have been not such a big deal. Most Angelenos just stayed home.
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The Monitor's View: In Wal-Mart case and health care law, a presumption of guilt
The dissenting opinion in the Wal-Mart sex-discrimination ruling presumes male managers are guilty of bias. And in the health care law, an assumption of guilt about people not paying medical bills lies behind the mandate to buy insurance.
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