Tom Cruise swaps diapers changing for UK premiere (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - Tom Cruise put off seeing his newborn
daughter to attend the British premiere of his new action film,
"Mission: Impossible III," on Tuesday.
Pacino Joins "Ocean's" Crew (E! Online)
April 25, 2006
E! Online - The
Oscar-winning actor is set to join George Clooney and the rest of the
gang for Ocean's Thirteen, the latest installment in the
continuing criminal escapades of Danny Ocean and his company of crooks.
'Orchestra Seats' a comfortable fit (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Daniele Thompson, who wrote the screenplay for "Orchestra Seats" with her son, actor Christopher Thompson, directs the multicharacter comedy with such smooth assurance that the movie glows with infectious cheerfulness. The film moves effortlessly among three story lines and locations, all within easy walking distance in an upscale Paris neighborhood at the intersection of Life, Love and Art.
Ad a "Code" of misconduct on Rome church (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - The Italian government said Tuesday it will remove a massive advertisement for the upcoming film "The Da Vinci Code" from the scaffolding of Rome's St. Pantaleo church after complaints from clergy.
Tom Cruise swaps nappy changing for UK premiere (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - Tom Cruise put off seeing his newborn
daughter to attend the British premiere of his new action film,
"Mission: Impossible III," on Tuesday.
Cruise Talks About Delight of His Daughter (AP)
April 25, 2006
AP - Tom Cruise spent more than two hours telling British fans about his delight at the birth of daughter Suri — and said he was backing England's bid to capture soccer's World Cup this summer.
Family films battle World Cup for summer supremacy (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Are family films the answer to a declining overseas box office?
Leto sees "The Shining" in new Mars video (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Jared Leto has worked painstakingly to be taken serious as a musician and not just another actor fooling around in a bar band.
At the Movies: `RV' (AP)
April 25, 2006AP - Robin Williams' latest Hollywood vehicle has its own kitchen, sleeping quarters, luggage compartments and toilet, where the studio should have flushed the script the minute it crawled through the door.
At the Movies: `The Lost City' (AP)
April 25, 2006AP - Passion projects can be great, but love is often blind in filmmaking just as in life.
"Wedding Crashers," "Virgin" top MTV movie list (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Two comedies about men who can't deal with love -- "Wedding Crashers" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" -- topped the list of candidates for MTV's Movie Awards with five nominations each, including a bid for best movie.
'Giuliani Time' an Unflattering Film (AP)
April 25, 2006AP - With Rudy Giuliani considering a run for president in 2008, a documentary aimed at tearing down his Churchillian image since Sept. 11 is about to be released.
Ice Age 2 still melting UK moviegoers' hearts (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - The escapades of the animated sub-zero
heroes in "Ice Age 2: The Meltdown" continued to warm the
hearts of British moviegoers and stayed top of the UK box
office charts for the third week running.
Italy to Remove 'Da Vinci Code' Ad (AP)
April 25, 2006AP - The Interior Ministry said Tuesday it would remove a poster promoting "The Da Vinci Code" movie from the scaffolding of a Rome church undergoing renovation after its clergymen complained, officials said Tuesday.
Canadian theaters ponder golf, fashion option (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Canadian theater owners, facing the same challenges as their U.S. counterparts, need to reinvent themselves by offering more than just movies.
Report: Chris Rock Hired Private Eye (AP)
April 25, 2006
AP - A spokesman for Chris Rock said the comedian hired celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano to investigate a model who claimed he was the father of her unborn child, according to a published report.
Italian actress catches role in "Cholera" (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - Giovanna Mezzogiorno,
who starred in Italian foreign-language Oscar nominee "Don't
Tell," will join Spanish actor Javier Bardem in "Love in the
Time of Cholera," a project based on the novel by Nobel
Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Mortensen signs up for mobster film "Promises" (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - Director David
Cronenberg is reuniting with Viggo Mortensen, one of his stars
in "A History of Violence," for another high-stakes thriller.
Headbanging, academia meet in heavy-metal documentary (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Six years ago, anthropologist Sam Dunn made the unusual switch from studying Guatemalan refugees to starring in his own film about long-haired, leather-clad, headbanging rockers.
German film 'Edukators' gets English-language redo (Reuters)
April 25, 2006Reuters - Brad Anderson, who most recently directed a drastically slimmed-down Christian Bale in "The Machinist," is developing a remake of political German film "The Edukators."
"Basic Instinct" star saddles up "Horse" (Reuters)
April 25, 2006
Reuters - David Morrissey, who
starred opposite Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct 2," will join
Emily Watson in the fantasy "The Water Horse."