The Tale of Despereaux Trailer November 11, 2008 2:25 pm
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Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for their upcoming computer-animated family film The Tale of Despereaux. The fantasy adventure, from Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Robert Stevenhagen (supervising animator of An American Tail: Fievel Goes West) hits theaters on December 19, 2008. Watch it embedded below or click here to watch it in HD over at Yahoo! Movies.
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New Dragonball Photo November 11, 2008 2:24 pm
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Latino Review has a first look at The Hard Master (in costume by Gerald Okamura) from G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. Click to enlarge.
Synopsis
Director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy, Van Helsing) adapts the beloved Hasbro G.I. Joe toy line with this Paramount Pictures production that pits the Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity against the evil forces of the organization known as Cobra. Dennis Quaid and Channing Tatum star as General Hawk and Duke Hauser, respectively, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Marlon Wayans leading the rest of the cast, including Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Asian film star Lee Byung-hun.
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra hits theaters on August 7, 2009.
Source: Latino Review
Fanboys Trailer November 11, 2008 2:22 pm
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The Weinstein Co. has released a new trailer for the Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys. Check it out embedded below or click here to watch it in HD at Yahoo.
Synopsis
A fanatical group of Star Wars devotees travel across the country on a mission to steal a print of Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch and become the first fans to see the film in a rowdy, sci-fi-flavored road comedy starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, and Kristen Bell. Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, and Ray Park turn up for cameos in the one comedy that truly understands the fanboy mindset.
Fanboys hits theaters on February 9, 2009.
Farrelly Brothers Moving Forward With Three Stooges Project November 11, 2008 2:10 pm
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MGM has revived Peter and Bobby Farrelly’s Three Stooges project and have set a November 20, 2009 release date for the film. That puts the film up against Sherlock Holmes, the animated film Planet 51 and Old Dogs. According to Variety, the $45 million comedy will be either PG or PG-13 and feature the slap-happy comedy that was prevalent in the Stooges shorts:
“It’s not a biopic. It takes place in present day, and they look, dress and sound exactly like the Stooges,” Peter Farrelly told Daily Variety. “When the economy started turning, we felt like the world could use a Stooges slapfest. Bobby and I haven’t done a real physical comedy in a while, and it’s the most exciting thing we could think of now, to have people go to the movie, see some great slapstick fun family humor.”
“We know this is extremely difficult to pull off; we realize some Stooges fans will be upset no matter what we do,” Farrelly said. “We love the Stooges and honor their memory, and we don’t want them to disappear. We hope that next Thanksgiving, dads will introduce their kids to the Stooges and create a new generation of knuckleheads.”
Source: Variety
New Inglorious Basterds Photos November 11, 2008 11:10 am
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Several new photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds have been spotted online. Check them out below.
Synopsis
Quentin Tarantino’s long-gestating WWII epic, Inglorious Bastards, finally sees the light of day with this re-envisioning of Enzo G. Castellari’s violent war film from 1977. Brad Pitt, Eli Roth, Nastassja Kinski, Samm Levine, Mike Myers, and B.J. Novak star in the Universal Pictures release.
Inglorious Basterds is scheduled to hit theaters in 2009.
Source: Belga Picture (via /Film)
Sony and Paramount to Partner for Tintin November 2, 2008 4:03 pm
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Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures are in talks to co-finance the digital 3-D Tintin series from directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. The series is based on the Belgian comics of the same name.
Details, via Variety:
After resolving the Paramount-DreamWorks divorce, putting together a studio deal for “Tintin” was next on Spielberg’s agenda. After Universal balked at partnering on the first installment, which Spielberg will direct, Paramount offered to fully back the first movie with a reduced backend at $135 million for the two gross participants. When the filmmakers held out for a better deal, a partner became a viable alternative.
The original deal called for there to be a three-film deal, but it looks like this will now be a two-picture deal, with Spielberg to direct the first film (still expected by 2010) and Jackson to direct the sequel.
Source: Variety
Huge $8M Opening Day for Quantum of Solace in the U.K. November 2, 2008 3:54 pm
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The latest James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opened to large audiences on Friday in the U.K., taking in $8 million (£4.94 million) in its first day of release. That haul, which was made possible by lots of advance ticket sales, makes ‘Solace’ the biggest Friday opening of all time in the U.K.
