The Lovely Bones

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Top Actors Cut From Big Movies

Big names not enough to save actors from the edit splice

(Newser) - Bloated running times, terrible performances, a 60-pound weight gain—there are a host of reasons why even the most well-known actors are sometimes cut from films. The Huffington Post takes a look at 11 notable instances of big names getting axed from big movies:
  • Ryan Gosling, The Lovely Bones: Gosling
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Notable Golden Globes Snubs

 Notable 
 Golden 
 Globes 
 Snubs 
POOR ZOOEY
Dec 16, 2009 11:44 AM CST

Notable Golden Globes Snubs

Lee Daniels misses Best Director race, The Road shut out, and more

(Newser) - The Golden Globes are “as notable for the films and performances that members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association omit as for those that they celebrate,” writes Chris Lee in the Los Angeles Times , and yesterday’s nominations “had no shortage of surprising snubs.” Lee, and...

Lovely Bones Hits and Misses
 Lovely Bones Hits and Misses 
MOVIE REVIEW
Dec 11, 2009 6:52 AM CST

Lovely Bones Hits and Misses

Peter Jackson's adaptation meets mixed reviews

(Newser) - Peter Jackson's crafts a fantastic vision of the afterlife in The Lovely Bones, say critics, but some feel it came at the expense of the human side of the story of a murdered teen, adapted from the book by Alice Sebold.
  • "By turns warmly sentimental, serial-killer sinister, and science-fiction
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Lovely Bones Is Jackson's Best Yet
 Lovely Bones Is 
 Jackson's Best Yet 
Sneak Peek
Nov 25, 2009 2:40 PM CST

Lovely Bones Is Jackson's Best Yet

After sneak screening, critic predicts Oscar glory; another pans it

(Newser) - The Lovely Bones got a sneak showing in London last night, and one reviewer is already calling it the best film of next year—while another lambastes it as candy-coated crap. An anonymous critic from the Sun says he’s already sure he won’t “see anything more astonishing,...

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