Reuters - Arthouse studio Fox
Searchlight has acquired U.S. rights to Darren Aronofsky's
acclaimed Mickey Rourke drama "The Wrestler," days after it won
the top prize at the Venice International Film Festival.
E! Online - Few people would ever think to utter "Mickey Rourke" and "Oscar buzz" in the same sentence...but hey, this is Hollywood! Anything can happen.
AP - A jury should decide whether silent film star Mary Pickford signed away rights to sell two Oscars she was awarded, a judge ruled Monday. -- read full article
Reuters - The stars are here but the Oscar hype
is on low volume at the Toronto film festival this year as
major studios hold their promotional fire for movies looking to
win awards until later in the year.
Reuters - Filmmaker Spike Lee was focusing on the
past when he made a movie about oft-forgotten the role of black
soldiers in World War Two, a war film with both blood and
schmaltz set in Tuscany. -- read full article
Reuters - Ricky Gervais sees dead people. And he
has found them to be a demanding bunch in his new movie "Ghost
Town" as they clamor for help and attention from the only man
who knows they're there.
AP - The Nicolas Cage action-thriller "Bangkok Dangerous" needed just $7.8 million to take the top spot at the box office in what was the slowest movie weekend in seven years, according to studio estimates released Sunday.