Movie News
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Hollywood braces for talks on DVD releases (Reuters)
Top Hollywood executives and theater owners will seek this week to resolve a brewing dispute over DVD release schedules, a contentious question as the industry grapples with shifting viewer patterns and the advent of high-tech home entertainment. -
Hallelujah! Valerie Harper Is Tallulah in 'Looped', Opening on Broadway (Playbill)
sweeps back onto Broadway, embodied by Valerie Harper, in Looped, a new comedy that officially opens March 14 at the Lyceum Theatre. -
Turner to Star in Premiere of 'High' at Hartford TheaterWorks Prior to Midwest and NYC (Playbill)
Tony and Academy Award-nominated actress Kathleen Turner will star in the world premiere of Looped playwright Matthew Lombardo's High at Hartford TheaterWorks this July. -
Review: Stiller reveals new depth in `Greenberg' (AP)
The lesson Ben Stiller's praise-hungry actor learned in "Tropic Thunder" was that "you never go full retard" when playing a simpleton in hopes of snaring an Academy Award. -
Canadian tyke to play Hugh Jackman's son (Reuters)
After casting a wide net to find a young actor to play Hugh Jackman's son in "Real Steel," the producers of the sci-fi film have hired 11-year old Canadian Dakota Goyo for the part. -
British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband (AP)
British movie star Kate Winslet has separated from her film director husband Sam Mendes after nearly seven years of marriage, their law firm said Monday.
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'Alice' goes down a rabbit hole, comes up a box office star (AFP)
Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" fell down a rabbit hole and came up a box office winner, garnering nearly 63 million dollars in ticket sales over the weekend, industry figures showed on Monday.
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'Alice in Wonderland' keeps hopping with $62.7M (AP)
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" still reigns at the box office, pulling in $62.7 million in its second weekend and becoming the first film released in 2010 to top the $200 million mark. -
Sony boss asks theater owners for healthier snacks (AP)
The head of Sony Pictures suggested Monday that movie theaters offer healthier snacks to help fight obesity and give audiences a broader range of food choices. -
Tim Burton, Marion Cotillard get French honor (AP)
American movie director Tim Burton and Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard were added to France's cultural honor roll in a star-studded Paris ceremony Monday.
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Farrell, Duvall bring films to Tribeca Film Fest (AP)
The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival will include a new movie from Neil Jordan, a documentary on Joan Rivers and a Southern folk tale starring Robert Duvall. -
Polanski's wife says their worst moments are over (AP)
The wife of Roman Polanski says she believes the 32-year-old sexual abuse case against her husband will be finished soon. -
Penn spends serious time helping post-quake Haiti (AP)
Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a hospital tent above one of Haiti's biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that's Sean Penn.
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News Corp to net $350-400 million from "Avatar": report (Reuters)
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance.
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Four actors join "The Descendants" (Reuters)
Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii.
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"Ugly Betty" actor Gorham climbs "The Ledge" (Reuters)
"Ugly Betty" actor Christopher Gorham is the latest to climb up on "The Ledge." -
"Conan" books "G.I. Joe" actor (Reuters)
Said Taghmaoui, who played Breaker in the summer hit "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," has booked a role in "Conan," a new take on the barbarian warrior created by Robert E. Howard. -
"Frankenstein" breathes new life, at 100 (Reuters)
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the American movie industry's first attempt to bring "Frankenstein" to the big screen with a long-forgotten film made by Thomas Edison's studio. -
White Stripes movie documents oddball Canada tour (Reuters)
As stylish as the band it depicts and occasionally as enigmatic, "The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights" stands out among tour films largely because of the strange tour at hand. -
"Alice" leads box office, as "Green Zone" flops (Reuters)
"Alice in Wonderland" raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office on Sunday, while Matt Damon's new Iraq war conspiracy thriller "Green Zone" was one of the year's first big flops.
