Cruise Runs Seminars to Prepare for Baby (AP)

April 14, 2006

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes arrive to the premiere of 'War of the Worlds,' Thursday, June 23, 2005, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, FILE)AP - Tom Cruise has taken the impending birth of his first child with fiancee Katie Holmes to another level.


Smithsonian-Showtime Deal Worries Groups (AP)

April 14, 2006

AP - A television deal between the Smithsonian Institution and Showtime Networks has alarmed some leading independent filmmakers and research groups, who worry they will have less access to the Smithsonian's collections.

Papal preacher blasts Da Vinci Code, Judas gospel (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Reuters - A Vatican official on Friday railed against "The Da Vinci Code," branding the book and its upcoming film version as just more examples of Jesus being sold out by a wave of what he called "pseudo-historic" art.

At the Movies: 'The Notorious Bettie Page' (AP)

April 14, 2006

AP - For a movie about the pinup wonder of an era, "The Notorious Bettie Page" is surprisingly tame, an exuberant performance from Gretchen Mol in the title role going to waste in an uninvolving account.

Studio Head Gave 2 Accounts on Private Eye (AP)

April 14, 2006

Brad Grey, executive producer of the hit HBO television series 'The Sopranos', pictured as he arrives to the world premiere of the sixth season, New York, Tuesday, March 7, 2006. The New York Times, in Friday April 14, 2006 editions, quoting summaries of FBI interviews, reported that Michael Ovitz, the former head of the Creative Artists Agency and one-time Walt Disney Company president, paid Pellicano for information on 15 to 20 people. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)AP - Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey provided the FBI with two accounts about his ties to indicted Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano, his attorneys said.


Elton John brings 'Gnomeo' to Miramax (Reuters)

April 14, 2006

Reuters - Weeks after Disney's new animation chiefs scrapped Elton John's musical "Gnomeo & Juliet," the pop star has taken his project to Miramax Films.