Transgender prison film is not for the Twilight set.
Trailer ror Tarantino's latest to will play before Ridley Scott's?
Reasons to take notice of the France's biggest fest.
Plus, an actor serving time for double murder?
Anything but 'Saw'!
Their hairstyles cause envy.
We run down which superhero films soared, and which flopped.
Biggest shock of the season.
The director says he'd make everything post-'Raging Bull' in 3D.
A change in direction for the production company.
Tequila makes a man brave in the (fake) sack.
Skarsgard takes a break from vampires and werewolves.
From an 'Idol' to a star.
Jordin Sparks takes the stage in the musical drama.
A 'Step Up' for the 99%.
Because today's his 49th birthday!
The pop star takes to Twitter to break the news.
Give him a Chihuahua this time.
I think not.
She'll bring the romance.
What better way to repay the sheiks who've lined your pockets?
A magical-realism tale set in New York City.
And perhaps, the magic of life.
The Hollywood.com staff counts down the best movies of the year.
The comedian's stranger than fiction story.
She made some interesting choices.
She'll produce and star in the romantic drama.
The comedian fell unconscious after being honored at the film festival.
Talking Gina Carano, fistfighting and his shoplifting youth.
Will this film ever get off the ground?
Which A-List actors took a break from Hollywood for this year's Sundance?
The lone potential exception: 'Indiana Jones 5.'
That's what a $35 million opening weekend gets you.
It's that time of year again!
'Contraband' follows in a long line of American-ized movies.
Even for a Clooney film, this seems epic.
Her first movie's already an awards-contender.
I bet we'll be hearing the song "Spaceship."
Familiar faces and intriguing premises abound.
It wouldn't be Utah without Jesse.
Our staff determines the year's best in cinema. Did your favorite film make the list? Find out here!
Villainy is no match for these dynamic pairings.
Being young just seems like a better option.
'Sherlock''s Gladstone got his own poster, maybe these pups should too.
Who else made the cut?
Plus, 'The Artist', 'The Help,' and 'My Week with Marilyn'
...for free!
'In the Land of Blood of Honey' is the subject of a copyright-infringement suit.
Awards season is underway! Sorta.
See how these movie posters are turned from scary to merry!
Marilyn dos, Lisbeth Sanders' leather and vampiresque lipstains.
A look back at the best movies released over the holiday weekend.
A look into the legacy that came before 'Arthur Christmas'
Before Sundance...
The actor will receive the Chairman's Award in January.
Dan Harmon and crew give non-believers the middle finger. And it's great.
Also in the mix are Jack Nicholson, Annette Bening and Alec Baldwin.
Several other big-name actors are said to be eying roles in the film.
They are REALLY anti-meth!
Never would have pegged them as cinephiles.
'The Tree of Life' must have planted the seed.
With Guest Artistic Director Pedro Almodóvar.
We wonder where Bane stands on the issue.
Some of the best films to come out of HIFF this year.
Depp does not take 'No' for an answer.
Who will play Hamilton Burger?
We'll be Chaos RUNNING to the theater!
Shannon also spills the beans on playing Zod in 'Man of Steel'!
With '50/50' out this week, we take a look at movies about the 'Big C'.
Cody makes her directorial debut
See them out on the town!
A look back at the movies about Sept. 11 and how they fit.
Of course he will.
See how the stars are honoring the tragic day.
This is Part 1 of 5 videos to come.
Here's the scoop on NYC's newest film fest
All the housewives were present except Taylor.
Forget the FBI and CIA—we want these guys on the big screen.
For these acclaimed directors, it's time to go big
It's one of the few European countries in which he hasn't filmed.
Just how necessary are narrators? Usually, not very
If it's a festival, you know it's good
Adam Scott is the only acceptable choice for any role, ever
A welcome distraction from the imminent financial crisis!
Tough luck for cinephiles.
26 years without a win screams Stiller/Disney collaboration
What does the third live-action fair tale add to the mix?
The Age of the Vipaka is upon us
Agent Coulson gets his own short form spin-off.
We get a peek at the thrillers.
Be prepared to weep and cheer
Let's cut to the chase...
Latin teachers across the globe once again have meaning in their lives.
Obviously.
The latest from 'New Moon' director Chris Weitz is intimate in the best of ways.
Why should Hollywood stop with 'Titanic'?
The cinematic equivalent of flowers and chocolate.
Spoilers: Jay is the killer
There will be nostalgic baby boomer profits blowing in the wind, along with answers.
Rabbit attacks... in 3D.
It takes a long time to top "everything you know is fake."
Everyone's jumping on the director's bandwagon.
He's up to something with his new political drama
Legendary actor returns to film with a new comedy.
Badgley will display true skills as the musician
2012's got nothing on the original flood.
And it's got a full list of actors in it too!
Do we really need to explain why?
It's definitely a first.
Definitely not a MLK Jr. biopic, though
What? Why?
Nerdgasm.
Now that these projects are director-less, we make a few suggestions.
Maybe? Possibly? We'll see? Perhaps?
Whether it's titled 'Kill Bin Laden' or not, Sony has its hands on it.
Mel Gibson's involvement makes it eight.
And it finally has a title: 'In the Land of Blood and Honey'
The DC nerds are going to be pissed! Wait, do people still care about that stuff?
Phillip Seymour Hoffman & Joaquin Phoenix to star.
Paranoia, possession, ghosts, oh my!
The end is nigh.
He will write and direct the picture.
Motorcycles. Cigarettes. Leather jackets. You know the drill.
Make some noise!
He chats with us about 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold' and Comic-Con.
Which characters are headed to the big-screen next? Click here to find out!
It's tentative title: The $700 Billion Man.
Movies from acclaimed international filmmakers like Allen, Almodovar, Von Trier and Malick to screen.
Who's working with Woody this time? Click here to find out!
Our goodbye to the legendary New York filmmaker.
Because believe it or not, Gotham isn't a real city.
But we have no idea what it's about.
Sadly, we're not kidding.
Guess which one stars Christina Hendricks...
Remember when he said he'd be back? He wasn't kidding.
Stand alone or sit... alone? I don't know. Just pick one.
Finally.
Because we love explosions and so should you..
He'll explain the best ways to adapt poems into short films.
Which is pretty darn appropriate if you think about it.
GOOD IDEA.
Even with a surprising lack of 'Pulp Fiction,' the show hits another home run.
Best birthday gift ever?
'The Tourist' isn't the only film to speak the language of beautiful places.
Because let's face it...most good Sci-Fi is just a cool road trip.
Veteran actor, filmmaker would play Paul Rudd's poppa.
Oscar bait? Oscar bait.
'Ello, govern'a! Right 'ere we 'ave some moovays!
It's called "Operation Greyhound"
Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz will star in the caper comedy
We'll chalk that up as a big ole MAYBE!
Production company plans 2013 release for reboot
Sorry, it's not about The Beatles.
Followed by a performance by Elton John, the film's subject
But we still only kind of know what the title is.
Ken and Barbie get some unfortunate news.
Korea! Always up to something!
Has your accent been butchered?
Yeah, it's the episode with Levar Burton.
Robert Cohen wins $50,000 for Bystander.
Bringing us two steps closer to Armageddon.
These put the woof in cinewoofma.
We look back at a few great films.
Plus, Helen Mirren!
Distinguished director finally finds a new project.
The Spanish filmmaker is expanding his resume with a young Hollywood star
But let's be honest, the real award winner here is EMMA WATSON.
But the real story is deeper!
And it looks awesome. I'm jealous, Austin.
Does Italy know about this?
A look at the highest-profile festival films that may hit a theater near you!
We may finally see another black superhero movie. Suck on that Wesley Snipes!
It's gotta be a drag, you know.
Have our expectations gotten so far out of whack that we can't just enjoy movies anymore?
Definitely. Probably. Maybe.
Of course he is.
We've got your first look at 'Anonymous', '30 Minutes Or Less', 'Bad Teacher' and more!
Not literally taking over. Just being more prominent. FYI.
These are the movies that you've forgotten about from 2010!
Matt Damon says so!
The young starlet will stick around in this franchise for some time
A major blow to world cinema and democracy
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE!
Expect a whole lot more science fiction from Universal Pictures in the future...
Puerto Rican newspaper breaks story claiming that filming will take place there next year.
Between 1977 and 1999, the most painfully misrepresented counterculture in film was that of the punk movement.
The film starts shooting next summer.
You know, if you happen to have a spare four straight days to watch them all.
Clowns and Chile, can't beat that combo.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet. I like it.
Not to cry "spoiler alert!" but spoiler alert.
On Friday, Deadline reported that Paul Giamatti has been set for a role in Todd Phillips' 'Hangover 2.' Over the weekend, it was reported that former president Bill Clinton has signed on as well.
We pick our own League of Evil Exes.
Mouse House buys spec script from Frank Zappa's son Ahmet
Cargill has some thoughts on Kevin Smith's idea...
Warner Bros. wants a whole series based on the fictional warehouse.
Tony Scott has confirmed he will direct the sequel to 'Top Gun,' HitFix and What's Playing reported over the weekend.
