"Rain" storms to top of Hollywood musicals list
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LOS ANGELES  - "Singin' in the Rain"   topped the American Film Institute's list of the "25 Greatest   Movie Musicals," the movie preservation group said Sunday.
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The flamboyant retro musical "Hairspray"  on Thursday won a record 11 nominations for the Laurence  Olivier Awards, Britain's top theater prizes.
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Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh's first Hindi film Raincoat is gaining rave reviews even before it's release.
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For reasons of artistry, script or shock value, several productions this summer are using a water effect onstage.
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"Dreamgirls" and three other films  scored seven nominations each on Tuesday for the Broadcast Film  Critics Association awards, putting the highly touted musical  among the favorites vying for Oscars.
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"Mary Poppins" and "The Producers" led the nominations Thursday for this year's Laurence Olivier Awards, honoring achievement in London theater, opera, and dance during 2004.
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Movie musical "Dreamgirls" and crime thriller "The Departed" were among the top nominees for best films at the Golden Globe awards on Thursday.
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Music from politically themed films  were top Oscar winners on Sunday.
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Thanks to breakout roles in Broadway  blockbusters "Rent" and "Wicked," Idina Menzel has become one  of the biggest stars on the American musical theater scene.
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Nick Hornby's best-selling novel "High Fidelity," whose characters concocted endless quirky top-five lists, has been made into a Broadway musical that critics rate among the top five that should never have been made.
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Prince's Purple Rain soundtrack is named the greatest of all time by a magazine writers' poll in the United States.
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The boxoffice power of  Oscar was demonstrated during the weekend as "Sweeney Todd,"  fueled by three Academy Award nominations, seized the No. 1  spot internationally, grossing an estimated $18.7 million from  1,760 screens in 11 markets. Its early overseas total stands at  $30 million.
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Latin-themed musicals are a rare  commodity in the theater business.
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The film has made record-breaking box office collections.
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  Â The tragic romance "Atonement" was named best drama Sunday at a Golden Globes event that was deflated from star-studded revelry to dry, news conference-style awards announcement because of the Hollywood writers strike.
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Here is the list of the movies that are topping the chart this week.
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"Sideways" led Golden Globe contenders today with seven nominations, including best musical or comedy film, three acting nominations and best director.