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Decade in Review: 2003 Top Ten

7 hours ago | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

As you may have noticed, I will not be done with my Decade in Review until sometime into the new year. Hopefully we'll wrap up shortly after the Oscars; You know how distractingly all-consuming the Oscars can be! I hope you'll stay with it even though the rest of the media will move on any second now. They're always in such a rush. No stopping and smelling of the flowers. I've still got to update that "Actors of the Aughts" project for final compilation/statement. For now, let's move on to 2003. What follows is my original top ten list, based on films released in NYC in 2003. If I have anything new to say that'll be in red after the original text.

Special Mentions: The Cremaster Cycle and Angels in America

Most Underappreciated: Hulk (Ang Lee), In the Cut (Jane Campion), Anything Else (Woody Allen), Charlies Angels: Full Throttle (McG) and »

- NATHANIEL R

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This Week on Stage: Cate Blanchett stars in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'

5 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Stage fans, we find ourselves on a weekend where lots of the star-driven shows on the boards -- ranging from Oleanna and After Miss Julie to A Steady Rain and Hamlet -- are set to close. Single tear. But, never fear! A handful of great new shows have opened in the last week, too, so you're covered. Reviews of five new shows went up on EW.com this week: our critics' takes on the touring production of The 101 Dalmatians Musical (B-); and off-Broadway entries The Brother/Sister Plays (A), This (B+), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (C+), and A Streetcar Named Desire »

- Tanner Stransky

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Final Installment of Afm 2009 Coverage Featuring Stills, Images, and Synopses for Dorothy Of Oz, Jackboots On Whitehall, Alien Vs. Ninja, and More

29 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

By now you’ve probably noticed that Steve got an ungodly amount of material from this year’s American Film Market (Afm). The place where buyers and sellers do business to bring you the films you’ll hopefully be seeing in the near future, Afm has tons of artwork and synopses which are used to promote films but which we will use to bring you news on these films.  We have reached the last piece of our Afm coverage.  It’s been a long and fruitful journey and you can follow it by reading parts Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, and Part 7 by click on their respective links.

Below you’ll find posters for Conan and The Promised Land (The Wettest County in the World), images and synopses for animated film Dorothy of Oz and Jackboots on Whitehall plus images and synopses for the live-action movies Singularity, The Last Dragon, »

- Matt Goldberg

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Video: Katharine McPhee Performs at 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Parade

27 November 2009 5:19 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

Thanksgiving Day comes and joining the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this year is Katharine McPhee. Performing live on the Jimmy Dean float, the 2006 runner-up of "American Idol" sang her new single "Had It All" from her upcoming album "Unbroken".

Aside from Katharine, Andrea Bocelli, Boys Like Girls, Alan Cumming, Billy Currington, Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Gloria Gaynor, Emily Hughes, Ziggy Marley and Judah Marley also performed for the parade.

In its 83rd year and for the first time, the parade bypassed the historic Broadway route. This annual thanksgiving parade as usual, dominated the sky of New York City with larger than life balloon taken from comic book heroes and cartoon characters. Meanwhile on the ground, turkey, pumpkin pie, marching bands and beauty queen lining on the thanksgiving parade route.

Katharine McPhee's Performance :

AP coverage on the 83rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade :

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- AceShowbiz.com

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This Week on Stage: 'Fela!' rocks, Matthew Broderick disappoints

27 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Former American Idol contestant Syesha Mercado may be the biggest known name in the revival of Dreamgirls that kicked off its national tour at Harlem's famed Apollo Theatre this week, but it's an unknown named Moya Angela who's generating all the buzz as Effie "I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" White, according to EW's Tanner Stransky. Also this week, the booty-shaking biographical Afrobeat musical Fela! (pictured at left) opened on Broadway to widespread raves (including a B+ from EW), while a fine cast headed by a lifeless Matthew Broderick struggled in director/playwright Kenneth Lonergan's disappointing new Off Broadway comic drama, »

- Thom Geier

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Cumming Lands OBE Honour

24 November 2009 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal from Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace in London.

The X2 star was honoured on Tuesday for his services to film, theatre and the arts, as well as his work as a gay rights campaigner.

Dressed in a traditional Scottish kilt, Cumming said, "I have a voice because of my work. I'm loud and I speak my mind. I feel it's a lucky position to be in - that people want you to speak out for something you want to say anyway. My work has enabled me to do something with my opinions for good."

The actor, who has also appeared in TV shows including Sex & the City, Frasier and Third Rock From The Sun, was joined by his husband Grant Shaffer, his mum and brother at the ceremony. »

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AfterElton Briefs: Wall-to-Wall Adam Lambert, Lady GaGa, Alan Cumming and more

24 November 2009 4:15 PM, PST | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Mariah Carey wins for Precious

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear. Yes, we're serious.

