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CBS shareholders sue Shari Redstone, National Amusements

6 years ago Scarlett Newton
A CBS stockholder group in Pennsylvania filed a class-action lawsuit in Delaware on Thursday, an attempt to open the legal floodgates in the bitter dispute between the venerable broadcasting company and its controlling shareholder family, the Redstones. The lawsuit asks a judge to rule that nonvoti..

‘American Animals’ and other movie picks for June 1

6 years ago Lily Garner
Movie recommendations from critics Justin Chang and Kenneth Turan. American Animals This based-on-fact story of how a quartet of bored college kids looking for kicks and meaning in their lives plan a rare book robbery is one of the summer's freshest, most entertaining films. (Kenneth Turan) R...

The biopic ‘Rodin’ about the famous French sculptor lacks shape and drama

6 years ago Isabell Rose
In the years leading up to the centenary of sculptor Auguste Rodin’s death, veteran French filmmaker Jacques Doillon (“Ponette”) was approached to work on a documentary project about the man behind such masterpieces as “The Age of Bronze,” “The Thinker” and “The Kiss.” Instead, Doillon made a mid-to..