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Margaret Thatcher Still Divides Britain: Cinemas showing The Iron Lady are packed in the South, but empty in the North

She remains as divisive a figure now as she did when she ran the country. The biopic of Margaret Thatcher has split Britain, playing to packed cinemas in the South while those in the North are virtually empty. Some screenings of The Iron Lady in northern England were even pic …

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Official Trailer and Peter Jackson's 'Making Of' Videos

  This week saw the premiere of the first trailer for 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' the first entry of director Peter Jackson's pair of films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's book 'The Hobbit.' Watch it below in HD:

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Trailer released for Ridley Scott's 'Alien' prequel, 'Prometheus' (Video)

The Alien prequel Prometheus won't be released until June 1, 2012, but this Christmas season there has been a build up to the 'premier' of the first official trailer for the film. Three days ago the following teaser video started the countdown:

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Harry Morgan, 'M*A*S*H' and 'Dragnet' Actor, Dies at 96

Harry Morgan, the prolific character actor best known for playing the acerbic but kindly Colonel Potter in the long-running television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 96. His son Charles confirmed his death, saying Mr.

Ken Russell, Provocative English Director, Dies at 84

Ken Russell, the English filmmaker and writer whose outsize personality matched the confrontational brashness of his movies, among them “Women in Love” and “The Devils,” died on Sunday at his home in Lymington, England.

BBC News - Taste of Honey Playwright Shelagh Delaney dies at 71

Delaney was 19 when A Taste of Honey, about the friendship between a young pregnant woman and a gay artist, premiered in 1958.

L.A. County Sheriff to reopen Natalie Wood case - latimes.com

Thirty years after Natalie Wood died off Santa Catalina Island, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced Thursday that it was reopening the investigation into one of Hollywood's most enduring mysteries. Wood, 43, was boating off the island on Thanksgiving week …

Sid Melton, TV and Film Actor, Dies at 94

Sid Melton, a jug-eared character actor best known for his regular roles in the television shows  “Green Acres” and “The Danny Thomas Show” and for his unflagging reliability as the comic relief in many science fiction and noir films of the 1950s,  …

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