Reuters - Guy Ritchie is returning to
form. The British filmmaker first made waves in the late 1990s
with a pair of London-set crime capers -- "Lock, Stock and Two
Smoking Barrels" and "Snatch" -- and made even more when he
married Madonna in 2000.
AP - Two Long Beach men have been charged with the murder of an actor who was gunned down two years ago shortly after he ended filming for "Freedom Writers," authorities said. -- read full article
AP - Twentieth Century Fox said Wednesday it has established an Asian unit specializing in local productions, starting with India, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to venture into the region. -- read full article
AP - Movies about Richard Nixon, George W. Bush and Che Guevara join James Bond's latest adventure in the lineup announced Wednesday for this year's London Film Festival. -- read full article
E! Online - • Jennifer Aniston (Management) couldn't manage her feelings towards Brad Pitt (Burn After Reading). She canceled reservations in one hotel she considered too close to him and relocated to premises further away. Aniston's privacy was also protected by her main PR man Stephen Huvane, who spread his jacket in front of her to block any underwear shots during her limo exit.
E! Online - • Now that she's found her dad, Mamma Mia! gal Amanda Seyfried can start searching for her man. Per Variety, the 22-year-old Big Lover will star in Dear John, Lasse Hallstrom's feature film based on the Nicholas Sparks bestseller, playing a young woman who falls in love with a soldier on leave from Iraq (Channing Tatum). Cameras roll next month in South Carolina.
AP - Guy Ritchie already celebrated a milestone birthday this year: wife Madonna's 50th. So the filmmaker isn't thinking much about his own milestone birthday on Wednesday.