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Animatronic Obama at Disney WorldFriday 03rd of July 2009 11:38:19 PMORLANDO, Fla., July 3 (UPI) -- An animatronic version of President Barack Obama has joined its predecessors in the Hall of Presidents at Walt Disney World in Florida. The exhibit reopens this weekend after its first makeover since it opened in 1971, CNN reported. It is now called The Hall of Presidents: A Celebration of Liberty's Leaders. Disney ... Read more |
Movie characters influence teen smokingThursday 02nd of July 2009 03:02:29 PMHANOVER, N.H., July 2 (UPI) -- Movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are good guys or bad guys, influence teens to try smoking, U.S. researchers found. Previous studies have confirmed a link between smoking in movies and the initiation of smoking by adolescents, and we wanted to dig deeper into the data to see if the type of c... Read more |
NYC runs out of film tax credit cashWednesday 01st of July 2009 06:08:28 PMNEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- New York City officials say they are out of money to hand out in tax credits for film and television productions. The city's program, which enabled film and television producers to claim a 5 percent tax credit on top of a 30 percent credit from the state of New York, has run dry of funds ahead of the July Fourth holiday, The Hollywood ... Read more |
Did movie 'Alpha Dog' influence witnesses?Wednesday 01st of July 2009 02:01:49 PMSANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 1 (UPI) -- An attorney for a former California drug dealer on trial in the killing of a teenager says the movie Alpha Dog influenced some witness testimony. Jesse James Hollywood is accused of ordering the kidnap-slaying of Nicholas Markowitz,15, because the boy's older half-brother owed Hollywood $1,200 for drugs. Def... Read more |
Disney, Hong Kong govt agree to park expansionTuesday 30th of June 2009 03:25:47 AMby Polly Hui HONG KONG (AFP) -- US entertainment giant Disney and the Hong Kong government have reached a long-awaited agreement to expand the southern Chinese city's beleaguered Disneyland amusement park.The deal -- which will see Disney invest 6.2 billion H... Read more |
French film co. ruled at fault in deathMonday 29th of June 2009 04:08:50 PMPARIS, June 29 (UPI) -- French filmmaker Luc Besson's EuropaCorp must pay a $140,000 fine for the involuntary manslaughter of a cameraman, a Paris court has ruled. Cameraman Alain Dutartre, 41, was killed in 1999 during the filming of a car chase sequence for the movie Taxi 2. Courts had earlier found that the movie's chief stuntman, Remy Julienne, was r... Read more |
Animatronic Obama to make Disney debutMonday 29th of June 2009 11:58:32 AMORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (UPI) -- An animatronic Barack Obama will soon make its debut in the Hall of Presidents at Disney's renovated Magic Kingdom attraction in Florida, officials say. The faux U.S. president will be at the center of the hall, which has been undergoing extensive renovations since late last year, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported. Som... Read more |
'Hillary, the Movie' case to be reheardMonday 29th of June 2009 11:26:49 AMWASHINGTON, June 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it wants a case involving federal election law and an attack documentary on Hillary Clinton reheard next September. The justices said new argument should address two key Supreme Court precedents upholding federal election law and whether the high court should overrule either or both. Read more |
Film inspires live Dillinger performanceFriday 26th of June 2009 08:50:23 AMST. PAUL, Minn., June 26 (UPI) -- The trial of bank robber John Dillinger's girlfriend is to be re-enacted in St. Paul, Minn., in honor of the new film Public Enemies, organizers said. The Dillinger movie was directed by Michael Mann and stars Johnny Depp as the infamous crook. The dramatic re-enactment, Dillinger's Moll: The Trial of Evelyn '... Read more |
10 films to get best picture Oscar nodsWednesday 24th of June 2009 06:00:18 PMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 24 (UPI) -- Ten movies will be nominated in the best picture category at next year's Oscars, it was announced Wednesday at a press conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 82nd Academy Awards are to be presented March 7, 2010. After more than six decades, the Academy is returning to some of its earlier roots, when a wider f... Read more |
