Reuters - A film loosely based on the life of infamous German cannibal Armin Meiwes has been cleared for release in Germany after a four-year legal battle. -- read full article
Thu, 28 May 2009 04:46:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Once under fire for not doing enough for its impoverished Indian child stars, the makers of "Slumdog Millionaire" said Wednesday they had bought a flat for one of them whose Mumbai shanty home had been demolished. -- read full article
Wed, 27 May 2009 15:07:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - The makers of "Slumdog Millionaire" met the film's two impoverished child stars on Wednesday and reassured them they will soon have new homes. But the father of one of the children stormed out, saying the filmmakers have not done enough to help.
AP - She's an accomplished woman with an inspiring true story. She rose from the Bronx housing projects to an esteemed legal career, helped save baseball after the 1994 strike and now she's on the verge of making history as President Obama's choice for Supreme Court justice the first Hispanic ever selected for the job, and only the third woman.
AP - The pot of money used to lure film and television projects to the city is almost gone, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is about to shoot a sequel. -- read full article
Tue, 26 May 2009 22:51:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
Reuters - Al Pacino is in negotiations to star in "You Don't Know Jack," a movie about convicted murderer Jack Kevorkian, the infamous advocate of doctor-assisted suicide. -- read full article
Wed, 27 May 2009 00:16:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - George Takei and his longtime love, Brad Altman, are still legally wed. So are Ellen DeGeneres and Portia De Rossi. Both couples tied the knot during the five-month window when same-sex marriage was legal in California.
Reuters - Director Michael Haneke, who won Cannes' Palme d'Or on Sunday for his period drama "The White Ribbon," will be honored with the CineMerit Award at the Munich Film Festival.