EVIL DEAD: looks bloody good for retro week at box office

"Evil Dead," a remake of Sam Raimi's gleefully gory 1981 horror classic, and Universal's 3D re-release of Stephen Spielberg's 1993 sci-fi smash "Jurassic Park" are the only two movies opening nationwide this weekend.That means the overall box office, which is running about 13 percent behind 2012, won't do much catching up this...

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Book Talk: Alan Bradley on young sleuths and TV series

Mar 17, 13 Book Talk: Alan Bradley on young sleuths and TV series

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Alan Bradley was already in his mid-60s when he wrote the first of his Flavia de Luce mysteries, starring an almost 11-year-old amateur sleuth in the 1950s English countryside. His fifth book, "Speaking From Among the Bones," was published last month, and he is already working on next one. Bradley is also developing the series for...

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'The Call' review: Halle Berry thriller starts strong, gets hung up

Mar 17, 13 'The Call' review: Halle Berry thriller starts strong, gets hung up

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  Despite its schlocky, high-concept principle - 911 operator tries to save the life of the panicked teenage girl on the other end of the telephone - somebody clearly tried to make "The Call" into a real movie. They recruited Brad Anderson ("Session 9," "The Machinist") to direct and stacked the cast with razor-sharp...

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Dark looks rule the Milan catwalks for autumn/winter season

Mar 09, 13 Dark looks rule the Milan catwalks for autumn/winter season

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Fashion designers at Milan fashion week delivered a dark palette and masculine styles for autumn-winter wardrobes in a reflection of Italy's bleak economic and political landscape. Giorgio Armani, Gucci and Roberto Cavalli were among the fashion houses whose darkly colored catwalk collections for the 2013-14 autumn/winter season...

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Can Bowie turn acclaim and hype into record sales?

Mar 09, 13 Can Bowie turn acclaim and hype into record sales?

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LONDON (Reuters) - He caught the music world napping in January with his first new song in a decade and soon had critics searching for superlatives to describe his new album "The Next Day". The next big question for David Bowie and his remarkable comeback is whether the element of surprise and subsequent acclaim will turn into...

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Barbra's contemporary film: Off to a rough start, but, is great!

Dec 23, 12 Barbra's contemporary film:  Off to a rough start, but, is great!

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Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand's "The Guilt Trip" had a harsh beginning weekend. Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand's "Guilt Trip" is off to a rough beginning. The road-trip laughfest built simply $5.3 million regarding its beginning weekend, keeping the motion photo within the countless notable five for the weekend box...

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