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Director Rob Reiner resigns from Calif. commission (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Actor-director Rob Reiner arrives at the movie premiere of 'Looking For Comedy in the Muslim World' in Los Angeles, California in this January 12, 2006 file photo. Reiner, accused of abusing his role as head of a California commission by spending state funds to promote a campaign to fund preschool, resigned from the job on March 29. (Michael Tweed/Reuters)Reuters - Actor-director Rob Reiner, accused of abusing his role as head of a California commission by spending state funds to promote a campaign to fund preschool, resigned from the job on Wednesday.


Reiner Steps Down From Preschool Panel (AP)

March 29, 2006

Actor and director Rob Reiner speaks during a meeting of the Sacramento Press Club, in Sacramento, Calif., in this March 14, 2006, file photo where he defended his promotion of a preschool initiative scheduled for the June ballot. Reiner resigned Wednesday from the California First 5 Commission, a statewide preschool commission he helped create, and blamed 'personal political attacks' for endangering services for needy children. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)AP - Complaining of "personal political attacks," Hollywood director Rob Reiner resigned Wednesday from a statewide preschool commission he helped create.


September 11 plane drama to open NY film festival (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

A screenshot from the upcoming movie 'United 93.' 'United 93,' a film dramatization of the events on the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11, will have its world premiere at a New York film festival next month. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - "United 93," a film dramatization of the events on the hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on September 11, will have its world premiere at a New York film festival next month.


Q&A With T.I., Star of 'ATL' (AP)

March 29, 2006

Rapper T.I. is photographed at MTV studios in New York on March 24, 2006. The self-proclaimed 'King of the South' has his film debut in 'ATL,' in which he plays a teen in an impoverished section of Atlanta who faces multiple challenges _ chief among them trying to keep his younger brother from falling prey to the lure of drug dealing. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper)AP - In the new movie "ATL," T.I. plays a teen in an impoverished section of Atlanta who faces multiple challenges — chief among them trying to keep his younger brother from falling prey to the lure of drug dealing.


Movie theater execs fight shrinking DVD window (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Walt Disney Co. chief executive Robert Iger speaks at a party at Hong Kong Disneyland in this September 10, 2005 file photo. Iger has called for a shortening of the period between a film's release on the big screen and on DVD but on March 29, 2006 executives from top movie theater chains rejected the idea. (Bobby Yip/Reuters)Reuters - Executives from top movie theater chains on Wednesday dismissed calls to shorten the period between a film's release on the big screen and on DVD, saying it would be harmful to studios, theaters and consumers.


'United 93' to Open Tribeca Film Festival (AP)

March 29, 2006

This photo supplied by Universal Pictures shows Becky London and Tom O'Rourke in a scene from the movie 'United 93.' The film by writer-director Paul Greengrass tells the story of the passengers and crew, their families on the ground and the flight controllers who watched in dawning horror as United Airlines Flight 93 became the fourth hijacked plane on the day of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil: September 11, 2001. The movie will make its world premiere on opening night at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. The festival, which was created to help lower Manhattan recover economically from the attacks, begins April 25 and runs through May 7.'United 93' is to open in theaters on April 28, 2006.(AP Photo/Universal Pictures,Jonathan Olley)AP - Nearly five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, "United 93," about one of the doomed flights that day, will make its world premiere on opening night at the Tribeca Film Festival.


Regal, Carmike see stronger 2006 box office revenue (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Reuters - Box office revenue at U.S. theaters has begun rising and may beat last year's total, representatives for two of the top movie theater chains told analysts at a conference on Wednesday.

Julia Roberts Makes Broadway Debut (AP)

March 29, 2006

Julia Roberts poses during a star-studded evening to charity benefit in New York's Lincoln Center on April 21, 2005. The first lines spoken by Roberts in her Broadway debut were drowned out by applause at an eagerly awaited preview of 'Three Days of Rain.' The play, which started previews Tuesday, March 28, 2006, and opens April 19, is Roberts' first major project since the birth of her 16-month-old twins, Phinnaeus and Hazel. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)AP - The first lines spoken by Julia Roberts in her Broadway debut were drowned out by applause at an eagerly awaited preview of "Three Days of Rain."


Alternative output gains steam in indie scene (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Filmgoers walk on Main street during the 2006 Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah January 24, 2006. For many an ambitious independent filmmaker, the elation of being accepted into a premier film festival like Sundance quickly is replaced by the disappointment of leaving Park City without having attracted the interest of a distributor. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - For many an ambitious independent filmmaker, the elation of being accepted into a premier film festival like Sundance quickly is replaced by the disappointment of leaving Park City without having attracted the interest of a distributor. This year, of the 64 films selected for competition at Sundance, fewer than one-sixth have been picked up for domestic theatrical distribution.


Mark Wahlberg, Girlfriend Welcome Baby (AP)

March 29, 2006

Mark Wahlberg, right, and Rhea Durham are seen in this Aug. 9, 2005 file photo in New York. It's a boy for actor-singer Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend Durham. Durham's manager says the model gave birth at a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday, March 22, 2006. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin)AP - Actor-singer Mark Wahlberg and his longtime girlfriend, Rhea Durham, have welcomed their second child, a baby boy, Durham's publicist said Tuesday.


Jessica Simpson May Want to Adopt Kids (AP)

March 29, 2006

Jessica Simpson gestures during an interview with the media at the World Shoe Association Show in Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. The 25-year-old singer filed for divorce from Nick Lachey last December but her publicist says Simpson is looking at adoption. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Jessica Simpson has babies on the brain. The 25-year-old singer filed for divorce from Nick Lachey last December but her publicist says Simpson is looking at adoption.


Guatemalan hookers kick off Canadian docu festival (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Reuters - A film about Guatemalan prostitutes who form a soccer team will open the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival on April 28, organizers said Tuesday.

Alternative output gains steam in indie scene (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Reuters - For many an ambitious independent filmmaker, the elation of being accepted into a premier film festival like Sundance quickly is replaced by the disappointment of leaving Park City without having attracted the interest of a distributor. This year, of the 64 films selected for competition at Sundance, fewer than one-sixth have been picked up for domestic theatrical distribution.

Scribe Avary game for 'Hill' adaptation (Reuters)

March 29, 2006

Reuters - Roger Avary, best known as the Oscar-winning co-writer of "Pulp Fiction," has been an avid video gamer all of his life. So he was more than ready when he received a call from "Brotherhood of the Wolf" director Christophe Gans asking if he'd help translate Konami's "Silent Hill" from game to film.