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Win Tickets To THE PRINCESS BRIDE At B&B Theatre’s FEBRUARY RETRO NIGHT

B&B Wildwood Theatre is having their FEBRUARY RETRO NIGHT on Thursday, February 5th. They are showing the 1987 comedy, THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Shows are at 4pm & 7pm.

WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win free vouchers to see director Rob Reiner’s classic fairytale adventure. The movie stars Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wallace Shawn, Andre the Giant, and Mandy Patinkin.

Answer the following: What was the name Westley used for the large rodents in the fire swamp?

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First TED 2 Trailer Stars Mark Wahlberg And Ted

Check out the brand new trailer for TED 2.

The sequel stars Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, John Slattery and Morgan Freeman.

Seth MacFarlane returns as writer, director and voice star of TED 2, Universal and Media Rights Capital’s follow-up to the highest-grossing original R-rated comedy of all time.

Joined once again by star Mark Wahlberg and fellow TED writers Alec Sulkin & Wellesley Wild, MacFarlane produces the live action/CG-animated comedy.

TED 2 hits theaters on June 26

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Tim McGraw To Perform Oscar-Nominated Song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” For Glen Campbell At The Oscars

Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and actor Tim McGraw will perform the Oscar-nominated song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” for Glen Campbell at the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

“We couldn’t think of anyone better than Tim McGraw to properly celebrate Oscar nominee, Glen Campbell. Tim is the consummate country artist and will bring a bit of Nashville to the Oscars stage,” says Zadan and Meron

“I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” written by Campbell and Julian Raymond for the documentary feature “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me,” is nominated for Original Song.

The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Glory” from “Selma,” “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”

“I’m honored to be asked to sing this powerful song from one of the true legends of the music industry,” said McGraw.

In addition to his three Grammy Awards, 14 ACM Awards, 11 CMA Awards, 10 AMA Awards, McGraw has numerous film acting credits including “The Blind Side,” “Friday Night Lights,” “Country Strong” and the upcoming “Tomorrowland.”

The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Margot Robbie And Miles Teller Hosting The Academy’s Sci-Tech Awards

Actors Margot Robbie and Miles Teller will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 7, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. They will present 21 awards to 58 individual recipients during the evening.

“We’re very excited to have Margot and Miles hosting this year’s Sci-Tech Awards,” said Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs. “Both are fresh voices in our industry and will be a welcome addition to the night where we honor our colleagues’ technical achievements.”

“Margot and Miles represent some of the best of the next generation of rising stars and it is only fitting that they host an evening saluting the film innovations and innovators who will inform the future,” said Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron.

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Robbie gave a breakout performance in the Oscar-nominated feature “The Wolf of Wall Street” in 2013. Her most recent credits include starring roles in “Z for Zachariah” and “Focus,” which is due out next month. In the summer of 2016, Robbie will be seen starring in “Tarzan” and the highly anticipated “Suicide Squad.”

Teller stars in the current Best Picture nominee “Whiplash.” Later this year, he will appear in the feature “Bleed for This,” as well as “The Fantastic Four” and “Insurgent,” the sequel to “Divergent.” Teller also appeared in the 2013 film “The Spectacular Now.”

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Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation will be included in the Oscar telecast.

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Rita Ora To Perform Oscar-Nominated Song “Grateful” at 2015 Oscars

Singer, songwriter and actress Rita Ora will perform the Oscar-nominated song “Grateful” at the 87th Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced today. The Oscars, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, will air on Sunday, February 22, live on ABC.

“International recording artist, Rita Ora, will make her Oscar stage debut this year. The mixture of her incredible voice and glamour makes a perfect combination for our show” says Zadan and Meron.

“Grateful,” written by Diane Warren for the film “Beyond the Lights,” is nominated for Original Song. This marks Warren’s seventh Oscar nomination in the category.

The four other nominated songs are “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie,” “Glory” from “Selma,” “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me” and “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.”

Ora dominated the U.K. charts with her first and certified platinum album “Ora” (2012), which included the number one singles “R.I.P.,” “How We Do (Party)” and “Hot Right Now.” Currently featured on the smash single “Black Widow,” with fellow superstar Iggy Azalea, Ora is readying her second full-length album, to be released this spring. She will appear in a number of upcoming films, including the highly anticipated “50 Shades of Grey” and Jake Gyllenhaal’s “Southpaw” to be released in July.

The 87th Oscars will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2015, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscars, produced by Zadan and Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger In Final Negotiations to Star in THIS MAN, THIS WOMAN

Oscar winner Penelope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES) and Diane Kruger (INGLORIOUS BASTERDS, NATIONAL TREASURE) are in final negotiations to star in the romance feature film THIS MAN, THIS WOMAN, to be directed by Isabel Coixet whose new film NOBODY WANTS THE NIGHT opens the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival, it was announced today by Fortitude International co-founders, Nadine de Barros and Robert Ogden Barnum, and producer Mike Lobell (THE FRESHMAN, STRIPTEASE).