The previous Friday best was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which earned $6.5M (£4 million). The previous Bond film, Casino Royale, did $4.7 million inn its opening Friday, but unlike ‘Solace’, it had the benefit of Thursday previews. The film has a good shot at surpassing pre-release expections, which pegged the film doing $21 million (£13 million) over the weekend.
Quantum of Solace hits theaters in the US on November 14th.
Source: Variety
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Principal Photography Wraps November 2, 2008 3:21 pm
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Principal photography for director Michael Bay’s sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has wrapped. The film is scheduled to hit conventional and IMAX theaters on June 26, 2009.
Source: Michael Bay
Pulitzer Winner David Lindsay-Abaire to Write Spider-Man 4 November 2, 2008 3:02 pm
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Pulitzer prize winning author David Lindsay is in final negotiations with Columbia Pictures to write Spider-Man 4. The writer won the pulitzer for the 2007 drama Rabbit Hole. It’s unclear if Lindsay-Abaire will be writing a new draft for the film, or simply rewriting James Vanderbilt’s previous draft.
THR also notes that both Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire will be back as director and star, respectively, and that Kirsten Dunst is also expected to return.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
JMS To Write Forbidden Planet Remake November 2, 2008 2:55 pm
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Babylon 5 creator/writer J. Michael Straczynski has been signed by Warner Bros. to write the long-in-development update to the Sci-Fi classic Forbidden Planet.
JMS recently wrote the script to the Clint Eastwood-directed film Changeling.
The original film was released in 1956 and told the story of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. Joel Silver is producing the project.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Valkyrie Movie Trailer October 30, 2008 11:31 pm
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United Artists has released the final trailer for Valkyrie. Check it out embedded below, or click here to watch it in HD over at Yahoo! Movies.
Synopsis
At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent. Directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns), Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise and was penned by writing partners Chris McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander.
Valkyrie is scheduled to hit theaters on December 26, 2008.
Angels & Demons Teaser Trailer October 30, 2008 8:42 pm
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Sony has released the first teaser trailer for Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons. Watch it embedded below.
Angels & Demons hits theaters on May 15, 2009.
Bonaventura Talks G.I. Joe October 29, 2008 7:28 pm
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G.I. Joe executive producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura tells MTV that things are “looking really good” for the Stephen Sommers directed live-action film G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, which is now in post-production.
“There is going to be two or three really large sequences in it that are really going to blow people away,” revealed di Bonaventura, who also produces the “Transformers” series. “But I think that, more than anything, what differentiates it from a lot of these big movies is that there are eight or nine very well-drawn characters.”
Bonaventura adds that it will be the relationships between the various characters that will take the film into the next level:
“The cross-pollination of these relationships from the comic book is so wild that you really have fully-developed characters in a popcorn movie,” he insisted. “You don’t often get that [complexity] in the eight and ninth character down.”
He also promises that the film will be accessible both to the hard-core fans and the casual general audience that is oh so important when it comes to box office success: “I think the core fan base that read the comic book and watched the animated shows are going to feel like we really honored their experience”.
Source: MTV
G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra hits theaters on August 7, 2009.
Del Toro Says 3-D and IMAX are a Possibility for The Hobbit October 29, 2008 7:14 pm
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Director Guillermo Del Toro told MTV News that when it comes to The Hobbit being filmed in 3-D IMAX, he’s not ruling anything out just yet:
“IMAX is a fantastic medium. I am a shareholder. I love IMAX. I remember seeing ‘Polar Express,’ and then seeing ‘Polar Express’ in 3-D and IMAX and having my life completely transformed. I think it would be a worthy discussion. But it hasn’t arrived.”
However, the director insists that it’s still too early to be talking about it: “Right now what we have is, you don’t have two filmmakers and two screenplay writers — you have four screenplay writers. We’ll be talking about 3-D, on IMAX — but [not] right now.”
Source: MTV News
5 Minute The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer October 29, 2008 7:00 pm
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20th Century Fox has released a new five-minute extended trailer for their remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. Watch it embedded below.
