AP - A judge in Los Angeles has ordered a former friend of Rodney Dangerfield not to distribute video footage of the late comedian taken during the final years of his life.

E! Online - John Travolta's latest film has gotten too hot for anyone to handle.

AP - "It's going to be tossed. I'm warning you with peace and love, I have too much to do. So no more fan mail. Thank you, thank you. And no objects to be signed. Nothing. Anyway, peace and love, peace and love." — Ringo Starr.

Reuters - The global credit crisis has found echoes in an unlikely quarter, India's Bollywood, known more for its love of lavish musicals and racy thrillers.

Reuters - Director Oliver Stone has never shied from controversy in his 30 years making movies, tackling issues ranging from the Vietnam War in movies like "Platoon" to violence and society in "Natural Born Killers".

AP - J.J. Abrams is no Trekkie.

Reuters - The latest film adaptation of a videogame hits theaters in the United States this week with the release of "Max Payne".

Reuters - If Barack Obama doesn't get into the White House, it won't be for want of trying on the part of a good slice of the movie and music world.

Reuters - The late Pope John Paul II was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.

Reuters - If Barack Obama is elected U.S. President, he might just have Dakota Fanning to thank.

AP - The London Film Festival, an underdog among global movie showcases, was opening Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a film about a British contender taking on an American heavyweight.

AP - James Cromwell approached the role of President George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W." with one certainty: He would avoid the sort of caricature Dana Carvey embodied years ago when he did Bush on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."

E! Online - It may have been Courteney Cox's celebration last night, but all eyes were on Jennifer Aniston.