SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Jobs became renowned for conjuring a “reality distortion field” that made people believe whatever he wanted. If he were still around, it’s easy to imagine that Jobs would be summoning all his powers of ...

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(AP) The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad is playing a part in an upcoming Hollywood film. Railroad officials said Thursday that Meg Ryan, directing her first movie, shot the railroad’s steam locomotive at various points along its route between Cumberland and ...

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A California lawyer is suing the filmmakers of "The Wolf of Wall Street," which contains a character he says is based on him and has damaged his reputation.

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NEW YORK — The musical based on the film “Diner” has postponed its Broadway opening. Producers said late Sunday night that the Kathleen Marshall-directed show with songs by Sheryl Crow will make its debut on Broadway in the fall, instead ...

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Clayton LeBouef, an actor from "The Wire," filmed scenes from his new movie at DLA Piper's Baltimore office last week.

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Mechanic’s time almost up The ultra-modern Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, once part of Baltimore’s urban renaissance, could be removed from the city’s Special List for historic preservation next month following a public hearing, clearing the way for its demolition by ...

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As I watched the violent reality unleashed on innocent moviegoers who sought diversion or perhaps refuge from the routines of their daily lives by attending the newest Batman movie at its midnight premiere in Aurora, Colo., I couldn’t help but flash back to the previous senseless violent tragedies I have witnessed on television during my 65 years on this earth.

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WALKERSVILLE — Alden Tuck lives in one of the largest, most creatively charged cities in the world. But when the New York University student needed inspiration for a short film, he got it from his rural hometown. A 2008 Walkersville ...

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Come on, admit it. You’ve read, or you’re going to read, the Hunger Games trilogy. Especially in light of the just-released movie, the world knows Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games as a phenomenally potent brew of action, romance and dramatized game ...

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ANNAPOLIS — John Latenser missed his family while working out of state, but the film location manager with 18 years of experience had to make a living. So after Maryland tax credits for film production companies were eliminated in 2008, ...

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