Grisham's 'Testament' to be made into filmTuesday 23rd of June 2009 07:46:49 PMLOS ANGELES, June 23 (UPI) -- U.S. author John Grisham has sold the film rights to his 1999 legal thriller Testament. Previous movies based on his popular courtroom novels include A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Client, The Pelican Brief and Runaway Jury. Variety.com said producers Mark Johnson and Hunt Lowry are ... Read more |
Kodak to retire 'iconic' Kodachrome filmMonday 22nd of June 2009 04:12:08 PMROCHESTER, N.Y., June 22 (UPI) -- Eastman Kodak Co. said it would end production of Kodachrome color film 74 years after introducing it to U.S. consumers. The company called the product a photography icon, that was first sold in 1935. Sales, however, have declined dramatically due to newer films and to the popularity of digital cameras that requi... Read more |
Anchor Films acquires 'City Island'Monday 22nd of June 2009 01:05:28 PMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 22 (UPI) -- Anchor Bay Films says it acquired distribution rights to the big-screen comedy City Island for North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. Written and directed by Raymond De Felitta, the movie about family secrets and lies won the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival Heineken Audience Award. Its cast incl... Read more |
Disney stars crash prom in CanadaSunday 21st of June 2009 12:35:07 PMTORONTO, June 21 (UPI) -- Teenage Disney stars Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato crashed a prom in Toronto for students of the Etobicoke Collegiate Institute, a witness says. An unidentified witness said Gomez, star of the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place, and Lovato, who appeared in the Disney movie Camp Rock, appeared to be having fun a... Read more |
Rashida to star in romantic comedy filmWednesday 17th of June 2009 10:35:06 PMBEVERLY HILLS , Calif., June 17 (UPI) -- Hollywood's Overture Films announced Wednesday it has acquired Celeste and Jesse Forever, a romantic comedy co-written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. Jones, best known for her work on TV's The Office and Parks and Recreation, will also star in the movie, which is to be produced by Suzanne an... Read more |
Kelly Preston to play Miley's mom in filmWednesday 17th of June 2009 10:31:00 AMLOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- Kelly Preston, who has been mourning the death of her 16-year-old son since January, has signed on to play Miley Cyrus' mom in the U.S. film The Last Song. Preston's son, Jett, with her husband, actor John Travolta, died of a seizure disorder during a family holiday in the Bahamas. Neither Preston nor Travolta have m... Read more |
Sean Penn backs out of two film projectsWednesday 17th of June 2009 10:10:31 AMLOS ANGELES, June 17 (UPI) -- Sean Penn's publicist said the double Oscar-winning U.S. actor has dropped out of the upcoming mob drama Cartel and the comedy The Three Stooges. We indeed informed both productions that Sean was not available now, Penn's representative, Mara Buxbaum, told E! News. If for whatever reason the start dates on t... Read more |
Morgan to co-write next Bond filmMonday 15th of June 2009 09:35:20 AMLOS ANGELES, June 15 (UPI) -- British scribes Peter Morgan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been tapped to write the next installment in the James Bond film franchise. Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions Ltd. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures announced the screenwriters' hiring for the as-yet-untitled 23rd 007 flick Friday. Read more |
Weaving cast in 'The Hobbit' moviesMonday 15th of June 2009 08:36:17 AMLONDON, June 15 (UPI) -- Nigerian-born Australian actor Hugo Weaving has been cast in The Hobbit movies, the two films' director Guillermo del Toro said. EW.com reported del Toro confirmed Weaving's hiring to England's BBC Radio 5. The entertainment news station's Web site said Weaving will reprise his role of the Elven Lord Elrond from The Lor... Read more |
Collins, Kitsch join cast of Mars' filmSaturday 13th of June 2009 01:01:15 PMLOS ANGELES, June 13 (UPI) -- Actor Taylor Kitsch and actress Lynn Collins have reportedly joined the cast of the upcoming U.S. film John Carter of Mars. The Hollywood Reporter said Friday that Kitsch, known for his role as Tim Riggins on the TV series Friday Night Lights, has been tabbed to play the title character of the film being directed for ... Read more |
