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Boston area comedy troupe stars at Texas SXSW festival

When the members of Asperger's Are Us met at a summer camp on the North Shore, they never imagined that more than a decade later they would be stars of a documentary at one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The name Asperger's

Massachusetts

Film workers defend state tax credit Baker would cut

BOSTON – Film industry workers flooded a State House hearing Tuesday to defend a tax credit they say has fueled job growth by making the state a regular destination for large and small productions and enabled industry workers to stay in Massachusetts rather than pursuing opportunities in New York or Los

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DiCaprio, ‘Revenant’ notch wins at British film awards

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. film industry showered Valentine's Day love on "The Revenant" Sunday, awarding the endurance epic five prizes, including best picture and best actor, at the British Academy Film Awards. Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his Oscar-favorite status by taking the best-actor trophy for playing

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‘The Revenant’ braves the blizzard with $16M at box office

NEW YORK (AP) — The snowy frontier saga "The Revenant" weathered a blizzard-ravaged box office. Weekend movie-going was affected up and down the East Coast by Winter Storm Jonas, which forced theater closures in Washington D.C. and New York, and caused hundreds of theaters to suspend showings. Studio

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Benghazi truth-telling becomes focus for these survivors

BOSTON – They sat clustered around a coffee table Monday afternoon inside a cramped room at the Eliot Hotel in Boston, three burly veterans who only decided to tell their stories about Benghazi after coming home to a country that couldn't get its own story straight. They don'

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‘The Intern,’ and graying successfully

"The Intern," starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway, is the latest vehicle 65-year-old Nancy Meyers uses to cover the not-so-familiar territory of graying successfully. Written, directed and produced by Meyers, the colorful film feels and sounds like two of her many films: 2003's "Something&

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Judge frees ‘Happy Birthday’ song from copyright claims

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song "Happy Birthday To You" is entirely in the public domain. But the move could mean millions lost for the music publishing company that has been collecting on

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‘Maze Runner’ sequel outpaces ‘Black Mass’ at box office

NEW YORK (AP) — "The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials" edged out Johnny Depp's "Black Mass" at box office, as the two films split young and old moviegoers in half on the first weekend of the fall movie season. 20th Century Fox's sequel