AP - A magazine freelancer suing two photographers and a paparazzi agency over a video that purportedly shows Heath Ledger doing drugs has amended her lawsuit to downplay her role as a reporter.
Reuters - The chaos on Wall Street might be
unfolding like a disaster movie, but Hollywood dealmaking
continues behind the scenes. -- read full article
AP - Seal, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening and other celebrities gathered to toast movie producer Arnon Milchan during a Hollywood event at Paramount Studios that celebrated the 60th anniversary of Israel.
Reuters - In 2007, "Hounddog" went to the
Sundance Film Festival carrying a controversy that made it the
hottest ticket in town, but it left that January after getting
a cold shoulder from film distributors and critics.
AP - Hilary Swank is recovering after a hospital procedure to remove a small, benign growth, a representative for the Oscar-winning actress said Thursday.
Reuters - They may not be the Coen Bros. or even
the Weinsteins -- yet -- but the way two Canadian brothers,
Matt and Jeff Campagna, turned their idea for a new age Western
into a movie would do any indie filmmaker proud.
AP - An upstart group of actors said Thursday it won a majority of Hollywood seats up for re-election on the national board of the Screen Actors Guild, a shake-up that could dislodge the logjam in contract talks with the movie studios. -- read full article
