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Star salaries coming down in Hollywood: report (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

File photo shows Jim Carrey as he attends the Los Angeles premiere of Columbia pictures' 'Fun with Dick and Jane' at the Mann Village theatre in Los Angeles December 14, 2005. Carrey's movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become 'a bit of a gamble.' In its issue out this week, Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become "a bit of a gamble."


Star salaries coming down in Hollywood - report (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

File photo shows Jim Carrey as he attends the Los Angeles premiere of Columbia pictures' 'Fun with Dick and Jane' at the Mann Village theatre in Los Angeles December 14, 2005. Carrey's movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become 'a bit of a gamble.' In its issue out this week, Entertainment Weekly rates top stars on whether they are worth the money. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)Reuters - Poor Jim Carrey. His movies have raked in nearly $2 billion at box offices, but now a leading entertainment magazine says the comedian's asking price of $25 million a film has become "a bit of a gamble."


Cruise Traverses NYC to Promote 'Mission' (AP)

May 3, 2006

Actor Tom Cruise poses for photographers as he arrives for a VIP screening of his new film 'Mission: Impossible lll' at the Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem, New York, Wednesday, May 3, 2006. The screening was held by BET's 106 & Park and Paramount Films. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)AP - Tom Cruise hopscotched through Manhattan on Wednesday during a fast-paced promotional tour for the premiere of "Mission: Impossible III."


Film piracy costs Hollywood $6.1 bln--study (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Some of the 400,000 pirated compact discs and DVD's confiscated by Mexican police in Cancun are seen before their destruction in this December 2, 2005 file photo. Lost sales from pirated DVD movies and Internet downloads are higher than previously thought, a report in the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. (Victor Ruiz/Reuters)Reuters - Hollywood's major movie studios lost $6.1 billion in revenues in 2005 to illegal videos, DVDs and Internet downloads, or about 75 percent higher than previous estimates, the studios' representative said.


Quaid Less Sore over "Brokeback" (E! Online)

May 3, 2006

Randy Quaid says potato. Focus Features says po-tah-to. Quaid says the company's gonna pay him. Focus says they have no idea what he's talking about.E! Online - Randy Quaid says potato. Focus Features says po-tah-to. Quaid says the company's gonna pay him. Focus says they have no idea what he's talking about.


Cruise leads NY fans, media on mission impossible (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Actor Tom Cruise arrives for a special screening of his new film Mission: Impossible III at the Tribecca Film Festival in New York, May 3, 2006. Cruise was making a whirlwind tour of New York City Wednesday to attend several screenings and a premiere of the film. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - Tom Cruise led New York media and fans on a wild goose chase around the city on Wednesday as he performed stunts designed to publicize his new spy movie "Mission: Impossible III."


Edward Norton Looks for Authenticity (AP)

May 3, 2006

Actor Edward Norton poses for a portrait Saturday, April 29, 2006 in New York. Norton plays a charismatic cowboy in director David Jacobson's movie 'Down In The Valley,' which opens in limited release May 5. (AP Photo/ Shiho Fukada)AP - In "Down in the Valley," Edward Norton plays a deluded 21st century cowboy whose contrived Old West masculinity and aw-shucks innocence attracts a restless teenage girl who's desperate for something more authentic than the asphalt highways of suburban Los Angeles.


"Flock of Dodos" film brings humor to evolution row (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Reuters - The biologist in Randy Olson cringed at news reports of evangelical Christians challenging the teaching of evolution to schoolchildren in places such as Kansas on the grounds it was just a theory.

At the Movies: 'Mission: Impossible III' (AP)

May 3, 2006

This photo, supplied by Paramount Pictures, shows Tom Cruise in a scene from 'Mission: Impossible III.' Hollywood's busy season gets under way Friday, May 5, 2006, as 'MI III' debuts in theaters, the first of a rush of big movies expected to get the industry off and running after 2005's dismal summer. The film premieres in New York with Cruise setting off a media frenzy Wednesday, May 3.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Stephen Vaughan)AP - Tom Cruise is so much more than just tabloid fodder and the father of Katie Holmes' baby.


