And the Oscar winner goes to … a comic-book film?
Perry White, blustery editor of the Daily Planet, proclaims in "Superman Returns" that "Pulitzer Prizes are like Academy Awards. No one remembers what…

FBI breaks up movie piracy ring following raid
The FBI broke up two movie piracy rings Wednesday that authorities said specialized in sneaking digital camcorders into theaters and shooting hit films, then duplicating and distributing millions of bootlegs worldwide.

What other critics are saying
Christy Lemire, The Associated Press: "Superman Returns" is everything you'd want it to be. It's reverential of the source material, yet…

Pull up a chair and pass the popcorn
For those who like their summer movies sans air conditioning, a couple of family-friendly outdoor-movie options are available this weekend…
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Family films
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Top 10 films
Here are the top 10 movies at North American theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by gross (in millions), total gross …

A soft-spoken and sublime "Superman"
Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns," taking place five years after Superman's mysterious disappearance from Earth, has a quiet grandeur to…

A "Devil" of a job: Meryl Streep is perfectly wicked as chic boss
Some movies dazzle us with their artistry; some inspire us to want to make the world a better place; and some leave us with the overwhelming…
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Cars – movie review

Nacho Libre – movie review

District B13 – movie review

Who Killed the Electric Car? – movie review

The Great New Wonderful – movie review

Click – movie review

The Road to Guantanamo – movie review

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties – movie review

The Break-Up – movie review

Hollywood producer Spelling dies (Cleveland Jewish News)
NEW YORK (JTA) — Hollywood producer Aaron Spelling died at age 83. He suffered a stroke June 18 and died June 23 in his Los Angeles mansion. Spelling was born in 1923 to struggling Jewish immigrants in Texas.

Los Angeles: Trippy Video at Social Hollywood (Gridskipper)
Somewhere in freshly minted elite lounge-restaurant Social Hollywood, media arts group Core has created what Cool Hunting dubs an "hour-long environmental installation." The video, projected onto a…

Trucker, Son Kidnapped In Hollywood Hijacking (CBS 4 Miami)
A trucker delivering perfume to an industrial section of Hollywood was briefly kidnapped Thursday afternoon, along with his 10 year old son, when three men apparently hijacked the truck and stole it’s load of perfume.

Hollywood temple dispute awaits crucial vote (Miami Herald)
Attorneys for Hollywood said Monday that the city has agreed to a settlement with a local Orthodox Jewish synagogue that would end a five-year battle which started with neighbors' complaints about parking and noise.

Private Banking wins at Hollywood Park (KRON 4 Bay Area)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Private Banking snapped a 10-race losing streak Thursday, beating Peaceful Love by 2 1/4 lengths in the $55,000 feature race for older fillies and mares at Hollywood Park.

CashCallMile comes to Hollywood Park (Fox Sports)
Don't count Hollywood Park out just yet. The fabled Los Angeles racetrack debuts the CashCallMile on Saturday, and Jerry Klein says the $750,000 race for fillies should be a success. Horses from Japan should spice up the race as well as the fifth running of the American Oaks.

Chabad, Hollywood give mediation one last try today (Miami Herald)
For the first time today, Hollywood leaders and the Hollywood Community Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch will sit down, face to face, in an attempt to end a five-year dispute outside the courtroom.

Tenet will sell Parkway General and Hollywood Medical (Miami Herald)
In a broad $900 million settlement with the federal government over allegations of Medicare fraud, Tenet Healthcare has agreed to sell Parkway General, the North Dade hospital, and Hollywood Medical Center in Broward.

Hollywood beckons for 12-year-old with no acting experience (Daily Telegraph)
A twelve-year-old English girl with no acting experience has landed the biggest child role in Hollywood since Harry Potter.

