| Actor Jason Robards dies of cancer |
| Jason Robards' stellar 40 years on the silver screen didn't extinguish his first love for the stage, say friends who remember the actor's flair before a live audience. |
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| Las Vegas critics fete 'Erin,' 'Gladiator' |
| "Erin Brockovich" nabbed two of the top awards, best picture and best director for Steven Soderbergh as the Las Vegas Film Critics society announced its 2000 award winners. |
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| 'Cast Away' tops box office |
| "Cast Away," starring Tom Hanks as a man stranded on an island for four years, was the top film over the four-day holiday weekend. |
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| Canada props Lee flick |
| Canada's top film critics named Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" as the best film of 2000 on Wednesday. |
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| 'Grinch' steals year's boxoffice |
| All the green racked up by Universal's "The Grinch" proved too much for Paramount's "Mission: Impossible 2" as The Grinch became the top grosser this year. |
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| 'Traffic' ends Soderbergh's big year |
| For those who have wondered what ever happened to that guy who made "sex, lies and videotape," the past couple of years make for a resounding reply. |
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| Bullock uninjured in plane mishap |
| A plane carrying actress Sandra Bullock and three other people missed a runway and crashed at the Jackson Hole Airport early Wednesday. |
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| 'Gladiator,' 'Traffic' top Globe nods |
| The Roman epic "Gladiator" and the drug war drama "Traffic" led the motion picture Golden Globe nominations Thursday with five each. |
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| Steve Martin to host Oscars |
| A wild and crazy guy will be host of next year's Oscar awards. Steve Martin will succeed Billy Crystal at the 73rd Academy Awards on March 25. |
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| Cheadle to appear in 'Rush Hour 2' |
| Don Cheadle, who co-stars in Universal Pictures "The Family Man" for director Brett Ratner, has reteamed with the helmer on a cameo role in "Rush Hour 2." |
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| Sean Connery fights political party |
| Sean Connery accused the Labor Party government of deliberately blocking him from making donations to a rival political party. Connery is prevented from making donations because he is based in the Bahamas and is not registered to vote. |
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| Diaz scares off Rome hotel thieves |
| Don't mess with Cameron Diaz. The actress managed to scare off a pair of thieves from her Rome hotel room Friday night. |
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| Critics honor 'Crouching Tiger' |
| The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has voted the martial arts romance "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" the best picture of 2000. |
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| Gibson romances way to top of box office |
| Mel Gibson has stolen the top box office spot from the Grinch. "What Women Want," Gibson's comedy about a chauvinistic ad exec who can suddenly read women's minds, debuted as the No. 1 movie. |
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| Crowe is magazine's top entertainer |
| For his role in the summer blockbuster "Gladiator" and his romance with "Proof of Life" co-star Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe was named the biggest star of the year by Entertainment Weekly. |
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| Another Good Year For Actors |
| The Screen Actors Guild reported record earnings by its members during 1999, a total of nearly $1.66 billion, up 1.3 percent from the previous year. |
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| Forget Green Eggs; It's Green Legs That Count |
| Three new releases failed to arrest the streaking Grinch Who Stole Christmas, which again held the number-one spot at the box office. |
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| 'Quills' takes top movie honors |
| The Marquis de Sade drama "Quills" received top honors from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, kicking off this year's awards season. |
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| Gere brings Christmas to rural Pa. |
| It'll be Christmas in March for a small town in rural Pennsylvania. Merchants have been asked to leave their holiday decorations hanging for the five weeks of location filming of "The Mothman Prophecies," starring Richard Gere. |
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| Jolie hopes to score high as video game heroine |
| Angelina Jolie is nervous. The Oscar-winning, headline-grabbing actress is actually worried about how her turn as popular video game heroine Lara Croft will be received when the movie version of "Tomb Raider" hits theaters in June. |
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| Famke Janssen to star in T3? |
| Although rumors had recently been swirling that WWF star Chyna would take on Arnold in "Terminator 3," Variety star Famke Janssen is being wooed for the gig as a female killing machine. |
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| Sundance 2001 takes shape |
| Several major premieres are shaping up for the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, including the opening-night film, Paramount Classics' "My First Mister," the feature directorial debut by actress Christine Lahti. |
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| Stars tapped for DGA Honors |
| Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shirley MacLaine, David Chase and Sigourney Weaver are slated to serve as presenters at the second annual Directors Guild of America Honors. |
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| Grinch steals top box office spot |
| With little more than Thanksgiving leftovers to pick from, moviegoers again let the Grinch steal the box office during a traditionally slow weekend for Hollywood. |
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| People's Choice nominees announced |
| Mel Gibson, Denzel Washington and Tom Hanks lead nominees for the People's Choice Awards. New TV shows starring Bette Midler and Geena Davis also fared well. |
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| Angelina Jolie enjoyed Cambodia |
| Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie had an epiphany while wrapping up a week of filming at Cambodia's famous Angkor Wat temple complex. "The world I live in most of the time is very, very small." |
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