Reuters - Chinese filmmaker John Woo plans to shoot a costly epic recounting the communist takeover of China.

Reuters - Spike Lee is in Cannes to promote a new film, but he couldn't resist taking a few swipes at some fellow directors, including Joel and Ethan Coen and Clint Eastwood.

Reuters - For only the second time in his filmmaking career, Clint Eastwood settles on a heroine for his latest celebration of the loner who bucks the system.

AP - Spike Lee is slamming Clint Eastwood over his two recent Iwo Jima movies, saying the filmmaker overlooked the role of black soldiers during World War II.

AP - Now playing at Cannes: ordinary people, modern times, and crimes and misdemeanors.

AP - Child stars have it rough with their folks. Just ask Jason Bateman, who says his mom and dad are more like friends than parents.

Reuters - Good or bad, Harrison Ford will not be reading reviews of the new Indiana Jones movie, which divided the Cannes film festival's notoriously picky critics.

E! Online - Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz got hitched Saturday night under tents and amid tight security, but E! News has an insider's account of the top-secret wedding ceremony and reception.

AP - Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut.

E! Online - Lindsay Lohan had a good reason to bail on last year's MTV Movie Awards.

E! Online - "What's funny is that his wife, Kate Capshaw, had just bought a lot of my knitwear for Christmas presents. I thought he was going to tell me he loved the presents! He said, 'Haven't you been watching television? We're doing another film, and you're in it.' And it wasn't a cameo, it was a big, beautiful part and I was jumping up and down."