http://www.mail.com/people/12760-steven-spielberg.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/12760-steven-spielberg.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099908-microsoft-touts-xbox-all-in-1-entertainment.html REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft thinks it has the one. The company unveiled the Xbox One, an entertainment console that wants to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies, sports and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year, for an undisclosed price. For the past two years, Microsoft's Xbox 360... Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099908-microsoft-touts-xbox-all-in-1-entertainment.html 2013-05-21T23:24:39Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2093808-weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Weinstein Company's fall slate of awards contenders will feature a glamorous Grace Kelly, a brawny Nelson Mandela and a mysterious J.D. Salinger. Harvey Weinstein previewed some of his company's most anticipated upcoming releases at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. He's made a habit of such previews, doing the same in 2012 for... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2093808-weinstein-showcases-grace-kelly-mandela-flicks.html 2013-05-17T20:58:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090382-model-actress-marine-vacth-cannes-rising-star.html CANNES, France (AP) — Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities of adolescent sexuality in Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" ("Young and Beautiful.") The 23-year-old French model fully lives up to the film's title as Isabelle, a 17-year-old the film fo... Thu, 16 May 2013 15:06:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2090382-model-actress-marine-vacth-cannes-rising-star.html 2013-05-16T15:06:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086782-dicaprio-spielberg-open-stormy-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera. Amid heavy rain, dancing flappers flocked down the Cannes red carpet Wednesday night, bringing a touch of the Jazz Age to the Croisette. "Gatsby" stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey ... Wed, 15 May 2013 18:32:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2086782-dicaprio-spielberg-open-stormy-cannes.html 2013-05-15T18:32:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087460-oscar-rivals-spielberg-lee-reunited-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you." The two have come to the Cannes Film Festival just months after facing off as the two favorites for best director at the Academy Awards. In February, Lee won the Oscar many expe... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:39:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2087460-oscar-rivals-spielberg-lee-reunited-cannes.html 2013-05-15T16:39:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084722-abc-adds-14-season.html NEW YORK (AP) — ABC is cutting its aging "Dancing With the Stars" back to two hours and one night next season, creating a slot for a new drama series based on the Marvel Comics world that's aimed at expanding the network's audience, its programming chief said Tuesday. Condensing the celebrity dancing contest on Monday night "opens up Tuesday for a pretty ... Tue, 14 May 2013 23:15:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2084722-abc-adds-14-season.html 2013-05-14T23:15:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2084514-cannes-festival-chief-talks-sex-spielberg.html CANNES, France (AP) — It's the big Cannes question — what will catch Steven Spielberg's eye? The king of Hollywood heads the jury that will decide who wins the Palme d'Or and other prizes at the French Riviera film fest, and artistic director Thierry Fremaux can't wait to find out what takes his fancy. "We know (Spielberg) the director... Tue, 14 May 2013 15:08:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2084514-cannes-festival-chief-talks-sex-spielberg.html 2013-05-14T15:08:57Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2082238-gatsby-to-gosling-preview-cannes.html 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 French Rivera resort town turns into one giant seaside swirl of glamour, high art and backroom deal-making. Like some sun-drenched phantasm, all of cinema comes alive in Cannes: its serious ambitions, bottom-lin... Mon, 13 May 2013 17:12:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2082238-gatsby-to-gosling-preview-cannes.html 2013-05-13T17:12:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Todd Schneider came with a lot of celebrity cachet when he was hired in 2010 as chef at Virginia's historic Executive Mansion and he was soon cast as the co-star with first lady Maureen McDonnell when a cable channel toured the governor's residence, the gardens he tended and the kitchen he ran. As the beaming first lady looked on, Sch... Sat, 11 May 2013 16:30:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2079042-va-governors-chef-amid-political-potboiler.html 2013-05-11T16:30:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059700-steven-spielberg-to-direct-american-sniper.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steven Spielberg has his sights set on his next project, a movie about former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. A spokeswoman for DreamWorks Studios says the filmmaker will direct Bradley Cooper in an adaptation of the best-selling book "American Sniper." "Spread" screenwriter Jason Hall wrote the script based on the autobiography of Kyle, w... Thu, 02 May 2013 22:38:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2059700-steven-spielberg-to-direct-american-sniper.html 2013-05-02T22:38:53Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2041448-nicole-kidman-ang-lee-join-starry-cannes-jury.html PARIS (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival announced its most Hollywood-heavy jury lineup in years Wednesday, with a list that includes Oscar winners Nicole Kidman, Christoph Waltz and Ang Lee. Veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who is 2013's jury president, will make this an Oscar-winning quartet — a rare event for a festival that prides itself on celebratin... