Television movies for the week of Oct. 31

MOVIE RATINGS
= Poor
= Fair
= Good
= Excellent
G = General audiences
PG = Parental Guidance
PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens
R = Restricted audience
CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired
ALPHABETICAL


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This is one pup with panache

LOS ANGELES - Rufus is the most decorated bull terrier in the history of the breed, a celebrity ambassador and one of the busiest therapy dogs in the country.With his enduring popularity and hectic schedule of public appearances at age 10 (that's 70 in


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In search of identity

Howard Jacobson pairs jokes and Jewish issues in 'The Finkler Question'

Howard Jacobson recently described himself to the New York Times as ''an English writer who happens to know about Jews and would like to write like Jane Austen, with a little bit


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Do Robots Dream of Punching Slovenians?

Houdini was killed by SkyNet.
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Ultimately, the idea is to cap set
the speed a robot should move at when it senses a nearby human, to
avoid ensure hurting them.
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StarWatch: Adam Sandler at Lazy Ox, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel at Fraiche, Tyra Banks at Napa Valley Grille


1) Cube: "On Wednesday night I spotted the lead singer of incubus, brandon boyd with a small group of people eating dinner at cube." [Starwatch Inbox]
2) Lazy Ox Canteen: "adam sandler doing some filming work, stopped by on break for a dinner bite at


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Sony Pictures' dynamic duo splits up as top executive exits


And then there was one.
In a move that surprised Hollywood, Columbia Pictures'long-runningtag team of production heads Doug Belgrad andMatt Tolmach is breaking up. Tolmach, who has served as co-president of Sony's Columbia label for the last eight years,


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The Hard Sell: Virgin Atlantic


We eagerly await the advert that tells the truth about long distance air travel. The trolley bashed against the knee in the aisle. The meals delivered on plates more edible than their contents, the scalding as you remove the foil. The rubbish Adam


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Who To Root For - Week 8

Hopefully a face similar to this one will be under that 5-head come Monday Night. Hopefully. This will be a pivotal week for your Houston Texans. Along with the important divisional game against the Colts on Monday, there are 5 games with real playoff


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Long string of amateur face-offs paved way for 'America's Got Talent'

NBC's "America's Got Talent" may be a contemporary smash hit, but its concept - a competition based on the presentation of unknown performers - is almost as old as commercial broadcasting itself. Here is a look at the program's predecessors.


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CBS Picks Up Family Comedy Starring Rob Schneider & Produced By The Tannenbaums

EXCLUSIVE: Eric and Kim Tannenbaums are fashionably late to the marketplace in their first development cycle at their new home, CBS TV Studios. But their last-minute comedy sale to CBS is a big one: an untitled half-hour starring Rob Schneider in his


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Free films, special screenings Oct. 29-Nov. 4

FREE FILMS“SILENTS IN THE CATHEDRAL” Great silent horror classics — including “The Phantom of the Opera” — will be shown with live musical accompaniment at 7 tonight at Grace Cathedral in Topeka.“MILKING


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Judd Apatow promises new movie in 2012

Knocked Up funny man Judd Apatow has revealed that he’s started work on his next film project, which is set to be released by Universal on 1 June, 2012.
Though there are zero details on the film beyond that, we’re pretty sure that it will involve a


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Young cast returns to 80s

The cinema continues to feed the amateur stage with fun musicals for the young at heart, writes Alan Cookman.
FIVE Towns Theatre's new production is another stage show derived from a hit movie.
Popular stage musicals used to be adapted for the silver


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Film: Movie Reviews: The Kids Are All Right, Paranormal Activity 2, Easy A

THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT * * *
Cert 15, 106 mins
Joni and Laser are nice, well-adjusted kids, brought up in a modern family by lesbian couple Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore). Then Joni (Mia Wasikowska) hits 18 and decides to find out the


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Interivew: Dax Shepard, "Brother's Justice" auteur

Although he’s had what would have to be considered a successful career over the past decade, Dax Shepard has not been able to see his authentic comedic voice find an outlet. He’s either played in broad comedies (“Employee of the Month”) or served


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Tom Cruise Courted For 'Rock of Ages'

File this one under: I have no idea if he’ll say yes, but it's a fun idea. I'm told New Line has offered Tom Cruise a supporting role in Rock of Ages, the movie version of the hit Broadway musical. Cruise has been asked to play a bartender, and he would


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1 Holiday/Comedy CD from PopSuperhero.com

Cookie Cutter Girl, Pop Superhero, was commissioned by the "Trouble With Turkey" coalition to compose their theme song, "Ham For The Holidays." Their spokesperson, 10 year old Tommy Turkey, is educating humans about ham, an alternative to their typical


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Tell Adam Sandler: Devocalization isn't Funny ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !

