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Coen brothers light up US box office with 'Burn' comedy
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The Coen brothers conquered the weekend box office in the United States and Canada with their farcical "Burn After Reading" only six months after winning an Oscar for a much darker film, industry figures showed Monday.
Nations:Thailand Canada People:Tyler Perry Tilda Swinton Frances McDormand Ben Stiller John Malkovich Don Cheadle
2008-09-16
Can `Dark Knight' compete with Oscar heavyweights?
TORONTO - The last time a movie topped a half-billion dollars at the domestic box office, it sailed away with most of the Oscars.
Nations:Italy Australia People:Philip Seymour Hoffman Sally Hawkins Forest Whitaker Baz Luhrmann Amy Adams Tilda Swinton Activities:2008 Toronto Film Festival
2008-09-08
Malkovich gets mad in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
TORONTO - The Coen brothers' new movie gave John Malkovich a chance to blow off some steam. Malkovich's seething character in "Burn After Reading" bursts out in perpetual tantrums, a nice exercise in anger management, according to the actor.
Nations:South Africa People:Tilda Swinton Frances McDormand John Malkovich Clint Eastwood Angelina Jolie George Clooney Activities:2008 Toronto Film Festival
2008-09-07
Mayhem reigns in Toronto's "Midnight Madness" films
TORONTO (Reuters) - Forget red carpets and polite Hollywood stars. Mayhem reigns at the Toronto film festival's "Midnight Madness" movies that kicked off, literally, with an early Friday morning screening of "JCVD" in which aging action hero Jean-Claude Van Damme pokes fun at his own career.
People:Sacha Baron Cohen Tilda Swinton Dakota Fanning George Clooney Brad Pitt Jean-Claude Van Damme Activities:2008 Toronto Film Festival
2008-09-06
Pitt plays dumb in Coens' 'Burn After Reading'
TORONTO (AP) -- Brad Pitt has wanted to work with the Coen brothers for ages. Then he got wind of the birdbrain they had written for him to play.
People:Brad Pitt Tilda Swinton Javier Bardem John Malkovich Angelina Jolie George Clooney
2008-09-06
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