Reuters - MySpace plans to launch a contest on Tuesday to market the latest in Walt Disney Co's blockbuster franchise "High School Musical 3" in what the News Corp Internet social network called its biggest film campaign to date.

Reuters - As the Venice Film Festival reached its halfway point Monday, critics were, for once, unanimous: The lineup has been underwhelming.

Reuters - So you've got a new movie to release. Be advised: Someone, somewhere, is laying in wait, preparing to launch a protest.

Reuters - German actress Diane Kruger, best known for her work in "Troy" and the "National Treasure" movies, has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino's World War II movie "Inglorious Bastards."

Reuters - An amateur film of Marilyn Monroe on the set of "Some Like It Hot" has surfaced in Australia almost 50 years after it was shot and is being put up for auction.

E! Online - The last $100 million is the hardest.

Reuters - Blame it on the Hollywood writers' strike, the weak economy, or just plain bad luck.

E! Online - Natalie Portman picked up a "humanity award" in Venice on Sunday -- and it wasn't for agreeing to be in her boyfriend's wacky music video.

Reuters - The lucrative summer moviegoing season in North America ended on a lackluster note on Monday as ticket sales limped to a new record while attendance slumped to a three-year low.

Reuters - Action film parody "Tropic Thunder" clung to the top spot at the North American box office for a third straight week as the summer moviegoing season sputtered to a lackluster close, Hollywood studios reported on Sunday.

Reuters - The title is something of a misnomer. "Disaster Movie," from the people who helped to concoct "Scary Movie," "Date Movie" and "Meet the Spartans," sounds as if it is going to send up such opuses as "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Earthquake."

Reuters - "The Dark Knight" led the foreign box office for a third consecutive weekend -- and fourth overall -- as its international sales hit $417 million.