Adam Sandler's comedy, Grown Ups, included a canine character who had been devocalized -- a "convenience surgery" in which vocal cords are cut just to stifle a dog's or cat's voice. The movie portrayed this cruel procedure as necessary and the animal's


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Mike Ragogna: The Joy of Regeneration: A Conversation with Styx's James "J.Y." Young


Mike Ragogna: J.Y., let's talk about Styx's new album, Regeneration: Volume 1. "Volume 1" implies a "Volume 2" is coming. Will there be an ongoing series of releases?
James "J.Y." Young: Well, ultimately, we're in the process of re-recording some of our


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Ar 10, Addison Graham already has adult-size resume

Addison Graham poses with Turtle Crossing sign on Highland Road in Lakeville. The sign speaks to one of Addison's many volunteer efforts.Contributed photo
LAKEVILLE — She's only 10 years old but Addison Graham — a student at the Burt Wood School of


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The Vulture Transcript: Judd Apatow on the Books That Made Him Change the Way He Wrote

In this week's New York, comedy kingpin Judd Apatow chatted with David Haglund about the new humor anthology he edited for McSweeney’s, I Found This Funny: My Favorite Pieces of Humor and Some That May Not Be Funny At All. (The book’s proceeds will go


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Grown Ups -- DVD Review

Five of today's young comedians join forces in this laugh-out-loud story of family and fun.
Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider make up the core of this delightful film. Their characters had been schoolmates when they


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The 30 Day Song Challenge: Day 25 – A Song That Makes You Laugh

I could have chosen any Adam Sandler song parody or anything by the Lonely Island. But, I decided to go with this song off of Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album. In this particular song, a young man named John Bongiovi was left uncredited.


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Scott Mendelson: Just in Time for Halloween: 10 of the Scariest Horror Films of the Last 20 Years.

Candyman (1992)
Based on a short story by Clive Barker, this genuinely disturbing fairy tale concerns an urban legend that haunts a poverty-stricken housing project in Chicago. As a grad student (Virgina Madsen) investigates the legend of Candyman, the


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Hundreds Attended Open Casting Call For Movie

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Hundreds showed up for an opening casting call for a new film starring Adam Sandler and Al Pacino.
Los Angeles based directors, Sande Alessi Casting, were looking for hundreds of extras for the movie called, "Jack and Jill"


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Dan Patrick nlazing a trail into your living room

Of course Dan Patrick would call last Monday from California, where he was doing a movie with Adam Sandler. Why not? Patrick speaks to sports via the multiple intertwined platforms of radio, print, online and television.
In his latest foray, Patrick


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'Another Fine Mess' traces who's been funny in film

Nevertheless, "Mess" is a comprehensive yet subjective look at who has been making us laugh since the invention of film. Chapters are devoted to many of the biggies: silent-film masters (Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd), Depression-era


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Tomorrow's Tom Cruise: The Next 20 Actors Who Will Populate The A-List


Trying to define the term A-lister with any sort of consistency is like trying to describe why ninety-five percent of the population seems to think Jennifer Aniston is sexier than Kate Winslet. If you were listing their features on paper, Im not sure


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Hollywood shows its hypocrisy in shunning Gibson

Mel Gibson was going to have a cameo in the cleverly titled "The Hangover 2" as a gonzo tattoo artist -- but Gibson was replaced by Liam Neeson after some cast and crew members objected to working with Mister Crazy-Ass Voice-Mail Man.
Probably a smart


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Katie Holmes & Adam Sandler: Christmas & Cross-Dressing!


Katie Holmes laughs on the set of her upcoming movie, Jack and Jill , on Friday night (October 22) in Los Angeles. The 31-year-old actress shot some Christmas scenes with co-star Adam Sandler , who sported a wig, tiara, purple dress, and high heels!


