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Deals of the Hour / July 7, 2010, 10:12 pm

LeBron James and his mom being sued by man who claims to be NBA star's father (read legal document)

NBA star LeBron James and his mother Gloria James are being sued by a man who claims he's the basketball player's father. In the suit, Leicester Bryce Stovell alleges that the two tampered with evidence that would have prove he definitively fathered the athlete. TMZ reports that Stovell, 55 ... (Source: Examiner 2010-07-08T04:06:54Z)

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Girl' advances crime series with calculated abandon

A scene from "The Girl Who Played With Fire." A follow-up to "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," and again based on a novel in the Stieg Larsson series of crime thrillers, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" knows what it wants to be and behaves like it. The fierce and electric Swedish drama brings back ... (Source: North County Times 2010-07-07T17:08:20Z)

Angelina Jolie all loved up about Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie has dismissed ongoing speculation she and Brad Pitt are heading for a break-up by cooing about her feelings for the movie star in one of her most open interviews ever. The actress doesn't hold back in the ... (Source: Seattle Post Intelligencer 2010-07-07T22:01:49Z)

Angelina Jolie: Brad Completes Me

Angelina Jolie went from being super private about her life with Brad and the kids to putting it all out on the table. Hey, the girls got a movie to promote! Jolie graces the new cover of Parade magazine, and of course she looks gorgeous as always! Here are some highlights from the interview: On if ... (Source: Hollyscoop.com 2010-07-07T23:56:21Z)

Netflix adds to online movies with Relativity deal

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Netflix Inc. is adding to the group of movies that its subscribers can watch online or over Internet-connected devices at the same time as they would have appeared on premium pay TV channels such as HBO or Showtime. The deal announced Tuesday with film financier Relativity Media ... (Source: Yahoo Finance 2010-07-06T21:41:32Z)

Movie Review: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Fails to Bite the Mark

Starring : Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Billy Burke, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jodelle Ferland, Anna Kendrick ... (Source: Associated Content 2010-07-07T18:05:36Z)

Reaching Out to LeBron James: It's Chicago Bulls or Bust, King

LeBron James, if you are out there, I hope somehow and some way you are able to read this. What I am about to write is of great significance, and should hold great weight in the decision you make for your future. For a ... (Source: Bleacherreport.com 2010-07-08T04:57:00Z)

LeBron James decision generates plenty of offseason interest

LeBron James announces his destination on an hour-long ESPN special at 9 p.m. Many people have asked me recently, "Mike, you used to cover the NBA regularly -- do you know where LeBron James is going?" Being the responsible kind of columnist who checks his facts before he writes, I always promptly ... (Source: Washington Post 2010-07-08T02:05:12Z)

TMZ: LeBron Sued by Man Claiming to be His Father

As entire cities vie for LeBron James, headlines are now focusing on a single man fighting for a piece of him. According to TMZ, LeBron and his mother, Gloria James, are being sued by a man who claims to be the ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-07-08T04:42:41Z)

Adults fret that 'Eclipse' lacks good role models for teens

LOS ANGELES -- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is at the top of the box office, but as teenage heroine Bella Swan moves inevitably toward marriage with a vampire, some wonder if she's such an exemplary role model for the girls who follow her adventures in the hugely popular books and movies. It's a rerun ... (Source: First Coast News 2010-07-07T15:13:48Z)

'Eclipse': Behind the new and improved wolves

Image Credit: Tippett Studio If you've seen The Twilight Saga: Eclipse , odds are you left raving about the wolves — particularly the scene in which Jacob, in wolf form, saddles up to Bella during the training ... (Source: Entertainment Weekly Online 2010-07-08T04:21:13Z)

LeBron's announcement coming soon

Where will LeBron James' basketball future take him? The NBA's two-time defending MVP will reveal his destination on "The Decision" on ESPN (Thursday, 9 p.m. ET). Stuart Scott, Jon Barry and Michael Wilbon will host the hourlong special. James will announce his future NBA plans within the first 10 ... (Source: ESPN.com 2010-07-08T03:16:47Z)

Movie review: 'The Kids Are All Right'

Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, "The Kids Are All Right" is an ode to the virtues of family, in this case a surprisingly conventional one even with its two moms, two kids and one sperm donor. Whatever your politics, between peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous ... (Source: FOX2now.com 2010-07-08T00:39:18Z)

Imax shares up after company says remastered gross box office sales grew 37 percent in 2Q

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Canadian giant-screen movie company Imax Corp. said Wednesday its remastered gross box office sales grew 37 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier. Imax released the numbers the day after its shares took a beating amid investor disappointment over the company's share ... (Source: Chicago Tribune 2010-07-07T15:35:16Z)

Movie projector: 'Eclipse' headed for $180 million by Monday, 'Airbender' will earn about $50 ...