Fortitude International is financing the film and will handle foreign sales on the project being introduced to buyers at the European Film Market in Berlin next month.

De Barros and Barnum serve as executive producers. Lobell is producing the film.

The romance is written by Oscar winner Frederic Raphael (EYES WIDE SHUT, DARLING, TWO FOR THE ROAD).

CAA is representing domestic rights.

An estranged man, Matt Heller, and a woman, Martha Parks (Cruz) encounter each other by chance on a plane, and relive memories of their turbulent romantic relationship.

Kruger will play Kirsty Sachs, a talk show host who has an affair with Heller and changes the course of his whirlwind relationship with Parks.

“It feels like a minor miracle to finally bring this passion of mine to the screen and to put together this dream cast including the superbly talented Penelope Cruz and Diane Kruger who are the perfect actresses to bring these multi-layered characters to life. Combined with an extraordinary director to help realize Freddie’s amazing script, there must be a movie God after all, “said Lobell.

“Frederic Raphael has written a mesmerizing script which closely examines a couple’s rollercoaster relationship over the years which will be brilliantly brought to life by the talented filmmaker Isabel Coixet. We can’t wait to introduce this hot title to buyers at EFM,” said de Barros and Barnum.

Penelope Cruz won the Oscar for her supporting role in Woody Allen’s VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA co-starring Javier Bardem and Scarlett Johansson and was nominated for Rob Marshall’s NINE. She will appear on screen this summer in Columbia Pictures’ comedy GRIMSBY with Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong and Isla Fisher. Her credits Disney’s global phenomenon PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES co-starring Johnny Depp, Pedro Almodovar’s VOLVER, VANILLA SKY and Coixet’s ELEGY.

Diane Kruger received critical recognition for her performance in Quentin Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, for which she shared a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She will next be seen in Gabriele Muccino’s FATHERS AND DAUGTHERS, co-starring Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried and Aaron Paul. She has starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the successful NATIONAL TREASURE franchise and was on screen with Liam Neeson in the action thriller UNKNOWN. Her other credits include THE BETTER ANGELS, FAREWELL, MY QUEEN and THE HOST.

Spanish filmmaker Isabel Coixet’s next film, NOBODY WANTS THE NIGHT starring Juliette Binoche, will open the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival next month, marking the seventh time one of her films will premiere at the festival. Her other films include LEARNING TO DRIVE starring Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley which premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, ELEGY also starring Cruz and Kingsley and MY LIFE WITHOUT ME starring Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer Scott Speedman and Mark Ruffalo.

Mike Lobell has produced a series of iconic films during his long and distinguished career including THE FRESHMAN with the legendary Marlon Brando, TWO FOR THE ROAD with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney, the worldwide hit STRIPTEASE starring Demi Moore and Randal Kleiser’s WHITE FANG with Ethan Hawke and Seymour Cassel. His other credits include CHANCES ARE starring Cybill Shepherd and Robert Downey Jr., THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN starring Meredith Salenger and John Cusack, IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU with Oscar winner Nicolas Cage and Bridget Fonda and Andrew Bergman’s HONEYMOON IN VEGAS with Cage and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Cruz is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment and Kruger by UTA and Untitled Entertainment.

The MINIONS Are Ready For Super Bowl XLIX!

As the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks prepare to battle it out for football’s ultimate prize, the Minions are getting set for Super Bowl XLIX. Check out their new TV spot for Sunday’s Big Game.

The story of Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s MINIONS begins at the dawn of time. Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression.

But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob—ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow.

The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award winner Sandra Bullock), the world’s first-ever female super-villain.

They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind…from annihilation.

Featuring a soundtrack of hit music from the ’60s that still permeates our culture today, MINIONS is produced by Illumination’s Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and is directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda. Brian Lynch has written the screenplay for the 3D-CG comedy adventure, and Chris Renaud serves as executive producer of the film.

The MINIONS opens in theaters July 10, 2015.

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Win Tickets To The Advance Screening of SEVENTH SON in St. Louis

WAMG has your passes to see Universal Pictures’ SEVENTH SON early!

In a time of enchantments when legends and magic collide, the sole remaining warrior of a mystical order (Oscar winner Jeff Bridges) travels to find a prophesized hero born with incredible powers, the last Seventh Son (Ben Barnes). Torn from his quiet life as a farmhand, the unlikely young hero embarks on a daring adventure with his battle-hardened mentor to vanquish a dark queen (Julianne Moore) and the army of supernatural assassins she has dispatched against their kingdom.

Academy Award nominee SERGEI BODROV (Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan, Nomad: The Warrior) directs SEVENTH SON from a screenplay by CHARLES LEAVITT (upcoming In the Heart of the Sea, upcoming Warcraft) and STEVEN KNIGHT (The Hundred-Foot Journey, Closed Circuit) and a screen story by MATT GREENBERG (Reign of Fire).

