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Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Plot: A moving tale of a girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother.
Cast: Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Alicia Keys, Sophie Okonedo, Jennifer Hudson, Tristan Wilds, Paul Bettany
Rating: PG-13
Bottom Line: ****
Junie B. Jones and some Sneaky Peeky Spying
By Barbara Park
ISBN: 978-0-679-85101-1
Publisher: Random House
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Shopgirl
By Steve Martin
ISBN: 1-4013-0827-9
Publisher: Hyperion
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Studio: Overture Films
Plot: A pair of veteran New York City police detectives are on the trail of a vigilante serial killer.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, John Leguizamo and Donnie Wahlberg
Rating: R
Bottom Line: **
Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket
By Barbara Park
ISBN: 978-0-375-80040-5
Publisher: Random House
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Will Smith has his sights set on the lead role in "The Last Pharoah," a Columbia drama to be penned by "Braveheart" writer Randall Wallace and produced by Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment.
The Pursuit of Happyness
By Chris Gardner
ISBN: 0-06-074487-1
Publisher: Amistad
Available: Bookstores everywhere
Ice Cube is a Hip Hop icon, no doubt about it. Yet with more than ten albums under his belt – including new release “Raw Footage” – he has gained notoriety for doing more than just rapping. Cube made the transition from Hip Hop star to actor and film celebrity in 1991, first appearing as Darin “Doughboy” Baker in director John Singleton’s urban neighborhood drama “Boyz N The Hood”. Ice Cube has since starred in twenty-three movies, his twenty-third being current release “The Longshots”.
Water for Elephants
By Sara Gruen
ISBN: 13-978-1-56512-560-5
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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