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Brazilian Family Surrenders Boy to His American Father

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A child-abduction and custody battle that has waged since 2004 ended dramatically Thursday morning, when American father David Goldman was reunited with his 9-year-old son Sean at the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janiero. Brazil’s chief justice on Tuesday brought the emotional case to a close when he ruled that the boy should be returned to his natural father. On Wednesday, a Brazil federal court said that Sean should be handed over by Thursday morning. The highly anticipated reunion - Goldman was mobbed by reporters, paparazzi and news-camera team when he arrived at the consulate - came after representatives See more »

- Stephen M. Silverman

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Brittany Murphy's Dad to Skip Funeral: "I Don't Want to See Her That Way"

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As funeral arrangements for his daughter fall into place, Brittany Murphy's father says he had no idea how sick she reportedly was—psychologically or physically. "I was very shocked by it," Angelo Bertolotti tells E! News. "I can't believe it really. It happened so fast; I'm just trying to figure it all out right now. I'm very upset by it." Bertolotti, who hadn't spoken to the Uptown Girls star for more than a year and who had never met her husband, Simon Monjack, says he will not be attending Murphy's funeral tomorrow evening at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in See more »

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Video: New Lost Trailer Released

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February may seem an eternity away to Lost fans, but luckily a new trailer is here to tide us all over until the start of the show's sixth and final season.

Lost bosses: We're not playing it safe in the final season

Though there's no new footage, the high-adrenaline video begins with a unique twist on a fairy tale narration: "Once upon a time there was an island..." Check out the trailer yourself after the jump and weigh in on what you think of it.

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- Gina DiNunno

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Good Morning, Oscar: December 24

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By Steve Pond

In this morning’s roundup of Oscar news ‘n’ notes from around the web, Peter Jackson and James Cameron decide that movie technology is sort of beside the point.

The Gurus o’ Gold (or maybe the Gurus of Gold; it’s listed both ways on different parts of the website) offer Christmas-week predictions, and in the process elevate “Avatar” to the number two best-picture slot, just below “Up in the Air.” Six of the 15 Gurus (two of whom didn’t participate this week) are now picking the James Cameron film to win; six others See more »

- Steve Pond

See full article at The Wrap »

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Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins split up after 23 years together

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The actors, who met on the set of Bill Durham, have ended a partnership that seemed one of Hollywood's most enduring

The actors Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins have split up, it was revealed yesterday. Publicist Teal Cannady said in a statement that the two actors separated over the summer after 23 years together.

Sarandon, 63, and Robbins, 51, met in 1988 while shooting the film Bull Durham. Another collaboration, Dead Man Walking (1996), won Sarandon an Oscar for best actress, and Robbins a best director nomination.

The couple have two sons - Jack Henry, 20, See more »

- Catherine Shoard

See full article at The Guardian - Film News »

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Cop Out Trailer Is Here!

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It's the moment lots of you have been waiting for: the first proper look at Kevin Smith's new film, Cop Out, starring Bruce Willis and 30 Rock's Tracy Morgan.Formerly known as A Couple Of Dicks (stupid Us TV networks and their advertising rules), the movie follows See more »

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Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

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Well, I've had better Christmases -- thanks to learning a few days ago that my magazine, Editor & Publisher, faces a January 1 expiration notice after publishing for only 125 years. So, to cheer myself up, I launched earlier this week the trailer for my upcoming (and first) Web series, See more »

- Greg Mitchell

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Susan Sarandon And Tim Robbins' Split, 'Crazy Heart' And Stray Peacocks In Today's Twitter-Wood

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Jeff Bridges' performance in "Crazy Heart" was good enough for the Golden Globes, and it was good enough for Rob Zombie as well, judging by his tweets. Kevin Smith, meanwhile, had a positively-used expletive to describe his own experience watching Edgar Wright's unreleased "Scott Pilgrim See more »

- Brian Warmoth

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Drag Queens and Botany? Flowers Finds a Connection

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The cover of Todd Eberle’s new book. On a business trip to Dallas, Vanity Fair’s photographer-at-large, Todd Eberle, ventured into a gay bar and was unexpectedly hit by a wave of inspiration. Eberle had been working for months on a small book for a new Japanese publishing company, Super Labo, See more »

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Save Our 181 Film Production Incentives!

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Perhaps you've gotten into the habit of phoning your elected representatives about issues like, I don't know, health care... Well, if you are a working film producer you might add one more call to your phone sheet. Section 181, which allows investors to write off the cost of film production See more »

- Scott Macaulay

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