Oscar winning filmmaker would love to return to the zombie infested world he created
Complaints from Bosnian women's groups previously blocked the permit for Jolie's directorial debut.
Cargill argues that the problem with film censorship in this country isn’t the MPAA branding films NC-17. It's something else.
Hollywood's been buzzing about Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe, and now we've got a first look.
Khloé's out this round, but the two other sisters are still in.
The 'Michael Clayton' writer/director will take the helm for 'Bourne Legacy' with or without Matt Damon.
Doug Sweetland is set for The Familiars.
Media Rights Capital buys script said to be in the vein of 'Die Hard'
You do not want to mess with these little ladies.
He's looking for a 12 year old boy and girl. For his movie. Not his next meal.
Tarantino's friend and longtime film editor, Sally Menke, has been found dead at the age of 56.
The video game adaptation is on pause. Indefinitely.
And it looks great.
The musician turned director takes his hack with modern day Salem.
With 'The Town' hitting theaters, we thought we'd look at some of the best cops-and-robbers relationships.
James Cameron is ready to go to deepest place on Earth for his sequel
With the release of 'Devil' in mind, we take a look at other horror films that take place in close quarters.
Watch part one of our super-slick highlight reel of the year's biggest releases.
No director named yet -- will it officially be Peter Jackson?
The British actor joins the Tomas Alfredson-directed spy thriller, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
In anticipation of the new Robert Rodriguez film, we look back at the best revenge cinema of all time.
The duo is loosely attached to an adaptation of the novel Breathers: A Zombie's Lament.
Ron Newt -- a supposed "friend" of the King of Pop -- claims to have exclusive, behind-the-scenes footage of MJ's 1981 Triumph Tour.
The two stars take their shot with a 'Lethal Weapon' style flick, written by 'Up In The Air' scribe Sheldon Turner.
Negative criticism of the film causes hate mail, comments and rampant, misdirected sexism.
Admiral Pike tells us when the highly-anticipated sequel will shoot!
Jason Segel, who wrote the latest Muppets movie with Nicholas Stoller, will also play the non-Muppet lead.
Christopher Nolan has fuelled speculation that the next Batman movie will be his last by confirming that the new film will be a "conclusion" to the Caped Crusader's story.
Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3 has become the highest-grossing animated film of all time taking in more than $920 million at the global box office.
Even more marquee names for the director's secretive romance film
Fledgling new distributor picks up the remake - starring Jason Statham - hoping for a hit
I'll save you some time: It's Nov. 16th, 2012
I want to go to there...
Horror director to create comic series for eventual film adaptation
Actor's exclusion from The Avengers and future Marvel projects causes wicked war of words
...and about filming them with Jennifer Aniston
Studio pulling the trigger on lucrative DC Comics adaptations
Tony Gilroy will write the script; director Paul Greengrass still M.I.A.
The 'True Blood' star is biting into two film roles.
Ayn Rand's Opus Scheduled to Begin Production With Or Without A-List Talent
After a stint on "Celebrity Apprentice" and recently suffering a severe brain hemorrhage in April, the Poison frontman will go back to filming his documentary series.
Select titles from the NY fest to screen in LA for a two-week run
FilmEngine plans new cinematic investigation of the starlet's death
Duo looking to reunite for third and fourth time after 'Man on Fire' and 'Domino'
A varied collection of films take home honors from the 9th annual Tribeca Film Festival
Two short films -- one by James Franco and the other by Kirsten Dunst -- will close the Critics Week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival on May 20.
The Cannes Film Festival lineup was announced Thursday morning in Paris with a relatively un-starry group of titles making up the as-yet incomplete competition slate.
Actress denies involvement in the project
As exclusively reported by Wiretap on March 10, it has now been confirmed that Ridley Scott's 'Robin Hood' will open the Cannes Film Festival.
She'll co-star with Owen Wilson
The fourth installment in the 'Twilight' series, 'Breaking Dawn,' will be shot as two films back-to-back, Deadline.com reports.
'Avatar' may be the most successful movie of all time in China, but, according to media reports, it is being pulled from the majority of theaters there much sooner than expected.
War movie takes Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor trophies.
'The Hurt Locker,' 'The Hangover' and George Clooney's new movie 'Up in the Air' have been named among the American Film Institute's 10 best films of 2009.
Gripping war movie 'The Hurt Locker' took home the top honor at the annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association ceremony on Sunday.
Paramount is taking a cue from the mega-success of the micro-budgeted 'Paranormal Activity' by launching a new division to foster films made for less than $100,000.
Sandra Bullock is to become one of the few women ever to be honored with a coveted American Riviera Award at the upcoming Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California.
Eddie Murphy movie 'The Adventures of Pluto Nash' has topped a new industry poll of the film flops of the new century.
It's been rumored for quite a while now that Woody Allen has been keen to cast France's First Lady, Carla Bruni, in his next film. According to Mrs. Sarkozy herself, she has finally responded with a resounding "oui!"
'The House Bunny' star Anna Faris is set to get wild as the star of a new live-action/animated movie about cartoon character Yogi Bear.
Michael Moore has always been a polarizing figure, but he is increasingly being targeted by critics for the messages of his movies via a cottage industry of filmmakers striking out with videos of their own.
A Rio de Janeiro production studio, in conjunction with the local mayor's office, has offered Woody Allen $17 million if he comes and shoots his next film locally.
Director Jan Kounen cancelled the Swiss premiere of his new movie 'Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky' at the Zurich Film Festival on Friday to protest the arrest of Roman Polanski.
Roman Polanski's 'The Ghost' will hit French theaters in March 2010, prison or no prison.
Antonio Banderas' action film 'Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever' has topped a new poll to find the worst film of the past decade.
Tom Cruise's adopted son has landed a role in the remake of the movie that helped propel the late Patrick Swayze to stardom.
With the Midnight Madness opening screening of 'Jennifer's Body' at the Toronto Film Festival yesterday, The New York Times reports it was impossible not to notice that the women are in charge.
George Clooney was in for a shock when he appeared at a press conference in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday -- he was propositioned by a male stripper posing as a reporter.
Robert Redford will be first out of the gate with an Abraham Lincoln-themed film, the Risky Business blog reports.
U.S. moviegoers are one step closer to catching Heath Ledger's final film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' on the big screen -- Hollywood bosses are in advanced talks with a distributor to reel out the movie across America.
New TV drama 'Parenthood' has been delayed by eight weeks after one of its stars, Maura Tierney, fell ill.
The organizers of the Oscars have doubled up the Best Picture category for next year's Academy Awards.
Heath Ledger's final film has been given a lukewarm reception at the Cannes Film Festival -- and many critics were shocked to see his character hanging from a London bridge with a rope around his neck in his first scene.
Steven Spielberg is set to fulfill his longtime dream of bringing the life of legendary civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. to the big screen -- he has been granted permission to make a biopic by the King estate.
Van Morrison filmed his recent shows at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles -- so that ailing superfan Farrah Fawcett could watch them from her sickbed.
Disney star Vanessa Hudgens refuses to write a no-nudity clause into her acting contracts -- because she would consider stripping off on screen as long as the film "calls" for it.
An Iranian drama has walked away with the top honor at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
Christian Bale is stepping into the boxing ring with Mark Wahlberg -- the actors have signed up to co-star in new film The Fighter.
British director Danny Boyle and the producers of his Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire have donated $745,000 to kick-start a program aimed at providing healthcare and education to children in India.
Film bosses at 20th Century Fox have threatened to get tough with anyone who posts a stolen version of Hugh Jackman's new movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine online.
Controversial TV pundit Bill O'Reilly has vowed to boycott Sean Penn's movies -- insisting he can't watch the actor's big-screen projects due to their conflicting political views/
Lindsay Lohan's film career has been dealt another blow: Her latest movie will not be released in theaters.
You'd think studios would be fighting over each other to get a shot at distributing Heath Ledger's final film but that's not the case. Ledger's film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' is facing a limited U.S. release as bosses struggle to land a deal with a major distributor.
The Santa Barbara Film Festival honors Oscar nominee Kate Winslet tonight with the Montecito Award. Tune in to see live event coverage of The Reader star from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The low-budget Indian drama picked up 11 nominations at Britain's top film awards, building on its Golden Globes success and giving it another boost ahead of the Oscars next month, reports 'Reuters'.
It’s almost a modern day form of an eye-for-an-eye -- two films were stolen, so two years of the robber’s life will be taken.
An outspoken and passionate actor, Tim Robbins, doesn't shy away from controversial roles or topics for that matter playing a U.S. trooper on leave from a tour of duty in Iraq who reluctantly becomes a father figure to two injured soldiers (Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams) in the road trip film The Lucky Ones.
The Toronto International Film Festival turned out to be the who’s who of Hollywood this year with everyone from Brad Pitt to Dakota Fanning on the scene for the parties and promotion surrounding their latest projects. Hollywood.com made the trek to Canada to meet with the casts of some of the hottest films due out this fall. Despite our best efforts we couldn’t get to everything, but here’s a sneak peek at some of our favorite films from the fest.