Above, you can see a decidely de-glammed Mariah Carey, who's going to be honored with the "Breakthrough Performance Award" at the Palm Springs Film Festival for her role in out director Lee Daniel's Precious. There's a mountain of Adam Lambert news, so I'm going to try and condense it: ABC is claiming 1500 complaints about Adam's performance. Compare that to 500,000 for Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. Most even-handed reporting on the subject? The BBC wins by a mile. Despite characterizing the complaints as"moderate" ABC has chosen to cancel Adam's Good Morning America performance on Wednesday morning. Given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning. But his trip to New York City is hardly wasted, »

- lostinmiami

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Bloggers' Reviews: 2012

24 November 2009 4:51 AM, PST | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »

Here at Screenrush, we're all about getting voices heard. So, in the first of a series of features, we're giving you the chance to find out what's on the collective minds of the greatest bloggers the information superhighway has to offer.

This week, our friends from Movie Reviews By Captain D, Battle Royale With Cheese and Heyuguys give their verdict on Roland Emmerich's disasterific new flick, 2012...

Movie Reviews By Captain D

After the silly but fun Independence Day and bloated climate warning epic wannabe The Day After Tomorrow, Robert Emerich is back trying to destroy the planet again. In 2012, he chooses, rather than spaced out aliens or freaky weather conditions, the effect of a gigantic solar flare on the earth's core.

Click here to read on...

Battle Royale With Cheese

The end of the world - It is something that no one wants to come to pass in real »

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'Greenberg' - Exclusive trailer for the Ben Stiller starrer.

24 November 2009 12:23 AM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Check out the exclusive first trailer for Focus Features' comedy drama "Greenberg," starring Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chris Messina, Brie Larson and Juno Temple. The film opens in theatres on March 12th, 2010 and is helmed by Noah Baumbach ("Fantastic Mr. Fox," "Margot at the Wedding") from the writing by Baumbach and Jennifer Jason Leigh. This is the second screenplay made for Leigh after 2001's "The Anniversary Party" comedy which she starred in with Alan Cumming. That cast included Parker Posey, Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline. Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is at a crossroads in his life. Out of a job and none too interested in finding one, he agrees to housesit for his younger and more successful brother, thereby getting a free place to stay in Los Angeles. Once settled in, Greenberg sets out to reconnect with his old friend and former bandmate Ivan (Rhys Ifans). But times have changed, »

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Behind the Scene of NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

23 November 2009 7:31 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »

The holiday has arrived, NBC is all set to launch its annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Before the event goes live on Thursday, November 26, the Peacock has given a preview of what to expect this year including a glimpse of the turkey float, Uncle Sam balloon as well as Santa and his elves on the sled.

In its 83rd year, the parade will be hosted by Meredith Vieira, Matt Lauer and Al Roker. The moving troupe will take a new route this year, moving stages down the historic Broadway route beginning at 77th Street and Central Park West. "Dramatic changes in the mid-town landscape will divert us for the first time from the fabled Broadway route we have followed since our first Parade in 1924," Exec Prod Robin Hall said.

Meanwhile, the guests this year include Andrea Bocelli, Boys Like Girls, Alan Cumming, Billy Currington, Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Gloria Gaynor, »

- AceShowbiz.com

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This Week on Stage: 'Ragtime,' 'Equivocation' in L.A., and vibrators!

21 November 2009 6:00 AM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

It was a busy week on the boards. Sunday saw the opening of a Broadway revival of the musical Ragtime (pictured right), which EW's Melissa Rose Bernardo calls "dazzling" and gives an A. Also on Broadway, Sarah Ruhl's provocatively titled comic play In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play opened to a decidedly lukewarm review from yours truly: "Ruhl's play could have benefited from a broader, farcical touch." Elsewhere on Broadway, the Julia Stiles-Bill Pullman revival of David Mamet's Oleanna announced plans to close on Jan. 3. Off Broadway, we raved about both Alan Ayckbourn's My »

- Thom Geier

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Stage Tube: 'Spider-man' Stars Carney and Wood Heat Up 'Love Me Chase Me'

20 November 2009 9:31 AM, PST | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

After an exhaustive search that included a casting call tour spanning six cities and thousands of candidates, the producers and creative team of Spider-man, Turn Off The Dark, have selected Reeve Carney to play the role of Peter Parker, The Amazing Spider-Man. Carney joins previously announced cast members Evan Rachel Wood as Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker's girlfriend and Alan Cumming as Norman Osborn (aka Green Goblin). »

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Dane Is Aguilera's Leading Man

19 November 2009 11:22 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Grey's Anatomy hunk Eric Dane will fight for Christina Aguilera's affection in upcoming movie musical Burlesque after landing the role as the singer's leading man.

The actor will join Cher, Stanley Tucci, Alan Cumming and Kristen Bell in the forthcoming film, which stars Aguilera as Ali, a small-town girl-turned-burlesque dancer.

Dane will play Marcus, a charming businessman who tries to win over Ali's heart, reports Variety.com. »

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Sean Connery and Shirley Bassey reunite

19 November 2009 4:32 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Their distinctive tones, last heard in the same film in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever, will feature in an animated adventure about a vet attempting to rescue a beaver

It's a far cry from Goldfinger and Diamonds Are Forever. But animated tale Sir Billi the Vet, about the attempts of a retired Scottish animal doctor to rescue a fugitive beaver, will have one thing in common with the James Bond classics: the voices of Sean Connery and Shirley Bassey.

