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Bond Movie Villains, Ranked Worst to Best (PHOTOS)
Why does "Goldfinger" remain so thoroughly entertaining, 50 years after its release (on September 18, 1964)? The third James Bond film, and the breakthrough in the franchise's worldwide popularity,...
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'ER' Cast: Where Are They Now? (PHOTOS)
At last month's Emmys, host Seth Meyers jokingly referred to Julianna Margulies as the only "ER" cast member ever to amount to anything. Get it? Because in the 20 years since "ER" debuted (on Sept....
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What Do We Want From 'The View'?
On Monday, daytime's most venerable panel-talk show, "The View," returned from its tumultuous summer off with a new set, a new cast, and a bizarre new ritual worthy of "Game of Thrones."...
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Box Office: How Did 'The Maze Runner' Break the YA Curse?
Ever since "Twilight," the studios keep making adaptations of Young Adult fantasy/sci-fi/post-apocalyptic-future novel series, but for every "Hunger Games" and "Divergent" that scores, there are...
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'The Shawshank Redemption' Cast: Where Are They Now? (PHOTOS)
It's hard to believe now, given the film's ubiquity, that "The Shawshank Redemption" didn't get much notice upon its initial release 20 years ago this week (on September 23, 1994). The movie was not a...
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15 '80s TV Shows That Would Make Awesome Movies
"The Equalizer," Denzel Washington's big-screen take on the 1980s TV action series about a middle-aged badass-for-hire, may be a perfectly fine movie. Still, here's a question for Hollywood: once...
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What Should We Expect From Season 40 of 'Saturday Night Live'?
There's a lot that will seem different this weekend when the 40th season of "Saturday Night Live" premieres, with Chris Pratt as guest host. Many old faces and voices gone, some new ones just arrived,...
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Box Office: Why 'The Equalizer' Star Denzel Washington Is Such a Reliable...
Why was anyone surprised that "The Equalizer" was a solid hit, opening at an estimated $35.0 million? Tracking suggested that the Denzel Washington movie would open only in the high 20s; after all,...
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Has TV Violence Gone Too Far?
It's rare that professional TV critics and the professional moral scolds at the Parents Television Council agree on anything, but both groups found Wednesday's debut of CBS drama "Stalker" to be over...
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Box Office: In the 'Gone Girl' vs. 'Annabelle' Battle, Everybody Wins
After the lackluster last couple of months, Hollywood's box office analysts must be scratching their heads at their good fortune this weekend. The long summer-early-fall slump ended with not one but...
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8 Lessons for the 'Twin Peaks' Reboot
There's a lot to unpack in this week's news that, 25 years after its demise, the groundbreaking dreamscape of "Twin Peaks" will be returning in 2016 as a nine-episode mini-series on Showtime. In this...
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Box Office: 'Gone Girl,' 'Dracula Untold,' and 'Addicted' Share the Wealth
Who won at the box office this weekend? Sure, "Gone Girl" earned the most money -- an estimated $26.8 million -- but several other movies could also plausibly claim victory and bragging rights by...
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'Fight Club' Facts: 15 Things You Didn't Know About the David Fincher Classic
Let's break the first rule of "Fight Club" and talk about "Fight Club." In fact, people haven't stopped talking about it since it was released 15 years ago this week, on October 15, 1999. David...
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15 Outlandish New-But-Familiar-Sounding TV Pilots
Who says TV programmers have run out of ideas? Why, just in the last week, the trade papers have announced deals and casting for as many as 15 new reboots spinoff series and specials. Some sound like...
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Box Office: 'Birdman' and 'St. Vincent' Soar in Limited Release
Michael Keaton and Bill Murray haven't been box office heavyweights for ages, but at the art-house, both men are setting ticket sales on fire, with "Birdman" and "St. Vincent," respectively. During...
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The New Fall TV Season: Why Hasn't Anything Been Canceled Yet?
Some five weeks in, the new TV season is more notable for what hasn't happened yet: no new show has been canceled. Usually, by now, some four or five fall shows have already bit the dust, even amid...
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Can Bill Murray Get His Box Office Groove Back?
Kids, you may not believe it, but once upon a time, Bill Murray was a box office giant. Sure, it's hard to imagine, based on his career over the past 15 years -- mostly supporting roles in Wes Anderson...
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Can Neil Patrick Harris Resurrect the Variety Show?
No doubt the news that NBC is hiring Neil Patrick Harris to host a variety show was greeted by everyone under 35 with the response, "What's a variety show?" Long ago, when there were only three...
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Box Office: 7 Lessons From a Horrible Halloween Weekend
The weekend, the box office took a hit from Halloween. It fell on a Friday, resulting "Ouija" simultaneously winning the weekend and earning the title of lowest-earning No. 1 movie of the year. Let's...
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DC vs. Marvel: Who's Winning the Comics War on TV?
At the multiplex, the age-old battle between DC Comics and Marvel Comics -- between the House of Superman and Batman and the House of Spider-Man and Iron Man -- there's no question that Marvel has...
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