Gold Derby’s Tom O’Neil writes from the Toronto Film Festival that although several Oscar contenders are absent from the Great White North this year, some in town are positioned as awards-season favorites while others have stumbled out of the gate.
Paris Hilton is taking her amateur filmmaking to the big screen with her documentary so aptly titled Paris, Not France which has been billed as a behind-the-scenes look at her life. The film is due to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday, September 8.
Natalie Portman is a critically acclaimed actress, she has a B.A. in psychology from Harvard, she is socially conscious and just started a vegan shoe line called Te Casan, what else can this girl do?
At least for the time being Orlando Bloom has decided to leave the pirates and orcs behind to star in an independent film about life in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo during the 1992-95 seige, Reuters reports.
The Los Angeles Film Festival gave X-Files fans a long awaited sneak peak at this summer's sequel, X-Files: I Want to Believe. Entertainment Weekly hosted a screening of two clips from the film and a panel discussion with star David Duchovny, creator and director Chris Carter, and writer Frank Spotnitz.
Have critics been fair to the “Queen of All Chick Flicks.” Sex and the City? On Rotten Tomatoes, this decidedly female-skewing film movie has received only 55 percent positive reviews.
Even a veteran star of red carpet premieres and Hollywood doings can be awestruck by the pomp and circumstance of the Cannes Film Festival as Julianne Moore, the star of opening night film, Blindness told us about her experience last night as she made her way up the famed Palais steps just hours after her plane landed in Nice
Director Adam Adamson has secured the four young stars of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to start filming sequel Prince Caspian later this year.
John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono is being forced to watch the reenactment of her husband's murder on the doorstep of her New York City home, after failing to ban producers from filming new movie Chapter 27 at the location.
A German cannibal is campaigning to block the release of horror movie Butterfly: A Grimm Love Story, claiming the story is inspired by his own life.
Gritty drama Crash has claimed yet another top film award after the African American Critics Association named the drama its Movie of the Year.
Basketball documentary Hoop Dreams, Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street, Fast Times at Ridgemont High and footage of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake are among the 25 new entries into America's National Film Registry.
Steven Spielberg's movie about a massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games, Munich, and blockbuster King Kong are among the American Film Institute's (AFI) top ten films of 2005.
Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has beaten Al Pacino in the race to get their planned Napoleon Bonaparte movies on the big screen, following a bitter battle.
Hollywood couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony were forced to flee the New York set of their new movie El Cantante after a fire broke out close to their trailers.
Kevin Costner is suing a film production company for allegedly breaking their contract over a movie he starred in which was never completed.
Thriller The Constant Gardener was the big winner at last night's British Independent Film Awards (BIFA), triumphing in three main categories, including Best Film.
2006 Sundance Film Festival Lineup
Hollywood star George Clooney has rubbished claims his latest movie is a veiled attack on President George W. Bush—but refuses to apologize for the film's politically sensitive themes.
"Why make a trillion when we could make... billions?"--Dr. Evil, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially narrowed at least one category down, selecting the 15 documentaries that will be further shortened to five final nominations in the Best Documentary Feature category.
Cult Sir Michael Caine movie Victory has been voted the best soccer film of all time.
Director Oliver Stone promises his forthcoming film about the September 11 terrorist attacks will be respectful to victims of the atrocities.
Steven Spielberg is promising film fans and critics his new movie about the 1972 Olympics will hit cinemas on time next month, even though composer John Williams is struggling with the score.
Irish film-maker Jim Sheridan was so determined to make sure he understood rap culture when teaming up with 50 Cent for new movie Get Rich Or Die Tryin' he hired Dr Dre as a consultant.
It was ladies night at the Hollywood Film Awards on Monday when Charlize Theron, Rachel McAdams and Diane Keaton were among those honored.
Tom Cruise's pregnant fiancée Katie Holmes has pulled out of her new film Shame On You, because she fears the stress of filming will harm her unborn child.
Spike Lee is heading to New Orleans, Louisiana, to make a documentary examining whether race and politics played a role in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Rosemount Estate, the Prestige Wine of Australia, is proud to announce the judges of its inaugural Rosemount Diamond Award, an all-new competition that invites Australian filmmakers to submit original films for the chance to win a cash prize of $10,000 at the Jackson Hole Film Festival.
The Rip Torn movie Forty Shades of Blue was the big winner at this year's Sundance Film Festival as the annual independent exhibition wrapped up on Saturday night.
N.Y. Film Critics honor "Sideways," Michael Jackson's lawyers want charges dismissed, Dick Clark to miss New Year's telecast, more...
Johnny Depp's "Neverland" named top film by National Board of Review, Gotham Awards hail "Sideways," Brokaw bids adieu to viewers, Nick and Jessica perplexed by rumor mill, Knight maybe involved in Vibe melee, "Joan," "Raymond" top Family Awards, Actor Orbach diagnosed with prostate cancer, and Inflatable SpongeBobs stolen.
"Jeopardy!" whiz ends 74-game streak, Sheryl Crow stalker acquitted, CBS takes November sweeps, more...
Eleven films--the same number as last year--are eligible to compete for the 2004 Oscar for best animated feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday.
Christopher Reeve's animated feature moves forward, FCC nails Fox for indecency, John Travolta to guest star on Alley's Fat Actress, more...
Report claims Jackson paid off another victim, Mark McGrath to host Extra, Sony settles suit over fake film critic, more...
Charlize Theron injured on Berlin film set, Passion DVD could set records, Kevin Smith launches online film competition, more…
Cruise looking for adventurous woman, Lucasfilm heads to Singapore, Fahrenheit 9/11 not penalized by Cuban broadcast, more...
Director to finish Brando film, Olsen twins' milk ad pulled, judge dismisses suit against Schwarzenegger, and more.
Tom Cruise's new thriller, Collateral, will open the eighth annual Urbanworld Film Festival Aug. 4 in Manhattan. Also in the news: Zach Braff Garden State Maui Film Festival American Film Institute Jessica Simpson David Bowie Doris Day Lollapalooza Joan Rivers
Thirteen budding filmmakers from nine colleges and universities will be feted tonight by the motion picture academy as winners of the 31st annual Student Academy Awards competition.
Michael Jackson pleaded not guilty today in a Santa Maria, Calif., court to charges of child molestation and conspiracy involving child abduction and extortion. Also: John C. Reilly Lars von Trier Manderlay Mary-Kate Olsen Ashley Olsen Christina Aguilera Ben Affleck Angelina Jolie Jessica Dee Darren James PRISM awards Billy Bob Thornton Bad News Bears
News, April 21: Madonna's Label Loses Big Bucks, Kim Basinger Sells Engagement Ring, Cannes Releases Film Lineup
Bill is Donald Trump's New Apprentice, Arnold Schwarzenegger Bolsters Calif. Film Industry, Kurt Cobain Biopic in Works John Malkovich Zooey Deschanel Sam Rockwell
News, Feb. 17 Controversy Continues To Swirl Around The Passion of the Christ Janet Jackson Feted For Charity Work, Madonna Does Prison Film
News, Feb. 2: Jennifer Lopez "Not Brokenhearted," Russell Crowe Injured While Training for Film, Harvey Weinstein Blames Cold Mountain Snub on Timing Michael Jackson Mel Gibson The Passion of the Christ Barry Manilow Alex Trebek
Depp Film Release Pushed Up, Garfunkel Busted for Pot, Jackson Customized Bentley To Be Sold, more…
News, Jan. 21: No Pope Endorsement For Gibson Film, Frances McDormand To Head Berlin Jury, Dan Rather Treated For Skin Cancer, more...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Wednesday named the quirky dramedy American Splendor best picture of 2003, and The Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson was voted best director.
