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  • Actor and heartthrob Jude Law, seen here on November 2, hurled oranges at an unwanted audience peeking on his exercise routine on his New York balcony, the New York Post reported Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Theo Wargo)
    Jude Law hurls oranges at unwanted audience: report AFP - Fri Nov 20, 11:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK (AFP) - Actor and heartthrob Jude Law hurled oranges at an unwanted audience peeking on his exercise routine on his New York balcony, the New York Post reported Friday.

  • Mainland China's Lou Ye poses in Hong Kong Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The prominent Chinese director banned by Beijing on Friday brought his new gay romance to Hong Kong for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil. In 2006, Lou Ye was banned from shooting movies for five years after he screened 'Summer Palace' at the Cannes Film Festival without government approval. But the 45-year-old director defied the ban, secretly shooting the love story 'Spring Fever' with small, digital cameras in the eastern city Nanjing last year. He also entered it at Cannes earlier this year, where it won best screenplay in May. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
    Banned director brings romance film to Hong Kong AP - Fri Nov 20, 11:21 AM ET

    HONG KONG - A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.

  • Bollywood's latest offerings in living rooms via DTH Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 12:29 AM ET

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" didn't just garner rave reviews and worldwide acclaim, it also triggered a change in the way Indian movies are being distributed.

  • In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures Classics, director Pedro Almodovar, right, gestures as he directs actress Penelope Cruz and Jose Luis Gomez, center, on the set of 'Broken Embraces.' (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics)
    Director Pedro Almodovar is haunted by one taboo AP - Thu Nov 19, 6:11 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Sex. Drugs. Prostitution. Pedophilia. Rape. Pedro Almodovar has been able to translate some of the most delicate subjects to the big screen with grace and humor.

  • Bullock to attend red carpet event in New Orleans AP - Thu Nov 19, 2:44 PM ET

    NEW ORLEANS - Actress Sandra Bullock will walk the red carpet in New Orleans on Thursday for an evening premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side."

  • FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2009 file photo, Canadian director Jason Reitman poses during a photo call to present the movie 'Up in the Air' at the 4th edition of the Rome Film Festival, in Rome. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, file)
    Jason Reitman documents promotion of his new film AP - Thu Nov 19, 11:44 AM ET

    NEW YORK - The publicity for a Hollywood movie is a machine to behold, especially from the inside.

  • Top 20 Concert Tours AP - Thu Nov 19, 9:43 AM ET

    The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

  • Robert Pattinson arrives at The Twilight Saga: New Moon premiere on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, in Westwood, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
    Review: Bella mopes through pretentious `New Moon' AP - Thu Nov 19, 7:16 AM ET

    Where would Hollywood be without that old standby, the vampire-werewolf-schoolgirl love triangle?

  • Russian human rights advocate, journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya, seen here at a book fair in Leipzig, eastern Germany, in 2005. Two years before she was killed in the stairwell of her Moscow apartment (in October 2006), Anna Politkovskaya mused about life as the Kremlin's number one enemy and pronounced it a "miracle" that she was still alive.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)
    Politkovskaya expected death: new film AFP - Thu Nov 19, 3:07 AM ET

    PARIS (AFP) - Two years before she was killed in the stairwell of her Moscow apartment, Anna Politkovskaya mused about life as the Kremlin's number one enemy and pronounced it a "miracle" that she was still alive.

  • Documentary maker Michael Moore speaks at a health-care conference in Toronto on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)
    15 documentary features make Oscar's short list AP - Thu Nov 19, 12:16 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES - Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them.

  • Models walk on a catwalk. Films about subjects as varied as dolphin-hunting and high fashion are among documentaries hoping to be nominated for an Oscar, according to a shortlist released Wednesday.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)
    Dolphins, fashion advance in Oscar documentary race AFP - Wed Nov 18, 7:40 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Films about subjects as varied as dolphin-hunting and high fashion are among documentaries hoping to be nominated for an Oscar, according to a shortlist released Wednesday.

  • Will Ferrell is Hollywood's most overpaid star: Forbes Reuters - Wed Nov 18, 6:08 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funnyman Will Ferrell and British actor Ewan McGregor on Wednesday headed a Forbes.com list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars when looking at the financial returns of their movies.

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