"Rain" storms to top of Hollywood musicals list
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"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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Mood and melody go a long way in both the Beatles-themed musical and Brad Pitt's take on a Western outlaw.
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Music from politically themed films  were top Oscar winners on Sunday.
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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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LOS ANGELES  - Oscar beckons: The musical "Dreamgirls" is the odds-on favorite to take home best picture honors. Clint Eastwood is again in the driver's seat as a best director nominee for "Flags of Our Fathers."
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âCry-Baby,â the musical based on the 1990 movie by John Waters, has announced its move into the Marquis Theater on Broadway.
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Here is a list of the top five movies of the 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.
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Music from politically themed films scored top Oscars on Sunday, while the winners used their moment of glory to push issues ranging from global warming to gay marriage.
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Mary Poppins and Grey Gardens come to Broadway. But how do these musicals rate against their film versions?
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Broadway lyricist Betty Comden, best known for the stage musical Singin' in the Rain, dies aged 89.
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South Korean pop star Rain not only  learned to act for his film debut.
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Ennio Morricone has composed some of the most moving melodies ever written for films &#151; music that enraptures Yo-Yo Ma.
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If you've hummed along, tapped your feet, or even danced in your seat while watching "Purple Rain," "Saturday Night Fever" or "Trainspotting," you're not alone.
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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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SEOUL, South Korea  Â South Korean pop star and actor Rain has been cast in his first leading role in a Hollywood film, set to begin shooting later this year, his agency said Thursday.
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The world probably didn't need another film version of John Waters' 1988 romp "Hairspray" any more than it needed a Broadway musical version of it. The whole cycle reeks of that movie-of-a-stage-production-of-a-movie debacle that has tainted the legacy of "The Producers."