Jennifer Lopez Hits Hot List, 254 Films in Competition for Academy Awards, CBS Wins Ratings Thanks to Michael Jackson Interview Katie Holmes Chris Klein
News, Nov. 20 Johnny Depp is "Sexiest Man Alive," Eleven Films to Compete for Animation Oscar, Salma Hayek and Colin Farrell Covered in "Dust," Finding Nemo Brother Bear Kurt Cobain Mel Gibson The Passion Rush Limbaugh Keith Gordon Ethan Hawke
Ebert and Roeper Give Two Thumbs Down to Chicago Film Critics Cancellation; Studios Get Creative on Awards Screenings
Pop singer-turned-reality TV star Jessica Simpson has signed a development deal with ABC to star in a comedy series project targeted for fall 2004. Also: Ted Harbert Joe Simpson Catherine Zeta-Jones Michael Douglas Halle Berry Justin Guarini Chuck Wepner Sylvester Stallone Rocky G Unit 50 Cent Duran Duran Luis Guzman Craig Ferguson Brad Silberling Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
News, Nov. 6: "Nemo" Swims to Top DVD Sales, More Film Critics Protest Screener Ban, Cash Wins Posthumous CMA Awards Dirty Pretty Things Tyrese
Val Kilmer Says He Was Misquoted; Governor's Wife Apologizes to Britney Spears; Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Burton Have a Baby Arnold Schwarzenegger Emma Thompson Will Ferrell Nicole Kidman Courteney Cox David Arquette Tommy Chong Woody Allen
While anyone could have predicted Sony-based Revolution Studios would go ahead with a XXX sequel, no one could have foreseen it happening without star Vin Diesel and director Rob Cohen. Also Ice Cube Lee Tamahori Clint Eastwood Mystic River 41st annual New York Film Festival Beyonce Knowles Mathew Knowles Grateful Dead Jerry Garcia
Ruckus on Set of Brad Pitt Film, 50 Cent Buys Mike Tyson's Mansion, "Wonder Woman" Gets Screen Treatment Kelsey Grammer John Cleese Liza Minnelli Megan Mullally William H. Macy
News, Sept. 8: Russian Film Wins Venice Top Prize, Sharon Stone Lays Low, David Bowie Beams Live Concert to Select Cinemas David Spade Jenna Elfman Antonio Banderas Jane Krakowski
News, Sept. 2: Venice Film Festival Fetes Some, Boos Others; Jerry Lewis Telethon Breaks Bank; Cybersquatters Defined Sofia Coppola Bill Murray Lost in Translation Antonio Banderas Emma Thompson Imagining Argentina Madonna Britney Spears Michelle Rodriguez Carson Daly Pierce Brosnan
News, Aug. 25: O.J. Simpson Claims Money Helped in Acquittal, Finding Nemo Becomes Top Animated Film, Robert Blake Steps Out Angelina Jolie The Matrix Reloaded Bobby Brown Hilary Duff American Idol
Celebs including Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are bound for Venice, Italy, to attend the 60th annual Venice Film Festival that gets underway Aug. 27.
Toronto Film Festival announces impressive lineup including Carl Franklin's Out of Time starring Denzel Washington Richard Linklater's comedy The School of Rock with Jack Black and Joan Cusack Ridley Scott's con-man dramedy Matchstick Men starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell Joel Schumacher's IRA flick Veronica Guerin with Cate Blanchett. Director Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut which stars Meg Ryan and Mark Ruffalo The Girl With a Pearl Earring Scarlett Johansson Colin Firth Tom Wilkinson; Robert Altman's backstage ballet opus The Company; Miramax's Philip Roth adaptation The Human Stain directed by Robert Benton starring Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman
The 27th annual Montreal World Film Festival, which runs from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7, unveiled a slate rich in art-house and fringe movies but short on Hollywood studio films. Also: Martin Scorsese Rocco DiSpirito, Gregory Hines Christina Aguilera Justin Timberlake Snoop Dogg Girls Gone Wild Joseph R Francis Mantra Films Inc Eddie Murphy Daddy Day Camp
The National Geographic Channel has rescheduled for tonight at 9:00 p.m. a documentary about the war in Afghanistan that was to have aired in late October.
According to a poll by UK movie magazine Empire, Oscar winner Sean Connery has been named the actor with the worst film accent of all time. Also: MPH Entertainment My Big Fat Greek Wedding Katharine Hepburn Madonna Brandy David Beckham Sean "P.Diddy" Combs Uncle Stiltskin
The seventh annual American Black Film Festival returned to South Beach, Fla., for the second time Wednesday after being held in Acapulco for its first five. Celebs including Cedric the Entertainer, Chris Tucker, Robert Towshend and many more expected to attend the festival, which runs through June 22.
Actor and director Mel Gibson vehemently supports his new film, The Passion, saying it will "inspire not offend" Catholics and Jews.
The second annual Tribeca Film Festival, which ran from May 3-11, more than doubled last year's traffic. Also: 29th annual Saturn Awards Steven Spielberg Peter Jackson Nicole Kidman Luther Vandross Eminem Just for Laughs Festival Bill Cosby Kelly Ripa Brad Garrett M. Night Shyamalan Ashton Kutcher The Woods Peter Boyle Scooby Doo 2
News, May 14: Matrix Reloaded Sneaks Early Shows, Jennifer Garner Files for Divorce, Film About Hannibal Lecter's Childhood Tommy Chong John Travolta Thomas Jane
Miramax films is stepping in to back Michael Moore's next project, Fahrenheit 911. Also: Sue Clayton Sandra Bullock Friends The Smoking Gun Carson Daly Total request Live Last call with Carson Daly George Lucas Lucasfilm Animation Michael Jackson Universal Music Group
The French Riviera was abuzz Tuesday as celebrities, dealmakers and movie buffs poured into Cannes to kick off the 56th International Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 14-25. Monica Bellucci Penelope Cruz Clint Eastwood Nicole Kidman
Winners of the second annual Tribeca Film Festival were announced at the Stuyvesant High School Auditorium in Tribeca Sunday, with French director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi taking the prize for emerging narrative feature filmmaker for her Italo-French comedy, It Is Easier for a Camel.
News, May 6: "Frasier" May Be Nearing Its End, Al Pacino Voted Greatest Film Star, Oprah Winfrey Looks at Two More Years, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks and Kevin Spacey. Harrison Ford Jack Nicholson Eric McCormack Tina Fey Oprah Winfrey Cedric the Entertainer Omar Epps
The second annual Tribeca Film Festival has announced its slate of special events, screenings and guests to mark the 25th anniversary of the Black Filmmaker Foundation.
Two prominent American directors, Clint Eastwood and Gus Van Sant, will compete for the top prize at this year's prestigious Cannes Film Festival, it was announced Wednesday.
The 8th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival, which runs April 3-10, held its Grand Gala Saturday to hand out lifetime achievement awards to producer Robert Evans and silent movie actress Fay Wray, and bestow the Outstanding Performance of the Year award to Adrien Brody for his Best Actor Oscar-winning performance in The Pianist as Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman.
Celebs will appear in a 72-second public service announcement aimed at convincing potential pirates that copying and swapping movies will put filmmakers out of work and could ultimately lead to fewer movies being produced.
Mike Myers and DreamWorks have inked a unique feature film production deal dubbed "film sampling." Film sampling is much like music sampling, in which an artist reworks an existing song with new lyrics. Also: Stacy Keach Sr Judi Dench Pitch Black Riddick Vin Diesel Colm Feore Tim Story Society Cab Hideo Nakata True Believers R Kelly the Beatles
Star Wars creator George Lucas said today he's bringing his four Northern California-based companies--Lucas Digital, LucasArts Entertainment, Lucas Licensing and Lucasfilm Ltd.--into one organization.
About Schmidt and Adaptation are the frontrunners for the eighth annual Critics' Choice Awards, which will be handed out tonight by the Broadcast Film Critics Association.
The National Society of Film Critics honored director Roman Polanski's Holocaust drama The Pianist with four awards, including best picture and best director. Also: Jennifer Lopez Ben Affleck George Clooney Paul Reubens Tom Cruise Minority Report Jesse Ventura Tom Hanks Phish 2002 concert ticket sales
Director Peter Jackson's fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers claimed six awards including best picture and best director in the 2002 Online Film Critics Society Awards, which were announced Monday.
About Schmidt and Adaptation lead the Broadcast Film Critics Nominations
About Schmidt, Julianne Moore, Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson were the top honorees from the Los Angeles Film Critics
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences qualified 17 animated films to compete for nominations in the relatively new best animated feature film category.
Sundance Film Festival announce 2003 lineup. Salma Hayek Matt Dillion Michael Jackson Jane Kaczmarek Bradley Whitford Morgan Freeman Jet Li Luc Besson Will Ferrell James Caan Jon Favreau Zooey Deschanel Bob Newhart Ed Asner Titanic Spider-Man
News roundup for Oct. 16 - A former employee for Lucasfilms was arrested for stealing an advanced copy of Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. Kid Rock Pamela Anderson Winona Ryder Ivana Trump The Cat in the Hat Mike Myers Dustin Hoffman Ray Romano
The sixth annual Hollywood Film Festival Awards dinner attracted some pretty big names Monday at the Beverly Hilton, including Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jennifer Aniston, Harrison Ford, Drew Barrymore, Jodie Foster and Mike Myers. AlsoTeri Garr Jennifer Lopez International Creative Management Ed Limato Snoop Dogg Vincent D'Onofrio 24 FX Toni Braxton Jay-Z Beyonce Knowles Madonna Die Another Day Colin Hanks
On the heels of the Toronto and Venice film festivals comes the 46th annual London Film Festival, which runs Nov. 6 through Nov. 21. Also: Rosie O'Donnell Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, Steven Soderbergh Ocean's 11 sequel Freaky Friday Annette Bening Mark S Waters Robert L Ripley Ripley's Believe It or NotMarilyn Manson James Brown
News Roundup: Sept. 16 "Magdalene Sisters" Wins At Toronto Film Festival; Son of the Beach gets canceled; Liz Taylor cured of skin cancer, more
Brad Pitt has pulled out of the project The Fountain seven weeks before the shooting was set to start in Australia, and the film's 1,000 crew members who are now out of work are furious at Pitt.
