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11 Movies That Shamelessly Ripped Off 'Jaws'
Forty years after its release (on June 20,1975), "Jaws" often takes the blame for spawning the soulless summer blockbuster, a charge that's not entirely fair, given the Steven Spielberg film's...
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The Meteoric Rise of the TV Anti-Heroine
The age of the TV anti-hero may be drawing to a close, but the TV anti-heroine is just getting started. This week, as we welcome back Piper Chapman and her fellow prison inmates (with binge-viewers...
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'Lady and the Tramp': 19 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Disney...
Since its release 60 years ago this week (on June 22, 1955), "Lady and the Tramp" has been not just one of the most beloved Disney animated features ever made, but also one of the great romances in...
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How 'Inside Out' Shattered Box Office Expectations
Most box office pundits expected Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out" to cower before the might of "Jurassic World's" dinosaurs this weekend and become the first film in Pixar's 20 years of feature filmmaking...
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'Cooley High' Is the Most Influential Movie You've Never Seen
"Cooley High" ought to be remembered as a cinema milestone, and its writer and director remembered as pioneers. Released 40 years ago this week (on June 25, 1975), it ought to be celebrated for its...
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Could Your Favorite TV Show Become a Broadway Musical?
Given all the musicals we've seen on TV recently -- NBC's live-performance versions of "Peter Pan" and "The Sound of Music," not to mention ABC's "Galavant" and all six seasons of Fox's "Glee" -- it's...
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Why Did 'Ted 2' Stumble at the Box Office?
Thunder buddies for life? Not for audiences, at least. "Ted 2" fans proved shockingly disloyal this weekend, ponying up only $32.9 million for the sequel -- off more than $20 million from what the...
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'Airplane!': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the Comedy Classic
Looks like we picked the wrong week to quit celebrating milestones. Hard to believe it's been 35 years since "Airplane!" took flight (on July 2, 1980) and taught us all to speak jive, order the chicken...
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'Back to the Future': 30 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About the...
Since its release 30 years ago this week (on July 3, 1985), "Back to the Future" has been everyone's favorite time-travel movie. It's remained a must-see long enough for Marty McFly's own kids to enjoy...
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5 Reasons Why 'Magic Mike XXL' Bombed at the Box Office
You know it's a bad day in Hollywood when "Magic Mike XXL" can't get a rise out of the box office. The male-stripper sequel was expected to earn in the low $30 million range over the three-day holiday...
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13 Hollywood Stars That Voiced Your Favorite Animated Movies
Not long ago, voice actors in animated features were as unknown as they were unseen. The pay wasn't great, but there was a group of vocal pros (from Mel Blanc to, more recently, Frank Welker) who...
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The 23 Scariest Teen Horror Movies Ever, Ranked
Horror filmmakers have a special fondness for shedding teenage blood. After all, teens are horror's primary audience, so it's especially frightening -- and cathartic -- to see teens like themselves...
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Can 'South Park' Make Hulu a Player?
Looks like Eric Cartman will be an incorrigible prepubescent child for at least four more years. And if you want to watch his juvenile antics on "South Park," either on TV or online, you'll have to put...
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From 'Jurassic World' to 'Minions': Why Universal Owns the Box Office
From rampaging dinosaurs to yellow henchman, Universal Pictures can't be stopped. With "Minions" scoring a $115.2 million opening weekend -- the second highest for an animated film, behind 2007's...
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'Wedding Crashers' Cast: Where Are They Now?
If "Wedding Crashers" had been a real wedding, we'd owe it a gift of tin or aluminum now, since those are the traditional 10th anniversary presents. When the raunchy romantic comedy came out 10 years...
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19 Judd Apatow Movies, Ranked From Worst to Best
Judd Apatow is such an ubiquitous figure in comedy -- as a producer, director, and writer -- that it's hard to believe he's actually not associated with certain films. He had nothing to do with "I...
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2015 Emmy Nominations: Snubs and Surprises
Give the Emmys credit for at least trying to keep up with the current explosion of quality television. This year, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences expanded the Best Comedy and Drama Series...
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Is the Network TV Sitcom Dying? Ask Jim Gaffigan
Wondering why some networks have all but given up on creating new sitcoms? Maybe Jim Gaffigan knows the answer. The stand-up comic, whose sitcom "The Jim Gaffigan Show" debuted on TV Land this week,...
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Did 'Ant-Man' Really Win the Box Office?
Who won the box office this week? Depends on how you look at it. We treat the box office like a horse race every weekend, as if the new and old movies were all competing on the same playing field. But...
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5 Best (and 5 Worst) Syfy Movies Ever
The debut of Syfy's "Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!" on July 22 is cause for celebration, just for the title alone. But the fact that the "Sharknado" movies have become annual events shouldn't make us...
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