“Ride Along” Tops Last Week's U.S. Box Office

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The buddy cop comedy,“ Ride Along” starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube collected $41.2 million, putting the newly releasedpolitical thriller “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” in the shade....Read more Thefilm made January's biggest opening earnings. It cost about $25million. The Afghanistan war tale " Lone Survivor," came second with ticket sales of $23.2 million, themovie stars Mark Wahlberg and directed by Peter Berg. In a weekendcrowded with four new films, " The Nut Job," the firstanimated release from Open Road Films, collected $20.6 million inticket sales to claim third place. The political thriller starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner, “ Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” came fourth with $15.4 million in its opening weekend. With the four newly released titles,“ Frozen” dropped 3 slots, retreating to the fifth place. TheOscar nominee added $11.7 million to its gross pushing its revenuesto $332.4 million. The starsstuffed, all Oscar nominees cast “ American Hustle” retreated asingle slot to the sixth position where it made $9.8 million. Thelow-budget horror film " Devil's Due" opened with $8.5million in sales for the seventh slot. At the end of the list came the AcademyAwards nominated movies, “ August: Osage County” with $7.3 millionand Scorsese's “ The Wolf of Wall Street” with $7 million andSpike Jonze's “Her” with $4 million.

Actors Guilds Awards Are Announced: Cate...

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The last awards before the Oscars andthe most robust predictions for the Academy choices were announcedyesterday. Both Oscar nominees, “ Dallas Buyers Club” co-stars, Matthew...Read more McConaughey and Jared Leto won thebest performances for male actors in both leading and supportingroles. That's one step closer for McConaughey to the Oscars afterwinning the Golden Globes and Critics Choice award in the mostacclaimed role in his career. The award for Outstanding Performanceby a Cast in a Motion Picture, the Guild's equivalent for BestPicture went to the cast of “ American Hustle,” also an Oscarnominee for Best Picture. Another highly acclaimed role is Cate Blanchett's in Woody Allen's “ Blue Jasmine” who also collectedthe Golden Globes award for the same role. Blanchett is one of thestrongest nominees for the Academy Awards this year. Oscar nominee, Kenyan Lupita Nyong’opicked up the prize for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role for“ 12 Years a Slave.”