After a long struggle to complete the editing on Swept Away, a remake of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 film starring wife Madonna, Guy Ritchie is going back to doing what he does best--the gangster flick. Guy Ritchie Matthew Vaughn Madonna Swept Away The Siege of Malta Layer Cakes JJ Connolly Sean Combs Steve-O 11:14 Hilary Swank Colin Hanks Rachel Leigh Cook Greg Marcks Timothy Dalton Looney Tunes: Back in Action The Bionic Woman Lisa Kudrow Elvis Presley
News Roundup for Aug. 7 - Montreal Film Festival announces lineup with many French films in competition. Other celebrities included Sophie Marceau Vincent Perez Igby Goes Down Kieran Culkin Susan Sarandon Nicolas Cage Dustin Hoffman Arnold Schwarzenegger John McTiernan Sarah Michelle Gellar Jimi Hendrix Eric Clapton
News Roundup for July 31: Frida opens the Venice Film Festival starring Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas. Other celebrities include Tom Hanks Sophia Loren Celine Dion Jennifer Lopez Naomi Campbell Elizabeth Taylor James Earl Jones Chita Rivera Paul McCartney John Frankenheimer
News Roundup for July 3 - Atom Egoyan's new film chosen to open Toronto Film Festival. Other celebrities include the Osbournes Martha Stewart Mike Myers Liza Minnelli
The Sixth Annual American Black Film Festival made its hot debut in Miami Beach last week. The five-day festival, which started Wednesday and wrapped Sunday, attracted many celebs, including Eriq LaSalle, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Jamie Foxx and John Singleton.
Filmmaker Luc Besson, called "the French Steven Spielberg" by some, was placed under investigation Tuesday in a probe into the death of a cameraman who was hit by a car in a 1999 stunt shoot. Luc Besson Alain Dutartre Remy Julienne Jean-Michel Bar Taxi 2 The Professional The Big Blue The Fifth Element
For Sam Raimi, chances of directing "Spider-Man" film were slim.
"Clones" Screens at Cannes Film Festival Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones George Lucas Julia Robert Richard Gere Britney Spears Samuel L Jackson Barry Levinson Ben Stiller Jack Black Envy A Perfect Storm Brian "Kato" Kaelin President Clinton Ozzy Osbourne Juan Gabriel Billboard Latin music awards
News Roundup: May 9 Top Story on Robert De Niro's Tribeca Film Festival opening with Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela. Other stories on R. Kelly, Steve Martin Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Reese Witherspoon, Anna Paquin The 25th Hour, DreamWorks, Miami Vice, Will Ferrell, Lisa Loeb Spider-Man, Eddie Van Halen, Marilyn Manson, Alice in Chains Layne Staley
Robert De Niro and business partner Jane Rosenthal, who started the Tribeca Film Festival, couldn't have imagined that it would grow so big so fast and draw the premieres of big Hollywood movies About a Boy, Insomnia, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones in its inaugural year.
The Cannes Film Festival announces the contenders for the Palm d'Or award Michael Moore Paul Thomas Anderson Sharon Stone Michelle Yeoh David Lynch Woody Allen
Location filming on Beyond Borders starring Angelina Jloie begins Thursady in northern Thailand Angelina Jolie Clive Owen Beyond Borders Noah Wyle Claudia Schiffer Matthew Vaughn Robert Ulrich Leslie Moonves Jason Priestly Rosie O'Donnell Madonna Pippi the Osbournes Billy Bob Thornton Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff Darren Star Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl: A Nancy Chan Novel Harrison Ford Josh Hartnett Celine Dion Latin Grammys Will Smith Warren Beatty Kevin Spacey Damon Knight James Al Hendrix
The much touted New York premiere of Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones will close the Tribeca Film Festival in lower Manhattan on May 12 Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones Georeg Lucas Elizabeth Hurley Elton John George Clooney Will Smith Michael Peck Nona Gaye The Matrix Revolutions The Matrix Reloaded AliyahThe Italian Job Mark WahlbergThe Cosby Show: A Look Back The Shield Eminem Madonna Peter Howson Celine Dion VH1 Divas concert Louis Heyward
Fearing audiences would deem their content offensive, many Hollywood studios postponed the release of films after the Sept. 11 attacks on America. But as Disney's Big Trouble proved last week, the move seems to have hurt studios more than anything Big Trouble Gangs of New York Windtalkers Collateral Damage Sidewalks of New York The Last Castle Training Day Spy Game Black Hawk Down Disney Miramax Universal MGM Warner Bros. Paramount Classics DreamWorks
New Line Cinema (the studio that produces the Austin Powers movies) has been holding top-secret negotiations with MGM and United Artists (the studios that produce the James Bond movies) and anticipates obtaining authorization to use Austin Powers in Goldmember as the title for the latest Austin Powers movie, Variety reports.
News Roundup for April 4: Woody Allen's film Hollywood Ending will open Cannes Film Festival The film stars Allen, Tea Leoni, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, George Hamilton and Treat Williams. Jay Leno gives surprise to staff Geri Halliwell writes anothe autobiography Robin Wright Penn joins Robert Downey Jr in a new film Matt Damon goes on stage Ozzy Osbourne will have dinner with the president
At Oscars 2002 honorary Oscar recipient Robert Redford urged the film community to take risks
Beyonce Knowles of the R&B group Destiny's Child is in negotiations to star in the female lead in the upcoming Austin Powers 3
The Other Side of Heaven a coming-of-age family drama starring Anne Hathaway of The Princess Diaries will be released nationwide on April 12
Goldie Hawn's production company and cable network F/X are planning a movie about United Flight 93 which crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11
Denzel Washington will be paid $20 million for his next film project Out of Time for director Carl Franklin
Matt Damon provides first person narration for the title character in DreamWorks Pictures upcoming animated feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Michael Jacksons Neverland Entertainment and film producer Raju Sharad Patel plan to partner with MDP Worldwide Entertainment Inc. to produce films, it was announced today
Oscar winner Barry Levinson received the Golden Eddie for filmmaker of the year Sunday at the 52nd American Cinema Editors Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel Pietro Scalia Barry Levinson Jill Bilcock Elvis Presley Harrison Ford Melissa Mathison Calits Flockhert Madonna Tom Cruise Sylvetser Stallone Jennifer Flavin Mira Sorvino Tom Cruise Kylie Minogue James Gooding Anjelica Huston Clint Eastwood Paul McCartney Heather MIlls Screen Actors Guild Association of Talent Agents
Mariah Carey is going to be in a new independent film Sweet Science, working with the same producer of Wisegirls, a film Carey is currently starring in with Mira Sorvino and Melora Walters.
The Berlin International Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with a film by German director Tom Tykwer Heaven Cate Blanchett Eriq LaSalle ER Norman Mailer Nicolas Cage Lisa Marie Presley In the Bedroom and Memento Writers Guild of America Gedeon and Jules Naudet NBC Peacock Frank Os The Funkhausers Nathan Lane Party James Brown Tiffany Johnny Cash Graham Nash Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Bette Midler George Nader Arnold Schwarzenegger
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News Roundup for Jan. 17: Sundance brings out the stars Jennifer Aniston Brad Pitt Christina Ricci Matt Damon Ben Affleck Robin Williams X-Files Chris Carter Star Trek Scott Bakula Patrick Stewart Kate Mulgrew Robert Altman Gosford Park Joaquin Phoenix Philip Seymour Hoffman Liv Tyler William H. Macy Steve Buscemi Tony Shalhoub Bob Balaban James Earl Jones Barbra Streisand
NBC will air a one-hour special about the inside workings of the Bush administration and the White House
The Producers Guild of America announced its nominees Thursday A Beautiful Mind Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring Moulin Rouge Shrek
Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones is scheduled to open in international markets during the same month that it debuts in the US and Lucasfilms is scurrying to find multilingual actors for dubbing
News Roundup for Dec. 14 including David Lynch Robert Altman Helen Mirren Tom Wilkinson Sissy Spacek Steve Buscemi Mulholland Drive In the Bedroom Gosford Park Tom Hanks Robert De Niro Al Pacino Jack Nicolson Kevin Spacey Jodie Foster Cindy Crawford Susan Sarandon Bradley Whitford Christina Ricci Patrick Warburton Stephen Root Tom Green Elton John Chevy Chase Lorne Michaels Joe Walsh
The New York Film Critics Circle has selected David Lynchs Mulholland Drive as the best picture of 2001 Robert Altman Gosford Park Tom Wilkinson In the Bedroom Sissy Spacek Julian Fellowes
Christopher Tolkien the son of Rings author JRR Tolkien issued a statement in London on Saturday.
There will be a special preview screening of The Lord of the Rings for an eight-year-old who is dying of cancer.
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Dramatic and documentary film competition finalists for the 2002 Sundance Film Festival were announced Monday, with new and more seasoned artists making the list. Next year's festival in Park City, Utah, though, is marked by several changes.
The BBC said Monday that it had unearthed a 10-second clip of the real Christopher Robin Milne trailing a group of children dressed as Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eyeore, Tigger and Kanga for a school pageant in Ashdown Forest in 1929.
