Movie News

Amy Poehler of 'SNL' now a real baby mama (AP) Posted: 26 Oct 2008 02:21 AM CDT AP - "Saturday Night Live" just won't be the same without Amy Poehler — who delivered a baby boy hours before the "Baby Mama" star was to appear on the NBC show.

Home that nurtured a star now harbors a calamity (AP) Posted: 25 Oct 2008 11:37 PM CDT AP - It was the cradle of Jennifer Hudson's greatest triumphs. It's now the scene of her darkest hour.

Disney's "High School Musical" rocks box office (Reuters) Posted: 25 Oct 2008 03:58 PM CDT Reuters - "High School Musical 3: Senior Year," the first big-screen adaptation of Walt Disney Co's popular TV movie franchise, graduated top of the class during its first weekend in North American theaters, according to preliminary sales estimates issued on Saturday.

Zac Efron…and the Giffen Paradox!? (E! Online) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 05:38 PM CDT E! Online - High School Musical 3: Senior Year's opening-weekend box office could depend on whether the Veblen effect comes into play. And maybe the Giffen Paradox, too, although that's less likely, as you well know.

Casting Couch: Zeta-Jones Tunes Up for Cleopatra (E! Online) Posted: 24 Oct 2008 10:06 AM CDT E! Online - Catherine Zeta-Jones is ready to walk like an Egyptian. And sing like one, too.

Crispin Glover joins "Alice in Wonderland" (Reuters) Posted: 23 Oct 2008 11:52 PM CDT Reuters - Crispin Glover has signed on to play the Knave of Hearts in Tim Burton's adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" for Disney.