VENICE (Reuters) - Mickey Rourke and Anne Hathaway are
among the favorites to win top actor and actress prizes at the
Venice film festival awards ceremony on Saturday, while the
race for the coveted Golden Lion for best picture is wide open.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Cancer survivors Christina Applegate, Patrick Swayze, Sheryl Crowe, cyclist Lance Armstrong and dozens of other celebrities "stood up" to battle the disease in a charity television fund-raiser on Friday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers, organizers said.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Anthony Edwards, one of the original stars of the NBC hospital drama "ER," will return to the landmark TV show in November in flashback scenes playing his now-deceased character of Dr. Mark Greene.
VENICE (Reuters) - Anne Hathaway's dark role in "Rachel Getting Married", which premiered this week in Venice, is generating early Oscar buzz, with several critics hailing her departure from previous fairytale and comic characters.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers, organizers said.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The world's most famous ZIP code returned to primetime Tuesday, albeit at a different network than during its first 10-season run; the CW network rather than Fox.
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps says he'll do "anything" to help Chicago win the 2016 Summer Games. The world-famous swimmer also says he's "more excited" than nervous about his upcoming stint hosting the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live."
VENICE (Hollywood Reporter) - As the Venice Film Festival reached its halfway point Monday, critics were, for once, unanimous: The lineup has been underwhelming.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The title is something of a misnomer. "Disaster Movie," from the people who helped to concoct "Scary Movie," "Date Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," sounds as if it is going to send up such opuses as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Earthquake."
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America ended on a lackluster note on Monday as ticket sales limped to a new record while attendance slumped to a three-year low.
Consumer electronic makers are bracing themselves for slower growth in the second half of this year and in 2009, but count on consumers turning to home entertainment amid tougher economic times and tighter budgets.
