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

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E! Online - While living in Paris, Jules Dassin pulled off the quintessential heist. 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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