Movie News
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British actress Kate Winslet splits from husband (AP)
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has split from her film director husband Sam Mendes, a British law firm said Monday.
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Actress Winslet and director husband Mendes split: lawyers (AFP)
Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated, lawyers for the British couple said Monday.
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Tim Burton, Marion Cotillard get French honor (AP)
American movie director Tim Burton and Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard were added to France's cultural honor roll in a star-studded Paris ceremony Monday.
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Farrell, Duvall bring films to Tribeca Film Fest (AP)
The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival will include a new movie from Neil Jordan, a documentary on Joan Rivers and a Southern folk tale starring Robert Duvall. -
"Mission: Impossible" star Peter Graves dies in L.A. (Reuters)
Actor Peter Graves, who starred in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible" and the "Airplane!" movies, died in Los Angeles on Sunday. He was 83.
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Review: Stiller reveals new depth in `Greenberg' (AP)
The lesson Ben Stiller's praise-hungry actor learned in "Tropic Thunder" was that "you never go full retard" when playing a simpleton in hopes of snaring an Academy Award. -
Polanski's wife says their worst moments are over (AP)
The wife of Roman Polanski says she believes the 32-year-old sexual abuse case against her husband will be finished soon. -
Penn spends serious time helping post-quake Haiti (AP)
Look closely at the foreigners buzzing around a hospital tent above one of Haiti's biggest earthquake-refugee camps and a face stands out: There, carrying the box of supplies, that's Sean Penn.
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News Corp to net $350-400 million from "Avatar": report (Reuters)
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp will earn $350 million to $400 million from James Cameron's blockbuster "Avatar," once the movie is released on pay television and DVD, Bloomberg said, citing two people with knowledge of the financial performance.
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'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)
Peter Graves, whose calm and intelligent demeanor was a good fit to the intrigue of "Mission Impossible" as well as the satire of the "Airplane" films, has died.
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Four actors join "The Descendants" (Reuters)
Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii.
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"Ugly Betty" actor Gorham climbs "The Ledge" (Reuters)
"Ugly Betty" actor Christopher Gorham is the latest to climb up on "The Ledge." -
US actor Peter Graves dead at 83 (AFP)
US actor Peter Graves, who became popular in the 1960s because of his role in the television series "Mission: Impossible" died here Sunday at the age of 83, police said.
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"Conan" books "G.I. Joe" actor (Reuters)
Said Taghmaoui, who played Breaker in the summer hit "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," has booked a role in "Conan," a new take on the barbarian warrior created by Robert E. Howard. -
"Frankenstein" breathes new life, at 100 (Reuters)
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the American movie industry's first attempt to bring "Frankenstein" to the big screen with a long-forgotten film made by Thomas Edison's studio. -
White Stripes movie documents oddball Canada tour (Reuters)
As stylish as the band it depicts and occasionally as enigmatic, "The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights" stands out among tour films largely because of the strange tour at hand. -
George Lucas goes on trial in fanboy documentary (Reuters)
A generation of fanboys has its say in "The People Vs. George Lucas," a documentary whose obvious sympathy for one side of the battle doesn't keep it from giving a fair shake to the mogul behind "Star Wars," or prevent it from making good-natured jokes about those who take the saga too seriously. -
Testicular trauma limits appeal of "Barry Munday" (Reuters)
Like a frumpy version of "Knocked Up" playing out in a sadder, stranger world, "Barry Munday" offers two icky humans and hopes that, by the tale's end, we'll be happy they're procreating. It comes closer to achieving that than we might expect, but the film's focus on some pretty unappealing quirks limits its commercial appeal. -
'Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million (AP)
Alice is still ruling the movie palace.
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"Alice" leads box office, as "Green Zone" flops (Reuters)
"Alice in Wonderland" raced to a $430 million haul at the worldwide box office on Sunday, while Matt Damon's new Iraq war conspiracy thriller "Green Zone" was one of the year's first big flops.
