Movie News
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Fess Parker, TV's `Davy Crockett,' dies at 85 (AP)
Fess Parker, a television icon to a generation of youngsters as Davy Crockett and later Daniel Boone, has died at the age of 85 of natural causes.
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Jaden Smith takes action in new `Karate Kid' (AP)
Will and Jada Pinkett Smith's family is getting crowded with action heroes now that their 12-year-old son, Jaden, is beating up on bad guys.
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Theater owners say thanks to hitmaker Bruckheimer (AP)
Like most people who receive lifetime-achievement awards, Jerry Bruckheimer wants everyone to know he's not finished yet.
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Sandra Bullock's husband seeks forgiveness (Reuters)
The husband of actress Sandra Bullock apologized on Thursday for causing her "pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension" after recent claims he cheated on her while she was filming her Oscar-winning role in "The Blind Side." -
Hollywood and Bollywood join arms to fight piracy (AP)
Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America and seven Indian companies to tackle counterfeiting in one of the world's largest film markets.
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Polanski lawyers seek inquiry into misconduct (AP)
Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal Thursday asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the fugitive director's 32-year-old sex case.
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'Fantasies are real' says director Tim Burton (AFP)
For Tim Burton, whose movie "Alice in Wonderland" has broken through the looking glass to come up a box office winner, "dream life and fantasies are real."
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Behind "Runaways" film, legal battle simmers (Reuters)
At the Los Angeles premiere of "The Runaways" last week, screams reminiscent of a rock concert greeted real-life band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett as they were introduced with stars Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart.
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'Suzie Wong' star shocked at destruction of old Hong Kong (AFP)
Actress Nancy Kwan said Friday she was shocked at the wholesale destruction of the colonial Hong Kong that formed the charming backdrop to her classic 1960 film "The World of Suzie Wong".
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Cesar Chavez biopic in works (Reuters)
The story of civil-rights activist and labor organizer Cesar Chavez is headed for the big screen. -
Jennifer Lopez goes "Overboard" (Reuters)
Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard."
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'Hobbit' filming to start in July: Ian McKellen (AFP)
Shooting of Peter Jackson's long-awaited movies based on the JRR Tolkein fantasy "The Hobbit" is due to start in July in New Zealand, star Ian McKellen said.
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Private drama plagues Oscar winner Sandra Bullock (AP)
Sandra Bullock is on a career high. America's Sweetheart and "Miss Congeniality" was repeatedly anointed as Hollywood royalty this year, sweeping awards season and capping it off with an Oscar for her role as a devoted mom in "The Blind Side."
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Jamie Foxx to star in "Kane & Lynch" (Reuters)
Jamie Foxx is in negotiations to star opposite Bruce Willis in "Kane & Lynch," a video-game adaptation that veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director Simon Crane is helming. -
"Alice" eyeing box-office three-peat (Reuters)
Get ready for a 3D three-peat at the weekend domestic box office. -
Christoph Waltz to direct first feature (Reuters)
Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, whose career is red-hot since he won the best supporting actor Oscar as a Nazi officer in "Inglourious Basterds," will make his feature directing debut on the German-language movie "Auf und Davon" ("Up and Away"), based on a script he wrote. -
The "Oscar curse," real or Hollywood invention? (Reuters)
They turn heads on the red carpet, are besieged by the world's top designers, give tearful acceptance speeches, and go home with a little gold man called Oscar. -
Ex-porn star releases purported Tiger Woods texts (AP)
A former porn actress has released sexually graphic text messages that she says prove her affair with Tiger Woods, and she says she has more potentially embarrassing information about the golfer that she may reveal later. -
Calif. board to study requiring condoms in porn (AP)
California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes. -
"Diary" no wimp when it comes to wit (Reuters)
"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" is a likable movie for kids that will make adults chuckle as well because of the movie's key ingredient -- wit. This usually gets left off the To Do list by most filmmakers who aim at young audiences.










