Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/790 entertainment Movie News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:30:37 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/790 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_mo/us_obit_hollywood_negotiator ap/20091107/us_obit_hollywood_negotiator AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:30:37 GMT AP - Nick Counter, a longtime negotiator for Hollywood producers who led the studios through two grueling writers' strikes last year and in 1988, has died. He was 69. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/film_nm/us_film_splinterheads nm/20091107/us_film_splinterheads Reuters entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:44 GMT Reuters - Depicting an awkward romance between two young misfits set in the backdrop of a traveling carnival, "Splinterheads" mainly comes across as a low-rent version of "Adventureland." Although Brant Sersen's comedy, which opened Friday (November 6), has amusing moments, they come too far between to elevate the film above the standard indie level of quirkiness for its own sake. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/film_nm/us_jackson nm/20091107/us_jackson Reuters entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:55:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/film_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257613038096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ykdT7EWBadxazOaHAUx5Xg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Michael Jackson's father Joe, seen here in Germany in September, is seeking money from his late son's estate to help him meet monthly living expenses estimated at more than $15,000, court papers have shown.(DDP/AFP/Joerg Koch)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, on Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/film_nm/us_jackson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257613038096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=ykdT7EWBadxazOaHAUx5Xg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Michael Jackson's father Joe, seen here in Germany in September, is seeking money from his late son's estate to help him meet monthly living expenses estimated at more than $15,000, court papers have shown.(DDP/AFP/Joerg Koch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_mo/us_people_james_woods ap/20091107/us_people_james_woods AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:17:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_mo/us_people_james_woods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ac6c75e6663846a9ab5c68965a74b3b3.people_james_woods_ny141.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=oWWdoUnYfFyJXOREdHjKyA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this March 5, 2008 photo, James Woods arrives at the premiere of '10,000 BC' in Los Angeles. Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother. Woods on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, declined to discuss the lawsuit in detail, but told The Associated Press he wants 'justice' for his brother, Michael, who was 49 when he died at Kent Hospital in Warwick of an apparent heart attack. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two-time Oscar-nominated actor James Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_en_mo/us_people_james_woods"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.ac6c75e6663846a9ab5c68965a74b3b3.people_james_woods_ny141.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=oWWdoUnYfFyJXOREdHjKyA--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="photo" title="In this March 5, 2008 photo, James Woods arrives at the premiere of '10,000 BC' in Los Angeles. Woods has sued a Rhode Island hospital over the 2006 death of his younger brother. Woods on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, declined to discuss the lawsuit in detail, but told The Associated Press he wants 'justice' for his brother, Michael, who was 49 when he died at Kent Hospital in Warwick of an apparent heart attack. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_theater_spider_man ap/20091106/us_theater_spider_man AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:03 GMT AP - Broadway has found its Spider-Man &mdash; rock singer Reeve Carney. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_people_matthew_broderick ap/20091106/us_people_matthew_broderick AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:53:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_people_matthew_broderick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.96d222ceacd342db82bbf8fef5a84591.people_matthew_broderick_nyet224.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=p4u0NMLZUCnpZJJYWbpFPw--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, Matthew Broderick attends the Broadway opening night of 'A Steady Rain' in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Matthew Broderick says he's puzzled by the bashing he's received for his actions during the first New York preview of "The Starry Messenger," a new play by good friend Kenneth Lonergan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_people_matthew_broderick"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.96d222ceacd342db82bbf8fef5a84591.people_matthew_broderick_nyet224.jpg?x=107&y=130&q=85&sig=p4u0NMLZUCnpZJJYWbpFPw--" align="left" height="130" width="107" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2009 file photo, Matthew Broderick attends the Broadway opening night of 'A Steady Rain' in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_holidays nm/20091106/us_holidays Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:34:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2008252160.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=HC4GdG2IBNgJ5sjjqCaMTQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Actor George Clooney is shown in a scene from his new film "Up In The Air" in this undated publicity photograph. REUTERS/Dale Robinette/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And judging by what's in theaters this holiday movie season, his name is George Clooney.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_holidays"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r2008252160.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=HC4GdG2IBNgJ5sjjqCaMTQ--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Actor George Clooney is shown in a scene from his new film "Up In The Air" in this undated publicity photograph. REUTERS/Dale Robinette/Paramount Pictures/Handout" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_fisher nm/20091106/us_fisher Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:05:23 GMT Reuters - Isla Fisher is eyeing "Desperados," a feature comedy described as a female-oriented "Hangover." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_stewart nm/20091106/us_stewart Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:24:24 GMT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- British rocker Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame will team with Oscar winner A.R. Rahman ("Slumdog Millionaire") to write the score for "Street Dancing," an against-all-odds movie set in the world of dance competitions held in Singapore and New York. