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Jon & Kate Gosselin Together for July 4th with Children

5 July 2009 9:30 AM, PDT

Although divorce papers have been filed, Jon and Kate Gosselin have made good on their pledge to focus on their children, reuniting for a July 4 picnic with their eight kids. At their home in Wernersville, Pa., the family played volleyball and picked blueberries for a cake that Kate was baking, while Jon was seen lighting up a sparkler. The event had been planned, as the stars of Tlc's Jon & Kate Plus 8 agreed weeks ago to set aside their differences for the holiday. "Jon pointed to the July 4 holiday and said, 'What are we going to do about that?'" Kate

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Transformers vs. Ice Age: "Too Close to Call"

5 July 2009 10:35 AM, PDT

Dinosaurs versus giant robots—now, there's an even match. And so it was at the weekend box office, where the tracking firm Exhibitor Relations declared the race "too close to call," with the studios behind Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen both estimating $42.5 million grosses. Johnny Depp's Public Enemies debuted with an estimated $26.2 million, on the high side for grown-up movies, circa 2009, if not on the high side of projections. Drilling down into the numbers: • By the time Monday's final numbers come in, Exhibitor Relations' Jeff Bock (more)

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From Politics to Pop Culture: What's Next for Sarah Palin?

4 July 2009 11:38 AM, PDT

What's next for Sarah Palin following her unexpected resignation from Alaska's top job and serving as a favorite pop-culture target?

Even though the freshman governor gave no details on her future plans other than "looking forward to serving the public outside the governor's chair," she has given us plenty to talk about for the past year.

Just last month she publicly feuded with David Letterman, who ultimately apologized for poking fun at one of the governor's teenage daughters.

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Matt Mitovich

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'Ice Age' Thaws 'Transformers' Overseas

5 July 2009 1:17 PM, PDT

Threequel sets records worldwide for animation, 3-D films.

By Wrap Staff

Fox's "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" dominated overseas moviegoing during the weekend, taking the No. 1 spot with $148 million from 101 territories, according to studio estimates.

 

The opening-weekend gross set an overseas record for an animation film as well as a record for a 3-D title. The opening was also the sixth best for any film.

 

The top individual market was Russia, where the opening set a record for any film with $18.9 million. General opening records were set in 15 other territories, while animated opening high-marks were set in...

Michael Speier

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New Brothers Trailer Hits

5 July 2009 9:18 AM, PDT

Jim Sheridan, director of In America and In The Name of the Father, has been out of the picture ever since Get Rich Or Die Tryin'. But now he's back with the rather promising-sounding Brothers, which sees Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire in a family drama. Check it out here. The film sees Grace Cahill (Portman) informed that her Marine husband Sam (Maguire) has been killed while serving in Afghanistan. His good-for-nothing brother Tommy (Gyllenhaal) unexpectedly steps up in his absence and takes care of his wife and children - but when romantic feelings grow between Grace and Tommy, (more)

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Ice Age 3 and Transformers 2 tied, Public Enemies opens strong. The 4th of July weekend box office.

5 July 2009 12:45 PM, PDT

Due to the fact that the top two films (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) are literally tied at $42.5 million, I'm ignoring the rankings and just concentrating on the numbers. Regardless, it looks like everything did moderately well according to expectations. The big (more)

Scott Mendelson

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Saturday Box Office: ‘Ice Age’ Tries to Freeze Out ‘Transformers’

4 July 2009 3:50 PM, PDT

1. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” ($11.5 million)

2. “Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” ($11.1 million)

3. “Public Enemies” ($6.6 million)

4. “The Proposal” ($5.2 million)

5. “The Hangover” ($4.4 million)

Box office watchers have been predicting an easy weekend win for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” but never underestimate the cute (more)

Elisabeth Rappe

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Q&A: Evan Rachel Wood on Elderly Lovers and Heart-Shaped Glasses

2 July 2009 9:55 PM, PDT

It'd be far too easy and immature to devote an entire interview to asking Evan Rachel Wood, the 21-year-old Golden Globe-nominated actress of Thirteen and Running With Scissors, about her attraction (fictional and otherwise) to older men. Sure, she was once involved in very public relationship with (more)

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Dakota Fanning goes ‘70s

3 July 2009 12:50 AM, PDT

Rock biopic The Runaways has been busy filming in Los Angeles, and now pictures have emerged of Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart on set. While we’ve seen Stewart in her Joan Jett getup before, there hasn’t been much coverage of Fanning, playing leader singer Cherie Currie. (more)

James White

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Rees' Eventual Salvation Emerges At Bam's Afro Punk

3 July 2009 10:46 AM, PDT

Once again channeling the spirit of revolution this holiday weekend BAMCinematek, hot off its inaugural BAMCinemaFEST, hosts the fifth annual Afro-Punk Festival, which will feature some filmmakers familiar to Filmmaker Magazine readers. Bookending the repertory film portion of the event, which also encompasses concerts, a skate park and a closing (more)

Brandon Harris

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