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Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose fro...
Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose from a number of showtimes. Films, featuring "movie stars," are distributed by movie studios, which are large production companies. Movie reviews, written by film critics, appear regularly via numerous media outlets and can have a major effect on the success of a film and how much money is made.
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Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal dies at 79; sports betting expert inspired movie 'Casino'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterFrank "Lefty" Rosenthal, the onetime Chicago bookmaker who ran four Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and whose turbulent life and near-death experience with a car bomb inspired the movie "Casino," has died. He was 79. Rosenthal, who was barred from casinos...Tags: Muhammad Ali, Frank Sinatra, Joe Pesci, Organized Crime, Casino and Gambling Industry
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Judge blocks Minnesota law that media outlets say would have made exit polls impossible
Associated Press WriterMINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A federal judge on Wednesday blocked a Minnesota law that The Associated Press and other media argued would keep exit pollsters far away from the polls on Election Day. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis ordered Wednesday that the AP...Tags: Election Day, Polls, Television Industry, Court Preliminary, Justice System
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'Casino' movie inspiration Rosenthal dead at 79
Associated Press WriterFrank "Lefty" Rosenthal -- sports handicapper extraordinaire, Las Vegas gaming executive and the inspiration for the blockbuster movie "Casino" -- died Monday. He was 79. He died from a heart attack in his Miami Beach condo, a fire-rescue spokeswoman...Tags: Organized Crime, Casino and Gambling Industry, Central Intelligence Agency, Gaming and Lotteries, Crimes
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George the First: Character actor Cromwell plays derisive dad as elder Bush in 'W.'
AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ James Cromwell approached the role of President George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W." with one certainty: He would avoid the sort of caricature Dana Carvey embodied years ago when he did Bush on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." The lanky...Tags: W., Celebrity, National Government, James Cromwell, NBC
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Book Reviews: Contemporary Fiction
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe ones we all just can't get tired of The Choice By Nicholas Sparks To those of you who've seen the film A Walk To Remember and cried, bought the film The Notebook to cry some more, or were the first ones in the lines at Muvico to watch Night in...Tags: Gossip Girl, Alabama, Books and Magazines, Literature, Pompano Beach
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At the Movies: capsule reviews of 'W.' and other films opening this week
Capsule reviews of films opening this week: "Happy-Go-Lucky" — Poppy, our perpetually sunny heroine, finds that her beloved bicycle has been stolen from outside a London bookstore at the film's start. Not only is she not angry when she makes this...Tags: W., Mike Leigh, Dakota Fanning, Petroleum Industry, National Government
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Movie Review: Happy is as happy does in the charmer 'Happy-Go-Lucky'
AP Movie CriticPoppy, the perpetually sunny heroine of "Happy-Go-Lucky," finds that her beloved bicycle has been stolen from outside a London bookstore at the film's start. Not only is she not angry when she makes this discovery, but rather she says to herself,...Tags: Mike Leigh, North Carolina, Happy-Go-Lucky, Folk Music
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Movie Review: 'Secret Life of Bees' adapted from beloved book with saccharine earnestness
AP Entertainment Writer"The Secret Life Of Bees" teases with talent. How can a movie populate a house with Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys and Jennifer Hudson and NOT give us a song? Though the cast might suggest a musical, "The Secret Life of Bees" is an earnest, saccharine...Tags: North Carolina, Dakota Fanning, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Atlantic HighOne afternoon on the way to take his young son to see a Philippe Arias play and later to indulge in an oyster dinner, Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke that left him with a rare form of paralysis known as locked-in syndrome. Condemned to spend the...Tags: Ronald Harwood
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Sex Drive: Not just a funny flick
Miami Lakes Educational CenterSex Drive is coming to a theater near you to showcase the raging sexual hormones of teenagers. In this up-and-coming film, three teenagers take a nine-hour drive to accomplish one goal. Not only do they meet incredible people, they find themselves...Tags: Sex Drive, Miami Lakes
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CNN will start Saturday night comedy show with D.L. Hughley on Oct. 25
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The latest entrant into the TV comedy business is ... CNN? The news network announced Wednesday that it's starting a show with comedian D.L. Hughley. Tentatively titled "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News," it will air live at 10 p.m. Saturdays...Tags: Television Industry, New York, David Letterman, North Carolina, Mississippi
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London Film Fest kicks off 2 weeks of movies with Ron Howard's political drama 'Frost/Nixon'
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ The London Film Festival, an underdog among global movie showcases, was opening Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a film about a British contender taking on an American heavyweight. The Ron Howard-directed drama is based...Tags: Frank Langella, Quantum of Solace, Steve McQueen, David Frost, Woody Allen
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