Movie News
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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. -
"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. -
'Mission: Impossible' star Peter Graves dies in LA (AP)
Peter Graves, the tall, stalwart actor likely best known for his portrayal of Jim Phelps, leader of a gang of special agents who battled evil conspirators in the long-running television series "Mission: Impossible," died Sunday.
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"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. -
Scribes share secrets in "Tales From the Script" (Reuters)
Author/filmmaker Peter Hanson's "Tales From the Script," with its focus on writers who've furnished the studios with mainstream product and know the rules, inadvertently suggests the great divide that separates the mainstream movie factories from the indie world. -
"Hubble 3D" a thrilling Imax ride into space (Reuters)
With apologies to James Cameron and other science-fiction filmmakers, their journeys to Deep Space never really leave Earth. The Imax Space team in association with NASA have, in a series of astonishing large-format films, literally traveled to other worlds. -
American Grindhouse a stylish tribute to bad taste (Reuters)
Grandpa, what was a "grindhouse?" -
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. -
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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'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.
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Hong Kong awards to honor Indian actor Bachchan (AP)
The Hong Kong International Film Festival plans to honor Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan with a lifetime achievement award at the event's Asian Film Awards. -
Authorities: Haim's name on illegal prescription (AP)
The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a major drug ring.
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No contest plea in case over star's stolen Rolex (AP)
Prosecutors say a man has pleaded no contest to receiving a Rolex watch stolen from Orlando Bloom's house during a spate of celebrity burglaries.
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Lions Gate adopts poison pill, rejects Icahn offer (AP)
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. on Friday rejected a bid by activist shareholder Carl Icahn to boost his stake in the movie studio, and its board disclosed the adoption of a provision meant to keep him from buying more shares.










