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'That's chaos, that is chaos, that's chaos,' ex-wife sobs about near drowning

ATLANTA (CNN) -- A Georgia judge Friday dismissed an emergency motion filed by the ex-wife of music mogul Usher Raymond seeking temporary custody of their son.


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'Elysium,' 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters,' 'Planes,' and more

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'What attracted me to the project was the father-son story which I looked at as a love story with the Civil Rights Movement as a backdrop'

Here, he talks about his new picture, "The Butler," a civil rights epic recounting the real-life story of an African-American who served in the White House at the pleasure of eight presidents, from 1952 to 1986.


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Widower Falls for empathetic author in atmospheric romance drama

Michael Farr (Ciaran Hinds) is a recent widower who has resigned himself to raising his 10 and 14 year-old kids alone. The grieving clan lives along Ireland's seacoast in a verdant, fog-enshrouded town whose only claim to fame is hosting an annual literary festival.
Schoolteacher Michael picked a practical profession, putting his dream of becoming a writer on hold in order to be able to provide for his family. However, he still harbors the hope of one day pursuing his true passion. Meanwhile, the only brushes he enjoys with the publishing industry is when he works as a volunteer at the aforementioned festival.


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'2 Guns ,' 'The Smurfs 2,' 'The Canyons,' and more

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The team's star, Adrien, had lost sixty members of his family, including six brothers and everyone on his mother's side of the clan

A few years after the cessation of the civil war, American bike racing legend Jock Boyer was looking for a chance at redemption in the wake of being paroled after serving time in prison for lewd behavior. He found that opportunity he needed upon moving to Rwanda at the suggestion of a friend.


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'The Wolverine,' 'The To Do List ,' 'Frankenstein's Army,' and more

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A poignant cinematic portrait of an American legend directed by Brian Helgeland

From its formation in the late 19th Century until well into the 1940s, Major League Baseball operated in accordance with an unwritten rule that the sport was to remain strictly segregated. The tacit understanding among the owners stipulated that no blacks were to be signed by any clubs, thereby frustrating the aspirations of many African-Americans who dreamed of playing professionally.


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Like a poor man's version of Men in Black, R.I.P.D. is a disappointing action comedy both in terms of action and comedy

Veteran detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) is very content between his 15-year career with the Boston Police Department and being happily-married to the love of his life, Julia (Stefanie Szostak). However, his American Dream is irreversibly ruined the fateful day he is assigned to bring down a drug cartel conducting business out of an abandoned factory along the waterfront.

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A perfectly plausible, character-driven drama with only one glaring flaw

It's November 4, 2008, and Brooklyn is bristling with anticipation about the impending election returns to see whether or not Barack Obama will be the nation's first African-American president.


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