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The bike snob's guide to cycling tribes


Eben Weiss, aka Bike Snob NYC, photographed for the Observer in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Photograph: Neil Wilder for the Observer
The Roadie is, in a certain sense, the prototypical cyclist. Road racing is certainly not the oldest form of competitive


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Mama Doni Cooks with Jewish Flavor for 'Shabbat Shaboom'

SoHo & TriBeCa Family silive.com Like Adam Sandler sings, there are so many Jews in show biz; but when it comes to family-friendly parodies, 'Weird' Al Yankovic isn't, but Mama Doni is. The New York Times recommends spending time with Mama Doni to


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Govs embarrassed in loss to No. 3 Jacksonville St.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. It was a comedy of errors the Keystone Cops, Jim Carey, Adam Sandler and Zach Galifianakis would have been proud of.
A large part of it is due to the fact that No. 3 Jacksonville State is a good football team.
But it's mostly because


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Girlfriend Quotes


Humans are social animals. We need company all the time. And this company can come in the form of friends and family. But besides that, we need that someone special who we can share our deepest and innermost thoughts with. And for guys, that special


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SHOCKER! Jennifer Aniston Plays A 20-Something Who Seduces A Priest In Next Movie, ‘Buttercup!’!

The movie centers around Rosemary’s relationship with her father and his drug and alcohol problem. Rosemary lives in NYC but most of script is shot in her father’s unspecified hometown.HollywoodLife.com got a copy of the script and now we’re sharing the


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The Exchange: Judd Apatow on Comedy, Kids’ Books, and Why He'll Never Finish “Moby Dick”


For a long time, Judd Apatow didn't read much. After a Stephen King phase in junior high school—doesn't every adolescent male have one of those?—the filmmaker all but abandoned books. Comedy was his sole obsession. Years later, after a series of


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Christie Brinkley Has Game


Model arrived to film on location at Adam Sandler's newest film Jack and Jill in Los Angeles,on October 20th, 2010. She was born on Feb 2, 1954 which makes her 56! She isn't slowing down one bit!
(Fame Pictures)
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Katie Holmes, Katherine Heigl and More Get Snapped By the Paps

The Who's Who of Hollywood -- including Katherine Heigl and Katie Holmes -- were spotted out Thursday night and we have the A-list footage!



Actress, Mrs. Tom Cruise and mom-on-the-go Katie, along with her adorable daughter Suri, were seen hanging


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Watch Padraig do the Happy Gilmore!

Padraig Harrington mixed a bit of science and slapstick recently undergoing tests to prove whether the Happy Gilmore swing really works!
The triple major winner showed he was up for a bit of experimentation when he put the Happy Gilmore swing (made


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Katie Holmes Relaxes & Snacks on Set


Being a movie star looks like quite a nice life! Katie Holmes relaxed in a comfy robe and slippers and snacked on some treats yesterday in Beverly Hills, during some downtime on the set of Jack and Jill . Sure, you’ve got to fly around the world talking


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President Obama on 'Daily Show': Oct. 27

I can’t wait for Obama to become the next American Idol! I heard he does a mean “Hey Jude”!!!
So true. I’ve always had this issue with Obama. He likes to appear on tv shows and be a celebrity. Someone as intelligent and powerful as the president shouldn’


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Getting IN: Life as a Fashion PR Intern at Elle Communications


Elle Communications has raised the bar for fashion PR in San Diego, recently expanding into Los Angeles and handling the production and marketing of indie-fashion event THREAD show (recently expanded into Phoenix and Orange county). Dara Bu came on as


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Out and about: Comic Kevin Nealon reads the news, plus shows by Matt Costa, Lyrics Born, Avi Buffalo — and the Slippery Kittens do Halloween


Sulaimaniyah, Iraq • Colleen Parkin had taken no more than …

In the early part of the 1A baseball season, the most glaring hole …



Bankruptcies soared 27percent in Utah the first nine months of the year, outpacing …


Using MediaOne of


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Jon Stewart's 'Night of Too Many Stars' adds celebs

Jon Stewart's Night of Too Many Stars benefit for autism education airs Thursday on Comedy Central (9 p.m. ET), incorporating New York-taped segments with Chris Rock, Steve Carell, Naomi Watts and more. But the show will now also feature a new, live


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Capsule reviews of films playing the week of Oct. 20

CASE 39 Case 39 is one of those unwanted Hollywood bastards, a production that was completed years ago and has even been released in other territories but is only now making its stateside debut. Just how old is this picture? Let's just say that when


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Adam Sandler does not make a sexy woman!