Actor/filmmaker Edward Burns (The Brothers McMullen, She's the One, No Looking Back) says he decided to make his current movie Sidewalks of New York as a low-budget independent feature...
It may have taken 45 years, but the London Film Festival appeared to have come into its own Wednesday night with the world premiere of Robert Altman's Gosford Park starting things off.
"Harry Potter" film spreads magic at London premiere
Lucasfilm has sued the producers of a porno spoof of Star Wars, maintaining that consumers could be led to believe that Lucasfilm sponsored or produced it.
Citing unspecified "family reasons," Bruce Willis has informed the London Film Festival that he will not be able to attend this year as scheduled.
Acknowledging the difficulty of competing with more glamorous Asian film festivals ("It's appropriately humble not to try to match them--at least for now."), Pimpaka Towira, the Bangkok Film Festival's programmer, announced her selection of some 80 films to be screened at the fourth annual festival set to begin on Nov. 16th and continue through the 25th.
Attendance is expected to soar next weekend with the opening of Pixar's latest computer animated production, Monsters, Inc.
Saying its aim is to give young filmmakers "a new launching pad for future careers," Toronto-based Hiltz Squared Productions is organizing the first annual Toronto International Teen Movie Festival, set to open on Oct, 27 and run through Nov. 4.
Frances McDormand, whose stars in the upcoming black and white film "The Man Who Wasn't There" with Billy Bob Thornton and James Gandolfini, to the BBC on taking the black and white challenge.
British actor Nick Moran, who starred in last year's hit indie film "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels," has told the BBC that distributors have turned their backs on his latest movie, "Christie Malry's Own Double Entry" because it is difficult to market and because the major Hollywood studios have first dibs on most of the U.K.'s screens.
Famed Polish director Andrzej Wajda, who won an honorary Oscar last year "for showing both the loftiest heights and the darkest depths of the European soul." is planning to open his own film school in Warsaw next March.
Reps. David Dreier, R-Covina, and Howard Berman, D-Los Angeles, co-sponsored a bill Wednesday aimed at providing tax incentives to keep film and TV productions from running out of the country, mainly to Canada.
Several of Hollywood's top TV and film writers have told the Los Angeles Times that last month's terrorist attacks have forced them to shelve projects that they had been working on for years and significantly alter others.
The Miramax film "Heaven," starring Cate Blanchett and produced by Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, is set to open the Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 6.
Hollywood has no plans in the works to make any film about the current international crisis that might inspire audiences "to rally for our troops" as it did following the outbreak of World War II, USA Today observed today.
The Chicago International Film Festival, currently underway, "has been hit hard by the ripple effect of America's current crisis," the Chicago Tribune observed today.
Director Oliver Stone wants to make a movie about terrorism in the wake of Sept. 11 attacks but think it will be incredibly difficult.
The head of the British Cinema Exhibitors' Association has predicted that the current crisis could result in a boost in theater attendance worldwide.
An Indian director has vowed to go to court in order to challenge the country's official censor board which refused to allow the release of his film Paanch on grounds that it was too violent.
Director David Lynch filmed his bus ride home from the Toronto Int'l Film Festival; Kate Hudson pulls out of The Girl with the Pearl Earring; Jennifer Esposito joins Dana Carvey in a new comedy; Milos Forman will direct film from writer Doug Wright; video game "House of the Dead" will be made into a movie; Steven Seagal will star in new movie Half Past Dead.
India has been forced to cancel the 32nd International Film Festival of India, scheduled to open on Oct. 10 in Bangalore, after the Karnataka state government requested the shut-down due to draught.
British filmmakers are expressing concern that the local industry, which already is experiencing a significant slump, may be devastated if the actors union Equity makes good on its threat to go on strike on Dec. 1.
The travel anxiety stemming from the Sept. 11 terror strikes on the East Coast could result in film and TV production increasing in the Los Angeles area.
In yet another movie delay due to the recent terrorist attacks, Jennifer Lopez's next film project Tick Tock has pushed back its production start date.
An impressive list of potential U.S. blockbusters has been announced for the 45th London Film Festival, scheduled for Nov. 7-22.
The violent French film Baise-Moi (Screw Me) has been screened in Britain at a conference on film censorship in Leicester following a decision by the British Board of film Censors to allow it to be shown in the country.
Jackie Chan has indicated that he had been scheduled to shoot scenes for his film Nosebleed at the World Trade Center on the morning of last week's attacks but that filming was canceled because of a late script.
Two French directors who were shooting a documentary about a rookie New York fireman at the time of the terrorist attack have indicated that they are so distraught over the events that they may never finish their film.
Amelie from Montmartre, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, won the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The Toronto International Film Festival officially ended Sunday, five days earlier than planned, due to the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11.
Julie Andrews, Barbara Hershey, Anthony Lapaglia and Mira Sorvino are among the celebrities who have informed the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain that they are canceling their planned trips to the festival.
Directors of the Toronto Film Festival decided Wednesday to continue presenting scheduled movies this week but to cancel all "celebratory events," including the closing night party.
Surprising many analysts, an Indian film, Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, has won the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award.
The syndicated TV show Extra is planning to air amateur video footage tonight (Monday) of Aaliyah, performing aboard a yacht in the Bahamas for a music video just hours before her death in a plane crash on Aug. 25.
Mira Nair's film takes top honors at Venice Film Festival; rapper Juvenile may lose his house; Rosie O'Donnell's bodyguards sue her; Michael Jackson being sued by financial managers; producer Laura Ziskin will produce Academy Awards; Pamela Anderson will don bathing suit and host Baywatch marathon on TNN; Keanu Reeves will give away portion of money he makes on the Matrix sequels.
By having taken in a total of $430 million in ticket sales worldwide, Pearl Harbor has now become the top-grossing film of the year, Disney announced Tuesday.
Australian filmmakers were today (Wednesday) applauding a government announcement of new tax incentives to attract foreign productions.
A controversial docudrama about alleged mistreatment of refugees in Glasgow was selected as the best new British feature film at the Edinburgh Film Festival. The film, Gas Attack (The Silent Killer), also garnered a $7,000 cash prize.
The 1973 British horror classic The Wicker Man, starring Christopher Lee, is being released on DVD in what distributor Anchor Bay Entertainment calls "the rarely seen, uncut edition" lasting 103 minutes.
A British-American production team is developing a film about actor/comic Peter Sellers (the Pink Panther movies, Dr. Strangelove, Being There), who died in 1980.
With nothing much to lose during what is traditionally the worst holiday weekend of the year for the box office, the studios are releasing two R-rated movies squarely directed at teens--the long-delayed O, a modern-day version of Othello set on a high-school campus, and the horror flick Jeepers Creepers.
An Italian arts official has denounced the Venice Film Festival as "decadent" and an effort to maintain "a factitious, racist and snobbish leftist culture."
The director of the Venice Film Festival, Alberto Barbera, has backtracked from statements he made earlier in the week in which he praised European filmmakers for resisting what he repeatedly called "Hollywood imperialism."
The Toronto International Film Festival announced Tuesday that an impressive assemblage of celebrities have indicated that they will attend the 26th edition, scheduled for Sept. 6 to 15.
Top Indian film producers and movie stars are increasingly being targeted for extortion by underworld gangs, although police have been frustrated over the refusal of the film personalities to lodge formal complaints
The French film Vidocq, starring Gerard Depardieu and set for release on Sept. 19, will become the first feature to be released using the Sony-Panavision technology that George Lucas employed with his latest Star Wars film
Despite her notable successes landing major film productions (Philadelphia) and TV series (Philly), Sharon Pinkenson, executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, says she has to spend as much time raising funds to keep her office going as she does lobbying Hollywood producers.
Quote of the Day: Kevin Smith on filmmaking
A petition by the Screen Actors Guild calling on the Commerce Department to investigate whether Canada's film subsidies and tax rebates amount to unfair trade practices has drawn criticism on both sides of the border.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 22, 2001 -- The Golden Globes may be over, but the Windy City critics are just starting. The Chicago Film Critics Association has rolled out the nominees for its annual awards, and topping its list is the rock flick "Almost Famous," which took a field-best eight nominations, including best picture, best director and best screenplay for writer-helmer Cameron Crowe, best supporting actor (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) and two best supporting actress nods (for both newly crowned Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson and Frances McDormand). The film also qualified upstarts Patrick Fugit and Hudson for the most promising actor and actress awards. 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon came in with seven noms. The martial arts film will compete against "Almost Famous" in the best picture, best director, best supporting actress (Zhang Z
'Twas the month before Christmas When all through the studios Execs were stirring, with high hopes and fear, Giant posters were hung and trailers rolled out All in hopes that the public would soon be in the movie houses. Come this December moviegoers can expect Flicks from Kevin Costner, as well as from Mel, But let's not forget there're also Meg and Russell Plus other big names like Hanks and Cage. So without further ado Here's our list Of all the high-profile films that are coming To accompany you through the month of December. DEC. 1 No major releases are coming out on the first Friday of the month. DEC. 8 "Proof of Life": From the set of this movie came the romance between Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe. If that's not enough to go see the film, it's about an American hostage negotiator (Crowe) who falls in love with the wife (Ryan) of the man he's
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8, 2001 -- The Third Annual Hollywood Black Film Festival kicks off Jan. 31 with 45 films showcasing works in several competitive categories. The four-day event will take place in Culver City, Calif., and feature 27 short films, nine student films, five documentaries and four feature-length films. The festival also includes seminars and workshops for up-and-coming filmmakers, actors and producers. The Hollywood Black Film Festival was founded by Tanya Kersey-Henley to enhance the careers of black filmmakers through a competitive program. “This is a black film festival in the heart of Hollywood, where emerging and veteran black filmmakers can bring their works to the attention of the mainstream Hollywood community in a truly engaging and professional film marketplace environment,” Kersey-Henley said.
