WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- Batman, DC Comics, Hollywood, Christian Bale and the spirit of the late Heath Ledger are all smiling again this weekend: "The Dark Knight" continued to confound all expectations, earning $76.8 million in its second weekend in domestic distribution.

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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Academy Award-winning art director and production designer Alexander Golitzen has died in San Diego in his late 90s, it was reported Saturday.

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The new film "The Woodsman" is generating Oscar buzz for actor Kevin Bacon, but it is also likely to generate a different kind of talk -- controversy over its e

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