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By Michael Sragow and Michael Sragow,Sun Movie Critic | May 9, 2008
What Happens in Vegas is the kind of terrible mistake performers as big as Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher usually make at the beginning of their careers, when they're anxious to break into the movies, or at the end, when they're struggling for a comeback. It's a screwed-up screwball farce about a slacker (Kutcher) and a go-getter (Diaz) who meet and get married one drunken night in Las Vegas. They win a $3 million jackpot with her quarter and his pull on a one-armed bandit and are sentenced to "six months hard marriage" when they try to get an annulment and sue each other for the money.
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By Michael Sragow and Michael Sragow,Sun Movie Critic | May 18, 2007
Eddie Murphy's lovable, febrile Donkey hasn't lost his kick, and Antonio Banderas' debonair Puss in Boots overflows with a ticklish feline unpredictability. But Mike Myers' Shrek and Cameron Diaz's Fiona supply the comic heart that turns Shrek the Third into a genuine slapstick fairy tale. With an original story by Andrew Adamson (who went from directing two Shreks to The Chronicles of Narnia), Shrek the Third puts a satisfying spin on the concept of Happily Ever After. It's about loosening the shackles of old scores and fears and taking your destiny into your own hands, paws or claws.
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By Michael Sragow and Michael Sragow,Sun Movie Critic | December 8, 2006
Give this to The Holiday: It lives up to its title. The writer-producer-director, Nancy Meyers, who last created the delightful Something's Gotta Give, knows how to throw a yuletide bash. Beautiful people in beautiful places: That's part of her formula. It certainly is the come-on here, with Cameron Diaz as Amanda, an L.A. movie-trailer tycoon who splits with an unfaithful film composer (Edward Burns) right before the holidays and decides that a house-swap with a gal 6,000 miles away is just the ticket to recovery.
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December 8, 2006
Rating -- PG. What it's about -- Children of divorce traveling on their own are stuck in a snowbound airport for Christmas. The Kid Attractor Factor -- Kids, antics in an airport, under-age flirting, the works. Good lessons/bad lessons -- "Men are made, not born." And "divorced kids are more resourceful." Violence -- Slapstick, mild. Language -- Tame. Sex -- No, they're all too young, thank goodness. Drugs -- None. Parents advisory -- Genial, harmless, fitfully amusing holiday fare for any child old enough to go to the movies.
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May 15, 2006
Johnny Depp has the write stuff when it comes to signing autographs while Cameron Diaz is the worst, according to a new list from Autograph Collector magazine. Depp, followed by George Clooney, topped the magazine's 14th annual survey of Hollywood's best and worst signers. "Many stars become bad signers once fame and fortune hits, but not Depp. He's even signed autographs for crowds at the airport while carrying luggage," said Steve Cyrkin, editor and publisher of the magazine. As for Clooney, "he'll joke as he signs, and make fun of how he looks in photos he's handed to autograph," Cyrkin said.
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By Tanika White and Tanika White,SUN STAFF | August 3, 2004
Some folks wear their hearts on their sleeves, but young folks like to wear their thoughts across their chests. For a while now, popular thoughts bandied about on tank-tops and T-shirts tended to be flirty or flip, fun in their nature. Princess. Diva. I'm with Stupid. I Want Your Boyfriend. I Love My Attitude Problem. But in this election year, with a slumbering economy and a war raging in Iraq, the tone on tees has taken a more serious turn. In shopping malls and T-shirt shops, clothing with sayings that espouse a political belief or promote a social or civic cause has been gaining popularity.