Hollywood in Vogue (Film Journal)
In this annual "revue" of Hollywood happenings, Film Journal International takes a look at the awards week leading up to and following the 78th Annual Academy Awards.

Highlights of Hollywood's summer lineup (Bradenton Herald)
Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release.

The crackup: Just how dumb can Hollywood get? (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
In the immortal words of Forrest Gump (and a lot of real people), stupid is as stupid does. In Hollywood, stupid is as stupid does big box office — sometimes. Seems like a dumb movie comes along every other weekend, and they're often associated with names like Adam Sandler and Jerry Bruckheimer, who have become very, very rich men by giving us films that don't require thinking. We think too much

Hollywood home cooking (The Wichita Eagle)
Hollywood's glamorous movie stars don't stay that way by accident, Donna Prizgintas said. They eat right. "The thing about cooking for celebrities is it's all based on how they look and how they feel," said Prizgintas, who has worked as a personal chef for Michelle Pfeiffer, Warren Beatty and others.

Johnny Depp sues to guard view from Hollywood Hills home (Pravda)
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp has crossed swords with city officials over a proposed Sunset Strip commercial development Depp says would block the scenic view from part of his Hollywood Hills estate.

Highlights of Hollywood's summer lineup (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Highlights of Hollywood's summer film slate. Release dates are tentative, and some films play in limited release. "American Haunting": A family in the early 1800s is terrorized by a supernatural presence. With Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland.

Daytime Emmy Awards In Hollywood (ABC 13 Toledo)
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2006 – The Daytime Emmy Awards came to Hollywood for the first time in its 33-year history.

Investigators probe leaks in Hollywood wiretapping case (Contra Costa Times)
Federal investigators are attempting to learn who leaked confidential FBI documents in the probe of former celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano, accused of wiretapping celebrities and others to gain dirt on Hollywood's movers and shakers, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday.

Movie Review:'Silent Hill'Is a Free Fall Through a Nightmare World
Structured around a series of blackouts and gross-outs,"Silent Hill"is one long free fall through icky surrealism and underlighted nightmares.
NATHAN LEE

Movie Review:'The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'Tells a Modern Hospital Tale
The ailing title character in this thorny masterpiece by the Romanian director Cristi Puiu suffers a late-night descent through circles of medical hell.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review: A Bumble in the Jungle, With Girl-Girl Kisses, in'In Her Line of Fire'
"In Her Line of Fire"begins with an announcement that Congress has passed a universal health care bill and only becomes less plausible from there.
NATHAN LEE

Movie Review: Paul Weitz's'American Dreamz': An'Idol'Clone With a Presidential Aura
Paul Weitz's film is a seriously unfunny comedy about that intersection where politics meets entertainment.
MANOHLA DARGIS

Movie Review: In'Alternative Freedom,'Balancing the Freedom of Innovation With Copyright Laws
"Alternative Freedom"raises critical issues about the control of digital media then drops them in a shapeless mess of archival clips and meandering interviews.
NATHAN LEE

Movie Review: Michael Douglas as a Secret Service Agent in'The Sentinel'
Why would Michael Douglas attach himself to a Washington thriller as deeply ridiculous, suspense-free and potentially career-damaging as"The Sentinel?"
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review: A Young Girl and Big Words in'Akeelah and the Bee'
A bright but unmotivated African-American girl dreams of going to the National Spelling Bee in an underdog tale that inspires without being sappy.
DANA STEVENS

Movie Review: An Elegy for Old Havana,'The Lost City'of Glamour and Music
Andy Garcia's ode to the Havana of pre-Communist Cuba is a romantic epic manquéthat swoons across the screen without saying much.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review: An Otherworldly Cop on Pedal Patrol in'Police Beat'
Bodies have a way of turning up with alarming regularity in"Police Beat,"a delicately funny tale about everyday surrealism.
MANOHLA DARGIS

