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KTLA Special Report: A Cheerleader's Story
KTLA NewsMany people think cheerleading is all about pom-poms, pep and pretty uniforms. But cheerleading has become the most dangerous and deadly sport for young women, especially right here in Southern California. In the last decade, cheerleading injuries...Tags: Parenting, Family, New York Knicks, Hospitals and Clinics
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Cats Don't Dance
FOR THE TIMESWednesday March 26, 1997 For those of you with toddlers who are crazy about old MGM musicals, love sendups of long-gone Hollywood stars and tycoons and delight in such hip references as King Kong being portrayed as a whiny stagehand, the animated...Tags: Erich von Stroheim, Entertainment, Bette Davis, Jasmine Guy, Dance
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Bride of Chucky
FOR THE TIMESMonday October 19, 1998 As we're oft being told, there's simply not enough respect for our national institutions and after 10 years of cutting, ripping and tearing his way to the top, Chucky--the Doll of Death, the Toy of Terror, the Plaything of...Tags: Woody Allen, Alexis Arquette, Brad Dourif, Crimes, Jennifer Tilly
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Titan A.E.
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday June 16, 2000 If you think homelessness is a problem today, look closely at the initials at the end of "Titan A.E." They stand for After Earth, the time in the 31st century after our planet has been incinerated. That's right, humanity has...Tags: Gary Goldman, Janeane Garofalo, Entertainment, Gaming, Nathan Lane
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Fast-Paised review: 'Miss Potter'
Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger) begins her career as an author of children's books in 1902 London. She never planned to marry but may have a change of heart, thanks to publisher Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor). Big question: Can this costume drama...Tags: Bill Paterson, Renee Zellweger, Entertainment, Emily Watson, Drama (genre)
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Movie review: 'Miss Potter'
Tribune movie critic2½ stars (out of four) The creator of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was once paid a visit by a fan. "I've come to see the famous author Beatrix Potter," the stranger announced. "Well," said the celebrity, continuing with her gardening, "now you've seen her,...Tags: Entertainment, Movies, PG Rated Movies, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson
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'Seed of Chucky'
Times Staff WriterIn the chintzy-looking gore-bore "Seed of Chucky," Jennifer Tilly, playing herself, defines hell as ending up on a celebrity feud show in a worm-eating contest with Anna Nicole Smith. Compared to this movie that fate doesn't sound half-bad. It opens in...Tags: Redman, John Waters, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Hannah Spearritt
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Movie review: 'Seed of Chucky'
Tribune Newspapers1 star (out of 4) Little tip for Don Mancini, creator of Chucky the killer doll, and writer-director of "Seed of Chucky": Don't make jokes about Ed Wood -- the "worst director in the history of Hollywood" -- if you can't do better. Mancini has made a...Tags: Entertainment, Education, Brad Dourif, Movies, Jennifer Tilly
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Movie review: 'Secondhand Lions'
Tribune staff reporter1-1/2 stars (out of 4) "Secondhand Lions," writer/director Tim McCanlies' terribly ineffective family drama, is the story of Walter (Haley Joel Osment), a timid 14-year-old boy in early 1960s Texas who's already been beaten down by the hardships of his...Tags: Entertainment, Halloween, Robert Duvall, Movies, PG Rated Movies
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Movie review: Curious George'
Tribune arts criticmmx-060210-movies-review-george You can say several things in favor of "Curious George," a mild off-season cinematic bid for the young and the restless. The movie, a G-rated, 86-minute affair, isn't glib or assaultive in the "Shrek" vein, though Joe...Tags: Joan Plowright, Entertainment, Gaming, Disasters and Accidents, Eugene Levy
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'Secondhand Lions'
Times Staff Writer"Secondhand Lions" is something we want to like more than we can. It's a mild family film with an excellent cast that never develops traction. The kind of idiosyncratic fable it has designs on becoming turns out to be hard to construct even when you've...Tags: Social Issues, Entertainment, Juvenile Delinquency, Al Capone, Robert Duvall
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