World Movies, the international movie channel from the house of UTV, has announced the “World Movies Platinum Collection” . The movies under this collection will be aired April onwards.
“This is our prized collection of the most famous, most award winning and most precious films ever made. We have hand picked every movie here from film [...]

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The Colony Parks and Recreation Department and Horizons Church start their second season of Movies in the Park, sponsored by Hawaiian Falls Waterpark, Friday, April 4 at the Five Star Sports Complex Football Fields. The feature show, the first of four, will be “Shrek the Third” and gate and concessions open at 7 p.m. The [...]

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Research being done at Canadian business schools is not all dry-as-dust academic examinations of case studies, historical trends and economic theory. Lessons for managers can be learned from the movies, from sports and from TV shows. Here are some recent examples:
Dreamers, Plodders, Eccentrics, Heroes and Villains
This is the popular name given to Tony Dimnik’s comprehensive [...]

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Have you noticed a big red box at your local supermarket? It’s the newest entry into the video rental market. Redbox — in some Hartford-area Shaw’s, Stop & Shop, PriceRite, Price Chopper and ShopRite stores — offers new releases, classics and children’s titles for $1 a night.
Here’s how it works: Use the touch screen to [...]

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which has one or two amusing moments, from The Postman, Gigli and Heaven’s Gate.
Six, to qualify as one of the worst, a movie must induce a sense of dread in those who have seen it, a fear that they may one day be forced to watch it again. To pass muster, a film must be [...]

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Carolla, who co-wrote the script, plays Jerry Ferro, who turns 40 as the movie begins (literally). A former Golden Gloves boxer, he’s now a carpenter (not a handyman) down on his luck, seemingly by his own choosing. He pals around with his friend Ozzie (Oswaldo Castillo), teaches boxing classes and . . . [...]

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LOS ANGELES Paramount Pictures chief Brad Grey testified Thursday that he did not know a private eye allegedly used illegal tactics while working on a lawsuit filed against his company by comedian Garry Shandling.
Grey testified briefly in the federal wiretapping trial of Hollywood sleuth Anthony Pellicano and four other defendants. All have pleaded not [...]

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HONG KONG Organizers of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival are looking for a new jury chairman following the death of Anthony Minghella.
“This (Minghella’s death) happened so suddenly. We’re in the process of looking for a replacement,” festival spokeswoman Crystal Yu told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday.
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British film [...]

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LOS ANGELES A Los Angeles hospital was fined $25,000 by state health regulators for giving overdoses of a blood thinner to three infants including the newborn twins of Dennis Quaid.
The California Department of Public Health cited Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and 10 other hospitals Thursday for violations that caused or were “likely to cause, serious [...]

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LOS ANGELES Angela Bassett has had good days becoming a mother to twins, winning a Golden Globe, being nominated for an Academy Award. Then there was Thursday.
“Do you ever have one of those days? I woke up and the sun wasn’t really shining but then it burst through the clouds and it was [...]

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