Hollywood is looking for box office fireworks over the July 4 weekend. Like the last two movies based on Stephenie Meyer's fan favorite vampire books, "The Twilight Sage: Eclipse," which debuted Wednesday, is set to ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-06-29T23:58:41Z)

Preview of Hollywood at Comic-Con

The annual Comic-Con convention in San Diego may seem more about film, television and videogames than comics, as more and more releases are based on superheroes and comic book characters. The official conference program will feature a full schedule of Hollywood presentations and panels, July 22-25 ... (Source: The Independent 2010-07-08T00:39:18Z)

Freeattlest: Win Tickets to The Girl Who Played With Fire

The second film based on Stieg Larsson's best-selling "Millennium" trilogy is premiering this week in Seattle, and we're giving away tickets to a screening. In The Girl Who Played With Fire , Swedish director Daniel Alfredson's sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , journalist Mikael ... (Source: Seattlest 2010-07-07T23:49:12Z)

First Look: Twilight porn, take three 'This Isn't The Twilight Saga Eclipse: The XXX Parody'

Devil's Film continues its series of sexed-up sendups of the Twilight Saga books and films next week with the release of This Isn't The Twilight Saga: Eclipse... The XXX Parody on July 12, starring 2010 XFANZ Awards Performer of the Year winner Jenna Haze as Bella Swan, in the role made famous by ... (Source: Examiner 2010-07-07T23:20:34Z)

Tim Grobaty: Movie cuts to chase with fatty books

THE MADNESS OF CROWDS: Let's open Stieg Larsson's "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest" at a random page and see what we can find: The incident in Stallarholmen was connected with the discoveries at Nykvarn, and was actually the purview of the Strängnäs police district in Södermanland county ... (Source: San Jose Mercury News 2010-07-08T01:15:06Z)

Does 'Eclipse' Lack Good Role Models for Teens?

(USA TODAY) - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is at the top of the box office, but as teenage heroine Bella Swan moves inevitably toward marriage with a vampire, some wonder if she's such an exemplary role model for the girls who follow her adventures in the hugely popular books and movies. It's a rerun ... (Source: WLTX.com 2010-07-07T15:20:57Z)

Netflix to offer more online movies with $100M Relativity buy

Netflix Inc. is snatching away several movies a year that would have gone to pay TV outlets such as HBO or Showtime , under a deal with film financier Relativity Media LLC announced Tuesday. The deal, worth more than $ ... (Source: New York Daily News 2010-07-07T14:30:51Z)

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Kids Are All Right' is fierce comic drama

What an appropriate title writer-director Lisa Cholodenko chose for her family comic drama "The Kids Are All Right." The two kids of the film - teen siblings getting to know their biological dad - are great - smart ... (Source: Journal Times 2010-07-08T04:49:51Z)

Adults fret 'Eclipse' lacks good role models for teens

"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is at the top of the box office, but as teenage heroine Bella Swan moves inevitably toward marriage with a vampire, some wonder if she's such an exemplary role model for the girls who follow her adventures in the hugely popular books and movies. It's a rerun of an old ... (Source: AZCentral.com 2010-07-07T19:52:58Z)

Angelina Jolie - Jolie All Loved Up About Pitt In Candid New Interview

ANGELINA JOLIE has dismissed ongoing speculation she and BRAD PITT are heading for a break-up by cooing about her feelings for the movie star in one of her most open interviews ever. The actress doesn't hold back in the new Parade magazine interview, telling interviewer Dotson Rader she and her ... (Source: Contactmusic.com 2010-07-07T20:28:46Z)

Netflix signs movie deal with Relativity Media

Online movie subscription service Netflix Inc reached a deal on Tuesday, valued as high as $32 million a year, to stream Relativity Media LLC films before pay-TV channels as it moves to compete aggressively in that space. "It is clear that Netflix is becoming a competitor to movie channels, which is ... (Source: msnbc.com 2010-07-06T20:51:25Z)

Movie Review: The Girl Who Played with Fire

While some have complained that Stieg Larsson's follow-up to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo lacked the depth and mystery of its predecessor, The Girl Who Played with Fire simply offers different pleasures as a second episode -- or the middle book in a trilogy. That's true of the Swedish film ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-07-08T01:15:06Z)

TMZ: LeBron's Lawsuit-filing 'Dad' Just Money Hungry

LeBron James' lawyer lashed out at the man claiming to be the NBA superstar's biological father, TMZ reported, saying Leicester Bryce Stovell is just in it for the money. According to TMZ, Stovell is suing LeBron and his ... (Source: Los Angeles Times 2010-07-08T04:42:41Z)

Director Lisa Cholodenko on The Kids Are All Right and Making a Funny Movie About Lesbians

As lesbian partners unwillingly reunited with the sperm-donor father (Mark Ruffalo) of their teenage kids, Annette Bening and Julianne Moore are ludicrously funny in The Kids Are All Right , which opens this Friday. And it's all thanks to a script by Scott Blumberg and director Lisa Cholodenko, who ... (Source: Nymag.com 2010-07-07T22:44:46Z)

Imax says 2Q box office sales grew

LOS ANGELES— Canadian giant-screen movie company Imax Corp. said Wednesday its remastered gross box office sales grew 37 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier. Imax released the numbers the day after its shares took a beating amid investor disappointment over the company's share of ... (Source: Boston Globe 2010-07-07T17:01:10Z)

Movie guide: Capsule listing of current releases

Ratings by the Motion Picture Association of America are: (G) for general audiences; (PG) parental guidance urged because of material possibly unsuitable for children; (PG-13) parents are strongly cautioned to give guidance for attendance of children younger than 13; (R) restricted, younger than 17 ... (Source: Modesto Bee 2010-07-07T12:07:41Z)

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