AP - The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.
Reuters - In the aftermath of 9/11, more than 1,200 men, many of South Asian descent, were detained by U.S. authorities, according to the ACLU. Of these, more than 1,000 were released months and years later for lack of evidence. -- read full article
Reuters - The likes of Bogey and Bergman are nowhere to be seen in Nour Eddine Lakhmari's tour through the nocturnal underbelly of Casablanca, or "Casanegra," as the city's underclasses call it. Lakhmari picked up the prize for best director at the Taormina festival for this film about two childhood friends, young men striving to rise above the surrounding squalor. -- read full article
Reuters - Charlie Day, one of the stars and creators of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," and Christina Applegate have joined Drew Barrymore and Justin Long in the romantic comedy "Going the Distance."
Reuters - Veteran actresses and fellow Oscar winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker are teaming up for a road-trip comedy, "Cloudburst." -- read full article
E! Online - Rather than mourn Michael Jackson's death, the celebrities who took to the stage at the 2009 BET Awards celebrated the memory of the King of Pop with pumped-up performances, heartfelt words and a surprise appearance by the star's sister Janet Jackson.
Reuters - Although the legions of actors and writers dreaming of their big score won't have much sympathy for Nia Vardalos, her predicament can't be easy. -- read full article
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:29:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Movie News
AP - Bank robber John Dillinger might have thought he'd found the perfect hideout in Tucson, Ariz., in January 1934. The dusty city was a far cry from Chicago, where every law enforcer was looking for him.
AP - The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.
