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Dave Matthews Pays Tribute to Band Member

20 August 2008 9:20 AM, PDT

The show went on for the Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday night, with Matthews paying tribute from the stage to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, who died earlier in the day. "We all had some bad news today," Matthews told the sell-out crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles after the first song. "Our good friend LeRoi Moore passed on and gave his ghost up today and we will miss him forever." Fans shouted Moore's name in tribute as the band resumed playing. Two songs later, Matthews once again made reference to Moore, saying: "It's easier to leave than be left.

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Mary Margaret

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Movie Reviews: Mirrors

19 August 2008 10:38 AM, PDT

The horror film Mirrors, starring Kiefer Sutherland of 24 fame, which opened without being screened for critics, was reviewed by them over the weekend. It received the expected pans. Mark Olsen in the Los Angeles Times called it "ridiculous" and added, "Mirrors reflects back nothing." Jeanette Catsoulis in the New York Times commented that Sutherland "is believably beleaguered, though not even as Jack Bauer did he ever pull a gun on a nun. It's good to see him stretch." But, addressing Sutherland, Roger Moore wrote in the Orlando Sentinel, "There's got to be more of an (more)

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Jolie's Make-up Artist Found Dead

20 August 2008 12:03 AM, PDT

Angelina Jolie and Mariah Carey's former make-up artist has been found dead in his Los Angeles home.

Paul Starr - who also worked with Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba and Renee Zellweger - was found after neighbours alerted the authorities.

The cause of death is unknown.

Starr, 48, had worked in the make-up industry for over two decades and won praise from Hollywood's elite.

Garner wrote in Starr's 2005 book, Paul Starr on Beauty: Conversations with Thirty Celebrated Women: "Paul Starr has this uncanny ability to look at a face and see what it needs. He's done (more)

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Final Weekend Tracking: ‘Death Race’ may have slight advantage over ‘Tropic Thunder’; ‘House Bunny’ with likely $8M-$10M; ‘The Rocker’ seems headed for just $9M-$11M for 5 days!

19 August 2008 10:49 PM, PDT

Steve Mason is now on Facebook. There are 4 new wide releases this week, but only of them is likely to top $10M for the traditional 3-day weekend. The Jason Statham vehicle Death Race (Universal) seems to be getting some traction in industry tracking, although a huge breakout (more)

Steve Mason

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Update on the 'Child's Play' Remake

19 August 2008 11:46 PM, PDT

This reminds me of the battle that went on to get the remake of Friday The 13th on the big screen. After AICN posted their incredible interview with Child's Play creator Don Mancini and producer David Kirschner, we got in touch with Mancini who gave us an (more)

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On DVD: Lech Majewski, "Brand Upon the Brain!"

19 August 2008 6:35 AM, PDT

By Michael Atkinson

Who is Lech Majewski? Among other things, he's something of a newfound challenge for the critic and budding cinephile. A tireless and passionate Euro artiste of a kind that gets often relegated to the "underground" or "experimental" categories in this country, but who also employs old-fashioned surrealism (more)

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