Fall movie guide

Is it just us or are you also ready for some meatier material now that Transformers and barbarians and superheroes have trampled through the movie theaters for the last three months? We’ve rounded up some of the most noteworthy films coming out this seas


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Latest Bachmann Religion Rumor: She’s Jewish?

The New York Post’s bizarre story today about Jewish donors considering supporting Michele Bachmann because she’s “Jewish” is the latest example of the often humorous record of Jews claiming celebrities as members of the tribe because of their last names


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A premiere fit for a 'King'

Those Disney folks sure know how to create just the right party atmosphere.
Take Saturday morning's splashy world premiere for the new 3D makeover of their 1994 animated classic, The Lion King, ahead of its official Sept. 16 opening.
For starters, the us


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Bruce Helford in talks to run Sheen laffer

Sitcom vet Bruce Helford is in negotiations to take the reins of Charlie Sheen's TV comeback with Lionsgate TV's ''Anger Management.''
Lionsgate narrowed the field of showrunner candidates late last week and on Monday began talks with Helford. Deal is ou


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Hockey Guilty Pleasures: Mark Madden, talk radio host

(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month of August. Have a suggestion for a "Guilty Pleasures"


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Some fall movies are a good investment, worth your time and money

By Steve Persall , Times Film Critic In Print: Thursday, September 1, 2011 ‘WARRIOR’ In case you haven't heard, these are tough economic times. Wall Street is threatening a double-dip recession in a waffle cone. Meanwhile, theaters are charging higher pr


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Time to get serious again at the cineplex (with a few exceptions)

Well, that's over with. The empty-calorie summer, with its frivolous robot fights and cowboys and aliens and smurfs and sequels and remakes and romcoms and doomed teens reaching their final decapitated destinations. Now, finally, it's on to autumn, with


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