"Three Kings," David O. Russell's Gulf War actioner, was named Best Picture by the Boston Film Critics Association today. The film, which also won Russell a Best Director award, follows American soldiers who find a map in the desert leading to an arsenal of stolen gold bullion. As they hunt for the treasure, the trio encounter atrocities of war and face moral dilemmas. Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube, "Three Kings" grossed about $58 million at the box office and was earlier named one of the National Board of Review's top 10 of the year. It's the second year in a row Clooney has starred in the association's top picture; the 1998 Best Picture was Steven Soderbergh's "Out of Sight," co-starring Jennifer Lopez. Hilary Swank picked up her third critics' award of 1999, named Best Actress for "Boys Don't Cry." She plays Brandon Teena, a Nebraska woma
A bounty of buzz-heavy, star-studded new releases will kick off the countdown to Christmas this year, promising something different and special each day of the week. The holiday movie bonanza commences Tuesday with the limited release of Sony's "Girl, Interrupted." Adapted from Susanna Kaysen's critically acclaimed memoir, the film stars Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie as two iconoclastic young women confined to a mental institution. Lifting the box office spirit Wednesday are three wildly anticipated films of different ilk. Taking care of the laugh department is director Milos Forman's "Man on the Moon," where funnyman Jim Carrey plays funnyman Andy Kaufman. For those lamenting the absence of televised sports programming on Christmas, there's Oliver Stone's adrenaline-racing, testosterone-pumping "Any Given Sunday," a homage to the gritty underside of football st
Mexico's Film Commission is expecting that about 40 U.S. films will shoot in the country this year, up from just six five years ago.
Woody Allen promoting Curse of the Jade Scorpion
The Fifth Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, announcing the winners of its film and screenplay competition Monday, said that the top Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film was awarded to DeMane Davis and Khari Streeter for their movie Lift.
Although CBS withdrew the 1951-'53 series Amos 'n' Andy from its syndicated offerings in 1964 following protests by the NAACP that it stereotyped blacks, ten uncut episodes of the series are scheduled to be presented at The Black Film Festival, which opens in New York Friday.
Phoolan Devi, the subject of director Shekhar Kapur's critically acclaimed 1994 film Bandit Queen, was assassinated outside her Delhi home Wednesday.
Nearly a year after French censors ignited a firestorm of controversy by giving an X rating to the sex-and-violence-filled film Baise-Moi (Rape Me).
The latest animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki grossed $15.8 million in its opening weekend in Japan...
Animator Don Bluth has bemoaned the fact that film studios are producing very little G-rated product and that some G-rated movies -- virtually all of them produced by Disney, Bluth's onetime employer -- are not really appropriate for young children.
Advancing its cachet, the 5-year-old Hollywood Film Festival announced Wednesday that it will screen Woody Allen's latest movie, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion at the close of this year's session on Aug. 6.
Chile has decided to do away with its official film and TV censorship board, the Consejo de Calificación Cinematografica, Screen Daily, the daily online edition of the British trade publication Screen International, reported Wednesday.
Kim Howells, who was appointed Britain's minister for tourism, film and broadcasting last month, touched off an uproar over the weekend by condemning some of Britain's biggest movie hits and urging local filmmakers to follow the lead of their Hollywood counterparts.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 18, 2001 -- Most of who'll converge at Park City, Utah, beginning today could care less about the powdery conditions on the local slopes. There’s no time for skiing when the Sundance Film Festival is in town. The annual event, backed by actor/director Robert Redford, kicks off today with a who’s who of Hollywood celebrities and studio brass with fat wallets expected to take over the small mountain town for the next 10 days. Aside from being one long party, the event is also a platform for young, independent filmmakers to dangle their projects before Hollywood big wigs in hopes that one will bite with an offer to buy. Last year, film fans from around the world saw big-screen offerings such as "Chuck & Buck" and "You Can Count on Me". The year before that, Sundance darling “The Blair Witch Project” made big headlines when it was purchased by Artisan
Waving paychecks of $10,000 to $30,000 per day as enticements, Madison Avenue is increasingly attracting top-name Hollywood directors, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
PlanetOut.com, the gay online film site, announced Monday that two films, a drama and a documentary, had tied for the $10,000 Grand Prize in its second annual Short Movie Awards contest.
Japan's Toshiba Corp and AOL Time Warner are planning a joint enterprise to distribute motion pictures via satellite to theaters around the world.
Universal's The Fast and the Furious got off to a start that lived up to its name as it earned $40.1 million at the box office over the weekend, beating out 20th Century Fox's Dr. Dolittle 2, starring Eddie Murphy, which placed second with $25 million.
Ray Bradbury will write an adaptation of his 1951 short-story collection The Illustrated Man as a two-hour movie for The Sci Fi Channel.
In what Wednesday's New York Post described as an "unorthodox plea," Jet Li, the Hong Kong movie star, has told parents: "I ask that you please do not take your children to see Kiss of the Dragon."
Ted Turner is setting up an independent film company, based in Atlanta, that will produce theatrical and television features and documentaries, a Turner spokeswoman said on Friday.
One week after George Lucas appeared to bless efforts by student filmmakers to devise "corrected" versions of Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, Lucasfilm posted a copyright warning on the Star Wars Web site on Friday implying that the company would take legal action against anyone who did so.
Woody Allen sues friend over lost profits on films.
Kwak Kyung-taek's Friend has sold seven million tickets in Korea in 52 days, strengthening its position as the most popular Korean-made film of all time, according to Screen Daily, the online version of the British trade publication Screen International. The film had racked up six million admissions after 38 days, playing on only 38 screens in the capital city of Seoul and 128 nationwide.
The jury for the Welsh film festival, the BAFTA Cymru Awards, has been replaced after deciding to withhold any presentation for Best Film this year on the grounds that the nominated films did not merit such an award.
The state government of Victoria, Australia is increasing the funding for Australian-based productions an additional $16.6 million over four years, it announced Tuesday.
Attempting to promote her latest film, Moulin Rouge, while fending off questions about the breakup of her marriage to Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman said during an Australian TV interview Tuesday that she will never publicly discuss the reason for the split.
1. Shrek, DreamWorks, $42347760, ($42,387,348 including figures from limited release in NY and LA from Wednesday);
Mariah Carey has no problem keeping busy. The singer is working on All that Glitter, the name of her film debut and accompanying soundtrack. "I've been dying to do [a movie] for 3 ½ years, but fools wouldn't let me," she told sonicnet.com. The film, scheduled to open Aug. 31, stars Carey as a struggling singer who is trying to get discovered in the early '80s. Carey's soundtrack will hit stores Aug. 21. She is now filming the video for her upcoming single, "Loverboy."
1. Shrek, $42.1 million; 2. The Mummy Returns, $20.5 million; 3. A Knight's Tale, $10.7 million; 4. Angel Eyes, $9.5 million; 5. Bridget Jones's Diary, $3.8 million; 6. Along Came a Spider, $2.5 million; 7. Driven, $1.9 million; 8. Blow, $1.4 million; 9. Spy Kids, $1.3 million; 10. Memento, $1.29 million.
The Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or top prize was awarded Sunday to Italian director Nanni Moretti's The Son's Room, a critical and audience favorite at the festival. U.S. films, including the weekend box-office openers Shrek and Moulin Rouge, went away virtually prize-less, except for tie-wins by Joel Coen and David Lynch for the director's award.
Hammer, which lists Dracula and Frankenstein among its extensive stable of horror characters, is reanimating itself and returning to feature films, Variety reports. A partnership with FirstSight Films enables Hammer to produce two feature films a year for three years, beginning in 2002. Each film will have a budget in the neighborhood of $10 to $20 million. "We're taking horror completely seriously, and trying to do something that's as good as the highest-quality drama that Hollywood has to offer." Terry Ilott, who runs Hammer with Peter Naish, said.
Steve Martin has released the short film Morto the Magician exclusively at Countingdown.com. According to Internetwire.com, Martin wrote and direct the animated short for Web viewers. Morto the Magician features an animated magician named Morto as he unsuccessfully performs a round of magic tricks. The short follows the successful launch of Martin's first online project, Gwyneth and Steve, which is still available at the same Web site, and runs with other shorts currently playing by directors Ron Howard and Steven Spielberg in the CountingDown.com Theater section. .