Hollywood actress joins royals
Hollywood actress joins royalsLondon | June 29, 2006 12:01:13 AM IST Hollywood actress Angelica Huston joins U.K. royalty for a fundraiser in an effort to save Asian elephants. The Oscar-winning actress attended the black-tie event in the United Kingdom,

Marcia Gay Harden Goes Home
Marcia Gay Harden has found the perfect actress to play her daughter in a new movie. Its Well, its her own daughter, Euala Grace Scheel, who is proudly carrying on the tradition of three names.The pair is starring together in Mary Haversticks indie drama

Ship Shaped
by SJL – 07/03/06 xhideelements array contains object names to hide on menu display xhidemenus array contains the menus that activate the hide function add to this array using xhideelements.push("elementname") on pages that require an element to be

DiCaprio turns on, tunes in and drops out
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Best Of Frenemies
Frenemies from writers Dyanne Stempel and Jennifer Robinson.So far, little is known about the movie other than its apparently a War Of The Roses-style farce about two bestest girlfriends becoming vicious rivals. There are no cast members or director

Costner's Coasting
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Charlize Theron's 'Ice' heats up
Charlize Theron will finally bring her dream project 'Ice at the Bottom of the World' to the big screen, and she has hired British director Alan Parker ('Evita') to help her. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Theron will star in and produce the family

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Forged ID: Brad Pitt's Photo, Arabic Name
Forged ID: Brad Pitt's Photo, Arabic Name Thursday June 29, 2006 5:01 PM DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A Jordanian salesman who tried to use an identity card with Brad Pitt's photo was on trial in the Emirates, a newspaper reported Thursday. The

EW review: 'Superman' is only average
(Entertainment Weekly) — It's touching to think that when Richard Donner's Superman was released in 1978, the ads could tempt audiences with the line 'You'll believe a man can fly.'Nearly three decades later, it's hard to find a man in the movies who

Movies Show Nanotubes Bend Like Sluggish Guitar Strings (Science Daily)
Rice University scientists have discovered a way to use standard optical microscopes and video cameras to film individual carbon nanotubes, an important advance in nanotechnology imaging that's described online in Physical Review Letters. The method may be useful for life scientists probing the interaction of nanotubes with cells and biomolecules. The movies show that nanotubes can be plucked –

Earthcomber’s Releases “Movies on the Move™” – First GPS-enabled Movie Guide in the U.S. – as Free Download (PR Web)
“Movies on the Move™,” a free download for Palm OS and Windows Mobile-powered handheld devices, is available on Earthcomber. (PRWEB Jun 29, 2006) Trackback URI: http://www.prweb.com/dingpr.php/TG92ZS1GYWx1LUVtcHQtUGlnZy1JbnNlLVplcm8=

Games: New Super Mario Bros | Hitman: Blood Money | The Movies: Stunts and Effects (Guardian Unlimited)
New Super Mario Bros | Hitman: Blood Money | The Movies: Stunts and Effects

Movies take longer to download than to watch (Asbury Park Press)
The DVD has been a hit with movie fans because it delivers both convenience and quality at a reasonable price. But in the future, all movies could be downloaded at home, eliminating the need for discs. This spring, CinemaNow and Movielink began selling downloads of major studio movies. USA TODAY's Mike Snider tried both services; here's his lowdown on downloads: CinemaNow www.cinemanow.com

Pizza, movies are served up (Lawrence Journal-World)
Pizza and a movie anyone? Two documentaries celebrate iconic American industries: Hollywood and the fast-food slice. But the more you learn about making pizzas and movies, the more you wonder about their authenticity.

Billings library showing movies (Billings Gazette)
Parmly Billings Library's Thursday Night at the Movies series will continue in July with a series of documentary films, some of which have either been nominated for or have won Academy Awards.

Top 10 patriotic movies to consider for the fourth (Carroll County Online)
When I decided I wanted to do a list of the Top 10 patriotic movies, I knew it would be a difficult task. I know that most will probably want this list to be all wars and flags and overt sentimentality.

