E! Online - The fire at Universal Studios wasn't the only thing burning at MTV's Movie Awards when presenters James Franco and Seth Rogen, stars of the upcoming stoner flick Pineapple Express, took the stage with a big bag of what looked like marijuana and proceeded to light a faux joint.
AP - Yoko Ono lost her legal bid Monday to stop the playing of a 15-second excerpt of John Lennon's song "Imagine" in a film challenging the theory of evolution.
AP - "Sex and the City" remained a fashionable choice for movie-goers as women turned out in huge numbers for the big-screen version, which led the weekend box office with $56.8 million. -- read full article
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:19:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - A fire that burned through a large
swath of the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot during the
weekend was accidentally sparked by workers using heating tools
on a film set, fire officials said on Monday.
AP - Tourists got a view of real-life disaster in the make-believe world of Hollywood on Monday as the Universal Studios theme park reopened after a huge fire swept through back lot sets and buildings. Fire officials said studio workers accidentally set the blaze.
Reuters - "American Idol" finalist
Katharine McPhee and "American Beauty" veteran Wes Bentley are
starring in the indie psychological drama "The Storyteller." -- read full article
Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:07:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
E! Online - The only thing hotter than the predawn blaze that closed down the area surrounding the Gibson Amphitheatre before the 2008 MTV Movie Awards was double-threat Johnny Depp.