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:11:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2041448-nicole-kidman-ang-lee-join-starry-cannes-jury.html 2013-04-24T15:11:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2027796-cannes-lineup-celebrates-world-film-favorites.html PARIS (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival's 2013 lineup announced Thursday features work from some of the globe's most dangerous locales for artists, and a sprinkling of works by old favorites including Roman Polanski, the Coen brothers and Steven Soderbergh. Celebrating world cinema from countries with limited freedom of expression is clearly one of this yea... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:31:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2027796-cannes-lineup-celebrates-world-film-favorites.html 2013-04-18T15:31:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027506-cinemacon-honoree-talks-star-wars.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — You may not know her name, but you've likely seen it numerous times __ on the credits of such films as "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," ''Schindler's List," ''Seabiscuit" and "Lincoln." For serving in various production capacities on those and some 60 other big-screen movies, as well as for her humanitarian and philanthropic efforts, Kathlee... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:23:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027506-cinemacon-honoree-talks-star-wars.html 2013-04-18T08:23:41Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016206-lincoln-impersonators-rub-gangly-elbows-ohio.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Cooper's obsession with being Abraham Lincoln began one score and five years ago. Its beginnings were humble. Tall, lean and bearded, the Ohio man already bore a passing resemblance to the Rail Splitter, or so he was told. One Halloween he donned a frock coat he found in his mother's attic, and his wife fashioned a stovepipe hat... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:22:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016206-lincoln-impersonators-rub-gangly-elbows-ohio.html 2013-04-12T18:22:22Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008710-virginia-utah-mount-joint-raid-calif-jobs.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — California sends tomorrow's technology, Hollywood blockbusters and terrific pinot noir to the world. Now, the governors of Utah and Virginia want the Golden State to export more of something else: jobs. To make that pitch to California businesses, Utah's Gary Herbert and Virginia's Bob McDonnell, both Republicans, have scheduled joint s... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:36:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2008710-virginia-utah-mount-joint-raid-calif-jobs.html 2013-04-09T21:36:48Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2006286-david-geffen-donates-25m-academy-museum.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Music and movie mogul David Geffen has kicked in $25 million for a film museum planned by Academy Awards overseers. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday that the David Geffen Foundation made the donation for the museum scheduled to open in 2017 next to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:13:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2006286-david-geffen-donates-25m-academy-museum.html 2013-04-09T17:13:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003678-evil-dead-rises-with-26m-box-office-stake.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Resurrected demons and resurrected dinosaurs are helping to put some life back into the weekend box office. The demonic horror remake "Evil Dead" debuted at No. 1 with $26 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. In a tight fight for second-place were two holdovers, the animated comedy "The Croods" and the action flick "G.I. Joe: ... Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:44:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2003678-evil-dead-rises-with-26m-box-office-stake.html 2013-04-07T19:44:12Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1999874-ebert-critic-hollywood.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 the Directors Guild of America made Ebert an honorary lifetime member at the group's awards ceremony four years ago. What better testimony for a life's work in a profession that typically ... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:15:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1999874-ebert-critic-hollywood.html 2013-04-05T07:15:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1998856-ebert-nations-best-known-film-critic-dies-70.html CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert had the most-watched thumb in Hollywood. With a twist of his wrist, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic rendered decisions that influenced a nation of moviegoers and could sometimes make or break a film. The heavy-set writer in the horn-rimmed glasses teamed up on television with Gene Siskel to create a format for criticism that p... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:09:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1998856-ebert-nations-best-known-film-critic-dies-70.html 2013-04-05T01:09:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1989626-malibu-homeowners-struggle-with-beach-saving-plan.html MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Malibu's celebrity haven of Broad Beach is struggling to survive as nature chews away at the shoreline and a $20 million effort to replace sand appears to be stuck in the mud. Homeowners have run up against opposition and complicated approval processes as they pursue a plan to dredge sand from elsewhere and dump it to restore the 1.1... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 19:06:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1989626-malibu-homeowners-struggle-with-beach-saving-plan.html 2013-03-31T19:06:46Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982446-pivot-network-millennials-tries-to-change-tv.html NEW YORK (AP) — Pivot is the name of a TV channel aimed at 15-to-34-year-olds who want to change the world. In the process, they could help Pivot change the television business. Announced last December, the new venture was officially unveiled Wednesday at a news conference disclosing program and distribution details as well as its name and August 1 sign-o... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:15:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982446-pivot-network-millennials-tries-to-change-tv.html 2013-03-27T19:15:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969266-passing-reference-argo-rankles-zealand.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Thirteen minutes into the Oscar-winning movie "Argo," CIA agent Tony Mendez asks supervisor Jack O'Donnell what happened to a group of Americans when the U.S. Embassy was stormed in Tehran. "The six of them went out a back exit," O'Donnell tells Mendez, played by Ben Affleck. "Brits turned them away. Kiwis turned them away. ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:14:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1969266-passing-reference-argo-rankles-zealand.html 2013-03-22T01:14:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1955786-colin-trevorrow-to-direct-jurassic-park-4.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colin Trevorrow is taking the reins of "Jurassic Park." Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment announced Thursday that the 36-year-old director will helm "Jurassic Park 4." Trevorrow made his feature film directorial debut with last year's "Safety Not Guaranteed." Steven Spielberg is executive... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:52:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1955786-colin-trevorrow-to-direct-jurassic-park-4.html 2013-03-14T21:52:38Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1950862-spielberg-mingles-with-bollywood-stars-india.html NEW DELHI (AP) — Movie director Steven Spielberg says he chooses his work based on emotion, not business. The multiple Oscar-winning American director told Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan in a television interview aired Tuesday that he chooses to work only on films that call out to him. Spielberg is in the western city of Mumbai — the home of Bollywood — to... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:26:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1950862-spielberg-mingles-with-bollywood-stars-india.html 2013-03-13T12:26:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1948110-great-gatsby-to-open-cannes-film-festival.html PARIS (AP) — 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 the event: The Great Gatsby. Organizers said Tuesday the film "The Great Gatsby," with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role and directed by Australian Baz Luhrmann, will open this year's Cannes fes... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:07:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1948110-great-gatsby-to-open-cannes-film-festival.html 2013-03-12T14:07:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1921044-steven-spielberg-to-head-cannes-jury-this-year.html PARIS (AP) — France's Cannes Film Festival says it has finally snagged Steven Spielberg to serve as president of the award jury. Gilles Jacob, the festival's president, recounted how he had been trying to get the award-winning director to head the jury for years — but the American was always working. Finally, this year, Spielberg got in touch. ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:29:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1921044-steven-spielberg-to-head-cannes-jury-this-year.html 2013-02-28T09:29:36Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1915310-ang-lees-win-life-pi-thrills-taiwanese.html TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A second Academy Award for best director has thrust Taiwan native Ang Lee into the top ranks of world filmmakers and made him a national hero on this diplomatically isolated island. Lee's victory at Hollywood's annual Oscar extravaganza on Sunday for the fantasy epic "Life of Pi" followed his 2005 win for "Brokeback Mountain." Garner... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:09:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1915310-ang-lees-win-life-pi-thrills-taiwanese.html 2013-02-26T01:09:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1913592-argo-wins-best-picture-scattered-oscar-night.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just as Oscar host Seth MacFarlane set his sights on a variety of targets with a mixture of hits and misses, the motion picture academy spread the gold around to a varied slate of films. "Argo" won best picture as expected, along with two other prizes. But "Life of Pi" won the most awards with four, including a surprise win for director Ang Lee. ... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:26:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1913592-argo-wins-best-picture-scattered-oscar-night.html 2013-02-25T18:26:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912638-bits-bump-night-kim-k.html Show Bits brings you the 85th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item. PARTY TIME FOR PREGNANT KIM KARDASHIAN Kim Kardashian didn't just step out at the Elton John AIDS Foundation's Oscar afte... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:35:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1912638-bits-bump-night-kim-k.html 2013-02-25T10:35:34Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1912964-afflecks-argo-wins-best-picture-oscar.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ben Affleck's "Argo," a film about a fake movie, has earned a very real prize: best picture at the Academy Awards. In share-the-wealth mode, Oscar voters spread Sunday's honors among a range of films, with "Argo" winning three trophies but "Life of Pi" leading with four. Daniel Day-Lewis became the first person to win three best-actor O... Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:56:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1912964-afflecks-argo-wins-best-picture-oscar.html 2013-02-25T05:56:34Z