British bio-drama showcases rich costumes and Keira Knightley – 4 Stars **** By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/16/2009 – “She’s a wonderfully strong female role, an extraordinary and very alive woman, and I think any actress would relish playing Georgiana,” says Duchess star Kiera Knightley.  “She’s a dreamer and an idealist who is [...]

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 1/16/09-  Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, one day after the pilot heroically brought the disabled plane to safety with 155 people aboard. Federal officials will now focus on recovering the black box from the plane [...]

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By Mary Montserrat-Howlett HOLLYWOOD(Hollywood Today -RushPRnews)01/16/09–Mickey Rourke has made a grand slam comeback in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler”, playing despondent, aging 80’s wrestler: Randy “The Ram”. With striking parallels between Rourke’s real life and the character he portrays, Rourke himself admits, “I get them confused”. As Rourke struggles to overcome all the mistakes of the [...]

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No casualties and few serious injuries in emergency touchdown By Matthew B. Zeidman NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 1/15/09 – In what was described by New York Gov. David Patterson as a miraculous landing, all 155 crew members and passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 were pulled from the wrecked jet that was forced into New [...]

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Re-issue of Little Mermaid sequel includes new features in Return to the Sea Special Edition – 3 Stars *** By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/15/2009 – Disney’s The Little Mermaid II Return to the Sea is the story of Ariel’s daughter Melody. The first Little Mermaid film was the story of Ariel, a [...]

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Country singer flexes acting muscles after ‘SNL’ By Matthew B. Zeidman HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 1/14/09 – She made a cameo appearance as a street-smart Annie on this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live,” but now country singer Taylor Swift has secured a more substantial acting role on an episode of CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.” The [...]

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