Movie News

Disney movies on tap at TiVo (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:45 AM CDT Reuters - Digital video recorder maker TiVo is set to announce Thursday that hundreds of movie titles, most significantly from Disney, will be available to its broadband subscribers courtesy of deals with CinemaNow and Jaman.

Animator John Lasseter making Disney a top draw (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:42 AM CDT Reuters - One evening last August, hundreds of people filed into Hollywood's elegant El Capitan Theater to pay tribute to the late Ollie Johnston, the last surviving member of the "Nine Old Men," the pioneering animators who brought Walt Disney's classics to the screen.

Indy cracks whip on DVD charts (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:40 AM CDT Reuters - "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. home video charts Wednesday, while "Iron Man" continued to flex its muscle after three weeks.

Harrison Ford voted best U.S. movie president: poll (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 05:13 AM CDT Reuters - A president who can kickstart the U.S. economy may be favored by American voters this election season, but if left to movie fans voting in an online poll, a president who can kick butt would do better in the White House.

Director McTiernan gets another shot to avoid jail (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 04:24 AM CDT Reuters - Director John McTiernan is getting one more chance to prove that his 2006 guilty plea for lying to the feds about the wiretapping abilities of former celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano should be tossed out.

Betrayed Bond embarks on bloody quest for truth (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:47 AM CDT Reuters - A grim-faced 007 is on the warpath in the latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace," the sequel to box office hit "Casino Royale" starring Daniel Craig as the world's most famous fictional spy.

Eastwood film 'Gran Torino' gets December 17 slot (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 03:10 AM CDT Reuters - Clint Eastwood's "Gran Torino" guns into the marketplace on December 17 in hopes of awards-season attention.

"Soloist" loses L.A. premiere slot (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 02:03 AM CDT Reuters - "The Soloist" has been pulled as the opening-night film at AFI Fest in Los Angeles next week following Paramount's decision to postpone the release of the Jamie Foxx-Robert Downey, Jr. film until 2009.

Hollywood comes out in support of gay marriage (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 07:25 PM CDT AP - LOS ANGELES — For weeks, Hollywood had been criticized for not contributing enough to defeat a ballot initiative in California that would ban same-sex marriage. Now, members of the film and TV industries are sweeping in to preserve gays' right to get hitched.

Al Pacino honored as Rome film festival starts (Reuters) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:53 PM CDT Reuters - A lifetime achievement award for Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino kicked off the Rome film festival on Wednesday, bringing a Hollywood veteran to the movie showcase which this year has a markedly European flavor.

Warner Bros. Wins Marshall Suit (E! Online) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 04:50 PM CDT E! Online - Call it the Hail Mary that wasn't.

Madonna & Guy Ritchie: The Split Stories Continue (E! Online) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 02:08 PM CDT E! Online - The actual announcement about Madonna and Guy Ritchie's split may be yesterday's news, but the obsession over the marriage's demise is anything but—with no less than three mags making it their cover stories this week. And given some of the nastier details being reported, we can certainly understand why.

Al Pacino opens Rome Film Fest (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 03:51 PM CDT AP - Al Pacino kicked off the third edition of the Rome Film Festival, where he received an acting award and met with festive fans.

Seth Rogen's Crimefighter Weight-Loss Plan! (E! Online) Posted: 21 Oct 2008 12:50 PM CDT E! Online - Seth Rogen is now too skinny to play that chubby funnyguy Seth Rogen in a movie. "I'm sellin' out, guys," a slimmer Seth tells E! News at this week's Zack and Miri Make a Porno press day.

Kevin Spacey opens Old Vic season with new US play (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 11:36 AM CDT AP - London's Old Vic Theatre will start its 2009 season with a new American play directed by its artistic director, Kevin Spacey.

Did Avril Lavigne Really Lose Her Hand? (E! Online) Posted: 20 Oct 2008 06:24 PM CDT E! Online - I heard some news that Avril Lavigne lost her hand. Is it true? I hope not.

Rampling, Kar-wai to receive Stockholm film awards (AP) Posted: 22 Oct 2008 10:48 AM CDT AP - Actress Charlotte Rampling and director Wong Kar-wai will receive awards for their contributions to modern cinema at the Stockholm International Film Festival.