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Dennis Lehane's 'Given Day' eyes Babe Ruth, Boston
Bloomberg NewsTHE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane. William Morrow, 704 pp., $27.95. We start with Babe Ruth at age 23 vomiting off the back of a train heading to Boston for the 1918 World Series. His teammates gripe over their pay and mull the kind of strike that...Tags: The Wire, Calvin Coolidge, Ben Affleck, John Reed, Babe Ruth
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10 new DVD releases for Halloween
Special to The Morning CallDeranged medical students, vengeful mummies, masked boogeymen, ghastly ghosts and zombie strippers. They'll all coming soon to a DVD store near you. This year's batch of Halloween releases runs the gamut from slasher flicks to horror serials to classic...Tags: Paramount, Assault, Anthony Perkins, Metal and Mineral, Religious Festivals
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FALL TV PREVIEW: Syndication
A famous judge. Some doctors. And ... Bonnie Hunt. Oh, and almost forgot - "Deal or No Deal." There you have a reasonably concise wrap on syndicated TV this fall. As falls go, this one looks modest, but breakout hits can and do occur. Here are the big...Tags: Phil McGraw, Christopher Knight, Howie Mandel, Television, Medical Specialization
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Juno screenwriter tackles teenage cannibalism in fright flick
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe vomit shot out of Megan Fox like water from a geyser. A ghastly movie concoction that looked like a mix of used motor oil, lawn clippings and the slag at the bottom of a Souplantation trash bin, the black puke sprayed actors Amanda Seyfried and...Tags: Manny Ramirez, Ronald Harwood, Movies, Television, Megan Fox
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Reports: Sony Planning Two 'Spider-Man' Sequels
Zap2It.comSony is reportedly close to a deal to bring Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi back for two more "Spider-Man" sequels. The studio is hoping to have the franchise star and director under contract to shoot the fourth and fifth "Spider-Man" features starting...Tags: Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst, Sony Corp., Tobey Maguire
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Pretty Good Idea: Smooth things out with Decollette Pads
Busted: Are you paying attention to the skin under your chin? Do you wake up in the morning and notice your cleavage looks crinkled? Without proper care, the delicate skin on the upper chest begins to wrinkle and spot. Sun damage and aging are big...Tags: Penelope Cruz, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston
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Dennis Lehane's "The Given Day"
" 'Thems that write the checks write the rules.' " So says Babe Ruth, recently sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees, as he explains the way of the world to a union man whose strike has been busted in Dennis Lehane's eighth novel, "The...Tags: Assault, Baseball, Movies, Calvin Coolidge, Crimes
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Tom Cruise Forms 'Sleeper' Cell
Zap2It.comTom Cruise is setting up an adaptation of the graphic novel "Sleeper" with Sam Raimi. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cruise is "loosely attached to star" in the adaptation of the DC Comics/Wildstorm series, currently set up at Warner Bros. Raimi...Tags: Film Festivals, Tom Cruise, Movies, Tropic Thunder, Fiction
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Report: Sony Spinning 'Spider-Man' Into 'Venom' Pic
Zap2It.comSony is reportedly developing a "Spider-Man" franchise spinoff based around the villainous Venom. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jacob Estes ("Mean Creak") wrote one draft of a "Venom" script, but the studio is contemplating moving in a different...Tags: Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Sony Corp., Tobey Maguire
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'Wizard's' First Show: November
Zap2It.comTV stations across the country will be off to see the "Wizard" this fall. The Sam Raimi-produced syndicated show "Wizard's First Rule" will roll out the weekend of Nov. 1. The series, based on Terry Goodkind's "Sword of Truth" books, will become one of...Tags: Television Industry
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Christopher Nolan's 'Knight' vision
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe British filmmaker Christopher Nolan has the mien of a passionate literature professor (passionate, that is, in the British sense of the term) and, last December, he spoke about the young actor Heath Ledger as if he were the most fascinating manuscript...Tags: Jack Nicholson, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Assault, Robert Downey Jr., Family
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Angelina Jolie has a killer role in 'Wanted'
Special to NewsdaySome things about the summer movie season are as predictable as ... well, the summer movie season. There will always be movies based on comic books - like "Wanted." There will always be movies worked on by five writers - like "Wanted." There will be...Tags: Pope, Assault, Ava Gardner, John Anderson, Movies
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