Movies - Page 7

AP - Another day, another list. But what the heck, this one is a "What is Sexy?" rundown from Victoria's Secret.

Reuters - Angelina Jolie has never shied from tough subjects in films, but it could be her upcoming movie about slain journalist Danny Pearl that shows the beautiful actress at her grittiest.

AP - Tom Cruise's latest effort isn't for the big screen. It's for the New York police, firefighters and paramedics of Sept. 11.

E! Online - Even at 60, Cannes knows how to put on a show.

E! Online - For Neil Patrick Harris, life hasn't changed much since the November day he confirmed that he's "a content gay man.

AP - Angelina Jolie is no stranger to media frenzy. But while filming "A Mighty Heart" in Mumbai, India, last fall, the actress says things got out of hand.

Reuters - Quentin Tarantino leads the U.S. challenge at the Cannes Film Festival this year, taking his movie "Death Proof" into the main competition where he will face heavyweight compatriots the Coen Brothers and Gus Van Sant.

E! Online - Lindsay Lohan is opening up about her adventures in Wonderland.

Reuters - Laurence Fishburne will provide the voice of the Silver Surfer in "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," which opens June 15.

Reuters - A couple checking into a desolate motel when their car breaks down is to horror filmmakers what a priest and a rabbi walking into a bar is to stand-up comics: a timeworn setup that must have a terrific punch line to overcome its antiquity. "Vacancy" fails that test with a mediocre payoff. Which is not to say "Vacancy" won't fill seats during its opening weekend. More Info...  

Reuters - With his sitcom "The King of Queens" all wrapped up, Kevin James is setting his sights on the movie world.

Reuters - As Hollywood grows increasingly risk-averse, studios and producers are looking for innovative ways to cut production costs. After all, smaller movies have smaller downsides. More Info...  

Movie News

Reuters - Repetition reigned on the latest DVD charts as "Happy Feet" and "The Good Shepherd" remained at No. 1 on the respective sales and rental tallies.

AP - Kitty Carlisle Hart, whose long career spanned Broadway, opera, television and film, including the classic Marx Brothers movie "A Night at the Opera," died after a battle with pneumonia, her son said Wednesday. She was 96.

AP - Chris Rock has asked a Georgia court to start paternity proceedings to determine if he's the father of a 13-year-old boy whose mother tried to file a paternity lawsuit against the actor and comedian last month.

AP - Czech-born filmmaker Milos Forman is back in Prague to stage an opera at the Czech National Theater.

Reuters - Singer and actress Kitty Carlisle Hart, whose credits stretched from Broadway musicals to a Marx Brothers movie hit and stints on TV game shows, died on Wednesday at 96, according to a local funeral home and her Web site.

Reuters - The star of an Oscar-winning South African film about gangsters pleaded guilty to fraud on Wednesday and was fined for possessing a fake drivers license.

E! Online - Chris Rock is apparently a standup guy in more ways than one.

E! Online - It's official. Rip Torn was ripped.

After initially signaling that he would fight a drunken driving charge stemming from a December arrest,  the Emmy winner abruptly changed his mind and pleaded guilty Monday to driving while ability impaired.