Archive for March, 2008



“Elizabeth” director aglow for “Larklight” (Reuters)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 10:03 pm

Reuters - Shekhar Kapur, the director behind the “Elizabeth” films starring Cate Blanchett, has signed on to make the period fantasy “Larklight.”

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Adam Sandler breaks ankle (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 10:03 pm

AP - Adam Sandler may wish he stuck to being “The Waterboy.”

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Blacklisted Director of Rififi, Never on Sunday Dies (E! Online)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 9:03 pm

Blacklisted Director of Rififi, Never on Sunday Dies(E! Online)E! Online - While living in Paris, Jules Dassin pulled off the quintessential heist. 


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Woman arrested near John Cusack’s home (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 9:03 pm

Actor John Cusack discusses a scene for his independent film titled 'Grace is Gone' in this May 10, 2006, file photo at a Methodist church in Chicago. A woman who was ordered to stay away from John Cusack has been arrested on suspicion of stalking the actor and violating a restraining order, authorities said Monday, March 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)AP - A woman who was ordered to stay away from John Cusack has been arrested on suspicion of stalking the actor and violating a restraining order.


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Film director Dassin dies in Athens aged 96 (Reuters)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 5:03 pm

Reuters - Jules Dassin, the American who directed the film “Never on Sunday” and was married to the late Greek actress and culture minister Melina Mercouri, died in an Athens hospital after a short illness on Monday aged 96.

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Woody Allen sues over NY billboard (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 5:03 pm

U.S. film director Woody Allen smiles on the first day's filming of his new movie in Barcelona, Spain, in this  July 9, 2007 file photo.   Allen asked a federal court on Monday March 31, 2008  to strip a clothing company known for its racy ads featuring scantily clad models of at least $10 million for using his image on billboards and on the Internet. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez,File)AP - Woody Allen asked a federal court on Monday to strip a clothing company known for its racy ads featuring scantily clad models of at least $10 million for using his image on billboards and on the Internet.


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Indonesian president urges calm over Dutch film (Reuters)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 5:03 pm

A hardline Muslim youth shouts slogans during a rally outside the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta March 31, 2008. (Dadang Tri/Reuters)Reuters - Indonesia’s president urged his predominantly Muslim nation on Monday not to use violence in protests at a film on Islam by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker, and said world leaders had a moral responsibility to take action.


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`Shine a Light’ a love song for Stones (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 5:03 pm

AP - It’s impossible to walk into “Shine a Light,” Martin Scorsese’s Rolling Stones concert film, without decades’ worth of expectations. We simply know too much about the filmmaker and the rock stars and their previous music-doc outings.

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Hollywood auction fetches $4.1 million (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 4:03 pm

AP - An oversized six-sheet poster for the 1933 film classic “King Kong” fetched $345,000 to top all items at a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia.

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Wayans brothers drop Oakland studio bid (AP)

Monday 31 March 2008 @ 4:03 pm

Brothers Marlon, Shawn, Damon and Keenen Ivory Wayans, from left to right, pose  during arrivals for a screening of 'White Chicks' in Los Angeles,  June 16, 2004.The  brothers have dropped their bid to build a movie studio and shopping center at the former Oakland Army base over conflicts with the nearby Port of Oakland. (AP Photo/Ann Johansson,File)AP - The Wayans brothers have dropped their bid to build a movie studio and shopping center at the former Oakland Army base over conflicts with the nearby port of Oakland.


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