Cruise Controls Early-Summer Film Lineup (AP)

May 3, 2006

This photo, supplied by Paramount Pictures, shows Tom Cruise in a scene from 'Mission: Impossible III.' Hollywood's busy season gets under way Friday, May 5, 2006, as 'MI III' debuts in theaters, the first of a rush of big movies expected to get the industry off and running after 2005's dismal summer. The film premieres in New York with Cruise setting off a media frenzy Wednesday, May 3.(AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Stephen Vaughan)AP - The world's most famous movie star, his personal life settling down with the happily overhyped birth of his daughter, and the long-awaited third flick in his action franchise — it all sounds like a fine kickoff for Hollywood's summer season, which gets under way Friday with the debut of Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible III."


Film piracy costs Hollywood $6.1 bln: study (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Some of the 400,000 pirated compact discs and DVD's confiscated by Mexican police in Cancun are seen before their destruction in this December 2, 2005 file photo. Lost sales from pirated DVD movies and Internet downloads are higher than previously thought, a report in the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. (Victor Ruiz/Reuters)Reuters - Hollywood's major movie studios lost $6.1 billion in revenues in 2005 to illegal videos, DVDs and Internet downloads, which is about 75 percent higher than previous estimates, the studios' representative said.


Young director unveils his inner "fat girl" (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Moviegoers wait for it to get dark before the outdoor screening of films from Tropfest, at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York April 28, 2006. REUTERS/Chip EastReuters - The youngest film director at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, 21-year-old Ash Christian, is living proof that being a chubby gay kid from Paris, Texas, doesn't mean you can't direct and star in a movie.


Political satire sends post-9/11 message on evil (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Cast member Donald Sutherland arrives for the premiere of 'Ask The Dust' at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood March 3, 2006. (Max Morse/Reuters)Reuters - Donald Sutherland has played plenty of bad guys in his time and in his new film "Land of the Blind" he gets to explore the roots of evil and how the victim can become the tyrant and torturer.


Deneuve to Attend Gay Charity Event (AP)

May 3, 2006

AP - French film star Catherine Deneuve will attend a gay charity ball in Vienna later this month, the event's organizers said Wednesday.

"Peaceful Warrior" appeals beyond New Age crowd (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Reuters - In Dan Millman's autobiographical novel "Way of the Peaceful Warrior," an ultracompetitive gymnast finds the key to enlightenment in an unlikely setting: a Berkeley gas station.

Movie piracy losses bigger than expected: report (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Some of the 400,000 pirated compact discs and DVD's confiscated by Mexican police in Cancun are seen before their destruction in this December 2, 2005 file photo. Lost sales from pirated DVD movies and Internet downloads are higher than previously thought, a report in the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. (Victor Ruiz/Reuters)Reuters - Lost sales from pirated DVD movies and Internet downloads are higher than previously thought, a report in the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.


Actress Fox morphs to "Transformers" robot pic (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Reuters - Megan Fox will play Shia LaBeouf's love interest in "Transformers," a live-action adaptation of the 1980s Hasbro toy line of giant robots that morph into cars, trucks, planes and ships.

MySpace page helps "Stick It" at box office (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Jessica Bendinger, director of the new film 'Stick It' poses at the film's premiere in Hollywood in this April 17, 2006 file photo. Bendinger used niche sports outlets and a MySpace page to help promote the film, it was reported May 3, 2006. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - As the first-time director of a studio feature, Jessica Bendinger worked overtime to mobilize a core constituency of sports-minded teenage girls to come out and see her film "Stick It."


Hennessy, Arnold high on "Wild Hogs" (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Actress Jill Hennessy arrives at the world premiere of the film 'Doom' in Los Angeles, in this October 17, 2005 file photo. Hennessy and Tichina Arnold have joined the cast of 'Wild Hogs,' a Disney comedy about a group of suburban biker wannabes who hit the open road in search of adventure, it was reported May 3, 2006. (Chris Pizzello/Reuters)Reuters - Jill Hennessy and Tichina Arnold have joined the cast of "Wild Hogs," a Disney comedy about a group of suburban biker wannabes who hit the open road in search of adventure.


Brendan Fraser, wife have child: report (Reuters)

May 3, 2006

Actor Brendan Fraser during a news conference in Beverly Hills, December 13, 2004. Fraser and his wife Afton Smith became parents for a third time on Tuesday, Us Weekly reported. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)Reuters - Actor Brendan Fraser and his wife Afton Smith became parents for a third time on Tuesday, Us Weekly reported.