Reuters - A spokesman for Angelina Jolie on
Tuesday said the actress is "doing great" following reports
that she has checked into a hospital in Nice, France, ahead of
the birth of twins.
Reuters - Multiplatinum rap star
Young Jeezy is making his feature film debut in
rapper-turned-filmmaker Ice Cube's latest comedy "Janky
Promoters," which is currently in production.
Reuters - Thomas McCarthy, the
writer and director behind the season's indie sleeper hit, "The
Visitor," is moving into disaster movie territory by booking a
role in Roland Emmerich's "2012." -- read full article
Reuters - "Kit Kittredge: American
Girl" has her work cut out for her as she expands to movie
theaters across North America on Wednesday after two weekends
of solid returns in limited release.
E! Online - As if Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Robin Williams and Ricky Gervais didn't provide enough kid-friendly comic power the first time around, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is turning the funny all the way up to 11.
AP - The contract between movie and TV actors and major Hollywood studios expired early Tuesday after the studios made a final offer and the Screen Actors Guild said it would take more than a day to study it.
E! Online - The two movies based on the Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit, may be a long ways off—hang on until 2011 and 2012, nerds!—but they're pretty much all Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gets to talk about these days. Sure, he's out promoting this summer's comic book flick Hellboy II: The Golden Army, but, like, what's up with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf and that dragon?
AP - Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84.
AP - Angelina Jolie has checked into a hospital in the south of France where she is expected to give birth to her twins, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
