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Weekend Box Office: Red Five Standing By
With China performing massively as expected and other territories holding well also (the total global box office was $143 million), it is likely to top Titanic's $2.186 billion worldwide number. That will not be assured until the Golden Globes awards that were held last night and Thursday's Oscar nominations. "I can understand that someone might say, 'Oh, it's a complete rip-off!' What was important for me was introducing brand new characters using relationships that were embracing the ...
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Don Felder Pays Tribute to Glenn Frey's 'Amazing Genius'
Frey was one of the founding members of the Eagles, which saw several number one hits in the 1970s and produced the wildly popular " Hotel California ". Legal action followed, settled out of court, but Frey and the other Eagles cut off ties to Felder. It had four consecutive No. 1 albums, five No.
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Lack of racial diversity fuels Oscar buzz
He also was nominated for the Golden Globes . The controversial four-time Golden Globes host is the latest celebrity to express outrage at the fact that all 20 slots in the best and supporting actor and actress categories went to white actors.
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'Star Wars' May Rule China; Nike CEO Joins Disney Board
Star Wars: The Force Awakens was able to hang on to the top spot at the box office for the fourth weekend in a row, beating Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's wilderness survival story The Revenant. "[We're] just starting work on 'Star Wars VIII , ' the next film, so I'm back to keeping secrets again", Boyega said in the interview . The film opened on Saturday (and was the first film to do so) and has brought a 2-day total of $53 million.
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Glenn Frey of the Eagles dead at 67
When Cameron Crowe interviewed the Eagles for Rolling Stone in the '70s, Frey had one request: "Just make us look cool", a line that would end up in Crowe's autobiographical movie Almost Famous . Going solo, Frey released three albums and had 13 hit singles, including The Heat Is On , which featured in Eddie Murphy's movie Beverly Hills Cop .
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Former Marine says he feels lucky after Iran prisoner swap
Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, Mich., meets with former Iran prisoner Amir Hekmati at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany . For now, says Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, himself the son of a former Iranian diplomat, "I can assure you that as a country we intend to speak out on human rights, and the minister is very much concerned with both cases.