The veteran Scots actor has signed up to voice the lead, while Bassey takes singing duties on the title song, Guardian of the Highlands, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It's the first time their vocal talents have appeared in the same film since Diamonds Are Forever in 1971.

The husband and wife creative team behind the project, Sascha and Tessa Hartmann, always had Bassey in mind to sing the title track.

"There was no persuading needed here, »

- Ben Child

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Eric Dane joins 'Burlesque' musical

18 November 2009 9:07 PM, PST | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »

I thought they were done casting Steve Antin's upcoming musical "Burlesque," but I guess I was wrong. The latest to join the party is Eric Dane, the Dr. Mark Sloan dude from "Grey's Anatomy."

Is that a bad thing? You tell me, because I never really watched that show. Anyway, Dane joins a cast including Christina Aguilera, Cher, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, Alan Cumming and Stanley Tucci.

Aguilera plays a small-town girl who finds love and success in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club. The Hollywood Reporter says Dane plays a businessman planning to buy the club. He also falls for Aguilera. »

- Franck Tabouring

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Eric Dane joins the 'Burlesque'

18 November 2009 5:25 PM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

"Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane has joined the cast of Screen Gems' upcoming musical "Burlesque."Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Kristen Bell and Alan Cumming have already been cast.Steve Antin is writing and directing.According to Variety, Donald De Line will produce through his De Line Pictures production company.The film centers on Ali (Aguilera), an ambitious small town girl with a big town voice who finds love, family and success in a neo-burlesque club run by Tess (Cher). Shooting began Nov. 9 in Los Angeles with a Thanksgiving 2010 release date set. »

- Adnan Tezer

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Dr. McSteamy to Go "Burlesque!"

18 November 2009 1:52 PM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Eric Dane aka Dr. McSteamy is joining the cast of the musical "Burlesque!" He will be joining Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Kristen Bell and Alan Cumming.

The film is written and will be directed by Steve Antin.

"Burlesque" tells the story of Ali, a small-town girl (Aguilera) with a big voice who becomes the toast of the town after appearing in a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club.

Cher will co-star as Tess, a former dancer who takes the small town girl under her wing. Stanley Tucci will play the manager of the club and the best friend of Tess.

Dane will play Marcus, Ali's knight in shining armor who offers to buy Tess out of the burlesque club.

"Burlesque" is set for release Thanksgiving 2010.

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Christina Aguilera to Star in Titillating »

- Manny

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Sean Connery Emerges From Retirement For 'Sir Billi,' Joins 'Goldfinger' Singer Shirley Bassey

18 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Sean Connery supposed to be drinking delicious dragon's tears from the Holy Grail while surrounded by a harem of every beautiful Bond girl in cinema history? That was the impression I was under regarding the beloved actor's retirement plan — as it turns out, I was misinformed.

The erstwhile Henry Jones, Sr. is taking a break from retirement to lend his vocal talents to Sascha and Tessa Hartmann's "Sir Billi," a CGI animated film that's been in production for five years and is set to be completed in 2010. Alan Cumming, Miriam Margoyles, Ruby Wax and others are also providing voice work in the movie.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Sir Billi" focuses on "a retired, skateboarding veterinarian who lives in a remote Scottish village and who spearheads the rescue of an illegal fugitive who also happens to be a beaver."

Yeah. That would get me out of retirement, »

- Josh Wigler

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McSteamy Does Burlesque!

18 November 2009 8:15 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »

I figured the cast of Burlesque was about as crowded as it could possibly get, boasting the likes of Cher, Christina Aguilera and Kristen Bell in lead roles, with Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet and Alan Cumming rounding things out on the sidelines. But in a movie that's all about sex and glamour, I guess there's always room for McSteamy. Eric Dane, best known for the hunky doctor role on Grey's Anatomy, has joined the Burlesque cast according to Variety. He'll play a businessman trying to buy out the club, negotiating with Cher's owner character and also flirting with Aguilera's character, a small-town girl who shows up at the club with all the typical L.A. dreams. Filming on this pile of crazy and magic began last week, and the movie is slated for release about a year from now, just in time to take your family to see it »

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Eric Dane Joins "Burlesque" Cast

18 November 2009 3:46 AM, PST | icelebz.com | See recent iCelebz news »

Eric Dane is the latest cast member added to "Burlesque," the musical drama starring Christina Aguilera and Cher. The "Grey's Anatomy" star rounds out an already star-studded cast which also includes Stanley Tucci, Kristen Bell, Alan Cumming, and "Twilight" star Cam Gigandet.

"Burlesque" is the story of a young girl with a big voice, Ali (Aguilera), who joins a Los Angeles neo-burlesque club. Dane plays a businessman who offers to buy the club from it's former dancer owner Tess, played by Cher.

The film is from director/writer Steve Antin, brother of Robin Antin, who developed the originally neo-burlesque troupe the Pussycat Dolls. He also developed the two Dolls-related reality shows, "Girlicious" and "The Search for the Next Doll."

Filming for "Burlesque" already kicked off last week in Los Angeles. It's the first role for Aguilera in a film. The film hits theaters in 2010.

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