Adam Sandler on the set of his new film Jack and Jill in drag as they shot with Tae Bo trainer Billy Blanks and fellow comedian David Spade in Beverly Hills.

This entry was posted
on Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 at 10:58 am and is filed under


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Los Angeles: Jason Alexander, Billy Crudup, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lauren Graham, Robin Williams et al. Set for Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars

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An updated lineup has been announced for Comedy Central's Night Of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert For Autism Education. Jon Stewart will host the event, which is scheduled for broadcast on the cable channel on


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Fox Orders Two New Animated Pilots

Apparently not content with mere Animation Domination, Fox continues to bolster its reservoir of potential new toons. Vulture has learned the network has given thumbs-ups to pilot presentations for a pair of new animated projects, including one from web


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Ever wondered what Adam Sandler would look like as a girl?

Funnyman Adam Sandler doesn't make the most convincing female as he films his new movie, but we still can't help but chuckle as we see these snaps.
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The latest gossip and news written in the OK! Magazine :: Latest Celebrity News Feed


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'Jackass 3D' blows up the competition


Ten years and three movies after the controversial and scatological series debuted on MTV, "Jackass" is grossing out more people than ever.
"Jackass 3D" opened in theaters this weekend to a phenomenal $50 million, according to an estimate from


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Nick Castle Totally Looks Like Adam Sandler

Create Your Look-Alikes: Combine two photos (the well-known and the look-alike) on our Look-Alike Builder. You can compare anything, from celebs to animals and objects.

This face and look-a-like picture was posted on Saturday, October 16th, 2010 at 10


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An Interview with Lawrence Gowan of Styx

Styx is out on the road this weekend, treating fans to their distinctive brand of rock 'n' roll on the opening dates of their latest U.S. tour. Unlike past tours during which the band has mostly concentrated on the hits, Styx is devoting most of each


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Despicable Me, Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud, 95 mins (U)

Given the time and money that go into producing even 60 seconds of animation, cartoons tend to be planned far more carefully than live-action films.
Take any Pixar movie: you don't get that intricacy of plotting or concentration of jokes in an Adam


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Television movies for the week of Oct. 17

MOVIE RATINGS
= Poor
= Fair
= Good
= Excellent
G = General audiences
PG = Parental Guidance
PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens
R = Restricted audience
CC = Closed captioned for hearing impaired
ALPHABETICAL


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Swardson works hard at being idiotic

Nick Swardson swung open the door of his trailer, roughly the size of two portable toilets. He was shirtless with purple sweatpants, a necklace celebrating Minnesota swinging from his neck and his hair mussed up from the power nap he just took on his


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The Finkler Question, by Howard Jacobson


Years ago, as an ice-breaker in our Jewish conversion class, my fellow students and I were given a questionnaire and asked to write down our Favourite Jewish Personality. I put “Groucho Marx” (eager to be a member of his club); the others divided


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Need More Celebrity Gossip? Try Reading 'WTF, Hollywood'!

Chalk this up as the strangest news you'll hear all week: Apparently, there have been some very early discussions regarding James Cameron potentially directing Angelina Jolie in a 'Cleopatra' movie.
Seemed the majority of audiences "Liked" 'The Social


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Access Star Sightings: October 8 – 14, 2010


Friday, Oct. 8: “Modern Family’s” Sofia Vergara and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, along with “Dancing with the Stars’” Florence Henderson, Corky Ballas and Louis van Amstel rallying against bullying at the 6th Annual GLSEN Respect Awards.
And in London, England:


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Night Of The Pitcher

Now, this little tidbit doesn’t mean much, but it’s a good place to start as we prepare for one of the most exciting pitching matchups in postseason baseball history, Saturday night’s NLCS Game 1between Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay and San Francisco’s


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Bikini-clad wife puts Roddick in the shade

Miami: Andy Roddick was initially bitter when his wife Brooklyn Decker graced the cover of Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue last month in a tiny yellow bikini -- and it was not because of her skimpy attire.
The eighth-ranked Roddick has never


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Daily guide

Mountain Stage 2 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) Abigail Washburn, the SteelDrivers, and more; repeats Sunday at 8 p.m.
Boston Symphony Orchestra 6 p.m. All Classical (99.5) This season’s Mahler celebration continues with his Symphony No. 5. The program begins with


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Free films, special screenings Oct. 15- 21

FREE FILMSELECTROMEDIASCOPE Video and new media by Kansas City Art Institute alumni. 7 tonight, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. “LOS LUNES AL SOL” Javier Bardem and fellow laborers drift through life now that their shipyard is history. 2 p.m.


