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Depardieu a no-show in court over drunk driving
Gerard Depardieu again couldn't make it to trial to face drunken driving charges, but a lawyer for the combative French actor wrested yet another ...
Queen Elizabeth II honored for supporting UK film
Queen Elizabeth II has received an honorary British Academy award in recognition of her support of British film and television. John Willis, chairman ...
Oscar winner, author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies
Oscar-winning screenwriter and award-winning novelist Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has died. She was 85. Firoza Jhabvala said Wednesday that her mother died ...
Judge: Jolie didn't plagiarize 'Blood and Honey'
A federal judge says actress Angelina Jolie didn't steal the story for her movie "In the Land of Blood and Honey" from a Croatian author. City News ...
Filmmaker who rescued Romanian orphans is killed
A documentary filmmaker known for helping rescue children from squalid Romanian orphanages in the early 1990s was fatally shot following an apparent ...
'Harry Potter' actor Richard Griffiths dies at 65
Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon.
TV drama reopens debate over Germans' war guilt
With the wartime generation rapidly disappearing, a television drama about five young Germans in World War II has revived debate in Germany about the ...
Leonardo da Vinci gets 'Batman' treatment on Starz
In these 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci, he has upstaged every genius multi-tasker in his wake. Da Vinci was a whiz as a painter (hint: "Mona Lisa" ...
5 jailed in UK for inventing movie in tax scam
Five people were jailed Monday in Britain for pretending to make a Hollywood movie in a scam to defraud tax authorities of millions of pounds.
Jolie meets with women, girls in eastern Congo
Angelina Jolie is meeting with women and girls in eastern Congo, where sexual violence is rampant. Jolie, a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency, ...
Buyer found for UK Blockbuster stores
The DVD and games rental store Blockbuster has been sold to restructuring specialists Gordon Brothers Europe after filing for a form of U.K.
'Book of Mormon' already breaks record in London
The seemingly unstoppable hit "The Book of Mormon" has broken another record — this time on the other side of the Atlantic. The quirky, profane ...
Tom Cruise sets up page on Russian social network
Tom Cruise has become the first Hollywood star to set up a page on the popular Russian social network Vkontakte. The "Mission Impossible" actor's page ...
Oscar winner gets Austria geriatric society prize
It isn't an Oscar or any other film industry prize, but Austrian director Michael Haneke says he is grateful for his award from the Austrian Society ...
Captain Peacock actor Frank Thornton dies
British actor Frank Thornton — best known as Captain Peacock in the long-running television comedy "Are You Being Served?" — has died at age 92, his ...
Rowling to UK govt: Don't let down hacking victims
Celebrities including J.K. Rowling and Hugh Grant accused the British government on Sunday of letting down the victims of media intrusion and urged ...
5 convicted of inventing movie to hide tax fraud
The clue was in the title. In some ways "A Landscape of Lies" was a typical indie film, with a tiny budget, a B-list cast and an award from an ...
Richard Burton's ex, theater producer, dies at 83
The woman Richard Burton left to marry Elizabeth Taylor has died. Theater producer and nightclub founder Sybil Christopher was 83. The Bay Street ...
'Great Gatsby' to open Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival has an American flavor this year, with a Hollywood icon heading the jury and a quintessential U.S. literary figure opening ...
Researcher: Zombie fads peak when society unhappy
In the popular American TV series "The Walking Dead," humans struggle to escape from a pack of zombies hungry for flesh. Prank alerts have warned of ...
Daniel Radcliffe returns to London stage
The time is coming — maybe sooner than you expect — when you look at Daniel Radcliffe and don't think "Harry Potter." The 23-year-old actor has gone ...
River Phoenix's last film to premiere in US
River Phoenix's last film is making its U.S. premiere at the Miami International Film Festival, 20 years after the young actor's death. "Dark Blood," ...
Sam Mendes says no to next James Bond film
Never say never again? Sam Mendes says he won't be directing the next James Bond film — but may work on the series again in the future. Mendes has ...
Mirren reigns as Britain's queen in 'The Audience'
What is the point of a monarch? "The Audience," Peter Morgan's new play about Queen Elizabeth II, suggests that in a democracy such as Britain, one ...
Stewart taking 'Daily Show' break to direct film
Comedy Central says Jon Stewart will take a break from anchoring his satirical comedy news show, "The Daily Show," in summer to direct and produce his ...