Reuters - Sony Corp on Thursday said it reached a deal for three studios to back its cinema technology in the latest example of Hollywood's ramped up efforts to switch to digital projection. -- read full article
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:16:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - James Earl Jones, whose booming voice gave the world the villainous Darth Vader in "Star Wars", will receive the 2008 life achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.
Reuters - It's looking like a dog of a weekend at the box office. Disney's dog, to be exact, as the Burbank studio unspools its PG comedy "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" amid expectations that the live-action with talking dogs feature could fetch up to $30 million during its opening weekend.
Reuters - Julia Ormond, David Strathairn and Catherine O'Hara have joined the cast of a feature film about Temple Grandin, author of "Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior." -- read full article
Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:53:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - One of South Korea's most popular actresses was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide after suffering from post-divorce depression and harassment by online rumors about her allegedly irregular financial dealings, police said.
Reuters - Film and television actors ratcheted up pressure on Hollywood's major studios on Wednesday when negotiators, stalled in labor talks with producers, sought backing to put a strike authorization vote to guild members.
Reuters - English director Mike Leigh has been praised for his award-winning films that cast a critical and realistic eye on British society through gritty, heartbreaking characters.
AP - Hollywood mom Salma Hayek is lending her star power to a UNICEF campaign to eradicate tetanus in mothers and babies around the world within four years.