Movies - Page 16

E! Online - John Goodman's decision not to don a papal hat for a film role has earned him a new suit.

Movie News

Reuters - "Sunshine" is an extraordinary film, operating simultaneously at visceral, psychological and spiritual levels as it takes us on a voyage into space with the fate of mankind at stake.

Reuters - Ice Cube builds his dream house in "Are We Done Yet?" which essentially takes the "Are We There Yet?" characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the RKO Cary Grant comedy "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House."

AP - Roger Ebert's recovery from cancer surgery has been a "long and unexpected ordeal" but he plans to attend his annual festival for overlooked movies.

E! Online - It's a grand day out for Aardman Animations.

AP - Former Spice Girl Melanie Brown has given birth to a daughter in California, her publicist said Tuesday.

Reuters - Child actors in demand from Spain's prolific cinema, theatre and TV industries need better protection from exploitation by pushy parents and unscrupulous producers, Madrid authorities said on Tuesday.

Reuters - Are you a Jew? Don't ask Jamie Kastner. The question annoys the Canadian documentarymaker. He gets asked it a lot. More Info...  

Reuters - One of Tim Burton's earliest animated shorts, "Vincent," will be converted to a stereoscopic 3-D form.

Reuters - Adam Scott and Rip Torn have marked their calendars for "August," joining Josh Hartnett in the indie feature. More Info...  

Reuters - The icemen cometh at the North American box office last weekend as Will Ferrell and Jon Leder, outfitted as a comically paired figure skating team, took home the gold.

Movie News Reuters - Are you a Jew? Don't ask Jamie Kastner. The question annoys the Canadian documentary maker. He gets asked it a lot. More Info...  

Reuters - Russia has issued a new law banning the sale of DVDs, videocassettes and music CDs from its street markets and kiosks, in a further sign that the Kremlin is getting serious about combating piracy as coveted membership in the World Trade Organization moves closer.

Reuters - The Walt Disney Co.'s animated movie "Meet the Robinsons" raked in $7.1 million over the weekend in theaters screening a new three- dimensional version industry watchers are tracking closely.

AP - Will Ferrell and Jon Heder glided to box-office triumph with their skating comedy, "Blades of Glory," which took in $33 million to debut as the weekend's top movie.

AP - If you've got a taste for blood and three hours to kill, "Grindhouse" is for you. More Info...  

E! Online - This lawsuit has been sent to the left.

A New York judge has dismissed a suit filed against Beyoncé and Tina Knowles by a former business associated who claimed the mother-daughter duo had stiffed him on the commission he was owed for hooking them up with manufacturer Wear Me Apparel Corp.

Reuters - Aardman Features, the UK makers of "Wallace & Gromit" and "Chicken Run" films, is finalizing a deal with Sony Pictures that gets it back into the U.S. market three months after its partnership with the Dreamworks studio ended. More Info...  

Reuters - Jim Caviezel is in negotiations to star in the indie crime thriller "Only in New York."

AP - Selected home-video releases: More Info...