'MySpace' Parody Launches Film Career (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - Amateur filmmaker David Lehre first screened his short film "MySpace: The Movie" about a month ago at his 21st birthday party.
"Brokeback" named Hollywood word of the year (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - And the winner for Hollywood's word of the year is "Brokeback," thanks to all the the talk around the water and Internet jokes that have turned a film about two gay cowboys into a cultural phenomenon.
New Home-Video Releases (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - Selected home-video releases:
Review: Chappelle Throws Great 'Party' (AP)
February 27, 2006
AP - Its star-studded lineup poses the possibility of divalike demands, beefs breaking out and entourages elbowing each other out of the way. But "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" is as friendly and down-home as the title suggests.
"Brokeback" wins gays place in Hollywood history (Reuters)
February 27, 2006
Reuters - For more than 100 years, mainstream
Hollywood movies largely shunned gay subjects, which were
either disregarded, closeted or dealt with by independent
filmmakers.
'Madea's Family Reunion' Debuts at No. 1 (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama from the creator of "Diary of a Mad Black Woman," debuted as the weekend's top movie, taking in $30 million.
Dennis Weaver, famed for TV roles, dead at 81 (Reuters)
February 27, 2006
Reuters - Actor Dennis Weaver, best known for
playing the loyal, limping deputy to Marshal Matt Dillon on
TV's "Gunsmoke" and as the urban lawman with a cowboy hat on
"McCloud," has died at age 81, his publicist said on Monday.
Workers Hammer Together Oscar Night (AP)
February 27, 2006
AP - A 26-foot-tall golden Oscar stands backstage at the Kodak Theatre amid a sea of black crates filled with miles of TV cables.
'Gunsmoke' Actor Dennis Weaver Dies (AP)
February 27, 2006
AP - Dennis Weaver, the diffident deputy Chester Goode in the TV classic western "Gunsmoke" and the canny New Mexico deputy solving New York City crime in "McCloud," has died. The actor was 81.
Best Supporting Actressses Square Off (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - A fearless wife and a frightened wife lead the supporting-actress race for the Academy Awards.
Syriana' Fuels Clooney Toward Oscar Win (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - George Clooney is the jack-of-all-trades at the Academy Awards, earning directing and screenplay nominations for "Good Night, and Good Luck" and a supporting-actor honor for "Syriana."
Witherspoon, Huffman Eye Oscar Duel (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - What a classic showdown of opposites for the best-actress Academy Award: Reese Witherspoon as country singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" against Felicity Huffman as a man undergoing a sex change in "Transamerica."
Hoffman As Capote Leads Best-Actor Lineup (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - Three legends of entertainment and media are up against a pimp and a gay cowboy for the best-actor Academy Award.
'Da Vinci Code' Author Accused in London (AP)
February 27, 2006
AP - "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown defended himself Monday in Britain's High Court against accusations he took material for his blockbuster conspiracy thriller from a 1982 book about the Holy Grail.
CORRECTED: "Madea's Family Reunion" oddly alluring (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - (Corrects film's estimated sales to $30.3 million from $30.5 million in second paragraph, an editing error)
Cinematographers put focus on 'Geisha' (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - "Memoirs of a Geisha" cameraman Dion Beebe won the feature film prize at the American Society of Cinematographers' 20th annual awards Sunday.
"Geisha" costume designer stitches up guild honor (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - The lush hand-painted kimonos from "Memoirs of a Geisha" helped Colleen Atwood earn a top Costume Design Guild honor for the second year in a row.
Sound awards swing with "Walk the Line" (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - The rhythms of Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line" won out over the sounds of invading aliens, an angry ape, Japanese geisha society and racial clashes at the 42nd annual Cinema Audio Society Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday.
Strait, Belle fight for mankind (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - Steven Strait and Camilla Belle will star in "10,000 B.C.," a prehistoric epic from "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich.
"Crash" wins best picture at NAACP's Image Awards (Reuters)
February 27, 2006Reuters - With only a week to go before the Academy Awards, the Oscar-nominated film "Crash" was named best picture by the NAACP at its 37th annual Image Awards on Saturday.
Universal Chair Hired to Run DreamWorks (AP)
February 27, 2006AP - Paramount Pictures has hired Universal Pictures chairwoman Stacey Snider to head its recently acquired DreamWorks division, Paramount said Sunday.
"Madea" No Drag at Box Office (E! Online)
February 27, 2006
E! Online - Tyler
Perry's Madea's Family Reunion, the sequel to Perry's surprise hit
Diary of a Mad Black Woman, pulled in $30.2 million to dominate
the weekend box office, according to preliminary studio figures Sunday.
Gere Fears AIDS Epidemic Hitting India (AP)
February 27, 2006
AP - As President Bush prepares to travel to India this week, Richard Gere is applauding the leader's focus on the AIDS crisis there.