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Details: Written by Kam Williams Special to The Skanner News; Published: 21 July 2010

Birthday Girl Mysteriously Dies in Atmospheric Thriller

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Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 20 July 2010

Lindsay Lohan surrendered herself in Beverly Hills Tuesday for a 90-day jail sentence.

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Details: Written by Kam Williams Special to The Skanner; Published: 15 July 2010

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun

Details: Written by Anthony Mccartney, AP Entertainment Writer; Published: 13 July 2010

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson was heard allegedly acknowledging he hit the mother of his 8-month-old daughter in a recording released Monday by a celebrity news website.

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Details: Written by DVD Review by Kam Williams; Published: 09 July 2010

This gruesome splatter flick directed by Antoine Fuqua trades in profanity, ethnic slurs and gratuitous violence in service of a high attrition-rate crime whodunit designed for the blood sport demo. What makes "Brooklyn's Finest" unique is its triangulated plotline which keeps its three strands fairly insulated from each other until the dramatic conclusion when the protagonists' paths finally cross

Details: Written by By Kam Williams; Published: 09 July 2010

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Details: Written by The Skanner News from Web Reports; Published: 02 July 2010

Audio tapes allegedly record threats and sexist verbal abuse

The court battle between Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva just got uglier.
Grigoriev, who last week filed for a restraining order against Gibson alleges the Mad Max movie star can be violent, threatening and abusive. And reporters from the website radaronline say they have heard audiotapes of Gibson verbally threatening Grigorieva, the mother of the couple's 7-month-old daughter Lucia, as well as calling here a "psycho c***, and a whore.

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Details: Written by Kam Williams Special to The Skanner; Published: 01 July 2010

Kam's Kapsules: Weekly previews that make choosing a film fun

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 29 June 2010

The Wu-Tang Clan has just released the official trailer for their new kung fu film "Wu Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix."
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Details: Written by Kam Williams Special to The Skanner; Published: 26 June 2010

Raunchy Time-Travel Comedy Arrives on DVD

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