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Eastwood recognizes Hmong immigrants with new film (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 04:03 AM CST Reuters - Back in the early 1990s, Nick Schenk was working the night shift at a factory in Bloomington, Minn., packaging VHS tapes. It seemed like a lousy job at the time, but it would lead him to the biggest break of his career.

Fox to adapt 9-year-old's self-help book (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:18 AM CST Reuters - Fox is ready to take advice from a 9-year-old.

Oscar organizers face original dilemmas (Reuters) Posted: 09 Dec 2008 02:17 AM CST Reuters - Three years ago, the Academy surprised a lot of people when it ruled that "Syriana," Stephen Gaghan's interlocking tale of interlocking oil interests, was an original screenplay and not an adapted work.

Heath Ledger gets posthumous film award (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:40 PM CST Reuters - The late Australian actor Heath Ledger was awarded one of his country's most prestigious film awards on Saturday for his final role as The Joker in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight."

Suspect in Ruffalo shooting in custody (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 07:16 PM CST AP - Police say two people wanted for questioning about the shooting of actor Mark Ruffalo's brother have turned themselves in.

`Twilight' director won't return for sequel (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 06:08 PM CST AP - "Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke won't be back for "New Moon," the sequel to the hit teen vampire romance.

Messing finds her "inner Latina" in holiday film (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:41 PM CST Reuters - Debra Messing sticks out like a sore thumb in her latest movie, "Nothing Like the Holidays." But that is just fine by her.

Heath Ledger Scores First Big Win of Oscar Season (E! Online) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:24 PM CST E! Online - Heath Ledger's Dark Knight Oscar chances just brightened considerably.

`Four Christmases' still celebrating with $16.8M (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 05:08 PM CST AP - "Four Christmases" dug in for a long holiday stay at theaters, remaining the top movie for a second straight weekend with $16.8 million.

Belafonte to auction unknown papers of MLK (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 03:47 PM CST AP - An original handwritten outline for Martin Luther King Jr.'s first speech condemning the Vietnam War owned by his friend Harry Belafonte is going on the auction block this week.

Oscar Watch: Dark Knight Up, Australia Down Under (E! Online) Posted: 07 Dec 2008 11:50 PM CST E! Online - What was hot? Besides Anne Hathaway? The Dark Knight.

Oscar buzz swirls around "The Reader" director (Reuters) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 11:33 AM CST Reuters - Stephen Daldry's first two feature films earned him best director Academy Award nominations and his latest offering, the Holocaust-haunted "The Reader," debuts this week with a dose of outsider Oscar buzz.

`The Reader' is high-minded but emotionally cool (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST AP - As in 2002's "The Hours," director Stephen Daldry and screenwriter David Hare's last pairing, "The Reader" has the flawless production values and sheen of prestige that make it easy to admire, yet an emotional detachment that makes it difficult to embrace fully.

`Milk' earns Stanley Kramer prize from Producers (AP) Posted: 08 Dec 2008 02:24 PM CST AP - Sean Penn's film biography "Milk" is receiving the Producers Guild of America's Stanley Kramer Award, which honors pictures taking on provocative social issues.

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