AP - Live from Newport: it's Chevy Chase. Chase, the comic actor and original cast member of "Saturday Night Live" will host the Newport Jazz Festival for the second year in a row.
AP - On-location movie shoots are on the rise in Los Angeles, despite repeated warnings from Hollywood studios that the possibility of an actors strike had stalled moviemaking, a permitting group said Wednesday.
Reuters - Elaborate DVD and
Blu-ray Disc editions of "Batman Begins," "Casablanca" and "The
Flintstones" top this year's slate of pricey gift sets from
Warner Home Video, a category that experienced 26% growth in
the past year, according to the studio.
Reuters - Last weekend, like a lot
of other moviegoers, Steve Martin's Inspector Clouseau lined up
to buy a ticket to "WALL-E." He struggled several times to
pronounce "I would like a ticket for 'WALL-E"' only to learn
that the show was sold out. Undaunted, the intrepid inspector
snuck into the theater, where he inadvertently sliced his way
through the movie screen before tiptoeing offstage. -- read full article
Reuters - An online network formed
by professional TV and film scribes during the Hollywood
writers' strike earlier this year unveiled a slate Wednesday
featuring contributions from the minds behind the likes of "The
Office" and "Die Hard."
AP - Jack Nicholson's Joker was a blast. Heath Ledger's Joker is as dark and anarchic a figure as Randle McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," the role that brought Nicholson his first Academy Award.
AP - The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer — best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies — says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape.