Synopsis
Keanu Reeves tops this adaptation of the seminal 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still with this 20th Century Fox production. Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) helms the story of an alien traveler, Klaatu (Reeves), who heads to Earth along with his bodyguard robot, Gort, to deliver a warning of planetary destruction if the people of the world fail to bring peace to their civilizations. Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, and Kathy Bates co-star in the Ryne Douglas Pearson-penned film.
The Day the Earth Stood Still hits theaters on December 12, 2008.
New Valkyrie Photos; Trailer to be Released Tomorrow October 29, 2008 6:58 pm
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United Artists has released a batch of four new photos from the Bryan Singer-directed feature Valkyrie, starring Tom Cruise. The studio also announced that a new trailer for the film will debut tomorrow, Thursday, October 30th, at around 11PM ET.
Synopsis
At the absolute height of World War II, German generals hatch a daring plan to assassinate Adolf Hitler and effectively render the German war machine impotent. Directed by Bryan Singer (Superman Returns), Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise and was penned by writing partners Chris McQuarrie and Nathan Alexander.
Valkyrie hits theaters on December 26th.
New Sherlock Holmes Photos October 29, 2008 3:11 pm
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TheBadandUgly.com has posted new photos from the set of filming (Manchester, England) on director Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
Click on any of the photos I’ve posted to check out the entire gallery. Sherlock Holmes hits theaters on November 20, 2009.
Source: TheBadandUgly.com
Mark Millar Talks Superman October 29, 2008 2:59 pm
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Shortly before Warner Bros announced their intention to put the Superman Returns sequel on hold and reboot the franchise (click here for related article), comic book writer Mark Millar hinted at the Warner Bros move (read about that here) and revealed that he has a director and producer lined up for the reboot, should WB follow along with him. Now the director is talking a bit more fully about his plan. Empire Magazine scored an interview with Millar in which he talks about how he wants to create an epic 8-hour screen story that will follow the entire life of Kal-El from his birth on Krypton a thousand years ago, until he is the last being left on Earth. Here are some excerpts from the interview:
Mark has been working closely with a ‘big-Hollywood action director’ – who he refuses to name at this stage – on a pitch for what he is calling the Magnum Opus of Superman stories. His idea is for an 8-hour saga, split into 3 films to be released a year apart, in a Lord of the Rings fashion. Although several other sources have reported similar conversations with Mark, he went into further detail, fleshing out the story arc a little more.
“It’s gonna be like Michael Corleone in the Godfather films, the entire story from beginning to end, you see where he starts, how he becomes who he becomes, and where that takes him. The Dark Knight showed you can take a comic book property and make a serious film, and I think the studios are ready to listen to bigger ideas now.”
“I want to start on Krypton, a thousand years ago, and end with Superman alone on Planet Earth, the last being left on the planet, as the yellow sun turns red and starts to supernova, and he loses his powers.”
Click here to read the entire interview.
Source: Empire
Joaquin Phoenix Calls It Quits October 29, 2008 1:07 pm
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Actor Joaquin Phoenix tells E! Online that he is retiring from the movie business to concentrate on his music. Phoenix’s last movie is the James Gray-directed film Two Lovers, a drama co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow. Watch the video below.
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Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle Sign On for Iron Man 2 and The Avengers October 29, 2008 12:21 am
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Marvel Studios has announced that both Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) and Don Cheadle (replacing Terrence Howard as Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes) have signed on to Iron Man 2 (May 7, 2010) and The Avengers (July 11, 2011). The studio also confirmed that Iron Man/Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau will serve as an executive producer for The Avengers.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND JON FAVREAU SUIT UP FOR MARVEL STUDIOS’ THE AVENGERS AND IRON MAN 2
As part of his four picture deal with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr. is appearing as Tony Stark in THE AVENGERS motion picture, as well as reprising his starring role as the larger-than-life leading character in IRON MAN 2. Jon Favreau will return to direct the sequel to the blockbuster IRON MAN, which to date has grossed over $578 million worldwide, as well as executive produce THE AVENGERS.
