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2 Bible Belt filmmakers expand box office horizons

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — It’s the Hollywood ending every studio wants: Low-cost production and high returns at the box office. Filmmakers Alex and Stephen Kendrick seem to have the formula down — grossing nearly $80 […]

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‘Sharknado’ sequel has bite and lots of laughs

NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t worry about me. The Sharknado Evacuation map supplied by Syfy network places me, as a resident of Lower Manhattan, smack in the zone most in peril this sharknado season. But […]

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Movie, TV legend James Garner dies at 86

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western “Maverick” led to a stellar career in TV and films such as “The Rockford Files” and his Oscar-nominated “Murphy’s Romance,” […]

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Jasmine Murray wins Miss Mississippi title in third try

VICKSBURG, Miss. (AP) — Jasmine Murray has been crowned Miss Mississippi. Murray won the title Saturday night during the Miss Mississippi Pageant at the Vicksburg Convention Center. The 22-year-old Columbus native who competed as Miss […]

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‘Designing women’ star Meshach Taylor dies at 67

The Associated Press Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles, died of cancer at age 67, […]