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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 Esquire, Script magazine, and the Boston Phoenix. And from time to time I volunteer at the nonprofit Brattle Theater (http://brattlefilm.org) here in Cambridge, MA. I'm also Editor in Chief of the NewFilmNation.com.

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Everybody loves Raymond - but did they really know him?

Celebrities – In movies, he portrayed the villain. On television, he was the heroic defence lawyer Perry Mason. A handsome actor with a penetrating gaze, Raymond Burr had a chiselled face and burly presence that made him a figure familiar to millions. He must have been a terrific actor to have made so popular a figure as unsympathetic as a lawyer.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 05:18pm

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Time Warner Betting on a Happy Ending

News – Time Warner is stunningly cheap, given the cash that will be generated by the cable spinoff and its initiative to unlock the value of its AOL unit.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:40pm

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"Bruno" Pranks It Up

Movies – Lured by $1 beer and the prospect of "hot chicks" and "hardcore fights," thousands of Arkansans were duped last month into appearing as extras in comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's latest staged mayhem.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:33pm

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Good Morning: Theaters Offer 'Dark Knight' at 6 AM

Movies – In a frenzy, fans have bought so many late-night tickets for the July 18 opening of the next Batman movie that theaters in places like San Diego, Chicago, and even Eagan, Minn., are scheduling 6 a.m. screenings for those who can't get in at midnight or 3 in the morning.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:32pm

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Guillermo del Toro on 'Hellboy II'

Movies – In 2004, director Guillermo del Toro brought Mike Mignola's Hellboy to the big screen, starring Ron Perlman as a gruff, reluctant, occult crime fighter who just happens to be a giant, red harbinger of the apocalypse...

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:26pm

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Tribune Co. Cuts 80 Newsroom Jobs

News – More aggressive cost cutting at Tribune, which is doing everything in its power to avoid defaultââ;¬Â¦ The flagship paper Chicago Tribune announced today that it will eliminate 80 newsroom positions of its 578 total.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:25pm

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The 3-D Dilemma

Movies – The big studios are making a very expensive bet that some astonishing improvements on an old gimmick will lure people back into theaters. But they may just be fumbling in the dark.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 09, 2008 01:23pm

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Wanted: Russian-language movies in Ukraine

Movies – Dozens of Ukrainian students have come to Moscow to watch a Russian-directed movie called 'Wanted'. They've travelled to the capital in protest at a Ukrainian law that bans films in Russian in Ukraine.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:37pm

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The letters of Stanley Kubrick

Movies – This was the film that would establish Kubrick as major force in cinema. But not everyone was happy throughout filming...

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:31pm

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"Panda" is a lesson to Chinese film industry

Movies – "Kung Fu Panda" treats the revered martial art of kung fu in a creative way, it's culturally sensitive, it makes China look good, it's fun, witty and engaging, and people are lapping it up. It's got pandas. So why can't we do it here in China, top Communist cultural mandarins are asking?

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:27pm

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Analyst Whacks Entertainment Industry

Money – Lehman analyst Anthony DiClemente kicked off the fresh week with a big, across-the-board downgrade of the entertainment industry. His message: digital media is proving too disruptive to the film and TV industries...

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:25pm

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'The Dark Knight' -- The Trades Rave

Movies – Much to the annoyance of daily critics like Kyle Smith (who will be reviewing in print for The Post) and myself who won't get to see "The Dark Knight'' until a week from tomorrow, reviews from the trades are already up

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 05:23pm

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'Hancock' crushes 'American Girl,' the meanie

Movies – The true sign of a big star is getting people to see a movie that's widely acknowledged to be a turkey: Will Smith is a very big star.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:59am

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The death of independent film

Movies – A quote from Mark Gill in the LA Times last week would seem discouraging for independent filmmakers...

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:53am

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First DVD pirate jailed in Argentina

Movies – A street vendor of pirate DVDs has been convicted to serve jail time for the first time, several media in Argentina reported over the weekend. Behind a flurry of anti-piracy activity is the local Motion Picture Association.

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