Movies Listings: June 29, 2006 (South Bend Tribune)
CINEMARK MOVIES 14: Superman Returns, 12;10, 1:15, 2:15, 3:35, 4:40, 5:45, 7, 8:05, 9:20, 10:25. Click, 1:30, 2:20, 4:20, 5:05, 7:10, 7:45, 9:55, 10:25. Waist Deep, 2:10, 4:50, 7:30, 10:10. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, 1:35, 4:15, 7, 9:40. Nacho Libre, 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20. Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, 12:40, 2:50, 5:10, 7:35. The Lake House, 2, 4:35, 7:20, 9:55. Cars,

RENT IT & WEEP: Is Superman Kryptonite to you? Check out the these romantic movies (Detroit Free Press)
So Superman's latest fight to win back Lois Lane doesn't do it for you in the romance department. Never fear, we are here with the most romantic movies you can rent. Compiled by the Nest, a relationship Web site, these will melt any heart. Did we miss your favorite? Send it to us at features@freepress.com.

Future producers get lesson in movies (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ — Children got the chance to produce their own movies in Movie Making 101 Wednesday at Kids College at the Copiah-Lincoln Community College in Natchez.

Strangers With Candy
By Sheri Linden Bottom line: The humor is more uneven, less subversive than you would hope. When Amy Sedaris turned her face into a gargoyle as Jerri Blank for the Comedy Central series 'Strangers With Candy,' something bracingly absurd hit the small

Say Uncle
By Michael Rechtshaffen Bottom line: 'Say Uncle' is an acutely misguided, purported satire. Serving as the feature directorial bow of 'Queer as Folk' actor Peter Paige, 'Say Uncle' is an acutely misguided, purported satire dealing with the prickly

Because of Winn-Dixie
AnnaSophia Robb and canine friend in 'Because of Winn-Dixie.' 'Winn Dixie' gets no place fast Gary Thompson Philadelphia Daily News Published: Friday, February 18, 2005 'Because of Winn Dixie' is a touching, sincere, heart-warming family film that

Death Metal: Chris Paine's "Who Killed the Electric Car?"
Death Metal: Chris Paine's "Who Killed the Electric Car?" by Kristi Mitsuda with responses by Michael Koresky and Lauren Kaminsky (June 26, 2006) [indieWIRE's weekly reviews are written by critics from .] The movement of documentaries into the mainstream

School Daze: Sedaris's Slackjawed Sketch Comedy
School Confidential Arthur's Missing Pal Ball of Fire (1941) Bandits of Orgosolo (1960) Beyond the Clouds * Big Night A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan Black Panther (1969) Blue Collar The Boys in the Band The Break-Up * Brick Bugs! in 3D Car Wash Cars

BAM Spotlights Black Punk Culture
BAM spotlights black punk culture by Ed HalterJune 27th, 2006 2:42 PM Afro-Punk Weekend June 30 through July 4, BAMcinmatek Distinct from the typical concert video or band profile, the punk-rock identity doc has emerged in recent years as its own unnamed

Superman Returns; The Devil Wears Prada
Superman The Devil Wears Prada by J. Hoberman movie: a/k/a Tommy Chong Afro-Punk All Power to the People! The Antonioni: The Vision That Ch * Army of Shadows (1969) * Art School Confidential Arthur's Missing Pal

Carnival Of Souls
~ Carnival Of Souls ~ The Film StoreThe best and easiest way to improve your DVD collection!Join TodayClick here for full details We start with a road crash. A car hurtles off a bridge into a silt-choked river and vanishes. Rescue attempts seem futile

Hollywood Commissioners To Discuss Deal With Synagogue (NBC 6 Miami)
Hollywood commissioners are meeting today to discuss a deal between the city and an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.

Where Are They Now?: Hollywood Henderson (Sports Illustrated)
Five. eight. Seventeen. Thirty-five. Thirty-eight. Forty-one. Those six Texas Lottery numbers in March 2000 netted Thomas (Hollywood) Henderson $10 million. For the former NFL linebacker, the luck was all in the timing. "[The old] Hollywood would have called a private jet, gotten four or five hookers, six ounces of cocaine and a bunch of champagne and marijuana, and partied for a couple weeks in

Vote expected today to in Chabad's fight with Hollywood (Miami Herald)
Today, Hollywood commissioners will take up the controversial settlement that could resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.