Movie Review: Maggie Cheung Is All Washed Up but Holding Out Hope for Redemption in'Clean'
Maggie Cheung deservedly won best actress at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a recovering heroin addict facing a bleak, uncertain future after her partner's death.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Silent Hill – movie review

95 Miles to Go – movie review

Free Zone – movie review

On a Clear Day – movie review

The Wild – movie review

Find Me Guilty – movie review

American Dreamz – movie review

The Secret Life of Words – movie review

The Sentinel – movie review

Daytime Emmy Awards In Hollywood (ABC 13 Toledo)
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2006 – The Daytime Emmy Awards came to Hollywood for the first time in its 33-year history.

Hollywood man convicted on trafficking charges (Sun-Sentinel)
A Miami-Dade County jury on Friday convicted a 31-year-old Hollywood man on charges he trafficked 654 pounds of marijuana more than three years ago.

Depp Battles With West Hollywood Over Development (CBS 2 Los Angeles)
"Pirates of the Carribean" star Johnny Depp would rather see West Hollywood pols and developers walk the gangplank rather than block his kids' scenic view.

Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Jaywalking Aaron Sorkin Fascinated By Posters (Defamer)
Hollywood PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our readers. Send yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line) and let everyone know about…

Hollywood gets ready to segue into summer (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Hollywood loves to repeat itself. But studios would rather avoid a sequel to last summer's bummer, when the box office slipped 9%. The fuse is lit and burning for the start of the major moviegoing season, Mission: Impossible III, arriving May 5.

Johnny Depp sues to guard view from Hollywood Hills home (Pravda)
"Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp has crossed swords with city officials over a proposed Sunset Strip commercial development Depp says would block the scenic view from part of his Hollywood Hills estate.

Jolie fires Hollywood agents (WENN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Angelina Jolie has fired her agents at top Hollywood talent firm CAA after only 13 months of representation.

Basking in Hot Hollywood (USATODAY.com via Yahoo! News)
Leave it to Us Weekly magazine to dish the dirt on the stars – and still get them to come to its Hot Hollywood Awards party Wednesday night.

When Hollywood Makes History (Washington Post)
"United 93," Hollywood's first big-budget film about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is faithful to the major aspects of the tragic morning it depicts. The movie tracks the key events detailed in the 9/11 Commission Report, the most definitive source on the subject: the commandeering of the United jet…

Latin Hollywood actors back immigrant boycott…
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Hollywood Targets Campus LANs
Networking News April 28, 2006 Hollywood Targets Campus LANs By Roy Mark The music and movie industries are again targeting illegal file sharing through college and university local area networks (LANs). The Recording Industry Association of America

Perry Stahman Named President, Domestic Theatrical Marketing for MGM
LOS ANGELES , April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has named Perry Stahman as President, Domestic Theatrical Marketing, it was announced today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011119/MGMLOGO ) In this

Perry Stahman Named President, Domestic Theatrical Marketing for MGM
LOS ANGELES , April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) has named Perry Stahman as President, Domestic Theatrical Marketing, it was announced today. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20011119/MGMLOGO ) In this

Disney To Test New Interactive Ads On ABC.com
LOS ANGELES – Walt Disney Co. will try a new type of advertising when it begins showing prime-time ABC television shows on the Web, using a single, interactive ad during each break rather than the flurry of short spots that are the norm on network TV.

Walt Disney to expand cell-phone service
LONDON – The Walt Disney Co.'s cell-phone service, scheduled to launch in the United States in June, will be extended to Britain this year, the company said Thursday. The service, to be called Disney Mobile, will allow parents to control spending,

Music Industry, Movie Studios Warn Colleges on Piracy
The associations representing movie studios and music labels are warning some 40 college presidents that their students are using their high-powered networks to steal copyrighted entertainment and urging them to take 'immediate action.' The Recording

