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'Enron,' 'Bubble' among new films on high-def DVD (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

A display of HD DVDs is shown at the HD DVD booth during the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas January 6, 2006. Delivering on a promise made months ago, Warner Home Video has announced the first hybrid disc to feature high-definition (HD) DVD content on one side and standard DVD content on the other. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - The meager library of HD DVDs nearly doubled in size with Magnolia Home Entertainment's announcement that it will soon release five films in the high-definition optical disc format.


Daniel Baldwin Won't Face Felony Charges (AP)

April 28, 2006

AP - Actor Daniel Baldwin will not face felony charges after his arrest for investigation of cocaine possession, authorities said Friday.

Documentary on Bridge Suicides Opens (AP)

April 28, 2006

Filmmaker Eric Steel poses Thursday, April 27, 2006, in New York. Steel's new documentary, 'The Bridge,' tells the stories of a handful of the two dozen men and women who committed suicide at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. An estimated 1,200 people have jumped to their deaths from the Golden Gate since it opened in May 1937. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada)AP - Always alone, they pace, hang their heads, linger just a bit too long. Some cry, jam hands into pockets, pull jackets tighter around them. They remove sunglasses, backpacks and purses.


Report: 'Da Vinci' Boycott Urged (AP)

April 28, 2006

AP - A Vatican official reportedly called for a boycott of the upcoming "The Da Vinci Code" film Friday, saying it contained "slanderous" offenses against Christianity that would have provoked a worldwide revolt had they been directed against Islam or the Holocaust.

Vatican Tries to Break "Da Vinci Code" (E! Online)

April 28, 2006

E! Online - Guess we know whose top 10 movie list won't be including The Da Vinci Code this year.

Bird Flu Hitting TV Screens May 9 (AP)

April 28, 2006

In this image provided by ABC, chickens are confiscated in a scene from 'Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America.' The ABC made-for-TV movie follows an outbreak of an Avian Flu from its origins in a Hong Kong market through its mutation into a virus transmittable from human to human around the world and airs May 9 in the U.S., just as scientists are to begin testing of wild birds in Alaska that could herald the arrival of bird flu in North America. (AP Photo/ABC, Ken George, HO)AP - Bodies piling up so quickly it takes dump trucks to haul them away. Barbed wire to keep whole neighborhoods quarantined. It's Hollywood's version of bird flu, a blur of fact and fiction that some scientists say could confuse the public.


Post-9/11 paranoia examined in film at NY festival (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - An award-winning heartthrob of Egyptian cinema, Khaled Abol Naga is happy to be starring in an American film that doesn't label him as a terrorist.

Eastwood Finishing a Pair of War Films (AP)

April 28, 2006

AP - As a kid, Clint Eastwood watched his share of war movies. Later on, he starred in them. But now, as he puts the finishing touches on a pair of films about the bloody World War II battle for Iwo Jima, he says he has a changed perspective.

At the Movies: `Clean' (AP)

April 28, 2006

AP - "Clean" is the film that showed the world Maggie Cheung is more than just a strikingly beautiful face.

Williams set to drive "RV" to box office peak (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Cast member Robin Williams (R) poses at the premiere of 'RV' at the Mann Village theatre in Los Angeles in this April 23, 2006 file photo. 'RV' is the front-runner to take the top spot at the U.S. box office this weekend, it was reported April 28. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - On the last weekend before the first big guns of May reach the silver screen, led by "Mission: Impossible III," four new wide releases hope to pull in some respectable numbers.


"Walk the Line" honored for drugs depiction (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - The Oscar-winning Johnny Cash movie "Walk the Line," and TV shows "Without a Trace" and "Saturday Night Live" were among the winners at the 10th annual Prism Awards, which recognize accurate depictions of drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in entertainment content.

Rosie Perez puts heart into Puerto Rico documentary (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Actress Rosie Perez arrives at the MoveOn.org political fund-raiser in New York in this May 11, 2004 file photo. Perez is front and center in the new documentary 'You Soy Boricua, Pa'que tu lo Sepas!' (I'm Boricua, Just So You Know!) (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Actress Rosie Perez is front and center in the new documentary "You Soy Boricua, Pa'que tu lo Sepas!" (I'm Boricua, Just So You Know!), which will have its New York premiere Friday night at the Tribeca Film Festival. But while the film marks her debut as a documentary director, she insists that originally she had no intention of appearing in it.


Favreau brings 'Iron Man' to life on big screen (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau ("Elf") will develop and direct a big-screen adaptation of "Iron Man," a Marvel Studios project based on the comic book about an armored hero with issues.

Ehle finds 'Glory' in crime drama (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - Jennifer Ehle has replaced Samantha Morton in the crime drama "Pride and Glory," which stars Edward Norton and Colin Farrell

Youngster Heard tapped for 'Ordinary' role (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - Amber Heard is starring in "The Beautiful Ordinary," a comedy-drama about a group of suburban teens on the last day of school in 1999.

Indian-born filmmaker triumphs in test of faith (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

Reuters - Six years ago, when Indian-born director Deepa Mehta set out to make a film about the conflict between conscience and faith, little did she expect the project to end up testing her own beliefs.

Danny Huston finds footing in family business (Reuters)

April 28, 2006

n his prime, Danny Huston has found his calling as an actor. It all started as a way to make a few bucks while waiting for his directing gigs to come together. But in the Huston family tradition of his Oscar-winning grandfather Walter ('The Treasure of the Sierra Madre') and half-sister Anjelica ('Prizzi's Honor'), Danny Huston has become a fiercely compelling actor. (Reuters)Reuters - In his prime, Danny Huston has found his calling as an actor.