Movie News

• Capsule reviews: `Invictus' and others

  AP – 1 hr 4 mins ago

  Capsule reviews of films opening this week: Full Story »

• Review: `Lovely Bones' trades soul for spectacle

  AP – 1 hr 10 mins ago

  Odd as it sounds, Peter Jackson needed to come down to Earth a bit more in "The Lovely Bones," his adaptation of Alice Sebold's best-seller about a murdered girl looking back on her life from beyond. Full Story »

• Classic film receives clever stage treatment

  Reuters – 1 hr 11 mins ago

  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Screen-to-stage adaptations have become a theatrical staple in recent years, and leave it to the Brits to do it with far more imagination than we. Full Story »

• Colin Firth gets naked for "A Single Man"

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:02 pm ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For more than 20 years, Colin Firth has been the movie industry's go-to, buttoned-up English man. Full Story »

• Hepburn's dress takes nearly $100,000 at auction

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 5:02 pm ET

  LONDON - The black cocktail dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in "How to Steal a Million" has sold for nearly $100,000 at auction. Full Story »

• Gervais says stars in for teasing at Golden Globes

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 4:02 pm ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - Ricky Gervais said he plans to play it loose and off-the-cuff as host of next month's Golden Globes, with Frank Sinatra and his pals as role models. Full Story »

• Can Cameron deliver Titanic results on `Avatar?'

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 12:55 pm ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - A colossal budget, visionary technology and a down-to-the-wire workload on a film whose fortunes are a real question mark. Full Story »

• Topless photo of Polanski, Tate auctioned in NYC

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 11:23 am ET
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  NEW YORK - A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder has sold at a New York City auction for just over $11,000. Full Story »

• Hollywood counters reality with decade of escapism

  AP – Tue Dec 8, 9:20 am ET
  AP

  LOS ANGELES - Hollywood picked the right decade to go over the rainbow. Full Story »

• Suburban spooks top British box office

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 6:59 am ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Horror thriller "Paranormal Activity" reached the top of the British box office on its second weekend of release, according to Screen International on Tuesday. Full Story »

• Oscar insiders take their movie chat online

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 3:08 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Adam Shankman has a Twitter habit, and it's making Academy officials nervous. Full Story »

• Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig Are Fundraising Champs

  Playbill – Tue Dec 8, 6:39 pm ET

  Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig are film stars, acclaimed stage actors and, now, the top fundraising team in the history of the annual Gypsy of the Year competition. Full Story »

• Sundance taps shorts by Spike Jonze, James Franco

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:29 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Sundance Institute announced the short-film program for its 2010 film festival Monday. Full Story »

• Audrey Hepburn treasures go under hammer at London auction

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 4:37 pm ET
  AFP

  LONDON (AFP) - A collection of dresses and other wardrobe treasures worn by film star and style icon Audrey Hepburn fetched over 260,000 pounds Tuesday when they were sold at auction in London. Full Story »

• Morgan Freeman proud to portray Mandela's rugby moment

  AFP – Tue Dec 8, 3:09 pm ET
  AFP

  JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Oscar-winning star Morgan Freeman said Tuesday he felt he did "a good job" portraying Nelson Mandela in a film about the former South African president's appearance at the 1995 Rugby World Cup. Full Story »

• Clarkson, Glover, Cena join "Brother's Keeper"

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:30 am ET

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Patricia Clarkson, Devon Graye, Madeleine Martin, Danny Glover and wrestling champ John Cena have been cast in "Brother's Keeper," a PG-rated family drama from WWE Films. Full Story »

• IMAX bets on China growth

  Reuters – Tue Dec 8, 12:44 pm ET

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Giant-screen movie operator IMAX Corp said on Tuesday that it was in talks with at least five film companies in China as the company moves to cement its presence in Asia. Full Story »

• Overture picks up De Niro thriller "Stone"

  Reuters – Mon Dec 7, 11:26 pm ET
  Reuters

  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Overture Films has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the thriller "Stone," starring Robert De Niro, Edward Norton and Milla Jovovich.