Walt Disney to Expand Cell-Phone Service
Posted by Reverend on 28 Apr 2006 – 18:02 GMT | || The Walt Disney Co.'s cell-phone service, scheduled to launch in the United States in June, will be extended to Britain this year, the company said Thursday. The service, to be called Disney Mobile,

A.K. Chettiar's film on Gandhi screened
Staff Reporter Chennai: A documentary film on Gandhi, photographed by A.K. Chettiar, was screened at the Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya's Vinobha Hall. The original 81-minute film, 'Mahatma Gandhi – 20th Century Prophet,' was reportedly lost, but the

Don't Come Knocking
'Double Feature': Don't Come Knocking Published: Thursday, April 6, 2006 Hear the St. Paul Pioneer Press' Chris Hewitt discuss 'Don't Come Knocking': http://www.ohiomm.com/podcasts/movies/network/don'tcomeknocking.mp3. Download the movie review

The Boys of Baraka
The Boys of Baraka Cathy Frisinger Fort Worth Star-Telegram Published: Friday, March 17, 2006 GRADE: A- 'In Baltimore, 76 percent of African-American boys do not graduate from high school.' From the start, The Boys of Baraka grabs your attention with

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
The Carrie Nations, a three-girl band, come to Hollywood and get mixed up in heartbreak, showbiz success, drugs, sex and a psychopathic hermaphrodite rock star who throws a party which turns into a massacre. Verdict

Stick It
Big question: In this girly movie from the writer of 'Bring It On,' teenage rebel Haley (Missy Peregrym) is caught trespassing and sentenced to–believe it–a gymnastics academy. Hasn't all the humor behind high school girls' athletics been, uh,

13 (Tzameti)
By Frank Scheck NEW YORK — This accomplished debut feature from Gela Babluani, a Georgian filmmaker working in France, is an intense and claustrophobic thriller whose major plot element should well supplant memories of the Russian roulette scenes in

A/K/A Tommy Chong
By John Defore Bottom line: Semiprofessional docu combines primer on Tommy Chong's comedy career with a one-sided view of his recent legal troubles. AUSTIN — You don't have to be a drug fiend or a soldier of the counterculture to find something

Stick It
By Frank Scheck Bottom line: Sure to inspire newfound appreciation for the sport, especially in teen boys. NEW YORK — This gently titled film has to do with the world of female gymnastics, which instantly provides it with a commercial hook. Much like

Papa
By Michael Rechtshaffen Bottom line: A spare but affecting film by Maurice Barthelemy. A road trip taken by a father and his young son takes some unexpected turns in 'Papa,' a spare but affecting film by Maurice Barthelemy. Screened as part of this

Movie Review: A Young Girl and Big Words in'Akeelah and the Bee'
A bright but unmotivated African-American girl dreams of going to the National Spelling Bee in an underdog tale that inspires without being sappy.
DANA STEVENS

Movie Review:'Somersault,'the Story of an Alluring Teenage Runaway
"Somersault"is a movie about the looks on people's faces and the disparity between the surface and the roiling chaos beneath.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review: An Elegy for Old Havana,'The Lost City'of Glamour and Music
Andy Garcia's ode to the Havana of pre-Communist Cuba is a romantic epic manquéthat swoons across the screen without saying much.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review:'Army of Shadows'Takes a Hard Look at a Horrible and Marvelous Time
Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film about the French Resistance during World War II is that rare work of art that thrills the senses and the mind.
MANOHLA DARGIS

Movie Review:'The Death of Mr. Lazarescu'Tells a Modern Hospital Tale
The ailing title character in this thorny masterpiece by the Romanian director Cristi Puiu suffers a late-night descent through circles of medical hell.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review: Teenage Gymnasts'Stick It'to the Man
Somersaulting though happy clichés and unexpected invention, this spry teen comedy gets everything right.
NATHAN LEE

Movie Review: In'Alternative Freedom,'Balancing the Freedom of Innovation With Copyright Laws
"Alternative Freedom"raises critical issues about the control of digital media then drops them in a shapeless mess of archival clips and meandering interviews.
NATHAN LEE

