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Me, I'm Steve Head. I co-created the movie news website IGN Filmforce, which is now IGN movies, and that's where much of my writing goes. There, we essentially live and breathe news and interviews. From 1997 to 2000 I was co-editor of TheForce.net - your daily Star Wars news. I've also written for The Boston Phoenix. I do marketing promotions for The Brattle Theater (http://brattlefilm.org) here in Cambridge, MA. And I'm Editor in Chief of the Boston publication Beanywood.com.

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Harrison Ford: Whip hand

Movies – The jokes have been wearily predictable. The news that Harrison Ford is to return to the silver screen as Indiana Jones, some 18 years after what was billed as his Last Crusade, has prompted a deluge of dodgy ageist puns. The 66-year-old star is ironically rebranded as Indefatigable Jones,

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Kim Catrall: fave 'Sex' and comedy films

Movies – Kim Cattrall has played everything from a Vulcan in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" to an Egyptian princess in 1987's "Mannequin," but her big break didn't come until 1997, when she was cast in HBO's "Sex and the City." Ms. Cattrall's portrayal of Samantha Jones in the series earned her five Emmy nominations a

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Return Laps for the First Voice of Speed Racer

Movies – "I keep saying to myself, 'Of all the things you've done in show business, this is the one thing that's recognized,' " Peter Fernandez said. He was talking about his voice work for the hero of "Speed Racer," the time-honored anime imported from Japan in 1967.

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To Combat Superheroes, Small Flicks Offer Teen Angst

Movies – In a summer crowded with superhero movies, some films are aiming to appeal to audiences that want a break from comic books. This season, a number of smaller films are courting viewers in search of movies that deal with real life -- especially with high school.

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You've Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary

Movies – There is a moment of foreshadowing at the end of "Battle at Kruger," the eight-minute African safari video that has drawn more than 30 million views on YouTube.

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Girls (and bags) on film

Movies – The Sex and the City juggernaut has rolled into town. The e-mails began piling up more than a month ago: "Introducing Mandarin Oriental's Sex and the City celebration package"; "Put the Sex back into the City with Modern Courtesan's luxurious lingerie line"...

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The Karl Lagerfeld biopic

Movies – The 32-year-old award-winning French filmmaker embarked on a new project, allowing him to become intimately acquainted with the one fashion legend who could trump Lagerfeld's talents: Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

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Indiana Jones Is Battling the Long Knives of the Internet

Movies – The early reviews of Indy 4 aren't so ecstatic...

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Lego films: introducing the new Harrison Ford

Movies – A new breed of home-made animated movies is using Lego people as stars...

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the cult of the actress rock stars

Music – The apparent danger of rock'n'roll draws actresses like Scarlett Johansson, says Nick Hasted. Shame they can't all sing

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G.I. JOE Cast in Costume

Movies – Judging from the costumes of the major characters of the movie G.I. JOE, which now stands for "Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity", the highly anticipated movie will be a kickass one.

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Heath Ledger Action Figure in High Demand

Movies – People are desperate to own a little piece of Heath Ledger, in the form of an action figure! A plastic doll of Heath as the Joker in The Dark Knight are selling out all over New York.

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First Look: 'W,' Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic

Movies – Entertainment Weekly goes inside the director's dark, comic, and already controversial movie about George W. Bush's rise to power, starring Josh Brolin.

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Slumping economy: It's a guy thing
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Slumping economy: It's a guy thing

Careers & Jobs – From last November through this April, American women aged 20 and up gained nearly 300,000 jobs, according to the household survey of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At the same time, American men lost nearly 700,000 jobs. You might even say American men are in recession, and American women are not.

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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest
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US military denies Iraq report of al-Qaida arrest

News – The U.S. military on Friday denied Iraqi government claims that the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq was captured and said a man with a similar name had been arrested in the northern city of Mosul. Iraqi authorities had announced Thursday that police commandos captured Abu Ayyub al-Masri in a raid in the northern city of Mosul.

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