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James Cameron Could Direct Angelina Jolie in 'Cleopatra'


Rumor has it, James Cameron and Sony Pictures Entertainment "are exploring the very real possibility" that he will serve behind the lens for "Cleopatra". If the news broken by Deadline Hollywood is indeed real and the deal is sealed, the "Avatar"


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A 3D kick in the asp?

Deadline has this: "File this one under tantalizingly possible. James Cameron and Sony Pictures Entertainment are exploring the very real possibility that he will direct Angelina Jolie in a 3D version of Cleopatra, an SPE adaptation of the Stacy Schiff


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Adam Sandler is a Woman in ‘Jack and Jill’


Comedian Adam Sandler is playing two roles in the upcoming comedy called, “Jack and Jill.” He is playing both Jack and his twin Jill. Katie Holmes and Al Pacino also star in the movie.
The photographs were taken on a set in which Sandler has a brown wig,


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Photo Coverage: Adam Sandler Dresses In Drag On Set!

Adam Sandler made a very interesting looking drag queen as he dressed as the character Jill while filming 'Jack & Jill' in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, CA on October 13, 2010.
Adam Sandler made a very interesting looking drag queen as he dressed as the


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Adam Sandler cross-dressing with very smooth legs

The 44-year-old actor showed off his luscious legs earlier today as he filmed scenes in Hollywood's Griffith Park for his new comedy film Jack and Jill.

Sandler was in full drag, dressed in a little frilled plaid skirt, white T-shirt, red cardigan


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White On Rice

opens with an odd, yet arresting, pre-title scene, in
which a Japanese-American family watches a badly dubbed samurai movie on
television. The samurai actors' English voices are supplied by two pop culture
icons, Bruce "Ashley J. Williams" Campbell and


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Fame Monsters Wanted


As an aspiring fame monster, you could move to Lala land, pose for a nudie mag, and snag an agent. Or you could roll up to some random university in Fort Lauderdale, star in a sea of extras, and wait for the director to single you out. What? It happened


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On-location film production in L.A. barely rises in the third quarter

On-location filming in Los Angeleswas flat in the third quarter, remaining virtually unchanged from the same period a year ago.
Following a 16% jump in activity in the second quarter, on-location production rose just 0.3% during the three months ended


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Nick Swardson Talks Pot, 'Pretend Time' & Politicians He'd Party With (VIDEO)

It was only a matter of time before comedian Nick Swardson got his own show. Tonight, that time is upon us. Swardson has been known for being many things over the last decade: Hard-partying stand-up comedian, gay rollerblading enthusiast on "Reno 911!",


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Revival House: 10-plus Badass Cinematic Seniors

Captain John Patrick Mason from The Rock (1996, Sean Connery). “I’m fed up saving your ass. I’m amazed you ever got past puberty.” Connery was 66 when he starred in what is arguably Michael Bay’s only good movie, in which he plays an ex-MI6 agent


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Film4 Budget Increases By 50% To $24M

EXCLUSIVE: This is truly the end of an era. Longtime Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences executive director Bruce Davis announced at this evening's Board Of Governors meeting that he intends to quit in 2011 after 30 years working for the world's


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Nick Jonas Works Up a Sweat in Miami Beach

He's back from a U.K. trip where he was performing, but Nick Jonas wasn't just taking it easy in Miami. The teen star hit up Equinox South Beach for a private training session at the gym. According to onlookers, the singer did an all-over body workout


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TV critic's picks: Tuesday

What'd they say
Sarah smiles
Nick of time
The man with Georgia on his mind would have turned 80 this year, good enough reason for stars such as Clint Eastwood, Elton John and Quincy Jones to celebrate "Ray Charles America" (7 p.m., Bio), a new


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Nick Swardson: Time to 'Pretend'

Comedy Central has a great tradition of sketch comedy, from reruns of “The Kids in the Hall” to Demetri Martin’s “Important Stuff.”
Comedian/actor Nick Swardson will join the discussion with his new series “Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time,” which debuts on


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Nick Swardson's Pretend Time

The folks at Comedy Central might be a little too enamored with production auspices these days. First came the woeful "Big Lake" (produced by Will Ferrell's company!), and now the hit-miss sketch comedy "Nick Swardson's Pretend Time" (produced by Adam


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Freemium: The Web's Counter-intuitive Business Model

Think about the freemium model for a second, because it's completely counter-intuitive. You create content or a piece of software, and instead of charging money for it as a good capitalist should, you give it away for free.
Hold on a second, because


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Adam Sandler: Shopping with Sunny and Sadie!


