AP - Barack Obama partied with Hollywood celebrities Tuesday night and with the help of Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand raised an eye-popping $9 million for his presidential campaign and the Democratic Party.
E! Online - • Luke Perry just scored a new TV gig, but not in the right ZIP code for 90210 fans. The erstwhile Dylan McKay is booked for ripped-(off)-from-the-headlines CBS' Criminal Minds as a cult leader. Things go bad when the feds botch a raid. See the Lukemeister brood it up on Oct. 8.
Reuters - Kate Hudson rose to movie stardom
playing sweet All-American girls, but in her newest part in "My
Best Friend's Girl," she relished doing two things she rarely
does on film -- curse a lot and portray a sexually aggressive
woman.
Reuters - A film about the rise and fall of the
Red Army Faction, a group of left-wing militants suspected of
killing dozens of prominent West Germans decades ago, premiered
in Munich on Tuesday with a graphic account of one of post-war
Germany's darkest chapters.
Reuters - "I Can't Think Straight," a
cross-cultural lesbian romantic comedy written, directed and
produced entirely by women, has been picked up for North
American distribution by indie firm Here! Films. -- read full article
Reuters - Everyone wants to get
into the potentially lucrative animation game, and "Igor"
illustrates the intriguing internationalization of the genre. -- read full article
Reuters - Comedian Zach Galifianakis
has snagged lead roles in the comedy feature "The Hangover" and
in the HBO pilot "Bored to Death." -- read full article
