Reuters: Entertainment News

Global movie box office nears $30 billion in 2009

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:01:45 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Global movie ticket sales hit $29.9 billion last year, up 7.6 percent, with the most growth in the Asia Pacific region, the leading U.S. movie industry representative said on Wednesday.

Corey Haim dies of overdose in Los Angeles

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:30:22 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.

New Matt Damon movie may bring Iraq war into mainstream

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:19:10 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass risk their reputation as sure-fire hitmakers when the Iraq war thriller "Green Zone" debuts on Friday.

Madonna to launch fashion lines

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:05:10 -0500

BANGALORE (Reuters) - It appears the Material Girl will be getting a lot more material.

Tribeca unveils film lineup, Spitzer in spotlight

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:48:08 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tribeca Film Festival on Wednesday unveiled its first group of films for April's event, including one documentary about the prostitution scandal that brought down former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.

Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover project

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:07:09 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Clint Eastwood is lining up his next directing project, a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the nation's No. 1 crimefighter for almost 50 years.

ABC places "Trust" in Mark Burnett game-show pilot

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:50:41 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Mark Burnett is back in the game-show business, two months after one of his projects was scuttled by Fox amid allegations that it might have been rigged.

Ralph Fiennes filming "Coriolanus" in Serbia

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:23 -0500

BELGRADE (Reuters) - After two years struggling to win funding amid the global financial crisis, actor Ralph Fiennes said on Wednesday he would start filming his directorial debut of a Shakespeare tragedy next week in Serbia.

Steve Martin watching birds in "Big Year" comedy

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:22:59 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Steve Martin's big year is getting even bigger.

Bigelow's Oscars will change Hollywood, slowly

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:41:23 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow wrapped her fingers around that little golden man called Oscar on Sunday and cracked one of Hollywood's glass ceilings, but truly shattering it may take more time.