Adam Sandler holds onto his daughters’ hands as they cross the street on Saturday (October 9) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
15+ pictures inside of Adam Sandler, Sadie and Sunny going out in Beverly Hills…

Adam Sandler holds onto his daughtersâ hands as


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'Despicable Me' leading the pack in foreign box office

Animated comedy "Despicable Me" continued a strong overseas run with No. 1 openings in France and Spain this weekend, where the 3-D movie took in $5.3 million and $3.1 million, respectively. It was also No. 1 for the second weekend in a row in Germany,


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The Taxi Driver, his finger and his nose (a tragedy)


“Ugh…” That being the traditional Sunday morning shrill on the grumpy waiter as he drags his sorry ass out of bed.
Obviously I didn’t want to go to work on Sunday morning. I never want to go to work on a Sunday, morning or evening for that matter.
The


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An On-Set Crash Course in I Am Number Four


Last week, a rather quizzical teaser trailer for a DreamWorks movie called I Am Number Four appeared online from out of nowhere. ComingSoon.net already had a bit of a leg-up on those learning about the movie for the first time, because back in early


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New Paul Paquet for 10/11/2010

October 9, 2010
Do you believe in that old-time religion? No, no. I mean that really old-time religion. They do in Scandinavia. Germany, too. Many Northern Europeans have decided to go back to worshipping Thor and Odin and all those other Viking gods.


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What to Watch

“Cujo”
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., AMC (1983)
A woman and her young son become trapped in their Ford Pinto, under attack by a rabid Saint Bernard named Cujo.
“Strangers on a Train”
7 p.m. to 9 p.m., TCM (1951)
Alfred Hitchcock directs this suspense thriller about


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Nick Swardson gets intense

LOS ANGELES - Nick Swardson swung open the door of his trailer, roughly the size of two portable toilets. He was shirtless with purple sweatpants, a necklace celebrating Minnesota swinging from his neck and his hair mussed up from the power nap he just


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New year, time to gear up.

I've been a bit shy but I thought I'd come back for the run in. Why have I been away? I kind of haven't. I've been silently getting inspired on the forum by people such as Zuzi Hutt and Laurent D (to namecheck just two), so thank you all that write on


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Adios San Jose Hola Manuel Antonio

English after the Spanish...
Hace un mes, salí de Seattle para Costa Rica. Mucho ha ocurrido en este mes y lo he escrito sobre la mayoría. Los hábitos que han sido más difíciles de adaptar son la comida, el horario, e higiene. Arroz y frijoles son tan


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Top dog in high demand

Rufus is the most decorated bull terrier in the history of the breed, a celebrity ambassador and one of the busiest therapy dogs in the country.
With his enduring popularity and hectic schedule of public appearances at age 10 (that's 70 in dog years),


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Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time Private Screening in New York City


Nick Swarddson’s Pretend Time private screening last night gave a “Taste of Nick” quite literally, from the cat tongue breath strips to the Nick faced cupcakes. Stand-up comedian Nick Swardson who’s hilarious special “Seriously who farted?” had


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SMALLVILLE Gives Aquaman a Wife

When Arthur “AC” Curry/Aquaman (Alan Ritchson) returns to SMALLVILLE this season, he’ll be bringing his new wife with him.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Aquaman’s bride will be none other than Mera, the DC Comics undersea queen, to be played on


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Raising others' kids isn't new in movies

Raising kids is tough, especially when they're not yours.
"Life as We Know It," which opened Friday, is one of a long line of romantic comedies about single people becoming parents for the first time. Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel play two free


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Red Claws Add Assistant Coach to Staff

October 8, 2010 - NBA Development League (D-League) Maine Red Claws
PORTLAND, ME -The Maine Red Claws, presented by Quirk Chevrolet, today announced that Hernando Planells been named the team's assistant coach under Head Coach Austin Ainge. Planells


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Long Island Halloween movie countdown - Babylon representing in the Underworld


It's the "Long Island Examiner's" Long Island Halloween Horror movie review-a-thon! We're taking a look at some movies with a Halloween slant that we can tie to Long Island as we count down to Halloween 2010.
It is October the 9th today and that means


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Katie Holmes Gets to Work on "Jack and Jill"!