Academy Award® nominee Downey was most recently seen in the summer comedy blockbuster TROPIC THUNDER starring opposite Ben Stiller and Jack Black. Before Iron Man, he was best known for his film roles in KISS KISS BANG BANG, WONDER BOYS and CHAPLIN, the film for which he was nominated for an Oscar®.
In addition to directing the first IRON MAN, Favreau has previously directed ELF, ZATHURA: A SPACE ADVENTURE and MADE. He is also well known for writing and starring in SWINGERS. He will next be seen acting in FOUR CHRISTMASES, I LOVE YOU MAN and COUPLES RETREAT.
DON CHEADLE WILL STAR AS RHODEY IN IRON MAN 2
Marvel Studios is pleased today to confirm that an agreement has been finalized with award-winning actor Don Cheadle to take on the role of Colonel James “Rhodey” Rhodes in Marvel’s IRON MAN 2 due in theaters on May 7, 2010. In casting Cheadle, Marvel replaces Terrence Howard who appeared in the role of Rhodey in IRON MAN.
Cheadle is also signed on to perform the same role in THE AVENGERS and subsequent installments of the IRON MAN franchise.
“We are very excited about working with the extraordinarily talented Don Cheadle as we expand the role of Rhodey in Iron Man 2. It has already become apparent as we prep the movie for production, that the dynamic between Robert and Don will take Iron Man 2 to new heights,” said Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios.
Cheadle is best known for his Oscar® nominated lead performance in HOTEL RWANDA as well as his role as Basher Tarr in the OCEAN’S franchise, CRASH and SWORDFISH.
Based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero, IRON MAN 2 continues the story of this summer’s box office blockbuster IRON MAN, the first feature film produced independently by Marvel Studios. IRON MAN 2 will be produced by Marvel Studios’ President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Louis D’Esposito, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, David Maisel and Denis Stewart.
In a movie event, THE AVENGERS will bring together the super hero team of Marvel Comics characters for the first time ever, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk and more, as they are forced to band together to battle the biggest foe they’ve ever faced.
The highly anticipated sequel to IRON MAN will be released in theatres on May 7, 2010 and THE AVENGERS will be released July 15, 2011. Both films will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Cheadle is represented by UTA. Downey and Favreau are represented by CAA.
via ComingSoon.net
New Star Trek Photos October 28, 2008 11:58 pm
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It looks like Paramount is finally ramping up their advertising efforts on what they hope will be next year’s hit summer film, Star Trek (May 8, 2009). A week after Entertainment Weekly’s feature on the film (click for related article), the British magazine Empire has their own cover feature. Check out the cover (click to enlarge), three new in-film photos and two new publicity stills of Zachary Quinto (Spock) and Chris Pine (Kirk), as well as an excerpt from the article.
The cover shot is actually a re-creation of a classic Kirk (Shatner)/Spock (Nimoy) pose (click to ‘energize’):
Director J.J. Abrams on the film’s wardrobe:
“For me, the costumes were a microcosm of the entire project, which was how to take something that’s kind of silly and make it feel real. But how do you make legitimate those near-primary colour costumes? How do you make legitimate the pointy ears and the bowl haircut? It’s ridiculous and as potentially cliched as it gets. How do you watch Galaxy Quest and then go make a Star Trek movie?”
And here are the pictures (click to see full size at Empire):
Kirk (Chris Pine) in an EVA suit along with Sulu (John Cho) in a shuttle. (TrekMovie notes that the actor to the left of Pine could be Greg Ellis, who plays Chief Engineer Olsen)
Spock (Zachary Quinto) in front of what appears to be a window (note the visible saucer)
Uhura (Zoe Saldana) talking with Kirk (Pine) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) in the forefront
Spock (Quinto) and Kirk (Pine) publicity shots
Source: Empire
First Look: Angels & Demons October 28, 2008 11:31 pm
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USA Today has put up a new feature on The Da Vinci Code prequel, Angels & Demons which includes four new photos. The article also features producer Brian Grazer acknowledging some of the criticisms of the first film, indicating that the prequel will be more free-flowing:
In adapting the hugely successful Da Vinci novel, “I think we may have been too reverential toward it,” Grazer says. “We got all the facts of the book right, but the movie was a little long and stagey.”
In Angels, opening May 15, “Langdon doesn’t stop and give a speech,” Grazer says. “When he speaks, he’s in motion.”
I’ve included the four new photos below. Click here to read the rest of the article. Angels & Demons hits theaters on May 15, 2009.
Source: USA Today
Nolan’s Return to Batman Contingent on a Good Story October 27, 2008 2:35 pm
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In the first part of its three-part interview with Batman Begins and The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, the LA Times asks Nolan whether he’ll be back for a third film:
Could you see actually yourself not making the third Batman film?
Christopher Nolan: Well … let me think how to put this. There are two things to be said. One is the emphasis on story. What’s the story? Is there a story that’s going to keep me emotionally invested for the couple of years that it will take to make another one? That’s the overriding question. On a more superficial level, I have to ask the question: How many good third movies in a franchise can people name? [Laughs.] At the same time, in taking on the second one, we had the challenge of trying to make a great second movie, and there haven’t been too many of those either. It’s all about the story really. If the story is there, everything is possible. I hope that was a suitably slippery answer.
Earlier in the interview, Nolan was asked for his thoughts on the worldwide box office success of the film, and whether or not he expected such a great reaction to it:
“The Dark Knight” is closing in on $1 billion. How do you get your arms around that kind of success?
Nolan: I can’t get my arms around it, to be quite frank. It’s mystifying. It’s terrific but at the same time it’s a little abstract, the numbers are so big. The biggest thrill for me would be, with the number of people who have gone to see the film, how “The Dark Knight” stood on the shoulders of the first film, how we were able to build the audience up and build the story up from the first film. That was really exciting to see. We were all pretty happy with the performance of the first film but so we really didn’t know, “Where does it go from there?” For it to become such a phenomenon is extraordinarily gratifying. I mean, I’ve spent now like six years or something working on Batman films. It becomes an important part of your life; you become very obsessive about it, and it’s pretty fun when there are other people sharing your obsession and going to see the film a dozen times or whatever.Wrapping your arms around the scale of the success, as you ask, I don’t find that possible really. There’s something liberating in knowing that my next film, whatever it is, isn’t going to make as much money [laughter]. I don’t have to try for years.
Read the rest of the first part of the interview here.
Source: LA Times
New Twilight International Trailer and Promos October 27, 2008 2:19 pm
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A couple new TV spots and an International trailer for Twilight have surfaced online. Check them out below. Twilight hits theaters on November 21, 2008.
International Trailer
TV Spot 1
TV Spot 2
via ComingSoon.net
Fanboys Pushed to 2009 October 27, 2008 12:27 pm
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In addition to several other properties, Weinstein Co. has decided to push back its long-delayed Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys, which was suppose to finally hit theaters next month, to February 6, 2009. That puts the film in competition with Summit’s Sci-Fi superhero film Push, the comedy Pink Panther 2 and the Jennifer Aniston comedy He’s Just Not That Into You. The studio also pushed back three other films into 2009, they are: John Madden’s action thriller Killshot (January 23, 2009), the Harrison Ford/Sean Penn drama Crossing Over and MikaelHåfström’s Shanghai, which haven’t yet been given an exact slot.
Here’s how Harvey Weinstein explained the moves to the LA Times blog The Big Picture:
Fanboys: Harvey says the movie has been moved to January “so we can do a major promotion with Comcast, who’s arranging for a big advertising tie-in for us on the film.”
Crossing Over: “We’re moving it to January. The market is just too crowded. Every week there are five more movies coming out. It’s too crazy. Spring is much better–there are a lot more wide-open dates. The most important thing is to do well by the movie. Having it out in January gives us the opportunity to play the film at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals, which will be a big help to the movie.”
Killshot: “Everyone has said that Mickey Rourke is amazing in ‘The Wrestler’ and will be up for all sorts of awards, so we decided to move ‘Killshot’ to a date a few weeks before the Oscars. That way we can capitalize on all the heat that’s going to be around Mickey.”
Shanghai: “It just couldn’t be ready in time. The movie wasn’t finished shooting until August and the director, Mikael Hafstrom, doesn’t even deliver his cut until early November. He doesn’t want it out now and neither do we. He needs time to make it as great as possible.”
Source: LA Times
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