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  • Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to Co-Host Academy Awards Playbill - Wed Nov 4, 5:39 PM ET

    Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts for the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced late Nov. 3.

  • FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 29, 2008 file photo, Polish Director Roman Polanski is seen in Oberhausen, western Germany. The Swiss government says the U.S. has formally requested the extradition of imprisoned director Roman Polanski for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Justice Ministry says the U.S. filed its request late Thursday Oct. 22, 2009 and that it has been forwarded to Zurich authorities for an extradition hearing. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, File)
    Oral arguments scheduled in Polanski's CA appeal AP - Mon Nov 2, 8:09 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.

  • In this Nov. 2, 2009 image released by Career Transition for Dancers, Lisa Niemi, dancer and widow of actor Patrick Swayze, speaks as she accepts the 2009 Rolex Dance Award on behalf of her late husband at the CTFD gala, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/Career Transition for Dancers, Richard Termine)
    Dancers gather to honor Patrick Swayze AP - Wed Nov 4, 5:10 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Before Patrick Swayze was a film actor, a TV actor and People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive," he was a dancer.

  • FILE - In this April 28, 2009 file photo, Oksana Grigorieva and Mel Gibson arrive to the 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' screening on, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
    Mel Gibson and his girlfriend welcome a baby girl AP - Mon Nov 2, 5:13 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson and his girlfriend are welcoming the birth of the couple's first child — making the Oscar-winner a father for the eighth time.

  • Jackson is `It' at box office with $23.2M weekend AP - Mon Nov 2, 4:51 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - "Michael Jackson's This Is It" danced to the head of the box office, debuting with $23.2 million domestically in its first weekend.

  • Actress Meryl Streep arrives with daughter Grace Gummer at the world premiere of her new film, 'The Manchurian Candidate' in New York, on July 19, 2004. REUTERS/Albert Ferreira
    Meryl Streep's daughter gets first Hollywood break Reuters - Wed Nov 4, 4:19 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Meryl Streep's daughter Grace Gummer is set to star in a television drama about the chaotic life of being a Hollywood "It" kid, marking Gummer's first big break into the acting industry.

  • FILE - In this August 2001 file photo Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh is shown. The Dutch are marking the fifth anniversary of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, Monday Nov. 2, 2009, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands. Van Gogh, a distant relative of the famous painter, was shot and stabbed on an Amsterdam street Nov. 2, 2004, setting off a spate of mosque burnings in a country once renowned for its tolerance. (AP Photos/ Willem ten Veldhuys/ Dijkstra b.v., File)
    Dutch mark 5th anniversary of filmmaker's murder AP - Mon Nov 2, 8:52 AM ET

    AMSTERDAM - The Dutch marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands.

  • Gabourey Sidibe, left, a cast member in 'Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire,' is greeted by actor Will Smith at the premiere of the film at AFI Fest 2009 in Los Angeles, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Looking on in the background at right is fellow cast member Paula Patton. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    'Precious' makes a 'surreal' premiere in Hollywood AP - Mon Nov 2, 8:33 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The cast and crew of "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire" continued their unexpected journey from a scrappy little screening 10 months ago at the Sundance Film Festival to a star-studded gala at the legendary Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

  • The Hollywood sign in Los Angeles. Sony Pictures Entertainment is eyeing global domination after acquiring rights to make a movie version of the classic boardgame "RISK", a statement said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Hector Mata)
    Hollywood eyes world domination with 'RISK' AFP - Wed Nov 4, 4:08 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is eyeing global domination after acquiring rights to make a movie version of the classic boardgame "RISK", a statement said Wednesday.

  • Attendees are seen wearing 3D glasses to watch images during ShoWest, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March. Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and this time the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say.(AFP/Getty Images/Ethan Miller)
    Box office boost shows 3D is here to stay AFP - Tue Nov 3, 9:21 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and this time the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say.

  • Box office hits help lift Viacom profit 15 percent Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 8:21 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's quarterly profit rose 15 percent, breezing past expectations, as consumers set aside money worries to take in hit movies like "Transformers" and scoop up the new Beatles video game.

  • Veteran funnyman Steve Martin, pictured in 2008, and actor Alec Baldwin will be the co-hosts of next year's 82nd Academy Awards, producers of the movie industry extravaganza announced Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Stephen Shugerman)
    Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin to host Oscars AFP - Tue Nov 3, 7:16 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Veteran funnyman Steve Martin and actor Alec Baldwin will be the co-hosts of next year's 82nd Academy Awards, producers of the movie industry extravaganza announced Tuesday.

  • "Looking for Palladin" suffers from major flaw Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 6:14 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - "Looking for Palladin," from Polish-born writer-director Andrzej Krakowski ("Triumph of the Spirit"), pits 1960s movie star Jack Palladin (Ben Gazzara), who fled the high life and personal problems for anonymity in Antigua, Guatemala, against eager-beaver Hollywood agent Josh (David Moscow), charged with luring him back home for a million-dollar-cameo payday.

  • US actor Jim Carrey (C) switches on the Oxford Street Christmas lights in Oxford Circus in central London. Carrey and other Hollywood stars switched on the Christmas lights in London on Tuesday as part of festivities that included an attempt to stage the world's biggest carol sing-along.(AFP/Shaun Curry)
    Hollywood stars light up London for Christmas AFP - Tue Nov 3, 5:49 PM ET

    LONDON (AFP) - Jim Carrey and other Hollywood stars switched on the Christmas lights in London on Tuesday as part of festivities that included an attempt to stage the world's biggest carol sing-along.

  • Russia-born tycoon buys Mel Gibson UK cinema firm-paper Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 12:34 PM ET

    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-born tycoon Len Blavatnik has acquired a British cinema distribution business from Hollywood star Mel Gibson, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday.

  • Best Buy plans movie download service with Sonic Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 12:32 PM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc plans to start an online service that allows consumers to buy, rent and download movies and television shows, the electronics retailer said on Tuesday.

  • Obama enlists Hollywood names for arts committee AP - Tue Nov 3, 11:39 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The White House is enlisting "Sex and the City" star Sarah Jessica Parker, Forest Whitaker and others from Hollywood and beyond to help push President Barack Obama's arts initiatives.

  • FILE - In this June 17, 2008 file photo, Viacom headquarters is shown in New York. Viacom said Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, its third-quarter profit jumped a better-than-expected 15 percent as a stronger movie slate offset continuing declines in advertising and DVD sales.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
    Viacom 3Q profit jumps 15 pct on strong box office AP - Tue Nov 3, 11:34 AM ET

    NEW YORK - G.I. Joe and the Transformers came to Viacom Inc.'s rescue in the third quarter, helping boost the company's earnings 15 percent with strong box office returns.

  • Jim Carrey, pictured in October 2009, will play the bitter, money-grabbing Scrooge as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come in "A Christmas Carol".(AFP/Getty Images/File/Frazer Harrison)
    Carrey stars in 'Christmas Carol' remake AFP - Tue Nov 3, 8:54 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - It is 166 years since the publication of "A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens heartwarming seasonal story of redemption wrapped up in a biting indictment of 19th century capitalism.

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