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Paul Walker attends Fast and Furious photocall at the Santo Mauro Hotel on March 25, 2009 in Madrid, Spain. (GETTY IMAGES)

Paul Walker’s teenage daughter is the sole beneficiary of the actor’s estate, which is valued at an estimated $25 million, court records show.The star’s final will and testament was filed Jan. 28 in Santa Barbara and calls for his father to serve as executor of the estate and for his mother to serve as guardian of the actor’s 15-year-old daughter.

The will was prepared an

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Actress Cate Blanchett accepts the Best Actress award for "Blue Jasmine" onstage during the 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards at Barker Hangar on January 16, 2014 in Santa Monica, California. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)
"12 Years a Slave," Cate Blanchett and Matthew McConaughey were among big winners at the Critics Choice Movie Awards on Thursday, taking honors for best picture, actress and actor.
The all-star "American Hustle," about 1970s corruption which earlier Thurs
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Pure Flix Entertainment crew members set up a scene for "Revelation Road 3: The Black Rider" in Happy. The film stars Kevin Sorbo, right, as well as James Denton, Robert Gossett and David A.R. White. (amarillo.com)
Depicting life in a post-apocalyptic world of staged fights and gritty open-market swap meets, Pure Flix Entertainment brought the lights, camera and action to the "Town Without a Frown."
Bradley Dorsey, producer of the Christian film "Revelation Road 3: The Black Rider," was in
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Have you heard the news? A new Kirk Cameron film is in the works! A few days ago Kirk Cameron announced the movie on his Facebook page:
"Ok, I've got a secret to share. No one has heard this yet. Shhhh... brand new movie coming out soon- about family, faith, and baseball, with me and my wife Chelsea together in the movie, and guess who's playing my brother? Comedian, Tim Hawkins (Chic-Fil-A song)!! It turned out soooo good and I can't wait for you and your family to have it for your family mo
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Biblical drama opens next year on Dec. 12
20th Century Fox has released the first image of its biblical pic "Exodus" with Christian Bale as Moses. Directed by Ridley Scott,  the film offers a new take on the classic story. The photo features Bale on a horse with a statue of Rhamses being built in the background. Fox's "Exodus" is just one of a handful of films revolving around bible tales set to bow in 2014 with Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" bowing this spring.
"Exodus," co-starring Aaron Paul
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BoxOffice_logo__131122164403-275x206__131207011855.jpgFive-day Christmas weekend champ is expected to be Warner Bros./MGM's The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug nabbing an estimated $50M for the 5-day Christmas holiday with Disney's Frozen expected to skate in with $43.1M for the same time period.

For the 3-day weekend, battles are brewing: Hobbit v Frozen. These two pictures are striking extremely well with moviegoers and were well-played by their distributors and are neck in neck for the weekend. Speaking of well-played, Anchorman 2: The Legend Cont

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Martin Freeman stars as Bilbo Baggins in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug."
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Bilbo Baggin has proved his mettle in The Desolation of Smaug
  • Writer says sequel is "a more grandly somber movie"
  • EW gives it a grade of A-

(EW.com) -- Even rote fantasy blockbusters can — and usually do — feature the showdown of good and evil. To conjure true darkness, however, is a trickier feat.

Early on in "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), having pro

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Quvenzhane Wallis films scenes for 'Annie' in the East Village. (Getty Images)
Actors Jamie Foxx, Quvenzhane Wallis and Cameron Diaz were in Harlem, filming the upcoming film Annie.
The stars were caught on a video that first appeared online last week, dancing and singing to one of Annie's most memorable songs, "Tomorrow."
The upcoming film is being produced by Jay-Z and Will and Jada Pinkett, and is expected to hit theaters in 2014.
 
