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Angelina Jolie Gets a Standing Ovation

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt returned to Sarajevo on Tuesday evening, where Jolie's directorial debut, In the Land of Blood and Honey received a standing ovation from a tough crowd. "Most of the people here in the audience lived through the war," one attendee told People, referring to the 1992 Bosnian War that provides the backdrop for the movie. "Seeing the film was so emotional." The premiere in the Bosnian capital city, which was ravaged during the civil war, fulfills a promise the couple made last July. During an unannounced drop-in visit to the 17th annual Sarajevo Film Festival, where Jolie See more »

- Karen Nickel Anhalt and Peter Mikelbank

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Whitney Houston: Wake Set for Tonight Ahead of Saturday Funeral

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Whitney Houston's funeral isn't taking place until tomorrow, but some of her family and close friends are choosing to pay their initial respects to the singer tonight, away from the glare of the cameras. Preparations have been underway all day at both the Whigham Funeral Home and Newark's New Hope Baptist Church not only for tomorrow's noontime service, which will be streamed live on E! Online, but for a wake set to take place in roughly an hour. Hundreds of mourners, fans and, yes, media, lined the streets near both locations Friday. Also sprouting up outside the church and See more »
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Amazing Race's Phil Keoghan: You'd Be Crazy Not to Watch Because of Big Brother Duo

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Phil Keoghan is gearing up for a big weekend. On Saturday, his documentary The Ride — in which he biked across the U.S. to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society — premieres on Showtime at 8/7c. On Sunday, The Amazing Race returns for its 20th season (8/7c, CBS). "[The scheduling] was not planned. It just ended up being that way," Keoghan tells TVGuide.com. "The great thing is it's almost three years to the day I started my bike ride and we just hit the $1 million mark. Now the teams are starting their Race for $1 See more »

- Joyce Eng

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Can Hollywood tell the truth about the war in Bosnia? | Slavenka Drakulic

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Angelina Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey was bound to draw controversy when people still live in denial

When you decide to shoot a film about a war in the country where that war happened – even if it is long over – you should expect some complications. This is what happened to Angelina Jolie when she decided to film In the Land of Blood and Honey, her directorial debut, in Bosnia last year. Women raped in the war demanded that the authorities forbid her from making it, and especially from filming it in Bosnia. See more »

- Slavenka Drakulić

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Captain Phillips To Start Shooting

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With Bourne, United 93 and Green Zone in his locker, Paul Greengrass is a filmmaker who's as comfortable as anyone navigating the political complexities of the post-9/11 landscape. He's extending that to 'seascape' too, with his new thriller, Captain Phillips, set almost entirely in the Indian Ocean. After a few false starts, cameras are finally poised to start rolling on the director's dramatisation of the 2008 Maersk Alabama hijacking. The movie stars Tom Hanks as the ship's American skipper, Capt. Richard Phillips, and revolves around his, and his crew's terrifying encounter with a bunch of gun-toting See more »
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Yes, 'DogTV' Looks Creepy

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Under the heading of things that were bound to happen even though they shouldn't, we can now list "cable's first network for canines." Doing the rounds today is an explanatory video for the $5-a-month DogTV, featuring a disturbingly earnest expert named Professor Nicholas Dodman (more like Dogman!). As you will See more »

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'G.I. Joe: Retaliation' Producer Teases Original Joe And More Ninjas

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"G.I. Joe: Retaliation" addresses major complaints that two different generations had about the first film in the series "Rise of Cobra." Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talked to MTV News at Toy Fair about the addition of the original Joe to the lineup—something to please older fans—and adding more See more »

- Kevin P. Sullivan

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What Would Don Do? Rome Edition: A Mad Men–Minded Guide to Episode 12 of Pan Am

23 January 2012 9:00 AM, PST

Last night’s Pan Am episode wasn’t half bad. Sure, the obvious historical references were incessant and all the “Italian” actors sounded like Mario and/or Luigi, but hey, no one’s perfect! Could it be that the closer we get to the glorious return of Man Men, the more willing we See more » Permalink | Report a problem

Call Me Berlinale: A Kuchu Chronicle

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It’s opening night of the 62nd Berlinale, and we’re tottering down the gleaming red carpet, tipsy with exhaustion after a marathon three-week final push to finish our documentary Call Me Kuchu for its world premiere at the festival.  The black tie affair has women dripping in mink and jewels, and men tightly bound See more »

- Malika Zouhali-Worrall and Katy Fairfax Wright

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The Hunger Games reveals three new motion posters

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Permalink | Report a problem [brightcove]1275910811001[/brightcove] Hunger Games fans can get ready to become a little more immersed into the world of Panem with the release of three new motion posters. In a neat marketing move, the posters show off products that you can buy in the imaginary future-world of Panem (or at least the