E! Online - The Oscars have been awarded and DVD sales have already gone through the roof. But, in the alternate reality known as Hollywood, it's never too late to bestow yet more hardware on the best films.
Reuters - The director's cut of "Watchmen," featuring an additional 25 minutes of footage and the death of a supporting character, will receive a limited theatrical rollout during the weekend ahead of its July 21 home-video release.
Reuters - If ever there were a time that the town needed a jolt of adrenaline, Wednesday was it -- but from, of all places, the staid, mostly predictable Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences?
AP - Harmless comic characters or racist robots? The buzz over the summer blockbuster "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" only grew Wednesday as some said two jive-talking Chevy characters were racial caricatures. Skids and Mudflap, twin robots disguised as compact hatchbacks, constantly brawl and bicker in rap-inspired street slang. They're forced to acknowledge that they can't read. One has a gold tooth.
AP - Actress Daryl Hannah and NASA scientist James Hansen were among 31 people arrested Tuesday as they protested mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.
AP - Former Czech President Vaclav Havel will direct his first movie, a film based on his latest play about a leader of a country who leaves politics after many years in power. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:53:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - A collection of 130 letters and short notes written by the late German actress Marlene Dietrich sold Wednesday for 3,000 ($4,200), an auction house said.
Reuters - Two years ago few people knew her face, much less her name. But now Megan Fox of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," is among Hollywood's hottest actresses whose sex appeal has won millions of fans. -- read full article
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:50:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" introduces some 40 new mechanized characters of all shapes, sizes and even sexes but it's a pair of jive-talking 'bots that critics are singling out as more than just harmless comic relief.