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"Dear John"

"From Paris with Love"

Kathryn Bigelow (“The Hurt Locker”) is only the fourth female director to be nominated for an Academy Award. If she wins, she’ll be the first woman to ever take home a directing Oscar.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The science-fiction sensation "Avatar" and the war-on-terror thriller "The Hurt Locker" lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow.

The last time Mel Gibson starred in a movie, he was grappling with alien invaders and a misplaced faith in the sci-fi thriller “Signs.”

Mel Gibson’s latest movie, “Edge of Darkness,” is a morose but taut thriller that is prescient in a way the filmmakers likely didn’t expect.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – The cast of the 1960s Madison Avenue saga “Mad Men” has won the trophy for best drama series ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for the second year in a row.

NEW YORK – As the credits of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" began to roll and the Bobby Fuller Four's "Let Her Dance" blared through the theater at a recent showing of the movie, a young girl leapt to her feet and joined the on-screen characters, dancing in the aisle.

The medical drama “Extraordinary Measures” is the first feature from CBS Films, and if not for Harrison Ford it would be mistaken for a made-for-TV movie.

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BEVERLY HILLS, Cal­if. – The science-fiction blockbuster “Avatar” won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honor for James Cameron on Sunday, raising the “Titanic” filmmaker’s prospects for another Academy Awards triumph.

Hollywood may find it tough to match 2009's record box-office revenue. Yet studios have a cast of characters this year to make a run for their money.

Highlights of Hollywood's 2010 film slate. Some films open in limited release, and release dates are subject to change:

"The Book of Eli"

“The Lovely Bones,” as directed by Peter Jackson, floats on the screen just out of reach like a gorgeous, unrealized dream.

LOS ANGELES – Sitting down with Denzel Washington about a week before Christmas, I found the actor turning the tables on me.

"Leap Year"

"The Young Victoria"

LOS ANGELES – The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused Harlem teen who finds hope in a classroom of misfits led the nominations announced Wednesday for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards.

The only lesson to take away from Ethan Hawke's horror-action tale "Daybreakers" is that vampires cannot run the world's affairs any better than we tasty humans can.

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Any year that begins with “Bride Wars” bodes poorly for moviegoers.

Here’s what debuts on DVD today.

"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel"

The literary Holmes could be melancholy, but Downey’s version is manic-depressive.

LONDON – Robert Downey Jr. is an actor at the top of his game – already a big-screen superhero, now an iconic super-sleuth.

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"

"A Single Man"