Hollywood stewards revoke elder Kaenel's exercise rider's license (Thoroughbred Times)
Hollywood Park stewards have revoked the exericise rider's license of "Cowboy" Jack Kaenel, the youngest jockey ever to win a Triple Crown race.

Japanese Stars Work for Hollywood Stakes (BloodHorse)
(from Hollywood Park notes) Japanese invaders Dance in the Mood and Asahi Rising worked five furlongs in tandem on the main track at Hollywood Park Wednesday for their respective female turf stakes this weekend.

Military Turns To Hollywood For Training (NBC San Diego)
Thousands of Marines go through training with help from Hollywood.

Nikki Finke keeps Hollywood honest (Market Watch)
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Nobody covers Hollywood quite like Nikki Finke.

Hollywood celebrates black talent (BBC News)
On stage and behind the scenes with the stars at the Black Entertainment and Television Awards ceremony in Hollywood.

UTV inks $14m production deal with 2 Hollywood cos (Agencyfaqs!)
Entertainment company UTV has inked co-production deals worth $14m with two Hollywood animation production houses, Porchlight Animation and Mike Young Productions.

Hollywood, synagogue to try to mediate dispute (Miami Herald)
Hollywood commissioners were poised late tonight to reject a settlement with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, but after hours of emotional debate decided to give mediation one last try.

hands-on: Scarface not so meh
– an impersonator picked personally by Al Pacino — has about 200 different taunts when in combat and more than 200 when speaking with NPCs. The amount of detail and realism put

Spacey as Luthor: line of Oscar…
who would win Oscars shortly after, Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman) and Kathy Bates (Misery). Hulk had Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind), Spider-Man had Cliff Robertson (Charly)

Punch of Prestige
best supporting actress, "Bonnie and Clyde" Al Pacino later won best actor for "Scent of a Woman" Kathy Bates later won best actress for "Misery" Perry White, blustery editor of

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Who will go to the Toronto Film Festival?
that Dhanush reminded him of the Al Pacino of the 1970s. In an interview with rediff.com , Bailey spoke about the selection process, films he saw and, of course, why he liked

And the Oscar winner goes to … a comic-book film?
Parsons, supporting actress, "Bonnie and Clyde" Al Pacino later won best actor for "Scent of a Woman" Kathy Bates later won best actress for "Misery" "Dick Tracy" featured three

Comic-book flicks pack powerful cast
who would win Oscars shortly after, Al Pacino ("Scent of a Woman") and Kathy Bates ("Misery"). "Hulk" had Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), "Spider-Man" had Cliff Robertson

Parade of Oscar winners take on comic-book movies
who would win Oscars shortly after, Al Pacino ('Scent of a Woman') and Kathy Bates ('Misery'). 'Hulk' had Jennifer Connelly ('A Beautiful Mind'), 'Spider-Man' had Cliff Robertson

And the Oscar winner goes to … a comic-book flick
who would win Oscars shortly after, Al Pacino ("Scent of a Woman") and Kathy Bates ("Misery"). "Hulk" had Jennifer Connelly ("A Beautiful Mind"), "Spider-Man" had Cliff Robertson

The Lost City
ranks of actor-turned-filmmakers like Robert Duvall, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. We would all be lost without the truth of such personal visions. — tt clinkscales Citybeat Grade:

Hollywood commissioners to discuss deal reached with synagogue (WPMI 15)
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) – Hollywood commissioners are meeting today to discuss a deal between the city and an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.

Hollywood celebrates black talent (BBC News)
On stage and behind the scenes with the stars at the Black Entertainment and Television Awards ceremony in Hollywood.

