Reuters - Samuel L. Jackson ruled the weekend
box office in North America for the second time this year with
his crazy cop thriller "Lakeview Terrace," while moviegoers
largely ignored three other new releases. -- read full article
AP - Actress Mia Farrow is in Haiti to draw attention to thousands of children left homeless and hungry after four storms struck the impoverished country in a month.
AP - Paul McCartney's ex-wife is donating $1 million worth of soy hamburgers, soy hot dogs and soy chicken cutlets to one of the poorest neighborhoods in the Bronx.
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.