
FBI ends Michigan search for Hoffa's remains
Beneath a swimming pool, under a horse farm and now a weed-grown field north of Detroit. For at least the third time in a decade, FBI agents grabbed ...

FBI digging at former home of famed NY mobster
FBI agents with jackhammers and shovels were digging Tuesday under a New York City house once occupied by a famed gangster who inspired Robert De ...

Scorsese, De Niro honor Mel Brooks at AFI tribute
Robert De Niro and Morgan Freeman never worked with Mel Brooks, and the Oscar winners came to a ceremony in his honor to let him know they resent it.
A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes
For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies. Winners have ranged from ...

At Cannes' movie palace, talk of TV's rise
The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form ...

Canet seeks gritty New York in 'Blood Ties'
The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to ...

Toback, Baldwin eye Cannes movie-making underbelly
A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers." The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of ...

Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir
Oscar Goodman ran Las Vegas for 12 years with a showgirl on his arm and a martini in his fist. A former mob lawyer, he promoted his city and himself ...

From 'Gatsby' to Gosling, a preview of Cannes
For even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience. For 12 days every year, the ...

Rolling Stones launch tour with energetic set
The Rolling Stones must have passed through a time machine before taking the Staples Center stage to kick off their "50 and Counting" anniversary tour

Jerry Lewis makes appearance at 'King of Comedy'
The Tribeca Film Festival has ended on a royal note with Jerry Lewis showing up at the 30th anniversary screening of "The King of Comedy." The ...
Film director Scorsese's daughter files lawsuit
The daughter of film director Martin Scorsese has filed a lawsuit claiming an online video company cut her out of profits from her directorial debut.

Ebert: Not just a critic, but a part of Hollywood
Roger Ebert could be tough on filmmakers, but unlike many critics, he earned their respect. So much so that they claimed him as one of their own when ...

Ebert, nation's best-known film critic, dies at 70
Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood. With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced ...

Ebert's cancer recurrence means fewer film reviews
Roger Ebert will be writing fewer of his famed movie reviews because of a recurrence of cancer, but the movie critic promises his illness will give ...

Scorsese developing 'Gangs of New York' TV series
Martin Scorsese is developing a TV series based on his 2002 film "Gangs of New York." The director is partnering with Miramax, which released the ...

Tribeca to close with 'King of Comedy' restoration
The Tribeca Film Festival will close with a 30th anniversary restoration of Martin Scorsese's "The King of Comedy." This year's festival will bow out ...

Director Scorsese urges NYC to preserve Bowery
Famed director Martin Scorsese wants New York's mean streets to keep some of their grittiness. The "Gangs of New York" director has joined an effort ...

AP NewsBreak: Dylan voted into elite arts academy
If he lived in England, he'd surely be Sir Bob Dylan. The most influential songwriter of his time has become the first rock star voted into the elite, ...

5 great movies about deception
When scandalous tales of fraud involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te'o were exposed in the last week, connections to films were ...

Corman has Sundance debut with 'Virtually Heroes'
Roger Corman has been to the Cannes and Venice film festivals. But for some reason, the independent filmmaker who has nearly 400 movies to his credit ...

5 of Jodie Foster's greatest performances
Jodie Foster had everyone talking when she took the unusual step of revealing she's a lesbian on the Golden Globes stage Sunday night. This hadn't ...