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Mercedes Hargrave (right) gets ready to act out a fight scene for the film, "Spirit Squad," in Ogden on Saturday. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner

'Spirit Squad' moviemaker adds hazing scene to new film made in Ogden

Last updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 9:33pm

OGDEN -- When Thom Rockwell began work six months ago on a trailer for his upcoming film "Spirit Squad," depicting five crime-fighting Ogden High School cheerleaders, he never imagined he might have to alter the fictional movie to include a dose of reality.

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Clearfield Community Church plans free movie night Sunday

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, May 18, 2012 - 2:51pm

Clearfield Community Church, 200 S. 500 East, Clearfield, invites everyone to come enjoy free snacks and a movie Sunday.

Snacks will be served at 5 p.m. and the movie “Soul Surfer” will begin at 5:30 p.m.

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Man inspired by horror movie in killing of Layton woman bound for prison

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 10:45pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The man who admitted to killing a 25-year-old Layton woman a year ago has been sentenced to serve 15 years to life in Utah State Prison.

The body of Jessica Irene Jensen was found at the Capitol Motel in Salt Lake City on June 2 after a guest who checked into the room complained of a foul odor.

Police arrested Thomas Kumalac, 27, as he was trying to enter Wendover, Nev., and he pleaded guilty to first-degree felony murder on Jan. 20.

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Riverdale resident Randy Sugihara in a trailer for the Alpine Assassins movie "We Ride"

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 4:54pm

Professional backcountry snowmobiler Randy Sugihara was injured in a snowmobiling accident recently. He is shown here in this trailer for the Alpine Assassins movie "We Ride".

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Tyler Domino, 24, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, waits in line to see the midnight showing of "The Hunger Games," at the 34th Street Loews AMC Theatre, Thursday, March 22, 2012, in New York. The film, about children who are forced to compete in a live televised death match in the not-too-distant future, is based on the popular young adult book series by Suzanne Collins. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

'Hunger Games' hairstyles are intensely bright, polished

Melissa Magsaysay Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 11:52am

Hairstyles did their part in creating the stylized look of "The Hunger Games" film, which opened Friday -- especially in segments that take place in the area known as the Capitol.

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Annaliese Wiens wraps herself in a Hunger Games blanket as she waits for the midnight shows of "The Hunger Games," at Rave Motion Pictures Northeast in Hurst, Texas on Thursday, March 22, 2012. The film, about children who are forced to compete in a live televised death match in the not-too-distant future, is based on the popular young adult book series by Suzanne Collins. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Max Faulkner)

Fans 'hunger' for more Hunger Games merchandise

Susan Carpenter Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 11:55am

LOS ANGELES -- Danielle Pepers is such a fan of "The Hunger Games" that she had the book's unofficial mascot -- a mockingjay -- tattooed on her right arm this month. But her intrigue with the books and movie, which hit theaters Friday, didn't stop there.

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Spoof Kazakhstan anthem from 'Borat' played at event

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 7:58am

MOSCOW -- Kazakhstan has called the playing of a spoof of its national anthem at an international sporting event "a scandal" and demanded an investigation of the incident.

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World premiere of "The Hunger Games".

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 12:19pm

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Snow blankets the sidewalk outside of Grounds for Coffee on Historic 25th Street in Ogden on Thursday. Crews will be filming in the 100 block of the street today and into the early Sunday hours. Area residents are welcome to try to spot stars, as long as they don't impede filming, the producer says. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Residents welcome to try to spot stars during Ogden filming

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 3, 2012 - 8:00am

OGDEN — For people who always flip to the end of books and fast-forward to the end of movies, this afternoon is your chance to catch a glimpse of the final scenes of “The Mistle-Tones,” an ABC Family Channel Christmas movie that won’t debut until December.

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(NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner) Sadie Clifford Gleave talks with Timothy Pattan at Grounds for Coffee on 25th Street in Ogden. The business will be used for filming a movie this weekend.

ABC Family Christmas movie being filmed in Ogden

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 2, 2012 - 12:20pm

OGDEN — If you’re wondering where this week’s blizzard came from, blame Central Casting. The storm arrived just in time to turn Ogden’s Historic 25th Street into a winter wonder-land for the Saturday shoot of an ABC Family Christmas movie.

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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, actor Gerard Butler announces nominations for the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Butler is OK after being rescued during filming for a movie at Mavericks, a treacherous Northern California surf break known for stories-high waves. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Gerard Butler rescued at big-wave surfing spot

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:43am

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Gerard Butler is OK after being held underwater by some big waves while filming for a movie about a surfer at Mavericks, a famed Northern California surf break known for treacherous, stories-high waves.

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Public invited to free film screening

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:35pm

OGDEN — The public is invited to view an award-winning documentary, “The Oath,” about two men who were involved with al-Qaeda, at 7 p.m. Thursday at Peery’s Egyptian Theater, 2415 Washington Blvd.

The free showing is co-sponsored by the ACLU of Utah, Egyptian Theater, and the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden.

A review of the film states, “From the director of the Oscar-nominated ‘My Country, My Country,’ ‘The Oath’ is a spectacularly gripping documentary that unspools like a great political thriller.