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The Dark Knight ends up in much the same place we finds ourselves today. Bereft of a clearcut hero. Having narrowly survived a assault against our essential selves. And wondering what comes next.
The Dark Knight ends up in much the same place we finds ourselves today. Bereft of a clearcut hero. Having narrowly survived a assault against our essential selves. And wondering what comes next.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.18.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ It took four of Hollywood's biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" _ with Ben Stiller,...
Vicky Ward | Posted 08.11.2008 | Entertainment
British talent excelling in Hollywood is not a new phenomenon. But as the downturn takes hold there are fewer roles and fewer quality films: that makes British success all the more striking.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.10.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Batman was higher than Hollywood's newest pot heads. "The Dark Knight" took in $26 million to finish as the No. 1 movie for the f...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 08.05.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Add another entry for "The Dark Knight" in Hollywood's record books: The Batman sequel has climbed past $400 million at the box of...
AP | HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment
JACKSON, Miss. — Morgan Freeman is doing well after surgery to reconnect nerves and repair damage to his left arm and hand following a car wreck...
AP | JAKE COYLE | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — Though "The Dark Knight" has been a bona fide cultural event, boasting rave reviews and boffo box office, it hasn't been immune to cr...
Drew Grant | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment
Imagine my surprise when instead of some sort of leftist commentary on the moral gray area we all must face inside ourselves, we found ourselves confronted by the truth: that George W. Bush is the Batman.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.31.2008 | Entertainment
Post-Comic-Con reality sets in. Hundreds of dollars and autographs/souvenirs later, all good fanboys and girls begrudgingly have returned to their gigs, resuming their secret identities.
Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.30.2008 | Entertainment
Spider-Man 3 set an opening weekend record last year but its final tally ($336m) barely doubled its opening weekend. Why? It wasn't that good. The Dark Knight keeps going. Why? Because it's good.
Deadline Daily Hollywood | Nikki Finke | Posted 07.26.2008 | Entertainment
There are even whispers starting whether Dark Knight can beat the incredible worldwide numbers posted by the all-time $1.8 billion benchmark of Titani...
Portfolio | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment
There have been a number of recent articles accusing me of not focusing on films like I did when I was running Miramax. It's simply not the case. Dur...
AP | HAROLD HECKLE and PAUL HAVEN | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment
BARCELONA, Spain — Batman star Christian Bale asked for privacy Thursday in his first comments since allegations he assaulted his mother and sis...
AP | HAROLD HECKLE | Posted 07.23.2008 | Entertainment
BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a glittering Spanish premiere of "The Dark Knight," appearin...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment
In a radio interview with NPR, Batman Christian Bale talked about the violence felt inside the batsuit and said on London's red carpet that everyone h...
Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment
Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin pulls off a neat trick: it turns Batman into a joke without being funny at all.
Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 07.22.2008 | Entertainment
Is Maggie Gyllenhaal supposed to be the character that Katie Holmes was in the last movie? If Batman's so powerful, doesn't he notice she's a different person? And why, whenever I hear Heath Ledger's voice, do I think of Carol Burnett?
Washington Independent | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics
The thought of Vice President Dick Cheney in a form-fitting bat costume might be too much for most people to bear. But the concepts of security and da...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment
All hail the return of the jumpsuit! On April 30, Gwyneth Paltrow wore a fitted navy blue Stella McCartney jumpsuit with buttons on the front, wide le...
Eric Alterman | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment
The news is that the new Batman movie has set a new box office record for a single day. Thing is, those numbers are all pretty much nonsense.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 07.19.2008 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath ...
Tony Newman | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment
There is nothing we can do to bring back the life of Heath Ledger. But we can learn from the tragedy and pass compassionate and sensible legislation to save thousands of others like him.
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.18.2008 | Entertainment
No Batman film would tick without a villain, and in the best personification of any comic villain Heath Ledger takes the prize (and most likely an Oscar). Not because he's dead -- because he's that good.
AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment
NEW YORK — If you haven't already, you might want to pick up the Batphone and order your tickets for "The Dark Knight." Advance sales are throu...
Daniel Holloway | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment
So no, I don't like the fact that Heath Ledger is dead, but I'm not going to clap when I see his name on a movie screen. Why? Because neither Heath Ledger nor the people who actually cared about him can hear me.
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LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama is getting praise from Nashville, courtesy of one...
John McCain said in an interview with Politico on Wednesday "that he was uncertain how many houses he and his...
NEW YORK — The suspense didn't quite compare to the identity of "Deep Throat,"...
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NAPLES, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay rolled ashore in southwestern Florida on Tuesday without...
William Bradley | Posted 08.20.2008 | Media