Joining director Bodrov behind the screen is a stellar crew led by cinematographer NEWTON THOMAS SIGEL (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Drive), three-time Oscar-winning production designer DANTE FERRETTI (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Hugo), editor PAUL RUBELL (Transformers: Age of Extinction, Thor), costume designer JACQUELINE WEST (Argo, upcoming The Gambler), composer MARCO BELTRAMI (World War Z, 3:10 to Yuma) and two-time Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor JOHN DYKSTRA (Django Unchained, X-Men: First Class).

SEVENTH SON opens in theaters on February 6.

WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of SEVENTH SON on February 4th at 7PM in the St. Louis area. We will contact the winners by email.

TO ENTER, ADD YOUR NAME, ANSWER AND EMAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

Answer the following:

The film is based on what book series?

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SEVENTH SON has been rated PG-13 for intense fantasy violence and action throughout, frightening images and brief strong language.

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Giveaway – Win A SpongeBob Movie Prize Pack!

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To celebrate Paramount Pictures’ release of THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER on February 6th, WAMG is offering to 2 of our lucky readers a SpongeBob prize pack!

Winner 1 will receive: Fisher-Price® Imaginext® Toys!

Fisher-Price® Imaginext® Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants Plank-Ton Plankton holds the power of the Krabby Patty recipe (in his giant hands)! He gains super powers (and super-size) in the new 3D movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water! His super hero name is Plank-Ton and he’s ready to use his super strength (which is why his new name is Plank-Ton) with enough power to protect the coveted Krabby Patty recipe! Ages 3-8. — Fisher-Price® Imaginext® Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants Plank-Ton
Plankton holds the power of the Krabby Patty recipe (in his giant hands)! He gains super powers (and super-size) in the new 3D movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water! His super hero name is Plank-Ton and he’s ready to use his super strength (which is why his new name is Plank-Ton) with enough power to protect the coveted Krabby Patty recipe! Ages 3-8.

Fisher-Price® Imaginext® Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants Mr. Superawesomeness & Sour Note In the new 3D movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, SpongeBob and friends have all gained super powers while vising the human world. Patrick can control anything made of ice cream and has a super new name Mr. Superawesomeness! Squidward (aka Sour Note) can send crowds running! Ages 3-8. — Fisher-Price® Imaginext® Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants Mr. Superawesomeness & Sour Note
In the new 3D movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, SpongeBob and friends have all gained super powers while visiting the human world. Patrick can control anything made of ice cream and has a super new name Mr. Superawesomeness! Squidward (aka Sour Note) can send crowds running! Ages 3-8.

Winner 2 will receive: SpongeBob Projection Watch with Push Button & Twist Dial, Projects 10 Pictures!

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From Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies comes “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water”, an all new 3D adventure that’s as wild and funny as its name. For the first time, SpongeBob SquarePants, the world’s favorite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore to our world for his most super-heroic adventure yet.

Life in Bikini Bottom couldn’t be better for eternal optimist SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) and his friends: loyal starfish Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), the sardonic Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), scientist squirrel Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence) and crustacean capitalist, Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown).

When the top secret recipe for Krabby Patties is stolen, eternal adversaries SpongeBob and Plankton (Mr. Lawrence) must join forces on a trip through time and space to harness their internal superpowers and battle fiendish pirate Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas) with his own plans for the delicious delicacies.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water opens in theaters February 6, 2015

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Paramount Pictures Animation Left to right: Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, and SpongeBob SquarePants in THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER, from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies. (c) 2015 Paramount Pictures and Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is the trademark of Viacom International Inc. — Paramount Pictures Animation
Left to right: Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, and SpongeBob SquarePants in THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER, from Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.
(c) 2015 Paramount Pictures and Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is the trademark of Viacom International Inc.

Shawn Levy To Produce Fox Animation’s MR. MEN LITTLE MISS Movie

Fox Animation has secured the motion pictures rights to the iconic Mr. Men Little Miss characters.

Shawn Levy – the producer and director of the blockbuster family franchise NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, among others – will produce through his Fox-based 21 Laps Entertainment. There is no director or writer yet attached to the project. Fox Animation Production VP Ralph Millero is overseeing Mr. Men Little Miss for the studio. Will Rack and Emily Morris are overseeing for 21 Laps.

Commented Levy: “I loved reading these books as a kid, and now I love reading them to my own kids. Their humor, wit and uniquely specific tone make this a truly classic series. I can’t wait to help shepherd them to the big screen.”

The Mr. Men Little Miss series of timeless characters originated in books created by Roger Hargreaves in 1971 in the U.K. Each of the 85 characters is named after his or her unique personality traits, giving them wide appeal as they synch seamlessly with the personalities of their fans. Mr. Men Little Miss is a classic, evergreen brand whose colorful characters are woven into the lives of millions of children and adults worldwide. A Mr. Men Little Miss book is sold every 2.5 seconds across the world.

The deal was announced today by Fox Animation President Vanessa Morrison and Janet Hsu, President and COO of Sanrio, Inc. Fox Animation is the studio behind the ICE AGE and RIO movie franchises.

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