Friend says on 911 call Demi Moore was convulsing
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AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials.
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Katherine Heigl goes for "Money" in new caper film
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Reuters - Katherine Heigl has headlined several romantic comedies such as "27 Dresses" and "The Ugly Truth," but for her newest film, the former "Grey's Anatomy" TV star toplines an action comedy "One for the Money," in theaters of Friday.
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IFC Films acquires "Killer"
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Reuters - IFC Films has purchased the North American rights to the thriller "Simon Killer," TheWrap has confirmed.
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SAG statuette has an interesting backstory
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AP - The television academy's Emmy has her wings. The motion picture academy's Oscar has his sword. But the Screen Actors Guild's statuette, known as "The Actor," may have the hottest bod of the Hollywood award season.
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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars
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AP - The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie?
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Factbox: Main competition films at Berlin festival
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Reuters - The 62nd Berlin film festival opens on Thursday February 9. and ends on February 19., with the awards ceremony taking place on February 18.
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Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale
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Reuters - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear facility take centre stage.
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Winslet to receive honorary French 'Cesar'
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AP - British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary award next month from organizers of the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
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India's Razzies poke fun at "indulgent" Bollywood
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Reuters - Bollywood stars better watch out. Movie fans in India are handing out their own version of the Razzies, the annual Oscars spoof that spotlights Hollywood's worst performances.
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Israeli film industry is a surprising powerhouse
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AP - The budgets are bare-bones and the talent pool is limited, but Israel has emerged as a surprising powerhouse in the foreign film industry.
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App developer gets Oscar nomination for film that doubles as iPad app
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Appolicious - The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are upon us, and there’s one unexpected nominee among the usual list of Hollywood studios, crew and actors – an iPad developer.
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Stay warm and queue movies by the fire with these Netflix-related iPhone apps
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Appolicious - When the evening forecast calls for fierce winds, icy roads and inches of snow, date night can turn south in a hurry. Thankfully, Netflix, along with a device to stream the service, can turn what would be a chilly night right around. But what’s the best app to make sure your queue is stocked with all the movies you want to see? There are plenty of options out there, so let’s take a look at a few.
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Finding Paul Simon, seeking "Sugar Man" at Sundance
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Reuters - Two documentaries that cast eyes back to South African apartheid and speak to music's healing power have shared the spotlight at the Sundance Film Festival this week among a wide selection of movies about songs, singers and musicians.
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Julie Delpy, Chris Rock talk "2 Days in New York"
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Reuters - Back in 2007, actress Julie Delpy brought to theaters a comical love story, "2 Days in Paris," that she also wrote and directed, starring Adam Goldberg as her on screen boyfriend in a romance set in the City of Light.
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Sundance doc examines costs of US war on drugs
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AP - Eugene Jarecki's documentary at the Sundance Film Festival looks at the cost of America's war on drugs — its social and human as well as financial cost.
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5 movies whose titles tell you everything
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AP - Some movie titles are wordy and complicated ("Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan") or generically forgettable ("Someone Like You"). Others, like this week's "Man on a Ledge," tell you everything you need to know about the movie in just a few tidy words.
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Liam Neeson to rake in the green at box office with "Grey"
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Reuters - "The Grey," starring Liam Neeson -- Open Road Film's second release ever -- is poised to debut as the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office this weekend.
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Box Office Preview: 'Underworld' to bite again
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AP - Sony's "Underworld: Awakening" should be wide awake atop the domestic box office again this weekend, with a gross of around $12 million following last weekend's $25 million debut and continued dominance midweek.
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Review: "The Grey" is more than "Taken" with wolves
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Reuters - In a universe where Liam Neeson hadn't become Hollywood's favorite First Quarter Action Star (following early-in-the-year hits "Taken" and "Unknown," which a friend of mine collectively refers to as "Schindler's Pissed"), it's plausible that "The Grey" would be sold as a meditative man-against-nature movie and not as a rousing thriller.
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Pitt to attend New Orleans homebuilding group gala
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AP - Talk show host Ellen Degeneres and "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson are hosting a star-studded gala in New Orleans to benefit Brad Pitt's Make It Right home rebuilding effort.
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