'Ava Gardner,'by Lee Server: Ava's Allure
Lee Server's enthralling new biography could be characterized as an extended toast to this Love Goddess of the Screen.
Review by PETER BOGDANOVICH

Movie Review: Maggie Cheung Is All Washed Up but Holding Out Hope for Redemption in'Clean'
Maggie Cheung deservedly won best actress at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for her portrayal of a recovering heroin addict facing a bleak, uncertain future after her partner's death.
STEPHEN HOLDEN

Movie Review:'The Whore's Son'Discovers the Truth About Mom
Michael Sturminger's unsentimental German-language debut feature fearlessly plumbs the depths of an intense mother-son relationship.
LAURA KERN

Movies (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Akeelah and the Bee (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)½ (PG) Elmwood Palace, Clearview Palace, West Bank Palace, Hammond Palace, Hollywood 9 (Kenner), Hollywood 14 (Covington), Holiday 12, Movies 8. A young girl (Keke Palmer) inspires her south Los Angeles neighborhood with her determination to win a spelling bee.

Story the stuff of movies (The Murray Valley Standard)
HIS story sounds like something you would see in the movies, only this one is as real as they get. Murray Bridge man Alex Hawkins joined the Australian Imperial Forces as a World War Two Private assigned to the eighth division of the 2/21 Battalion.

Clint to debut two Iwo Jima movies (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
As a child, Clint Eastwood watched his share of war movies.

Making Movies: From VHS to DVD (PC World)
Copying your home movies from videotapes to more durable DVD doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming. Here's how we did it.

Making Movies: From VHS to DVD (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Copying your home movies from videotapes to more-durable DVDs doesn't have to be difficult or time-consuming. Here's how we did it.

Sports channel to telecast movies even as GECs pad up with cricket (Agencyfaqs!)
Sapna Nair agencyfaqs! MUMBAI, April 28 This is called survival strategy. While the general entertainment and movie channels are looking for a larger share of viewership by adding cricket to their content, sports channels such as Ten Sports are left with no option but to go in for movies.

Gasps at the pump: More say they're forced to sacrifice eating out, movies and fun (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
When Mike Speckert took four months off during winter, the foundation builder had to sell compact discs and movies to help pay for gas.

Yasmin Ahmad's Movies Draws Mixed Reactions From Critics (Jaffa.com)
28 Apr – The controversial saga of Yasmin Ahmad's "Sepet" and "Gubra" continues in RTM1's live programme "Fenomena Seni" . On the show, two critics from the film industry accused the two movies of corrupting and confusing viewers and that it defiles the Malay-Muslim culture.

Movies calendar (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Opening For fuller reviews, go to StarTribune.com/movies or call 612-288-2822 and press the four-digit numbers listed below. Comments are by critics Jeff Strickler (J.S.) and Colin Covert (C.C.) unless noted. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. AKEELAH AND THE BEE (5899) An old-fashioned but good-hearted tale about an 11-year-old spelling whiz from inner-city Los Angeles. Angela Bassett and

Families Review Movies (Fort Wayne News Channel 15)
(CNN/WANE) — With movies like "The Chronicles of Narnia" at the box office, some parents wonder what the G and PG ratings mean these days. In fact, a recent Harvard study says violence is on the rise in G-rated animated movies and PG-rated films – while sexual innuendo is creeping into dialogue.

Biofiles: Kevyn Adams
Scent of a Woman . Love Al Pacino movies. And recent one was Wedding Crashers ." Favorite TV Shows: " Cheers is the all-time best. And second best would have to be Seinfeld ."

