Sunday, March 9, 2014

Daily News: Entertainment - Comic film 'Neighbors' pits party-over against party-on

Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 05:17 PM PDT

Comic film 'Neighbors' pits party-over against party-on 
Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 05:17 PM PDT
Even Seth Rogen says so. As a married former party guy transitioning into suburban parenthood, Rogen wages war with the frat house next door in the raucous new Nicholas Stoller movie, "Neighbors," that screened this weekend as a work in progress at the SXSW Film Festival. Packed with crowd-pleasing Rogen-style jokes - including a cringe-worthy bumble with a breast pump - the war spirals into depravity between new parents Mac and Kelly Radner and the Delta Psi Beta frat next door, led by its slightly damaged president, Teddy, portrayed by Zac Efron. But as Mac and Kelly, played by Rogen and Rose Byrne, find themselves trying to shut down raging parties they would have loved to attend when they were 10 years younger, the film's biggest battle turns out to be internal.
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Favreau goes from 'Iron Man' to stainless steel food truck in new film 
Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 04:40 PM PDT
Jon Favreau as Carl Casper in the movie "Chef", is pictured in this undated handout photoBy Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Actor, director and screenwriter Jon Favreau traded the high-flying super hero antics of his "Iron Man" movies for a quieter new film about a celebrated chef who quits his job at a top-flight restaurant and takes to the road in a food truck. "Chef," a small-budget, independent comedy with a big-name cast, including Iron Man veterans Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, made its premiere at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin this weekend. For Favreau, "Chef" helped cleanse his palate after directing the first two of the three Iron Man films, which have a combined world box office of more than $1 billion.
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'300' tops 'Mr. Peabody' to capture weekend box office 
Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 04:29 PM PDT
Director of the movie Murro poses with cast members O'Connell, Green, Mulvey and Headey at the premiere of "300: Rise of an Empire" in HollywoodBy Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The action film "300: Rise of an Empire," battled its way to $45 million in ticket sales to win the weekend box office race, slashing its way past the animated film "Mr. Peabody & Sherman." "Mr. Peabody & Sherman," based on the "Peabody's Improbable History" segments in the 1960s animated TV show starring the characters Rocky and Bullwinkle, collected ticket sales of $32.5 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters. Last week's box office winner, "Non-Stop," was third with $15.4 million in sales. The film stars Liam Neeson as an alcoholic U.S. air marshal racing to stop a string of murders on an international flight.
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William Clay Ford Sr., grandson of pioneer automaker, dies at 88 
Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 01:15 PM PDT
File of Detroit Lions owner William Clay Ford Sr. standing on the sidelines before the start of their NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in DetroitBy Paul Lienert DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Ford Motor Co executive William Clay Ford Sr., the last surviving grandchild of the automaker's founder, Henry Ford, and the longtime owner of the Detroit Lions football team, died on Sunday at age 88, the company said. Ford, who spent many of his 57 years at Ford focusing on automobile design, died of pneumonia at his home in the Detroit suburb Grosse Pointe Shores. Ford was the father of William Clay Ford Jr., the automaker's current executive chairman.
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British DJ Route 94 snatches top spot in UK music charts 
Sunday, Mar 09, 2014 12:10 PM PDT
British DJ Route 94 hit the top of Britain's music charts on Sunday as "My Love", his collaboration with singer Jess Glynne, knocked U.S. star Pharrell Williams into second place, the Official Charts Company said. No other new entries made an impression at the top of the album chart, as British singer Ellie Goulding rose to second place, nudging last week's chart topper "Bad Blood" by Bastille down to number three. Glynne, the vocalist on Route 94's number one, also featured on the week's third best-selling single "Rather Be" by Clean Bandit.
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