February 08, 2010
By Jesse Spero
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Logan Lerman might not be a household name just yet, but the young star of “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” has already worked with some of the movie industry’s biggest names – and now, he’s AccessHollywood.com’s latest Rising Star.
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February 07, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
A sci-fi love story has given way to an earthbound romance at the box office, livening up typically slow times at theaters over Super Bowl weekend.
Released by Sony’s Screen Gems banner, “Dear John” debuted as the No. 1 movie with $32.4 million, knocking off “Avatar” after seven weekends in first place, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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February 06, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Taylor Lautner has been cast in the title role of “Stretch Armstrong,” Universal Pictures confirmed to Access Hollywood.
“The Twilight Saga” star will take on the role of the rubbery hero based on the Hasbro toy. The 3-D film will be released in 2012.
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February 04, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Michael Bay was the most successful man in Hollywood in 2009, according to Vanity Fair.
The magazine has counted down a list of the 40 highest-earning individuals in Hollywood for 2009, based on factors including up-front fees, box office gross percentages and other estimated revenue streams.
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February 03, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
James Cameron’s “Avatar” has sailed past his blockbuster “Titanic” to become No. 1 on the all-time domestic box-office chart.
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February 02, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
There were few surprises Tuesday morning when the 82nd Annual Academy Award nominations were announced, as James Cameron’s “Avatar” continued its awards season dominance with nine nods. But Cameron’s ex-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, also had a lot to celebrate with her powerful Iraq drama, “The Hurt Locker,” also scoring nine nominations.
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January 31, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
“Avatar” is on the cusp of toppling the domestic box-office record after leading all movies for a seventh straight week.
James Cameron’s 3-D epic earned $30 million over the weekend, and its domestic total reached $594.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That puts the film only about $6 million behind the domestic record set by Cameron’s “Titanic” in 1998 with $600.8 million.
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January 26, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
It’s official – “Avatar” is the new king of the world… or at least, the worldwide box office.
On Monday, the James Cameron-directed film passed Cameron’s own “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all-time, taking in $1.859 billion globally – after only 37 days in theaters.
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