Confirming rumors of a new role, Katie Holmes turned up on the set of "Jack and Jill" in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday (October 7).
Looking cute and casual as she sipped on a coffee, the former "Dawson's Creek" darling strolled past photogs as she readied


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Oct 7, Closet Comics vie for Big Break at Boston Center for Adult Education!


There’s a closet comedian in all of us, but do you really have what it takes to land your water cooler humor on the big stage?
The Boston Center for Adult Education(BCAE) and the Wilbur Theatre, home of some of Boston's best comedy club acts, have


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Movie mini-reviews for Oct. 8, 2010

These are Roger Ebert's mini-reviews (unless otherwise noted) of some of the films currently playing in the Quad-Cities.
"It's Kind of a Funny Story" (PG-13, 101 minutes). A 16-year-old checks himself into a Brooklyn hospital because he's been feeling


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Hawaii sizzles with location shoots

"Hereafter"
(Warner Bros.)
Release date: Oct. 22
For three days in January, director Clint Eastwood transformed
Maui's coveted tourist areas of Lahaina and Kanapali into the site
of "Hereafter's" most intense action sequence. "When I saw the
trailer, I


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Free films, special screenings Oct. 8-14

Free films, special screenings Oct. 8-14 More News FREE FILMS ELECTROMEDIASCOPE Details at right. 7 tonight, Nelson-Atkins Museum. “BOCA A BOCA The only work an unemployed actor (Javier Bardem) can find is as the voice for a phone-sex operation. 2 p.m.


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Results of the Slashfilm/Totally Rad Show Summer Movie Game


You may remember a competition that commenced a few months back, pitting /Film against The Totally Rad Show in their annual Summer Movie Game. The purpose of the game was to predict the top ten highest grossing domestic films of the summer—and in order,


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Kevin Gray's 'Gray Matter': Quest for '18' starts


MANCHESTER – Rims at Verizon Wireless Arena survived the Shaq test, and the Boston Celtics began a quest for Banner 18 by ripping apart the 76ers Wednesday night.
Returning to live action for the first time since losing Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the


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High School Top Performer - Week 3: Kelly Silvestri (girls volleyball), Hunterdon Central


JUST THE STATS:She had 16 kills and 12 digs in a victory over Williamstown, 11 killsversus Eastern and eight kills against Paramus to help Hunterdon Central win last Saturday's WilliamstownTournament. She has 117 kills, 32aces and 93 digs for For No. 4


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100 Best Movies


If anyone knows me, they are definitely going to vouch for the fact that I live, eat, breathe, and sleep movies. I literally cannot imagine my life without them. It's true that I am very sensitive and touchy when it comes to certain movies. The passion


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News - News Shorts: October 5th 2010

"Hugh Jackman says that filming on the "Wolverine" sequel is set to kick off around March or April..." (full details)
"Bruce Willis says the fifth "Die Hard" is "probably going to happen in 2011. We have a script. They're making a couple changes right


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Mera Makes Splash on “Smallville”

Sorry about the headline; I was legally obligated to use that pun. Seriously, though, it’s right there. DC’s own Mera makes her live-action debut on “Smallville” in October, this from Michael Ausiello at Entertainment Weekly. Apparently, when Aquaman


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Interior denies protection for Calif. fish species

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the Sacramento splittail fish does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
The decision puts the Obama administration on the same side as a former Bush administration


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IGN Digigods Podcast Episode 160

What are you playing?




In this episode, the Gods discuss:
2001 Maniacs (Blu-ray)
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (Dragon Dynasty) (Blu-ray)
Bad Lieutenant (Blu-ray)
Battle 360: The Complete Season One (Blu-ray)
Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition


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Saturday Night Live: The Best Of Adam Sandler

In the year 2010, Adam Sandler is an extremely successful movie star. Twenty
years ago, he was on Saturday Night Live—a
beloved member of a renaissance cast that included some of the most brilliant
comedic talents to ever grace the show. Go up to any


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Golf: Hair-raising moment for Stewart Cink

ENTERTAINMENT value on the first tee yesterday watching the first seven singles matches heading off went through the stratosphere.
While Lee Westwood got the usual raucous backing spearheading the European Ryder Cup quest, the real banter started in


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Crossword: ''Surprise Endings''