Chabad's Fight In Hollywood Not Over Yet (CBS 4 Miami)
Hollywood commissioners are expected to take up the controversial settlement that could resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue on Wednesday.

Nikki Finke keeps Hollywood honest (Market Watch)
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Nobody covers Hollywood quite like Nikki Finke.

Hollywood lines up Maxwell – the movie (Guardian Unlimited)
The colourful life and bizarre death of Robert Maxwell, the disgraced Daily Mirror proprietor, is to be made into a Hollywood film.

Hollywood invades honeymoon (The Daily Telegraph)
SHE'S honeymooning with new husband Keith Urban smack bang in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean but Hollywood isn't too far away for Nicole Kidman.

Walk of Fame a little bit of Hollywood magic (Houston Chronicle)
If it weren't for two guys with a bunch of crushed granite, Hollywood might not have its iconic Walk of Fame.

Vote expected today to in Chabad's fight with Hollywood (Miami Herald)
Today, Hollywood commissioners will take up the controversial settlement that could resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit with an Orthodox Jewish synagogue.

Where Are They Now?: Hollywood Henderson (Sports Illustrated)
Five. eight. Seventeen. Thirty-five. Thirty-eight. Forty-one. Those six Texas Lottery numbers in March 2000 netted Thomas (Hollywood) Henderson $10 million. For the former NFL linebacker, the luck was all in the timing. "[The old] Hollywood would have called a private jet, gotten four or five hookers, six ounces of cocaine and a bunch of champagne and marijuana, and partied for a couple weeks in

Nikki Finke keeps Hollywood honest (Market Watch)
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Nobody covers Hollywood quite like Nikki Finke.

Wiretap case may singe Hollywood moguls (The Age)
Private investigator Anthony Pellicano. Photo: FIle Studio bosses Brad Grey and Ron Meyer have scaled Hollywood's ruthless ranks to become two of the most powerful men in the entertainment industry.

Inaugural Hollywood and Games Summit in Full Swing; Film and Videogame Industry Visionaries Unite to Address (SYS-CON Media)
The Beverly Hills Hotel is packed today with business and creative visionaries from both the videogame and film industries for the first-ever Hollywood and Games Summit, presented by the CMP Game Group, host of the industry-leading Game Developers Conference (GDC), and entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter. Influential decision-makers from both sides have gathered to address the

Where Are They Now?: Hollywood Henderson (Sports Illustrated)
Five. eight. Seventeen. Thirty-five. Thirty-eight. Forty-one. Those six Texas Lottery numbers in March 2000 netted Thomas (Hollywood) Henderson $10 million. For the former NFL linebacker, the luck was all in the timing. "[The old] Hollywood would have called a private jet, gotten four or five hookers, six ounces of cocaine and a bunch of champagne and marijuana, and partied for a couple weeks in

Keanu's Hollywood Star (Teen Hollywood)
Keanu Reeves has been given one of the greatest celebrity accolades – a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 'Matrix' actor was honoured with the plaque on the legendary Hollywood Boulevard for a stunning 20-year career which has included over 40 films.

Walk of Fame a little bit of Hollywood magic (Houston Chronicle)
If it weren't for two guys with a bunch of crushed granite, Hollywood might not have its iconic Walk of Fame.

Maxwell story to be Hollywood film (PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The life of disgraced media tycoon Robert Maxwell is to be turned into a Hollywood movie.

Sanchez: Looking for Hollywood ending (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Sanchez: Looking for Hollywood ending

Hollywood outsider Guba.com to sell movies, TV shows (San Jose Mercury News)
Continuing Hollywood's dance with Bay Area tech companies, Warner Bros. announced Monday a partnership with online video site Guba.com to distribute new and vintage movies and TV shows.

Hollywood conservative files suit to stop mass surveillance by government (Sun-Sentinel)
HOLLYWOOD — She's a lifelong Republican, a proud conservative who rails against big government and doesn't have time for whiny liberalism. Now she's siding with the ACLU.