Reuters - Amid a blaze of publicity, Australia rolls out its most expensive ever movie on Tuesday, hoping the grandly named epic "Australia" will attract overseas investors to revive the local film industry and also tourists.

AP - The next time an Academy Award winner's acceptance speech runs long, a new conductor will strike up the band to play them off.

E! Online - If the Daniel Craig James Bond weren't so grim, he'd be fist-bumping M.

AP - James Bond's quantum of the weekend box office: $70.4 million. "Quantum of Solace," with Daniel Craig returning as Bond for the first direct sequel in the spy franchise, pulled in nearly $30 million more over opening weekend than its predecessor, 2006's "Casino Royale," according to studio estimates Sunday.

Reuters - Amid a blaze of publicity, Australia rolls out its most expensive ever movie on Tuesday, hoping the grandly named epic "Australia" will attract overseas investors to revive the local film industry and also tourists.

Reuters - Aaron Eckhart is attached to take the lead role in an action movie for the first time.

Reuters - Joan Cusack has lined up two TV projects, developing a comedy at NBC set in the world of psychiatry and starring opposite Mae Whitman in the Lifetime original movie "Acceptance."

Reuters - Oscar-winning "Usual Suspects" writer Christopher McQuarrie has signed on for double duty with United Artists, the largely somnolent studio headed by Tom Cruise.

Reuters - "Twilight" bad guy Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone are starring in the indie drama "Five Star Day."

Reuters - It's been a relatively slack market so far for prestige films with awards-consideration aspirations, but "Slumdog Millionaire" hit the jackpot during the weekend with a gold-plated start to its platform campaign.

Reuters - The latest James Bond thriller dominated the box office in much of the world during the weekend, boosted by a record opening in North America, distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday.

AP - Girl-meets-boy stories are not the usual stuff of Hollywood blockbusters, even when it's girl-meets-vampire.

Reuters - The latest James Bond thriller dominated the box office in much of the world during the weekend, boosted by a record opening in North America, distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday.