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'Star Trek' beams up $70.1M at box office

This undated publicity film image released by Paramount Pictures shows, Zachary Quinto, left, as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk in a scene in the movie, "Star Trek Into Darkness," from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. Since premiering Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in huge-screen IMAX theaters and expanding Thursday to general cinemas, "Into Darkness" has pulled in $84.1 million, well below distributor Paramount's initial forecast of $100 million.

"Star Trek: Into Darkness" didn't warp past its predecessor.

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Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film

Antonio Banderas will star in a movie as one of the 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for more than two months in 2010, and the charismatic survivor he's playing couldn't be happier.
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Seth MacFarlane won't return as 2014 Oscar host

Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.
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Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies

Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word - "Bollywood" - remains controversial.
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Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films

"Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it."
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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
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'Cleopatra' feted at 50 with restoration, Cannes screening, theatrical re-release and Blu-ray

LOS ANGELES - There was the spectacle, the runaway budget, the fights with the studio. But almost everyone thinks about the 1963 movie "Cleopatra" for one thing: Liz and Dick.
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Coens' 'Inside Llewyn Davis' a musical of sorts about the folkie scene

In close to three decades of filmmaking, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have shared a lot of looks. But with "Inside Llewyn Davis," which had its premiere in Festival de Cannes competition Sunday, one particular glance said it all.
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Adventures in Barrywood: This summer features a lot of movies with surprise plot twists

What is the statute of limitations on "Planet of the Apes?"
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Josh Hutcherson tries his hand at animated storytelling

ORLANDO, Fla. - Normally, you work your way into the off-the-wall questions with movie stars. But with Josh Hutcherson, the big one is just hanging there, demanding to be asked:
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'Fast & Furious 6' includes scene long dreamed by Justin Lin

LOS ANGELES - The idea came screeching into director Justin Lin's fuel-injected imagination in 2009: a fiery escape scene featuring a muscle car that crashes out of an airplane during takeoff.