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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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Pair claim to break world record for watching 57 movies in 123 hours in NYC's Times Square
NEW YORK (AP) _ You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim, of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra, of Petersburg, Germany, claim to have broken the Guinness World Record for movie-watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plexi-glass house in...Tags: Iron Man, Netflix Inc., Times Square, Susan Sarandon
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'Happy-Go-Lucky' could extend filmmaker Leigh's Oscar touch for lead actress Hawkins
AP Movie WriterTORONTO (AP) _ Director Mike Leigh has a knack for putting relatively unknown British actresses into Academy Awards contention, as he did with "Secrets & Lies" and "Vera Drake." His latest find is Sally Hawkins, who co-starred in "Vera Drake" and Leigh's...Tags: Woody Allen, Film Festivals, Culture, Cinema Industry, Mike Leigh
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FCC investigating TV networks, military analysts
The Associated PressThe Federal Communications Commission today said it is investigating whether five television networks and 19 former military officers violated government disclosure rules in providing on-air analysis of the war in Iraq and other issues. The FCC...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Regional Authority, Police, News Corp., NBC
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Lawyer: David Duchovny has completed sex addiction rehab, will be starting movie soon
NEW YORK (AP) _ An attorney for David Duchovny says the actor has checked out of a rehabilitation facility for treatment of sex addiction. Duchovny, who plays a sex-obsessed character on Showtime's "Californication," voluntarily entered the facility in...Tags: Lawyers, August, Television, Justice System, Tea Leoni
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Info on Mich. congressional candidates
11th District ------ NAME: Joseph W. Larkin PARTY: Democrat AGE: 44 (Born 7-28-64) RESIDENCE: Livonia EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in political science, University of Michigan, 1986; law degree, University of Michigan, 1988. CAREER: Attorney...Tags: Lawyers, Biology, Natural Science, Diplomacy, National Government
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YouTube unveils its version of home shopping network in quest for more revenue
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years ago....Tags: Music, Google Inc., Internet, Television, News Corp.
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CBS looking good in ratings; network might have a hit in Simon Baker's drama 'The Mentalist'
AP Television WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ CBS is looking good so far this TV season, easily winning last week in the prime-time ratings and perhaps minting a new hit in "The Mentalist." About a man who solves crimes using acute powers of observation, the show was the third most-...Tags: Television, News Corp., How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives, Katie Couric
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Ex-inmate turned millionaire dies in accident
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDeWayne McKinney, who spent nearly two decades in prison for an Orange County murder he insisted he did not commit and went on to start a multi-million dollar business in the Hawaiian islands, was killed this morning in a scooter accident in Honolulu,...Tags: Police, Death Penalty, Crimes, Personal Data Collection, Prisons
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Dolphins Q&A with Harvey Fialkov
Sun-Sentinel.comAsk Harvey! Sun-Sentinel Dolphins writer Harvey Fialkov answers YOUR questions about the team! You can read his latest comments below. To submit your question, e-mail here. Please include your name, city and state with each question. ----------------...Tags: Caron Butler, Moving and Storage, Jamaal Tinsley, Values, Damon Jones
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Take 5: Football biopics
andy.edelstein@newsday.com' The Express," which opens Friday, tells the story of Ernie Davis, the Syracuse University running back who, in 1961, became the first black to win college football's prestigious Heisman Trophy. Here are five other notable football biopics: KNUTE ROCKNE...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Robert Urich, Harry Belafonte, International Olympic Committee, Pentathlon Running
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Bill Murray looks to reinvigorate career after painful divorce, starting with 'City of Ember'
AP Entertainment WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The deadpan and depressed characters Bill Murray has specialized in portraying as an actor in recent years have always stood in contrast to the life-of-the-party guy he is in real life — whether on a golf course or shuttling people...Tags: Golf, Jay-Z, Air and Aviation Sports, Wes Anderson, City of Ember
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Dead Man Talking: Vampires and ghosts have a lot to say this Halloween
For The Associated PressThe dead used to be a world away, far beyond the realm of mortal existence. If they walked the Earth at all, they inhabited the night. But the coffins and long black capes are gone. The destructive haunting is over. And forget about menacing the living...Tags: Schools, Television, Home Depot Incorporated, Gary Oldman, Desperate Housewives
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