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Huge smile on a little girl with big problems
Little Margaret Joi Smith is a golden child with a lucky fin, a Buddha belly and the megawatt smile of a natural-born flirt. "She's specially made," say her parents, 34-year-old Joi Ridgell and 55-year-old Bob Smith of Yorktown. Maggie was special...Tags: Bob Smith, Personal Service, Wachovia Corp., Vehicles, Charity
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Movies
PREMIUM CABLE "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" *** 6:15 p.m., Cinemax Harry's fourth movie, set again in author J.K. Rowling's amazingly well-imagined Hogwarts witchcraft school, is the best filmed Potter so far, pitting him against a renascent...Tags: Mike Newell, Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Gambon
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New on Video
Zap2It.comBy Jay Bobbin, Zap2it.com ++++++++++++++++++++ || || || || "WHY DID I GET MARRIED?": Tyler Perry proved himself a force at the box office again, following "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" and "Madea's Family Reunion" with this hit comedy-drama about four...Tags: Scott Hicks, Janet Jackson, James Cromwell, Literature, Jane Austen
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FOX Pilot Targets 'Inseparable' Lead
Zap2It.comFOX has headed overseas to find the star of its drama pilot "Inseparable," from creator Shaun Cassidy ("Invasion"). According to The Hollywood Reporter, Toby Stephens has snagged the lead role in what is described as a modern take on the Jekyll-and-...Tags: Shaun Cassidy
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'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'
Gene.seymour@newsday.comThe movie version of the fifth Harry Potter novel may well be the most prosaic so far. This, at the outset, doesn't sound at all like the best thing one can say about any movie. And it is not to say that "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" doesn't...Tags: Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Gary Oldman, Fiction, Harry Potter
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Harry Potter casts record spell with $44.8 million at the box office
The boy wizard still has a magic touch at the box office. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" took in $44.8 million in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday. That included $12 million from screenings that...Tags: Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Fiction, Harry Potter, Movies
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'Becoming Jane'
gene.seymour@newsday.comWhen "Becoming Jane," Julian Jarrold's speculative biopic on the love life and artistic breakthrough of Jane Austen, engages in the kind of elegantly barbed give-and-take reminiscent of its subject's novels, it's a breeze to watch. When, however, it...Tags: James Cromwell, Discrimination, Jane Austen, Movies
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Movie review: 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'
Tribune movie critic3 stars (out of four) He's back, and he's hacked off. The most striking aspect of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is its contrast between the hormonally and supernaturally tormented teenager at its center and the modestly well-made and...Tags: John Williams, Rupert Grint, IMAX, Celebrity, Fiction
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'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix': The magic is gone
Times Staff Writer"HARRY Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is no stand-alone film or even part of a constantly reinvented franchise like James Bond. Rather it's a cog in a brisk, well-oiled machine, the fifth in what ultimately will be a series of seven films that...Tags: Mike Leigh, Rupert Grint, Mike Newell, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes
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Game casts a spell on Harry Potter fans
Sentinel Movie CriticSure, you know your muggles from your Malfoys, maybe even your McGonagalls from your Mad-Eye Moodys. You remember when Michael Gambon replaced Richard Harris as Dumbledore. You've read the six books and seen the five movies, at least by this weekend...Tags: Rupert Grint, Roger Moore, Fiction, Celebrity, Harry Potter
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Fast-Paised review: 'Becoming Jane'
Two star-crossed lovers, one of them a poor Irishman (James McAvoy of "The Last King of Scotland") and the other a young, pre-fame Jane Austen (Anne Hathaway), struggle to find happiness because of "society." Big question: Can this story of a writer...Tags: Jane Austen, Movies
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Movie review: 'Becoming Jane'
Special to the Tribune2 stars (out of four) Biopics about artists often fall into the bad habit of explaining away the creative process. There's a certain "oh, I get it" satisfaction in the suggestion that William Shakespeare wrote "Romeo And Juliet" because he was himself...Tags: William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Movies, Frida Kahlo
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