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    <title>Amalgamated Zen</title>
    
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    <updated>2009-06-28T15:37:18-04:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Publishing, Production and Promotion</subtitle>
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        <title>Sad Year for Hollywood</title>
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        <published>2009-06-28T15:37:18-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-06-28T15:37:18-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">While Hollywood seems to lose a number of celebrities each year, it's the names that tend to surprise us most. Timeless names that you hope never pass on. Others are so young, you can barely believe what you're hearing. This...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/_l-Ej6Aw86A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Zen Master</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Jessica Biel, "Professional Stripper"</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-65869413</id>
        <published>2009-04-21T11:47:00-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-04-21T11:47:00-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Calm down, calm down! It's not entirely true... well at least not now. Biel, who had to learn how to work the pole for her part in Powder Blue, is apparently so convincing, that her dance coach has suggested that...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/DlNxn6NPxBc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Who Ya Gonna Call...GhostBusters 3</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64829535</id>
        <published>2009-03-30T08:45:24-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-30T08:45:24-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">In a conversation with MTV news Harold Ramis has confirmed a new Ghostbusters movie is in the works. The Original cast is expected to reprise their roles with their characters becoming "sage mentors" to new a new team, in a...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/mFz6TtGxsGo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="DVD Classics" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Fantasy" />
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Horror" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Remakes" />
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    <entry>
        <title>A New Darko Story...</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64785199</id>
        <published>2009-03-28T17:54:54-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-30T08:10:39-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">"Donnie Darko", the movie from 2001 that became a cult classic, has spawned a sequel - a straight to video sequel due out July 2009. The movie which spurred actor Jake Gyllenhaal's career has somehow warranted a sequel... which stars...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/cFp-NpOc5jo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <title>Wanna Write for Marvel?</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64725199</id>
        <published>2009-03-27T13:01:09-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-27T13:01:09-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Following the incredible success of Iron Man which earned over $500 million worldwide, Marvel Entertainment is taking a page out of the Disney play book and assembling a team of new writers to develop scripts for their vast stable of...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/os1TPAqlfAA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Super Hero" />
        
        


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        <title>Simon Pegg's a weasel</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64710793</id>
        <published>2009-03-27T08:56:08-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-27T08:56:08-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Don't worry... this isn't a slanderous attack on Simon. Quite the contrary. British actor Simon Pegg has confirmed that he is part of the cast for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs which is due out in July of this...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/O2Y6GNm6VUM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <title>Sean Penn a Stooge?</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64668997</id>
        <published>2009-03-26T13:59:54-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-26T13:59:54-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">Sean Penn will be following up his Oscar winning turn as Harvey Milk with a role that can be literally considered a slap in the face. Variety magazine reports that Penn has reportedly signed on to portray Larry in the...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/Et4E3lXkiaQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <title>Moon Bloodgood to get "Burned"</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64653597</id>
        <published>2009-03-26T08:24:42-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-26T08:24:42-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">With Tricia Helfer's departure at the season 2 finale of Burn Notice (pause for a moment of silence), Jeffery Donovan's character Michael Westen is going to need a new antagonist. Enter Moon Bloodgood. The Terminator: Salvation starlet is stepping in...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/LIKIiY_gPHA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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        <title>Box Office Hits &amp; Misses</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64555927</id>
        <published>2009-03-24T10:41:46-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-24T10:41:46-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">The fans have spoken and the box office tells their story! Nic Cage's new movie Knowing sits at the top of the box office bringing in $24.6 million in the opening weekend. The anticipated film, directed by Alex Proyas (The...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/m2SW2WuRXIs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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    <entry>
        <title>Watchmen sinking fast?</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-64186039</id>
        <published>2009-03-15T16:39:51-04:00</published>
        <updated>2009-03-15T16:39:51-04:00</updated>
        <summary type="html">After having a ground-breaking opening weekend with $55.2 million, Watchmen struggled throughout the week and into the weekend and has only raked in another $31 million with $18 million coming in over the weekend. And while it still sits in...&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AmalgamatedZen/~4/JMoLPt1HKy8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</summary>
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            <name>Zen Master</name>
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