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20, 2001 - Latin pop star Ricky Martin is currently in talks to star in "The Assassination," which is being described as a political thriller, The New York Post reports. Martin will also sing the movie's theme song and contribute to the soundtrack.Filmmaker George A. Romero will be directing "The Assassination" for Los Angeles-based Highland Crest Pictures. The film centers on the 1961 assassination of Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo. If Martin's negotiations go as planned, he will play the role of Tavito del al Maza, a noted revolutionary. A big-name cast, including Oscar nominee Ed Harris, Oscar winners James Coburn and Anthony Quinn and singer Ricky Martin, are in advanced negotiations to participate in the film. According to the Post, Martin's reps said there have been discussions but no commitment from him on the acting sid
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20, 2001 - One of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, Stanley Kramer, died on Monday, battling pneumonia. He was 87. A socially conscious director (a label he hated), Kramer made such classics as "The Defiant Ones" (1958), starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier as escaped convicts; the moving if depressing ode to nuclear holocaust "On the Beach" (1959), starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner; and two of the most powerful courtroom dramas ever made -- "Inherit The Wind" (1960) about the famed "Monkey" trials on teaching evolution in schools and "Judgement at Nuremberg" (1961) about the Nazi war criminal trials. Kramer was also one of the first independent producers, working outside the studio system and raising financing himself. He produced such films as "High Noon" (1952) starring Gary Cooper and "The Wild Ones" (1954) starring Marlon Brando. Born St
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 21, 2000 -- As the folks at the Academy undoubtedly know by now, the world is a very big place. But that's a good thing. The Academy of Motion Arts & Sciences has received a record 46 entries from all around the globe -- including countries such as the Philippines, Russia, Yugoslavia and first-time applicant Ecuador for Academy Award consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category. And what that means is a lot of viewing for the award committee, which will begin screening all submissions Dec. 1 before choosing five nominees. Nominations will be announced Feb. 13 at the Academy. The Academy Awards ceremony will be take place March 25 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- It's a movie's identity and its first point of contact with the world. So is it any surprise that coming up (and sticking) with a proper film title can be tough. For instance, take "Lucky Numbers." The film, about the get-rich-quick scheme of a down-and-out weatherman (John Travolta) and his galpal (Lisa Kudrow) to rig the state lottery was at one time known just as "Numbers." Now maybe because it rolls off the tongue a little gentler or perhaps the new title better drives home the flick's theme, but it's anyone's guess as to why the studio decided to change the title of the film just months before its release this Friday. (Paramount, the film's studio, has declined to comment.) Think we're splitting hairs? Allow us to present another case in point: Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous." Just to get a sense of the amount of sleep cre
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- So the insurance company might end up being the one who killed "Don Quixote" after all. Daily Variety reports that production for "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" -- the $32 million project directed by Terry Gilliam ("12 Monkeys") and co-starring Johnny Depp -- has been indefinitely halted after the film's title character, French actor Jean Rochefort, dropped out of the picture due to a double disk hernia. News of Rochefort's illness came only after three weeks of principal photography for the film. The 70-year-old French star might or might not return to the project pending his condition. According to Variety, producers of the film are looking to restart production of the film in January. But with Rochefort possibly out of the picture for good and rescheduled shooting dates, the project stands the chance of also losing the rest of its cast an
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- The Oscar entry dealine for foreign language and short films was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today. All entry forms for the Foreign Language Film and animated and live-action short film categories must be returned to the Academy by next Wednesday, Nov. 1. Screenings of the submitted films will begin in December. Academy Award nominations will be announced on Feb. 13, 2001. This year's Oscar ceremony will take place on March 25, 2001, at Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1, 2000 -- Geri Halliwell, former Spice Girl, has appeared in the horror film Spiceworld, but will not appear in any other production for quite a while. Formerly known as Ginger Spice, Halliwell was set to star in the film Therapy, as a mental patient who kindles a love affair with her shrink, but the London tabloid Sunday Express reports that lack of funding forced the production to a halt. At least $10 million was required to be raised for the September Films (London) project. News of the production of Therapy generated some productive buzz at this year's Cannes film fest, but the movie appears to be headed in the same direction as Halliwell's recording career.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1, 2000 -- Pop goes the merger. Pop.com and iFilm have ended their talks to merge, according to an e-mail sent to iFilm employees Friday, Reuters reports. "As you know, we have been in discussions with Pop.com. These discussions have ended and have not resulted in a transaction," iFilm chief executive Kevin Wendle said in the e-mail. On Thursday, officials for Pop.com -- the never-launched Web site backed by DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, Vulcan Ventures’ Paul Allen and Imagine Entertainment’s Ron Howard and Brian Grazer -- and iFilm confirmed the merger negotiations. Daily Variety reported Thursday that Pop.com had been talking with other parties and that if the iFilm negotiations failed, the Web venture had other deals on hold with Vivendi and Creative Planet.
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 31, 2000 -- Filmed entertainment portal iFilm said Wednesday that it is in talks to merge with the never-seen DreamWorks, Imagine Entertainment and Vulcan Ventures project Pop.com. "We have many details to figure out, but we hope to have a deal within 48 hours," iFilm chief Kevin Wendle told The Hollywood Reporter. Pop.com emerged in October amid hype befitting the Hollywood moguls supporting the online venture: Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg of DreamWorks, Imagine’s Ron Howard and Brian Grazer and Vulcan’s Paul Allen. But Pop.com has never been launched, and it is unclear which assets iFilm would receive if it purchased Pop.com. Today’s Los Angeles Times said that the merger is "an admission [from Katzenberg, Geffen, Spielberg, Grazer and Howard] that their enterprise was a nonstarter." The Times observed that Pop.com’s fou
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 14, 2000 -- Maybe it's Godzilla's revenge. "Godzilla" Word comes this week that there likely (and somewhat surprisingly) will be a sequel to Sony's disappointing big-budget 1998 "Godzilla". But, even more surprising, the guys who made the first overhyped film (remember those "Size does matter" billboards?) won't have anything to do with the second overhyped film. Although Sony Pictures Entertainment and director Roland Emmerich's Centropolis Entertainment couldn't (or wouldn't) immediately confirm it, an insider tells Hollywood.com that the two sides parted ways on "Godzilla 2" in March, and Sony (which holds the U.S. rights to the Japanese-born Godzilla character) now hopes to hire a new production team within a few months. And that's probably a good thing, since Emmerich and his producer/co-writer Dean Devlin seemingly remade "The Beast
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 14, 2000 -- It's always a bad omen when Alan Smithee directs a movie. But what about one directed by Thomas Lee? As every student of show-biz minutiae knows, "Smithee" is the pseudonym Hollywood typically uses when a filmmaker wants his or her real name removed from the final credits. "Thomas Lee," on the other hand, is a newcomer. Lee makes his first appearance as an Alan Smithee type on MGM's "Supernova," a $70 million sci-fi disaster flick starring James Spader and Angela Bassett as outer-space medical rescue workers. In reality, Lee is veteran filmmaker Walter Hill ("48 Hours"). Hill, whose last film under his own name was 1996's "Last Man Standing," was booted from the project in February 1999. Today, Lee's/Hill's orphaned film hits theaters - and the question is: Is "Supernova" about to implode? "Generally
In a surprising move, the members of the New York Film Critics Circle, an association of film reviewers from major Manhattan-based newspapers and magazines, selected "Topsy-Turvy" as the Best Picture of 1999.Part biopic, part backstage drama, "Topsy-Turvy" is an opulent motion picture that focuses on the prickly relationship between librettist William Schwenk Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan. Mike Leigh was selected as Best Director for the same film, which now becomes poised with "American Beauty" (selected by the National Board of Review), "Three Kings" (the Boston Critics' choice) and "The Insider" (the L.A. Film Critics Association winner) as frontrunners in the upcoming Oscar race.The top acting honors were awarded to two performers who portrayed real-life figures. Veteran Richard Farnsworth was named Best Actor for his turn as Alvin Straight, a man who rode a tr
The awards season has officially kicked off, and "American Beauty" has its first trophy on the mantle. The dark satire was named Best Film of the year Dec. 8 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Directed by first-timer Sam Mendes and starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening, "Beauty" was released in September to widespread acclaim and solid box office. Anthony Minghella, the Oscar-winning director of "The English Patient," was named Best Director for "The Talented Mr. Ripley," starring Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow, which was reportedly shown to the board in an unfinished print. Best Actor honors went to Russell Crowe for his portrayal of tobacco industry whistle-blower Dr. Jeffrey Wigand in "The Insider," co-starring Al Pacino, and British actress Janet McTeer was named Best Actress for the mother-daughter film "Tumbleweeds." After "Americ
Actor Cliff Roberts has taken his love for flying to new heights. Robertson, an avid pilot and promoter of aviation, will narrate the documentary Reach for the Sky: Inside the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, produced at an upstate New York PBS station.
Hollywood legend Dennis Hopper was shocked after watching his new movie Swing Vote because most of his scenes had been cut.
Stephen King's masterpiece will be directed by Ron Howard on both the big and small screen.
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