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Ready for football, indeed
Football season opened with a bang on NBC taking the top spots in TV ratings for the week of Sept. 1-7. Sunday Night Football drew 18.4 million viewers while the Pre-Kick Show pulled in 13.3 million. NFL Thursday Special drew another 13.6 million. Fox'...Tags: Arnold Palmer, CBS Corp., NBC, Guy Ritchie, Television Industry
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New on DVD
Married Life
Starring Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Patricia Clarkson | Directed by Ira Sachs | Sony Pictures | $28.96, $38.96 Blu-ray
Tired of being married to his noble but unexciting (at least to him) wife, Pat (Patricia Clarkson),...Tags: Matthew Broderick, Anne Francis, Rachel McAdams, Dana Andrews, Helen Hunt
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Happy Birthday! for Sept. 10
José Feliciano, singer, 63 Joe Perry, guitarist (Aerosmith), 58 Amy Irving, actress, 55 Colin Firth, actor, 48 Big Daddy Kane, rapper, 40 Guy Ritchie, director, 40 Ryan Phillippe, actor, 34Tags: Celebrity, Ryan Phillippe, Amy Irving, Guy Ritchie, Wine, Beer, and Spirits
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Firth can't resuscitate 'Father'
(D) At some point, Colin Firth took over for Hugh Grant as America's official Englishman. Stiffly charming and awkwardly mannered, Firth conveys everything that Americans love, hate, love to hate and hate to love about the British. He's even become...Tags: Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant
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Don't take a chance on 'Mamma Mia!'
Sun Movie Critic(C-) Mamma Mia!, the film of the international stage smash showcasing the greatest hits of ABBA, is like a party where everyone is so desperate to have a good time that it makes you miserable. With Meryl Streep as a former pop-rock star who now runs a...Tags: Family, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, ABBA
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Coming soon
Wednesday THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS (Columbia Pictures) A hard-core stoner witnesses a murder by a crooked cop and, in a panic, dumps his stash of rare weed, triggering a wacky pursuit. With James Franco and Seth Rogen. THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS...Tags: America Ferrera, Man on Wire, Tim Curry, James Franco, Murder
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Liz Smith: Musical film 'Mamma Mia!' is a winner that takes it all
Mamma Mia!, the international stage musical? It's selling out, SRO, in its normal manner. For years I've been quoted in endless ads as saying this show is "the most fun on Broadway." A lot of insiders tut-tutted this and are already looking askance at the...Tags: Tom Hanks, Martina Navratilova, Academy Awards, Photography, Meryl Streep
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Firth no longer looks down his nose at Austen, ABBA
Tribune NewspapersLONDON—There was a time in Colin Firth's youth when he regarded the music of ABBA with the same disdain he saved for, say, a Jane Austen novel. Austen? "Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole," he said. "It seemed girl stuff." And ABBA, the...Tags: Tom Hanks, William Faulkner, D.H. Lawrence, Woody Guthrie, Folk Music
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Movies: Recent openings
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Brick Lane ** PG-13. 1:41. Tannishtha Chatterjee inhabits the skin of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi transplant to East London who yearns for her rural village, tending selflessly to the needs of...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Death and Dying, Pixar, Will Smith, Meryl Streep
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Streep, Seyfried shine in a big, happy 'Mamma'
amNewYork theater criticWhether or not you like the Broadway musical "Mamma Mia!" is a pretty good indication of whether or not you're going to dig its faithful movie version. Unlike the screen versions of "Chicago" or "Sweeney Todd," where new directors came in to...Tags: Broadway, Music Theater, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, ABBA
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'Mamma Mia!' Muddled, But You'll Like It Anyway
ORLANDO SENTINEL"Mamma Mia!" is a pajama party of a musical, a stay-up-too-late, sing-in-front-of-the-mirror, giggle-with-your-girlfriends, worry-about-the-mess-afterward romp. It gets by on the featherweight golden oldies of ABBA and the treat of seeing and hearing some...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Family, Roger Moore, Meryl Streep, Missing in Action
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'Mamma Mia!' dances into theaters
Hollywood BriefMY 9-YEAR-OLD son asked me the other morning why I was dancing around the breakfast table singing "Take a Chance on Me." I don't usually sing in the morning. I definitely don't dance. And I didn't know I knew any ABBA songs (I've never actually bought...Tags: Music Theater, Meryl Streep, Benny Andersson, Pierce Brosnan, Dance
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