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Ben Stiller Dreams of a Shift with 'Mitty'

Ben Stiller's commonality with the hero of his new film hasn't gone unnoticed.

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," starring and directed by Stiller, is adapted from James Thurber's classic short story that first appeared in The New Yorker in 1939. Since then, Walter Mitty (a mild-mannered man who enlivens a mundane day with a series of fantasies) has been synonymous with daydreaming and flights of imagination.

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Marty and Leo Team Up again for 'Wolf'

"Anything goes" was the guiding ethos for Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio in making their extravagant dark comedy of Wall Street excess, "The Wolf of Wall Street."

"We would look at each other and ask, 'Are we going too far?'" says DiCaprio. Rarely was the answer "yes."

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'Fast & Furious 7' Delayed Until April 2015

Universal Pictures has delayed the release of "Fast & Furious 7" for almost a year following the death of star Paul Walker.

The studio announced Monday that the "Fast & Furious" sequel will be released in April 2015, instead of July. Shooting on the film was about halfway finished when the 40-year-old Walker died in a car crash outside of Los Angeles.

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With Selfies, the World Turns the Camera on Itself

Stuck on a ledge halfway up a 3,000-foot (1,000-meter) cliff in Oman, his climbing rope sliced in two by sharp rocks, Jimmy Chin did what anyone else would have done in his predicament.

He took a selfie.

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Lawrence Beats Cyrus, Netflix for Top Entertainer

The battle for AP entertainer of the year came down to the Girl on Fire and the Queen of Twerk.

Jennifer Lawrence edged out Miley Cyrus by one vote in The Associated Press' annual survey of its newspaper and broadcast members and subscribers for Entertainer of the Year.

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'Hobbit' Stays on Top at N. America Box Office

The latest installment of the Tolkien series, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," retained the top spot at the North American box office this weekend, according to industry estimates Sunday.

The second part of The Hobbit film trilogy, starring Ian McKellen and Martin Freeman, earned $31.5 million on its second weekend, according to box office tracker Exhibitor Relations.

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Entertainer Rolf Harris Faces Further Sex-Abuse Charges

Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris, who will stand trial in April accused of indecently assaulting two underage girls, will face three further charges of sexual assault, Britain's public prosecutor said Monday.

"The three counts will be prosecuted in addition to the 13 alleged sexual offences with which Mr Harris was charged on 29 August 2013," said a Crown Prosecution Service spokesman.

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Soccer Star Beckham Gets into Casino Game in China

Retired soccer star and sometime underwear model David Beckham has signed on to help promote Las Vegas Sands' properties in Singapore and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.

Sands says in a statement that it hopes to cash in on Beckham's popularity in the region.

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MOVIE REVIEW: GRUDGE MATCH (2013)

Written by Anthony Sargon

Ever wonder who’d win in a fight between Rocky Balboa and Jake LaMotta? Well, with “Grudge Match” here, we could be getting an answer to that question. But does the movie do enough to stand out in what is shaping up to be an extremely crowded holiday session? Almost.

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Mariah Carey Criticised by Activists for Angola Concert

U.S. singer Mariah Carey has aroused the indignation of human rights activists after performing in front of Angola's veteran President Jose Eduardo dos Santos for a reported $1 million.

The Human Rights Foundation accused the "All I want for Christmas is you" hit singer of having been "purchased" to entertain one of Africa's wealthiest families in one of the world's poorest nations.

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