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Kevin Spacey plays Jack Abramoff in 'Casino Jack'
Movie review: 'Never Let Me Go' is a moving and provocative film
Jimmy Johnson touches down on 'Survivor: Nicaragua'
NBC News correspondent and word police Edwin Newman dies
Hollywood talks expected to be less acrimonious this time
Billie Mae Richards dies at 88; Canadian actress best known as voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Album review: Robert Plant's 'Band of Joy'
Toronto 2010: Rachel Weisz blows the whistle
Springsteen says 'Darkness' album marked dawn of his true career promise
The news is, that pitch was paid for

Kevin Spacey plays Jack Abramoff in 'Casino Jack'

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

George Hickenlooper's film on the fallen lobbyist has its world premiere Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival.

George Hickenlooper's film on the fallen lobbyist has its world premiere Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Movie review: 'Never Let Me Go' is a moving and provocative film

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

A group of young adults are caught in a dystopian England.

Going defiantly against the grain of a hyperbolic movie culture, "Never Let Me Go" is passionate about deliberation and restraint.

Jimmy Johnson touches down on 'Survivor: Nicaragua'

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The former NFL coach and Fox commentator says 'I pushed it to the limit' on the latest 'Survivor,' which premieres Wednesday night.

There are many things you can call Fox NFL sports analyst and coaching legend Jimmy Johnson but "wimp" is not one of them.

NBC News correspondent and word police Edwin Newman dies

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Edwin Newman, who brought literacy, wit and energy to NBC newscasts for more than three decades, and battled linguistic pretense and clutter in his best sellers "Strictly Speaking" and "A Civil Tongue," has died. He was 91.

Hollywood talks expected to be less acrimonious this time

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The Screen Actors Guild takes a low-key approach, and the chief bargaining arm of the studios has remained quiet before the seven weeks of negotiations.

One thing is certain when representatives of Hollywood's actors unions sit down with their studio counterparts this month: There will be a lot less drama in the room.

Billie Mae Richards dies at 88; Canadian actress best known as voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Her trademark — being able to speak like a boy — was well-established when she took the part of Rudolph in the animated production. She was credited as 'Billy Richards,' further obscuring her gender.

Billie Mae Richards, a Canadian actress best known for voicing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the enduring animated 1964 television special, has died. She was 88.

Album review: Robert Plant's 'Band of Joy'

Posted: 14 Sep 2010 07:32 PM PDT

The natural and the supernatural have long co-mingled in the world Robert Plant inhabits, as far back as his days fronting Led Zeppelin.

The natural and the supernatural have long co-mingled in the world Robert Plant inhabits, as far back as his days fronting Led Zeppelin.

Toronto 2010: Rachel Weisz blows the whistle

Posted: 15 Sep 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Directed by Larysa Kondracki, co-writer of the script with Eilis Kirwan, the film portrays a world in which unfathomable cruelty is tolerated on a daily basis.