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Slackers is exactly the same teen comedy you've seen 50 or 100 times before, with various idiotic young adults passing gas, urinating, drinking, masturbating and trying desperately to have sex with the hot girl.

Even Denzel Washington's considerable magnetism can't rise above the shenanigans found in John Q., a mating of ER and Dog Day Afternoon that goes completely nuts after establishing its basic premise.

Don't Worry About Me

Don't Worry About Me

An accomplished jazz saxophonist and composer, James McBride has also written for newspapers (The Washington Post) and magazines (People), and his first book, the 1996 memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother, spent more than two years on The New York Times best-seller list.

The latest Arnold Schwarzenegger film, Collateral Damage, received millions of dollars in free publicity when its release was postponed after the September 11 terrorist attacks -- an ironic happenstance which undoubtedly will heighten the curiosity surrounding this film.

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Crashing the Party

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As one of the world's premier theater companies, it draws huge crowds each year to its innovative interpretations of Shakespeare in London and the Bard's hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon.

A stolen painting by the late Russian artist Marc Chagall is back in New York, but it won't be hanging in a museum anytime soon.

The Man in Black has long since gone gray.

In the beginning, there was AM Top Forty radio.

If there's one thing you can count on every Oscar season, it's the clucking. An Oscar race just isn't complete without the annual chorus of grandmotherly noisemaking over factual accuracy. Somehow, whether the film in question is The Insider or JFK or The English Patient or The Hurricane, the pundits find a new way to get very, very concerned that the folks who make movies actually seem to ... CHA...

Tom Green and his film Freddy Got Fingered are finally getting some recognition -- but probably not the kind they were looking for.

The fantasy epic The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring swept the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, winning five, including best film.

The soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, R&B singer Alicia Keys, and U2 were the big winners at Wednesday's Grammy Awards.

The soundtrack to the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou?, R&B singer Alicia Keys, and U2 were the big winners at Wednesday's Grammy Awards.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, a fantasy film that was one of the top box office hits of 2001, fulfilled a different kind of fantasy when it was nominated for 13 Academy Awards Tuesday morning, including a nod for best picture.

Singapore has banned the film Zoolander, an American comedy featuring a plot to kill Malaysia's prime minister.

Actress Halle Berry said Tuesday the Oscar nomination of herself and two other African-Americans in the top acting categories is an achievement worth celebrating.

It's a lyrical lesson rapped as an apology. And OutKast, a Grammy-nominated duo, keeps it simple: I'm sorry I got your daughter pregnant, they tell the girl's mother, but I promise to take care of the baby.

Adolf Hitler left no offspring when he died in his bunker in 1945. But he wasn't the last of the Hitler line. He had a nephew, William Patrick Hitler, who grew up in England, moved to America, and had three sons.

Veteran actor Warren Beatty is to be honored at Sunday's BAFTA awards for outstanding contributions to world cinema.

Chuck Jones, the creator of some of Warner Bros.' most famous characters, including the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, and Pepe Le Pew, died Friday at the age of 89, the Orange County Coroner's office said.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) -- He looked like an outlaw, with the black hat and a bearded, sometimes scowling face. And his music brooked no argument.

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A UK pop band that has styled itself on rigorous and open recruitment has hit back at criticism that its latest audition was rigged.

Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue is set to break millions of male fans' hearts by revealing she will marry.

Liza Minnelli is engaged and in love -- again.

Staff at a central England marine center have turned to the Walrus of Love to try to get their shy sharks in the mood for mating.

Andy Warhol's famous gaudy portraits of Marilyn Monroe are on show in one of the biggest exhibitions of his artwork to take place in London.

Andy Warhol's famous gaudy portraits of Marilyn Monroe are on show in one of the biggest exhibitions of his artwork to have taken place in London.

Family and friends of Manic Street Preachers guitarist Richey Edwards are vowing not to give up hope seven years after he disappeared.

Martha Stewart vows she has no plans to desert Kmart, despite the struggling retailer's recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Sir Paul McCartney is to undertake his first major tour of the United States in almost a decade, the former Beatle has said.

Who would have thought a plastic tuber could become so famous?

The manufactured pop band Hear'Say have named their newest member -- 23-year-old unknown singer Johnny Shentall.

Howard K. Smith, one of the legendary CBS World War II correspondents known as Murrow's Boys and later a news anchor for ABC, has died. He was 87.

Britpop brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher are to stage their biggest UK concerts for two years this summer.

Nominees shared their excitement over Tuesday's Oscar announcements on CNN. Even Baz Luhrmann chimed in though he was passed up in the best director category.

Dubbing some of his sister's lines in Queen of the Damned helped Rashad Haughton cope with her death.

Actress Winona Ryder pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Beverly Hills courtroom to four felony counts stemming from an alleged shoplifting incident.

More than three decades after the starship Enterprise began roaming the galaxies, Star Trek captain William Shatner still struggles to explain the series' phenomenal success.

Catherine Deneuve is hardly a screen novice, but breaking a bottle over the head of a fellow actress was a departure for the French diva in her newest film, 8 Femmes.

CBS News 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft is being credited as a lifesaver.

LONDON, England (AP) -- Ian McKellen says 13 -- the number of Oscar nominations received by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- is suddenly one of those lucky numbers.

MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) -- Bringing a helping of salsa to the snow, Latin pop diva Gloria Estefan will perform at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City on February 24.

HOLLYWOOD, California (Reuters) -- Hollywood stars such as Tom Cruise and Kevin Spacey, and rock bands No Doubt and R.E.M. tossed valentines to U2 singer Bono at a fund-raiser Thursday marking the outspoken Irishman's extraordinary philanthropy.