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Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose fro...
Movies can refer to motion pictures, the art form of making a film or the motion picture industry. Films are made by recording images of actors and scenery using cameras, animation techniques and special effects. In the late 1900s, computers became a key resource for making a movie. Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. Silent, black-and-white movies were made as far back at the late 1800s. In the 1920s, films in the United States flourished with the rise of Hollywood, in southern California. Sound was added to movies at that time, and color eventually was used as an alternative to black-and-white. Customers buy a movie ticket at a movie theater and can choose from a number of showtimes. Films, featuring "movie stars," are distributed by movie studios, which are large production companies. Movie reviews, written by film critics, appear regularly via numerous media outlets and can have a major effect on the success of a film and how much money is made.
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Why we celebrate Groundhog Day
Every year at 7:20 AM, Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his burrow to forecast the fate of winter.
The idea of Groundhog day began with the Germans who brought the legend of Candlemas day to the United States. Candlemas Day was a day where clergy in...Tags: Sarah Palin, Manchester, Entertainment, Punxsutawney Phil (groundhog), Movies
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Hometown Hoops Weekly
Sports ReporterHargrave Military Academy is the place to go for athletes who want to continue their careers on the Division-one level, and for two basketball players from Roanoke, that's exactly what they hope to do. The Hargrave post-graduate basketball team is the...Tags: Schools, College Sports, Graduation, Graduation, Entertainment
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Susan Bahorich's Blog
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January 4, 2012
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 25, 2012
METALLICA: Ulrich's Acting on Display Monday
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich makes his acting debut -- playing someone other than himself -- when Hemingway and Gellhorn premieres on HBO on Monday night at 9:00 p.m....Tags: General Motors Corp., Arts and Culture, Dr. Dre (music artist), Capitol Records, Apple iPad
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Florida Travel Tips & Deals
Special CorrespondentCheck this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Florida residents can make a splash -- Wet 'n Wild is offering Florida Residents free entry almost any time during the same year (through Dec. 31) with the purchase of a...Tags: Bodies of Water, Architecture, Cadiz Incorporated, Behavioral Conditions, Emergency Health Procedures
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'Tower Heist'
Zap2ItRecent economic news is applied to an action-comedy approach in director Brett Ratner's ("Rush Hour") entertaining caper set in a posh New York condo. The building manager (Ben Stiller) organizes some of his fellow employees, who lost significant money in...Tags: DVDs, Entertainment, Corporate Crime, Matthew Broderick, Judd Hirsch
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'Puss in Boots'
Zap2ItAntonio Banderas carries the character he's voiced for the "Shrek" movies into his own animated adventure, a prequel to those films. Puss encounters a number of other famous characters, including Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill, while trying to land his...Tags: DVDs, Puss in Boots (movie), Salma Hayek, Entertainment, Shrek (fictional character)
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'The Way'
Zap2ItThe ever-superb Martin Sheen is directed by one of the people who knows him best - his son, Emilio Estevez, who also co-stars - in this drama about a doctor who decides to honor his late son (Estevez) by traveling to the Pyrenees and re-creating the...Tags: DVDs, Entertainment, Blu-ray Discs, Emilio Estevez, Martin Sheen
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Newt Gingrich super PAC sees $5-million boost from Vegas benefactors
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson wrote a personal check to Newt Gingrich's super PAC for $5 million late last Friday afternoon, and could send more -- though there are no promises. That's the description offered by a person close to the billionaire couple who...Tags: Employees, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment, Career and Workplace, Movies
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'Descendants' continues another week
“The Descendants,” one of the best picture nominees at Sunday's Academy Awards, continues for another week at the Capitol Theatre, 415 S. Main St. George Clooney and Shailene Woodley star in the family drama. Showings are at 7:30 each night. Admission...Tags: St. George, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Jim Rash, Matthew Broderick
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'Pina': 3-D accompanies dance, beautifully -- 4 stars
In "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," director Werner Herzog explored the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc caverns of southern France, using a 3-D camera. The movie was quiet but magnificent. Now another director, Wim Wenders, has turned a 3-D camera on a similarly exotic and...Tags: Dance, Entertainment, Landforms, Entertainment Events, Pina (movie)
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Oscar nominations a blast from the past
John Osborne wrote the key post-World War II British drama "Look Back in Anger," later filmed in 1959. By contrast there’s very little anger in all the look-backs among this year’s Academy Award nominations. Oscar's unofficial slogan in...Tags: Celebrities, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Alexander Payne, Meryl Streep
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