"Violence" tops DVD rental chart in first week (Reuters)
March 22, 2006Reuters - "A History of Violence" snagged the top spot on the DVD rental chart its first week in stores, but the Oscar-nominated crime drama wasn't able to topple "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" from the No. 1 position on the DVD sales chart.
CORRECTED: Aghdashloo to play Mary's cousin in "Nativity" (Reuters)
March 22, 2006Reuters - In headline and paragraph 2 please read ... Aghdashloo ("House of Sand and Fog") would play her first cousin ... instead of ... Aghdashloo ("House of Sand and Fog") would play her sister ...
Review: Stark Intimacy Looms in 'Child' (AP)
March 22, 2006
AP - The title of the latest film from brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne — "The Child" ("L'Enfant") — primarily refers to the infant born to a couple of young, restless Belgians, a baby boy who wasn't expected and is only vaguely wanted. But the real child in the film is the baby's father, who reveals himself as irreparably immature and selfish at every opportunity.
Review: 'Inside Man' Gleefully Mainstream (AP)
March 22, 2006
AP - Glossy and gleefully mainstream, "Inside Man" is the least Spike Lee-ish Spike Lee Joint ever, and his best film since 2002's "25th Hour" — which, come to think of it, was also a departure for him in terms of substance.
Beasties put new edge on concert film (Reuters)
March 22, 2006
Reuters - They were the first white rappers
to hit it big, and they blazed musical trails on the Web and
DVD. So leave it to the Beastie Boys to take the concert film
in a radical direction by letting fans call the shots.
Moore to Star in 'Vertical Hour' on B'way (AP)
March 22, 2006
AP - Julianne Moore will return to the New York stage in the world premiere of "The Vertical Hour" by British playwright David Hare.
Random House sales undented by controversies (Reuters)
March 22, 2006
Reuters - Recent controversy surrounding two
Random House bestsellers has not dented sales, but one of them
may change the way memoirs are issued, the publisher's chief
executive said on Wednesday.
Stone: I Have No Problem Doing Nude Scene (AP)
March 22, 2006
AP - Sharon Stone, who returns as the seductive Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct 2," says she has no problem doing a nude scene — if it's right for the role.
N.C. Post Office Named After Ava Gardner (AP)
March 22, 2006
AP - The Smithfield Post Office is now the Ava Gardner Post Office.
"Road to Guantanamo" leads to theaters (Reuters)
March 22, 2006Reuters - Independent movie distributor Roadside Attractions has bought North American rights to "The Road to Guantanamo," a docudrama about three British citizens who traveled to a wedding in Pakistan and ended up held as suspected terrorists by the United States for two years.
Gossip shows get a bump from Oscars (Reuters)
March 22, 2006Reuters - Many syndicated shows in the various genres saw their ratings dip during the first full week following the February sweep with the exception of the newsmagazines, which managed to hold steady or increase slightly thanks to their post-Oscar coverage.
LA designers gaining clout in movie hub (Reuters)
March 22, 2006
Reuters - The capital of the movie industry
may finally be gaining the respect it craves from fashion
watchers this week, as it rolls out its home-grown talent in an
eclectic series of runway shows.
Molly Shannon collars "Dog" comedy (Reuters)
March 22, 2006
Reuters - It's dog days ahead for
Molly Shannon. The former "Saturday Night Live" player is in
final negotiations to star in the comedy "Year of the Dog,"
which marks the directorial debut of actor/writer Mike White
("School of Rock," "The Good Girl").
"Legally Blonde" director eyes Sin City saga (Reuters)
March 22, 2006Reuters - Australian director Robert Luketic, whose credits include "Monster-in-Law" and "Legally Blonde," is in talks to shoot a feature about a group of young men who become experts in the art of card counting.