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Talk of lies, pride as Trump case goes to jury

FILE - In this May 14, 2013 file photo, Donald Trump arrives at federal court n Chicago to testify at a civil trial where he's accused of enticing investors to buy condos at his Chicago skyscraper with promises of profit-sharing, then quietly reneging on them. On Monday, May 20, 2013, Jacqueline Goldberg, 87, who alleges Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence.

The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it... 1 hour ago

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Capsule reviews of new movie releases

"Before Midnight" - The final scene of 2004's "Before Sunset" was so romantic it drove moviegoers crazy - happily crazy - especially because it was so tantalizingly ambiguous. Jesse and Celine, that appealing (and extremely talkative) couple played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who had fallen ...
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Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness

To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas - how else? - with the flattery of his own mother.
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'Martin Bonner' is an artful bore

There's a school of writing that holds that even the most ordinary lives, deeply and thoughtfully observed, can be rendered into art. Another theory suggests that some movies so defy convention as to be graded on the curve as far as things like dialogue and incident and actual drama are concerned.
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Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'

Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost."
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'Ice Age' director labors eight years to get 'Epic' on the screen

ORLANDO, Fla. - All those years since "Ice Age" and "Robots," you'd figure Chris Wedge had retired on the "Scrat" bucks he and Blue Sky Animation pulled in from that saber-toothed squirrel.
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Cars crashed, smashed and trashed in 'Fast & Furious 6'

LOS ANGELES - It didn't have to be like this. In the age of green screens and VFX houses, filmmakers responsible for the sixth installment of the "Fast & Furious" franchise didn't have to actually destroy hundreds of cars.
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Family guide to new movie releases

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A good year (so far) for American films at Cannes

American movies are faring well this year in Cannes, with the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" holding on to the No. 1 spot in the competition for the Palme d'Or, according to a poll of critics compiled by Screen International. Set in 1960s Greenwich Village, "Davis" focuses on a struggling ...
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Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'

The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter.
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Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography

James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf - and a very respectable one, at that.