Sun, May 31st, 2009 | Entertainment |

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Halle Berry is in talks to star in the thriller "The Surrogate," which Paul Verhoeven recently agreed to develop and direct. The 20th Century Fox project is based on the 2004 novel by Kathryn Mackel. The ...Read More

Alice opens with $116.3 million, a 3-D record

Sun, Mar 7th, 2010 | Entertainment |

NEW YORK - Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's trip down the rabbit hole drew huge crowds, as Alice in Wonderland earned a whopping $116.3 million in its opening weekend - a record for a 3-D film. That total easily surpassed all ...Read More

Sandra Bullock wins worst actress award at Razzies

Sun, Mar 7th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Sandra Bullock wins worst actress award at Razzies Sandra Bullock turned up at the Golden Raspberry Awards on Saturday to pick up the worst actress prize just one day before she is expected to win an Oscar. Bullock, who won the Razzie for the comedy All About Steve, arrived ...Read More

Halle Berry and Nahla: Playground Pals

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Halle Berry and Nahla: Playground Pals Ever the adorable duo, Halle Berry was busy playing with her daughter, Nahla Aubrey, at Coldwater Park in Beverly Hills, California on Friday afternoon (March 5). Looking to be having quite the pleasant time, the Oscar winning actress and her little ...Read More

Halle Berry And Daughter Enjoy Day At The Park

Fri, Mar 5th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Halle Berry And Daughter Enjoy Day At The Park Halle Berry is seen playing with her daughter, Nahla Aubrey at Coldwater Park in Beverly Hills, California this afternoon. Look how big Nahla is getting - and cuter by the day! What a sweetheart! I thought I read somewhere that Halle ...Read More

'Glee' cast hits the road

Tue, Mar 2nd, 2010 | Entertainment |

'Glee' cast hits the road The "Glee" kids are hitting the road.Thesps from the hit Fox tuner will perform at a series of four concerts, starting May 18 at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix. The lineup of singers and hoofers for "Glee Live! In Concert" ...Read More

'Shutter Island' Stays Afloat at No. 1

Sun, Feb 28th, 2010 | Most Viewed |

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, below, weathered a storm of critics and snow for the second week in a row, landing their 'Shutter Island' (Paramount Pictures) at No. 1 at the weekend domestic box office. According to the Screenline box-office ...Read More

'Avatar' Director Emphasizes Environmental Message

Tue, Feb 23rd, 2010 | Entertainment |

"I was asked to sort of tone it down," the director James Cameron said on Monday evening. He was referring to the blatant call to environmental activism that is just beneath the adventure-story surface of his science-fiction epic "Avatar." The revelation ...Read More

Redbox agrees to 28-day delay in offering Warner movies

Tue, Feb 16th, 2010 | Business |

Redbox agrees to 28-day delay in offering Warner movies In a big win for the studio and a major step in the ongoing transformation of the home entertainment market, Redbox has agreed not to offer Warner Bros. movies through its $1-per-night kiosks until 28 days after they go on ...Read More

Redbox Drops Warner Bros. Lawsuit; Accepts Extended DVD Window

Tue, Feb 16th, 2010 | SciTech |

Redbox Drops Warner Bros. Lawsuit; Accepts Extended DVD Window Redbox has ended its lawsuit against Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and will give in to the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) unit's demands for a longer lead time before the DVD kiosk operator makes its rentals available. The deal calls for ...Read More

Opening day: 'Dear John' headed toward surprise win over 'Avatar'

Sat, Feb 6th, 2010 | Entertainment |

Opening day: 'Dear John' headed toward surprise win over 'Avatar' The reign of "Avatar" at the box office is ending a week earlier than expected. Based on Friday ticket sales, Sony Pictures' romantic tear-jerker "Dear John" is headed toward a much stronger-than-expected opening weekend of more than $30 million, which ...Read More

Judge: Internet provider doesn't abuse copyrights

Thu, Feb 4th, 2010 | SciTech, Top Stories |

SYDNEY-An Australian judge ruled Thursday that an Internet service provider cannot be held accountable for illegal movie downloads by its customers, in a test case of a key strategy by entertainment companies to combat online piracy. The judge said it was ...Read More

Film companies lose file sharing case in Australia

Wed, Feb 3rd, 2010 | Business, SciTech |

SYDNEY-An Australian Internet provider cannot be held responsible when its users illegally download movies, a judge said Thursday in a ruling against major film companies. A group of 34 movie companies, including Australian branches of Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. and 20th ...Read More

Sony earns 18 nominations

Wed, Feb 3rd, 2010 | Entertainment |

Sony earns 18 nominations LOS ANGELES - Sony Pictures emerged as the biggest winner of Oscar nominations this year, reaping 18, the most it has scored in many years, if not ever. Sony's nods include "District 9" and "An Education" for best picture. News Corp.'s ...Read More

On the Call: Murdoch pushing for `Avatar' sequel

Tue, Feb 2nd, 2010 | Business |

Fans who loved James Cameron's "Avatar" may be asking themselves: When is the sequel? News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns "Avatar" backer 20th Century Fox, said Tuesday there will almost definitely be a sequel, but that fans shouldn't expect ...Read More

The first reward should be in boosted ticket sales

Tue, Feb 2nd, 2010 | Entertainment |

The first reward should be in boosted ticket sales After amassing more than $2 billion in global ticket sales, "Avatar" seems like the last film that would get a financial boost from Tuesday's Oscar nominations. But Academy Award recognition could bring surprising benefits to even the least needy candidates. Though ...Read More

'Avatar' Bolsters News Corp.'s Earnings

Tue, Feb 2nd, 2010 | Business |

Buoyed by the success of 'Avatar,' the science fiction blockbuster that has become the highest-grossing movie to date, the News Corporation reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday that surpassed the expectations of Wall Street analysts. But the financial success was reduced ...Read More

"Jaws" Producer David Brown Dies at 93 in New York

Tue, Feb 2nd, 2010 | Entertainment |

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. film producer David Brown, a four-time Oscar nominee whose credits include "Jaws" and "Driving Miss Daisy," died at his home in Manhattan on Monday after a long illness, the Hearst Corporation said. He was ...Read More

'Avatar' crosses $2 billion mark

Mon, Feb 1st, 2010 | U.S. |

LONDON - James Cameron's 3-D blockbuster 'Avatar' has surpassed the $2 billion mark after running successfully for seven weekends in the US. According to executives at 20th Century Fox, the latest box office collection of 'Avatar' is $2.039 billion, reports imdb.com. The ...Read More

Avatar tops weekend box office, vanquishes Mel Gibson. So what else is new?

Sun, Jan 31st, 2010 | Entertainment |

Avatar tops weekend box office, vanquishes Mel Gibson. So what else is new? LOS ANGELES, Jan 31 -- "Avatar" edged closer to the record North American haul of "Titanic" after earning $30-million during its seventh chart-topping weekend, distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi spectacular has grossed $594.5-million to ...Read More

Mel Gibson Can't Topple 'Avatar'

Sun, Jan 31st, 2010 | Entertainment, Most Viewed |

LOS ANGELES - And the blue money just keeps rolling in. The much-hyped return to the multiplex of Mel Gibson, whose drunken and anti-Semitic outburst in 2006 turned him into a Hollywood pariah, proved no threat to James Cameron's 'Avatar,' which ...Read More