Reuters - "Iron Man" will become the first picture of the year to hit $300 million at the North American box office on Thursday.

Reuters - "The Bucket List," a surprise box office hit starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, kicked its way to the top of the latest DVD charts on Wednesday.

Reuters - Lorraine Bracco and Jamie-Lynn Sigler will star in the satirical indie comedy "Son of Mourning," marking a "Sopranos" mini-reunion.

Reuters - The Vatican said Wednesday that it is working on a set of guidelines for what it considers "good cinema."

Reuters - Sienna Miller is in negotiations to play Maid Marion in "Nottingham," a revisionist take on the Robin Hood legend starring Russell Crowe.

Reuters - Actress and singer Queen Latifah sued a small film production company that helped finance the movie "The Perfect Holiday" on Wednesday, saying she had not been paid any money for the film.

AP - Google Inc.'s YouTube is setting up a virtual screening room to bring the work of independent filmmakers to a global audience.

AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snow White, Dorothy Gale, the HAL 9000 computer, Charles Chaplin's Little Tramp and Marlon Brando's Godfather share top billing among the American Film Institute's best genre movies.

E! Online - Spike Lee did Clockers. In keeping with the theme, his next project: Time Traveler.

Reuters - "Bruno," Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to "Borat," has been scheduled by Universal Pictures for a May 15, 2009, release.

AP - Javier Bardem has won Spain's 2008 national film award, an honor given annually by the Culture Ministry.

Reuters - Like Woody Allen's new film, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," the song "Barcelona" by the band Giulia y los Tellarini explores chance meetings and subsequent love affairs, including one with the Spanish city itself.

Reuters - After the "Austin Powers" trilogy, there was a sense that comedian Mike Myers had elevated his game. He evolved the series from slapdash skits into real movies that had connective tissue and continuing characters. "Love Guru" is a regressive step in the extreme.