Across
1 Chinese-born actress ___ Ling
4 Pub projectile
8 Rough files
13 "Ew, I'm not touchin' that!"
14 Playing in someone else's stadium
15 Punk rocker with the backup band The Pharmacists
16 Show with mystery numbers like "Lost," only they're all


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HarperCollins, £20


Fame was bequeathed to me by the lips of an angel. After years of rancid endeavour, trying to persuade an indifferent world that I was born to be ravaged by dozens of sex-hungry harlots, I was granted fame by Kate Moss's kiss. The harbinger of fame had


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NBC develops comedies from Ricky Blitt and Happy Madison

Adam Sandler's Happy Madison shingle has landed a doctor's office comedy at NBC, while the Peacock is also developing an ensemble sitcom from "Family Guy" alum Ricky Blitt.
Both projects, which received script plus penalty orders, come from Sony


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Sony TV develops three new sitcoms

Sony Pictures TV is developing three new sitcom projects with ABC and NBC.
Deadline reports that the untitled ABC pilot, written by My Boys creator Betsy Thomas, will focus on relationships in the workplace. Thomas will also executive produce the


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'Afterlife' No. 1 overseas for fourth straight week

In another listless weekend on the foreign theatrical circuit,
Constantin Film's
"Resident Evil: Afterlife" in 3D eked out its fourth
consecutive round as the No. 1 overseas title, grossing $15 million
from some 3,900 venues in 47 markets.
The latest


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UF fraternity has faced tough couple years

In 2008, the chapter was suspended and its fraternity house closed over a hazing incident in which pledges were found shirtless and kneeling in the house's basement. After the UF chapter returned in January, the national fraternity -- which is engaged


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Library marks Book Week with prizes

November 14 to 21 is Canadian Children’s Book Week! Visit Halton Hills Public Library that week, borrow a Canadian children’s book and get a prize!
******
P.A. Day Munch to the Movies today
Kids are invited to spend some of their P.A. Day (today, Nov. 13


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New Paul Paquet for 10/04/2010

There's a Museum of Fine Arts, or MOFA, in Boston. But that city is also home to the Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA), which calls itself "the world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms."


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Salma Hayek Wears A Turban (PHOTOS, POLL)

Salma Hayek stopped by Stella McCartney's Spring/Summer 2011 show wearing a belted royal blue ensemble with thigh-high boots and...a turban.
Take a look and tell us what you think.
...
Salma Hayek stopped by Stella McCartney's Spring/Summer 2011


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Comic vows to keep it filthy

Comedian Nick Swardson does indeed have some shame, though there'll be no sign of it on "Pretend Time," his new Comedy Central show.
"It's a crazy show," said Swardson, calling from L.A. where he's shooting "Jack and Jill" with Adam Sandler, Al Pacino


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GOOD KID

School and grade: Irving High School, 12th grade; I plan to go to Texas Woman's University and major in nursing
Community and school activities: member of the band, Student Council, National Honor Society and Irving's Municipal Teen Court
My hobbies


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Exploring Chicago: 'Chicago Transit Authority' (Sound Affects)


In 1969, 'Chicago Transit Authority' was a cutting edge album and, in some ways, Chicago, the band, would never be so unpredictable, so vibrant, and so passionate than they are here.
So you’re probably scratching your head and are wondering how a band


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Rating college football’s screen gems

Yeah, they can be sappy and cliche-ridden. Yet the best college football movies will make you cry or laugh, with story lines that even Hollywood and Matthew McConaughey can't screw up.
With the help of some Top 25 voters, here's a guide to the AP's 12


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Cinema gold

The Associated Press polled its Top 25 voters to determine the best college football movies ever made. The top five, with a comment from a voter:
Great motivational story, even though Joe Montana says now a lot of what happened in the film isn't really


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Tom Cruise Starts Filming in Prague for 'Mission Impossible 4'

Sporting a fake mustache and a Russian military uniform, Tom Cruise was definitely having a good time in Prague on the set of Mission Impossible 4 yesterday, reported OnLocationVacations.com.
Cruise has spent the last few weeks in the Czech Republic


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Two Tier men reach national miniature golf championship

VESTAL -- Though his friends say his putting style is reminiscent of Adam Sandler's "Happy Gilmore" character, Matt Potochniak laughs it off and says: "It does the trick."
Now, he'll get to find out just how well.
Potochniak and another local competitor


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