In Sight/ Movies; 'Angels in America' takes up early AIDS crisis with pride
the infamous right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn ( Al Pacino ), a closeted homosexual. Cohn's protege, Joe Pitt (Patrick Wilson), is a Mormon struggling with his own latent homosexuality,

People, 4/28
"Saturday Night Live" star David Spade. Al Pacino will join the cast of the already star-studded "Ocean's Thirteen," Variety reported. The follow-up to "Ocean's Twelve" stars

West side stories
slang, Jas simply refers to the " Al Pacino " and the "Mary J Blige" in the driveway of Hardjit's house. Mobile phones, naturally, have an equally iconic status. Nobody just picks up

So, as it turns out, we are, in fact, the kind of …
a birthday cake featuring a Scarface-era Al Pacino on it, as long as the cookies kept coming. In non-birthday news, the Opal Mehta plagiarism controversy has come to the best

Zona Franca: 'The Lost City', una realidad encontrada
a estereotipos como Scarface (1983), con Al Pacino , por nombrar una. Eso lo sabe todo el mundo y no es necesario recalcar esta malaise sociocultural aqu. No obstante,

Tom Cruise Disses Movie-Based Video Games
report on MTV.com , actors like Al Pacino ("The Godfather") have refused to participate; others, like Jack Black ("King Kong") or Ian McKellan ("The Lord of the Rings") have jumped

Paul Guilfoyle
Broadway and in Boston supporting actor Al Pacino in such productions as "The Training of Pavlo Hummel", "Richard III" and "Man and Superman". After making his feature debut in one

Best of Broadway brings musicals from the movies (Contra Costa Times)
The Tony Award-winning plays "Doubt" and "The Light in the Piazza" are headed to San Francisco, as are musical adaptations of the movies "Edward Scissorhands" and "Legally Blonde," all part of Best of Broadway's 2006-07 season announced Tuesday.

Movie Guide and Film Series (New York Times)
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Movies From The Web (Hartford Courant)
Will Downloaded Films Take Off? Forecasters Are Pessimistic When Movielink announced earlier this month it would offer new movies for download purchase on the same day they are released on DVD, it raised the curtain, finally, on Internet-based video on demand.

Movies in brief (Contra Costa Times)
The following movies are opening this week in the Bay Area. "KINKY BOOTS" (PG-13): A struggling shoe manufacturer hits on the notion of designing stiletto boots, for men. Chiwetel Ejiofor ("Serenity") plays the drag queen who serves as the inspiration.

iPods may get Sony and Disney movies (CNN Money)
When Apple signed on to support Sony's controversial Blu-Ray videodisc initiative, it gave the embattled format a boost in the marketplace. But now Steve Jobs' quid pro quo is becoming clear. Rumor has it that he's asking Sony and other studios to include iPod-ready versions of their movies on Blu-Ray releases. Disney, which has worked closely with Apple on video content in the past, is also in

At the Tribeca Film Festival, Foreign Movies Hit Close to Home (New York Times)
One of the pardoxes of this New York-centric festival is that many of its freshest, most startling films are political dramas and satires from non-American perspectives.

Movies in brief (Contra Costa Times)
The following movies are opening this week in the Bay Area. "I AM A SEX ADDICT" (NR) Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi melds truth and fiction in this tale about his battle with sex addiction. Opened at the Balboa, S.F., on Wednesday and then Friday at the Shattuck, Berkeley.

Movies calendar (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
Opening For fuller reviews, go to StarTribune.com/movies or call 612-288-2822 and press the four-digit numbers listed below. Comments are by critics Jeff Strickler (J.S.) and Colin Covert (C.C.) unless noted. Movies are rated on a four-star scale. AKEELAH AND THE BEE (5899) An old-fashioned but good-hearted tale about an 11-year-old spelling whiz from inner-city Los Angeles. Angela Bassett and

Sports channel to telecast movies even as GECs pad up with cricket (Agencyfaqs!)
Sapna Nair agencyfaqs! MUMBAI, April 28 This is called survival strategy. While the general entertainment and movie channels are looking for a larger share of viewership by adding cricket to their content, sports channels such as Ten Sports are left with no option but to go in for movies.