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_wwii_museum_tom_hanks ap/20091106/us_wwii_museum_tom_hanks AP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:35:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_wwii_museum_tom_hanks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.5d0718c2254f4ca58b1eb74626d0bcc9.wwii_museum_hanks_lawh125.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=pJzefJyDBTrl6vS8PakTDg--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="Actor Tom Hanks speaks to reporters as he arrives at the World War II Museum in New Orleans on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The museum is opening it $300 million expansion project with the screening of the Tom Hanks-produce war film 'Beyond All Boundaries.' (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - Actors Tom Hanks, Patricia Clarkson and James Cromwell walked the red carpet Thursday before a private screening of the Hanks-produced war film "Beyond All Boundaries" held at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_en_mo/us_wwii_museum_tom_hanks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.5d0718c2254f4ca58b1eb74626d0bcc9.wwii_museum_hanks_lawh125.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=pJzefJyDBTrl6vS8PakTDg--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="photo" title="Actor Tom Hanks speaks to reporters as he arrives at the World War II Museum in New Orleans on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The museum is opening it $300 million expansion project with the screening of the Tom Hanks-produce war film 'Beyond All Boundaries.' (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas ap/20091107/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas AP entertainment Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:10:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_en_ot/us_celebrity_burglaries_vegas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.d55febb66e7c4cb0988532a027075b34.celebrity_burglaries_ny109.jpg?x=85&y=130&q=85&sig=M0iTIjksnq9dcx.Fty1ybA--" align="left" height="130" width="85" alt="photo" title="File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge. According to a Las Vegas police search warrant obtained by The Associated Press on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Prugo told Los Angeles police detectives that Rachel Jungeon Lee was the 'driving force' behind the break-ins. (AP Photo/Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091105/film_nm/us_boxoffice nm/20091105/us_boxoffice Reuters entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:31 GMT Reuters - The holiday season starts early this weekend, as Disney opens director Robert Zemeckis' 3D animated feature "A Christmas Carol." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/en_afp/entertainmentusfilmfreeman afp/20091106/entertainmentusfilmfreeman AFP entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:11:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/en_afp/entertainmentusfilmfreeman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257538278143-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=mNPs0uKrsjBhZfa0T3Dv3A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman, seen here in October 2009, has settled a lawsuit involving a female passenger traveling in his car when it crashed last year, the woman's lawyer confirmed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Shearer)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit involving a female passenger traveling in his car when it crashed last year, the woman's lawyer confirmed Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/en_afp/entertainmentusfilmfreeman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257538278143-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=mNPs0uKrsjBhZfa0T3Dv3A--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman, seen here in October 2009, has settled a lawsuit involving a female passenger traveling in his car when it crashed last year, the woman's lawyer confirmed Friday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Shearer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/review_nm/us_film_love nm/20091106/us_film_love Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:56:01 GMT Reuters - A priest's son embarks on a path of sin and panty photography motivated by confession-compulsion in "Love Exposure." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_greene nm/20091106/us_greene Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:42:29 GMT Reuters - Ashley Greene is going from vampires to ghosts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/en_nm/us_film_sun nm/20091106/us_film_sun Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:38:43 GMT Reuters - Hal Holbrook continues his late-career renaissance, begun so vividly with his Oscar-nominated turn in "Into the Wild," with this elegiac drama about an octogenarian who still has a lot of fight left in him. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/film_nm/us_yogi nm/20091106/us_yogi Reuters entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:07:53 GMT Reuters - Dan Aykroyd and Anna Faris are in negotiations to star in "Yogi Bear," a live-action/animated feature take on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_mo/us_people_morgan_freeman ap/20091105/us_people_morgan_freeman AP entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:49:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_mo/us_people_morgan_freeman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ab286e641ece4cfaac07ce94483b6a19.people_morgan_freeman_nyet323.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=4rWzyl0Ggr1eJ6bKny5eOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009 file photo, Morgan Freeman poses at Artists for a New South Africa's 20th anniversary celebration 'Jabulani' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Morgan Freeman has settled a lawsuit related to a 2008 car accident that seriously injured him and a passenger, according to court records posted Thursday. Terms of the settlement were not released.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_mo/us_people_morgan_freeman"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091105/capt.ab286e641ece4cfaac07ce94483b6a19.people_morgan_freeman_nyet323.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=4rWzyl0Ggr1eJ6bKny5eOQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2009 file photo, Morgan Freeman poses at Artists for a New South Africa's 20th anniversary celebration 'Jabulani' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_en_mo/box_obit_lou_filippo ap/20091105/box_obit_lou_filippo AP entertainment Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:13:32 GMT AP - Lou Filippo, a World Boxing Hall of Famer who judged 85 world champion fights and had small roles in the "Rocky" movies, has died. He was 83. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/movies/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091105/bs_ibd_ibd/20091105tech ibd/20091105/20091105tech Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:48:27 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The picture is getting prettier for real-big-screen company Imax.