Popular Canadian drama deals with autistic disorder By Matthew B. Zeidman NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 2/28/09 – “Degrassi: The Next Generation” has dealt with a variety of frank topics over its nearly 8-year run, including AIDS, alcohol abuse, depression, drugs, homophobia, rape and teen pregnancy. With the U.S. premiere of its latest episode on Friday, [...]

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By Janine Theriault HOLLYWOOD, CA(RushPRnews/Hollywood Today/) 02/27/09 – Academy Award Winning directors Joel and Ethan Coen have become the most recent participants in the on-going war of words concerning so-called clean coal, lending their talents and repute to the media debate with a TV spot which aired Thursday. The brothers, who won three Oscars in [...]

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Ambitious pull-out schedule for area long torn by war By Jeffrey Jolson HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today/RushPRnews) 2/27/09 — President Barack Obama appears to be making good on his claims to end the costly U.S. presence in Iraq – and in no short order. His officials say next summer will be the end of our foray [...]

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Director Zach Snyder and co-creator Dave Gibborns interview about Warner Bros. feature film version of popular Hugo-winning graphic novel By Robin Rowe HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 2/27/2009 – “People always said Watchmen was the unfilmable graphic novel,” says Watchmen director Zack Snyder. “The story itself is a pretty straightforward mystery, but inside of that, there’s [...]

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DVD or Blu-ray, sequel to hit animated zoo movie Madagascar another treat **** 4 stars By Gabrielle Pantera HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 2/27/2009 – “Let’s just say that Alex isn’t at his best when he’s thrown by something,” says DreamWorks Animation Madagascar 2 star Ben Stiller of his character, a proud lion. “Even though he’s [...]

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Actress will star in prequel spinoff of CW drama By Matthew B. Zeidman NEW YORK (Hollywood Today) 2/27/09 – “American Dreams” star Brittany Snow will be returning to the small screen this spring as Lily van der Woodsen, the mother to reformed New York City wild child Serena van der Woodsen, on a special prequel [...]

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