Taiwan filmmakers sees hope from Ang Lee's success (Reuters)
February 11, 2006Reuters - As "Brokeback Mountain," Ang Lee's tale of gay cowboys, tops the Oscar nominations and fills the theatres, film makers back home in Taiwan hope to emulate his success to rescue their ailing movie industry.
Clooney Doesn't Expect to Win Any Oscars (AP)
February 11, 2006
AP - He has three nominations, but George Clooney doesn't expect to win any Oscars this year. Clooney is a directing and screenplay nominee for "Good Night, and Good Luck" and a supporting-actor nominee for the provocative oil-industry thriller "Syriana."
French director Gondry returns to subconscious (Reuters)
February 11, 2006Reuters - French director Michel Gondry, who won an Oscar for co-writing "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," has returned to the theme of the subconscious with his latest film.
Slater Seeks Joint Custody of Children (AP)
February 11, 2006
AP - Actor Christian Slater is seeking joint custody of his 4-year-old daughter and 6-year-old son, according to refiled divorce papers.
McKellen Enjoys Late Burst of Global Fame (AP)
February 11, 2006
AP - Ian McKellen says he's enjoying a late burst of global fame and still has "a lot of life left" after a decades-long acting career that earned him a lifetime achievement award at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
Clooney Doesn't Expect to Win Any Oscars (AP)
February 11, 2006AP - He has three nominations, but George Clooney doesn't expect to win any Oscars this year. Clooney is a directing and screenplay nominee for "Good Night, and Good Luck" and a supporting-actor nominee for the provocative oil-industry thriller "Syriana."
Bleak novel "Atomised" toned down for film version (Reuters)
February 11, 2006
Reuters - A new film based on Michel Houellebecq's
controversial novel "Atomised," featuring racism, masturbation,
mental illness and suicide, will be considered a bleak picture
by most who watch it.
Critical documentary on Wal-Mart stirs Berlin fest (Reuters)
February 11, 2006Reuters - A documentary on the perils of runaway capitalism that spotlights Wal-Mart screened at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, and interest among European distributors and television networks has been strong.
Dreary lives take center stage in 'Soap' (Reuters)
February 11, 2006Reuters - BERLIN (Hollywood Reporter) -- In "A Soap," the characters watch American soap operas, and you envy them because the movie you're watching is appallingly dreary. This two-hander is about a sometimes awkward, sometimes compassionate relationship between a self-loathing transsexual and her downstairs neighbor, a confused woman looking for love in all the wrong places.
Iraq's 'Requiem' pits Old World against youth (Reuters)
February 11, 2006Reuters - PALM SPRINGS, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Iraq's first submission to the foreign-language Oscar race, "Requiem of Snow" is a quietly devastating modern-day folk tale that pits an independent-minded teen girl against patriarchal tradition.
University Wants 'Glory Road' Apology (AP)
February 11, 2006AP - Officials at Texas A&M University-Commerce want Walt Disney Co. and the makers of "Glory Road" to apologize for inaccurately linking their school to some of the film's most racially charged scenes.
Janet Jones Under the Spotlight Again (AP)
February 11, 2006
AP - Years after Janet Jones found fame as a fitness star, a "Dance Fever" performer and an up-and-coming actress, the wife of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is back in the spotlight — only this time at the center of a betting scandal that has rocked the sports world.