Day: October 24, 2012
‘X Factor’ Recap: Judge’s Homes, Part Deux
The fate of the final 16 contestants are finally revealed after last week’s programming debacle.
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First ‘Hobbit’ TV Spot Shows Bilbo Leaving Home (Video)
“The world is not in your books and maps — it’s out there,” Ian McKellen’s Gandalf says.
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Bruce Springsteen Impersonates Obama, Performs Jokey ‘Campaign’ Song at Free Concert (Video)
“First debate really freaked me out, then Romney got schooled twice by Obama,” the Boss sang to a crowd of about 5,000 at a rally in Virginia.
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Venice winner ‘Pieta’ director a soft-spoken ‘monster’
The near-death of an actress in an accident while filming nearly ended director Kim Ki-duk’s career four years ago, but after making ‘Pieta,’ which took best picture at this year’s Venice film festival, he is now South Korea’s most feted auteur. The incident, in which an actress playing a character who hanged herself fainted with the rope around her neck and was cut down by Kim himself, shook Kim so badly it changed his views on mortality.
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“Spider-Man” co-writer has book deal
The “Spider-Man” saga is going from the stage to the page.
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Casting Society of America Honors Ben Affleck, Lora Kennedy, Harvey Fierstein (Exclusive)
“Ben is one of the first all encompassing filmmakers we have honored,” said CSA President Pam Dixon of the “Argo” actor/director.
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Osama Bin Laden TV Movie Recut to More Prominently Feature President Obama
Harvey Weinstein, a longtime Obama supporter, has added more news and documentary footage to “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden,” which airs on the National Geographic Channel two days before the presidential election.
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