Daily entertainment news covering Stranger Than Fiction en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/12/has_will_ferrell_s_comedy_gone_the_way_o Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:17:32 EST Entertainment News 126227@http://www.starpulse.com/news Once upon a time, I used to think Will Ferrell was the funniest man alive. I watched him religiously as Alex Trebek in the "Saturday Night Live" celebrity "Jeopardy" sketches

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/03/top_ten_twilight_zone_episodes Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:27:00 EST Entertainment News 91117@http://www.starpulse.com/news Every year, the Sci Fi channel celebrates Independence Day with a two-day marathon of episodes from The Twilight Zone, one of the most enduring and renowned anthology series in the history of television.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/17/movies_with_heart_the_100_best_romdramed Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:29 EST Entertainment News 84084@http://www.starpulse.com/news There's the quintessential romantic comedy, and then there's the romdramedy. Similar to a dramedy (in which there is an equal balance of humor and serious content), a romdramedy combines comedy and drama with that mushy thing we call romance.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/04/mr_magorium_s_wonder_emporium_where_toys Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:25:23 EST Entertainment News 79913@http://www.starpulse.com/news Enter a world of enchantment when Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium opens its doors on DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) March 4, 2008 from Fox Home Entertainment. Written and directed by Zach Helm (Stranger Than Fiction), the fantastical tale features an all-star cast including Academy AwardŽ-winner Dustin Hoffman

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/12/kite_runner_a_touching_tale_of_friendshi Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:26:51 EST Entertainment News 71039@http://www.starpulse.com/news Director Marc Forster's exceedingly respectful adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's international best seller ''The Kite Runner'' has both a subtle, captivating naturalism and some convenient plot turns that are difficult to overcome.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/15/1_note_mr_magorium_s_wonder_emporium_tri Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:20:29 EST Entertainment News 68019@http://www.starpulse.com/news You'd have to be a really little kid - we're talking young enough to be enthralled by colorful, shiny objects and oblivious to the necessity of character development - to want to hang out at ''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.''

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/06/spoon_is_upbeat_anthemic_and_typically_i Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:34:43 EST Entertainment News 50307@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spoon's songs have been featured on TV shows (''The O.C.'' and ''Veronica Mars'') and in films (''Stranger Than Fiction''). With their sixth studio album, the alt-rockers from Austin, Texas, could score something even more elusive: a bona fide summer hit.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/19/finding_neverland_director_marc_forster__2008 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:13:40 EST Entertainment News 47887@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Bond has a new handler. Marc Forster will direct the next Bond adventure, due out Nov. 7, 2008.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/02/spoon_to_release_sixth_studio_album Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:47:12 EST Entertainment News 36390@http://www.starpulse.com/news Spoon's sixth full-length studio album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, will be released July 10 on Merge. The new record will be preceded by a series of east coast shows in April and appearances at the Sasquatch and Bonnaroo festivals. A full U.S. tour will follow in the fall.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/02/27/new_movies_on_dvd_feb_27 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 08:00:57 EST Entertainment News 30537@http://www.starpulse.com/news In Stranger Than Fiction, a socially isolated IRS agent (Will Ferrell) whose every move is documented by a disembodied female voice discovers that his life is the subject of a book currently being written by a best-selling author, whose creative block has stunted her repeated efforts to kill him off. Also on DVD: Tenacious D In The Pick of Destiny, The Return and A Good Year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/16/babel_dreamgirls_ugly_betty_aamp_grey_s_ Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:24:27 EST Entertainment News 26215@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Hollywood Foreign Press Association just announced the winners of the 64th Golden Globe awards. Babel took home the award for best drama, while Dreamgirls won best comedy/musical. The night's big TV winners were Grey's Anatomy (best drama series) and Ugly Betty (best musical or comedy series). See full list of winners:

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/12/writers_guild_nominates_borat_prada_suns Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:02:24 EST Entertainment News 25939@http://www.starpulse.com/news British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has garnered a surprise nomination from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for his spoof documentary, Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/03/will_ferrell_welcomes_second_son Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:24:43 EST Entertainment News 24893@http://www.starpulse.com/news Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca Paulson, celebrated the New Year early with the birth of their second son on Saturday. The actor's new baby Mattias, who joins big brother Magnus, two, was born just after 2 a.m. local time in Los Angeles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/14/hollywood_foreign_press_association_anno Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:15:16 EST Entertainment News 23879@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jessica Biel, Rosario Dawson and Matthew Perry joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association President Philip Berk to announce the Nominations for The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Thursday morning, December 14, 2006 at The Beverly Hilton. Babel leads with 7 nods. Complete list of movie nominations below.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/13/borat_reigns_again_a_good_year_aamp_othe Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:45:29 EST Entertainment News 21250@http://www.starpulse.com/news Borat: Cultural Learning Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan took in $29 million at the U.S. box office this weekend to hold on to the top spot for the second week in a row. The bumper weekend raised its 10-day total to $67.8 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/10/dustin_hoffman_gives_ellen_degeneres_osc Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:58:54 EST Entertainment News 21125@http://www.starpulse.com/news Dustin Hoffman has signed on as comic Ellen DeGeneres' unofficial Oscars gag writer by urging her to crack jokes about the gold statue's lack of genitalia. Appearing on her chat show to promote new film Stranger Than Fiction yesterday, Hoffman took the opportunity to give the host of the 2007 Academy Awards a few tips.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/08/opening_november_10_stranger_than_fictio Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:46:59 EST Entertainment News 20882@http://www.starpulse.com/news In "Stranger Than Fiction," IRS auditor Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) begins to hear his life chronicled by a narrator, but no one else can hear it. When he finds out a real-life author is the narrator, Crick must take action before he meets his death. Photo gallery / Watch the trailer / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/11/fall_movie_preview_comedies Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:04:38 EST Entertainment News 12843@http://www.starpulse.com/news Two comedies sneak into the Fall Movie Preview even though they will be released before the official start of autumn on Sept. 23. Idiocracy (Sept. 1) stars Luke Wilson as Pvt. Joe Bowers, a soldier chosen to take part in a secret military scientific experiment in which he will be put into induced hibernation for 1,000 years.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/09/sony_pictures_surpasses_1_billion_in_box Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:59:38 EST Entertainment News 12591@http://www.starpulse.com/news Sony Pictures Entertainment has surpassed the $1 billion mark in box office receipts for calendar year 2006, making it the fifth year in a row the studio has reached that milestone at the box office.

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