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Famed b-movie maker Roger Corman will be receiving an honorary Oscar at the 2010 Academy Awards, but no one is more surprised than him. The AP reports: The man, whose 350 movie credits include such low-budget fare as “The Masque of the Red Death” and “X: The Man With the X-Ray Eyes,” is receiving an [...]

Just a girl, a scarecrow, a tin man and a cowardly lion…and 70 years later, Dorothy and friends are timeless characters that live in the hearts of Americans everywhere. Check out Newsweek’s video feature from this week, “Return to Oz: The Munchkins 70 Years Later,” and learn more about the kind-hearted souls who portrayed the [...]

Ever since the fall of Reese and Ryan in 2007, The Take Three has been searching for a new favorite Hollywood couple. Sure, we’ve had Amy Poehler and Will Arnett to fill our comedy needs– and God help us if they ever split, because we may just lose it if that happens. But what we [...]

Patrick Swayze’s tragic death from pancreatic cancer this week was felt across the movie community, by fans and non-fans alike. Swayze had been heroically fighting the illness in stage IV for a year and a half, surviving much longer than people often do. His courage in battling cancer was admirable, and his legacy as an [...]

Cincinnati orchestra conductor Erich Kunzel has died at the age of 74. In addition to his contributions to the music world, some movie fans have come to love him for his “Star Wars” concert arrangements. According to The Cincinnati Enquirer: Kunzel was known as an excellent arranger, and he adapted many film scores for the [...]