Reuters - When Robert Downey Jr. put on dark
make-up for film comedy "Tropic Thunder," the actor ventured
into the racially charged territory of blackface, an old
showbiz convention that is no laughing matter.
E! Online - Putting the more in Morocco, Jake Gyllenhaal gets all bulked up and "bear" chested for his role in the fantasy flick Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
E! Online - It is interesting that as kids both Jodie Foster and Lindsay Lohan starred in Freaky Friday and they both might be gay. Is there a connection?
AP - You'll know you're in a different galaxy within the first seconds of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," which substitutes the Warner Bros. logo and theme music for the familiar 20th Century Fox searchlight and fanfare.
AP - "The Dark Knight" ruled the box office for the fourth straight weekend, taking in $26.1 million to raise the Batman sequel's domestic gross to $441.6 million, No. 3 on the all-time revenue charts.
AP - A well-intentioned exercise at blending education and family entertainment, the 3-D animated tale "Fly Me to the Moon" ends up only mildly educational and not all that entertaining.
Reuters - Will "Titanic" ever lose
its berth as the biggest movie of all time? "The Dark Knight"
is racing up the ranks, but the Batman sequel will stall at No.
2 with about $510 million to $520 million, Warner Bros.
Pictures predicts.
