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Inkheart [Official Movie Trailer]
Inkheart [Official Movie Trailer] 18D.ORG
* Opens January 23, 2009
* PG fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language Mo Folchart is a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children's fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo's daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends - both real and magic - and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right.
* Cast: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Sienna Guillory, Helen Mirren
* Director: Iain Softley
* Genres: Children's Fantasy, Fantasy, Children's/Family Inkheart [Official Movie Trailer] 18D.ORG * Opens January 23, 2009 ... more -
Hotel For Dogs (2009) Movie Trailer
Hotel For Dogs (2009) Movie Trailer :: videos.18d.org ::
When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday -- and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in."
Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Kyla Pratt Director: Thor Freudenthal
Genres: Adventure Comedy, Children's/Family, Family-Oriented Comedy
Opens January 16, 2009 Hotel For Dogs (2009) Movie Trailer :: videos.18d.org :: ... more -
Bush administration projects record 2009 deficit
The government's budget deficit will surge past a half-trillion dollars next year, according to gloomy new estimates, a record flood of red ink that promises to force the winner of the presidential race to dramatically alter his economic agenda.
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The deficit will hit $482 billion in the 2009 budget year that will be inherited by Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain, the White House estimated Monday. That figure is sure to rise after adding the tens of billions of dollars in additional Iraq war funding it doesn't include, and the total could be higher yet if the economy fails to recover as the administration predicts.
The result: the biggest deficit ever in terms of dollars, though several were higher in the 1980s and early 1990s as a percentage of the overall economy.
Neither campaign is backing off campaign promises — McCain to cut taxes and Obama to expand health and education programs — in light of the bleaker new figures. But Democrats controlling Congress suggest that will have to change once President Bush's successor takes office.
"Whoever becomes the next president will have a very, very sobering first week in office," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-N.D.
McCain promises to renew the full roster of Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 and add many more for businesses and upper income people who pay the alternative minimum tax. The Bush tax cuts expire at the end of 2010 and renewing them would soon cost well over $200 billion a year. Eliminating the alternative minimum at the same time would cost almost as much.
Obama would repeal tax cuts on wealthier taxpayers and investors but would leave most of the Bush tax cuts in place while seeking additional cuts for senior citizens, the middle class and the working poor. And he also wants lots of new spending for health care, education and many other federal programs.
"There's a total disconnect between today's report and what we're hearing on the campaign trail," said Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition budget watchdog group.
The deficit situation confronting the next president is reminiscent of that which Bill Clinton faced in 1993. Under Wall Street pressure, Clinton abandoned promises of tax cuts and pushed a tax-heavy deficit reduction plan through a Democratic Congress.
The administration said the deficit was being driven to an all-time high by the sagging economy and the stimulus payments being made to 130 million households in an effort to keep the country from falling into a deep recession. But the numbers could go even higher if the economy performs worse than the White House predicts. The government's budget deficit will surge past a half-trillion dollars next year, according to gloomy new estimates, a record fl... more -
Jay Leno's last day announced
NBC has finally announced when Jay Leno will leave "The Tonight Show” and Conan O’Brien will take over. Leno's final tonight show will be May 29, 2009. NBC has finally announced when Jay Leno will leave "The Tonight Show” and Conan O’Brien will take over. Leno's final tonight... more
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Movies: The Next Big Thing in 2009
This is a simple prediction coupled with some proof of why my prediction is correct. But it's all common sense really.
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The Smurfs are going to Hollywood
The same guys who brought us Shrek are turning the all-too-familiar Hanna-Barbera cartoon into a Hollywood film. I'm not quite sure if this is a good thing or not! The same guys who brought us Shrek are turning the all-too-familiar Hanna-Barbera cartoon into a Hollywood film. I'm not quite su... more
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Star Trek's next adventure boldly going to 2009
Don't shoot the messenger Trekkies; but I've got some bad news!
The release of J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek," with a new cast taking on the roles of Capt. James Kirk, Spock and other original characters, has been moved from Christmas Day to May 8, 2009, distributor Paramount said Thursday.
Studio spokesman Michael Vollman said the switch was a business move, not because of any problems with the film caused by the Writers Guild of America strike that just ended.
"Star Trek" will be finished by fall in time for its original release date, but studio executives decided to hold it until next summer, the film could pull in more money, he said. Don't shoot the messenger Trekkies; but I've got some bad news! ... more -
An incoherent countdown listing worst of Bush-isms
Occasionally, there comes an unintended little nugget of the truth. "You know," he told the CBS interviewer Katie Couric, "one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
I don't know whether to laugh or cry. How do you feel? Occasionally, there comes an unintended little nugget of the truth. "You know," he told the CBS interviewer Katie Couric, &#... more
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