Daily entertainment news covering Up en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/11/10/twilight_among_people_s_choice_awards_no Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:49:27 EST Entertainment News 143650@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Nominees for the People's Choice Awards are out, and the people choose vampires. "Twilight" and "True Blood" were among the top nominees announced Tuesday. Fans cast more than 18 million votes online

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/16/cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs_isn_t_ Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:16:46 EST Entertainment News 137755@http://www.starpulse.com/news An animated film described as "a kids movie that the parents will enjoy" is becoming a bit of a hackneyed characterization. Really, what animated film in 2009 isn't described like that?

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/10/is_excessive_cgi_and_no_plot_becoming_a_ Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:14:16 EST Entertainment News 137106@http://www.starpulse.com/news A few weeks ago I got to see 15 minutes of James Cameron's "Avatar" on the IMAX in 3D, and it was some of the best CGI ever seen on the big screen.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/10/summer_movie_awards_part_2_best_film_wor Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:50 EST Entertainment News 136944@http://www.starpulse.com/news The summer movie season is finally at its end. Yesterday we listed Part 1 of the first annual "Summer Movie Awards" in categories such as: surprise hit, the bomb nobody noticed,

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"Resistance is futile" this October as Spike TV presents the fourth annual "Scream," the first and only global event of its kind to honor the best in sci-fi, fantasy, horror and comic genres. Taping on Saturday, October 17

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/08/03/sarah_s_cinema_musings_this_summer_s_hit Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:52:53 EST Entertainment News 132626@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ok, we are almost through the summer season of film, and I, for one, feel like I am trying to resuscitate an almost dead corpse. Sure, there were hits, good films,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/25/blockbusters_comedies_aamp_animated_film Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:34:15 EST Entertainment News 127821@http://www.starpulse.com/news In a move that had everybody checking their calendars to make sure it wasn't still April 1, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced that this year there will be TEN Best Picture nominees

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/22/proposal_woos_date_crowds_with_34_1m_ Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:22:30 EST Entertainment News 127364@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movie audiences accepted a proposal from Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, who scored the summer's first big romantic comedy hit. Bullock and Reynolds' "The Proposal" took in $34.1 million

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/19/this_year_s_remakes_aamp_sequels_not_liv Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:56:27 EST Entertainment News 127092@http://www.starpulse.com/news Take a look at the box office chart below, ranking the top ten films of the year so far:

1. Star Trek - $232,557,467
2. Monsters vs. Aliens - $195,246,609

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/17/3_d_films_worth_watching_or_better_off_s Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:36:05 EST Entertainment News 126879@http://www.starpulse.com/news The film industry has a long history with trying different avenues to bring more viewers in and keep them in their theater seats. In the 1930s,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/14/hangover_tops_box_office_eddie_murphy_fl_1 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:00:54 EST Entertainment News 126466@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood is nursing another big hangover.

The Warner Bros. comedy "The Hangover" hauled in $33.4 million to remain the top box-office draw for a second-straight weekend.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/08/hangover_beat_up_this_weekend Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:16:15 EST Entertainment News 125554@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Hangover edged past Up to win the weekend at the domestic box office, according to Variety.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/07/up_stays_on_top_of_weekend_box_office Sun, 07 Jun 2009 13:31:50 EST Entertainment News 125372@http://www.starpulse.com/news Two live-action comedies were unable to bring down the animated adventure "Up."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/06/01/up_soars_to_top_of_box_office Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:03:11 EST Entertainment News 124671@http://www.starpulse.com/news New family film Up has soared to the top of the U.S. box office to become the third biggest debut for a Disney Pixar film behind The Incredibles and Finding Nemo.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/28/opening_may_29_up Thu, 28 May 2009 13:21:47 EST Entertainment News 124306@http://www.starpulse.com/news A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated adventure scripted by Pixar... Continue summary Pictures / Premiere Photos / More

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/26/this_week_s_movie_buzz_see_it_rent_it_or_13 Tue, 26 May 2009 08:57:29 EST Entertainment News 123891@http://www.starpulse.com/news This week is probably the least exciting of the summer movie season so far because we don't have an epic blockbuster premiering. There are three movies coming out,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/05/01/summer_movie_preview Fri, 01 May 2009 10:06:41 EST Entertainment News 120783@http://www.starpulse.com/news Since the dawn of the American cinematic blockbuster in the late 1970s and early 1980s, moviegoers have eagerly waited for May - the unofficial beginning of summertime. This summer is no different.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/10/summer_movie_video_games_seek_to_termina Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:31:27 EST Entertainment News 117772@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — Video games based on blockbuster movies typically get panned, yet shamelessly benefit from the buzz of their film inspirations.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/30/monsters_vs_aliens_hurtles_to_58_2m_debu Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:17:58 EST Entertainment News 116003@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) — Movie beasts from old-time Hollywood got a makeover as heroes and conquered the weekend box office.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/03/25/monsters_vs_aliens_creates_another_dimen Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:13:22 EST Entertainment News 115428@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Monsters vs. Aliens" opens with an old 3-D gag: A ball bounces directly into the audience, causing moviegoers to instinctively scoot back in their seats. But the resemblance to old-fashioned 3-D ends there.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/02/08/jessica_biel_hosts_sci_tech_oscars_ Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:27:21 EST Entertainment News 110133@http://www.starpulse.com/news BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Host Jessica Biel wore Oscar de la Renta, but it was bearded, buttoned-down Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull who got whoops and whistles at the first Academy Awards presentation of the year.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/12/03/top_3_picks_of_pixar_s_feature_flicks Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:15:41 EST Entertainment News 104996@http://www.starpulse.com/news Unless you've been living underground in the lost corners of the world, you have probably heard of Pixar. Pixar is the animation studio who is responsible for family films such as

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