Movie News
Disney to absorb Marvel in $4 billion deal: A look at the companies
The Associated Press - December 28, 2009
Here's a look at The Walt Disney Co. and Marvel Entertainment Inc., which will become one after Disney's expected completion of its $4.2 billion acquisition of the comic-book powerhouse: Marvel Entertainment Inc. Famous characters: Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, The...
Disney eyes relative unknowns to capture superhero dollars in $4.2 billion Marvel purchase
RYAN NAKASHIMA - December 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Moviegoers have shown a willingness to be entangled by Spider-Man's web over and over again. Now, as Disney prepares to buy the comic-book powerhouse Marvel, it faces the question of whether fans will also get attached to characters as obscure as Ant-Man and Iron Fist....
Polanski thanks supporters for solidarity in letter posted online from Alpine house arrest
By Associated Press - December 28, 2009
PARIS (AP) Filmmaker Roman Polanski says letters from supporters that he received in a Swiss prison and while under house arrest at his Alpine chalet have been "full of comfort and reason to hope." Polanski's first public comments since his Sept. 26 arrest at Zurich airport came in a...
Hollywood disaster movie '2012' becomes best-selling film in Chinese history
MIN LEE - December 28, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) A second Hollywood movie has shattered the Chinese box office record in a year, as Beijing faces increased pressure to ease its annual quota of 20 foreign blockbusters. The American disaster film "2012" has made 460 million Chinese yuan ($67.3 million) as of Dec. 23,...
Producer, actor Tyler Perry to take 'Madea' play on the road in 2010 after mother's death
By Associated Press - December 27, 2009
ATLANTA (AP) Movie producer and actor Tyler Perry says he is taking his sharp-tongued character "Madea" back on tour. Perry posted a message on his Web site Saturday that said he had taken some time off in the past few months "so I could spend my mother's final days at her side." His...
Michael Moore, Jeff Garlin plan winter comedy festival to warm hearts in northern Mich. town
JOHN FLESHER - December 24, 2009
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) Filmmaker Michael Moore started a summer film festival five years ago in his adopted hometown of Traverse City, Mich. Now he's teaming with Emmy winner Jeff Garlin to organize a mid-winter comedic counterpart. The inaugural Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival...
Actress Brittany Murphy laid to rest at small, private Christmas Eve funeral in Los Angeles
SANDY COHEN - December 25, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Brittany Murphy's family and friends celebrated her life at a private Christmas Eve funeral, saying words cannot express their devastation at her passing. "Brittany was an incredibly loving and passionate person and an artist to her core she loved acting, singing,...
Billy Ray Cyrus says he reflects his dad in the Hallmark Channel movie 'Christmas in Canaan'
CAITLIN R. KING - December 24, 2009
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Billy Ray Cyrus has been preparing his whole life for the role of Daniel Burton in the Hallmark Channel movie "Christmas in Canaan." "I started digging through like old boxes of stuff and finding old Polaroids of my dad from 1964," the 48-year-old country singer...
Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, partners for 23 years, announce they separated over the summer
By Associated Press - December 24, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) One of Hollywood's most enduring couples has separated. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, partners for 23 years and parents of two sons, split up over the summer, publicist Teal Cannady said in a statement Wednesday. She did not elaborate. Sarandon, 63, and...
In second careers as actors, Jay Chou, Lin Chi-ling enjoy shooting action sequences
MIN LEE - December 23, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) He's one of Chinese pop's biggest acts and she's one of the most famous Chinese faces on the catwalk. But R&B sensation Jay Chou and model Lin Chi-ling are enjoying their second careers as actors. Promoting their new film "The Treasure Hunter" in Hong Kong on Wednesday,...
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