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ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot Posted 3 hours, 16 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged. The man behind "Survivor" and "The Apprentice" has received a pilot order from ABC for "Trust Me, I'm ...More

Steve Martin watching birds in "Big Year" comedy Posted 5 hours, 44 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger. The recent Oscar co-host and Grammy winner is in negotiations to go bird-watching in "The Big Year" alongside Jack Black and Owen Wilson. The Fox comedy, which starts filming in May in Canada, is about three men ...More

Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project Posted 6 hours ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years. Hoover was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, having headed its predecessor agency since 1924, and turned it ...More

Madonna to launch fashion lines Posted 6 hours, 2 minutes ago

U.S. singer Madonna waves to fans as she arrives at Bandeirantes Palace to meet Sao Paulo's governor

BANGALORE (Reuters) - It appears the Material Girl will be getting a lot more material. Pop star Madonna and Iconix Brand Group on Wednesday unveiled a joint venture to launch fashion brands globally, starting with a juniors collection to be sold at Macy's department stores this August. The company, MG ...More

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight Posted 6 hours, 19 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. The as yet untitled nonfiction film by director Alex Gibney, whose "Taxi to the Dark ...More

New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream Posted 9 hours, 48 minutes ago

Actor Damon poses for photographers as he arrives at the World Premiere of "Green Zone" in New York

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zone" debuts on Friday. The action movie, which reunites A-list actor Damon and Greengrass, an accomplished director, aims to ...More

Global movie box office nears $30 billion in 2009 Posted 10 hours, 5 minutes ago

Sound technicians pose with their Oscars for achievement in sound mixing for "Slumdog Millionaire" b

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on Wednesday. The Motion Picture Association of America, which represents Hollywood's major studios on government ...More

Ralph Fiennes filming "Coriolanus" in Serbia Posted 13 hours, 14 minutes ago

Actor Ralph Fiennes smiles during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade

BELGRADE (Reuters) - After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia. Filming of "Coriolanus" will start in Belgrade on March 17 in the country's highest ...More

Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles Posted 17 hours, 39 minutes ago

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38. Canadian-born Haim, who rose to fame alongside fellow teen star Corey Feldman ...More

Phantom sequel a "shadow of the original" Posted 20 hours, 19 minutes ago

English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber attends a news conference ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest

By Mike Collett-White and Nickie Omer LONDON (Reuters) - Comparisons with the original were inevitable when Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to write a sequel to his record-breaking musical "Phantom of the Opera." After Tuesday night's world premiere at the Adelphi Theater in London's West End, the consensus among critics ...More

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