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Maurice Sendak, the children's book author and illustrator who saw the sometimes-dark side of childhood in books like "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen," died early Tuesday. He was 83. Longtime friend and caretaker Lynn Caponera said she was with him when Sendak died at a hospital in Danbury, Conn. She said he had a stroke on Friday.

Parents may have fond memories of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, "Where the Wild Things Are." But if their social-networking postings are any indication, some are not pleased with the movie.

'Where the Wild Things Are' proved a bigger hit with adult audiences than family crowds as the adaptation of Maurice Sendak's children's book debuted at No. 1 with $32.5 million.

Warner Bros didn't know what to expect on such a unique project as Spike Jonze's Where The Wild Things Are since it couldn't find a single comp... Grosses looked to come in past $12M from 3,735 locations, including 145 Imax theaters. And now what even rival studios thought was at best a $30M weekend is "off and running" to go past $38M.

This week, we've got a wild rumpus (Where the Wild Things Are, starring Max Records and Catherine Keener), a legal skirmish (Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler), and some unconventional parenting (The Stepfather, starring Dylan Walsh and Sela Ward). What do the critics have to say? Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are is one of the most beloved classics of modern children's literature, but the brief text doesn't necessarily lend itself to feature-length cinematic treatment.

The new trailer for the Robert Rodriguez film Shorts will also be attached to the film.

Regular readers know we’ve been eagerly following Spike Jonze’s long-in-development adaptation of the iconic children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are.” Our interest was peaked nearly two years ago when we premiered the very first image from the film, and again last summer when we unveiled a second photo.

I've been waiting for Warner Bros. to unveil the first looks at the monsters from WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE and it turns out they've been peeked on the most unconventional place imaginable: on the back of skateboards. The company co-founded by Spike Jonze, Girl Skate, posted images of their new skateboard line based on the movie at each features one of the monsters from the movie. I'm sure Warner Bros. wasn't happy with the way the...