 
SOURCE: The Grio
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Martin Freeman arrives at 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' premiere at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on December 2, 2013. (Getty Images)
Martin Freeman has revealed that he turned to higher powers as he did some of the stunts in The Hobbit sequel.
The Sherlock star, who has reprised his role as Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's next instalment, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug, spent a week tumbling down a fast-flowing river in barrels.
"That's the week that I prayed," he quip
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Angelina Jolie is directing 'Unbroken,' a movie about former Olympic athlete and WWII veteran Louis Zamperini. (Universal Pictures)
Actress Angelina Jolie, like other powerful stars in Hollywood, has begun directing her own movies. Surprisingly, her next project is about a Christian athlete, with a script penned by the notorious Coen brothers (Fargo, Raising Arizona and True Grit).
The movie, Unbroken, is based on writer Laura Hillenbrand's biography of Louis Zamperini, the Depression-era Ol
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The race to Oscar has officially begun, as the slavery exploration "12 Years a Slave" was nominated Tuesday for a leading seven Spirit Awards, which honor independent film.
The Steve McQueen-directed drama is up for best feature, best director, best actor (Chiwetel Ejiofer), best supporting actress (Lupita Nyong'o), best supporting actor (Michael Fassbender), best screenplay (John Ridley) and best cinematography (Sean Bobbitt).
With six nominations, Alexander Payne's black-and-white comedy "Neb
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"LEGO The Hobbit" is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, 3DS, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 in 2014. (The Brick Fan)
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, and LEGO have announced a new video game is coming to the popular LEGO game franchise next year. The game will be called LEGO The Hobbit and will put players into the big feet of Bilbo Baggins and his friends. The exact launch date for the game in 2014 is unannounced at this time.
LEGO The Hobbit video game will be based o
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article-2511295-0CF6E735000005DC-946_306x423.jpgIdris Elba has revealed he was so convincing in his portrayal of Nelson Mandela that the former South African leader was fooled into believing he was in the film.
Convincing turn: Actor Idris Elba attends the New York premiere of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom on Thursday after Mandela himself believed he'd appeared in the film 
The Luther star said the ailing statesmen was shown a clip of the film which is released in the US next week and has generated Oscar buzz for his performance.
The actor
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Superhero sequel "Thor: The Dark World" hammered out another victory in its second weekend at U.S. and Canadian box offices, overcoming a strong performance from Christmas-themed romantic comedy "The Best Man Holiday."
"Thor," from Walt Disney Co's Marvel Studios, hauled in $38.4 million in ticket sales from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. "Best Man Holiday" earned $30.6 million to take the No. 2 spot. Senior-citizen, buddy comedy "Last Vegas" finished third with $8.9 mill
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The first footage of Noah shows the title character, played by Russell Crowe, dreaming that he is engulfed in the world-changing flood to come. Then he sets out to build the ark.
"I saw water, death by water," Crowe's character says in the brief video. "And I saw new life."
This Entertainment Tonight teaser is just a short glimpse of the full trailer that should hit the web any day now.
The Paramount Pictures film will open on March 28, 2014, and will reportedly adhere to the Biblical stor
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Angelina Jolie's 'Maleficent' could be Disney's big hitter for 2014.
It seems Angelina Jolie's icy exterior has transferred pretty well to the screen, with the Hollywood actress starring as the cold-hearted Queen in the first trailer for Disney's Maleficent. Billed as the "untold story" of the iconic Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, Maleficent - due out in May 2014 after being brought forward by Disney - also stars Elle Fanning as the young princess Aurora as well as Sharlto Copley, Sam Riley,
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Morgan-Freeman-not-interested-in-12-Years-a-Slave.jpgMorgan Freeman doesn't avoid wading into tough conversations about race, but one of the year's most high-profile films on the subject is one the legendary actor plans to skip.
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"I saw a television movie that was made a few years ago about the same character" featured in 12 Years a Slave, Freeman said. "But I don't particularly want to see it."
"I don't want my anger quotient exacerbated, you know?" he said. "Things are bad enough as they are. I don't want to kee
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A trailer for Paramount Pictures upcoming film Noah, based on the biblical tale of the world's most famous boat, has leaked online this afternoon. 
Though it will likely be pulled down quickly by Paramount, who did not immediately respond to my request for a comment, you can catch the shaky version here.
The Darren Aronofsky-directed epic stars Russell Crowe in the titular role, and has had avery public battle play out of late between Aronofsky and Paramount. According to The Hollywood Repor
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Stephen Baldwin stars in a new Christian movie after nearly a decade away from the film industry.
The film, "I'm in Love with a Church Girl," is based on the true story of Galley Molina, a drug trafficker who was touched by the power of God and became a pastor. Molina also wrote and directed the film.
"This ain't your grandma's Christian movie," Baldwin told Fox News. "This is a relevant, in your face, hard core piece of entertainment that was made at a level and a quality of excellence that c
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